Xie Chengyou returned to the Prince Regent's Mansion listlessly. Before he stepped through the door, he happened to meet Xie Yan who had also returned from outside.
However, the person following Xie Yan was not the Wei Changting he often saw in the past, but a young man that Xie Chengyou had never seen before.
"Father." Regardless of the pain on his body and the heartache of the massive bleeding, Xie Chengyou quickly and respectfully saluted Xie Yan.
Xie Yan didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but when he saw that he looked like he had just come back from going out, he stopped and frowned slightly.
Xie Yan said quickly: "Father, King Rongzhen, Xuan Yu just went to Luo Mansion. Last night... I asked the manager to report this matter."
Xie Chengyou is still under lockdown, so he has to inform Xie Yan in advance if he wants to go out.
Although the two are called father and son, they are actually uncle and nephew, but they have only been together for less than a month and have not seen each other very often. Xie Chengyou has already truly felt the pressure Xie Yan puts on people.
He didn't want Xie Yan to misunderstand him and sneak out secretly and be caught.
Xie Yan instantly remembered Luo Junyao's slightly proud look at the Regent's Palace that day, and naturally knew what Xie Chengyou had done.
His cheap son was indeed less courageous than he thought, but he was so courageous that he dared to touch Luo Yun's daughter. He didn't know whether he was stupid or just because he had been praised in recent years.
"Has the Luo family's matter been resolved?" Xie Yan asked.
Xie Chengyou secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes."
Xie Yan nodded, glanced at Xie Chengyou indifferently and said, "Remember the lesson from this time, don't mess with people you can't afford to mess with."
Xie Chengyou felt extremely aggrieved, but he still had to bow respectfully and said: "Yes, Xuan Yu has remembered it."
Xie Yan said nothing more and walked past him.
Until Xie Yan walked far away, Xie Chengyou still kept his bow. The boy next to him reminded him in a low voice: "Sir, the prince has gone far."
Xie Chengyou gritted his teeth and said, "Give me a hand." The injury on his back was not completely healed, and his chest hurt. The pain became even worse when he bent down.
The boy suddenly realized what he was doing, and quickly stepped forward to help Xie Chengyou, and carefully helped him walk towards his yard.
Gu Jue followed Xie Yan and walked a long distance before looking back at Xie Chengyou. He happened to see Xie Chengyou's staggering back being supported by the servant, and couldn't help but chuckle.
Xie Yan looked back at him, and Gu Jue quickly stopped his smile and said, "Your Majesty, is this the eldest son? It's quite interesting."
"Interesting?" Xie Yan said.
Gu Jue nodded and said, "It's quite interesting, but was there any misunderstanding between him and the girl from the Luo family? In the future, the eldest son may not be able to suppress the girl from the Luo family."
Yesterday, he also met the little girl. She looked soft and could be bullied, but in fact, if Xie Chengyou faced her, it would most likely be Xie Chengyou who would die.
"If you're curious, you can go and ask in person." Xie Yan was not interested in gossip.
Gu Jue shook his head and followed Xie Chengyou and continued: "Compared with Miss Luo's matter, the general is more curious about another point. Doesn't Prince Mu's Mansion hope that the eldest son can take over the prince's position? They all know that the prince holds the power to control the country's army.
After being established in the military, why don't you send the eldest son to the army for training instead of entering the Imperial Academy? The general will see that this eldest son seems to have mediocre martial arts skills?"
If you really want Xie Chengyou to inherit Xie Yan's authority, shouldn't you start training him from a young age and work hard to make military achievements so that he can be convinced?
Otherwise, even if the prince is really stupid and willing to pass on the Zhenguo Army and the throne to Xie Chengyou, it is hard to say whether the Zhenguo Army will buy into his account.
Many things are not taken for granted.
King Mu is a prince, King Ning is a prince, and King Chu is also a prince. Can these three princes be the same?
Without ability, Xie Chengyou could only inherit the empty title of a prince, and he would not be able to hold on to the prince's other things.
Maybe...the ideal of Prince Mu and Xie Chengyou is just a throne?
General Gu Jue, who came from a poor family and worked hard to get better, said that he did not understand the thoughts of rich people.
Xie Yan sneered and said: "They are afraid of entering the army, so I will look for an opportunity to kill Xie Chengyou."
Gu Jue was shocked, "Your Majesty, if you want to kill that eldest young master, do you still need to look for an opportunity?" Isn't this just a matter of raising your hand?
"..."
Luo Family Warm Heart Garden.
"Girl, Princess Anyang is here." Luo Junyao was in a good mood, humming a tune and lying on the couch in the garden, reading a storybook, when the little girl came in to report.
Luo Junyao quickly sat up from the recliner, "Ah Ning? Why is she here? Please invite her in quickly."
After a while, I saw Qin Ning walking in quickly from outside.
Before Luo Junyao had time to say hello, he saw Qin Ning's red eyes, and he was startled and had a bad premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, the next moment Qin Ning rushed over and hugged her, "Shake!"
Luo Junyao blinked, hesitantly stretched out his little hand and patted her vest gently, saying: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Qin Ning's red eyes had obviously just cried. At this moment, she was holding on to Luo Junyao's clothes and refused to let go. Her eyes were full of panic.
She was already two years younger than Luo Junyao, because she was in poor health and was not tall when she was a child. She was usually very energetic and could not be seen, but now she looked pitiful and looked like a weak and helpless little thing.
Luo Junyao had no choice but to let her hold her, and asked softly: "What's wrong? What happened? Did you come here and tell the eldest princess?" Looking at Qin Ning, it looked like she ran out in a hurry.
Sure enough, Qin Ning stiffened slightly and whispered: "I want to stay with you for a while, can you not tell mother?"
Luo Jun said: "It's okay, but do you think you'll be worried if the eldest princess can't be found? The eldest princess has been working very hard recently for the health of the Queen Mother, right?"
Qin Ning's expression changed slightly, and she suddenly felt uneasy.
My mother goes to the palace early in the morning these days and always comes back at night. She also has to deal with various things in the princess's mansion, which is really hard.
Luo Junyao said: "I'll ask someone to tell the eldest princess that you are playing at Luo's house. Please don't come to see you first, okay?"
Qin Ning tightly grasped the hem of Luo Junyao's clothes, and Luo Junyao said: "Always let the eldest princess know where you are, so as not to worry her."
"Okay." Qin Ning thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Luo Junyao came to Lan Zhen and said, "Go and tell your mother and ask her to send someone to the princess's house to deliver a message."
Lan Zhen responded and went.
Luo Junyao then pulled Qin Ning to sit down, hesitated and handed over his handkerchief, "Wipe your face, what happened? Can you tell me?"
Qin Ning looked at her and said with some choking: "Shao Yao, if... I make a big mistake, will you, will you look down on me in the future?"
Luo Junyao asked: "Do you look down on me because of what happened before?"
"Of course not!" Qin Ning said quickly.
In fact, before she met Luo Junyao, she secretly despised her in her heart, but after meeting her, she felt that Luo Junyao was not what the rumors said, and she quite liked her.
Luo Junyao said: "That's it. We are friends. How can I look down on you? You are still young. Even if something happens, you must discuss it with the eldest princess. There will always be a way to solve it. Don't carry it alone.
.If something happens to you, the eldest princess will also be sad."
Qin Ning still hesitated to speak. In fact, Luo Junyao had guessed a little bit.
I'm afraid it has something to do with the consort Qin Qian, but I don't quite understand what she meant when she said she made a big mistake.
"If you really don't want to say it, don't force it. Just treat it as if you are here to play at Luo's house. You haven't been to our house yet, right?"
Qin Ning nodded, thought for a while and whispered: "Forget it, I'll tell you. Anyway... maybe others will know it soon." At this point, she couldn't help sobbing again.
Luo Jun shook his head and sat next to her without urging her and looked at her.
Qin Ning stared at her and said in horror: "I...I might kill my father!"
Luo Junyao was shocked, "What's going on?!"
Qin Ning stopped choking, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to be torn out of shape. Then she said: "My father suddenly found me today and begged me to help him plead for mother. Only then did I know...my father and my mother,
They, wuwu, they are not as loving as I thought they were. Wuwu...my father had another woman behind my mother's back, and my mother has known about it for a long time."
Luo Jun shook his head and thought, "Then what?"
Qin Ning said: "That woman is pregnant, and my mother told him that as long as they stay safe and sound, and wait for grandma... my mother will make peace with him and let him and that woman go."
Luo Junyao was a little surprised. The eldest princess was more tolerant than she thought, "Then your father...what do you want me to ask you for?" The eldest princess neither hurt Qin Qian nor that woman. What else could the consort be dissatisfied with?
He cheated on the eldest princess behind his back and raised his wife in the eldest princess's mansion. This was the best result that Qin's consort could get.
Qin Ning said: "My father said he didn't want to separate from my mother."
Luo Junyao felt bored for a moment, "So? What is he going to do with that woman and child?"
Qin Ning gritted her teeth and said: "He asked me to plead with my mother, saying that I still want a younger brother, and beg my mother to keep the child. He said that when the child is born, he will send the woman away far away."
"Then what do you think?"
Qin Ning stood up and said: "Of course I won't agree! My mother is so good to him, why should he treat my mother like that! Isn't it enough to have my brother and me? Why do you want to find another woman? Why do you need another woman?
A child born to a woman? I have been away for so many years, and my mother has always traveled thousands of miles to see me, and he has never been there even once!"
Qin Ning didn't know what she thought of and wanted to cry again.
He stretched out his arms and hugged Luo Junyao and said, "When I was arguing with him, my mother happened to meet him. My mother was very angry, so she quarreled with him."
"Then what?" Luo Junyao asked.
Qin Ning held Luo Junyao's hand and froze, and said after a while: "They were arguing very hard. I saw that he wanted to attack my mother, and I was scared... so I rushed over and pushed him away. He seemed to have hit me.
There was a lot of blood on my head. I was so frightened that I heard... I heard the girl saying, my consort, my consort is dead..."
Speaking of this, Qin Ning couldn't help but shudder.
Although Qin Ning was petite, he was a martial arts practitioner, while Qin Qian was an out-and-out weak scholar. Qin Ning couldn't control his strength for a while, so it was not impossible to push him and hit him somewhere.
Luo Junyao comforted her softly and said: "It's okay, don't worry, you are also trying to protect the eldest princess. And... you didn't really see clearly, did you? Maybe he just fainted. You are not strong enough, how can it be so easy?
dead?"
Although he said this, Luo Junyao actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.
Qin Ning whispered: "But...I, I..."
She was frightened when she saw Qin Qian bleeding and falling to the ground.
She didn't dare to look any further, and rushed out with her mind blank. She didn't know why she came to Luo's house. She didn't know many people she knew well in Shangyong. When she came to her senses, she was already standing in front of Luo's house.
It's the door.
She clutched Luo Junyao's handkerchief tightly, her whole body trembling.
It was as if fear was starting to creep up again.
"Woo... shake, did I kill someone..." And it was his own father.
Regardless of the reason, patricide is a heinous crime in the eyes of the world.
Luo Junyao felt very distressed when he saw her curled up in a recliner and shaking into a ball.
"Don't be afraid, An Ning, it's okay."
The garden was quiet, with only Luo Junyao's voice comforting her and the occasional sound of Qin Ning's choked sobs.
After a long time, Qin Ning still raised her head and whispered: "Shao Yao, you...can you accompany me back? I'm afraid, my mother is worried."
Luo Junyao looked at her for a while and then nodded gently and said: "Okay."
She knew that the panic in Qin Ning's heart at this time was not only because of the breakdown of her parents' marriage, but also because of the fear that she might have killed her father with her own hands.
Even in her previous life, killing her father with her own hands, even if it was an accident, would be an indelible psychological shadow for a child's life.
Not to mention that in this era where filial piety is as great as heaven, Qin Ning is still a girl of only fourteen years old.
