Chapter 042 Chapter 42 (Additional update)

"What!"

After hearing what Xu Duanyi said, Ming was furious.

Ming knew that her brother-in-law was not a good person, but she never thought that this bastard would dare to offend Duan Yi!

Who is Duan Yi?

Is that something he can touch?

He is so bold that he is becoming more and more rampant!

It's still a day like today.

If something really went wrong, not only would they be blamed by their aunt, but the Xiao family would also be embarrassed.

The more Ming thought about it, the angrier he became.

She looked unhappy.

But this is not the time to lose your temper.

Ming suppressed her anger, held Xu Duanyi's hand, and said to her in a deep voice: "Prince Nan'an did the right thing, he should be taught a lesson!"

After saying this, Ming saw Duanyi's tired and helpless face beside her, and she couldn't help feeling guilty again.

Originally, the Xiao family had enough shortcomings.

Duan Yi let bygones be bygones and came all the way here to help them today. That bastard Xiao Yuanfu, not only was he ungrateful, but he even dared to offend Duan Yi!

And this is not the first time I've heard Duanyi say this.

As the daughter of the Minister of Rites, Ming came from a prominent family and was taught Confucianism since childhood. What she hated most in her life was people like Xiao Yuanfu.

If she had not married into the Xiao family.

She was too lazy to even take a second look at someone like Xiao Yuanfu.

At this moment, Ming's face was filled with hatred and she held Xu Duanyi's hand tightly. She assured her in a calm voice, "Don't worry, I will report this to my parents-in-law and will never let you suffer this in vain!"

But this is not what Xu Duanyi wants.

"Sister-in-law." Xu Duanyi held Ming's hand and patted it twice gently to calm Ming's mood at the moment.

When Ming Shi seemed less furious, Xu Duanyi continued, "Uncle and aunt, please don't tell me. I will have to visit the mansion in the future, and it's not good for too many people to know. Besides, uncle and aunt are old, and I don't want to embarrass them for these things."

When Xu Duanyi said this, he lowered his eyelids again and sighed softly.

"If the prince hadn't seen me today, I wouldn't have wanted to tell my sister-in-law about it. After all, it's not a respectable thing. But the prince and I have only been married for a short time... My sister-in-law also knows that the prince and I didn't get married voluntarily. It was not easy for the prince to treat me better and give me some respect."

"My second cousin is acting as if there is something going on between me and him. The prince was really angry just now. I was scared just looking at him."

The further Xu Duanyi spoke, the lower his voice became.

Even if the grievances there are hidden, some of them can still be seen.

Ming is also a woman, so she naturally knows how important a woman's innocence is.

What's more, this incident was witnessed by the King of Nangan himself.

Ming herself was worried about Duanyi, fearing that it would ruin the relationship between them.

Not to mention that Prince Nannan got angry today and beat Xiao Yuanfu up, even if he directly used a knife to chop off half of his life, that would be perfectly normal.

What hot-blooded man can watch his wife being teased and bullied by others?

Zhixiao Duanyi didn't want to make a big deal out of this, but the matter couldn't just be let go like this. It was really unfair to Duanyi.

It's also difficult to explain to Prince Nan'an.

Ming hesitated for a moment and said to her again, "I know you are kind-hearted and don't like to care about things, but you can't just let this go. Otherwise, you will be too wronged today."

"Besides, we should also give an explanation to King Nan'an."

Ming also didn't want this incident to damage the relationship between Duanyi and the King of Nangan.

and--

"It's time for the second child to be taught a lesson."

Ming said, "Normally, he would bring in so many women into the backyard, and your cousin and I would not bother to care. But today, he went too far."

If it were her own brother, the Ming family would have used family law to punish him long ago.

But she was also a daughter-in-law, and her surname was not Xiao. Even if she hated Xiao Yuanfu, she couldn't do anything directly to him.

Fortunately, her husband has always been on the same page with her.

Ming quickly came up with a solution.

"Duan Yi, you don't have to worry about this matter. I will talk to your cousin later and ask him to give Xiao Yuanfu a good beating."

"As for the King of Nan'an, I will also ask your cousin to pay a proper tribute and apologize. We cannot let the King of Nan'an remember this and implicate you."

This was what Xu Duanyi originally thought.

She did not refuse and said to Ming: "Sorry to trouble you, sister-in-law. You and your cousin are already busy today, and you still have to take care of my affairs..."

Before she could finish her words, Ming grabbed Xu Duanyi's hand and glared at her with a resentful look.

"What are you talking about?"

"You have been wronged for no reason. Your cousin and I feel guilty about this. How can we talk about whether it is a problem or not? I just hope you won't become estranged from us because of this."

"As for Xiao Yuanfu——"

She suddenly lowered her voice: "If he dares to harass you again in the future, I will let your cousin break his legs!"

Ming had a cold face and made harsh remarks.

Xu Duanyi looked much better than before. She gave Ming a faint smile and thanked her sincerely.

Afterwards, Xu Duanyi continued to speak softly to the others: "Now that today's incident is over, I think my second cousin will not bother me again, but there is one thing that really worries me."

Xu Duanyi frowned slightly as he spoke.

Ming asked hurriedly, "What's the matter? Just tell me, your cousin and I will take care of it for you!"

Xu Duanyi sighed but did not hide it.

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. "My second cousin has a bad temper. Although the prince has his reasons for what happened today, I can't guarantee that he won't hate the former prince in the future... I'm afraid that my second cousin will come back and settle accounts with the prince, and the prince will become estranged from me because of this matter."

Obviously.

Ming was also very clear about her brother-in-law's temper.

She first comforted Xu Duanyi: "Don't worry, I will tell your cousin about this matter. Your cousin will handle it. He will never let the second son provoke the King of Nan'an again and ruin your relationship as husband and wife."

After she finished speaking, she took the initiative to ask about Xu Duanyi.

"Where is the prince now? Why don't you take me to apologize to him in person? That way, the prince can see our attitude and won't feel resentful."

Xu Duanyi replied, "I saw that the prince was unhappy, so I asked him to go back early to prevent others from noticing anything."

"Today is Baozhu's wedding after all."

"I don't want Baozhu's good life to be ruined because of our affairs."

Ming knew what kind of person she was, but seeing that she was still thinking about them after going through such a thing, it was hard not to be moved.

She was speechless for a moment, and could only hold Xu Duanyi's hand and pat it gently several times, then looked at her and said with difficulty: "Duanyi, this time... I let you suffer again."

"I really am..."

Ming was too ashamed to face her.

Xu Duanyi, however, remained calm.

She has always known what is important and what is bad, and she would never blame others just because of Xiao Yuanfu's fate.

To her, Xiao Yuanfu is Xiao Yuanfu.

When Xiao Yuanfu did something wrong, she felt disgusted and hateful towards him, and she had a clear conscience even for the conspiracy against him.

But there is no need to blame others.

What's more, her sister-in-law and eldest cousin are really kind to her.

Xu Duanyi held Ming's hand and said softly, "I won't talk about this with my sister-in-law. I am grateful for your help and will not cut off my relationship with you because of my second cousin."

"You and your cousin are always my relatives."

After hearing this, Ming was moved and relieved. She was really afraid that Duanyi would become estranged from them because of this.

It's not bad.

Ming held Xu Duanyi's hand tightly.

Xu Duanyi smiled at her.

Now that everything that needs to be said has been said.

Xu Duanyi calculated the time and was afraid that something might happen to Baozhu, so he decided not to stay here any longer.

She said to Ming: "It's almost time. I'll go to Baozhu to look after her. Sister-in-law should go and do her work first."

Both Ming and she are people who consider the overall situation.

Naturally, she knew what was most important today, so she said "OK" and said to Xu Duanyi, "I have a lot of things to do today, so I won't be polite with you. I will come to visit you again after today's things are over."

Xu Duanyi smiled and said yes.

Afterwards, Xu Duanyi left here first and went to Xiao Baozhu's Mingzhu Pavilion.

Ming watched her leave, but did not go inside immediately. Instead, she called her personal maid and asked her to go to the outer courtyard.

It was obvious that he wanted to tell this to Xiao Yuanxing first.

If Prince Nan'an were still alive, her husband would apologize to him first.

To express their apologies.

Duan Yi thought carefully about them and would rather sacrifice herself for it. As a sister-in-law, she naturally couldn't just do nothing.

Seeing the maid taking the order and leaving, Ming still had that speechless look on her face.

Anyone who has a brother-in-law like Xiao Yuanfu will be unhappy.

Only her mother-in-law was still inside, so she couldn't go in with her emotions, lest her mother-in-law notice anything. She could only calm herself down before going in to entertain the guests.

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the other side.

Xie Qingya has also returned to the outer courtyard.

Changfeng was looking for him. He saw him coming from a distance and hurried over to greet him: "Where have you been, Your Majesty? I have been looking for you for a long time."

Xie Qingya was in a bad mood at the moment, and upon hearing this, he simply asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

Changfeng didn't know what happened to him.

Although she could sense his emotions, she did not dare to ask him directly at this time. She could only tell the prince what Bi Xi had said to him before.

After he finished speaking, the prince remained silent.

Not knowing what the prince was planning, Chang Feng asked hesitantly, "Prince, do you think we should go back first, or follow the princess to Liu's mansion?"

Xie Qingya was silent for a moment before he said, "Go back."

It was a mess inside and one could vaguely hear Liu Xun being flattered. Xie Qingya didn't like occasions like today in the first place and was even more lazy to go in.

"Go tell Prince Xiao, we'll leave first." After he said that, he went out on his own.

Changfeng vaguely realized that something must have happened before, but seeing that the prince had already turned around and left, he had no choice but to go inside to find Prince Xiao to say goodbye.

On Xiao Yuanxing's side, he just happened to hear what Ming had asked her maid to bring to him.

"This is bullshit!"

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He was already very unhappy because his younger sister was getting married to Liu Xun today, but he never expected that his second brother would do such a stupid thing!

"Prince, he is the guard of Prince Nan'an."

Hearing the suppressed voices of his followers behind him, Xiao Yuanxing looked in the direction of the sound and saw Changfeng walking towards them.

He scanned again and did not see any trace of Xie Qingya, so he knew that the King of Nan'an must be preparing to leave.

Although he couldn't be said to like the King of Nannan.

But today they were the ones who were wrong after all, and it was only right that he should pay compensation and apologize.

Seeing Changfeng coming.

Xiao Yuanxing waved his hand first to let the maid leave.

"I will take care of this matter. Just ask your wife to take care of the matters at hand."

After the maidservant took the order and left, Xiao Yuanxing took the initiative to go to greet Chang Feng.

"Prince Xiao..."

Changfeng was about to greet Xiao Yuanxing when he heard Xiao Yuanxing ask him, "Where is your prince?"

Changfeng was slightly stunned.

But he did not dare to hide it and said truthfully: "My prince has some things to do, so he asked me to tell the prince, and he left first."

He was still worried that this Prince Xiao would be unhappy, but he never expected to hear him say, "Take me to see him."

Changfeng became even more confused after hearing this.

But seeing that Prince Xiao did not allow any arguments, Changfeng did not bother about it anymore. He just said yes to Xiao Yuanxing and led Xiao Yuanxing out.

The guests were still drinking and having a great time as usual.

The situation here did not attract the attention of others.

Xie Qingya didn't expect Xiao Yuanxing to chase him out.

At that time, he was already sitting in the carriage.

The banquet was still going on. Not to mention the guests who came to congratulate today, even the coachmen and their attendants were invited into the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion today. Several tables were set up for them to dine.

Therefore, there were not many people outside the Duke of Huguo's Mansion.

However, it was the steward Li from the Duke's Mansion who had followed him after seeing him come out, asking him why he left and whether the mansion had not treated him well.

Even now, he was still talking to him outside, as if he was afraid that they would not entertain him well enough.

Xie Qingya was troubled by what he said.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard the butler Li suddenly shout in surprise: "Sir, why are you here?"

"Where is the King of Nan'an?"

Xiao Yuanxing asked Butler Li, but his eyes were already looking at the carriage beside him.

After Butler Li said that, Xiao Yuanxing walked straight forward and spoke to Xie Qingya beside the carriage: "Prince of Nan'an."

Xiao Yuanxing will chase after him.

Xie Qingya had not expected this.

It seems that Xiao Yuanxing really cares about his cousin Xu Duanyi, otherwise he wouldn't have said this.

Xie Qingya stopped pressing his temple.

He raised his hand, lifted the curtain and looked outside.

Although Xiao Yuanxing and Xiao Yuanfu are brothers from the same father and mother, Xie Qingya finds it difficult to see any similarities between the two.

Even if he disliked the Xiao family, he had to admit that Xiao Yuanxing was indeed a very nice person.

I heard that this Prince Xiao was very similar to the late King Hyeon, and even the Queen Mother Zhao Yu in the palace thought highly of her nephew.

Xiao Yuanxing's status in the Xiao family is probably even higher than that of his father, the current Duke of Protector of the Country.

It is absolutely correct to say that he is the head and decision-maker of the Xiao family today.

Let alone Xiao Yuanfu.

Even his father, Xiao Changbao, did not dare to speak loudly in front of his eldest son.

As for why Xiao Yuanxing has such a high status, there is a reason. When he was born, the capital suddenly sent an urgent summons from Emperor Ming, asking them to return to the capital.

Since then, the Xiao family has regained its power.

From then on, Xiao Yuanxing became the lucky star of the Xiao family.

He did not disappoint the public's expectations and was quite responsible in his actions and conduct. At a young age, he was already the chief commander of the Shenji Battalion and was in charge of the other two battalions.

Although the current Duke of Protector of the State of the Xiao family serves as the Minister of War, he is not a very useful person. Like his second son Xiao Yuanfu, he is greedy and fond of women.

But Xiao Yuanxing is different.

Xiao Yuanxing is 28 years old this year. This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Unlike Xiao Yuanfu, who held an important position in the Ministry of Revenue but never did any real work, Xiao Yuanxing is in charge of the Shenjiying, and his subordinates are full of strong generals.

During the years he served in the Shenjiying, he recruited talents without any restrictions and gathered many capable people. Under his leadership, the Shenjiying has become increasingly powerful.

His Shenjiying was also what they were most worried about.

If there is a war in the future.

Xiao Yuanxing must be their most difficult opponent.

Although his mind was full of thoughts, Xie Qingya still looked carefree when he greeted Xiao Yuanxing.

He sat in the carriage, looking at Xiao Yuanxing outside, and called out in a casual voice, "Prince Xiao."

If it had been any other time, Xiao Yuanxing would have left in anger.

But today they were in the wrong first, so Xiao Yuanxing could not do anything and did not have the face to argue with Xie Qingya about this.

"I already know what happened before."

He said righteously, "My brother did such a stupid thing, I will not let him off lightly. After the big event at home is over today, I will personally take custody of the stupid thing and go to the palace to apologize to you."

Xie Qingya didn't know what Xu Duanyi had said to them.

But come to think of it, she probably doesn't want Xiao Yuanfu to come to her house, and he doesn't want her to see that thing Xiao Yuanfu again.

So I refused it directly.

"No, not everyone can enter my Nan'an Palace."

"Since you are willing, please teach your brother at home."

Xie Qingya's words were quite rude. If it were Xiao Yuanfu, he would probably have started a fight with Xie Qingya right away.

Xiao Yuanxing was actually a little angry.

It was the first time that he was humiliated like this, especially by Xie Qingya.

But he is Xiao Yuanxing after all.

The anger only surfaced in his heart for a moment, and then he suppressed it again.

He did not say much to Xie Qingya, but only promised him: "If he dares to bully Duan Yi, I will not let him off easily."

Seeing that Xie Qingya still had that indifferent look.

Xiao Yuanxing was unhappy in his heart, but he still frowned, suppressed his temper and did not show it.

However, when Xie Qingya was about to lower the car curtain, Xiao Yuanxing suddenly looked at Xie Qingya and said, "If there is anything wrong with what happened today, it is the fault of that bastard Xiao Yuanfu. Even if the prince wants to blame him, he should blame our Xiao family for not teaching him strictly enough and raising such a bastard."

"But Duanyi did nothing wrong."

"She has never done anything wrong since she was little."

"Since you have married her, no matter what the reason is, please treat her well and don't treat Duanyi harshly because of what happened today," Xiao Yuanxing said while looking at Xie Qingya, "It's unfair to her."

He came out specially, so it was impossible for him to just apologize to Xie Qingya.

More importantly, I wanted to say these words to Xie Qingya.

Although Duanyi is not her biological sister.

But he always treated her like a jewel.

He was powerless to watch her marry Xie Qingya, and he shouldn't go to such extremes. If she was treated harshly by Xie Qingya because of what happened today, he would be too ashamed to face her.

The curtain was held in Xie Qingya's hand, and it looked like it was about to fall.

Xie Qingya didn't expect to hear such words from Xiao Yuanxing.

He did not comment immediately.

It was not until he caught a glimpse of Xiao Yuanxing's sword-like brows, which were becoming more and more furrowed, that he lowered his eyes and hummed softly.

The words fell.

The car curtain fell completely down.

Xiao Yuanxing looked at the falling curtain. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not say anything to stop it.

He stepped aside.

Changfeng bowed to him, jumped into the carriage, and drove away first.

The carriage belonging to the Nan'an Palace left the alley and gradually disappeared from their sight.

Butler Li couldn't hold back before, and now he couldn't help but ask Xiao Yuanxing directly: "Prince, what happened to the cousin? What does this have to do with Erlang? What did Erlang do?"

He asked a series of questions one after another, looking very anxious.

Xiao Yuanxing knew this. Because of his aunt, he had always been very respectful to Duan Yi.

Some things should not be said to others.

But Butler Li is not an outsider.

There are some matters in the mansion that he and Atang may not be able to take care of completely, so they have to let Butler Li take care of more.

Whether it's Duan Yi's side or Xie Qingya's side.

Therefore, Xiao Yuanxing did not hesitate and told him what happened in the mansion today. Seeing that his face was pale, Xiao Yuanxing patted him on the shoulder and gave him a few more instructions before going in.