After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Night, Ma Mansion.

Zhang Duan said respectfully, "Your Highness ordered me to come and persuade Lord Ma and Miss Ma. Miss Ma's dance is as charming as a stunning wild goose. We should not belittle ourselves and feel ashamed because of the words of one family. We should know that if a person is upright, how can he be called a villain? Lord Ma and his wife, please don't mind it!"

Upon hearing this, Lord Ma looked at Madam Ma, his expression slightly moved. Lord Ma cupped his hands and said in a tone of shame, "Your Highness has shown mercy by not caring about my rash departure tonight. Your Highness has even sent someone to visit you... Your Highness's protection tonight will be remembered by me!"

Zhang Duan smiled and asked, "Miss, are you okay?"

Mrs. Ma sighed and said nothing.

Lord Ma said, "He has a childish temper. My wife and I have spoiled him. Your Highness, don't worry. As for the quarrel tonight, this old minister..."

As Lord Ma was speaking, he was interrupted angrily by Zhang Duan, who frowned and swung his sleeves, saying to himself, "Captain Qi was really too much tonight. After Lord Ma and his wife left, she even provoked Your Highness!"

Lord Ma and Madam Ma were shocked. Lord Ma was furious and asked, "Is this true?"

Zhang Duan told the whole process of the competition. At the end, Lord Ma slammed the table angrily, "How can this be! How can Qi Dongqiang be so rude!"

Madam Ma went over to comfort Lord Ma, "Don't worry, sir, take care of yourself."

Zhang Duan shook his head repeatedly, "Your Highness should be clear about who you are. She wanted to uphold justice, but the Qi family has made great contributions after all, and Qi Dongqiang's father and brother are still guarding the Southern Region. Your Highness softened her heart when she thought of this..."

Lord Ma nodded when he heard this, "I understand!"

"Your Highness has been gentle and polite since childhood, how could he be a match for that shameless woman?"

Lord Ma was so angry that he no longer cared about being polite and cursed with gritted teeth.

Zhang Duan seemed to be scared when he saw this. He stood up and slapped himself lightly, "Look at my mouth. His Highness also told me not to tell Lord Ma, fearing that Lord Ma would get angry and report Qi Dongqiang. It was just a quarrel. Even if he reported her, His Majesty would only reprimand her a few words. That woman is thick-skinned, and I'm afraid I'll scold her to my heart's content... Lord Ma, remember to stay calm!"

After Zhang Duan finished speaking, he hurriedly said goodbye, looking like someone who had gotten into trouble.

After Zhang Duan left, Madam Ma spat, "You shameless bitch, you not only bullied my sister, but also bullied the eldest prince, and you just put up with it. I am so angry!"

Madam Ma seemed to have remembered something and sighed, "I remember that when Queen Xiaomin was alive, although she was gentle to others, she was decisive in her actions and knew when to reward and punish. When Your Highness was young, he was also a person who would never give up his grudges. I never thought that now..."

"Shut up! You have no right to interfere with His Highness!"

Madam Ma was stunned, pursed her lips, and said weakly, "I was just talking at home..."

Ma's cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly, "What do you, a woman, know?!"

Lord Ma changed the subject and said, "Come with me to find Li'er!"

Madam Ma frowned when she heard that. "It's better not to go. Li'er has finally calmed down. Now she'll be sad again when she sees you and me."

Lord Ma got straight to the point. "Do you think His Highness sent someone here just to comfort a small official like me? Do you think the messenger's words were just to tell us how shameless Qi Dongqiang was?"

"Is not it?"

Lord Ma sneered, "If Your Highness really didn't want to investigate, he wouldn't have sent anyone here. The messenger didn't let the cat out of the bag on purpose. Even an ant crawling in the imperial palace in the capital wouldn't speak carelessly, let alone the people around the princess!"

"Your Highness wants us to make a big deal out of this. As for how big a deal we should make it..."

Lord Ma stroked his beard, looking shrewd and calculating.

……

Princess Chengqian's Mansion.

Shao Yihui was slapped in the face by Zhao Ying and then given a sweet date.

After beating him, he was allowed to stay at the princess's mansion tonight to recuperate, but Shao Yihui did not agree.

His cheeks were swollen and the blood at the corners of his mouth had formed dark red scabs. During the execution, the guards slapped him thirty times with palm-sized fans, but Shao Yihui didn't say a word.

Finally, the guards who were torturing him were impressed and gave him a thumbs up before leaving. "That's great, brother. Next time you get punished for talking too much, come find me. For your sake, I have to practice my Iron Sand Palm when I go back. I'll try to make you cry next time!"

After the banquet, Shao Yihui, wrapped in a cold and silent manner, walked out of the princess's mansion under the cover of night.

When I got home, Qi Dongqiang had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing him come back, Qi Dongqiang greeted him with a smile. However, when she saw his swollen face, shock, anger, grief... flashed through her eyes one by one, and tears suddenly filled her eyes. She wanted to touch Shao Yihui's face, but was afraid of hurting him.

Shao Yihui endured the pain and twitched the corner of his mouth, his eyebrows and eyes were lazy, "I'm fine..."

Qi Dongqiang asked in a hateful voice, "Who is it? Zhao Ying again?"

Shao Yihui shook his head and said, "Blame me. I spoke without thinking."

Qi Dongqiang certainly wouldn't calm down because of his words. She picked up the knife and rushed out, "I'm going to settle the score with her!"

Shao Yihui quickly stopped her, and after a lot of effort, he held her in his arms, growling, "Calm down! Who do you want to settle accounts with? Do you want to settle accounts with the princess of the dynasty?"

He snatched the knife from Qi Dongqiang's hand, his cold and handsome face suddenly showed anger, his eyes were burning with fire, and he asked in a cold voice, "Are you going to use this knife to chop the princess of the dynasty?"

Qi Dongqiang seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water and calmed down. Yes, if she went to kill the princess of the current dynasty, not to mention that if she succeeded, her entire clan would be exterminated... but there was no way she could succeed!

She suddenly threw herself into Shao Yihui's arms, crying loudly, "Ah Hui, Ah Hui..."

The woman's crying was filled with heartache. Shao Yihui's eyes were slightly sore and he hugged her tightly, "It's okay, I'm really okay..."

"Ahui, let's elope!" Qi Dongqiang raised his head from his arms and said expectantly.

Shao Yihui was stunned for a moment, then let her go after a while, shook his head at her, and sat down. "Yuan'er, you know that being engaged as a wife and being married as a concubine is not the same thing as being married to a concubine. I am already over thirty years old, but I am alone. It is wrong for me not to be able to marry you in a grand sedan chair, and how can I let you follow me without any status or status!"

"I do not care!"

"I care!"

Shao Yihui looked at Qi Dongqiang deeply, and said solemnly, "Give me a little more time."

"I will earn a good career and marry you openly!"

"Ah Hui..." Qi Dongqiang was extremely moved. She walked forward and sat on Shao Yihui's lap, putting her arms around his neck. "I knew I was right about you. Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you..."

She pulled her hand away and took Shao Yihui's hand. Under Shao Yihui's puzzled gaze, she pressed his hand on her belly with a little shyness on her face, "The child is waiting for you too..."

"what?"

"Child? You..."

"Yes, it's your child!"

Shao Yihui recovered and was so surprised that he was at a loss. He hugged Qi Dongqiang tightly in his arms, wishing he could embed her into his body, "Thank you, thank you... Yuan'er, I love you!"

His excited gaze lingered on something, his vision gradually blurred, and his voice choked up, "I have a child, hahahaha… I have a child!!"

The two were excited for a while before they calmed down.