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When she heard this voice, her whole body trembled as she looked up at the door. When she saw Xiao Zhenhai, she cried out, "Father! Father! You're finally back! Rou Er has suffered so much!"

Xiao Zhenhai crossed the threshold and walked in. Xiao Rou limped over on her walking stick. When he saw that his daughter's skirt only had one leg left and the other side was empty, he was stunned. His heart was shocked and he couldn't help but stagger backwards.

Xiao He was stunned when he suddenly saw his little sister who had lost a leg!

When the father and son duo were in the barracks, they had long heard that Xiao Rou's leg had been eaten by a tiger, but they were still shocked when they saw this scene with their own eyes!

Xiao Rou was clearly a useless cripple from her appearance!

"Wow …" Xiao Rou burst into tears, but she was in too much of a hurry. She abruptly fell to the ground, her skirt fluttering as she forcefully pushed her broken leg into their line of sight. It was a truly terrifying sight to behold.

Xiao Zhenhai came back to his senses and hurriedly helped her up from the ground.

"Rou Er!"

Madam Xiao saw that the room was in a sorry state, so she quickly walked in and asked, "Rou Er, why did the servant girl make you angry?"

Xiao Rou raised her head from Xiao Zhenhai's embrace as she cried, "This lowly servant, she clearly knows that I only have one leg and she even brought two shoes in for me to wear. She's obviously mocking me for having only one leg!"

"No, that's not it. Miss, this servant didn't mean that. This servant …"

"Shua!" Xiao Zhenhai didn't say anything as he pulled out the cold saber from his waist and hacked at the servant girl's neck.

With a pfft sound, the head of the servant girl fell from her neck and rolled to Xiao Shan's feet. It scared Xiao Shan so much that he covered his mouth and hid behind Xiao He.

The headless body fell limply to the ground, blood spurting out from its neck like a fountain. The servants outside saw a body without a decapitated body being carried out, they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe.

"Little sister, what happened? Father and I knew that your leg had been bitten by a tiger, but we didn't expect … " Xiao He looked at Xiao Rou's legs and for a moment was unable to imagine how his little sister, who was alive and kicking a year ago, could become like this when he saw her again.

"It's all because of Lian Ru Yue. That slut, she was the one who hurt me to this extent. Father, you must avenge me. Help me kill Lian Ru Yue!"

Xiao Rou sobbed as she recounted what had happened in the hunting grounds, focusing on how Lian Ruyue had lured the ferocious tiger to bite her.

It was over, and he said, "Father, you don't know, Meng Yue is like a demon or monster, even the emperor was deceived by her. After investigating for two days and two nights, not only did she not find out about her scheme, but she even found out that Consort Xuan was the princess of the previous dynasty. She also implicated a lot of people, even those from the Ruyang Palace were not spared."

"Rou Er, what do you mean? Is it really that stupid direct daughter of the Prime Minister? " Xiao Zhenhai couldn't believe it.

A few years ago, the Xiao family had declined, and he and his sister, Xiao Xianmin, had left their homes. Afterwards, he had instructed Xiao Xianmin to go to the Lian family to seek shelter with Rong Xue, the direct daughter of the Rong family, because at that time, Rong Xue was Lian Yanqing's wife.

As expected, Xiao Xian Min did not disappoint him and captured Lian Yan Qing's heart. Although she was accepted as his concubine, she was not only doted upon by Lian Yan Qing, she even coaxed the old mistress of the Prime Minister's Estate into submission.

They had even secretly plotted to take over the position of the Prime Minister's mother step by step so that Lian Shiya could take over Lian Rue's position. The first person they would use would be the foolish Lian Rue.

He had thought that during this year, Auntie Xiao had been doing everything according to plan. Who knew that from Rou-Er's narration, Lian Ru Yue was no longer the person he remembered. It was as if she had been reborn into another person.

She was chased out of Cousin Ya's Clear Spring Academy and moved to the West Branch of the Prime Minister's Estate. Every day, she would be bullied by other rude aunts.

"Is there such a thing? Lian Yanqing is not giving me, this Xiao certain face. " Xiao Zhen Hai revealed an expression of dissatisfaction as he coldly said this.

"Father, since my legs have become like this, you must definitely take revenge for me. You absolutely must not let Lian Ru Yue off. I want her to suffer thousands to tens of thousands of times more than me!" Xiao Rou's originally beautiful face was now contorted.

Xiao Zhenhai's shrewd and calculating eyes slowly narrowed as he released a cold and dangerous aura.

He was a great general's daughter in such a state. He could not bear to be secretly laughed at.

"Master, even if you can't take it anymore, you can't pursue the matter of Rou Er's leg being bitten." Madam Xiao said.

"Why? Mother! For a great general to have rendered great service to the imperial government, could it be that he is afraid of a small moon? " Xiao Rou asked unwillingly.

"This matter is related to Consort Xuan. If the matter of you colluding with Consort Xuan were to be discovered, the Xiao family would be suspected of having relations with Consort Xuan, and it would also be suspected of having relations with the remnants of the previous dynasty. At that time, no matter how much contribution your father will make, the Emperor won't let you off lightly.

At the same time, it is also the cleverness of that girl Ru Yue. She already knew that we shouldn't make a big fuss about it, so she could only accept this loss. I've warned you many times not to provoke her, but you wouldn't listen! "

Madam Xiao's words rendered Xiao Rou speechless.

"Then let it go? "What about Rou-Er's leg?" Xiao Shan was extremely unwilling as he replied.

"Of course we can't just let things go like this. However, we can't fight openly. We can only fight in secret." Madam Xiao pondered for a moment before replying.

Xiao Zhenhai nodded in agreement and said, "Madam is right. The matter of avenging Rou-Er cannot be resolved openly. We cannot fight in secret. "First of all, the Emperor has already determined that it was Consort Xuan who did this. If I were to force this matter on the Lian Family's girl, I will be called proud of my achievements and not put the Emperor in my eyes. Secondly, if I were to put the matter of revenge on the surface, others will say that I, a dignified Xiao Zhenhai, am in a difficult situation with a silly little girl and will be laughed merrily."

"Then how do we fight in the dark?" Xiao Rou asked with tears on her face.

Xiao Zhenhai's scheming eyes slowly became deeper as he said lightly, "Child, there is nothing to be afraid of."

That day, Xiao Zhenhai entered the palace overnight and knelt in front of the empress dowager for an entire hour. No one knew what he had said.

The next day.

In the throne room, Emperor Zhou Cheng rewarded the three armies that had just returned. The first to bear the brunt of the reward was the Xiao Clan, which had the greatest military merits. Amongst them —

Xiao Zhenhai was a loyal general and was conferred the title of Duke of the Kingdom. He was known as the Duke of Xiao.

Xiao He was the great general of the Heavenly Treasure Tower, and he was given the title of Marquis. He was known as the Little Marquis Lord.

Lady Xiao Lu Xi is the first lady of First-grade;

Xiao Rou was conferred the title of Princess He Yun.

In addition to this, the other soldiers also began to discuss the merits of their mission as a show of the emperor's magnanimity.

Just as everyone thought that the bounty was complete and was about to congratulate Xiao Zhenhai, the emperor suddenly said, "Apart from this, I also have two other titles. Feng De Gui, come and announce them."