Leng Yu saw that the two children were addicted to the verbal battle and had no intention of stopping, so he hurriedly spoke out to stop them.
"An'an, Lele, apologize to Uncle Wu. How could you speak to an adult like that? It's really rude. Without a teacher to teach you recently, you've become even more unruly."
Seeing Leng Yu scolding the child, Luo Xue instantly became unhappy, and she continued:
"Why should he apologize? We all heard it clearly. It was Prince Xi himself who said he was blind and hit a pig. There are clearly no pigs in Prince Yu's mansion. Isn't he just spreading rumors and deliberately lying?"
Luo Xue knew that Leng Xi was actually scolding her in a roundabout way, but he couldn't scold her directly, so he compared her to a pig. If she didn't speak up, it would be hard to explain.
Luo Lan also knew the reason best. She was afraid that Luo Xue and Leng Xi would quarrel again, so she hurriedly said,
"Okay, today is Huaiyu's birthday, why are you all arguing here? Let's eat."
As she spoke, she picked up a piece of pork ribs and placed it in Huaiyu's bowl, saying kindly:
"Huaiyu, eat more meat. From today on, you are nine years old. You must act like a man."
At this moment, An An seemed to have discovered something, and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed:
"Hahahaha... Look, my fifth uncle's eyes are so special!"
After hearing An An's voice, everyone looked at Leng Xi together. They saw that his left eye was blue and purple, and his eyeball was a little red, which looked a bit weird.
Seeing this scene, except for Xiaobao, the other three children also laughed secretly.
“Bang!”
Leng Xi was so angry that his face and neck turned red, and his expression was terribly gloomy. He picked up the teacup next to him and threw it down heavily, hoping to scare the children who were laughing at him.
Leng Yu saw that Leng Xi was a little angry, so he shouted loudly,
"Stop laughing."
Seeing Leng Yu getting angry, the four children all shut up. Leng Yu continued to scold:
"You're really becoming more and more rude. Your fifth uncle has become like this, and you can still laugh? You should sympathize with him."
After saying this, he looked at Leng Xi in confusion and asked with concern:
"Fifth brother, how did your eyes become like this? If your eyes are really not good, ask your fourth sister-in-law to prescribe some medicine for you. Don't be so stubborn..."
As soon as he said this, Leng Xi's face became even darker, while Luo Xue couldn't help but laugh:
"Brother-in-law, it's not that Prince Xi's eyesight is bad, it's my fault, it's my hands that aren't working well."
At this point, she looked at Leng Xi, suppressed her laughter and apologized:
"Lord Xi, I'm sorry, haha... next time... hahaha... if you don't say anything, I promise I won't slip my hand."
"you……"
Leng Xi had never suffered such a setback before, and he had a lot of things to say but couldn't say them. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
“Bang!”
He simply threw down his chopsticks and angrily said to Qiaoqiao:
"I'm full, let's go home."
Yu Qiaoqiao hadn't picked up her chopsticks yet, and neither had Xiaobao. But seeing Leng Xi's grim expression, she didn't dare to say anything more. She hurriedly took Xiaobao's hand and said to Luo Lan apologetically:
"Sister-in-law, we're full. We'll go back first. We'll come visit you and the children when we have time."
"But...you haven't eaten yet."
Luo Lan tried to keep them, but seeing that Leng Xi had already gone far away, he could only sigh helplessly, then took two eggs from the plate and stuffed them into Xiao Bao's hands.
"These are the eggs that Brother Huaiyu ate for his birthday. They're auspicious. Take them and eat them on the way."
Yu Qiaoqiao nodded to her, then took Xiaobao's hand and quickly followed in the direction Leng Xi left.
Leng Xi left. Leng Ming looked at Luo Xue awkwardly and asked in confusion:
"What...what happened? How did you mess up Fifth Brother's eyes like that?"
Luo Xue, however, ate the food on the plate nonchalantly and replied:
"Eat your food, you'll be everywhere."
"snort!"
Liu Dechang, who had been scowling all the time, suddenly dropped his chopsticks, startling Luo Xue. Luo Lan also looked at him in confusion. Xiaoling sat beside him and asked cautiously:
"What are you doing? Today is your child's birthday, a happy occasion, don't make things worse."
After hearing Xiaoling's words, Liu Dechang looked at the children and asked coldly:
"Are you all full?"
The children didn't dare to speak anymore and nodded. Liu Dechang waved his hand and said to them:
"Eat well and go out to play. The adults have something to say."
Seeing this, Huaiyu was the first to stand up from his chair. The other three children also stood up and followed him outside.
Seeing that the children had left, Liu Dechang suddenly shouted again,
"Everyone go down."
Seeing this, Agang waved his hands and signaled all the servants to go down.
Liu Dechang's behavior made Luo Lan a little confused. She looked at Leng Yu, and Leng Yu also shook her head slightly in confusion.
No one knew what was going on, only Luo Xue felt a little uneasy. She seemed to have anticipated that her father's anger must have something to do with her.
Sure enough, Liu Dechang turned his gaze to Luo Xue, then raised his voice and said angrily:
"How long are you going to keep messing around?"
Luo Xue also asked back:
"Where did I go wrong?"
Liu Dechang gasped for breath, veins on his face throbbing as he continued to question.
"Why did you go to the emperor to ask for permission to let Leng Ming guard the city gate? Do you know how many rumors your actions have spread among the people? You, Liu Luoxue, are not afraid of being laughed at by others, but I, Liu Dechang, am afraid. Now you've made fun of me. I have no place to hide my face."
Seeing that Dad was indeed angry about this matter, Luo Xue replied nonchalantly:
"I don't feel ashamed at all, so how could I be ashamed of you? What's wrong with me asking Leng Ming to guard the city gate? I'm happy to do so, and he's happy to do so too. How does that bother others? Let others say whatever they want. Do farmers stop planting crops just because they hear sparrows chirping?"
"presumptuous!"
Liu Dechang slammed the table hard and shouted angrily, "You are really becoming more and more outrageous. Do you still have your father in your eyes?"
Seeing this, Xiaoling hurriedly comforted him softly:
"Dechang, don't do this. You'll scare the children."
"How could I dare to scare them? It was obviously they who scared me. These past few days, when I went out on the streets, the people were all talking about this matter. Everyone said that my daughter, Liu Dechang, was a she-devil. She actually asked the dignified Prince Ming to guard the city gate, otherwise she would not give him food. She sincerely wanted to starve Prince Ming of Daning to death. They also said... they said that I did not educate her well..."
At this point, Liu Dechang suddenly choked up. He raised his sleeve to wipe the corners of his eyes, nodded, and continued:
"I really didn't educate you well. You grew up in Chu State and don't understand the human relationships and situations in Daning State. You don't know that someone's spit can drown a person. You let Leng Ming guard the city gate. Do you know that this has caused Leng Ming's status in the hearts of the people to plummet? There are even... some people who make a special trip to the city gate to see him, looking at him like a monkey. Don't you think this is really embarrassing for him?"
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