Mrs. Xu's anger that had just been suppressed burned up like a wildfire. She picked up the crutch and hit An Yihou hard again: "Huan'er suffered so many grievances when she was a child, and now she has to suffer on behalf of others.
Let her go to a good family in her next life and not have a father like you."
After speaking, both mother and son fell silent.
After a while, Mrs. Xu stood up tremblingly, holding the crutch in her hand tightly, as if half of her body was supported by the crutch. She walked step by step to the window, looked outside, and murmured after a while:
"I'm afraid that if I work hard for others all my life, I won't get a good result in the end."
An Yihou's voice was hoarse: "Cheng Xuan is not that kind of person. He can put aside his grudges with the Anyi Hou Mansion for Huan'er, which shows that he is sincere."
"Can you men still be reliable?" Mrs. Xu said scornfully, "Do you dare to say that you have never thought of taking a concubine in these years?"
"No, my son has never thought about it," An Yihou said immediately.
"No?" Mrs. Xu asked, "What was the name of the eldest girl who served you back then? Your father and I had arranged a marriage for you and were about to send that girl away. Didn't you also come to beg me to keep her?"
Why should we keep her? Shouldn't we wait until we get married to give her a favor?"
An Yihou's face turned red all of a sudden. It was because he was young and had a sudden thought. However, he had nothing to do with the maid. It was just that she had served her for many years and had some affection for her. He was reluctant to give her away.
Let's go, now... Now that his mother was using him as an excuse, An Yihou felt that he had been disgraced. He looked outside the door in a panic, hoping that the unscrupulous man was not eavesdropping.
Mrs. Xu continued: "You didn't make a mistake, it's because your father and I are determined, otherwise you don't know what would happen.
If you don’t talk about this, let’s just say that you have been together for many years and have never made any wrong ideas?”
An Yihou's mouth felt bitter and he said hurriedly: "No, really not."
Mrs. Xu waved her hand, obviously not prepared to listen anymore: "It's useless to talk more. As the saying goes, it's easier said than done. I guess you don't have the ability to see clearly what will happen to Prince Wei in the future."
Marquis An Yi said: "If not, my mother would become Xuan at first sight."
Mrs. Xu glanced at An Yihou: "Of course I will meet you. You have no say in this marriage."
An Yihou felt a chill in his heart: "Mother still refuses to agree?"
Mrs. Xu said: "It is true that there was a marriage contract in the past, but the people who made the marriage contract did not always break the contract."
An Yihou was about to speak, but Mrs. Xu glared at her, so he had to shut his mouth.
Mrs. Xu continued: "Most of the reasons for breaking the contract are because the children are not good-looking and they don't want their daughters to suffer in the past. If there is no other reason... no one will do this casually."
An Yihou was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Xu glanced at An Yihou coldly again, and An Yihou couldn't help but shuddered: "Our family's marriage is different from these, so we can't be careless."
An Yihou lowered his head and said, "That's what mother said."
Mrs. Xu walked back to the chair and sat down: "If he is not good, I can't harm Qing Huan. I also want to know what he is thinking in his heart, what kind of wife he wants, and whether we Huan'er will be compatible."
suitable."
Anyihou breathed a sigh of relief. At least his mother no longer objected strongly. He stood up and served tea to Mrs. Xu.
Mrs. Xu took the tea bowl and asked, "What happened in the palace again?"
An Yihou said: "The emperor left Cheng Xuan to say a few words, and then something happened." He pondered for a while and told Mrs. Xu everything he knew.
Mrs. Xu lowered her eyes and thought.
An Yihou expressed his speculation again: "My son heard that the Queen Mother has many rewards, and Zhang He also... there is no smoke without fire, maybe it has something to do with this matter."
"The mother and son seem to be inseparable," Mrs. Xu said, "The emperor is no longer the little emperor who just ascended the throne and needs the help of the queen mother and the Zhang family.
On the surface, the Queen Mother said she ignored the government affairs, as if she would not reach out no matter what happened to the Zhang family, but in fact, she could no longer sit still after the Zhang family had just suffered a setback.
Between the belly and the mountain, even the royal family’s biological mother and son will turn against each other, let alone those who are not biological.”
An Yihou nodded: "The emperor is already very suspicious, and now that Su Wan's case has been raised, no one will believe it."
"The emperor's suspicion is not wrong," Mrs. Xu looked at An Yihou. "The prince will become a major worry for him in the future. Emperors have been like this since ancient times. They want capable ministers but are worried about them, especially military generals who hold military power.
…”
After saying this, Mrs. Xu waved her hand: "Go down and change your clothes. You can take care of these things later."
An Yihou responded, stood up and saluted Mrs. Xu again, and then walked out slowly.
Mrs. Xu was sitting in the room, looking at the green smoke curling up from the incense burner, with a complicated expression on her face. After a while, she said: "It seems that there are some things that must be explained clearly to Prince Wei."
Marquis Anyi came out of Mrs. Xu's room and saw Xu Qing'an coming towards her after not taking a few steps.
Xu Qing'an saw that his father's face was ashen and there were faint red marks on his cheeks. He couldn't help but froze there. He didn't expect that his grandmother would actually take action.
Xu Qingan wanted to take a look with concern.
"What are you doing here?" An Yihou looked at his son angrily. He was very unhappy to see this face so quickly. He didn't know if this unscrupulous son had eavesdropped just now. "Just do whatever you have to do."
, idle all day long, if the Anyi Houfu is defeated in the future, it will be your fault, don’t blame others."
My father is a little angry, but...
Xu Qingan doubted: "Isn't that what grandma said?"
Sure enough, the unscrupulous man heard it. Marquis An Yi kicked Xu Qing'an, but Xu Qing'an dodged away.
Xu Qingan looked proud: "Father, you are still a little worse than that man." Before his smile could fully bloom, he missed the step and almost fell to the ground because of his instability.
Upon seeing this, Marquis An Yi snorted and waved his hand: "It's embarrassing." He didn't expect this little brat to make such progress. Next time he will strike faster to see if he can dodge.
…
Xu Qinghuan took Feng Chu to the front yard.
"You are not allowed to go," Mrs. Xu came up to greet her. "There are others taking care of you in front. I will tell you the news soon."
Xu Qinghuan stretched out her hand to hold Mrs. Xu: "Mother," her voice was soft and soft, "something must have happened in the palace, and my father doesn't know the inside story. My daughter went over to ask, so she has an idea."
Mrs. Xu frowned: "There are so many people here, are you the only one missing?"
"It's different," Xu Qinghuan said, "My daughter feels that today's incident has something to do with her."
Mrs. Xu was startled: "You can't say this nonsense."
Xu Qinghuan said: "If you think about it carefully, Mr. Song is young and promising. When the court is recruiting people, why doesn't the emperor win over him? I'm afraid it's because the Song family wants to marry our family, which involves too many things.
Master Song didn't tell his father for the same reason, I'm afraid my father would feel guilty for this."
Mrs. Xu did not figure out the cause and effect relationship, but saw her daughter's eyes were firm.
