Chapter 106 - Father and Son
The previous dynasty was corrupt and the people were not happy.
In order to save the people from the suffering, the late Emperor Han Qiu resolutely revolted and was followed by Xiao Kun, the local garrison commander with his righteousness. Xiao Kun followed the first emperor in his campaigns and made great achievements, and he even saved the first emperor from the enemy's thousands of troops several times.
After the late emperor ascended the throne, in memory of his benevolence, he made a special order to appoint him as the hereditary and irreplaceable vassal king of a different surname, the King of Zhennan. Subsequently, the King of Zhennan requested himself to guard the southern border, and for the next thirty years, there was no more war in the southern border! After his death, his eldest son, Xiao Shen, succeeded to the throne of Zhennan, and is now the King of Zhennan.
Although the King of Zhennan has been stationed in southern Xinjiang for many years, the emperor still chooses a site for him to build a mansion in the royal capital to show his kindness.
Zhennan Wang's Mansion is located in the southwest corner of the inner city of the capital. It is the most magnificent mansion other than the imperial palace. The plaque with the words "Zhennan Wang Fu" was written by the late emperor himself.
As soon as Xiao Yi stepped into the Wang Fu, he saw a shadow flash and hurry towards the front. A hint of a sneer flashed in his eyes. Quickly, it returned to normal and wandered off to his residence, Hanzhu Xuan.
Before Xiao Yi could enter the house to take a breath, he heard a deafening roar coming in from outside the house.
"Rebel son!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhennan Wang Xiao Shen rushed in from outside the house with a murderous look. Behind him was a beautiful and elegant lady, in her early thirties, who was Xiao Fang Shi, the second consort of Zhennan Wang. She was wearing an apricot-yellow gold-threaded white butterfly and floral cloud satin skirt, her facial features were small and delicate, and there was a gentleness in her face.
"The child is still young, please speak well, don't scare him." Xiao Fang Shi comforted King Zhennan softly.
"He is still young?" The King of Zhennan sniffed and stormed, "Luan Ge'er is younger than him, but he is much more sensible than him."
Xiao Fang Shi's eyes flashed a hint of complacency, and quickly cover up. This Luan Ge'er is the biological son of Xiao Fang Shi, only ten years old this year. Seeing the King of Zhennan praised him so much, she was naturally extremely happy.
Xiao Yi picked out his ears, and asked nonchalantly: "What's the matter?"
"What's wrong?" King Zhennan angrily shouted at Xiao Yi, "Rebellious son, you still don't admit your mistake!"
"What did I do wrong again?" Xiao Yi looked as if he was puzzled.
"Rebellious son, you actually still have a stiff upper lip!" King Zhennan stormed out, he looked at Xiao Yi with disgust and said, "The first thing you did when you came back wasn't to apologise to your father, do you still have this king as your father in your eyes?"
Father? Xiao Yi's eyes flashed with a hint of ridicule, but his mouth lazily said, "But wasn't it you, Father, who said that you told me to get lost and never want to see me again?" Saying this, he sighed with a helpless face and said with both hands spread out, "Isn't this my father's order difficult? I can only slightly avoid Father King a little."
"You, you ......" King Zhennan was so angry that the top of his head was about to smoke, "actually dare to make strong arguments!"
"Father, you have wronged your son so clearly!" Xiao Yi Ge Er yelled out his innocence, "I'm not making excuses, I'm obviously seeking truth from facts, okay?" He frowned and asked pretending to be concerned. "Father, how long has it been since you have completely forgotten what you said. Could it be that you are not feeling well? No, I have to send you an imperial physician immediately..."
"Nonsense, this king's health is very good!" The Zhennan King said without any good humour, and added, "I think you can't wait for this king to get sick!"
Xiao Fang Shi was in a hurry. How did this somehow come to the Wang Ye's health, the topic is simply deviated beyond a hundred thousand miles. She turned her eyes, and thought. She changed the topic again, and said softly, " Wang Ye, concubine said, Yi Ge'er is a filial child, see how much he cares about your body. You ah, just calm down, don't blame Yi Ge'er anymore."
As soon as these words came out, King Zhennan finally thought of his purpose of coming here again, and immediately glared at Xiao Yi, saying angrily, "You, this rebellious son, actually ran to my father's study and did such a ridiculous thing! And now you still refuse to admit your mistake!"
"There's no need for Wang Ye to be angry over this!" Xiao Fang Shi was afraid that Xiao Yi again swindled to diverge from the topic, and hastened to interface: ''At this age of Yi Ge Er, it is also time to arrange a concubine for him. It is also my concubine's fault for not thinking of this aspect. If Wang Ye wants to blame, then just blame my concubine, it is because my concubine was not well handled that Yi Ge'er was impulsive and did the wrong thing." She said with a face of self-blame, her gaze looking towards King Zhennan.
King Zhennan's heart instantly softened into a puddle of spring water as he softly said, " Wangfei, how can you be blamed for this? It's all the fault of that rebellious son!"
Xiao Fang Shi's pair of beautiful eyes gazed at King Zhennan and softly said, "Wang Ye, since Yi Ge Er likes that girl, it's fine to give it to him. We really shouldn't hurt the feelings between father and son over such a small matter."
"Alas--" King Zhennan held Xiao Fang Shi's hand with a touched expression, " Wang fei's heart is always too soft, such a rebellious son, no amount of beating and scolding would be too much! You are still so protective of him!"
Xiao Fang Shi's gentle smile and said: " It is not a big deal, Wang Ye you are too fussed over it! At this age, Yi Ge Er is very naughty and mischievous, so why don't you be more tolerant?"
"Rebellious son, if it wasn't for the princess speaking up for you, this king would definitely not be able to spare you this little brat this time!" King Zhennan looked at Xiao Yi with a face full of disappointment and a look of anger, "That maid will be given to you! In the future, if you do such ugly things again, don't blame this king for breaking your legs!" He snorted coldly and fiercely flung his sleeves away.
Xiao Fang Shi's gently looked at Xiao Yi with the appearance of a loving mother and softly said, "Brother Yi, In a while, Mother Consort will open that girl's face and send it to you." After saying this, she went to chase after King Zhennan.
TN Note: Opening the face is a ceremony to remove the fine hair on the face and trim the forehead hair and sideburns. One of the symbols of a woman's marriage in old China. Also known as twisted noodles , twisted face. Face-opening is performed at the woman's house before getting into the sedan chair, or at the man's house after marrying.
After the two of them left, the Hanzhu Xuan was instantly cleared out.
Xiao Yi coldly smiled as he looked at the backs of the two of them as they departed, his gaze is grim.
That woman ...... they dare to send, he dare to receive! As for what comes next, it's not up to them!
Hmph, that woman actually dared to scheme against him, so be prepared to see whether or not she could afford the results!
It wasn't long before Xiao Fang Shi couldn't wait to send someone to open the maid's face and send it over.
"Master Shizi, the slave girl has been ordered by the Wangfei to bring Tao'er to you." A very decent middle-aged woman wearing a raven green stand-up collar and lapel shirt saluted Xiao Yi with a smile on her face.
Xiao Yi glanced at her and did not say anything. He naturally recognised her, Liu mama from Xiao Fang Shi's side.
Seeing that Xiao Yi didn't say anything, Liu Mama had no choice but to speak up again on her own, "Tao'er, why don't you come over and pay your respects to Master Shizi!" She shouted at the pink-clothed maid at the side.
"Slave servant has met the Shizi Master." The pink-clothed maid, that is, Tao'er softly went up to salute. But seeing her pair of peach blossom eyes on a melon face with watery eyes, her body was naturally flirtatious and charming, it was indeed a rare and special thing.
Sister Liu smiled and added: " Wang Fei to the Shizi master, that can really love to the bone, know that you love Peach this girl, immediately packed up to send you over, the Shizi master don't let down the Wang Fei a piece of love heart ah!"
Xiao Yi didn't even lift his eyelids, not looking at him, only treating Sister Liu as an invisible person.
See Xiao Yi delayed to take care of their own, Sister Liu only feel face, want to be angry, but the other party is the master, and where is she a do subordinates can be arbitrary contempt. Can only hold a breath in his heart, roughly salute, flinging his sleeve away.
Tao'er stood in place for a while, seeing that Xiao Yi didn't even look at herself with a proper eye, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious. She gritted her teeth and boldly stretched out a pair of small white tender hands on Xiao Yi's shoulders, but the next moment, a miserable scream came out of her mouth.
"Ah--" Tao'er's body was thrown out like a kite with broken strings, and fell heavily to the ground again, her body in excruciating pain ......
Xiao Yi looked at Tao'er in disgust, thinking: what the hell, how dare you just touch me!
Tao'er prostrated herself on the ground aggrievedly, a pair of bright eyes filled with tears, foggy and misty as she looked at Xiao Yi: ''Shizi master, the slave girl just wants to rub your shoulders for you! Why are you ......" Said here, her tears wept, and that pearly appearance made the watcher so distressed.
But Xiao Yi's heart was like a cold winter moon, he didn't even reward Tao'er with another eye breeze and coldly shouted, " Zhuzi, come here!" Zhuzi was the son of his nanny, and his nanny had passed away a few years ago. In this Zhennan King's Mansion, if Xiao Yi could still trust anyone, it was probably only Zhuzi!
Zhu Zi was already guarding near Xiao Yi, and he appeared as soon as Xiao Yi shouted.
Xiao Yi pointed at Tao'er with a face full of impatience, "Sell her to the kiln! Stay around here to rave to death."
Zhuzi froze for a moment and said with slight hesitation, "Master Shizi, this is a person sent over by the Wangfei, it's not too good to sell it just like that, is it?"
Tao'er was so scared that she lost her colour and spoke out of turn, "You, you dare! I am the wangfei's person, if you sell me like this, how will you explain to the wangfei?" In this fright, she even forgot to call herself a slave girl.
"So what if it's the wangfei's person?" Xiao Yi's face went cold as he said, " Zhu Zi, send her out for sale now!"
Originally, when Zhu Zi saw that Tao'er was nothing more than a weak woman, and saw that she had fallen to the ground with tears streaming down her face, she still had a few moments of pity in her heart, but as soon as this Tao'er opened her mouth, she immediately destroyed that trace of sympathy that Zhu Zi had for her. If Master Shizi wants to punish her, naturally she is at fault, she doesn't properly admit her fault to Master Shizi, and actually wants to take the Wangfei to suppress Master Shizi, which is simply stupid! Keeping such a person at the side of the Shi Zi Master, the Wangfei's intention is clearly revealed.
Zhuzi stopped being soft and took out a rope.
As soon as she saw the situation was not right, Tao'er got up and wanted to run away, but she was not lightly injured by Xiao Yi's fling just now, and as soon as she moved, the pain was excruciating, so she had to open her mouth and yell, "Save ......", but her mouth just opened, and then it was rudely blocked by Zhuzi, and she could only "mhmhmm" and yell.
There was no mercy from Zhu Zi as he clipped Tao'er's hands behind her back and tied them securely with a rope.
