Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

After Lu Huai left, Xiao Mo glanced at the things on the table and glanced at the two concubines who were eager to make a move: "Old rules, after the madam has chosen, you can choose."

Does this mean that they can have these things?

After hearing this, Lin and Li smiled at each other and politely gave up Murong Shu's seat.

Xiao Mo didn't want to see them chattering and picking things, so she rolled her eyes and went back to her yard.

What was Lu Huai trying to do with all this fanfare? If he wanted to thank her, he could just bring some gifts. Bringing a whole pile like this was a bit exaggerated.

Is it because she just returned from a victorious battle and the emperor values her, so he thinks that getting close to her can bring benefits to himself?

It's no wonder she thinks this way; this person's actions are just too weird.

They had just met today, and if it wasn't profitable, she really couldn't understand why he did this.

In the backyard of Prince Jin's Mansion.

Qi Yue was sitting in a rocking chair, drinking tea and admiring the flowers. His originally lazy eyes suddenly became clear the moment he saw Yuan Mu come in.

"Have you found out?" He put down what he was holding, straightened up and asked.

Yuan Mu walked up to him, bowing slightly. "Those men are not in the Prime Minister's residence. We have also found General Xiao's small house outside."

"That's strange. Where can she hide a few living people?"

Qi Yue crossed his legs and supported his head in confusion: "Go check again."

"Yes." Yuan Mu received the order, bowed and was about to turn around and leave when he saw the chief eunuch in Concubine Liang's palace walking towards him with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine invites you to the palace for dinner."

Qi Yue looked at him nonchalantly: "The food in my house is ready. I've reported it to my mother. I'll go there tomorrow."

"This..." The eunuch looked at Qi Yue with some embarrassment.

Qi Yue frowned and glanced at him with a sharp look: "Is the carriage outside?"

After saying that, he looked at Yuan Mu again: "You don't have to follow."

Yuan Mu naturally knew what he should do, nodded and went out.

At the same time, in Prince Chen’s Mansion.

Qi Minxiu had just finished taking a bath and was about to have a meal when Ling Su, who had been out, came back. Seeing the expression on his face, she knew that he must have found out something.

"Your Highness, I have found out." Ling Su bent his waist slightly and continued.

"The maid at Chunhua Tower said she overheard General Xiao mention the Second Prince, so I went to secretly investigate Prince Su's residence. I did see two men who had been redeemed by General Xiao in the other courtyard."

Qi Minxiu listened carefully, "Does that mean she went to Chunhualou to redeem the person in order to give him away?"

Ling Su knew his master's feelings for Xiao Mo, and knew that Xiao Mo did not have a secret male lover, so he was sincerely happy for his master.

"Your Highness, don't worry. General Xiao is not the kind of confused person."

Qi Minxiu looked outside the house, his eyes narrowed dangerously: "Shen Hanzhou."

Ling Su didn't know why Qi Minxiu suddenly mentioned this name, and looked at him puzzledly: "Isn't this the follower beside General Xiao?"

"Do you remember when Ah Mo returned victoriously to attend the palace banquet a few days ago, Second Brother asked her about Shen Hanzhou?"

After being reminded by Qi Minxiu, Ling Su finally remembered and instantly understood why Xiao Mo did this.

"She actually went to that kind of place just for Shen Hanzhou and personally selected a qualified male concubine to please the Second Emperor."

Qi Minxiu gritted his teeth in disbelief. He and Xiao Mo had known each other for many years, and it didn't seem like she would do such a thing.

After a moment of silence, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Does Qi Yue know that she went to Chunhua Tower?"

Ling Su was stunned for a moment, then replied, "I wonder if the Third Prince knows."

"Whether he knows it or not, you should tell him this news, especially the fact that Amo sent a male concubine to the Second Emperor because of Shen Hanzhou. You can add some spice to it when appropriate."

After hearing these words, Ling Su understood and guessed what Qi Minxiu was thinking: "Yes."

In the palace, in Yongyang Hall, Qi Yue, who had just finished his meal, was lying on the couch reading a book.

Since Yuan Mu was not around, the task of serving tea and water fell on the palace maids.

"My mother is really something. She asked me to go to the palace to have dinner with her, but she left halfway through the meal." Qi Yue took a sip of tea and complained.

As he spoke, he looked up at the door and asked, "Where has mother been? When will she be back?"

The maid who served him lowered her head and added some tea to his bowl, then stepped aside and said, "I don't know."

Qi Yue frowned and looked at her, then stopped talking and continued reading the book in his hand.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard familiar footsteps at the door. He thought it was Concubine Liang who had returned, so he said without even looking up, "From now on, if Mother has something to do, don't ask me to come to the palace."

The voice that responded to him was not that of the gentle female voice, but Yuan Mu: "Your Highness."

Qi Yue looked up when he heard the voice, and the laziness in his eyes disappeared when he saw Yuan Mu: "How is it?"

"I heard some gossip outside the long street, saying that a young man redeemed all the top prostitutes in Chunhua Tower, but he didn't do it for his own enjoyment, but to protect his beloved."

Qi Yue was confused and didn't react for a moment: "What does this have to do with what I asked you to investigate?"

"Your Highness, Chunhua Tower is a famous brothel in the Imperial City. The women there are very valuable. There has only been one case in recent years where someone was able to redeem several women at once."

Yuan Mu didn't know how to explain to Qi Yue, so he could only talk around it.

Qi Yue was so smart that he immediately realized what was happening: "For the one she loves? What did she do to those men?"

"I heard that he was sent to Prince Su's Mansion. Moreover, General Xiao also made an agreement with the Second Prince that as long as he didn't have any intentions towards Shen Hanzhou, she would regularly send him high-quality male favorites."

"What?!" Qi Yue's face darkened as he listened, and he couldn't help but slam his hands on the table and stood up: "She said Shen Hanzhou is her beloved?"

"I don't know if this was said by General Xiao himself, but everyone who knows about the Chunhua Tower redemption incident says so."

Yuan Mu had been with Qi Yue for many years, and this was the first time he didn't dare to look at him.

Qi Yue frowned slightly, gritted his teeth, and poked his cheek with the tip of his tongue in dissatisfaction: "Let's go."

He picked up the cloak beside him, turned around and saw Concubine Liang who had hurried back.

Seeing Qi Yue about to leave, she quickly called out to him, "Yue'er, it's late today, just stay in the palace."

Qi Yue looked at her impatiently: "I waited for you for a long time and you came back just when I was about to leave. Are you deliberately leaving me alone?"

"How could that be? Lai Yue'er, sit down. Mother has something to tell you."

Qi Yue followed Concubine Liang's force and sat back on the chair: "What's the matter?"

"Your twenty-second birthday will be in a few days. Your father wants to hold it in the palace and choose a wife for you. What do you think?"

"You can do whatever I want and wherever I want, but I only have one princess, Xiao Mo."

I've been thinking about this woman every day recently and even forgot my own birthday.