After returning to the main hall.
Xi Rui smiled and gave Shi Qingluo a thumbs up.
“I didn’t obey anyone before, but I will only obey you from now on.”
Whether it was instigating Old Lady Xiao and others to go to the General’s Mansion to act as monsters, or dealing with Xiao Yuanshi personally, it was a method they had never seen before, one after another, absolutely perfect.
Shi Qingluo picked up the teacup and took a sip: “Then thank you!”
She smiled again and said: “Your performance today is also very good and deserves praise!”
Liang Youxiao said meaningfully: “One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black.”
Following Shi Qingluo’s wandering around, they became darker and darker.
Xi Rui nodded excitedly: “Yes, we all learned this from you.”
In the past, how could they do such a confusing thing? They just went straight up and did it.
What made him feel bad was that, after helping others many times to fight against injustices, or provoking the other party to vent their anger, in the end, people said that he bullied others and that he was a bad person.
They also say that he was the leader of the dandy in the capital. This was completely unjust!
Now it was clear that they were throwing dirty water, but not only do people believe them, but they agree with them when they hear that they are upholding justice.
An eye-opener, truly an eye-opener.
Shi Qingluo rolled her eyes at the two of them and said: “You are the one who stays near Vermilion and gets stained red.”
“I’m a good person.”
Xi Rui and others: “……”
I have never seen such a shameless person.
But they can also be equally shameless, “Yes, yes, we are all good people who like to uphold justice. Those who are close to stays near vermilion get stained red. I just said it wrong.”
The servants waiting in the hall of the mansion: “……”
They have seen shameless people, but they have never seen anyone so shameless.
These days, the dandies were beginning to seek justice…
Xi Rong also learned a lot from Shi Qingluo, so she asked: “Luoluo, are you going back tomorrow?”
Shi Qingluo nodded: “Well, we have been in the capital for a long time, and we are a little worried about our family, so it’s almost time to go back.”
Xi Rong looked at her reluctantly: “I wish you could have lived in the capital forever.”
Recently, there have been rumors that the Empress Dowager was ill. She cannot go to Nanxi County again, otherwise she will arouse suspicion.
Xi Rong and Liang Youxiao also looked regretful: “Yes, we can’t go back with you this time.”
Their family will keep a close eye on them now, and they won’t be able to run away like last time.
Fei Yuzhe could follow them back to Xiaxi Village under the guise of helping his nephew see a doctor.
However, that guy probably regretted it to death today. He accompanied the old lady of the Fei Family and his mother to offer incense and completely missed this big drama.
Shi Qingluo couldn’t tell whether to laugh or cry: “When my husband comes to the capital for the imperial examination and palace examination, we can meet again.”
It was just, that she didn’t know if her husband would pass the Jinshi examination, would stay in the Hanlin Academy in the capital, or would be sent somewhere else.
If he stayed in the capital, they would build a house in the capital.
If he will be sent somewhere else, they will have enough money by that time. They can also buy a yard first and live there when they return to the capital in the future.
She said to Xi Rong: “If I come up with some rouge, gouache, or skin care products in the village, I will send you trial products and prescriptions.”
She doesn’t mind having a lot of money, and the rouge shop must continue to run well.
Xi Rong nodded immediately: “Well, I’ll wait for you.”
She was also ready to run the rouge shop well.
Liang Youxiao suggested: “Let’s go to a restaurant for a farewell banquet together later in the evening.”
Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng both nodded in agreement: “Okay!”
*
At the Imperial Palace.
The Emperor received the news immediately.
Because Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng had no intention of hiding it, the intelligence obtained by the Emperor also included the entire conversation between Shi Qingluo and others in the hall.
Seeing Shi Qingluo calling Xiao Yuanshi “Former father-in-law”, the emperor almost spit out the tea in his mouth.
That little girl didn’t do it on purpose, right?
He always felt that those words were ambiguous.
He looked at the report again.
The more he reads, the more he doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Especially at the end, when Shi Qingluo ran outside the door and confused right and wrong. He felt like he was watching an opera play.
He happened to be in the Empress Dowager’s palace at this moment. After reading it, he handed the paper to the Queen Mother.
Then he sighed, “This girl is not only clever, but she is also really not easy to mess with.”
The legendary sick Empress Dowager, leaning on a single sofa with a glowing face, took the letter and read it.
After Xi Rui came back from Nanxi County, he specially asked a carpenter to make it and brought it in as a tribute to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager likes it very much and doesn’t like to sit in her previous chair anymore.
After reading it, she chuckled and said, “This girl is fascinating.”
She has a clear distinction between love and hate and is eloquent. Even though she has never seen her, she can imagine that she must be a very lively girl.
Because of her relationship with her granddaughter and the matter of donating seeds, she had a very good impression of Shi Qingluo.
“Xiao Yuanshi did indeed go too far, and this girl was right.”
She looked at the information and felt comfortable when Shi Qingluo said what she said to Xiao Yuanshi.
The Empress Dowager naturally hated men who were unkind and unjust.
At that time, it would not have been so easy for the late emperor to overthrow the decadent previous dynasty if it had not been for the support of her natal family and her help in contacting various princes to join forces.
But that bastard, after he became the emperor and established himself in the court, began to dote on his concubines and hated his wife.
Her family had no choice but to hand over military power as soon as possible and act more low-key to prevent the bastard from getting hold of the situation, thus avoiding the great purge.
But many people who followed the late emperor to conquer the world suffered disaster.
Because of this, the women of those families in the palace were demoted or relegated to the sidelines.
Whether it was for her natal’s family or her son, she had always endured it.
Even the outside lover, raised by the late emperor before he ascended the throne, was taken into the palace and became a concubine. She was very arrogant and proud for so many years.
Mainly because the late emperor hid her so tightly that she had no idea that such a woman existed before marriage.
Otherwise, she might not get married.
But because of this, they can only think of other plans, and her son still legitimately ascended the throne and became the emperor. They, mother and son, were still the final victors.
Otherwise, they don’t know how they will vent those injustices.
But when she thought of the woman who was still in the frontier fiefdom, and the other party’s son who wanted to rebel, the Empress Dowager wanted to pull the late emperor out and whip his corpse.
To protect the mother and son, this bastard would cause trouble for her and her son even before he died.
Not only did he make the woman’s son a king, but also gave him an important fiefdom in the border area. Before his death, he also sent someone to escort the woman to the border area.
It was because he was afraid that she and her son would bury that woman with her son.
Hmph, it would be over once and for all if those two die. They won’t be able to be taken advantage of.
In those days of suffering, her eldest son was assassinated several times, and her younger son was born prematurely because she was also assassinated and fell. Now her body and bones were not good, how could she just let it go?
She quickly came to her senses and said with a smile: “This girl is a wonderful person. This Empress Dowager wants to meet her next time she has a chance!”
Seeing the Empress Dowager’s behavior just now, the Emperor naturally couldn’t help but think of the past.
At the same time, he thought, no wonder he looked so relieved.
Xiao Hanzheng has found a good wife.
He nodded and smiled: “Next time, let Rongrong take her into the palace and show you. That girl is indeed fascinating.”
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