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

Xiao Mo had already thought of the words in her mind, but before she could open her mouth, Lin took the lead.

"Our eldest daughter is very beautiful. My Lord just said that the Emperor suddenly ended the palace banquet. I wonder if he went to favor the young lady?"

She was half joking, and glanced at Xiao Mo, Xiao Wenbo and Murong Shu with a charming smile.

Xiao Mo sneered, walked up to her, and looked down at her: "Are you asking me this because you are not sure? Then do you want me to take you to the palace to ask the emperor tomorrow?"

Lin twitched her lips awkwardly and subconsciously took two steps back: "Miss, you're joking. I was just, just joking..."

"Are you kidding? I haven't joked for a long time. You just said I was pretty, and I think your daughter is no less beautiful than me.

I'm on good terms with Prince Chen. If you're jealous of me, I can talk to him and ask him to pass on a message to the Emperor to see if Xiao Xiang can be allowed to enter the palace as a concubine or something."

These words stunned everyone present, especially Xiao Xiang, whose face turned pale with fear.

Seeing this, Lin could only angrily get close to Xiao Wenbo and said, "Sir, I was just joking. I didn't mean any harm."

Xiao Wenbo lowered his eyes and looked at Lin, who was about to burst into tears. Before he could say any words of comfort, he was interrupted by Xiao Mo.

"As the only legitimate daughter of the family, how can a lowly concubine like you make fun of me?"

Xiao Mo turned sideways to face her, scanning her face coldly: "I've been back home for a while, and you haven't learned your lesson after all this time?"

In fact, this group of people knew very well that she was not easy to mess with, but they just wanted to seize any opportunity to make fun of her to fight back.

But Xiao Mo was not the kind of person who could be easily manipulated. She was angry with Qi Yue and couldn't find an outlet to vent her anger. Unexpectedly, as soon as she got home, someone would come up to her to let her vent her anger.

When she was in Qinshan before, her fellow brothers had joked that she had a bad temper and no one could control her except her master.

Now let’s look back at Xiao Wenbo and Murong Shu’s attitude towards educating their servants and children.

She thought that if she had grown up here, she might have been arrogant and unruly, or she might have been someone who didn't dare to fight back when bullied.

Thank you Master, thank you senior brothers and sisters, oh yes, the most important thing is to thank her uncle, otherwise she would not know whether she is dead or alive or a beggar now.

Lin was so intimidated by Xiao Mo's expression that she dared not say a word. It was Xiao Xiang who mustered up the courage to stand up and speak for her mother: "Sister, you are too unreasonable."

"Humph, even if I'm not paying attention, you still have to take three points. Why should I be lenient when I'm paying attention? Besides, it's all because Aunt Lin doesn't know the importance of things and doesn't put herself in the right position."

Xiao Mo snorted coldly and looked at Lin: "You did something wrong and you want to cover it up by crying? It's obviously you who made fun of me, how come you feel wronged?"

She didn't give Lin any chance to act coquettishly and refute. She immediately turned to Xiao Wenbo and said, "Father, during the years when I was away, were the concubines in the mansion also behaving like this?"

Xiao Wenbo glanced at Lin speechlessly: "Young lady, do you think you can have fun with her? Why don't you leave now!"

After saying that, he smiled awkwardly and looked at Xiao Mo: "Although she is not important, she is still a good concubine. Mo'er, don't bother with her."

Xiao Mo sneered in her heart. This alone showed Murong Shu's usual situation in the mansion.

Just when she was about to say something, Shen Hanzhou coughed lightly.

He didn't mean to do it, but he really couldn't bear it anymore after enduring it for so long.

Only then did Xiao Mo remember Shen Hanzhou's health. She tilted her head to look at him, then turned back and sighed.

"Forget it, let Aunt Lin be more careful next time. I'm very stingy. If you make fun of me again, I won't tolerate it."

After giving the warning, she left the hall without looking back.

In Suqiyuan, as soon as they entered the courtyard, Xiao Mo dismissed the servants who were cleaning the courtyard, and then asked Shen Yun to go to the street to buy some Chinese medicine.

Although Shen Yun was confused, she still did as she was told.

After returning, she found that Shen Hanzhou was forced by Xiao Mo to go back to his room to rest.

Xiao Mo took the medicine, went to the kitchen to prepare it, and then started to brew it herself.

Shen Yun stood beside her, asking her the reason in confusion. She told her everything that Shen Hanzhou had encountered in the palace in a concise manner.

When Shen Yun heard that someone wanted to harm his brother, he got so excited that he cursed without restraint.

Xiao Mo fiddled with the medicine pot in her hand while comforting her: "It's not necessarily that someone wants to harm him. Maybe he went to the wrong place and drank the wrong thing."

Shen Yun pouted angrily, thinking that Shen Hanzhou had only been here with her for over a month and had always been with Xiao Mo. There was no reason for him to offend anyone, let alone someone from the palace, so she believed her words.

Xiao Mo lowered her head feeling a little guilty. On the way back, she and Shen Hanzhou agreed to keep this matter a secret from Shen Yun.

But when Shen Hanzhou was staying in the hall just now, his expression was really ugly, which made Shen Yun think more.

There was no way. Xiao Mo was afraid that the more she hid the information from her, the more suspicious she would become, so when she asked again, she simplified the matter and told her.

Shen Yun had already let it go, but suddenly remembered the matter of the second prince.

She excitedly pulled Xiao Mo to her side and told her guess: "Miss, did the Second Prince go to the banquet today?"

Xiao Mo didn't understand the meaning of her words at first, so she replied casually: "He went. Qi Yue is his brother after all. Even if he doesn't like it, he still has to consider his face."

After saying this, she finally realized the meaning behind Shen Yun's words.

She quickly explained: "It's not him, I checked."

Shen Yun pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then nodded doubtfully.

She always felt that Xiao Mo had not finished telling the whole story, but judging from her attitude, it seemed that she was deliberately hiding it. In desperation, she could only ask Shen Hanzhou.

Shen Hanzhou grew up with her and, knowing her personality, gave her a reasonable explanation, which allowed her to let it go.

Regarding Qi Yue's words, Xiao Mo considered several directions and spent many days pondering before finally deciding on one.

These days, she went to Qi Minxiu to give him acupuncture, while helping Shen Hanzhou clear the remaining toxins in his body.

Whenever I have a little free time, I have to deal with Qi Yue who occasionally comes to visit.

He saw that more than half a month had passed and Shen Hanzhou was still hanging around Xiao Mo, so he found her and warned her that if he didn't leave after three days, don't blame him for being ruthless.

That night, after Shen Hanzhou finished drinking the medicine, Xiao Mo took his pulse and saw that he was almost well, so she decided to take him away from this dangerous place.

"Han Zhou, there is something I want to discuss with you." Xiao Mo withdrew her hand and looked at him seriously.

Shen Hanzhou was not a wooden-headed person, so he guessed something. Although he felt bad, he still smiled and said, "Miss, you tell me."