When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

Xu Mingxi was carrying the gorgeous and complicated princess costume and was heading towards Xu Guanghai's main courtyard with great momentum. Her clothes were cumbersome and her movement was not smooth. She ran into Xu Guanghai and others halfway.

Xu Guanghai was walking in front with a happy face, and the one following behind with his head down was naturally the charming and shy Zou Miao.

When Xu Mingxi saw this scene, he was furious.

What the servants said turned out to be true. Just look at Zou Miao's moist and happy face, what could he not understand?

"Father!"

Xu Guanghai looked up when he heard the voice and saw that it was Xu Mingxi. His smile became even brighter. "It's Xier!"

He stretched his neck to look behind her and said, "Is His Royal Highness Prince Qi anxious and wants you to come and look for your father?"

"It is my fault, father. Come on, let's go and greet him."

Xu Mingxi took a step forward and stood in front of Xu Guanghai and the others, "Father, you don't have to go. I am the only one returning home today. Prince Qi is not feeling well and did not return home with me."

Xu Guanghai's face fell instantly, but he didn't say much. When he heard that Qin Zhaolie didn't come, his attitude was obviously not as respectful as before. He said casually: "In this case, then come with me to meet your grandmother."

"You didn't even specify what time you would be back home, so I was caught off guard..."

The tone and manner are completely different from just now!

Just as he was about to pass Xu Mingxi and lead the people behind him to Fushou Hall, Xu Mingxi straightened his back and said, "Father, as a subordinate, shouldn't you pay respect to me when meeting the princess?"

Since he didn't care about their past relationship with Yang, there was no point in her showing any mercy.

"How dare you! I'm your father!"

"The etiquette and laws of a country are more important than anything else. First, there is the relationship between the ruler and his subjects, and then there is the relationship between father and son. Your father has been an official for many years, but he doesn't even understand this?"

Xu Guanghai never thought that his daughter, who had always been respectful and obedient to him, would one day become so arrogant and rude to him.

In front of Zou Miao, he was a little embarrassed, his face turned from red to white, and from white to blue, his cheeks were sullen, and for a long while, he glared at her angrily and yelled only two words: "How insolent!!"

"It is Lord Xu who is being presumptuous! Since I am the princess, I deserve to be treated with respect by Lord Xu. Disrespecting me is disrespecting the royal family. If I tell Prince Qi later, can Lord Xu afford to be offended?"

Both sides are people she hates, but in the current situation, she doesn't mind borrowing the power of one of them to suppress the other. It's just a matter of using them both.

Xu Guanghai respected power, but also feared it. Xu Mingxi's words hit him sore. He was afraid that Xu Mingxi would really say something to Qin Zhaolie. He gritted his teeth, reluctantly took a half step back, bowed, and managed to squeeze out a few words: "Old minister, I pay my respects to Princess Qi."

Xu Mingxi was not satisfied and was not in a hurry to help him up. She raised her eyelids, glanced at Zou Miao standing behind her, and said in a neutral tone, "Miss Zou is also without an official position, what should she do when she sees me?"

Zou Miao immediately lowered her head and bowed earnestly: "I, a commoner, pay my respects to the princess."

Xu Mingxi was dissatisfied: "Miss Zou said that she is a commoner, not a government official. This etiquette seems too disrespectful. If you met a royal relative on the street in the past, would you have been polite like this?"

Zou Miao bit her lower lip tightly, this was a sincere humiliation for her.

As Xu Guanghai had obeyed respectfully, she had no right to refuse, so she could only kneel down softly, rubbed her head and said, "I pay my respects to the princess."

Xu Mingxi then raised her eyebrows slightly, looked down at Zou Miao and said, "I heard some ridiculous rumors when I entered the mansion just now. They said that Lord Xu was going to have a wedding, and it was with Miss Zou. It was really ridiculous. I don't agree. Let's drop this matter and don't mention it again."

"Xu Ming...Princess, this is my family affair. As the princess, you have no right to interfere in my happy event!"

Xu Guanghai stood up straight and refuted Xu Mingxi sternly.

Xu Mingxi also refused to back down and said, "I said no and that means no. Your wife is still alive, but you are so anxious to have another wife. Have you ever thought that someone will come to question you and demand your life in your dreams?"

Xu Mingxi's eyes were red with anger, and she stared at Xu Guanghai. As long as she was there, she would never allow Zou Miao to enter the house! No matter if she was a wife, a concubine, or even a maid!

If it weren't for Zou Miao, maybe it was the grandparents' spiritual sustenance after their mother was gone. Xu Mingxi didn't want to make them sad again, so why would he waste all this time! He should just drag them away and beat them to death!

"You, you... Even if you are a princess, you are also a person in the harem. You should obey your father at home and your husband after marriage. How can a woman like you control whether your father gets married?"

"If you want to ask, it should be Prince Qi who should ask. You are just a woman now, how can you comment on these things?"

Xu Mingxi blurted out: "There is no need for Prince Qi to do this. Since my father doesn't want to, then I..."

"Oh, it's so lively, everyone keeps calling me king."

Xu Mingxi paused. It was Qin Zhaolie.

Isn’t he not feeling well and won’t come to Xu’s house?

Without waiting for Xu Mingxi to turn around, Xu Guanghai rushed forward and immediately put on a smile: "I heard from the princess that Prince Qi will not come today. I said, how could Prince Qi not come for such a big event?"

"Well, I also think it's inappropriate, so I've changed my mind."

He glanced at Xu Mingxi and said, "Just now I heard you guys talking about me. It was so lively. What are you arguing about?"

"My wife passed away, and I wanted to take another concubine, but the princess refused. I said that the princess was a woman in the harem, so how could she control her father's marriage? After all, one should obey the father and the husband, isn't that right, King Qi?"

"Well...that's true."

Qin Zhaolie nodded at Su Yu's armrest, and the person behind him pushed him forward. Qin Zhaolie said, "Isn't she just a concubine? Princess, this is your fault."

"You also agreed to appoint a concubine to my new position. Lord Xu only took a concubine, which is understandable. Every official has three or five concubines in his house. I think Lord Xu is pure and has few desires, but the harem is almost empty."

Seeing Qin Zhaolie speaking for him, Xu Guanghai nodded his head like pounding garlic and agreed repeatedly: "That's right, Prince Qi is right, I am indeed pure and have few desires."

Qin Zhaolie had his reasons for saying this.

Recently, he indeed showed great favor to Xu Mingxi in the mansion, giving her the dignity of a princess and the power to manage the harem. This was considered as some indulgence because of her offering the prescription. However, Qin Zhaolie saw that Xu Mingxi became more and more unrestrained and began to act too recklessly.

As for women, if they encounter small things, he doesn't mind coaxing them occasionally.

However, Qin Zhaolie hated women who were out of his control, and Xu Mingxi was just like that. She would shine brightly with a little sunshine and had no sense of restraint. The way she refuted him so brazenly in the study yesterday seemed to show that she was spoiled by his favor.

Just use this incident to give me some advice.

"Master Xu is right. People from the backyard have no right to interfere in such matters. I think there is nothing wrong with it."

Xu Mingxi understood what Qin Zhaolie was thinking, which was nothing more than a slap in the face and a sweet date.

Even though he was the most beautiful person inside the mansion, he was still the main person outside the mansion.

Unfortunately, she had thought that Qin Zhaolie would not come to Xu's house, so she took advantage of his momentum and acted recklessly. She did not expect that she would be controlled by him.

The situation changed in the blink of an eye, and Xu Mingxi was unwilling to accept it.

If talking doesn't work, you have to find other ways.

Zou Miao, who was standing next to her, covered her lips with a handkerchief, and the corners of her mouth were almost raised to the sky. It turned out that there is always something stronger than something else. Even if you are the Princess of Qi, I have still entered the Xu family, right?

"Prince Qi is sensible. I have been too indulgent in my house. If my daughter behaves inappropriately in the future, I hope that Prince Qi will not hesitate to discipline her."

Knowing that he currently has the upper hand over Xu Mingxi, Xu Guanghai keeps claiming to be the elder.

A few days ago, news came back from Prince Qi's mansion that somehow, on the wedding night, it was Xu Yuqiong who entered the bridal chamber with Qin Zhaolie! She was even made a concubine.

Xu Jiangqing was secretly overjoyed and kept praising his daughter for her great ability.

Xu Guanghai felt very upset. He didn't dare to mention it to Qin Zhaolie in public, but he had some complaints in private. However, when he saw Qin Zhaolie standing on his side today, his dissatisfaction with the matter was instantly alleviated a little.

Indeed, every man has three wives and four concubines, he does, and so does Prince Qi. Thinking in this way, it is not so difficult to accept.

Qin Zhaolie did not come here today just to support the Xu Mansion. After dealing with the trivial disputes between Xu Mingxi and Xu Guanghai, Qin Zhaolie said, "I came here this time to discuss important matters with Lord Xu. Lord Xu, can we move to the study to talk?"

Xu Guanghai agreed, "Of course, of course."

The two of them ignored Xu Mingxi and headed straight for the study.

Zou Miao was also very proud. He walked slowly to Xu Mingxi's side. His attitude was still gentle and humble, but the words he heard were not so pleasant to hear: "It seems that Princess Qi still cannot make the decision on this matter. I cannot be refused. I hope Princess Qi will forgive me."

Xu Mingxi glanced at her and said, "Do you really think it's that easy to enter the Xu family?"

He just said this and went to look for Old Madam Xu without looking back.

Zou Miao curled his lips, said "tsk", and turned back to his temporary courtyard.

On the way to Shou'an Hall, Xu Mingxi met people from the second house, his eldest brother, the old couple Yang and the old lady.

Xu Yuqiong was also among them.

It turned out that when Qin Zhaolie entered the mansion just now, except for her and Xu Guanghai who were arguing, everyone had already gone to the door to greet him.

Seeing Old Madam Xu, Xu Mingxi felt a little sad. Apart from her mother, Old Madam Xu was the only one who loved her the most in the Xu Mansion.

Under normal circumstances, he would have thrown himself into Old Madam Xu's arms and cried bitterly about the injustice he had just suffered.

But things are different now. As the Princess of Qi, even if something doesn’t go as planned, she cannot reveal it easily.

"Oh, Xi'er is already a princess now, why is she still crying like she was at home?"

"grandmother……"

"But did you suffer injustice in Prince Qi's mansion?"

There were some things that Old Madam Xu couldn't help with, and Xu Mingxi didn't want her to worry about him for nothing, so he just shook his head and said, "No, I just miss my grandmother..."

Suddenly he looked up and saw the old couple Yang behind him, and added: "I miss grandpa and grandma, too."

The old couple Yang just smiled and nodded without saying anything more.

The whole family surrounded Xu Mingxi with affectionate faces and went to Shou'an Hall together.

After an unknown amount of time, a servant came to Shou'an Hall to report and asked Madam Xu and others to go to the dining hall together.

When the group arrived, Xu Guanghai and Qin Zhaolie arrived long after.

Xu Guanghai followed behind Qin Zhaolie with his head lowered.

Qin Zhaolie had told Xu Guanghai some confidential information. Although Xu Guanghai was grinning, his expression revealed an indescribable forced bitterness.

Xu Mingxi observed Xu Guanghai's embarrassed expression while drinking tea, and sneered in his heart: Is he being humiliated in secret?

She said that Qin Zhaolie was not someone who did good deeds for no reason.

On Xu Guanghai's side, after respectfully inviting Qin Zhaolie to take a seat, he forced a smile and toasted Qin Zhaolie a few times. From then on, he kept frowning and drinking by himself.

No matter how spicy it is, it cannot suppress the melancholy and bitterness in my heart.

He originally thought that Qin Zhaolie was discussing something good with him, such as helping him get promoted. Now that the two governments are relatives, there would be nothing wrong with supporting him to get promoted so that he could better assist the Qi government.

However, he never expected that Qin Zhaolie was looking for him to help him recruit and stockpile soldiers!

Deploying troops in secret is a serious crime of treason!!

The punishment could be exile at the lightest and the crime of confiscating property and punishing nine generations of the family at the worst!

Xu Guanghai wanted to refuse, but Qin Zhaolie lured him with huge profits, promising that if he succeeded in the future, Xu Guanghai would be granted a title of nobility and the entire Xu family would inherit the glory for generations.

If Xu Guanghai dared to betray, Qin Zhaolie would give him hints overtly or covertly. He also had evidence collected over the years of Xu Guanghai's acceptance of bribes from officials under him.

It was also stated that several secret orders to recruit soldiers were actually issued in the name of Xu Guanghai.

As for the seal that was needed, Qin Zhaolie had tricked Xu Mingxi into secretly taking it out from the study in Xu's mansion.

Xu Guanghai still doesn't know that the evidence against him was handed to him by his daughter herself.

He and Qin Zhaolie have long been tied to the same rope and cannot be separated!

Xu Guanghai just realized it now. If that was the case, then all the dowry was truly given away “in vain”!

In order to use him, Qin Zhaolie had intended to form a marriage alliance with him. Even if Xu Guanghai had not come to ask for that damn purple salvia miltiorrhiza, he might not have watched Xu Mingxi, who maintained the relationship between the two governments, die in vain!

All these actions were intended to lure me in, no, to coerce me into taking the bait!!

The more he thought about it, the more blocked Xu Guanghai's chest felt, as if a large piece of flesh had been cut out, and he felt extremely heartbroken.

He was played around by Qin Zhaolie, but he dared not say anything. Now he had no other way out except to obey Qin Zhaolie.

Thinking of this, Xu Guanghai raised his head depressedly and drank a few glasses of wine.

Qin Zhaolie naturally saw Xu Guanghai's reaction clearly, so he didn't bother to argue and just drank and ate leisurely.

Xu Guanghai is just a scapegoat.

If this is accomplished in the future, such a huge stain must not be left behind.

It has been the custom since ancient times that when the birds are all gone, the good bows are put away; when the cunning rabbit is dead, the running dog is cooked. It is not his fault.

If the secret is exposed, Xu Guanghai can be pushed out to take the blame. No matter which way, he will not suffer any loss.

As Qin Zhaolie raised his hand to drink, he glanced at Xu Mingxi who was talking to Old Madam Xu at the table, "In order to stabilize Xu Guanghai's heart, I still have to treat my princess well for the time being."

Rong Wangfu

Xu Xinyue was busy making the anti-poison sachet that she had promised to He Xuehuai a few days ago.

Since getting up in the morning, after breakfast, he has been in the medicine room, sorting and accumulating things. Until Qin Yuechuan came back from the court meeting, he was too busy to say a word to him.

Qin Yuechuan quietly moved the documents to her medicine room, and quietly did his own things beside her, occasionally looking up and glancing at Xu Xinyue.

The morning light was bright and filled the room. The medicine room was filled with the lingering aroma of various medicines, some light, some thick, some bitter.

Thousands of threads, hundreds of flavors, all related to one person.

Xu Xinyue walked back and forth around Qin Yuechuan, ignoring him and concentrating on searching and picking the medicinal herbs she needed.

When she finally met Qin Yuechuan's gaze for who knows how many times, Xu Xinyue held a bamboo basket filled with patchouli, mint, and calamus in both hands and asked helplessly:

"Qin Yuechuan, is your study room not spacious enough?"

"My pharmacy is so messy, but you don't think it's too cramped. I can even set aside a table for you to handle your business."

Qin Yuechuan looked back at the paper and said with lowered eyes:

"No problem, I think it's just right."

While pounding the cinnabar powder, Xu Xinyue murmured, "I used to think you were a quiet person..."

Qin Yuechuan took a new document, spread it out and wrote down his notes, answering subconsciously: "I really liked quietness in the past, but the birds beside me have been noisy for a long time, and I am getting more and more uncomfortable with quiet days..."

"Oh... huh?" Xu Xinyue looked up suddenly: "Who is Que'er? Who is making the noise?"