At that time, Xiao Yurong caused a big trouble.

She had kept it a secret at first, and Liu Pinjue didn't notice anything wrong, but she couldn't help but realize that something went wrong with her people.

The news that the clan leader's only son died suddenly in his own business reached Liu Pinjue's ears.

Liu Pinjue followed the clues and found some clues, and keenly found Anan's head. After all, that area has always been under Anan's jurisdiction.

"Do you know about this? The kid had just had a conflict with someone in the trading company, and then when he was crossing the mountain along the route, he was killed and abandoned in the wilderness, and the goods under his hands were also swallowed up. Do you know about this?" Liu Pinjue asked.

Anan said nothing.

This means that he knew about it but just didn't report it.

Liu Pinjue threw the evidence in Anan's face, "Two years! This line has been split for two years, and Liu has worked for two years for nothing. Do you dare to say you didn't know about this!"

Anan didn't even say a word in defense.

The furious Liu Pinjue slapped Anan in the face in public, "Liuan! You disappoint me so much!"

Anan didn't say a word and just lowered his head to admit it.

"It's not Brother Nan..." Instead, Anan's subordinates whispered.

"Shut up! Do you have the right to speak here?" Anan shouted anxiously.

But Liu Pinjue's gaze had already moved to that person.

By the time Xiao Yurong was called over, Liu Pinjue had already dealt with everyone.

She had piano lessons in the afternoon and stayed in Liu's house for several days.

The Liu Mansion also had her own room, special servants, and even a special kitchenette.

As soon as Xiao Yurong came in, he noticed that the atmosphere was not right, a sign of impending storm.

Anan and Abei stood on the left and right of Liu Pinjue's main seat, both with their heads lowered, as if they were standing in punishment.

Especially Anan, half of his cheek was a little red and swollen.

There was another person kneeling in front of the hall, who seemed to be a descendant of the Liu family, and seemed to be... Anan's subordinate?

What's going on here?

Was it because she had beaten the eldest son of the Minister of Revenue a while ago? Or was it because she had robbed the business of a branch of the Liu family a few days ago? It couldn't be because she had instigated Xiao Yuxie to raid the home of a branch of the Liu family, right?

Xiao Yuxie approached hesitantly, bent down to take a look at the face of the man kneeling in front of the hall, and racked his brains to think about what mistake he had made that got him caught.

After thinking it over, Xiao Yurong felt more and more guilty, so he decided to take the initiative to admit his mistake: "I was wrong."

The atmosphere was terribly depressing. Xiao Yurong raised his eyes to glance at Liu Pinjue's reaction.

He happened to meet Liu Pinjue's eyes and was caught red-handed.

"You have been vindictive since you were young. Your father and brothers spoiled you, and I have cleaned up your messes many times." Liu Pinjue said calmly.

However, Xiao Yurong realized that he was really angry this time.

Liu Pinjue asked, "Who should I mess with and who shouldn't I mess with? Don't you know it yourself?"

Xiao Yurong still didn't know what he had been caught for.

"No, which one are you talking about?" Xiao Yurong stood below, stunned for a moment, and asked.

"Which one? How many stupid things like this have you done?" Liu Pinjue slammed the table and walked down.

He spoke quickly, suppressing his anger, "Do you know what the consequences would be if the elders knew about this? Moreover, one of the elders lost his only son! If you want them to think that you should not exist in this world, they dare not touch you openly, but how many times can you die in private?!"

"What?" Xiao Yurong was stunned for a moment before reacting, "The only son of the Liu family patriarch is dead?"

"It wasn't you who did it?" Liu Pinjue asked.

Xiao Yurong frowned and said, "I did swallow the string, but I didn't kill that guy. I didn't even know him, why would I kill him!"

Liu Pinjue looked her up and down, still suspicious, "You really didn't kill him? Who else in Chu Le would dare to do such a thing except you? You are the only one who is so crazy."

"Why did you pick me? I guess it was my subordinates who took advantage of their power. I'll go and find out!" Xiao Yurong gritted his teeth and realized the seriousness of the matter. He turned around and prepared to investigate.

"Go quickly!" Liu Pinjue looked at her back and said angrily, "If it's too late, I can't protect you!"

He still hasn't completely resolved how deep the trouble is within the Liu family.

If Xiao Yurong was really targeted, he couldn't guarantee that he could completely protect her.

Xiao Yurong didn't even look back and walked out quickly, "I know!"

Anan and Abei still kept their heads down and caught mushrooms, but they were soon angered.

"What are you two doing standing here? Go and look after her!" Liu Pinjue flipped the table in front of him, "Quick!"

The two men immediately rushed out and caught up with Xiao Yurong.

Xiao Yurong was very efficient when he got serious. In less than two hours, he led Anan and Abei back.

"I've checked. It was done by one of my subordinates, a small leader named Liu Wu. He had a conflict with that man and held a grudge against him. In addition, he learned that the other party was also a member of the Liu family and they had a grudge against each other. So he took advantage of the cover of night and killed the man while crossing the mountain." Xiao Yurong informed Liu Pinjue of the details one by one.

This could be considered an internal problem within the Liu family, but the other party had used Xiao Yurong's power to settle their personal grudge.

She knew that although Liu Pinjue was the head of the Liu family, he was protective of his own people.

Compared to the people in the Liu family whom he was not familiar with at all, Liu Pinjue was more protective of the disciple whom he had personally raised.

"Liuwu?" When Liu Pinjue heard this name, he knew that Xiao Yurong might be used as a cover this time.

Xiao Yurong really did swallow up Liu's money, but the murder of his only son was a personal grudge within the Liu family.

If these things are mixed together, it will explode and become complicated.

But no matter what, once the Liu clan elders knew about Xiao Yurong's involvement, they still couldn't tolerate her.

Liu Pinjue looked at Ah Bei, "Liu Wu, I remember he was your subordinate."

Ah Bei froze.

"You know all about her getting involved in the clan's business?" Liu Pinjue's eyes were cold and stern, and he was obviously extremely angry.

Abei was silent.

Liu Pinjue slapped Abei in the face with his backhand.

Abei's face was twisted by the blow, but he remained silent.

Liu Pinjue was already kind, considering their old friendship. If it was someone else, Liu Pinjue would have killed him ten times.

After this loud slap, the corner of Anan's mouth twitched. The half of his face that had been slapped by Liu Pinjue in the morning felt a dull pain, as if he felt the same pain.

"Sir, sir... don't blame Abei. I forced him to do it." Xiao Yurong hurriedly pulled Liu Pinjue's arm to stop him from continuing to be angry.

Liu Pinjue shook off Xiao Yurong's hand, suppressed his anger, took a sip of tea, and calmed down a little.

Xiao Yurong hurriedly said: "I have already dealt with the subordinates. As long as we blame the matter on the bandits, nothing will happen."

Liu Pinjue took a deep breath and said to Ah Bei, "Liu Bei, go and handle it. Try to hide it from the elders."

"Yes!" Abei immediately turned around and did it.

"I'll help..." Xiao Yurong stood up.

Liu Pinjue said coldly: "Sit down."

Xiao Yurong sat back down guiltily. She knew she had gotten into a big disaster and didn't dare to say anything more.

The two of them just sat there without saying a word.

Apart from Xiao Yurong occasionally glancing at Liu Pinjue, the two had no interaction at all.

After someone notified them, a little girl with double-ringed hair walked in with a book in her hands.

He came up and kowtowed to Liu Pinjue. He seemed to be afraid of Liu Pinjue and talked seriously about his recent studies, how many books he had read, etc.

Liu Pinjue's attitude was quite good and he asked a few more questions.

Another woman came in from behind, holding the little girl and smiling at Liu Pinjue. She also pressed the little girl and urged her to pay her respects to Xiao Yurong.

"Who is this?" Xiao Yurong asked.

She looked up and down at the two people in front of her. She only knew that they were from the Liu family, and she felt that they looked somewhat familiar.

No wonder she does that. She only pays attention to people who are useful to her.

Liu Pinjue glanced at Xiao Yurong and said, "It's unruly. They are my aunt and cousin."

Aunt? Cousin? Xiao Yurong only remembered that Liu Pinjue's father had several brothers and sisters, so there should be at least a few cousins.

This little girl looks only a few years old.

Liu Pinjue has little kinship with his family. He didn't even shed a tear when his own father died, let alone care about anyone else.

Such a person only has his great cause in mind.

Asking about his cousin's schoolwork on a quarterly basis doesn't seem like something Liu Pinjue would do.

It can be seen that Liu Pinjue really likes this sister.

Xiao Yurong became unhappy, and his unhappiness reached its peak.

The little girl asked cautiously, "Master, today is my birthday, can I not practice calligraphy tonight?"

Liu Pinjue paused for a moment and said calmly, "Well, then let's stop today's class and have a good birthday."

He turned to Anan next to him and said, "Ask the kitchen to cook her a bowl of longevity noodles and prepare some good dishes."

The smiling little girl left with her mother, who seemed a little restrained in front of Liu Pinjue.

"Why doesn't she have to learn?" Xiao Yurong said with a straight face, full of disapproval, "I just started practicing at that time, and you hit Shao Yan's hand when I was lazy, and punished me to copy books and practice calligraphy."

"It's her birthday today." Liu Pinjue said.

Xiao Yurong became even more angry, "Why did you ask me to copy books on my birthday?"

On her previous birthday, Liu Pinjue did not exempt her from her homework. Instead, he made her copy books as punishment because she threw someone into the lake during her birthday party.

"Did you copy that book? Wasn't it copied by Li Yaozhi?" Liu Pinjue said coldly.

Xiao Yurong was choked for a moment and had nothing to say.

"She is still a child, why are you bothering with her?" Liu Pinjue pinched his eyebrows with a headache.

"I was still a child then." Xiao Yurong retorted, "I never saw the master being merciful."

Liu Pinjue frowned, "Didn't we talk about this issue?"

He said patiently, "Teach students in accordance with their aptitude. If you don't correct your temper, you will definitely become a cockfighting, running dog, frivolous, and dissolute dandy who only knows how to spend his time in debauchery."

Xiao Yurong snorted coldly.

These are two different things. She was not that angry at first. The more Liu Pinjue sided with others and helped others, the angrier she became.

"You got into such trouble, but I didn't say anything and even covered it up for you. Now you're getting angry over such a trivial matter?" Liu Pinjue felt that she was being unreasonable and making trouble again.

Xiao Yurong's eyes were gloomy. "You like her very much, but it's my fault. Anyway, the master has always been partial to one person."

"I am partial?" Liu Pinjue raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Okay, just think of me as partial."

Anyway, Xiao Yurong had always felt that he was biased since childhood and didn't understand his painstaking efforts at all.

Why did he have to explain so much to Xiao Yurong?

After all, they are master and disciple. He has so many students, and he has been focusing too much of his attention on Xiao Yurong recently, to the point that he himself feels something is not right.

It was also because Xiao Yurong was too noisy and loud that people couldn't help but focus all their attention on her.

Xiao Yurong was the disciple he spent the most time and effort on. They were master and disciple, and also monarch and subject, but that was all.

The Liu family's world that he wanted and the Xiao family's world that Xiao Yurong wanted were in conflict from the very beginning.

"You've always looked down on me and hated the fact that I was a disciple forced in by our father." Xiao Yurong's eyes turned red as he said gloomily.

She said: "I am just a hanging golden branch, a key chess piece."

Liu Pinjue was almost so angry that he laughed.

There are so many princes and nobles, but he only has Xiao Yurong as his last disciple. How could Xiao Yurong say this?

But Liu Pinjue could not deny Xiao Yurong's last words.

Xiao Yurong's position is so critical that everyone will include her in the chess game.

But Xiao Yurong was also his disciple who was brought up by him. He was placed under his tutelage just as he learned how to dance.

How old was Xiao Yurong at that time? She was a delicate and beautiful baby, and she was afraid of breaking it when holding it in her arms.

Xiao Yurong sneered: "Sir, I'm afraid you think that I'd rather die of illness sooner rather than later. What's the point of living on in this world? I'd just be a burden to you."

"What did you say? Take those words back!" Liu Pinjue's eyes were filled with anger. "You are getting more and more outrageous. What is there that is worthy of you cursing yourself like this?"

He angrily pointed his finger at Xiao Yurong, "Look at what you look like now!"

"Everything I do is wrong. Sir is right. If Heaven had not given me, Xiao Qingqing, the music of Chu would have been as beautiful as a night forever. I am a natural disaster." Xiao Yurong sneered.

As she spoke, she covered her mouth and turned her head away and coughed twice: "You're not... cough cough cough... cough cough! Didn't you think so a long time ago?"

Liu Pinjue handed over a handkerchief, "Didn't I mention this before? Why are you bringing up the past again?"

Liu Pinjue knew that Xiao Yurong was vindictive and petty, but at this moment he also felt troubled and annoyed by Xiao Yurong's vengeful nature.

As long as you do something, you will never be able to turn the page with Xiao Yurong.

If anything happens again, Xiao Yurong will settle the score from beginning to end.

"Sir, please teach her well. Out of sight, out of mind. I won't be an eyesore to you." Xiao Yurong didn't take the handkerchief and turned away.

Liu Pinjue frowned, "Xiao Qingqing!"

Xiao Yurong stepped over the threshold without even turning his head.

Anan didn't even dare to breathe from beginning to end, and just pretended to be dead.

"Your temper is getting worse and worse." Liu Pinjue whispered almost with gritted teeth.

Whose disciple could be like Xiao Yurong?

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