In the room, Zhao Rong and Xiao Tao looked at each other in silence for a long time. Zhao Rong put away the sad look on his face and thought carefully for a while before he said: "Xiao Tao, have you heard anything strange at your mother's house these days?
thing?"
In Zhao Rong's mind, betrothing his cousin to an uncle from the Seventeenth Clan was very strange in itself. Not to mention that the two of them had never met, they probably had never heard anything about each other. It was so unreasonable.
It is not a very strange thing for two people who are related to each other to suddenly become a couple.
Hearing Zhao Rong's question, Xiao Tao's heart skipped a beat. He never thought that the young master would call him back and actually ask about his wife's affairs.
Thinking of the things that he and his wife have been busy with these past few days, Xiao Tao couldn't help but wonder in her heart. Did the young master hear some rumors? But no matter what, he couldn't easily mention that matter and arouse the young master's suspicion. So Xiao Tao deliberately
He pretended to think about it for a long time, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "No, Master, I didn't hear anything strange."
Such an evasive answer to the young master's question made Xiao Tao feel conflicted. After all, he had been with the young master the longest since he was a child, but he had never told a lie to the young master, nor had he deliberately deceived the young master about anything.
It's just that the matter this time was really big, so he could only answer the young master's question in a one-sided way. After all, the cousin's matter was not a strange matter.
At least from Xiao Tao's point of view, the cousin's marriage is indeed not strange. After all, she was involved in it from beginning to end, so she knew everything about it and didn't find anything strange, so he could take it as a matter of course.
, this is how to answer Zhao Rong’s question.
But obviously, Zhao Rong didn't want to let Xiao Tao go so easily. After hearing Xiao Tao's answer, he just didn't think about it for a while, and then said: "Xiao Tao, let me tell you directly, I just want to know, cousin
I knew Uncle Seventeenth Clan back then, so how could he agree to be Uncle Seventeenth Clan’s concubine?”
This time Zhao Rong made the problem clear. He did not allow Xiao Tao to evade the question any more. After all, just as Xiao Tao understood him, Zhao Rong actually understood Xiao Tao very well. The look on his face when he answered the question just now,
It can be seen that although he did not lie, he still concealed something.
Thinking of the question he just asked and Xiao Tao's answer, Zhao Rong had reason to believe that Xiao Tao was evading. So he simply asked the question directly. After all, Zhao Rong was not the kind of person who was very scheming, and Xiao Tao was.
Having grown up with him, in fact, the best way for two people to get along is to be straightforward.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhao Rong's direct question, Xiao Tao didn't know how to answer for a moment.
At this time, when she heard Zhao Rong directly ask about this distant cousin, the last trace of luck in Xiao Tao's heart disappeared.
He had just suspected that the strange questions asked by the young master must be about his cousin, and some rumors had spread to the young master. Although Xiaotao didn't know, the lady had taken so many measures just to be afraid that if this matter spread to the outside world,
The young master heard it, but how did the young master know about this matter?
But at this time, it was not the time for her to think about this question carefully. After all, the young master was still waiting for her answer. What should she say to make the young master accept this matter?
Yes, Xiao Tao was in a very conflicted mood at this time. She knew that both her wife and herself were doing it for the good of the young master. Although this action was a bit sorry for the cousin, it was not wronged by her. But if she told the young master directly like this,
If it comes out, I don't know if the young master will be able to accept the truth of the matter.
And Xiao Tao has always known that the young master has a pure mind and a kind character. Even if he knew what his cousin did, the young master probably would not agree to let his cousin be a concubine for the master of the seventeenth clan. So how should he answer now?
That's the key to the matter.
As mentioned before, Xiao Tao will not lie to Zhao Rong, but this premise should be without hurting Zhao Rong. Whenever someone wants to hurt, or intends to hurt Zhao Rong, Xiao Tao will turn into the sharpest weapon.
, stand in front of the young master and eliminate all these monsters.
So whenever it comes to Zhao Rong's safety, Xiao Tao will answer Zhao Rong's questions selectively. He will avoid some important points and rarely use some skills to answer questions. The purpose is to protect the young master and not let him
receive any harm.
So after hesitating for a moment, Xiao Tao organized her words and then said slowly: "Master, this matter about my cousin is decided by the madam. The madam also thinks about the cousin. After all, when the cousin was at home, due to various reasons
The reason for the delay is that my cousin is nineteen years old this year.
In other families, she is already an old girl. In addition, the cousin has a poor background, so if you want to marry into a wealthy family, in addition to being a concubine, you have to be a man to fill the house. "
In any case, Xiao Tao first pointed out that this matter was decided by the madam, which was enough for the young master to think twice. After all, Xiao Tao grew up with Zhao Rong, and he knew how the madam had been educating the young master.
thinking. Therefore, the young master has never raised any objection to the madam’s decision before.
Every time the madam made a decision, the young master would obey it. So this time, when Xiao Tao answered the young master's question, the first thing she said was to mention the madam.
Then Xiao Tao used another way to describe Miss Cousin's situation. Zhao Rong also knew this. Cousin is nineteen years old this year. This is actually a relatively polite way of saying it. In fact, Cousin's birthday is very old. In terms of age,
My cousin is already twenty-one years old this year.
Nowadays, among the women around me, families usually start looking for marriage when a girl is twelve or thirteen years old, and she will go out to get married at fifteen or sixteen. If a girl from any family stays until she is twenty, it will basically become a joke. So.
, when mentioning the cousin’s age, everyone consciously only said that she was nineteen years old.
Zhao Rong had not thought about this issue before, but when Xiao Tao raised it directly, he realized that his cousin was indeed past the age of marriage. Girls of his age were basically married and had children.
So it’s natural to mention my cousin’s marriage. (To be continued)