Rebirth of the first courtier

Save Shu'er. "

"If mother is there, I'm willing to help my sister." Xiao Qi'ao smiled slightly, but Xiao's mother shuddered.

50. The step of courtiers

It's not easy to deal with Xiao Jingshu's affairs as Xiao's mother and Xiao Jingshu thought they would have no loss, but it would be much easier if they just wanted to save Xiao Jingshu.

Since the person who impeached Lord Qi knew that Xiao Jingshu was the one who beat someone to death, how could a woman like Xiao Jingshu beat someone to death!In the final analysis, it was just the servants of the Qi family who killed people, and Xiao Jingshu had the most, at most she was a bystander.

Xiao Qi'ao looked at Xiao's mother who bowed her head in front of him for the first time because of Xiao Jingshu, and chuckled lightly, since she wanted to save Xiao Jingshu, then the Qi family, which was supposed to have nothing to do this time, should pay for Xiao Jingshu's waywardness.

The Qi family is also in a state of desperation at the moment. Ever since the matter of the eldest prince, the matter of establishing a crown prince has been buzzing in the court without stopping.The Qi family is the Seventh Prince's natal family, and was watched by several parties, but now it may be involved in a small matter, let alone something like beating someone to death.

In the past, even killing a person was nothing more than going to the government to file a case, but now it is different, the simple solution is to push Xiao Jingshu out.

Qi Qingyun now has Xiao Jingshu on top of his heart, and heard from the old man that Xiao Jingshu will be imprisoned in the ancestral hall, so that he can receive some family law.Xiao Jingshu's miscarriage is now at a time when she is weak, and she might really come out sideways after entering the ancestral hall.

Xiao Jingshu was so frightened that she lay on the bed sweating, "Ying'e, what's going on outside?"

Ying'e opened the window and looked. The number of people guarding the yard more than doubled, and they all looked fierce.

"Young madam, there are more and more people guarding outside." Ying'e lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Young madam, we can't just sit and wait for death like this."

Xiao Jingshu gritted her teeth tightly, her face was a little ferocious, "That bitch, my poor child, it would be easy to kill her."

"Young Madam, you can't say such things right now." A strange emotion flashed in Ying'e's eyes, she looked at Xiao Jingshu lying on the bed, and said in a bewitching voice, "Young Madam, if the ancestral hall is used properly, it may not be impossible We use."

"How to use it?" Xiao Jingshu always knew that Ying'e by her side was clever, and thanks to Ying'e in the past, her life was better.

Ying'e crouched on the side of the bed and said in a low voice: "Young Madam, there are so many people outside the yard, and the young master has not come over yet. The Qi family locked us in the ancestral hall. If there are any dirty tricks, we will not be able to guard against them."

Xiao Jingshu frowned gradually when she heard this, she knew how many shady methods there were in the ancestral hall that could torture people into inhuman shape, so she didn't want to go in.

"Then what should I do?" Xiao Jingshu grabbed Ying'e's hand and clenched it so tightly that Ying'e's hand was almost green.

Ying'e seemed not to feel the pain, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly, "Young Madam, if it's just for the sake of letting the Young Madam go in for a show, then it's fine. If they want to do something in the ancestral hall, the slaves will have a way to escape." Home."

"What?" Xiao Jingshu looked at Ying'e suspiciously, Ying'e's voice became more and more weird, but the content of the words made Xiao Jingshu ignore these weirdness.

"Young Madam, this servant has a medicine that can make people fake death for seven days. When the time comes, Young Madam takes the medicine, and this servant will find a way to take you away after seven days." Ying'e's voice was almost silent at the end, Xiao Jingshu seemed Nodding as if bewitched, "Okay!"

In the court hall, there were only a few people who were at odds with the Qi family who had been holding on to Xiao Jingshu's matter, but two days later, many ministers suddenly started to hold on to this matter.

Xiao Jingshu's matter is a private matter of the Qi family's backyard at a small scale, but it is related to the attitude of the Qi family at a large scale.Dare to murder people so openly and aboveboard, this is simply contempt for the emperor's prestige.

The ministers are very good at putting on hats and splashing dirty water. Even if the Qi family is the seventh prince's niece, there are third and fourth princes among the adult princes. A seventh prince who is still studying in school really has nothing to say What the ministers are afraid of is not even as eye-catching as the Eighth Prince who is far away in the northwest.

The old man of the Qi family was in a state of anxiety, and the matter of being attacked and wiped out of the backyard by the ministers was just a trivial matter, but recently, some people have taken advantage of this time to fish in troubled waters and investigate the Qi family.Up to now, I haven't found out who stretched out this hand, and I don't know what that person found out. It is impossible for the Qi family to be really clean without a trace of filth.

In a fit of rage, Old Master Qi imprisoned Xiao Jingshu in the ancestral hall, and gave an order to teach him a lesson.

In fact, with the presence of the Xiao family, Mr. Qi would not really kill Xiao Jingshu secretly. Xiao Qi'ao is now on the rise, and Concubine Ning is also wooing Xiao Qi'ao.No matter how good the relationship between Xiao Qiao and Xiao Jingshu is, as long as they both have the surname Xiao, it is impossible for him to let Xiao Jingshu die in the Qi family.

However, Xiao Jingshu was scared on the first day she was imprisoned in the ancestral hall. She was imprisoned not in a spacious and comfortable place, but in a cold and cramped hut. Although no one dared to disrespect her publicly, the food was rough, The cold ground at night seemed to have a hint of yin burrowing into his back.

Xiao Jingshu was already weak due to miscarriage, and the ancestral hall is not a good place to take care of her body. Xiao Jingshu fell ill the next day, but the guards outside the door just invited a doctor and simply took secondary medicine.

Looking outside through the small window, Xiao Jingshu took out the small pill that Ying'e gave her before coming in. The small pill was snow white as a whole and smelled a delicate fragrance.Xiao Jingshu put away the pills, even if she wanted to fake death, it was impossible to fake death so soon, she had to wait, wait.

Seven days later, there was a shrill cry from the ancestral hall of Qi Mansion, causing the whole Qi Mansion to be in chaos.

Old Master Qi looked at Xiao Jingshu who was thin and blue-faced lying on the bed with a livid face. The doctor took the pulse through the veil tremblingly, tremblingly, "Master Qi, the young lady of your mansion has... died."

Old Master Qi squinted his eyes and looked furiously at the servant who was kneeling on the ground: "Young Madam, who is always serving you, neglects Master one by one. Come here, drag these people out and sell them."

Several servants screamed and were dragged out. Mr. Qi's face softened slightly, "Come here, send the young lady back."

"Yes." A few powerful nuns carried him out of the ancestral hall, and Mr. Qi's back suddenly bent down, "Go and inform Xiao's mansion, and say that the young lady is heartbroken and depressed about the loss of her son. If you let me Hearing a little bit of other news from outside, he was careful about his own head."

The servants were as silent as cicadas, except for those who stayed to tidy up the ancestral hall, they all quietly retreated.

When Qi Qingyun heard the news of Xiao Jingshu's death, he was stunned for a moment, locked himself in the room, and didn't come out for a few days. He didn't know whether it was because of grief or guilt.

"Shu'er, my Shu'er!" Mother Xiao's eyes were red, her face was painful and ferocious, "What about Xiao Qi'ao, he promised me that he would save Shu'er, he promised me."

"Ma'am, I'm going to find the eldest young master right now. Don't worry, don't worry." Mammy Liu was glad for a moment when she heard the news of Xiao Jingshu's death, but she couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw Mother Xiao's crazy appearance.

In fact, not only Madam Liu and the others were surprised, even Xiao Qi'ao was a little surprised, he didn't expect Ying'e's movements to be so fast.

Knowing Ying'e was just a coincidence. Although Ying'e was born in a family, she grew up in another courtyard. When Xiao Jingshu went to another courtyard in the past, she once sent a nanny. He entrusted Ying'e to the housekeeper of the other courtyard, but he was killed by bandits on the way out of the other courtyard.

Ying'e grew up gradually, and because she was good-looking and smart, she was sent to Xiao's mansion by the housekeeper, and later entered Xiao Jingshu's yard, and got Xiao Jingshu's blue eyes.

But Ying'e wanted to avenge her mother wholeheartedly. She once secretly chased after her mother after she was betrayed, and saw with her own eyes how her mother was raped to death.She hated Xiao Jingshu so much that she hated her. When Xiao Qi'ao found her, she sold the rest of her life without hesitation, just to avenge herself.

"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao?" Hu Li looked at Xiao Qi'ao and pushed him, "What's wrong, Brother Xiao? What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing, why did you come back so early today?" Xiao Qi'ao looked at Hu Li's blushing face and stretched out his hands to pinch his tender cheeks.

"Yu Jia has something to do, he left early today." Hu Li jumped lightly, sat on the table, looked up at Xiao Qi'ao, "He also said that he has no time to come out recently, I just found out today He still has a home in the imperial city."

"Oh?" Xiao Qiao narrowed his eyes, he didn't remember such a number one person in the imperial city.From Hu Li's description, he should be a Jiang Hu person, but most of the Jiang Hu people gather on Xianshan Island, and occasionally there are only a few Jiang Hu people on the mainland, but no one has settled in the imperial city.

In the early years, there were also people from the Jianghu in the mainland, but after the imperial court was purged, and the war continued on the mainland, there were not even one of the major sects in the Jianghu.The owner of Xianshan Island pitied the people in the Jianghu, and gave up a huge continuous island on the periphery of Xianshan Island, and the real Xianshan Island has become a place that everyone yearns for in the rivers and lakes, just like the common people yearn for the imperial city. Same.

"Eldest young master, Nanny Liu is here." Xia Yang knocked lightly on the door and reported softly.

Xiao Qi'ao raised her eyebrows, looked at Hu Li with a curious face, shaved his nose, carried him off the table, "I'll take you to a good show."

"Okay." Hu Li looked at Xiao Qi'ao with bright eyes. He has been running around with Yu Jia outside recently, and he hasn't paid attention to the affairs of Xiao's residence for a long time.

Mother Xiao looked at Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li who came in hand in hand, her eyes lit up immediately, "Xiao Qi'ao, you promised me to save Shu'er."

Xiao Qi'ao didn't even lift her eyelids, and smoothed one of Hu Li's upturned hair, "Mother joked, my sister's matter is my sister's depression, no matter how I try to find a way out, I can't control it." Got my sister's mind."

Mother Xiao's eyes widened, panting heavily, she looked at Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li with ferocious and resentful eyes, "Xiao Qi'ao, you will regret it, you will regret it!"

Xiao Qi'ao chuckled lightly, took Hu Li into his arms, walked in front of Xiao's mother, bent down, and said faintly, "Mother, I'm your good son for life, why do you have to scold me like this for a concubine daughter? to me."

Xiao's mother panted heavily, unable to say a word, Xiao Qi'ao stood up, pinched the waist of Hu Li who was watching the excitement, "Mother, take care of your illness, don't bother these outsiders anymore thing."

After speaking, she took Hu Li and walked out. Mother Xiao lay on the bed decadently, most of the light in her eyes suddenly faded and dimmed.

51. One step

The matter of Xiao Jingshu made the relationship between the Xiao family and the Qi family a little tense, but except for Xiao's mother and An's, no one cared too much about how Xiao Jingshu died. After all, the Qi family gave the Xiao family a lot of benefits because of Xiao Jingshu's death .

An's didn't know what happened, such a big thing happened to Xiao Jingshu, she locked herself in the yard again after only showing her face.

Xiao Qi'ao lowered her eyes slightly, it seemed that An Shi was not really stupid, and she probably had some guesses in her heart.

After five days of cessation, Ying'e replaced another dead person who was disguised as Xiao Jingshu with someone provided by Xiao Qi'ao, replaced Xiao Jingshu who was in fake death, and took her out of the imperial city.Xiao Jingshu took a pill, and in the two days before Xiao Jingshu woke up, her appearance changed completely.

In the past, she was gorgeous, like a delicate rose with thorns, but now she can only be called delicate and pretty, with no trace of her original appearance at all.Only her fair and smooth skin can tell that she is a pampered young lady, other things are not as good as Ying'e's look.

The Qi family, which was already enlisted, gave the ministers a new reason because of the news of Xiao Jingshu's death, and the Qi family suffered another wave of verbal criticism from the ministers.However, Emperor Huiming was worried about the seventh prince after all, so he didn't do much to attack the Qi family, he just gave a verbal warning, and suppressed the fact that Qi Fenglan, the son of the Qi family, would be promoted to an official position.

The Qi family was still in great pain, because of a woman in the backyard, they actually delayed their future, and even lost a lot of smiling faces to the Xiao family, and many shops below also gave up profits.

And Xiao Jingshu, who was taken away, almost went crazy when she woke up and saw her face. She cared most about her appearance, and now this face, which was not as good as Ying'e's, made her want to cut Ying'e to pieces.

Ying'e sneered at Xiao Jingshu lying on the bed who was completely depleted from the previous fake death pill, turned around and gave Xiao Jingshu's deed of prostitution to the bustard of Hualou, and told her to watch her carefully and not let her run away.

Mother, look at the person who harmed you, I will let her die in a little bit of pain, just like you did back then.

The old bustard did not dare to provoke the girl introduced by the proprietress. It is said that she is from the same family as the proprietress and directly obeys the pavilion master.After sending Ying'e away, the bustard looked at Xiao Jingshu who was still struggling and waved to the strong men outside the door, "A broken shoe, go and teach her the rules of living here."

After Xiao Jingshu's affairs in the imperial city subsided, the spring festival was about to begin.

The spring festival has always been the emperor's visit to the altar, one is to worship the ancestors, and the other is to pray for a good harvest and good weather this year.Afterwards, go from the altar to Zhuangzi who has been arranged long ago, and symbolically scatter a handful of seeds and turn over the ground.

Originally, this year, the various ministries were going to play for the third prince to go on behalf of Emperor Huiming. After all, Emperor Huiming was in poor health before, and the eldest prince who was the eldest prince was sent out and was not allowed to come back even during the Chinese New Year.

However, Emperor Huiming's health suddenly improved recently, as if he had never been sick before.When Emperor Huiming was young, he was also good at riding and shooting. Recently, he was in good spirits. Before the ministers said that they would let the third prince go there on their behalf, Emperor Huiming beat him to death in his stomach.

No one knows what the third prince thinks, but the third prince is in a bad mood these past few days, everyone in the third prince's house knows about it, and no one dares to provoke the third prince on this occasion.

The matters related to the spring festival started to be prepared after the new year. In fact, the affairs of the spring festival were much more complicated, but not many required the emperor to come forward.

Others were done by the two grown-up princes in the palace.The third prince has always been active in the court, and is much more active about the spring festival, while the fourth prince heard that he didn't come back from traveling until before the spring festival.

Speaking of the Fourth Prince, everyone in the court knew about it.The fourth prince's biological mother is Concubine Rou, who is famous for not causing trouble in the harem. Sometimes when the emperor is dizzy from being disturbed by the harem, he will usually go to Concubine Rou to chat.

When the fourth prince was born, it was at the time when the emperor was at his most energetic, and he loved the fourth prince very much.However, I don't know whether it was due to the influence of the concubine Rou or the mistakes in the prince's education. This fourth prince, who is loved by the emperor, devoted himself to traveling in mountains and rivers. He was even sent to Xianshan Island after he was seven years old to learn from the people in the world. A suit of martial arts.

He didn't come back from Xianshan Island until the year of his hair, but he didn't stay in the palace very much after he came back. He spent most of his time traveling around the mountains and rivers. In the past few years, he almost traveled to most places in Dayu.

Emperor Huiming didn't know what to think, obviously the fourth prince's talent was stronger than the eldest prince and the third prince, but he let him have fun outside, never thinking about letting the fourth prince get in touch with the court.

Now the first prince can't recover in a short period of time, but the fourth prince can. His reputation is much better than that of the first prince. As long as he thinks about it, a group of ministers will follow him and support him in minutes.

In the eyes of all the ministers, the spring festival is a good opportunity, a good opportunity for the fourth prince to ignite his fighting spirit.

Xiao Qi'ao watched as many officials in the same company rushed towards the Fourth Prince as if they had been spat out, and silently rode their horses away.

He knew the fourth prince. In the previous life, the fourth prince only came back to guard the spirit after the death of Emperor Huiming, and then moved to his fief with his concubine Rou, which was very close to the southwest of Xianshan Island, and never came back.

Even during festivals and holidays, they just ask people to send back a lot of things, and they hardly have any connection with the imperial city anymore.Of course, at the time it was happy with the situation.

The fourth prince was annoyed by the ministers, so he could only put on a condescending and ignorant look, and finally got the guards around him to stop him.

Sitting in the imperial chariot, Emperor Huiming squinted his eyes at the relieved fourth prince, and curled his mouth, "Fuming, Xiao Si's appearance hasn't changed until now."

Eunuch Fuming lowered his head and smiled and said, "Your Majesty does not like the Fourth Highness. This old servant still remembers that His Majesty was very reluctant to send the Fourth Highness away."

Emperor Huiming also remembered how he felt when he sent the young Qin Yujia away. If Concubine Rou hadn't only made this request, he would have wanted to take Xiao Si with him. Political sensitivity is high.

It's a pity that Xiao Si really doesn't like government affairs!

Forget it, after all, there are still Xiaoqi and the others, let's cultivate them slowly.

During the Spring Festival, most of the common people have no chance to see it, and only a few common people can stand aside to admire the holy face.

Hu Li is one of these few people.

Xiao Qi'ao originally wanted someone to go to the Zhuangzi to wait, but Hu Li didn't want to, so he rode a horse and followed Yu Jia all the way.If Xiao Qi'ao hadn't mentioned this matter to the guards in advance, Hu Li would have been arrested as an assassin.

Even if Xiao Qi'ao mentioned it, Hu Li could only follow from a distance.But Hu Li wasn't bored either, the horse was kicking and walking leisurely, and he was also quite leisurely admiring the spring scenery.

On the altar, it has already been prepared.After Emperor Huiming arrived, the Ministry of Rites, Qin Tianjian, and the Minister of Taichang Temple were all busy. If there was a problem with this kind of great priest, they would all have to suffer.

The process of the Spring Festival was a little boring, Hu Li looked at Emperor Huiming from a distance, he didn't look like the Eighth Prince at all.Emperor Huiming was tall and had a firm face, while the Eighth Prince was practicing martial arts, and he was still practicing physical exercises, but he was slender and handsome.

Hu Li nodded his chin, feeling that both Emperor Huiming and the Eighth Prince resembled Yu Jia.Thinking of Yu Jia saying that he also has a family in the imperial city, does Yu Jia have any relationship with the royal family?Is it cousin or clan?

Hu Li was thinking wildly here, the fourth prince had already met Xiao Qi'ao.

"Good day, Your Highness."

"Xiao Shilang, I heard that you accompanied the eighth brother to the Northwest. How is the situation in the Northwest?" The Fourth Prince nodded, indicating Xiao Qi'ao not to be too polite, and asked lazily.

"The situation in the northwest is changing rapidly. When I come back, all affairs in the northwest have been on the right track. I believe it will be fine under Master Ji's governance."

Xiao Qi'ao avoided the seriousness and said some scenes, and the fourth prince didn't mind. He looked at Emperor Huiming who was standing on the altar with a solemn expression, respectfully reciting the prayer, and said softly: "Xiao Shilang, if Hu Li doesn't want to Stay here, and I'll take him away."

Xiao Qi'ao frowned instantly, his eyes became dangerous.

Hu Li didn't know many people in the imperial city, the only person he knew was Yu Jia who was often together these days.Thinking of this, Xiao Qi'ao suddenly narrowed his eyes, Yu Jia, Qin Yujia, that's it!

"The fourth prince was joking, if Xiao Li doesn't stay here, where will he go?"

The fourth prince glanced over the crowd, looked at Hu Li who was yawning against a tree in the distance, and said with a lazy smile: "Mr. .I like him very much. If he doesn't want to stay in the imperial city, I will take him to visit Dayu."

Xiao Qi'ao didn't speak, he also knew that Hu Li was not suitable for officialdom.So he wants the eighth prince to have his own rights as soon as possible, and then he only needs to support the eighth prince behind his back.

When he was introduced, he would let everyone know that Hu Li belonged to him, and could only belong to him.

On the altar, the emperor's words had reached the end.The fourth prince turned and left, leaving a word before leaving.

"Hu Li should live a free life. Sooner or later, he will reveal his identity in the imperial city."

Xiao Qi'ao looked at the figure of the fourth prince going away, it seems that people should find out where the fourth prince has been all these years or since he was seven years old.He would not naively think that what the fourth prince said was a coincidence, that the fourth prince must have seen something, or that there was some way to identify Hu Li's identity.

If this is the case, the fourth prince must not stay.

The fourth prince had just threatened Xiao Qi'ao, and he was in a great mood.Few people know that although his master has higher attainments in martial arts, but the master is keen to be a celestial master, and he still doesn't know where he is fooling people.

He followed his master since he was a child, and he learned miscellaneous things from his master. He has no talent for celestial masters, but he can still distinguish the aura that does not belong to humans.And that little fox is not pure like the vixen in his impression, there is no twists and turns at all, there is no chance of winning at all when meeting someone like Xiao Qiao who is not a vixen but more like a vixen.

Hu Li, a true vixen who has no chance of winning: Hey, I seem to have seen Yu Jia?

Xiao Qiao who is not a vixen is better than a vixen: It seems that Xiao Li is going to be banned from meeting the Fourth Prince!

52. The second step of the courtier

After the Spring Festival, Xiao Qi'ao had nothing particularly important to be busy with in a short period of time.However, there is no free time in the household department in a year, and Xiao Qi'ao thought about taking Hu Li out for a spring outing, but he couldn't find the time.

Thinking of Qin Yujia's words again, Xiao Qi'ao had to sigh, he couldn't take Hu Li to go wherever he wanted in a short time.

However, Hu Li didn't care much about it.At the moment, he is dragging Qin Yujia to squat in front of a small steamed bun stall. The hot meat buns that have just come out of the pan, the smell of meat hits his face as soon as he bites open, and the thick juice splashes in his mouth The feeling made Hu Li squint his eyes comfortably.

Qin Yujia didn't look like a prince at all, he just squatted in front of the stall just like Hu Li.The stall owner looked at the sword on Qin Yujia's waist, and swallowed the words that he was about to drive people away.

"Yu Jia, I seem to have seen you at the spring festival a few days ago." Hu Li swallowed the meat buns in his mouth, his eyes sparkled, as if I had discovered your secret, "I thought you and eight The prince can't tell the difference, but you are a relative of the emperor, or a member of the royal family?"

Hu Li's first words made Qin Yujia's hands holding the meat buns tremble, and he was relieved to hear what he said later.But on the day of the spring festival, he was wearing the prince's clothes, so Hu Li didn't recognize him, what a blessing!

"It has something to do with it." Qin Yujia looked at Hu Li's heartless and completely indifferent look, and suddenly felt that he thought that Hu Li was alienated from him because of his identity, thinking a little too much.

"It's so miserable. I heard that there are a lot of troubles in the royal family. No wonder you like to run out." Hu Li swallowed the last mouthful of meat buns, sucked his oily fingers, and said vaguely.

"Ah, it's quite troublesome." Qin Yujia remembered what Brother Sanhuang said when he came to him yesterday, and felt that it was right for him to leave the palace early after listening to his mother and concubine.

Hu Li patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, and patted all the oil stains on Qin Yujia's clothes. He moved his legs guiltily and stood up, "To comfort you, I invite you to the gluttonous feast, where there are many Delicious food."

Qin Yujia pretended not to see that she was patted on the shoulder, and followed Hu Li to the gluttonous feast.The two ate their bellies happily, and in the end it was uncomfortable to even move on the chair.

"I won't be coming out in a few days. There's something wrong." Qin Yujia sighed after drinking a cup of tea for digestion.He still sneaked out today, if his father found out that he ran out at this time, he would definitely go talk to his mother and concubine for a while.

"Oh, I got it." Hu Li nodded, he didn't really care much about Qin Yujia's coming out, everyone has their own private affairs to be busy with, and brother Xiao has already promised to wait for him to go to the household department from tomorrow, You just have to turn into a little fox to take it with you.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he can go, he also really wants to see what Brother Xiao does on weekdays, maybe he can help!

The next day, Hu Li, who was taken to the Ministry of Accounts, followed Xiao Qi'ao into his office room after receiving the curious eyes of the adults in the Ministry of Accounting, and stood at Xiao Qi'ao's office full of confidence. On the desk, but looking at the piles of paperwork, all that was left was dizziness.

Xiao Qi'ao tapped Hu Li's little nose, the warm and damp feeling made Xiao Qi'ao touch it again, "I don't even like to memorize books, but I still want to read these things, huh?"

Hu Li stretched out his little paws and flapped twice, the whole little fox stood with its front paws resting on Xiao Qi'ao's wrist, and slapped Xiao Qi'ao with its furry tail, its little eyes were sharp.It's a pity that after only three seconds of sharpness, Xiao Qi'ao pinched his tail.

Xiao Qi'ao didn't bother to tease him, but let go after pinching a couple of times, took some glutinous snacks from the side and put them in front of Hu Li, "Eat some, I'll take you to other places later."

Hu Li held a small snack in his two little paws, and gnawed it slowly, looking here and there for a while.The dim sum was only as big as Hu Li's paw, and Hu Li ate it up in no time.

Today, most of the ministers of the household department turned their eyes towards Xiao Qi'ao's room. The reason is that Xiao Shilang actually brought a palm-sized little fox over after his morning court, with snow-white hair and a big fluffy tail. With red eyes, it looks cute.

It turns out that the young and talented Minister Xiao likes this kind of small, soft pet, which is really unexpected.

So when Xiao Qiao brought Hu Li out, Hu Li was once again warmly welcomed by the adults.

After Xiao Qi'ao left in the afternoon with Hu Li in his arms, several adults got together and murmured for a long time.

"I really can't tell that Xiao Shilang likes to keep these little pets." An adult stroked his mustache that he had purposely grown, with a look of emotion on his face.

The other adult nodded, "No, but now I feel that Minister Xiao is much closer. Before, I always felt that talking to Minister Xiao was abrupt."

Several adults nodded at the same time. Every time they talked to Xiao Shilang, they felt that Xiao Shilang had a taste of otherworldly things, which was really strange.

If Xiao Qi'ao knew that the results of his cultivation had come out, he would definitely feel better, instead of looking at He Zhaohua, who was full of depression, who stopped him and dragged him to the gluttonous feast.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Qi'ao put Hu Li on the table, asked Xiao Er for a small wine cup, poured some tea for Hu Li, and asked him to hold it and drink slowly.

He Zhaohua didn't spit out the words that came to his lips for a long time, pointing at Hu Li and trembling, "This... This is the little fox that the people in the Xiao Mansion said before, didn't they mean to send it to the Zhuangzi to raise it? ? Where did you find such a pretty little thing?!"

Xiao Qi'ao slammed He Zhaohua's hand pointing at Hu Li away, looked at the unconscious He Zhaohua with dangerous eyes, and slowed down his tone, "You dragged me here in such a hurry, what's the matter?"

He Zhaohua was still very serious when he was talking about business. He restrained his "saliva" expression towards Hu Li, and said in a deep voice, "Grandfather wants me to go back to the northwest."

"Northwest? I remember that your He family's ancestral home is in the northwest, and it's not far from the fiefdom of King Beixian." Xiao Qi'ao stroked Hu Li's back with his palm, making him so comfortable that he lay motionless on the table.

"Well," He Zhaohua irritatedly poured two cups of tea directly, "Although the northwest is my ancestral home, once I return to the northwest, I don't know what the imperial city will be like when I come back."

"You don't have to worry about that, I can help you look after it." Xiao Qi'ao thought most of the things, but it turned out to be like this, "Besides, it's also good for you to go back to the Northwest, so you can do something for me by the way."

"What's the benefit? No, what do you want me to do for you?" He Zhaohua looked at Xiao Qi'ao warily for a moment, knowing that this bastard would not be kind enough to help him.

"You also said that your ancestral home is in the northwest. If you can hold all the forces in the northwest belonging to the He family in your hands, even the imperial city will not dare to deal with you casually." Seeing that Hu Li had finished drinking, Xiao Qiao went on again. I poured some for him, and put some peanuts in a small plate in front of it.

"I also know, it's just so simple." He Zhaohua is so old in He's family, and he still has some skills in making most of the resources of He's family lean towards him.

"I'll give you a few people, and you take them with you to the northwest, and then you'll know that the power of the He family is not so difficult to hold in your hands." Xiao Qiao didn't care, since Xia Ling had just trained a few days ago A group of people picked a few to give to He Zhaohua, "As for helping me, the Eighth Prince is in the northwest, and I hope that the Northwest can be used by him when the Eighth Prince returns."

"The eighth prince? You want to support the eighth prince?" He Zhaohua whispered.

"Don't worry about going to the northwest." Xiao Qi'ao didn't answer, and went to peel off the red coating on the peanuts for Hu Li.

He Zhaohua didn't ask anymore, he still didn't want to know about such things, he would be a member of the pro-imperial faction in the future.

He Zhaohua soon happily took the people Xiao Qiao gave him, and drove the carriage to the northwest under the surprised eyes of the old man of the He family. It's only been two days, so I can't wait to go there with joy.

The old man couldn't figure out what was wrong, but He Zhaohua looked at the three sent by Xiao Qi'ao, and was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth.Oops, Xiao Qi'ao still thinks too much, he has cultivated talents by himself early on, and he also has to cultivate some confidantes by himself.

Just a few days after He Zhaohua left the imperial city, an imperial decree from Emperor Huiming stirred up turmoil in the imperial city, and the turbulent waves that were originally hidden gradually surfaced.

The fourth prince has never been married because he has been traveling abroad, but the third prince not only has a concubine, but also several side concubines and concubines.Now that the first prince has been crowned king, although the opportunity to become king is not good, the third and fourth princes are not too young, so it is time to be crowned king.

This imperial decree is to give titles to the grown-up third and fourth princes, and to make them kings, but there is no land for the time being.

The third prince was named King Duan, and the fourth prince was named Prince Rui. The two were of the same rank, but the third prince was always walking around in the official department, while the fourth prince did not participate in any political affairs.

The third prince is very powerful now, but Emperor Huiming didn't show much special to him, which made all the ministers in the court extremely aggrieved.Even if they want to support the third prince, they dare not go too far, and no one can tell who will win in the end.

Don't forget, although the Seventh Prince and Eighth Prince are not young now, even though their hair is tied, and the Seventh Prince's family is not good, but Concubine Ning is indeed one of the four concubines in the harem, so there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents.

In the hall, Xiao Qi'ao was pressing Hu Li on the bed and sucking his throat.The deadly part was held in his mouth, Hu Li's whole body was red, and the physiological tears in his eyes also filled his eyes.

Xiao Qi'ao's eyes were dark, as if a fire was burning, Hu Li shrank his shoulders, and stretched out his hand to push Xiao Qi'ao.

Xiao Qi'ao picked him up and said in a hoarse voice, "Turn back into a fox."

Hu Li raised his head in doubt, his voice was a little hoarse, with a soft nasal voice, "Huh?"

"Turn back into a fox, or else I'll kiss you." Xiao Qi'ao made a gesture to bite Hu Li's ear. Hu Li stared, and instantly turned into a little fox, with four big tails covering him. His whole body was covered, and Nunuo's voice came from his tail, "Brother Xiao, you're threatening me again."

Xiao Qi'ao smiled lowly, and pulled Hu Li into his arms. Feeling the bulge in his lower body, he couldn't help sighing.