Chapter 105 Chapter 105
Xiao Yuanxing frowned because of this sentence.
Where are the peaches that can't be eaten? Could it be that the peaches from Linfeng Pavilion are the peaches of the Queen Mother? As for where my aunt is, even if someone really wants to eat the peaches of the Queen Mother, there are many people who will come to her and find ways to get them.
Could it be possible that Zhao Zhao is missing?
Don't understand.
But Xiao Yuanxing didn't say much because of the box of things he had packed. He just kept a straight face and a solemn expression, nodded and said, "I know. I'll bring it to her."
Xie Qingya nodded to the man again, said thank you, then turned around and walked out.
After he left, some time passed.
Xiao Yuanxing took the evidence of Xiao Yuanfu's crimes, frowned, and left first.
Back home.
It's dinner time.
But before Xiao Yuanxing went to see Xie Qingya, he asked his followers to go home first and tell them not to wait for him.
Therefore this big family.
When Xiao Yuanxing came back, they were already having dinner.
There aren't actually many official masters in the Xiao family, except for Xiao Yuanxing's family and Xiao Baozhu who is already married.
Although Xiao Yuanfu has a bunch of women in his backyard, he has not remarried since his first wife passed away, and he doesn't even have any children.
Therefore, apart from the two brothers, Ming and the two children, there were only the Duke of the Protectorate and his wife.
The ancestor of the Xiao family is old.
On weekdays, I eat in my own room and don't eat with them.
When Xiao Yuanxing passed by, Chang was talking about Xiao Yuanfu's life event: "It has been two years since Zhang died. Your house cannot be left without a mistress forever. Your sister-in-law and I will take a good look at you later, and you can pick the one you like and marry her."
After saying that, Chang looked at Ming beside her and said to her, "Old lady, if you have a good candidate, remember to let Yuanfu take care of him."
When Ming heard this, she felt a little unhappy.
With Xiao Yuanfu's character, how could she dare to introduce him to others? Especially those good sisters in her circle, if she introduced them to Xiao Yuanfu, would she still want to associate with them in the future?
I'm afraid that people will poke my spine for the rest of my life.
But since her mother-in-law had spoken, she naturally could not refuse. She could only agree temporarily and plan to find something else to get away with it later.
"Yes, my daughter-in-law has noted it down." She replied in a low voice.
Chang was very happy to see her being so well-behaved.
She knew her son was a spendthrift, married for the second time, and had many women in his backyard...
But as a mother, she will naturally favor her own son.
This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. At this time, she just patted Xiao Yuanfu's arm and said, "You should behave yourself recently and don't go out and do anything wrong. Do you understand?"
When Xiao Yuanfu heard this, he became unhappy: "When did I ever do anything wrong?"
Chang loved him the most.
Seeing that he was unhappy, he was about to comfort him, but before he could open his mouth, Xiao Yuanxing's angry voice came from outside: "Xiao Yuanfu, you did a bad thing!"
Everyone in the room was shocked by these words.
Xiao Yuanfu was so frightened by the angry shout that the chopsticks in his hand fell directly to the ground.
Since he was a child, he was most afraid of his elder brother.
His father didn't care about anything, his mother and grandmother always loved him, and his aunt lived far away in the palace, so he could only see him a few times a year.
Only his eldest brother not only dared to scold him but also beat him.
He was often punished according to family rules and was always made to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Chang was also startled and was now covering her chest and soothing it.
But out of habit, she turned to Xiao Yuanfu and asked him, "What did you do to make your elder brother angry?"
Although he was the youngest son, Chang was well aware of the eldest son's abilities.
Moreover, her current status and honor are all thanks to the eldest son, otherwise that bastard Xiao Changbao would have divorced her in the first year after returning to the capital.
Therefore, although she loved her youngest son, Chang still trusted her eldest son very much. She would listen to her eldest son for everything that happened at home.
Even the Duke of the State, Xiao Changbao, who had been silent, stared at Xiao Yuanfu and asked, "What stupid things have you done to displease your elder brother?"
"I don't have any!"
Xiao Yuanfu sounded very aggrieved when he said this.
Out of habit, he first thought about what he had done recently, but no matter how he thought about it, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.
Ming had long given up hope on her brother-in-law.
Knowing that her husband would not get so angry for no reason, she asked the maids and nannies behind her to take the two children to the inner room first.
So as not to scare them.
It happened that the mother-in-law also spoke.
"Old man, go ask the eldest brother first, what's going on?"
Chang herself did not dare to touch this thorny issue. In this family, not only Yuanfu was afraid of his brother, but she was also very afraid of her eldest son.
This is exactly what Ming meant.
Upon hearing this, he gently replied yes, and then took the initiative to greet Xiao Yuanxing.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Xiao Yuanxing coming in, she sent away all the servants inside and outside the house, and took the initiative to ask about Xiao Yuanxing.
When Xiao Yuanxing saw her, his expression softened a little.
Even without telling her, she kept a sullen face.
"Where is Xile?" He looked inside and asked the two children.
After listening to what Ming said, he nodded, then walked in with a stern face.
"Boss, what's wrong with you? You're so angry that you even scared your mother!" When Chang saw someone coming in, she stood up, patted her chest, looked at Xiao Yuanxing, and tried to continue to smooth things over.
Xiao Yuanxing looked at her without saying anything.
Over the years, because of his mother's protection, he had forgiven Xiao Yuanfu countless times.
But today——
He was determined to give Xiao Yuanfu a good punishment!
He still had a sullen face.
Amid Xiao Yuanfu's cautious flattering voice, he threw the box he had been holding onto the table.
"Look at what you have done!"
Xiao Yuanfu didn't know what he had done, but seeing his brother so angry, he didn't dare to neglect him and hurriedly opened the box to take a look.
Seeing this, his face couldn't help but turn pale.
——It turned out to be full of evidence of bribes he had accepted over the years!
"What?"
Xiao Changbao also took it and took a look. After reading it, his face turned very ugly. He glared at Xiao Yuanfu and said, "You rebellious son, you actually collected so much money outside!"
"You left evidence behind, and someone found your eldest brother!"
Chang didn't care about it. She thought it was a matter of life and death, but she didn't expect it was just a matter of collecting money.
She felt relieved.
However, in front of her eldest son, she did not dare to favor her youngest son too much.
He deliberately raised his arm and slapped Xiao Yuanfu several times, then followed Xiao Changbao in scolding, "Look at what you have done. You made your elder brother so angry. The money your family gives you is not enough, so you have to go out and collect these things? Don't do this again in the future. If you do it again, your father and I will not care about you anymore!"
Finished cursing.
Chang looked at Xiao Yuanxing flatteringly again: "Boss, your brother knows he was wrong, but it's not a big deal anyway, just forgive him this time."
"He will definitely not dare to do that again."
Although Xiao Changbao was angry, he also felt that it was not a big deal.
Although he was annoyed with his youngest son, who was not as capable and obedient as his eldest son, Xiao Changbao did not want to cause unrest in the family because of these trivial matters, so he followed Xiao Yuanxing and said, "Your mother is right. This is not a big deal. The second son took the money and did the job. Those people dare not tell anyone."
"If you're really angry, make the second son kneel in the ancestral hall for two days."
"Until now, you still think this is not a big deal?" Xiao Yuanxing looked at them with disappointment on his face.
Xiao Yuanxing knew that his parents were used to playing it safe.
His mother has always been partial to Yuanfu, and his father simply doesn't want to get involved. But it is because of their attitude that Yuanfu has become more and more fearless, and has become what he is today!
Blame him too.
It's his fault that every time his mother cried a few times, he would soften his heart and let Yuanfu go, which has led to his behavior becoming more and more aggressive!
He was angry at Yuanfu, angry at his parents, and even more angry at himself!
"Today this thing was handed over to me, but what if it wasn't? The money he received would be enough to put him in jail!"
Xiao Changbao and Chang were still afraid of him.
Hearing him speak so seriously and seeing him so angry, I couldn't help but feel a little unconfident.
"It's not that bad..." Chang said, "Who dares to go against us and send your brother to jail?"
Xiao Changbao also hesitated and asked, "Boss, aren't you being too serious?"
"Father, do you know what your son has promised to others?" Xiao Yuanxing asked Xiao Changbao.
How would Xiao Changbao know this?
Being looked at by his eldest son, he felt guilty for some reason, so he turned around and yelled at Xiao Yuanfu: "You idiot, what on earth did you do to make your eldest brother so angry!"
"How should I know?"
Xiao Yuanfu was still feeling aggrieved. If his elder brother hadn't been here, given his temper, he would have turned hostile and left a long time ago.
He just thought that at worst he could just put his elder brother off first.
Anyway, he has received a lot of money over the years, especially a large sum recently, so it would be okay for him to live in peace for a while in the future.
Then he heard his elder brother say, "Did you promise the position of Patrol Officer of the Salt and Water Bureau to Quan Fangtong?"
The smile on Xiao Yuanfu's face suddenly froze.
He really didn't expect that his elder brother even knew this.
He thought he had been careful enough and had not attended any of Quan Fangtong's banquets for a while.
I don't know how his elder brother knew about it.
This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Who gave these things to Big Brother?
Chang didn't understand this, but Xiao Changbao also widened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yuanfu, questioning: "What? Which Quan Fangtong? You idiot, what on earth did you do!"
"We may not even be able to get a position like the Patrolman of Salt and Earth, how dare you promise it to us?"
Xiao Yuanfu said with a guilty conscience: "It's because it's hard to take our own people, so I thought of giving it to others..." Before his father and his elder brother could scold him, he defended himself again, "I'm doing this for my family!"
"Everyone outside is watching us, so even if we want this lucrative job, we can only avoid it to avoid giving others something to talk about."
"But this has nothing to do with us. He promised me that from now on, every time he gets paid in this position, he will give us 50% of it."
"Fifty percent, fifty percent!"
He stretched out one hand and waved it.
The more I talked about it, the more I felt that I had done nothing wrong, and my confidence grew.
"What's the difference between this and having our own people in that position? It can also avoid risks. Even if he gets into trouble in the future, it won't fall on our heads. What's wrong with me doing this?"
Xiao Changbao was struck by his words and became thoughtful again.
That sounds good.
But he knew in his heart that if the eldest brother had not known about this in advance, with the second brother's temper, he would definitely hide all the money and never let them know!
But we can talk about dividing the money later.
Now let’s appease the eldest brother first.
Otherwise, with the boss's temper, this matter would definitely fail.
He was thinking in his mind how to open the conversation so that the matter could be resolved perfectly without letting the fire burn him.
Then the eldest brother asked again: "Do you know who Quan Fangtong belongs to?"
"who?"
Xiao Changbao asked subconsciously.
Xiao Yuanxing ignored Xiao Changbao. He kept staring at Xiao Yuanfu and could naturally see the flash of nervousness on Xiao Yuanfu's face.
Xiao Yuanxing knew it in his heart; he knew it.
He lowered his voice and said, "It seems that you already knew that Quan Fangtong was Cao Da's man?"
"Whose people?"
Xiao Changbao widened his eyes again.
"Cao Da? How are you related to Cao Da again?" Although he was a duke, Xiao Changbao always bullied the weak and feared the strong. He knew how powerful Cao Da was, so he was naturally afraid of him.
"Dog stuff!"
Xiao Changbao was really angry this time.
As he spoke, he kicked Xiao Yuanfu hard again: "How did his people get involved with you?"
Chang had not dared to speak because of her eldest son's attitude.
Seeing Xiao Changbao making a move, she got angry again and started arguing with him: "Xiao Changbao, why are you kicking your son for no reason?"
"Why did I kick him?"
Xiao Changbao said angrily: "Look at the good son you raised, he is always causing trouble! Now he even dares to mess with Cao Da's people. He is not afraid of death, so don't involve us!"
This couple had long lost their love for each other in their day-to-day life.
Or maybe.
They never loved each other.
At that time, the Xiao family was still in exile in the north.
Xiao Changbao was favored by Chang because he had a good-looking face.
At that time, Chang's father was the yamen runner who supervised them.
For the Xiao family at that time, even if he was just a yamen runner, it was enough for them to look up to him. Moreover, if they could become relatives with the yamen runner, they would naturally not have to do those hard labors in the future.
Therefore, even though Xiao Changbao no longer liked Chang, he still married her.
He even humbled himself to others for many years.
At that time, in the Xiao family, it was Chang who had the final say.
Everyone has to listen to Chang.
Unexpectedly, the Xiao family's fortunes suddenly took a turn for the better. With an imperial decree, the Xiao family regained its former glory.
Since then.
Although Chang took advantage of her kindness to the Xiao family and relied on her good fortune to give birth to the Xiao family's eldest son, Xiao Changbao was no longer afraid of her.
Over the years, the relationship between the couple has become increasingly strained, and they have not even slept together.
Chang hated Xiao Changbao and thought he was ungrateful.
However, Xiao Changbao felt that he had been kind enough to Chang. If he had not been afraid of Chang's noise, people outside spitting at him, and the fact that he had an eldest son, he would have divorced this shrew long ago!
The couple didn't say a word before they started arguing again.
There is even a tendency to resort to violence.
Xiao Yuanfu was no longer surprised by this situation.
However, Xiao Yuanxing had a splitting headache watching this.
Veins popped out on his forehead until his clenched hands were gently held by Ming.
Xiao Yuanxing looked down and saw the comforting look in Ming's eyes. He held her hand again and then closed his eyes. After all the negative emotions in his heart disappeared, he opened his eyes and shouted at the front: "Shut up!"
The room suddenly became quiet.
Not to mention Xiao Changbao and the Chang couple, even Xiao Yuanfu was frightened by his angry shout and shook three times.
Xiao Yuanxing stared at Xiao Yuanfu and said in a deep voice: "I will send you a sick leave memorial to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow. From today on, you must stay at home and don't go see Quan Fangtong!"
"If I find out that you have any dealings with him again, don't blame me for breaking your legs!"
Xiao Yuanfu was very dissatisfied with this decision and immediately shouted: "Brother, you are going too far!"
"I have a lot of things to do in the Accounts Department. If you lock me up, I won't be able to do anything!"
Xiao Yuanxing looked at him and said calmly: "You don't have to do it."
Xiao Yuanfu's face turned pale, and he was slow to react for a moment: "...What do you mean?"
Xiao Yuanxing did not directly answer his question, but just looked at him in silence for a long time before continuing: "Over the years, your parents have tolerated you, and I always thought it was nothing, which is why you are now acting more and more outrageous."
"It's not easy for the Xiao family to be where they are today. If you can't learn to behave yourself and do things properly, you don't have to report to the Ministry of Revenue anymore. I don't mind supporting you."
Xiao Yuanfu looked horrified, but his voice unconsciously rose, and he shouted, "Xiao Yuanxing, I'm your brother, not your son. Why do you care about me like this?"
Chang was also shocked by these words.
It took her a while to react, and she also frowned: "Boss..." She was about to say a few words to help Xiao Yuanfu.
But Xiao Yuanxing had made up his mind.
Before Chang could finish her words, he looked at her and said, "Mother, if you don't want your son to end up in prison and our Xiao family to be destroyed and exiled again, you can continue to protect him."
These words made Chang's eyes widen in horror.
"It's not that serious..." She stammered with a pale face.
Xiao Yuanxing asked her: "Do you want to try it?"
How could Chang dare to try? After being the wife of the Duke of Huguo for decades, how could she bear a hard life?
Seeing that she remained silent, Xiao Yuanxing turned to look at Xiao Changbao: "Dad, what do you think?"
Xiao Changbao no longer cared about the money at this moment.
If you have life, you can have money.
Being called by his eldest son, he hurriedly said, "All up to you!"
"You, you..." Xiao Yuanfu didn't expect that his matter would be decided like this. He was angry and hateful, and shouted at Xiao Yuanxing: "I don't accept it!"
He said this and ran out.
But Xiao Yuanxing's guards were all outside.
Seeing Xiao Yuanfu go out, a group of people immediately swarmed towards Xiao Yuanfu after hearing Xiao Yuanxing's order.
"Xiao Yuanxing!"
Xiao Yuanfu turned around and looked at Xiao Yuanxing, his eyes bloodshot: "Why do you treat me like this!"
"Because I'm your brother."
Xiao Yuanxing said as he walked out of the house with a sullen face: "Because I am the current head of the Xiao family."
Seeing that Xiao Yuanfu was still full of resentment.
Xiao Yuanxing suddenly felt tired. He didn't want to say anything more. He raised his hand and waved twice, and ordered, "Take him back to his room. He is not allowed to leave the Xiao family's door without my order!"
"yes!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Xiao Yuanfu was taken away, Xiao Changbao also left first, and Chang was crying and was also sent back by Ming.
The two children had already been taken back by the maids.
It was such a good night, but it turned out like this, Xiao Yuanxing was naturally upset.
Ming looked at him and sighed.
She walked forward, held his hand, and gently stroked his back as if to comfort him, but she said, "If you do this, I'm afraid that my second brother will be very angry about it."
"If I don't do this, our family will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later." Xiao Yuanxing said, then looked at her and sighed.
"Let's go back to the house first." He said to Ming.
Ming nodded.
The couple went back to the house without letting anyone follow them.
On the way, Xiao Yuanxing said to Ming: "I have to go to the villa tomorrow, let me tell my aunt about this in advance."
Ming naturally would not have any objection.
"If my aunt knew, she would be angry too." She held Xiao Yuanxing's hand and sighed. After a while, she asked again, "Are you serious about asking Yuanfu not to go to the Ministry of Revenue?"
Xiao Yuanxing did not answer immediately.
Before today, Xiao Yuanxing might not have been able to make such a decisive decision.
But after talking to Xie Qingya...
Xiao Yuanxing suddenly said softly: "I met Xie Qingya today."
"Hmm?" This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. Ming was slightly surprised: "What did he ask you to do?"
Thinking of something, Ming suddenly widened his eyes: "Those things, could it be..."
She looked up at Xiao Yuanxing.
Seeing him nod to her, Ming looked incredulous: "How could it be..."
"He just came back yesterday, how could he know so much?"
She has been in love with her husband for many years.
Even in private, we say everything.
Naturally, I also knew the worries that my aunt and husband had before. It seems that the King of Nan'an is really not a simple person.
I couldn't help but worry about Zhaozhao.
Ming frowned and asked, "Does Zhao Zhao know?"
Xiao Yuanxing was silent for a moment before he said, "Given Zhao Zhao's intelligence, it's impossible to say that she really didn't guess anything, but she probably didn't dare to be sure."
Ming also thought of it.
She sighed, "Zhao Zhao is going to be in such a dilemma."
She had already learned from her husband what Zhaozhao had said in Yutian that day.
When she was at the villa a few days ago, she had complained to her privately about this, blaming her for not caring about her own safety, but how could she not be worried in her heart?
Although she and Zhao Zhao are several years apart in age, they have always had a close relationship.
"Did he come to you just to give you these things?" she asked Xiao Yuanxing.
Xiao Yuanxing shook his head: "More than that."
In this mansion, his parents and grandmother are all unreliable, not to mention Yuanfu and Baozhu. The only person he can trust is his wife.
That's why.
Xiao Yuanxing never thought about hiding it from her.
At this moment, under Ming's gaze, he held her hand and whispered to others what Xie Qingya had said to him.
It did not include the events of the Battle of Nagano, but only talked about Xie Qingya's proposal and cooperation.
After listening to him, Ming did not say anything and just looked at him.
He asked her, "What do you want to say?"
He added: "You can say anything. Between you and me, we don't need to care about that."
"I think the King of Nan'an's proposal is good."
Ming said to him, "In fact, when I went to the villa this time, I could clearly feel that my aunt had aged a little and was not as energetic as before."
"To be disrespectful, if your Majesty doesn't do anything, how many years can your aunt hold on to these powers?"
"When she's here, we're not afraid of anything, but what if she's gone?"
"I can do anything with you. Even if we are exiled in the future, I believe in you and I can endure the hardship."
"How about joy?"
"Do we want them to suffer the same fate as us?"
Ming felt her husband holding her hand tightly. She held his hand in return and continued to whisper to him, "Husband, while we still have time, we should really think carefully about the future."
"Since Prince Nan'an is willing to cooperate with us, given his relationship with Your Majesty, he will have a say in the court in the future."
"The fact that he gave you those things from his second brother shows that he truly loves Zhao Zhao and sincerely wants to cooperate with us."
"Due to Zhao Zhao's relationship with us, he will definitely plan something for us."
“Now is the best time.”
How could Xiao Yuanxing not know? He was silent for a while, but finally held Ming's hand and said to her, "I will go to the villa tomorrow and discuss it with my aunt."
Ming was afraid that he would say something he shouldn't, so she reminded him first: "Don't mention Prince Nan'an yet. If Auntie is unhappy, there will really be no possibility for him and Zhao Zhao."
She was afraid of harming Zhao Zhao.
Afraid that something might happen to Prince Nannan, Zhao Zhao really didn't want to live.
Xiao Yuanxing said: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Afterwards, the two of them went back to the house to rest.
The next day, Xiao Yuanxing made arrangements for his family and had someone keep a close eye on Xiao Yuanfu. He also asked his personal bodyguard to go to the Ministry of Revenue in person to report Xiao Yuanfu's sick leave. He then asked someone to keep an eye on Quan Fangtong to prevent him from coming back to look for Yuanfu.
After all the matters were taken care of, he took everyone to the hot spring villa first.
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