Xiao Ruo then noticed that the shape of Xiao Zhao's right sleeve was more bulging than the left. She held his arm and pushed the sleeve up, only to see snow-white bandages wrapping the arm layer by layer, like a cocoon.
Wanting to take a closer look at the injury, but afraid of hurting her brother, Xiaoruo's eyebrows were completely twisted into knots.
Xiao Zhao smiled reassuringly and said, "It's just a little skin injury, nothing serious..."
Seeing that the eldest sister's expression was still ugly, he glanced sideways at Liu Tingyun who was following him, "It's Tingyun who made a fuss out of a molehill. He had to wrap it up in more layers to make it look exaggerated."
"Am I making a fuss out of a molehill?" Liu Tingyun now remembered the scene of Xiao Zhao's injury, and was still frightened. He gestured to Xiao Ruo dissatisfiedly: "Sister, you don't even know how dangerous it was at that time! We..."
As soon as he started talking, he was interrupted by Jiang Ping patting his shoulder. Jiang Ping changed the subject and said: "Miss Ruo Ruo, don't you introduce me to the gentleman at the door?"
This man with a face like a crown jewel and fine clothes does not look like a commoner at first glance, and he does not know what his relationship is with Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun, whether they are enemies or friends.
To be cautious, Jiang Ping interrupted Liu Tingyun to prevent him from rashly describing Xiao Zhao's distress situation in front of this person, which would lead to greater danger.
Only then did Xiaoruo remember that Prince An was still at the door. Her exquisite mind naturally understood Jiang Ping's intention. She nodded slightly to Jiang Ping gratefully, then bowed to the door and said, "We are homesick, and we have neglected the prince. Why don't you please invite him?"
Forgive me."
Your Majesty!
Everyone in the courtyard was shocked. They only thought that this man was gorgeously dressed and had an extraordinary appearance. They did not expect that his status was so noble.
Prince An, who had never been left out for so long, instead of getting angry, stepped into the small courtyard.
The Xiaojia courtyard became even more crowded.
Prince An looked around. He had never set foot in such a small courtyard. With the ten of him, it was almost difficult to turn around in the courtyard. The woodshed in Prince An's mansion was bigger than this!
"You guys live here?" He felt a little unbearable and ashamed.
When he saw Xiao Ruo in the palace, he felt that she looked very familiar, and he also recalled the speculation that Sui Yingtai had told him.
But now when he saw Xiao Zhao, who was almost a replica of Su Liangkun, he was 100% sure that this Xiao family was either a descendant of Su Liangkun and Chun Ruo, or a close relative of them.
Su Liangkun was a man of great talent and had the ambition to conquer mountains and rivers. He knew astronomy from above and geography from below. He was knowledgeable about ancient and modern deductions both internally and externally.
When seizing the throne for his imperial brother, Mr. Su's strategic decisions were all impeccable and played a vital role.
How many times he dreamed back in the middle of the night, he would lament that only with Su Liangkun's presence could he sleep peacefully amidst the treacherous struggle for the throne.
I didn't expect that the relative of such a genius would live in such a small place...
Lowering his eyes to hide the turmoil in his heart, he pretended to mention it casually and said: "I have a few vacant houses in the West City. You can pick them some other time. If you like them, move there."
The several houses in the West Market were nothing to the prince who was most trusted by the emperor and grew up in fine clothes and fine food, but to the common people, they were gifts that were too expensive to afford.
To Prince An's surprise, instead of being elated, the Xiao family looked at him with indifferent expressions.
Xiao Ruo didn't even bother to be polite now, and said calmly: "No reward for no merit, Xiao Ruo thanked the prince for his kindness on behalf of his family, and we think this place is quite good, and the family is used to living there."
Rolling her eyes secretly, Xiao Ruo cursed in her heart: "You have disliked our family for being small and shabby since you came here, as if you don't know how many houses you, the prince, have, bah! It's so conspicuous!"
Only then did Prince An realize that what he said was inappropriate. He wanted to say that he didn't mean it, but he didn't know how to speak. After a few minutes of awkward silence, he abruptly changed the topic.
"Then can you take me around for a while? I can learn a lot about your...uh...situation."
Just take a look, it’s just to show him around, Xiao Ruo thinks that he can sit upright and has nothing to hide.
It's better to hurry up and leave! She also wanted to ask Xiao Zhao how he got injured!
So Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun took Prince An to visit room by room.
Several rooms used for living can be seen at a glance, and there is nothing to explain. Moreover, Xiaoruo and Xiaoniao's boudoir is not easy to show to outsiders, so they can only take a quick glance.
Only the westmost room was originally a warehouse for Cordyceps sinensis. Later, when the Xinli Cordyceps specialty store opened, the Cordyceps were moved to a small warehouse in the store, leaving this area empty.
Xiaoruo tidied up this room, specially dedicated to the memorial tablets of the Xiao family's parents, as well as the objects and books left by the Xiao family's parents.
When Xiao Ruo opened the door of this room, two tablets on the table where tribute incense was burning were extremely conspicuous.
"This is dedicated to..." Prince An asked hesitantly.
"It's my father and my mother."
I thought that the prince would leave after getting the answer, but unexpectedly he stepped directly inside and said, "Since this is your father's hall, I should also burn a stick of incense to show my respect."
After saying that, he took three sticks of incense from the incense basket on the side and lit them on the candle nearby. He raised them high above his head and performed the worship ceremony respectfully.
The fact that the majestic prince actually offered incense and saluted the common people was quite shocking in Xiao Ruo's two lifetimes, let alone the people watching outside the house.
"Tai Li... Could it be that my old eyes are dim... Why did I see the prince burning incense..." Old Cen was dumbfounded and murmured to Zheng Dongyang.
Zheng Dongyang was also in disbelief, "Brother Cen, I'm probably as old and blind as you..."
No matter how shocked everyone outside the door was, Prince An finished the ceremony and put the incense on the incense burner. Then he turned his head and saw something familiar.
"This..." He stepped forward and picked up the books neatly stacked beside the altar table, his hands trembling a little, "Where did you get this book?"
He would not be mistaken about "Bogu Imagery", which was a book that Su Liangkun started writing when he was still in Prince An's Mansion!
No matter how restrained she was, the keen Xiaoruo still noticed something strange about the person in front of her. She secretly curled her fingers in her sleeves and replied: "These books are the relics of my late father."
If Prince An does anything wrong next and damages Daddy Xiao's relics, she will definitely make him incapacitated as soon as possible!
Prince An, who had no idea that he was already on the line between life and death, turned red in the eyes. His eyes moved from the book in his hand to Xiao Ruo's face and said, "Sure enough, you are indeed Liang Kun's child..."
"Liangkun?" Xiaoruo felt that these two words were familiar for some reason, as if she had heard them somewhere.
"Yes, Su Liangkun, your father's name is, your mother's name is Chun Ruo..." Prince An's eyes became even redder.
Xiao Zhao, who was watching every move inside the door, said: "Our father's name is Xiao Kun, not Su Liangkun."