The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

It was raining continuously, and people on the long street were walking in a hurry.

Therefore, the people who have been stopping outside the Weiyuan Hou Mansion are particularly special.

The people at the concierge looked at each other in confusion: "The Marquis is not here, do you want to ask Yi Changshi for his opinion?"

"You wait, I'll report back."

After only half a cup of tea, the concierge stood in front of Mu Yi and replied: "Sir Chang Shi, the fourth young master of the Xu Mansion is outside the gate of the Marquis Mansion, saying that... he wants to see the Marquis."

"The fourth young master of the Xu family?" Mu Yi was slightly startled, "What is he doing here?"

After the incident on his return that day, His Majesty demoted Xu Chaoqian's official position and ordered him to move to Qulan County to serve as the chief registrar. If it weren't for the two young ladies who were scolded by the cane and couldn't get out of bed, they would have set off in the next few days.

Although His Majesty punished Xu Chaoqian and the two ladies mercilessly, he was the only legitimate son in the Xu family and did not mention any punishment.

It's just that the little boy has not been able to separate his family, so he will still be influenced to some extent by his father and two older sisters. The road ahead... I'm afraid it won't be easy.

But why did he come here today?

"Have you gone back to Madam?" Mu Yi asked.

"Returning to Mr. Chang Shi, Mr. Xu made a special statement that he only wanted to see the Marquis and not to disturb the Madam." The concierge replied.

Mu Yi frowned when he heard this...

After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "I'll go take a look."

……

Outside the gate of the Hou Mansion, under a light yellow oil-paper umbrella, a half-grown boy was standing with his hands down.

Mu Yi, who came in a hurry with the concierge, looked around and saw no one else around, which made him feel even more strange.

"I've met Mr. Xu." He stepped forward and saluted.

Xu Ming seemed to be startled. After he recovered, he hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Yi Changshi."

"Mr. Xu came here on his own?"

"Exactly."

"It will take a long time to get here from the Xu Mansion. The young master is still young, but the mansion allows you to go out alone?" What if something happens...

Seeing that the other party was worried about his own safety, Xu Ming felt warm in his heart and said hurriedly: "Now that my father has been transferred to an official position, according to the official system, apart from the servants in the Xu clan, he can only leave one long follower, one rough man and one groom." , the rest need to be dismissed... The servants and book boys around me are all dismissed as usual, and yesterday I found a new place for them and let them leave on their own."

Mu Yi couldn't help but praise him for being able to deal with the big changes in his family calmly, and the doubts in his mind just now were slightly dissipated.

"But after the Xu family has accumulated so much, doesn't it mean that they don't even have servants to protect the young master when he travels?" he asked.

Xu Ming's cheeks turned slightly red: "My father is about to leave for the Western Region. The house is very busy. I don't want to cause him any more trouble... What's more, my father didn't know that he came here today."

Mu Yi was heartbroken: The fourth son of Xu Mansion came here secretly.

"I see... It's just that the Marquis hasn't returned to the mansion yet. If Mr. Xu has something to do, why don't you follow me into the mansion first and go to the inner courtyard to see Madam."

"This is against the rules." Xu Ming waved his hands quickly.

Mu Yi: "..."

Seeing his doubts, Xu Ming said sternly: "The eldest sister is now the mistress of the Hou Mansion and belongs to the inner court. Although I am her younger brother, I also belong to the outside husband... Now that the Marquis is not in the manor, we meet without permission. rule."

Mu Yi was a little stunned...

The young man in front of him not only looked mature for his age, he was even a little... pedantic.

If he were to know that his eldest sister, who was supposed to stick to the "inner circle", lived in Xinghui Hall where the "outside men" came and went all day long... she controlled the medical business in Beijing and even formed a caravan... I wonder what you would think? !

Mu Yi sighed in his heart: Xu Chaoqian is also a talented person. It is really not easy to raise his children with such different personalities!

"Does Changshi Yi know when the Marquis will return home?" Xu Ming interrupted Mu Yi's thoughts.

"Because you are getting married to the county lord, Your Majesty has granted the Marquis a ten-day holiday. Today is the Marquis's first day back on duty. I'm afraid he has accumulated a lot of affairs, so there is no news about when he will return."

"Well."

"If you still want to wait, Master, please follow me into the mansion first," Mu Yi said.

Xu Ming raised his head and looked at the setting sun, which was setting in the west. His eyebrows were deeply furrowed, as if he was very troubled.

But soon, he made a decision: "I have been out for a long time, and I can't delay it any longer. I have Lao Yi Changshi to help me convey to the Marquis... about the promotion of Baiyang Academy. The Marquis doesn't have to worry about me anymore. With Xu The current situation in the government is that even if Celadon Hall expels me, I will not say anything."

Mu Yi was startled: "What does Mr. Xu mean by this? The Marquis did not reject Mr. Xu that day."

"Because I don't deserve it." Xu Ming said with a bitter smile, "In the past few days, I have learned some past events from my father and third sister. Except for the incident of returning home to poison, the eldest sister has lived a very... life in the house these years. Unfortunately, all the hardships she endured were caused by us. The second sister and the third sister, one was indifferent and the other was naughty, and they always bullied her, and I... also hurt her a lot when I was young."

"We can't help her...my father and mother also turned a blind eye to this, and even...are still indulging us."

"As her brother, I feel deeply ashamed when I think back to what happened to her over the years."

"Now that my father has been demoted to the Western Region, I don't know when he will be able to return, and my mother is still trapped in the old house and cannot come out. As their son, I should compensate my parents for the harm they have done to her over the years."

Mu Yi was surprised: Master Xu still doesn't know that Xu Liu is dead?

The next moment, he saw Xu Ming take out a small carved wooden box from his sleeve pocket and hand it over:

"Lao Yi, Changshi, will help me pass this thing over to eldest sister."

"What is this?"

"This is the property my mother left to me from her dowry when I was studying at Baiyang Academy." Xu Ming lowered his eyes, "I know that the damage my eldest sister has suffered over the years is far more than this can make up for, but this can also This is all I can give... I will continue to repay the debt the government owes her if I have the opportunity in the future."

Mu Yi felt that the small box was very hot when he held it in his hand: "This thing is too valuable. I am just the chief historian of the mansion. I don't dare to be expert in this matter. I still need my wife to make my own decision... If Mr. Xu doesn't want to do it in order to avoid suspicion... When I go into the house to meet my wife, can you wait a moment while I ask her to come out?"

"Don't! Don't!" Xu Ming waved his hands hurriedly, "Yi Changshi must not call the eldest sister out."

The young man's cheeks turned red: "I don't want to see the eldest sister. First, it's because the Marquis is not here and it's inconvenient for me to enter the house... but the more important reason is that I don't have the face to see her."

As he spoke, he lowered his head.

He remembered that when he was young, he and his third sister led people to seal the main entrance of Wutong Courtyard, leaving only a dog hole, and shouted that if the people inside wanted to come out, they would just go through the dog hole!

He still remembered that his mother always said that Wutongyuan had two servants, more than any other master in the house, so he quietly sneaked into the kitchen and knocked over Wutongyuan's food box, leaving the eldest sister without food for two days.

At that time, he just thought it was funny.

It wasn't until I learned the virtues of brotherhood and brotherhood from my husband at Baiyang Academy, and had a blind date with sisters, that I realized how vicious I was at that time.

In his first year at Baiyang Academy, he was taken back to Xu Mansion by his mother to celebrate the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, he saw with his own eyes how his second sister encouraged his third sister to seal the door of Wutong Courtyard with ice water. He stood up and accused them for the first time, but what he got in return was the third sister's cynicism and his mother's indifferent response.

At nine years old, he didn't know what to do...

From then on, he refused to return to Beijing during the holidays on the grounds that the long journey would delay his studies...

Others say that he is hardworking and studious.

But only he knows what he really doesn't want to face.