Chapter 19: A daughter who is married off is like water spilled
Yun Xueya was so frightened that her knees went weak and she almost fell to her knees.
The precarious general's mansion could no longer bear any bad news.
She tried her best to appear calm, but her voice couldn't help but tremble slightly. "No, it's okay, Luo'er, don't be afraid. Mother... Mother is here."
Su Luo pursed her cherry lips slightly, her eyes fixed on the direction of the mansion gate. What does this madman Mo Jin want to do now?
If they really came to confiscate her house... Su Luo's heart was in her throat. In the face of absolute power, she didn't even have any bargaining chips.
To be honest, Mo Jin is like the kind of guy who just picks up his pants and then doesn't recognize anyone.
Amidst everyone's anxiety, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but complain to Yun Yiyi, lowering his voice to a very low level, "I told you not to come to the General's Mansion. It's unlucky. You didn't listen. What if you get implicated?"
It's all this damn woman's fault. Seeing her sister lose, she rushed over to step on her, showing off her power. It did make her feel vented. I heard that the regent is a vicious god who will destroy people's family tree when he is unhappy. He is more cruel than the King of Hell who writes the book of life and death.
Jiang Zhou's facial muscles trembled and he kept raising his sleeves to wipe the sweat off his face.
Yun Yiyi's expression changed. She had come to see the joke because she had expected the prince not to accompany Su Luo back home today. Who would have thought that she would run into that god? Now there was no way to escape...
Master Su had seen enough to be considered a scene, so he forced himself to speak, "The Regent is also a human being. He wouldn't confiscate anything during a raid. What are you afraid of?"
As a corner of a black robe was dragged in from the corner, everyone knelt down one after another. The first to kneel was Master Su, who supported himself with his hands, raised his buttocks high, and pressed his forehead tightly against the ground.
The Jiangzhou couple knelt down and quietly moved to hide behind Mr. Su.
What a bunch of useless people. Zhou Yan sneered in his heart. He was the prince of the Marquisate, he was not afraid of anything.
Thinking of the last time when the Regent left Su Luo alone in the blacksmith shop, Zhou Yan frowned and stood in front of her to protect her.
Mo Jin was walking towards him in the midday backlight, holding a piece of mutton-fat jade carved with a gardenia in his hand, but his eyebrows were as cold as ice. The warm sunlight shining on his side face seemed to be coated with a thin layer of frost.
"Your Majesty the Regent." Su Luo knelt beside her mother, watching the hem of the robe getting closer and closer until it stopped in front of her, only a few feet away.
Mo Jin looked at these people, his brows slightly frowned.
Qin Zhengyu suddenly realized: "Today is the return banquet for the Crown Prince's wife."
What a coincidence.
Mo Jin walked to the upper seat and sat down, saying with thin lips, "No need for formalities."
Everyone then stood up trembling with fear.
"What I said is that the Su family doesn't need to be polite." Mo Jin took the teacup offered by the Su family. It was not as good as the sparrow tongue he used for ten taels of gold, so he sneered and put it on the table casually.
After these words were spoken, Jiangzhou and his wife froze in place, then knelt straight down!
Mr. Su, with a look of panic on his face, knelt down again before he could fully stand up.
Su Luo helped Yun Xueya stand up, not knowing what Mo Jin was up to.
Yun Yiyi wiped the sweat off her face and whispered, "Aren't you here to confiscate our property?"
"...Whose house are we raiding? Is our prince the kind of person who would raid houses at every turn?" Qin Zhengyu chuckled and asked, "Is it okay to raid your house?"
“No, no, no…” Yun Yiyi’s face turned pale and she kowtowed quickly!
"Bitch!" Jiang Zhou swung his arm and slapped her.
"Pa!" The slap filled the room with shock.
Jiang Zhou cursed hastily, "Your Highness is the most magnanimous and knows right from wrong. If you don't want to talk, you can just shut up! Even if you speak quietly, you still dare to talk in front of Your Highness. Do you think others are deaf?"
In the twenty years of marriage, her husband has never hit her.
Yun Yiyi's hair was slightly disheveled after being beaten. She covered her swollen and painful cheek, almost crying out loud. She knelt with trembling legs and said, "I spoke without thinking. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Mo Jin had a completely blank expression on his face, his hands resting on the armrests of the chair.
Master Su's mind was quick, and opportunities and risks coexisted. Seeing that there was no one serving beside Mo Jin, he immediately asked to be a servant, knelt over, raised the tea and snacks above his head, and presented them to the Regent:
"Please try the Baiyun Mountain Tea Cake, which is a specialty of the Yun family."
Mo Jin condescended to roll up his sleeves and took a piece. Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, he looked at Mr. Su who was full of expectation, his face darkened, and he threw it directly on his face and kicked him away: "Get out."
"Not everyone can serve tea." Qin Zhengyu sneered. He took the cake, pierced it with a silver needle, and after testing it for poison and finding it was fine, he personally presented it to the Regent. He said to Master Su, who was clutching his stomach and not daring to cry out in pain, "I've seen plenty of sycophants like you."
Mr. Su was trembling with fear and quickly knelt down and stepped back.
Mo Jin's eyes fell on Su Luo's beautiful bun and he said calmly, "I want the bow and arrow that the Crown Prince's wife has improved. Okay?"
Several eyes looked over there at the same time!
Su Luo is actually connected with the Regent?
Moreover, judging from the tone, it seems that Su Luo is still doing something for the Regent?
What a joke! What can a harem lady accomplish? Jiang Zhou and Master Su thought subconsciously!
Su Luo's eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, and she was unsure why this man suddenly asked this question. If she said no, would Mo Jin lose his patience? If she said yes, what would happen if Mo Jin asked her to take it out and see it?
"No..." She spoke as softly as a mosquito bite.
Mo Jin frowned: "How many days? Still not?"
Su Luo's heart was in turmoil: "The Marquis' Mansion has been busy these days, and I...I..."
Mo Jin didn't want to listen anymore.
Although Yun Xueya had no idea what they were talking about, she hurried out to defend her daughter, nervously asking, "I wonder why the prince has taken the time to come to the general's residence...what is it?"
"I've heard that the general's mansion has many ancient military books. I came to borrow a few." Mo Jin said.
Undeterred, Master Su hurried over, his face full of loyalty as he said, "I wonder what books Your Highness would like to borrow? This huge General's Mansion belongs to me, my brother. Saying 'borrow' is too polite. I'll give you as many as you want."
Mo Jin: "Can you make the decision?"
Second Master Su walked right past Yun Xueya and knelt at the feet of the Regent, nodding his head hurriedly: "My sister-in-law is a woman of modesty and cannot take charge of the overall situation. My niece is married, but I still have the final say in this huge general's mansion."
Yun Xueya looked embarrassed, but she could only pinch her palms and endure it. After a long time, she could only sigh in frustration.
Forget it, let them fight and let them grab.
The next moment, Su Luo suppressed her anger and asked, "Father and Second Uncle separated a long time ago. Since they separated, they lived their own lives. How can they treat our General's Mansion as theirs? How come you have the final say?"
Master Su was afraid of angering the Regent, so he quickly rebuked him: "A daughter who is married off is like spilled water. If I can't make the decision, then you can't make the decision either."
"It's just a few books, and you're reluctant to give them to the Regent? Not to mention the Regent asking for a few books, even if he asked for half a street of shops in the General's Mansion, I would still send him off with a smile and no complaints!"
When he said the last sentence, he was trying to please Mo Jin with a flattering smile on his face.
After all, his son passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, but he has not yet been appointed an official. If he could have the support of the Regent, let alone currying favor with him, he would even kneel down and lick Mo Jin's shoes with a smile on his face!
Moreover, he thought he was very satisfied with what he said. On the one hand, he labeled Su Luo as stingy and made Su Luo offend the Regent. On the other hand, he insisted that Su Luo could not make decisions about the affairs of the General's Mansion, declaring that he would be in charge of the affairs of the General's Mansion in the future.
That's ridiculous.
Su Luo's eyelashes trembled with anger, and her beautiful eyes were full of anger.
There was a hint of amusement in Mo Jin's eyes, and looking at her, it was as if a little kitten had finally shown its claws.
After all, this little kitten is as docile as he can be to him, and it's rare to see it get so angry.
For some reason, Su Luo suddenly gained some courage when she saw Mo Jin's playful look. She quickly walked over and slapped Master Su in the face: "How dare you speak nonsense in front of the Regent!"
"Pa." The slap sounded crisp.
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