At the General’s Mansion, Xiao Yuanshi asked the doctor to look at Ge Chunru and Tao Liu separately.

Ge Chunru was already awake at this moment, staring at Xiao Yuanshi with resentful eyes.

In the past, Xiao Yuanshi would have stepped forward to coax her.

Now he was very irritable.

“Chunru, why didn’t you ask me first?”

Seeing that Ge Chunru’s eyes were even more resentful, he raised his hand and said, “I dare to swear that Liu Ru is not my lover outside, otherwise I will be struck by lightning.”

“I have never thought of bringing her into the house before.”

Ge Chunru looked at him in disbelief: “Then why do you keep running to her yard?”

She now looked at Xiao Yuanshi and swore that she regretted it.

With Xiao Yuanshi’s temperament, if he dares to swear, it must be true.

Then why did she make a fuss?

At this moment, she suddenly felt like she had been deceived.

Xiao Yuanshi said matter-of-factly: “We met twice before by chance, we got in touch with each other, and we got along well with each other.”

“Recently, because of my family from my hometown, I feel upset when I come back and have nowhere to go, so I went to her place to sit and chat.”

He doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with this.

Ge Chunru sneered in her heart. He was already tempted to chat frequently, but he said it was nothing.

However, she also guessed that Tao Liu must have used some method. Judging from Xiao Yuanshi’s appearance, he probably didn’t have much idea before.

She asked: “Then what are you going to do with her now?”

Xiao Yuanshi thought for a while and replied: “Now that her innocence has been destroyed by you, what else can we do? The only choice is to be included in the general’s mansion.”

Ge Chunru’s eyes widened: “What, you want to take her as your concubine?”

Xiao Yuanshi raised his eyebrows, “What else?”

“Chunru, this is entirely your fault.”

He added: “If you don’t make a fuss today and make it known to everyone, but tell me about it in advance, I won’t go to her place again.”

He had objections to Ge Chunru’s actions regarding today’s matter.

With such a fuss, well, all the things that were hidden in the family before were brought out.

Except for the fact that Ge Chunru was his sworn brother’s daughter, that was still a secret, everything else was known to everyone.

No need to think about it, if he goes to court tomorrow, he will be complained about by the censors.

Ge Chunru also knew that she was too impulsive today: “No, I don’t agree with her coming in.”

She emphasized: “What I told you before is true. She is Tao Liu. She came out from the brothel. She is no cleaner than the concubines in your backyard.”

Xiao Yuanshi sighed: “Her name is Liu Ru, the daughter of a merchant from the south of the Yangtze River. Her parents died, and she came to seek refuge in the capital.”

“I checked this identity and there is nothing wrong with it.”

He raised his eyes and looked at Ge Chunru meaningfully and said, “I did find out that there was a man named Tao Liu, but she ran away with your father’s followers.”

“I found out here that they are heading towards Northern Xinjiang.”

“I also found a portrait of Tao Liu. She does look somewhat similar to Liu Ru, but she is not the same person.”

After Liu Ru appeared, although he happened to meet her on the road, he also doubted whether it was arranged by someone.

So he went to check it out.

Tao Liu and Liu Ru’s appearances were somewhat similar to the portraits, but Liu Ru has a mole at the corner of her eye and her temperament is completely different.

There was also news that Tao Liu grew up in the capital, but Liu Ru spoke in a Jiangnan soft tone.

He also asked someone to investigate what happened that day.

Liu Ru never admitted her identity in front of Ge Chunru from beginning to end. Maybe her wife misunderstood.

Ge Chunru was so angry: “She can act, how could you think she is innocent? She hasn’t even been brought into the house yet, but you’re so partial to her. Do you still have me in your heart?”

Xiao Yuanshi said helplessly: “You are messing around. You are the only one in my heart. You have always known it.”

He softened his tone and said, “What happened today is already a joke in the capital. I will be involved in the court tomorrow. I am already very tired. Please stop making trouble, okay?”

Ge Chunru felt her breath stuck in her chest. Thinking of what her sister said, she still endured it.

She asked again: “Do you have to take her into the house?”

Xiao Yuanshi sighed again: “Besides the fact that you ruined her innocence, my mother just said that if I don’t accept Liu Ru into the house, she won’t go to Northern Xinjiang and will find some good concubines for me. After I have my son, she can leave with peace of mind.”

Ge Chunru couldn’t cope with the pain. She was going to collapse. The old woman was so vicious.

She cried: “You go, you go now, I don’t want to see you.”

Xiao Yuanshi did not coax her this time. He stood up and said, “Then you have a good rest. I will come to see you later.”

He left after saying that.

This made Ge Chunru, who was still going to use other methods, dumbfounded. She was so angry that her chest hurt again, and she smashed everything on the bed to the ground.

Xiao Yuanshi then went to the guest house.

At this moment, Tao Liu has also woken up.

She was knocked unconscious before. She knew that Xiao Yuanshi was good at martial arts, he could easily tell if she was pretending or not.

At this moment, her forehead was red and swollen. Originally, the doctor wanted to bandage her, but she refused.

How can Xiao Yuanshi be softened if she had a bandage?

Hearing the footsteps, she immediately half-sat on the edge of the bed, looking ahead blankly.

When Xiao Yuanshi walked in, he saw Liu Ru staring blankly in front of him, motionless, as if she had been struck.

He felt a little apologetic, walked over, and sat on the chair opposite the bed.

He asked with concern: “Liu Ru, are you okay?”

Liu Ru seemed to have come back to her senses now. She looked at Xiao Yuanshi pitifully with a pale face, and her voice was a little soft, “Thank you for your concern, General. I’m fine.”

“Are you okay?”

Instead, she looked at him worriedly: “If today’s incident breaks out, won’t it be bad for your reputation, General?”

Her eye circles instantly turned red, she picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes: “It’s all my fault for causing trouble to you.”

Xiao Yuanshi didn’t expect that the first thing Liu Ru thought of was his reputation. She was indeed a sensible girl.

He reassured me: “It’s okay, it has nothing to do with you, you don’t have to think too much.”

Tao Liu seemed to be relieved at this moment. Remembering the “Tea Talk” that Shi Qingluo taught her, she thought about it and changed it.

Then she looked at him cautiously: “General, does your wife know that you are here? Will she be angry with you?”

“I don’t want to ruin the relationship between you and your wife. If she doesn’t know, she might get angry, and run into my yard and make trouble without any care.”

Meaning, Ge Chunru didn’t care about Xiao Yuanshi’s reputation, and she was so ignorant that she caused trouble in a fit of anger.

Of course, the straight man Xiao Yuanshi couldn’t tell that Tao Liu did it on purpose.

At this time, he only felt that compared to Liu Ru’s sensibleness and consideration for others, Ge Chunru disappointed him, which was never like this before.

Tao Liu saw Xiao Yuanshi frowning and thought that something was fascinating.

Then she said with red eyes: “Don’t blame Madam. It was only because I made her angry that she turned her anger on you.”

“General, my headache and dizziness are gone. Please ask someone to take me back.”

“This way, Madam won’t misunderstand you again.”

She lifted the quilt and looked like she wanted to leave quickly to prevent Ge Chunru from misunderstanding.

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