Liu Hai could only breathe a sigh of relief, followed the concubine into the palace again, and went straight to the concubine's room.
Along the way, he never dared to take his eyes off the letter, for fear of making a mistake.
The concubine also noticed his nervous eyes, but this small problem did not trouble her.
Just as she sat down and was about to read the letter, the nanny beside her suddenly rushed in with a girl.
"Toffee, this girl stole something, what do you think we should do?"
The concubine opened the letter in her hand and was reading it. When she saw the servant rushing in regardless, she frowned.
"Go out, didn't you see that I'm busy?"
"Taifei, this girl stole things from your room. She is so courageous. Please ask Taifei to order her punishment."
The girl whose wrist was tightly grasped by her grandma quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"Toffee, please spare this slave. I was confused for a moment. My mother was seriously ill at home and I needed money urgently. That's why I made a big mistake. Please spare me, Princess."
"No mercy," Mammy shouted angrily, "Kill her as a warning to others, or else she will be kicked out of the house directly to avoid future troubles."
"Taifei, no, my whole family is counting on me to support them. Please, Taifei, please spare this slave."
"If the concubine spares this lowly maid, how will she manage the girls in this mansion and around the concubine in the future? So she cannot be spared."
"Please forgive me, Princess. I made a mistake. I know I was wrong. Princess, please forgive me."
"..."
The two people shouting back and forth in the hall attracted Liu Hai's attention. At the same time, the concubine folded the enveloped letter in her hand and put it back into the envelope.
After doing all this, she waved her hands in feigning anger,
"Okay, you two are quarreling and giving me a headache. If you are willing to stay, then take me out to play twenty games. Otherwise, leave the house and make your own choice."
The girl kowtowed hurriedly, "I am willing to take the punishment, as long as the concubine does not drive me away."
Although grandma was a little dissatisfied, she still dragged her out to get slapped.
The concubine rubbed her forehead and sighed helplessly,
"Hey, there are enough bad things today, Liu Hai. I've read this letter. There's nothing wrong with it. Han'er just told her that she's safe. You can take it."
Liu Hai hurriedly responded, strode forward, took the letter from her hand, bowed and saluted, and replied,
"My subordinates resign."
After leaving these words, he hurriedly exited.
Looking at his back as he walked away in a hurry, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of the concubine's lips. She raised her hand, took out the wrapped letter from her sleeve, and slowly tore it into pieces with a dark look on her face.
Tear it down until only scraps of paper remain.
Half a month later.
Su Mu'er rarely went down the mountain these days, and the wanted notice in the city still had not been removed, so in order not to cause trouble, she would call Liu Jin or Uncle Wu when something happened, and she felt much more relaxed.
Standing on Jitou Mountain, looking at the green mountains, she felt much calmer.
I don't know when she started to like the feeling of admiring this green.
Facing the wind, her dress was blown up. At this moment, she looked like a fairy, making people moved.
Uncle Wu, who had just come back from the mountain, came behind her in a dusty state.
"Master, I have your letter."
letter?
Su Muer turned around and took the letter from Uncle Wu, "Who sent it?"
Uncle Wu shook his head, "I don't know. Someone gave it to Biaozi and asked him to pass it on to you."
Looking at the font on the envelope, she knew that it belonged to Ye Shihan.
She asked Uncle Wu to do his work, and sat down where she was, spreading out the letter and reading it carefully.
"Mu'er, I want to say sorry to you. I can't go back this time. There are three reasons. I will explain to you now and hope you will understand.
First, there was something going on at the court, and the emperor asked me to stay. For the sake of the country, I must stay;
Secondly, my mother-in-law is unwell and I cannot be unfilial, so I must stay;
Third, Mengmeng has been waiting hard for me. I can't let her down, and I have to stay.
Therefore, I cannot be that person who is unfaithful, unfilial and unjust. After careful consideration, I decided to stay and fulfill my filial piety, loyalty and righteousness. I also ask for your forgiveness. To you, I can only say I'm sorry and hope you understand me.
"
understand?
Looking at the familiar font and holding this heartless letter in her hand, Su Muer suddenly smiled bitterly.
He can't betray others, he can only betray Su Mu'er?
Thinking about the content of this letter, she really felt ridiculous. It was in vain that she thought about waiting for him to come back again, hoping that he could take care of the family affairs and then come to spend a peaceful life with her, so that Doudou could have a complete family.
,
But who would have thought that the final result would be like this.
Facing the wind, tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She was sure that these were not tears, not tears shed for him. Such a man was not worthy of her sadness, nor was it worthy of her crying for him.
Doudou ran over from not far away. Seeing his mother's eyes red, she stepped forward worriedly.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
She hurriedly crumpled the letter paper in her hand into a ball, raised her hand to wipe her eyes and shook her head hurriedly.
"It's okay, Feng Mian was blinded just now and you ran out on your own. Where is Sister Xiaoqian?"
Doudou looked at her with a pout, then looked at her hands.
"Mother, is that a letter? Whose letter is it?"
"This is a letter from Uncle Biaozi at the foot of the mountain, introducing the situation there."
She couldn't let Doudou know about this. The child was too mature. If he saw this letter, he would definitely be sad.
Hearing what she said, Doudou nodded doubtfully, raised his chubby little hand and wiped the corners of her eyes.
"It's windy today. Mom, don't stay here anymore. It's drafty from all sides. It's easy to shed tears if you get lost. Doudou will be worried."
Seeing Doudou's worried look, she forced a smile and nodded,
"Mom knows, don't worry Doudou, everything will be fine."
The truth is just as she said, everything will be fine.
The crops in the back mountain are growing well, and the chickens in the chicken coop are starting to lay eggs. The piglets are getting fatter and stronger, and they will be ready to go out if they are more than a month old. Moreover, buyers have been found. Everything
, it just takes time.
The fruit trees over there at Biaozi are also growing luxuriantly. As expected, they will bear fruit next year.
All of this is developing in a good direction. Although Ye Shihan disappointed her, her hope is everywhere.
Many times she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, as long as she lived a prosperous life and was healthy, nothing else mattered. Men were dispensable to her, and she would never be attracted to men again in the future.
But after all, this was what she said to comfort herself. Her heart that had died for him had been melted when he followed her like a tail, and she decided to accept him again.
But it all happened so suddenly and caught people off guard.
He completely disappeared from her life, becoming a bubble and a bubble.
Life in Jitoushan is going on in an orderly manner, everyone is busy with their own affairs, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of a new life.
But God is always so unfavorable to people's wishes.
Just when everyone was waiting for the crops to be harvested and living a good life, the imperial army to suppress the bandits quietly arrived.
Xiao Mo was wearing a battle armor, his eyes were gleaming, and he was walking in front of five thousand elite soldiers.
He didn't want to come to this time to suppress bandits. He, the general, was there to fight, not to suppress bandits. However, the emperor told him that he wanted to bring back a child named Doudou safely.
He knew that Su Muer's child was called Doudou, so he suspected that the person the emperor asked him to suppress was Su Muer. In order to confirm his suspicion, he received the emperor's order and led troops to suppress the bandits.
Nie Shuang led them all the way outside Luoyang City. Xiao Mo was quite puzzled by this.
"Are you going to take this general to Chicken Head Mountain?"
Nie Shuang nodded and bowed in agreement, "Yes, this Jitou Mountain is the hiding place of the witch that the concubine is looking for. She is the head of the family here. Now that the villain has brought you here, please general, please bring the rest."
Please give me the silver reward."
Xiao Mo glanced at him lightly, turned to the person behind him and said:
"Come here, arrest this person."
Hearing this, Nie Shuang immediately became anxious, "You don't mean what you say, the concubine has agreed to take you to the place and pay me the silver reward."
"The general doesn't know whether what you said is true or false yet, so you should suffer a little injustice first, and I will pay you the silver reward after I catch the person the concubine wants."
After saying this, he waved his hand, and the two men stepped forward and lifted Nie Shuang up. He continued to cry out for injustice.
"Let me go. How dare you disobey the concubine's promise to me? What are your intentions?"
As the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Mo didn't care about this little gangster. Besides, the general was out and military orders were not obeyed. He would not do what the concubine said and give such a large sum of money to that little gangster.
, what if he is a liar? Then doesn’t he, the general, become the monkey being played? He can’t do this.
At this time, a deputy general came forward and said, "General, what should we do?"
"Set up camp here. General Rong Ben will find out the way up Jitou Mountain clearly before attacking the mountain."
"yes."
After the deputy general retreated, he directly arranged for everyone to set up camp here. Xiao Mo rode forward alone. After walking around here, he decided to go to the Luoyang government office to inquire about it.
When the lord of the government saw that it was General Xiao Mo who was coming, he didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly invited him to the main hall.
"General Xiao, when the bandits were suppressed last time, His Highness Seventh Prince did not come to Luoyang City, but stayed in Luan City next door, presumably in order not to arouse the alert of the bandits. However, the lower official heard that he had been sentenced to Jitou Mountain forever.
If there is no handwriting to suppress the bandits, why would the imperial court send people to suppress the bandits?"
Xiao Mo took a sip of the tea in front of him and chuckled helplessly.
"I don't know about this, General. I advise Master Liu not to inquire too much, but to just act according to the emperor's orders."
He didn't want to talk too much about court matters to a subordinate official, as this would undermine his status as a general.
When Mr. Liu heard this, he nodded hurriedly, "What General Xiao said is absolutely true, but I am talking too much."
"Master Liu, tell me about the situation on Jitou Mountain so that I can be prepared."