Chapter 41 ulterior motives

Li Jingxuan left with doubt, and as soon as the fourth prince got together, he was called away by the imperial concubine and never appeared at the banquet again.

At the end of the palace banquet, the eldest lady came to Xiao Lingxiao, with a motherly smile on her face and whispered, "Lingxiao, the emperor pointed out a good marriage for you. This time, my mother must prepare it for you personally and let you marry from the Prime Minister's Mansion to the Mulde Palace."

Xiao Lingxiao sneered when he heard the words, turned his head to look at the old lady behind him, and asked, "Madam, do you also think this is a good marriage?"

The old lady's cold face seemed to not want to talk to Xiao Lingxiao, but there were others around her. She couldn't have an attack, so she had to say patiently, "Princess Maud is our Xiao family. The emperor married her own son for you. This is a good marriage that others can't ask for. Is there anything you dissatisfied with?"

"Unsatisfied? Hahaha." Xiao Lingxiao shook his head with a smile.

At this time, Su Donghan came over, and Princess Mu De seemed to be a little worried and followed.

The four people saluted each other, but Xiao Lingxiao was like an outsider. Su Donghan glanced at Xiao Lingxiao and said, "Jingxiao, don't worry, when you get married, I will let you... enjoy your happiness. Hahaha..."

When the old lady heard the words, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth also raised a smile.

Princess Mulder did not find the strange atmosphere between them. She stepped forward, took Xiao Lingxiao's hand, looked up and down happily for a long time, and then said, "This girl is good-looking and good-looking. In the future, when she enters the royal palace, she will definitely open branches and leaves for the Su family!"

Xiao Lingxiao silently pulled back his hand, sighed softly and said, "Auntie, Lingxiao can't bear what you said. There must be someone else who opened branches and leaves for the Su family. I'm afraid that I, Xiao Lingxiao, don't have this blessing."

Several people present were stunned when they heard Xiao Lingxiao's words. Su Donghan immediately frowned and asked, "Xiao Lingxiao, what do you mean by that? Do you still want to resist the order?

Xiao Lingxiao looked at him coldly and snorted, "Anti-dict? When did I, Xiao Lingxiao, receive the imperial edict? You can see it clearly. I didn't answer the marriage given by the emperor. It was the old lady and the first lady who thanked the emperor for his kindness! Since I, Xiao Lingxiao, have not received the order, how can I resist the order? If you want to resist the decree, I will resist in front of the emperor! Didn't he blame anything?"

"You are so unreasonable!" Su Donghan shouted angrily, but the wound on his back was faintly painful.

Xiao Lingxiao sneered, "You're right. I'm really unreasonable. Anyway, what I said here is clear. I, Xiao Lingxiao, didn't agree to this marriage, let alone marry you, Su Donghan! If you have any objection, you can go to the emperor immediately while you are still in the palace! If you don't dare to go, hum, I have nothing else to say. Let's go home.

Princess Mourde didn't figure out what was going on for a moment. She stood there with frowning, but the other three immediately reacted. Xiao Lingxiao was so careful, so she didn't continue to say anything in front of the emperor just now!

"Xiao Lingxiao! This matter is the imperial edict. You have to marry, and if you don't marry, you have to marry!" Su Donghan gritted his teeth and said angrily.

Xiao Lingxiao looked at him and said, "What? The little prince of Mude's mansion, did he still learn the tricks of mountain thieves and bandits? This is the palace. Are you going to rob people or pick flowers?

The word "picking flowers" was bitten heavily by Xiao Lingxiao. When Princess Mude heard these two words, her expression on her face became difficult to look at. She also heard the gossip outside, saying that Xiao Lingxiao, who was targeted by the flower picking thief, identified Su Donghan as the flower picking thief on the Wanjinhao gambling. Princess Mu De immediately thought that Xiao Lingxiao was still misunderstanding that Su Donghan was a flower picker, so she would rather resist the decree than marry him.

Princess Maud sighed, came to the old lady of the Xiao family and said, "Old lady, it seems that Lingxiao has a deep misunderstanding of Donghan. What do you think you should do about this matter?"

Naturally, the old lady also knew what Princess Mulder meant. She lowered her head and thought about it, and then raised her head to Xiao Lingxiao and said, "No matter what you say, the emperor has issued the imperial edict. The imperial edict cannot be disobeyed. You go back home with us first and discuss other things slowly.

If Xiao Lingxiao resists the decree alone, he will definitely involve the whole Xiao family. What's more, the old lady and the first lady knelt down to thank the emperor. If the marriage doesn't work, their responsibilities are inevitable. The first thing the old lady thought of was to let Xiao Lingxiao go home and take good care of her when she went back. At worst, pour her another bowl of poison to see if she can cause more trouble for the Xiao family! As long as she doesn't die, after sending the sedan chair, the Xiao family will leave it alone.

The old lady made up her mind and stepped out.

At this time, I heard Xiao Lingxiao sneer again and said quietly, "Old lady, I think you are old and easy to forget what happened before, right? If you don't remember, I will remind you that before you and my father kicked me out of the house, I said that if you two didn't kneel in front of me and beg me, I would never step into the prime minister's mansion.

As soon as the old lady heard this, she seemed to have been struck by lightning. She could hardly believe her ears! What did Xiao Lingxiao, the rebellious son, say?

Even the eldest lady and others stopped in surprise and looked at Xiao Lingxiao with wide eyes like a monster.

I saw Xiao Lingxiao step on the lotus step gently and walked forward slowly, saying loudly, "I, Xiao Lingxiao, am a person who must do what I say, and every word I say is calculated. You should all know that I made a windfall, so I spent some money to buy a mansion and now live there. You should be able to find Lufu on Shili Street.

After saying that, Xiao Lingxiao had left them behind and went far away without looking back.

Princess Mude frowned into a pimple. When she came to her senses, she turned to the old lady and the eldest lady and said, "I can't say much about the Xiao family now. This matter is related to our two families. Please deal with it properly! I'm going back to prepare for the wedding. I'll come to you another day, and we'll agree on the wedding date!"

After saying that, Princess Mulder pulled Su Donghan away quickly.

The eldest lady's heart was pounding. She turned her head and looked at the old lady and saw that her face was pale. Obviously, she was very angry. At this time, Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue, who had been standing not far away, also hurried forward. They also heard what Xiao Lingxiao said just now.

Xiao Huanyu came forward and said to the old lady, "Madam, don't be angry. It hasn't been a day or two since she was so unreasonable. When I go back and tell my father, my father will definitely have a way to punish her."

Xiao Huanxue squeezed her mouth and pulled Xiao Huanyu's sleeve, signaling her not to say more. Xiao Huanyu frowned with some dissatisfaction and said, "If you continue to indulge like this, the eldest sister will hurt our Xiao family sooner or later!"

"Hit!" The old lady roared and stared at Xiao Huanyu and said harshly, "The Xiao family has the protection of its ancestors and the grace of our emperor. No one can hurt the Xiao family!"

Xiao Huanyu had never seen the old lady so angry. She hurriedly shrank her neck and silently followed her out of the palace.

After the Xiao family returned to the Prime Minister's mansion, the old lady immediately called Xiao Shuyong to Xianglinyuan. The first lady was also an insider, but the old lady kicked her out. The old lady returned to her yard and dropped a lot of things angrily. When the anger was almost over, the doctor went into the inner room, took out a handkerchief from his arms, brushed something on it, and then went to the backyard alone.

The first lady looked around carefully like a thief and made sure that no one followed her. Then she picked a bird cage from the dead branch, took out the bird inside, tied the palm to the bird's neck, and then let go of her hand and watched the bird fly away. After that, the first lady sighed softly and then returned.

On the roof of the ridge not far away, two heads were exposed.

Xiao Lingxiao quietly pointed to the sky. The divine wolf understood, and a white figure floated back and forth like lightning. In the blink of an eye, it captured the bird that the first lady released.

Xiao Lingxiao smiled and took off the handkerchief on the bird's neck and unfolded it. There were still a few vague words on it.

"The farmer waved the hoe, dug the rats, and eradicated it, and the fertile soil of the valley."

Others couldn't understand what these four sentences meant, but Xiao Lingxiao and the divine wolf suddenly understood. The eldest lady is instructing Su Donghan to go to Lu's house as soon as possible to eradicate the grass and kill Xiao Lingxiao.

"The old lady can't calm down?" The divine wolf snorted coldly.

Xiao Lingxiao tied the Xiangpa back to the bird's neck as it was, let the bird fly, and then said to the wolf, "Let's go back."

The wolf was stunned, "Master, why don't we go and see what the old lady and Xiao Shuyong are plotting?"

Xiao Lingxiao shook his head and said, "The two are very resourceful, and I can generally guess their actions. But now there is an important thing to do. We have to go back to Bao Ronger for help.

The divine wolf didn't ask much. After pulling Xiao Lingxiao, the two of them flashed and returned to the house in Lufu.

In the room, Xiao Fengming and Bao Ronger were sitting around the table waiting for Xiao Lingxiao. Seeing that they were back, Xiao Fengming hurried forward and asked, "Sister, are you all right?"

Xiao Lingxiao smiled at him, "It's just a trip to the Prime Minister's Mansion. What can I do?" After saying that, she called Bao Ronger and said, "The eldest lady used birds to send a letter to Su Donghan again. Bao Ronger, thank you for your hard work these two days to find out the connection between the two of them. Don't let go of every detail. Remember, don't be found by them.

Bao Ronger nodded and got up and went out.

The divine wolf also returned to Xiao Lingxiao's body, and only Xiao Fengming and Xiao Lingxiao were left in the room.

Xiao Fengming obviously had no intention of leaving. He strongly pulled Xiao Lingxiao to sit at the table, pushed a few plates of snacks prepared for her, poured her a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile, "You can rest after telling me about the palace banquet, or I won't sleep all night."

Xiao Lingxiao supported his chin in one hand and looked at Xiao Fengming helplessly. Seeing that he pinched a small piece of cake and chewed it in his mouth, he was full of interest, so he had to nod and open his mouth to tell him.

As soon as his mouth opened, Xiao Fengming quickly pinched a small piece of cake and stuffed it into her mouth.

The soft sweetness suddenly spread out in her mouth. Xiao Lingxiao couldn't help but be stunned. At this moment, Xiao Fengming's fingers gently slid through her soft lower lip, and the slightly rough touch was with a little tenderness, reflecting the swaying candlelight, which seemed to have such ulterior motives.