Chapter 442

The knife edge left the old mother's neck in an instant.

The old lady was shocked and then relieved.

The man shouted at her, "get out!"

She immediately crawled out.

Silence was restored in the broken temple. Two men were still waiting in place. After a while, a man came out behind the broken statue. This was Li Chengjun.

She told the two men, "from now on, you will set out in Mobei and go there to find out what's going on? Come back to see me in half a month!"

"Yes!"

The two men were told to leave, while Li Chengjun stood where he was, with no expression on his face.

……

It was the end of February.

Ye Xiaoxian's life in the capital is still the same as usual. She supervises the children to do their homework, studies the food, and occasionally attends the gatherings of the officials and their families.

Occasionally, I went to xiaotieshu's restaurant to teach them some new dishes and show them how to run a restaurant. Xiaotieshu's business is getting bigger and bigger.

This day is plain, but rich, she is still very satisfied. Anyway, it is much better than her life in Beiqing. Besides, it is better for a family to be together in good order than anything.

But suddenly one day, her life became no longer calm.

That day, Wang Mudan hurried home and tried to stop talking several times, which made Li Hongmei and ye Xiaoxian wonder.

Ye Xiaoxian could see that she had something in mind, so she asked her, "aunt, do you have something to say? Is there something wrong with the restaurant? Or... Baocheng is making trouble outside?"

"No, No." Wang Mudan said, "the restaurant is fine. Baocheng hasn't caused any trouble. Baocheng is honest now. Now he settled accounts safely in the restaurant. We met a girl for him a few days ago. He's also very satisfied. If there's no accident, he can get married."

"Isn't that a good thing? But what do you look like... Something's wrong?" Ye Xiaoxian asked again.

Li Hongmei also saw it. She couldn't help but say, "sister-in-law, if you have anything, just say it directly. You're all old and always hesitant."

Wang Mudan was also anxious. Finally, he couldn't help it. He said, "Alas, it's not our problem, it's the leaves..."

"What's wrong with the leaves?" Li Hongmei asked.

Wang Mudan said, "maybe you don't know about it until you go out, but we can hear it clearly when we open a restaurant. Recently, some diners spread it in the restaurant that ye was caught by those Beiqing troops in Mobei before... And they spread it very... Very much."

"How to go too far?" Li Hongmei asked.

"They said leaves..." Wang Mudan still hesitated: "said that the leaves were defiled by the Beiqing army for several days and nights. Later, they were abducted to Beiqing and closed for half a year. They served the Beiqing army for more than half a year."

"Nonsense!" Li Hongmei clapped the table angrily: "who spread these rumors? If Baoshan knows about them, we must teach them a hard lesson!"

And ye Xiaoxian's face is a little pale now. What she's worried about still appears.

When she was in Mobei, she was worried that these rumors would spread to the capital. Now... Even if there is no such thing, it will spread ten, ten and hundreds, and finally there will be none.

Both Wang Mudan and Li Hongmei looked at Ye Xiaoxian in a daze. Seeing that ye Xiaoxian suddenly became distracted, Li Hongmei asked, "leaf, this kind of thing can't be true, right?"

Ye Xiaoxian said, "I was indeed abducted by the Beiqing army for more than half a year, but not as the rumor said. I was just abducted to the palace to cook for their little emperor and Empress Dowager every day and serve the sergeant. These are all slandered by others."

Wang Mudan was surprised: "so, are you really kidnapped? Alas, ye, you are a woman's house. You have been kidnapped for half a year. People outside must say everything. Some people just can't get used to seeing you live well, so they talk disorderly."

Li Hongmei asked, "so... What now? Are there many people outside who say these words?"

"Many, this matter has long been known all over the city. Perhaps only your family has been kept in the dark." Wang Mudan said.

Ye Xiaoxian sighed a long sigh.

……

Xiao Baoshan always felt that someone was looking at him these days, and his expression was strange.

However, as soon as he turned and looked at them, they immediately turned their eyes back.

Fortunately, Xiao Baoshan heard very well. Once when he went down to the court, he heard two old ministers talking about ye Xiaoxian:

"I heard that Mrs. Xiao Hou was abused when she was in Mobei before. She was captured by Beiqing army and humiliated for several days and nights. Later, she stayed in Beiqing for more than half a year."

"Listen to who?"

"Now the streets are full of discussions, even storytellers. They say how Lord Xiao rushed into Beiqing at night to save Mrs. Xiao, but this woman..."

"Ah, there should be such a thing!"

"That's why Lord Xiao can destroy Beiqing army in such a short time. However, I pity Mrs. Xiao, who is so young. I don't know whether Lord Xiao cares about her body."

"Shh, don't say that... We can't discuss such things."

“……”

Xiao Baoshan paused, and then went on. There was no expression on his face.

……

This day, Xiao Baoshan came home and saw Li Hongmei sitting in the front hall. She seemed to have something on her mind.

Xiao Baoshan stepped forward and called "mother".

Li Hongmei reacted. She hurriedly came to xiaobaoshan, pulled up xiaobaoshan's arm and said, "Baoshan, I have something to tell you."

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Xiaobao mountain road.

Li Hongmei saw no one around, Urinal channel: "Your eldest aunt came here today and said that there were rumors about ye everywhere in the capital. She was caught by Beiqing army and tortured for several days and nights. Later, she was locked up in Beiqing for half a year. She also said that she was dirty. Is there any such thing? I only knew that ye had an accident, but I don't know... Alas, ye said, she wasn't humiliated, she just Cook for the emperor and Empress Dowager there in Beiqing palace, but now the gossip in the city will force her to death. "

There was a trace of anger in Xiao Baoshan's eyes.

But he didn't attack on his face and said, "Mom, since you know it's a rumor, you should ignore it and don't believe it. What should you do in front of the leaves?"

"Of course I won't look at her differently. Anyway, she is the best daughter-in-law in my heart. No, she is my own daughter. I'm just afraid that if those people spread it again, it will affect her and her two children. Alas, Baoshan, you'd better check where the rumor came from. We want to get justice for ye."

Xiao Baoshan looked at Li Hongmei and said faintly, "I know. Don't worry, mom. I won't let the leaves be wronged."

……

palace.

It's already dark. At this time, Li Chengru will go to the imperial concubine for the night.

Now, his concubines are pregnant and confinement. According to the past tradition, he should recruit new concubines.

However, he is also a person with limited energy. The concubine is to reproduce children. Now he has several children, and some concubines are pregnant one after another. I believe more than twelve children can't run away.

He used to be an unpopular prince. He knew that there were many children, and some children would be ignored. So he refused the ministers to continue to give him the draft, but focused on the people in the palace.

That night, Li Chengru went to Rong Fei's office. Rong Fei gave him a daughter this month and is still in confinement, but Li Chengru doesn't mind. If he can't serve, he won't serve. He came to see his little daughter.

Rong Fei was lying in bed and it was inconvenient to receive him. He asked about Rong Fei's body with concern, held her daughter for a while, and then lay down on Rong Fei's body and slept.

After lying down, Rong Fei probably felt bored, so she chatted one sentence at a time.

Rong Fei said, "this afternoon, my mother came to see my concubine."

"Oh? How was your conversation?"

"Very good."

"That's nothing. Let her often accompany you." Li Chengru and Taoism.

He has experienced in the folk for a long time. He knows that the human feelings in the world are warm and cold, and that women need the care of their parents after childbirth. Therefore, he established palace rules and could not prohibit the concubines' parents from visiting.

It's not like before. Once a daughter marries into the palace, she can't see her parents twice a year. It's too sad.

Concubine Rong suddenly said, "by the way, emperor, today my mother came and told my concubine about Mrs. Xiao Hou."

"Mrs. Xiao Hou? What's wrong with her?"

Knowing the relationship between Li Chengru and ye Xiaoxian, Princess Rong said in an angry way: "now there are rumors in the streets of the capital that Mrs. Xiao Hou has been captured by Beiqing people before and is still serving as an army... Prostitute for those... Animals in Beiqing military camp."

"Nonsense!" Li Chengru's reaction was really angry.

Princess Rong knew that Li Chengru would react like this, so she said, "so my concubine told the emperor about it. The emperor must find out who made the rumor and return Mrs. Xiao Hou's innocence. Otherwise, she is a woman's family. What face will she have to stand in the capital in the future?"

"I know. I will find out the truth about this matter."

"Yes!" After hearing this, Rong Fei said nothing more.

She took the initiative to sue Li Chengru, so she also contributed.

……

The next day, Li Chengru sent someone to check Ye Xiaoxian. Sure enough, he found that there was already gossip in the capital.

Then Li Chengru sent someone to find out where the matter came from.

However, the capital is so big and crowded. Unlike in Mobei, you can take one with you. It's not easy to check.

Xiao Baoshan is also investigating this matter.