Xiao Xiao suppressed his anger and said coldly: "If you still want to keep your title as the general's wife and live a glorious life, then restrain yourself. Everything you have today was stolen. As a thief, you should behave yourself. How dare you provoke her? You don't know what's good for you!"
After saying that, Xiao Xiao left coldly.
Zi'an finally understood that this marriage was a transaction from beginning to end, but why was it a transaction? What was the transaction? Who presided over this transaction
Han Qingqiu was sad and angry, and shouted at Xiao Xiao's back: "You will regret it."
She stood up, stopped Zi'an who wanted to leave, and said coldly: "Go back and tell Murong Zhuangzhuang to have some shame and not to see my husband again."
Before Zi'an could say anything, Murong Jie interrupted coldly, "You don't dare to tell her? Well, I will convey it to you personally, and also to all the secret guards in the princess's mansion."
Han Qingqiu never thought that even the Regent would warn her personally. Her face turned pale and she dared not say a word.
Zi'an said, "Let's go."
Murong Jie took her hand and went out, looking at the housekeeper, "Do you know why your general doesn't want to come back? It's because of her!"
The butler had suspected it before, but had never confirmed it. Now he saw with his own eyes that Xiao Xiao spoke so harshly to Han Qingqiu, and the Regent said so again, and he couldn't help but glance at Han Qingqiu coldly.
Han Qingqiu's heart trembled. Although she was the wife of the general, all the income and expenses of the mansion were managed by the housekeeper. She had to ask the housekeeper if she wanted to spend money. Moreover, the general's mansion and the Marquis of Jingguo's mansion were separate mansions but not separate families. The account books needed to be sent to the big family. This was what Xiao Xiao had ordered before.
Although she was the wife of a great general and had no worries about money these years, it was just enough for her expenses and she could not save any money.
When he got to the door, Xiao Xiao had no idea where he was going.
The two of them got on the carriage, and Zi'an asked Murong Jie, "Just now you told her that you were going to inform the secret guards of the princess's mansion, and she seemed very scared."
Murong Jie said, "Of course she is afraid. She knows the torture methods used by the secret guards in the Princess's Mansion. Those secret guards were arranged by the Empress Dowager to be by Zhuang Zhuang's side before she left. They were there to protect her secretly. If she dared to speak ill of him in front of Zhuang Zhuang today, her tongue would have been cut off long ago."
Zi'an understood, "No wonder!"
Murong Jie said: "Don't you understand her intention today?"
Zian shook his head, "You know?"
Murong Jie said calmly: "The Crown Prince of Liang will arrive in Beijing in two days. He will propose to marry Zhuang Zhuang again. She is doing this today to make Zhuang Zhuang give up and voluntarily leave his country and marry the Crown Prince of Liang."
Zi'an was furious, "What a vicious mind!"
"She has evil intentions, but not many people know that the Prince of Liang wants to propose marriage. How did she know that?" Murong Jie asked.
Zi'an was stunned. "You mean, someone is behind her?"
"It's not the case that I'm ordering someone to do something, but I'm using them!" Murong Jie said.
Zi'an thought for a moment, "Who could it be? Who would want Zhuangzhuang to marry the Crown Prince of Liang?"
Murong Jie smiled and said, "The Crown Prince of Liang."
"But he hasn't come to the capital yet. Are you saying that someone has colluded with the Crown Prince of Liang first?"
Murong Jie gave her an admiring look, "It's possible, but it's not ruled out that someone in the capital wants Zhuangzhuang to leave the capital. Who do you think will suffer first if Zhuangzhuang leaves the capital?"
Zi'an blurted out, "As for me, I just lost a helper, Zhuangzhuang."
And a big helper.
"Well, who hates you so much?" Murong Jie asked again.
Zi'an said awkwardly: "There are so many people who hate me."
The noble concubine, the crown prince, the tutor, the queen, Prince Nan Huai, Chen Linglong, Xia Wan'er, Concubine Sun, and Concubine Yi, because she knew about the affair between Concubine Yi and the crown prince.
Zi'an counted these people silently in his heart and cursed secretly. He had only been here for a short time, but he had already made many enemies.
"You have a lot of enemies, right?" Murong Jie teased.
Zi'an tilted his head and asked him, "What about your enemies? Are there many?"
Murong Jie said: "This king has almost no enemies."
"I won't talk about the others, but the Crown Prince and the Empress Dowager both hate you."
"They are not enemies, just clowns." Murong Jie said indifferently.
"Be careful with these jumping clowns. If they really jump, they can kill people." Zi'an said.
"Are you worried about me?" Murong Jie gave her a teachable look.
Zi'an chuckled, "I'm worried about you. Husband and wife share prosperity and adversity. I hope you're well, and then I can live a peaceful life."
"Well, aren't you thinking about finding a concubine for me?" Murong Jie sneered.
Zi'an said, "I noticed that you hold a grudge very well. I only told you once, but you keep bringing it up. Do you want to marry a concubine?"
Murong Jie snorted, "If I were to bring it up again, I'd see if you would bear a grudge against me."
"Go ahead and ask for it. If you do, you have to help me find it. If you don't, you're a grandson!" Zi'an fought back.
Murong Jie looked at her, suddenly pinched her face with his hands, and said viciously: "Don't even think about you."
Zi'an asked with a playful smile: "You are so nervous about me, are you in love with me?"
"I am also very worried about the yellow dog in my third brother's family. You cared about me so much just now. Do you like me too?" Murong Jie said lightly.
Zi'an was so angry that his teeth were itching. It had been more than two months since they got married. Would she die if he said he liked her
Well, if he doesn't say it, forget about what she said.
"I'm not worried about you, I'm just afraid that you'll get me into trouble."
The two of them looked outside at the same time, neither of them cared to pay attention to each other.
After a long while, Zi'an asked, "Where did Xiao Xiao go?"
Murong Jie said, "Go hide near the entrance of the princess's mansion. Where else can you go?"
"Does he always go to the gate of the princess's mansion? In fact, he loves Zhuangzhuang very much. What happened back then?"
Murong Jie seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally said, "I don't know."
Zi'an looked at his face and asked, "Do you know something?"
Murong Jie shook his head, "I don't know, I just suspect something in my heart, but there is no way to confirm it."
"What do you suspect? Tell me. Perhaps you suspect the same thing as I do."
Murong Jie looked at her and said, "Tell me what you suspect first."
Zi'an sat up straight and said, "Zhuangzhuang told me about their affairs today. On her sixteenth birthday, Xiao Xiao said he wanted to propose marriage. He did go to meet the emperor that day, but in the end he did not go to see Zhuangzhuang, but left the palace directly. The next day, Zhuangzhuang's maid Yaozhi and Han Qingqiu went to inquire about the news, and then went out of the palace to find Xiao Xiao. Yaozhi died outside the palace, and Han Qingqiu had an affair with Xiao Xiao. On the fourth day, Han Qingqiu went back to tell Zhuangzhuang about her and Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao also went to the palace to tell the emperor that he wanted to marry Han Qingqiu. The emperor was furious and beat him up. It was Duke Jingguo who went to ask the empress dowager, and the empress dowager arranged the marriage. In this matter, I have two questions. The first one is that when Xiao Xiao went to ask the emperor for marriage, did the emperor agree or disagree? If he agreed, he should have gone to Zhuangzhuang immediately. If he disagreed, why didn't the emperor agree?"
"Well, what about the second suspicious point?" Murong Jie asked.
(End of this chapter)