It was getting late, red lanterns were hung high in the Xiao Mansion, and paper-cuts of Double Happiness could be seen everywhere. It seemed that a large-scale wedding was about to be held, and it was very lively. There were a large number of soldiers guarding the house inside and outside to prevent anyone from interrupting the wedding.
At this moment, an old man in green clothes slowly walked through the heavily guarded corridors and gates.
"Ahem..." He probably suffered from lung disease. He stooped his back, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and coughed from time to time.
Behind him was a giant black wolf dog, as big as a tiger, with swollen muscles and a ferocious look. His eyes glanced around him coldly, as if he was choosing people to eat. The guards were all afraid of him as he passed by, no matter how hard this person was.
The dog is free of obstruction.
Finally, he slowly walked to the door of the inner courtyard. There were more than a dozen expressionless guards standing there. No one was allowed to enter or exit the inner courtyard. Only when he came forward did the guards move slightly.
"Ahem! Is the prince still in mood?" The old man in green coughed and looked at the guard leader.
The leader of the guard said respectfully: "Sir, the Crown Prince has driven away all the servants and refuses to speak or accept the groom's clothes. Tomorrow is the wedding day and the Crown Prince is not cooperating at all."
The old man in green looked at the groom's clothes on the tray in his hand and frowned slightly: "Give it to me, I'll tell you."
"The prince trusts you the most, so please leave it to me, sir." The guard leader respectfully handed over the wedding robe.
Several guards immediately opened the inner courtyard door and allowed the old man in green to enter the inner courtyard, followed closely by the giant wolf dog.
The guards closed the inner courtyard door again, and each one of them looked relieved.
In the inner courtyard, the old man in green patted the wolf dog on the head: "Hei'er, just walk around here and don't eat anything."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The giant wolfdog whimpered a few times, seeming to be very humane.
All the servants in the inner courtyard were driven out, leaving only the person the old man in green was trying to convince, the Crown Prince.
The old man in green carried his wedding clothes and walked towards a brightly lit study room.
The door of the study room is wide open, and the bookshelves inside are filled with books. A young man is sitting in the center of the study room, holding a book in his hand, reading the book in his hand by the candlelight around him.
The boy was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a hint of maturity in his youth. Although he was underage, he still showed a handsome look with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.
The young man was studying very seriously, and even when the old man in Tsing Yi walked into the study, he didn't notice. The old man in Tsing Yi put down the tray in his hand and waited patiently.
After about a stick of incense, the young man finally finished reading the book in his hand, then closed his eyes and thought for half an hour before slowly opening his eyes.
"Uncle Qing? Are you here?" The young man looked surprised.
"Your Majesty, you are getting married tomorrow, do you still want to read at night by candlelight?" the old man in green said with a smile.
The young man put down the book in his hand and sighed slightly: "Uncle Qing, do you think that I, Xiao Nanfeng, don't even have the right to choose marriage now?"
The old man in green frowned slightly and shook his head: "Your Majesty, no one is making things difficult for you. You must understand in your heart that the Shenhou couple have been dead for ten years, and the chief steward has always been protecting you."
"My parents are just missing. Who said they are dead?" Xiao Nanfeng's expression changed and he seemed a little angry.
The old man in green fell silent and wanted to wait until Xiao Nan's temper subsided before communicating again.
Xiao Nanfeng seemed to realize that he had lost his composure. He sighed slightly, picked up a wine bottle at hand, and walked over.
"Uncle Qing, I feel bad. Please have a drink with me tonight!" Xiao Nanfeng poured two glasses of wine with a hint of melancholy.
The old man in green looked at Xiao Nanfeng and shook his head: "Your Majesty, I know you feel uncomfortable, but you should understand that people cannot be resurrected after death. If Shenhou is still alive, how could there be no news from Shenhou in the past ten years? Shenhou
You were only six years old when you died, and now you are sixteen. In the past ten years, everything has changed."
"Oh, this fief belongs to my father, but now it belongs to the Grand Steward. Grand Steward? In the past, he was just a steward of our family. It was my father who gave him the rights. In the past ten years since my father has been missing, he has treated me as a steward.
As a pledge, he cut off dissidents and gathered power. The military power and political power of the fiefdom fell into his hands. All the industries and shops of my Xiao family have also become his private property. Oh, you are bullying me, the young master, as a slave.
, just ignore it?" Xiao Nanfeng said with an ugly expression.
The expression of the old man in green changed: "Your Majesty, please don't say this kind of thing again. If it reaches the ears of the chief manager, something will happen."
"What? You can't say this kind of thing? You can only do it? Who in the fiefdom doesn't know that I, the young master, have been imprisoned in the mansion all year round?" Xiao Nanfeng said after taking a sip of wine.
"The chief manager doesn't let you run around because he's worried about your young age and that some gangsters will assassinate you. After all, Shenhou had many enemies back then. And if you want to study, he has found various gentlemen to teach you.
If you want books, I will always try my best to get them for you. Look at your room full of books, isn't it because he took advantage of your wishes?" the old man in green comforted him.
"But besides being able to study, what else can I do? I was banned from practicing all the exercises, and I was only given the most basic body-training method. Even you would despise this method and would not give it to me.
Are my children and grandchildren going to practice? I am only allowed to study and cultivate my mind, but not martial arts to strengthen my body? When I reach the age of sixteen, no matter how hard I work, I will only be at the fifth level of the acquired realm. It is really for my own good!" Xiao
Nan Feng sneered.
When Xiao Nanfeng poured himself a glass of wine, the old man in green also drank the wine in his glass. The purpose of his coming today was to talk to Xiao Nanfeng and let him vent his depression. After venting, it was time to
Just accept your fate.
After the old man in green finished drinking, Xiao Nanfeng helped him pour another glass of wine.
"However, I have no regrets about reading. In the past ten years, the teachers have changed one after another. I can read any obscure article. This room is full of 1,346
I have thoroughly read this book." Xiao Nanfeng looked at the books around him, with a flash of pride in his eyes.
"Look, the chief manager is still helping you. In the future, when you marry the chief manager's daughter, you and the chief manager will become a family." The old man in green clothes seemed to be coaxing Xiao Nanfeng.
"A family? Uncle Qing, you know what kind of person the chief steward's daughter is, right?" Xiao Nanfeng frowned and stared at the old man in green.
The old man in green frowned slightly: "The chief steward's daughter is as beautiful as a fairy..."
"As beautiful as a fairy? Haha, but with a heart like a snake and a scorpion, and a watery spirit! If I'm not mistaken, this daughter of the chief manager has forced several husbands to death, right? Her first two husbands were both tortured to death by her.
, to prevent his family members from causing trouble after his death, and to destroy all their families, right?" Xiao Nanfeng sneered.
The expression of the old man in green changed. How did he know about this kind of thing?
"Prince, don't worry, it won't happen this time. After all, you are the prince, with a body of ten thousand gold..." The old man in green drank another glass of wine and advised with a trace of cold sweat on his forehead.
"My Xiao family's fiefdom, military, political and business affairs are all in the hands of the general manager. The only thing the general manager lacks now is a reputation and righteousness, right? Because after all, this is the fiefdom of my Xiao family and it belongs to my Xiao family.
! He is just a slave, he has no status, so he finally decided to take care of me. As long as I marry his daughter, the two families will become one family, and he will have the name to completely usurp the last bit of reputation of my Xiao family.
Come on!" Xiao Nanfeng stared at the old man in green and said coldly.
"Your Majesty, this, this, you may have misunderstood the General Manager. How could the General Manager..." The old man in green clothes was at a loss for words.
"Uncle Qing, if I remember correctly, my father saved your life back then, right?" Xiao Nanfeng chuckled.
The expression of the old man in green changed violently, and he finally nodded: "Yes, I was saved by the Marquis. The Marquis was very kind to me, just because I was injured and couldn't fight anymore, so the Marquis let me
Responsible for raising the monster cub that was taken out of the monster cave, Hei'er!"
"Yes, Dad saw that you were injured and understood that it was not easy for you to follow him. He asked you to be a dog breeder in the house, providing you with delicious food and drink. He even arranged a good job for your son. Our Xiao family treats you like
The kindness is as heavy as a mountain!" The smile on Xiao Nanfeng's face gradually disappeared.
The expression of the old man in green changed: "Your Majesty, what happened back then has passed. The Marquis has been dead for ten years. What's the use of talking about it again? Your Majesty, you'd better stop resisting. The Chief Manager is also doing it for your own good.
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"For my own good? Hahaha, for my own good. He kept me like a bird in a cage, bullied me when I was young, used me as a hostage, robbed everything of my Xiao family, and finally forced me to marry a poisonous woman and exploited her.
My last bit of value? Oh, is this for my own good?" Xiao Nanfeng narrowed his eyes, and a sharp look flashed across his face.
The old man in green frowned slightly. The prince did not give up and accept his fate after venting his anger. It seemed that his temper was getting worse and worse? This was not possible. He couldn't bear the blame from the chief manager.
"Your Majesty, I advise you to calm down. You cannot resist the power of the General Manager. At least I am trying to persuade you now. If I leave you alone, you will probably be even more embarrassed." The old man in blue gradually darkened his face.
Xiao Nanfeng stared at the old man in green: "It seems that my father has misjudged you! You have completely forgotten the kindness of my Xiao family. Now you are only focused on pleasing the chief manager?"
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"Your Majesty, those who know the current affairs are heroes. The Lord God is dead. Now, in the fiefdom, the general manager has the final say. This is the general trend. I advise you not to struggle anymore. With your current strength, even if I am injured,
You can even take it down with one hand. Those books you read can't help you at all." The old man in green had lost all his patience.
"Really? Then come and try your hand at me." Xiao Nanfeng sneered.
The old man in green's face darkened, and he stood up suddenly as if he was about to break up. However, he suddenly stumbled, and for a moment, the world was spinning. His whole body was weak, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
"The wine is poisonous? Impossible. You have been under surveillance for ten years and have never touched anything poisonous. What on earth did you give me to drink?" the old man in green said extremely weakly.
On the chair, Xiao Nanfeng was still sitting upright and looked at him coldly: "Who said reading is useless? The book has everything I want, poison? Why is it so difficult to mix? Some conflicting food and medicinal materials, with a little mixing,
You can mix poison, don’t you know?”
"How is this possible? Ahem! No, you drank that wine too, how come you're okay?" The old man in green clothes was still unwilling to accept the result of being poisoned at this moment.
"Since I can prepare poison, I can also make an antidote." Xiao Nanfeng said calmly, "You know? You are going to die."