"Your Majesty, you are still talking about 'beauty' at this time. I only asked you to praise my appearance before." The pretty maid's heart was filled with despair, but she calmed down. She looked at Xu Baomo and asked coldly, "Think about it now, Prince, do you still remember my name?!"
Xu Baomo was now filled with the fear that he was going to suffer a tragedy, so how could he bother to talk to her? He said casually: "Beauty, don't be like this. I have to see my father now... Maybe our fate is not over yet, so why don't we just give it a scolding later? And if mother is willing to just kick you out of the house, I will The prince still has some private money here..."
"Half a day ago, the prince saw me in the side courtyard. The first thing he asked was what my name was... I told the prince at that time that my name was Ming Cui." The pretty maid looked at him with tears in her eyes, smiling sadly and self-deprecatingly. He smiled and choked up and said, "At that time, the young master said, 'Bright green trees shake cicada wings, and delicate hair is arranged in makeup [Note]'. He praised my name... I don't know a few words, and I don't know if these two sentences the young master said are true." Those two words in my name, but it’s only been half a day!!!”
This prince has forgotten her name!
It would have been fine if Xu Baomo had never asked her name, but he not only asked, but also praised her. Now that Feng Liu was caught happily, he actually forgot it immediately? !
Ming Cui definitely didn't believe this. In her opinion, this was because Xu Baomo wanted to leave after playing and deliberately abandoned her!
"Now that things have happened, what else do I have to say?" After all, she is a maid in her teens. Although she took the initiative to crawl into bed in order to seek wealth, her face is not thick enough. She will be broken up by her master and abandoned by her young master. In anger, Ming Cui stood up and bumped into the wall not far away!
"It's over!!!!" Xu Baomo stared dumbfounded as she slowly slid down after touching the wall. At the same time, a bloody trace snaked down the wall, and he felt his scalp numb and exploded: Sleeping maid quietly He has already made his father so angry, and now the maid is seeking death. When he walks out like this, his father is no longer thinking about whether to really beat him to death, but about how to make his death more painful, right? !
Although he is a romantic by nature and has the word "scum" engraved on his soul, Xu Baomo is still very talented and knowledgeable. Therefore, at the next moment when emotions such as shock, panic, fear, fear, etc. surge up, the young man The prince gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and decided to learn from historical experience, "The ancients said that death also leads to death, and great plans also lead to death. Since it is all about death, it is better to rebel! If my prince goes out now, he will definitely be beaten to death. If he escapes secretly and is caught, At most, he will be beaten to death, and the left and right will be dead, so why not escape first?"
If you do this, even if you don't escape in the end, at least you will have earned the time you didn't get caught!
And if you think about it on the bright side, what if his father calmed down while he was running for his life and didn't plan to beat his only son to death
This is a life saved!
If you think about it from a better place, what if his father heard some good news while he was running for his life, and he was happy and stopped arguing with him? !
Xu Baomo thought that he should run away, so he didn't go to see if Ming Cui or Ming Cui were really dead. He hurriedly took the fur clothes and some soft money and silk, opened the back window, and looked to see if there was no one outside. Jump out quickly and run away quickly!
Poor Xu Zijing spent his whole life being subordinated to others: he was beaten by his parents when he was a child; he was controlled by his wife after he got married; and when he was about to die, he was cheated by his father and used as a stepping stone in front of the maids to brag about his power... Well, let’s not talk about the last one. Speaking of Xu Zijing's previous experience of being beaten, he dared to hide or even run when his parents beat him.
The problem is that when he was beaten, Mr. Xu was serving in the army. As the right-hand man of Mr. Sheng at the time, Mr. Xu was possessed by a decisive and murderous killing god!
Even during the free time when there is no war, a glare can make an ordinary beast's limbs weaken and whimper and fall to his knees!
Therefore, when Xu Zijing dared to dodge or run away when he wanted to hit his son in his prime, Xu Zijing often ended up being caught back after running a few steps, beaten with more force, crying for his father and mother, and miserable.
Later, he learned the lesson and didn't dare to run away. If he wanted to run, he would aim at the location of Old Mrs. Sheng, and run to Old Mrs. Sheng to cry - although Old Mrs. Sheng himself believed that a filial son would come out of a stick, and would not stop Mr. Xu from beating his son. But considering that Mr. Xu is the only son of Xu Zijing, the old man will at least help persuade him to be merciful when he sees that he is being beaten too hard!
As for when it came to Nan's hands, Xu Zijing didn't say he ran away when he was beaten. He was admitting his mistake while being beaten. He also had to worry about whether Nan was tired from the beating and whether the beating hurt her own slender hands, so she had time to pour water for the prince. After pouring tea and water to recharge her energy, she could continue to beat herself up to vent her anger. Occasionally, she would take the initiative to hold regular domestic violence tools such as rulers and whisks in her hands and hold them above her head, so that Nan could not find them herself!
Not to mention finding someone to intercede on your behalf: as Marquis Ningwei, as a dignified man, as the son of everyone and the father of everyone, dignity must be maintained!
He would rather let Man Changan think that he particularly likes cats, okay
Therefore, Xu Zijing speculated about his son Xu Baomo based on his own experience of being beaten for many years. He never expected that Xu Baomo would dare! escape! run!
So after a while, Xu Zijing, who was impatient with waiting, rushed back to the inner room of Yinglu Hall again. When he saw Ming Cui lying in the corner and the wide open rear window, he couldn't believe his eyes!
The butler who followed him in was so frightened that he turned around and ordered his confidants to guard the Yinglu Pavilion. Then he approached Xu Zijing cautiously: "Master Marquis, our prince... killed someone?!"
... This is not that he deliberately blackmailed his little master. In the current situation, it seems that after Xu Zijing left the inner room, the young man who just happened to be in love turned against him under the solemn shock of his parents. Xu Baomo persuaded Ming Cui to take all the charges. He failed. He accidentally killed someone in anger. When he saw Ming Cui lying on the ground, he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. So he didn't dare to go out to report his father even though he knew he was waiting outside. In panic, he took away his belongings and ran away from the back window. !
After a while, Xu Cong, the servant who was called in to check the things in the inner room, confirmed that part of the jewelry was missing... These words strengthened the butler's speculation!
Although Xu Zijing personally came close and confirmed that Ming Cui's injuries were mainly caused by hitting the wall, it could not be ruled out that Xu Baomo pushed her up on impulse!
"This bastard!!!" Xu Zijing was so angry that he punched the table with such force that it almost broke the table of sour pear wood, curly grass pattern and carved landscape figures. He said with gnashed teeth, " Xu Tong, quickly lead people around to the back window and follow the traces to capture the traitor and me!"
He glanced at the disheveled Ming Cui on the ground, with a hint of disgust in his eyes, sighed, and finally waved his hand, "Call the two maids over, let this bitch have a look. Is there any way to save him?"
The chief steward Xu Tong agreed and ordered a few people to go out to chase Xu Baomo.
But after leaving Xu Zijing, Xu Tong frowned and discussed with his surroundings: "In the past, the Marquis and his wife wanted to beat the prince. It is natural for me to beat my son. There is nothing wrong with it! As long as we watch carefully and don't let the Marquis and his wife miss, we will Okay. But the Marquis is obviously very angry about this matter today. When the news reaches Madam, she may become furious according to Madam's temper! These two are very angry now. If we do this The prince twisted and sent him over... Madam Marquis only has a male heir!"
Everyone on the left and right understood: "The prince has done such a thing, no wonder the Marquis is angry! But young people are full of blood, and they can have romantic affairs occasionally. Besides, it was the maid herself who was indiscreet, otherwise why wouldn't it be other people and our prince? Being caught by the Marquis? So we can’t blame our prince for this matter! The princes and princes didn’t tell us to give us a time limit. When the prince is found later, let’s just wait and send him to the prince’s wife!”
Xu Ting and others thought they were doing it for the sake of the old Xu family, so there was no news when they left.
Xu Zijing waited around in the Yinglu Pavilion but there was no news. He was feeling very angry. At this time, Nan was waiting impatiently in the back hall. He sent Chensha over and asked: "Madam, you said that you have been here for a long time, Mr. Marquis." , why haven’t you brought the Crown Prince here? But the Crown Prince is not here?"
"I'll go to the back hall to talk to my wife!" After hearing this, Xu Zijing simply flicked his sleeves and returned to the back hall. He told the Nan family what had happened in a few words and said bitterly, "We really shouldn't have sent him away in the first place. He returned to Cangwu County and was raised by his parents! Although his homework is pretty good now, his flirtatious nature has been spoiled by his parents! As the saying goes, it is easy to change a country but hard to change a person's nature, so even if we are next I’m so cruel this time, I don’t know if this bastard can ever change his ways?!”
Nan's face was livid. She was a woman who was recognized as a jealous woman nowadays. Xu Zijing was not allowed to take another look at his daughter, and even the younger women other than Sheng Weiqiao, who had close friendship with her, were not allowed to look at her.
Although Xu Baomo is her son, not her husband, Nanshi also doesn't want him to hug all the warblers in the courtyard!
This is not only because she is afraid that her husband will learn bad things after seeing it, but also because Nanshi deeply hates men who take concubines besides their wives, sleep in separate rooms, raise extramarital affairs, and visit brothels!
After all, as a typical poor wife, Nan accompanied Xu Zijing through thick and thin. For Xu Zijing's future, she could be said to be both a father and a mother, grasping everything inside and out. Although Mr. Xu was Mrs. Xiahou and Mrs. Xiahou took their eldest grandson to Cangwu County to raise them when Xu Baomocai was born, but the two daughters were raised by the Nan family alone!
Not to mention how frightened she was when Xu Zijing went to the battlefield!
After surviving like this, Xu Zijing finally made her mark, and was summoned back to the imperial court to be granted the title of Marquis. She finally didn't have to worry about one day she would suddenly become a widow, or her three children would suddenly lose their father. What else would happen now? The little fairies who have never suffered for Xu Zijing want to sit back and take advantage? !
Nan felt murderous intent just thinking about it!
Even if these little goblins didn't dare to take the position of her as the head wife, she couldn't bear it: Why did the couple work so hard when they were young? The husband could spend time and play with his wife after he became rich, but I had to Continue to endure the humiliation and suffer this anger? ! !
It was also Xu Zijing who had a conscience and was willing to accept her control.
Otherwise, according to her temper, she would rather die with the person who betrayed her heart than compromise!
So after hearing what Xu Baomo did, Nan's hand tore his son's heart out!
—I worked hard to train your biological father and gave you this son an environment to study in peace and make progress. It would be better for you to just try to tear me down, right? !
—Don’t look at other heirs, especially those like you who have been away from your parents since childhood. How many of them are not worried that their father will favor their younger brothers and one day take away their status
—The late emperor is an example of nakedness!
—Although the late emperor failed!
—You lived too comfortably as the heir, so you don’t care about how your future sons or sons live, right? !
If it weren't for the fact that he only had such a son, the Nan family would have to discuss with Xu Zijing now whether to change his son to be the heir apparent
[Note] Niu Qiao's "Nvguanzi·Xingguanxiapei"