This was the first time Li Guanwen had the opportunity to take a closer look at the inner residence of Prince Zhongshun's mansion. Although he had been holding a sullen face along the way, his eyes were looking around nimbly.
Xu Weizhi led the way, turning back to greet him warmly from time to time.
Only Li Guanwen could see his nervousness and embarrassment from Xu Weizhi's expression.
As if he didn't know
It is no wonder that the housekeeper of the palace is embarrassed. The prince is not a child of a few years old, and he is so old that he was punished by his mother to kneel because he was fighting outside. He would be embarrassed if this happened to him.
The group entered the inner house and went straight to the upper court. Li Guanwen asked without a trace: "Mrs. Pang will live in the upper court after returning to the house?"
"Yes, after Mrs. Pang returned to the mansion, the old lady said that Mrs. Pang was the mistress of the Pang family and should be respected, so she moved Songhe Hall out of the upper courtyard and moved it to the back courtyard."
"Oh?" Li Guanwen couldn't help but said in surprise: "The righteousness of the old lady is really admirable."
It stands to reason that Prince Zhongshun is not even a concubine of Mrs. Pang, and the Pang family had those entanglements back then. The Holy General sent Mrs. Pang to Prince Zhongshun's mansion. Prince Zhongshun treated each other with courtesy and no one would say anything wrong. come. Who would have thought that Prince Zhongshun would treat his mother-in-law so kindly.
Regardless of whether the reason for this kind treatment was due to his respect for his mother-in-law or his loyalty to the saint, Li Guanwen admired Pang Xiao's ability to do this.
"What about the old man and the lady in the house?" Li Guanwen asked again.
Xu Weizhi smiled and said, "Now I also live in Songhe Hall in the backyard. The old lady lives with the grandfather and the grandma."
Li Guanwen nodded and wrote it down.
When he arrived at the upper court during the conversation, Li Guanwen happened to see a little girl running in, thinking that the servant had just arrived at the second gate and told the old woman who was guarding the door, and the old woman asked the little girl to send a message, so it was a little late.
Li Guanwen took two quick steps and saw the little girl running into the yard,
And in the middle of the yard, as expected, kneeling the familiar tall figure.
Prince Zhongshun was actually punished by his mother to kneel!
Rao Li Guanwen had just heard some of it, and he couldn't help but stunned at this moment.
It's really because Pang Xiao's usual arrogant and majestic image is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so Li Guanwen couldn't connect this embarrassed person who was punished by his first-born mother to kneel with the God of War Lord in his memory, who can make the enemy shudder with a single glance. together.
Pang Xiao heard the little girl's message, turned around suddenly, and saw Li Guanwen entering the courtyard under the leadership of Xu Weizhi.
Li Guanwen clearly saw emotions such as unwillingness and embarrassment on Pang Xiao's face.
Pang Xiao didn't care to continue punishing his knees, so he stood up and looked at Xu Weizhi with a sullen face: "Butler Xu, how did you work as an errand? Director Li came, why didn't you pass the news earlier? Let this king be so neglectful. Director Li, what kind of formality is this?"
Li Guanwen has served the sage all the year round, and he is somewhat clear about the thoughts of such superiors. Even if Prince Zhongshun has been cut from his military power, his prestige in the army is still the same. Lord, he is an internal supervisor, how can he be found guilty
Therefore, Li Guanwen bowed his head and bowed his body, serving him respectfully by the side, not as arrogant as when he had just come.
Xu Weizhi lowered his head in fear and saluted, "Go back to the lord, Director Li is here by order, and the villain can't, please forgive me."
Pang Xiao looked at Xu Weizhi with a sullen face.
Before he could speak, the curtain of Fushou's continuous tattoo in front of the main house was lifted up.
A plump, gray-haired woman in Chinese clothes, who was over fifty years old, came out with the help of her maid.
Mrs. Pang's face was already wrinkled with many wrinkles, especially the deep Sichuan character lines between her eyebrows, which made her whole face look full of anger. She was indistinguishable from her appearance when she was young, but now it seems that she is a grumpy person with thin and mean lips.
"Your Highness. You must not anger others." Mrs. Pang said with a frown, "Director Xu has done his best for the manor, and Director Li has come here on an order. Could Director Xu still be able to stop him?"
This reprimands...
The truth is right, but is it really good to say it
Li Guanwen was an outsider, and the corners of his lips twitched when he heard it.
Pang Xiao, however, saluted respectfully, with a not approachable attitude, but said respectfully, "Thank you Madam for your teaching."
"Well." Mrs. Pang responded with a long voice, and walked down the steps slowly. When she came to Li Guanwen, her attitude had completely changed.
There was a smile on the face full of anger, and the voice was not as serious as when talking to Pang Xiao, but said with a smile: "It's really rude. The old man has only arrived in the mansion not long ago, and it's too late to rectify this. Li Ruan can't look like it, it really made the father-in-law laugh."
"Where is it, the old lady's health is the most important thing, and the saint is also concerned about your health."
Mrs. Pang's eyes narrowed with a smile, "The old man is vulgar, and he has to worry about the Holy One. I am really frightened. Please rest assured, the old man will surely persuade the prince, and there will be no such absurd things in the future."
"Oh, please don't say that." Li Guanwen was already wailing in his heart, how talented is this Madam Pang, and her husband died many years ago, yet she still has neither adopted nor raised him for Pang Xiao. Well, the high-ranking prince said so.
"The lord is the humerus of the saint. This time our family came here to check on the lord's injury. If Mrs. Pang doesn't mind, our family will call the imperial physician to come over and show the lord."
"Then I would like to thank the Holy Spirit for being sympathetic."
Li Guanwen went and called Tai Doctor Matthew.
The wound on Pang Xiao's arm was bandaged, but there was still blood on the snow-white gauze, which looked shocking, and there was a bruise on the corner of his mouth. Even though Li Guanwen didn't see the scene of the two fighting with his own eyes, he could imagine that the two must have fought hard at that time.
After Dr. Ma re-dressed Pang Xiao with medicine, Li Guanwen asked respectfully, "My lord, what the sage meant to ask the servants to ask you what was going on at that time."
Pang Xiaojian raised his eyebrows, and snorted angrily: "That bastard, you deserve to be beaten! When this king seizes the opportunity, he must take revenge for this sword!"
In the end, it was the person who rushed to kill on the battlefield. Under the anger, Li Guanwen couldn't help shrinking his neck.
Mrs. Pang was not afraid of Pang Xiao at all, and said solemnly: "My lord! You are a minister, but the concubine Ji is a relative of the royal family. How can you talk like this! You don't remember the family training of the Pang family?"
Pang Xiao frowned upon hearing this, and he could see that he was on the verge of rage, but he still did not refute.
Mrs. Pang said: "In the end, you didn't have the fate to be raised in the mansion, but you learned some rascals in the market. How did your mother teach you? If you grew up in the mansion, you wouldn't be so unruly. If your father is still alive, seeing that you are not growing like this, you will not break your legs!"
When Li Guanwen heard the words, he almost knelt down for Mrs. Pang.
Among the people in the world who are neither relatives nor acquaintances with Pang Xiao, I am afraid that only Mrs. Pang dares to speak to him like this.
Pang Xiao, who had endured for a whole day, finally couldn't control his anger, and said solemnly: "Mrs. Pang, this king respects you, and it is also in the face of the father who has never met.
Mrs Pang was stunned.
Since she came to Prince Zhongshun's mansion, she has never seen Pang Xiao and herself blushing!
It is precisely because of Pang Xiao's polite treatment and concessions everywhere that Mrs. Pang has the confidence to discipline him.
Unexpectedly, a person who seems to be docile and harmless on weekdays can be so terrifying when he releases the murderous aura that only exists on the battlefield.
Pang Xiao said: "If it wasn't for Madam Pang's jealousy back then, how could I not have the chance to be raised in the mansion? You know better than anyone about what happened back then, and this king respects you, but please stop in moderation. Back then, my mother was driven away by you. , and was assassinated by someone you sent, she was the only one who could escape by chance. Since then, she has nothing to do with your general's residence!
"I have never been acknowledged by you. My title was earned by my own hard work, and I didn't borrow a little light from your family. I treat you politely now. That is my self-restraint. She is still the maid you used to persecute before the menstrual period. That is your wrong idea!
"I, Pang Zhixi, have no other ability, just as you said, I'm a rogue! I'll kill you then and see who can treat me!"
"You, you..." Mrs. Pang's face turned pale, and she didn't know if she was angry or scared. "You are simply hopeless and disregarding human relations!"
Pang Xiao smiled coldly, then turned around and asked Li Guanwen, "Did the chief executive see what happened today?"
Li Guan lowered his head and said, "Yes, the servants have been watching carefully, Lord, what are your orders?"
Pang Xiao said: "You can see Mrs. Pang's unreasonable troubles clearly. Later, I will go to the palace to ask for the saint, and I will ask Director Li to testify on behalf of this king."
"Testify?" Li Guanwen asked inexplicably, "Your Highness, what do you want?"
Pang Xiao said: "The sage helped me find Mrs. Pang for my family. This king is very grateful, but this king's palace is small, but there is no room for two families. Mrs. Pang made things difficult for my grandfather and grandmother, and my mother was even bullied by her. Seeing this, I don't even know why I opposed the tyranny of Beiji in the first place. Beiji didn't oppose it at that time, didn't they live like this?"
A woman who makes trouble can cause chaos in the entire family. Pang Xiao didn't want to keep Mrs. Pang, but it was arranged by the sage at the beginning, so he could only follow the order. Now that so much time has passed, he might as well take advantage of the bad mood today and use an introduction to pull this nail out of the palace. .
Li Guanwen's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words.
Even Mrs. Pang's expression changed greatly, and she said anxiously: "What right do you have to send me away? If it weren't for your father, would you exist in this world? I am the wife your father Mingmi is marrying, and you are looking at your father. Show your filial piety on your face!”
"Is this what Madam Pang thinks?" Pang Xiao sneered, "filial piety and filial piety, obedience to one's talents is filial piety, but this king is a tough guy, and he is the least capable of being soft-spoken. If Madam Pang continues to live in the palace, it is very likely that he will be very angry. How can I be responsible? Why don't I ask for the grace of the Holy Spirit now and set up a mansion for you to live in."