Just as Xiao Ting was about to refute Xiao Zhan, she suddenly thought that she was planning to jump off the attic just now to hide from the Ninth Prince, so she pulled out this lie.
While talking, he even took a peek at the Ninth Prince.
Seeing that the Ninth Prince was still looking at her with his indifferent eyes, showing no emotion at all, Xiao Ting felt a little guilty.
Quickly changed the subject and said, "Father, why are you here?"
Since Concubine Xiao's accident, their father and daughter have not seen each other for nearly three months.
On the one hand, Xiao Ting doesn't like to go out, on the other hand, Xiao Zhan is afraid that the Xiao family will drag down Xiao Ting's daughter again.
After all, Xiao Ting is the most promising person in the Xiao Manor right now.
When he came to the door today, he was completely forced by the old lady.
"Hehe..." Xiao Zhan first gave a dry laugh, and then said, "Well, I haven't seen you for several months. Let's see how you are doing?"
Then Xiao Zhan glanced at the Ninth Prince again. According to what he saw just now, the Ninth Prince was very caring for Tinger's good girl, and he said that he loved and cared for her, so he made up his mind and decided not to mention what the old lady said.
The father and daughter stood under the scorching sun and exchanged a few words, and they didn't intend to leave at all.
The Ninth Prince couldn't stand it anymore, so he coughed lightly, interrupted their conversation, and invited them to sit in the front hall.
By the way, we had lunch together.
Although the relationship between Xiao Xin and his father was not very close, but he did not reject him, and they sat in Xiao Zhan's arms and ate a meal.
Overall, the atmosphere is not bad.
After lunch, Xiao Ting sent Xiao Zhan out of the gate, and suddenly saw the old lady standing there not far away, looking precarious.
When he saw Xiao Ting and Xiao Zhan's father and daughter, his eyes almost burst into flames, and his whole body immediately became fierce, walking towards this side leaning on a cane.
Before Xiao Ting had time to step forward to salute, the old woman's crutches came over, of course not at Xiao Ting.
Instead, it hit Xiao Zhan on the back and roared angrily, "Unfilial son, you are living in someone else's house, and you left your mother outside for two hours..."
Two crutches hit Xiao Zhan's back heavily, and Xiao Zhan hurriedly jumped back, almost tripping over the threshold, and fell into the Ninth Prince's Mansion just like that.
It became a ground gourd.
It happened so suddenly, Xiao Ting had time to hide away, for fear of harming Chi Yu.
The old lady followed Xiao Zhan and took advantage of the situation to enter the gate of the Nine Princes' Mansion.
Butler Mu was also seeing Xiao Zhan off, and he winked at this, and the guard next to him immediately closed the gate, blocking all those watching the excitement from the gate.
"Old Madam Xiao, please calm down." Steward Mu stepped forward, cupped his hands, and made a half-respect.
No matter how angry Mrs. Xiao was, she had to suppress it for the time being. After all, with her current status, she couldn't be so polite as Steward Mu. She was doing this to Liu Yatou's face.
So, she straightened her clothes and said to Steward Mu: "I'm being rude."
"What is the old lady talking about, please come in and sit down!"
He led the old lady to the front hall, asked the servant girl to serve some refreshments as a treat, and then went to invite the Ninth Prince.
Xiao Ting and Xiao Zhan, father and daughter, looked at each other for a few times, and they both walked in reluctantly.
When the old lady saw the two of them, she didn't get angry and started to criticize.
"I told you to come and find Liu Yatou, so you just help yourself find a new home? Are you going to stay here?"
Xiao Zhan smiled dryly, but did not dare to speak.
But Xiao Ting couldn't get used to it. Although her cheap father was unreliable, he was still good. How could the old lady say that about her.
"It's only natural for a daughter to raise her father. Grandma is right. This is my father's second home."
"Good girl, daddy didn't love you for nothing." Xiao Zhan was instantly moved.
Xiao Ting rolled her eyes at him, she has never seen such a stupid person before, can't she see that she is mad at the old lady
"You didn't love her in vain. In all these years, has our Xiao family treated her badly?"
Xiao Zhan was hesitant to speak, but Xiao Ting asked directly: "What's the matter with grandma, it's okay to be straightforward, my concubine doesn't understand those twists and turns."
I didn't expect Xiao Ting to be so straightforward, but this also made the old lady breathe a sigh of relief, so she said bluntly: "Well, you have heard about the fact that the palace is going to choose a concubine for the third prince, right?"
Xiao Ting was stunned for a moment, and then under the expectant eyes of the old lady, she said sincerely: "I haven't heard of it."
The old lady choked for a moment. This dead girl has become more and more unruly now. Since she married into the Ninth Prince's Mansion, she has become more and more defiant. She really pissed her off.
It's a pity that now is not the time to turn against her, and we have to wait until Mei'er becomes the third prince's concubine, and I will never see this girl again, so as to save myself a short life.
The old lady winked at her son, but Xiao Zhan avoided her eyes, vowing to "pretend to be deaf and dumb" to the end.
In the end, Xiao Ting took the initiative to ask: "Grandmother came to the palace this time, is it because of this matter?"
The smile on the old lady's face finally showed some sincerity, and she said: "Yes, you also know that your fourth sister was among the candidates for the third prince's concubine last time, and the third prince has a good impression of her, and you messed it up last time, if not..."
The old lady was about to continue talking, when she suddenly remembered where it was, she quickly stopped talking, this is not the Xiao Mansion, it would be bad if people listened to it.
"Grandmother's intention is that she wants Fourth Sister to be the third prince's main concubine."
Xiao Ting finally figured out what the old lady wanted to express after saying so much.
"You ask like this, but do you think your fourth sister is not worthy?"
Xiao Ting was speechless, she didn't mean it, "Grandmother was joking, I'm not the third prince, so I don't know what the third prince thinks."
"But what does this have to do with grandma coming to the palace?"
Xiao Ting really couldn't turn her head around, could it be that she was made to pretend to be dumb this time, for fear that she would say the wrong thing again
Before the old lady returned to her, Xiao Ting quickly promised, "Don't worry, grandma, I promise not to open my mouth this time."
The old lady was almost so angry that she couldn't catch her breath, and she suffocated herself to death.
When you were not allowed to speak at the beginning, you talked too much, but now you are allowed to speak, but you promise not to speak, it really pissed her off.
The old lady tried her best to calm herself down, and said directly, "Why don't you speak, this time you must speak."
"What?" Xiao Ting was dumbfounded, what does this mean
"The Xiao family was not included in the candidate list this time, that is to say, your fourth sister and the others are not eligible to participate in the selection."
The Xiao family's current status is equivalent to that of a commoner, of course they are rich commoners, and they have a not-so-hard backer.
But at this moment, the hopes of all the masters of the Xiao family are based on this very hard backing.
That is Xiao Ting's identity as the Ninth Princess.
"Then what does grandma want me to do?" Xiao Ting sneered in her heart. Could it be that the old lady had taken too much medicine and had hallucinations, and she actually wanted her to intercede with Xiao Mei and the others.
Is this an international joke
"Liu girl, Grandmother can't do anything this time, please go and beg the prince to let him speak a few words in front of the emperor, and let our Xiao family's daughter also participate in the election!"
Xiao Ting swears that these are the most humble words she has ever heard from Mrs. Xiao.
Also speaking to her, the most gentle tone.
It's really useful!
Unfortunately, Xiao Ting directly refused, "Grandmother probably doesn't know, the prince is in a bad mood recently and is planning to divorce his wife! So, my grandson can't say anything in front of him, and I can't help you, you should think of another way!"
Sure enough, when the old lady heard this, she immediately stood up, and said in a blunt tone: "I knew a long time ago, if Lingyue hadn't spoken for you in the palace, the Ninth Prince would never have married you as his concubine. Unexpectedly, not long after Lingyue fell out of favor, you will be dismissed from court. Really, I really embarrass my Xiao family."
The more she spoke, the angrier she became, looking at Xiao Ting's eyes, as if she was a lump, but Xiao Ting smiled like a flower, not even the slightest bit unhappy.
"Grandmother said yes, so, you should leave quickly. If Xiao Shizi sees it, I'm afraid it will embarrass you. After all, she has never recognized me as a stepmother and has always wanted to drive me away!"
Old Mrs. Xiao has seen Chu Yun's arrogance before, and her supercilious appearance does indeed have a royal air, and her superior demeanor makes her even more inferior.
Hearing this, he flicked his sleeves and strode out, before leaving, he glared at Xiao Zhan, "You have such a good daughter."
Xiao Zhan repeatedly apologized, until Mrs. Xiao left, Xiao Zhan turned his head to look at Xiao Ting in a hurry: "The prince wants to divorce his wife? When will it happen?"
Xiao Ting rolled her eyes and said, "It's probably only two days!"
Xiao Zhan was anxious, "It's true, what should you do?"
"Cold and scrambled eggs, what else can I do, pack up and go back to my mother's house." Xiao Ting got up, stretched her waist, and said casually with her head raised.
Not like a woman about to be divorced, but more like a bird looking forward to returning home.
In the corridor outside the main hall, someone who wanted to divorce his wife stood there motionless as if his footsteps had taken root.
Steward Mu followed behind him, coughed lightly, and said, "My lord, Mrs. Xiao has left, do you want to go over?"
Ninth Prince shook his head, "No need." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left. Butler Mu stood where he was, watching his footsteps, which looked a bit messy and hasty no matter what.
It's just, why doesn't he know when his prince and concubine are going to reconcile
The days flew by, and November 11th was the queen mother's birthday.
But ever since Xiao Ting heard the news, she murmured that being born on Singles' Day is really amazing.
No wonder she became a widow at such a young age.
But no matter how much she didn't want to enter the palace, and how much she didn't want to see this old hag, she would inevitably need to dress up and attend the palace banquet.
Before dawn, Xiao Ting was fished out of the quilt by two maids and began to make puppets.
Let them dress themselves up.
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour, until an hour later, Xiao Ting woke up from the daze.
For no other reason, someone came.
The Ninth Prince is wearing a moon-blue gown today, the clothes are of no rank and no rank, only the clothes are luxurious and luxurious, and there is no status symbol.
Her long hair is waist-length, and the black hair on the temples on the forehead is pulled up by a jade hairpin. She wears a jade crown on her head, and only a belt of the same color is worn around her waist.
There is a jade pendant there, shaking with it.
If you don't look at the bland and watery eyes of a truly suave and handsome man...
(end of this chapter)