Chapter 11 She Filial Piety in Her Own Way
Unexpectedly, Xiao Su shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, it won't work if you put Heshan on it. You should try something else."
Zhao Shiqing: "Why? You don't know how to repay a favor? Xiao Xiaosu, I didn't expect you to be such a person."
Xiao Su surrendered, "You are wronged. This young master is not only grateful, but also kind and generous. I am not what you think. How about this? I will give you Yuchun Mountain. There are many osmanthus trees on Yuchun Mountain. In the golden autumn of October, the whole mountain is fragrant. Your master will definitely like it."
Zhao Shiqing shook his head: "I just want to release Heshan."
Xiao Su sighed: "To be honest with you, although Fang Heshan belongs to our Xiao family, it is not up to me to decide."
"If you can't make the decision, then why do you always go?" The first time Zhao Shiqing and Xiao Su fought was at the junction of Baihe Mountain and Fanghe Mountain. Because of the ownership of a stone, the two fought with their heads broken and bleeding. At that time, one of them was ten years old and the other was eight years old.
Xiao Su was helpless: "Fang Heshan is from the eldest branch of our Xiao family. As you know, when my brother was eight years old, my uncle gave Fang Heshan to him to make him happy. My eldest brother lives in the capital all year round, so I have to help look after him to prevent some unreasonable neighbor from stealing his things."
Zhao Shiqing didn't bother to scold Xiao Su for implying something about her. Her attention was all on the big brother that Xiao Su mentioned.
"Your brother? Is he from your eldest house, the son of Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao?"
Xiao Su nodded: "Yes, my eldest brother is Xiao Zhen, he is very good to me."
Xiao Zhen?
Zhao Shiqing's heart moved, as if he had heard this name somewhere before.
She remembered that she had heard from her sister that when Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao left the capital, their son Xiao Zhen was taken into the palace by the Emperor.
Zhao Shiqing narrowed his eyes slightly. These were hostages. Even if Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao refused to admit that they had killed King Liang, they had to keep their mouths shut for Xiao Zhen's sake.
Now Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao are still alive, but I don’t know if their precious son will be so lucky and survive.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shiqing raised his whip and galloped away on his horse.
Xiao Su rolled his eyes: "Still the same, running away without even saying hello."
While complaining, he whipped his horse as fast as he could, following closely behind Zhao Shiqing. The two of them rode two horses towards Liangdu.
In the evening, Zhao Shiqing and Xiao Su arrived at Wisteria Villa.
Zhao Shiqing looked around and saw that there was a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps in front of Zither Vine Villa, and it was full of guards, which showed that the vigilance had been strengthened.
Before Zhao Shiqing and Xiao Su reached the door, a team of imperial guards rushed out from the side and blocked the road ahead.
When they got closer and saw the two mud monkeys on the horses, the leading guard was startled and knelt down with his clothes lifted: "This general greets the Second Young Lady."
Zhao Shiqing also recognized that this person was Meng Hu whom he had met last night.
"General Meng, thank you for your hard work. We're so nervous, could there be another assassin?"
Meng Hu smiled bitterly: "Second Miss is very smart. Someone did break in this morning."
Zhao Shiqing said seriously, "What's going on? Has anything happened to the Princess and Prince Consort Xiao?"
Meng Hu hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Second Miss, the Princess and Prince Consort Xiao are fine. The eldest princess has come to the villa in person to take charge."
"My sister is in the village?" Zhao Shiqing asked excitedly.
"Yes, the eldest princess is in the manor now." Meng Hu said.
Zhao Shiqing didn't have time to ask about the assassin, so he went into the villa with Xiao Su.
Not long after entering the village, I saw Zhao Yunnuan in military uniform.
"Sister, I'm back!" Zhao Shiqing dismounted and trotted to Zhao Yunnuan.
Zhao Yunnuan looked at her little sister, who was covered in mud, and then at Xiao Su, who was also covered in mud, following behind her. She smiled helplessly: "How did you get into this state? I almost didn't recognize you."
Xiao Su greeted Zhao Yunnuan, and Zhao Yunnuan ordered the maid to take them to bathe and change clothes.
Xiao Su followed obediently. He couldn't go to meet Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao in this state.
Zhao Shiqing didn't leave. She asked, "Sister, why are you here?"
Zhao Yunnuan said, "Thanks to you last night, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. After you left, Meng Hu sent someone to deliver a letter to me, and I came here this morning. Fortunately, I brought a lot of people with me, otherwise..."
It turned out that someone entered the manor again this morning. This time he was not in disguise, but broke in directly through the back door.
It happened that Zhao Yunnuan arrived with his troops at this time, and those people saw that the situation was not going well and fled in panic.
Zhao Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief. "I don't know if these people are brave or cowardly. If you say they are cowardly, they dared to break into the villa. If you say they are brave, they fled when they saw our large army arriving."
"No, that's not the case." Zhao Yunnuan continued, "The leader among them seems to have been seriously injured and is limping. The others should be his guards. In this situation, if we resist to the end, it will be futile. The wise thing to do is to leave."
Zhao Shiqing became interested and sat down next to Zhao Yunnuan. Zhao Yunnuan jumped up in fright and jumped aside: "Stay away, wash yourself clean and come back."
Zhao Shiqing: Where is the sisterly love you promised?
"Sister, that man, the one who was seriously injured, what kind of person is he? Have you met him face to face? Otherwise, how would you know he was limping?"
"Well, not only did we meet face to face, I even exchanged a couple of moves with him, but both were taken by a young man next to him."
Thinking of that person, Zhao Yunnuan's eyes flashed with confusion: "He is very young, at most eighteen or nineteen years old, with a very pale face and bloodless lips. If it weren't for those eyes that were black and bright, he would have looked like a dead person...
But, he looks..."
Seeing Zhao Yunnuan suddenly stop talking, Zhao Shiqing was anxious: "What's wrong with his appearance? Is he very handsome?"
Zhao Yunnuan said angrily, "I already said he looked like a dead man, how could he be any better looking? I just think he looks a lot like Prince Consort Xiao."
Prince Consort Xiao?
Zhao Shiqing suddenly thought of someone. Just now, she and Xiao Su had talked about this person on the road.
"Could he be Xiao Zhen, the eldest son of Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao?" Zhao Shiqing said in a lost voice.
Zhao Yunnuan nodded. "I thought of this person as well, but shouldn't he be in the palace now? I don't believe the emperor would let him come to Liangdi so easily."
Zhao Shiqing thought for a moment and said, "If that man is really Xiao Zhen, then he will definitely come again. Sister, you also said that he is half dead and can't even withstand one of your attacks. Now that there are so many people outside the villa, he might not dare to come in."
"Withdraw all the people outside? What if something like last night happens again?" Zhao Yunnuan was still frightened when he thought of last night.
When Zhao Yunnuan thought about the unpleasant words her second aunt said after she learned that her younger sister was not in the palace, and the sarcasm in her mother's eyes, she felt like there was something stuck in her heart and was very uncomfortable.
My younger sister did not stay in the palace and cry her heart out. She left the palace and resolved the huge crisis that was about to come to Prince Liang's palace invisibly.
Her little sister has never been an ungrateful person, nor has she ever been heartless. She is wise and courageous, and she fulfills her filial duty to her father in her own way.
"Sister, you stay in the manor. I'm going to go out and meet that Young Master Xiao."
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