Do you think you don't need to tell him at all, or do you think he is too young and it will only be a disservice?
"I just found out about it not long ago." Xu Mingyi said with a smile: "I was afraid that you would be worried, so I planned to tell you after the matter was resolved."
In the past, if she had faced the boy in front of her who was questioning her with a sullen face, she would definitely have said, "There is no point in telling you, it will only add to the chaos."
But now, she just wants to talk to her brother properly, even though... in fact, she did subconsciously feel that there was no need to tell such a little brat like him before.
Well, of course, this kind of prejudice is wrong, and it will have to be corrected in the future.
Xu Mingshi didn't expect her to say that, and when he saw her smiling, she actually told him that he didn't know how to continue.
"When Liu Yi found you, you probably didn't know the truth, right? So he tied her here decisively -" Xu Mingyi smiled and praised: "Well done."
As he said that, he reached out and patted his head as a reward.
Xu Mingshi's eyes widened, as if he had been stabbed by something, and he quickly waved her hand away.
After doing this subconscious action, she felt that it was a bit extreme. She raised her eyes to look at Xu Mingyi, but saw that the smile on her face was even stronger, and her bright eyes were bent, as if she thought his actions were interesting, not ignorant.
For better or worse.
"Why do you seem to be a different person..." He frowned and muttered in a low voice.
Xu Mingyi pretended not to hear anything and said with a smile: "You should be tired after running around today, so go back and sleep."
"Isn't it that I haven't asked Liu Yi clearly why he wants to harm you?"
"I shouldn't be able to find out anything at this time. Mother will ask later."
Of course, she couldn't help but go to see Liu Yi in person.
"...You usually don't know people well and are careless. You must have a better memory this time."
When he saw Xu Ming and wanted to continue talking, Xu Mingyi looked at him strangely: "How come I didn't notice you being so nagging in the past?"
Xu Mingshi's face darkened.
Does this make him nagging?
But then I thought about it, Xu Mingyi was notoriously afraid of being nagged...
At this time, I heard her ask again, seemingly aware of it: "Mingshi, do you have anything to say to me?"
Xu Mingshi had a sullen face and shook his head with evasive eyes.
However, seeing her turn around and seem to be leaving, the boy clenched his fists and shouted to stop her: "Wait!"
Xu Mingyi, who was pretending to leave, turned around.
"It was my fault for cutting off your bow last year... I didn't know at that time that that bow meant so much to you. I..." Xu Mingshi's face turned red, but his sincere eyes were extremely firm, "This matter
I did something wrong, please punish me!"
This matter was a knot in his heart.
But because of his face and Xu Mingyi's always displeased look on his face, he never had the courage to speak out.
Xu Mingyi was stunned for a while before she realized what he was talking about.
After all, no matter how much she valued that bow, to her it was still a thing of the past six or seven years ago——
She wanted to say "I forgot about it a long time ago", but seeing the boy's serious look, she still said: "What should I punish you for... I have to think about it..."
Suddenly realizing that he seemed to be too emotional, Xu Mingshi waited without daring to breathe.
If she makes any excessive and unreasonable demands, he should... be able to regret it, right?
"I'll punish you to buy Cheng Ji's soup dumplings for me tomorrow morning."
Xu Mingshi was stunned.
...that's it?
This is too prohibitive!
As we all know, in Zhenguo Gongfu, the three words Xu Mingyi can be used as adjectives - as for the specific meaning of the word, it can be switched at will in different contexts.
"Can you be sincere!" Xu Mingshi came back to his senses with a very dissatisfied look on his face.
He was instructed by his mother to take care of her. Before she recovered, he should be responsible for her food. What kind of punishment was buying a soup dumpling? This was simply a perfunctory response to his sincerity!
Xu Mingyi clicked his tongue.
How can a punished person come up with so many demands?
But seeing the boy's angry look, she had no choice but to say: "Then I'll tell you when I think of it?"
"..." Xu Mingshi nodded reluctantly.
The boy still left with a sullen face, walked a few steps, turned back, frowned and reminded: "...but this is just this opportunity, tell me when you think about it!"
Xu Mingyi nodded cooperatively.
Jiuer's expression was complicated and difficult to describe: ...What is the purpose of the young master's persistence in fearing that the girl will not be punished properly?
Watching Xu Mingshi leave, Xu Mingyi quietly returned to the front hall with the maid.
She did not return to the hall, nor did she call her servants to report.
Seeing Xu Mingyi and two maids standing quietly in the corridor, the four women and maids were stunned for a while before they realized that their girl was actually trying to eavesdrop?
But just appearing in front of them openly like this...is this appropriate?
At least it's better to hide it more secretly?
"Gu..." A woman reminded her awkwardly, but as soon as she uttered a word, she saw Azhu beside Xu Mingyi looking at her with raised eyebrows.
"..." The mother-in-law was frightened for a while, and the words she couldn't finish turned into a difficult smile.
It seems that the madam didn’t specifically tell the girl not to eavesdrop...
Anyway, in this family, there is always nothing that a girl cannot do...
Furthermore, the girl hid quite well and no one made a sound. As long as she didn't look, she wouldn't be discovered at all.
Thinking of this, the mother-in-law withdrew her gaze and lowered her head.
This front hall is quite large, and the Duke of Zhen is sitting at the head. People watching outside can only faintly hear some voices, but it is difficult to distinguish what is said specifically.
However, Xu Mingyi has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. At this time, everything was quiet, but he could hear clearly.
She knew that her grandfather wanted to avoid her by urging her to go back to rest.
But now she really wanted to know more about things at home, so she came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.
Of course, if she really shouldn't listen, she would definitely not pry too much, but the hall door is not closed, so it is obvious that it can be eavesdropped.
"The daughter-in-law was also at fault in this matter. She was the one who oversaw it first. Especially the Ruan family... The daughter-in-law originally thought that since she was the only concubine in the house, it would be okay to loosen the rules, so she didn't restrain her. But it didn't happen.
This actually fueled her ambitions and gave birth to delusions that she shouldn't have. When the Ruan family entered the palace, half of it was the daughter-in-law who was in charge..."
"The reason for Ruan's incident lies with me..."
Xu Jin's voice reached Xu Mingyi's ears: "I was too negligent and concealed the fact that she was pregnant..."
"Okay!"
The old man interrupted his son impatiently: "I think you are just confused!... When I set the rule for you and the second son that the Xu family should not have concubine children, did you think it was because the Zhenguo government could not afford to support them?
"
Mrs. Cui was startled when she heard this.
Xu Mingyi was also extremely surprised - there was such a family rule in her family!
