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

Coming back to her senses, Xiao Mo looked at Xiao Wenbo who was sitting on the high seat and saluted him coldly: "Father."

Xiao Wenbo looked condescending and stern as he looked at Xiao Mo, who was standing in the middle of the hall. "You're back? Why didn't you tell me when you left?"

Xiao Mo looked at him expressionlessly. "Leaving was a sudden decision. Father was not at home at the time, and I didn't think I would be gone for long, so I didn't send anyone to inform you."

Lin sat in the lower seat with a fake smile on her face and raised her eyebrows: "I heard that the eldest lady went to Hanqueling this time. I think she missed her uncle."

Xiao Mo glanced at her with a cold look in her eyes, then glanced at Murong Shu. She knew that her mother would not deliberately tell this to a concubine.

She must have told Xiao Wenbo, and Xiao Wenbo said it when he stayed overnight in Lin's yard.

She had heard Murong Shu say before that Xiao Wenbo became the prime minister after he married her and Murong Shoubao helped him get him the position.

Later, Murong Shou was annoyed by the fact that he took a concubine and that Xiao Wenbo was framed as a natural disaster, but he was indifferent, and their relationship became much more distant.

In the past, whenever Murong Shu mentioned Murong Shou saving Xiao Mo, Xiao Wenbo's expression would change immediately.

It was the same now. When he heard Lin mention this, his expression immediately turned ugly.

He didn't say anything, just stared coldly at Xiao Mo below.

Xiao Mo saw through his thoughts and sneered in her heart, but looked at him calmly on her face.

"Is missing your uncle something shameful? Why do you all look like that?"

Lin glanced at Xiao Wenbo tentatively, then turned back with a smile: "It's not that it's embarrassing, after all, your last name is Xiao, not Murong. How could you not ask your father for help before leaving?"

Request? She went to see her own uncle, why should she ask him, the one who could only be considered her father by blood?

"He is not only my uncle, but also my savior. Listening to Aunt Lin's words, you must be an ungrateful person, right?"

Xiao Mo pulled the corners of her mouth and chuckled sarcastically, which made Lin, who wanted to watch the show, open her mouth as if she had eaten a fly, not knowing what to say.

She could only hold her handkerchief tightly and look at Xiao Wenbo for help.

Xiao Wenbo pursed his lips, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Xiao Mo with a frown: "How do you talk to Auntie? She also cares about you, and what she said does make sense."

"Father also knows that she is just a concubine, right? If he hadn't told me, I would have thought she was the head lady of the family, with her arrogant demeanor."

Although this was not the first time they had seen Xiao Mo's eloquence, they had never expected that she could say anything.

As soon as she finished speaking, Murong Shu looked at Lin with a stern look.

She didn't say anything, but with what Xiao Mo said, Lin instantly wilted.

Xiao Mo snorted coldly, looking away and looking directly at Xiao Wenbo: "How can what she said make sense? If she is 30% right, then what my daughter said is 70% right, right?"

Xiao Wenbo was so angry at her words that his face twisted. He slammed the table and stood up.

"Mo'er, I think you've been bewitched by someone from afar since you left home. How dare you say such disrespectful words to your elders?"

"It turns out that in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the status of a concubine is higher than that of a legitimate daughter. I remember that the laws of the current dynasty seemed to be different." Xiao Mo looked up at him without fear.

Xiao Wenbo didn't expect that she was so difficult to handle. She even dared to contradict him. The frost in her eyes could freeze a beast to death.

Seeing that the atmosphere had become extremely cold, Murong Shu hurriedly stepped forward to bow and apologize to Xiao Wenbo.

"Master, Mo'er didn't mean what she said. You know, she didn't grow up with us, so she must have some resentment in her heart."

"Just because you have resentment in your heart, you can speak without restraint?" Murong Shu's words not only failed to comfort him, but made him even angrier.

Xiao Mo felt very uncomfortable when she looked at her humble mother.

Xiao Xiang was sitting next to Lin, and when she saw that she had someone to support her, she instantly became stronger.

She straightened her back, pouted her lips and looked at Xiao Wenbo with a wronged look.

"Although my sister used to be bold and generous, she also knew what to say and what not to say. Why did she change after going to Hanque Ridge? Did Marshal Murong say something to her?"

She used this strategy of sowing discord well!

Xiao Mo was angry, but she didn't dare to tell it all to Xiao Wenbo. Xiao Xiang took the blame on herself with just two words. How could this not be considered a skill?

"Next time, think things through before you speak. Try to make your divisive words sound more pleasant, otherwise you'll appear foolish."

Xiao Mo stared at her with a fake smile, and after seeing her expression change slightly, she continued, "How could I forget that my sister doesn't have an uncle of prominent status, and she feels disappointed. Of course she's jealous."

With just a few words, she made the mother and daughter who were sitting nearby wanting to watch the show speechless.

Xiao Xiangqi's face turned red, and with tears in her eyes, she stood up, bowed to Xiao Wenbo, then left angrily with her head lowered.

Xiao Mo glanced at her with disdain, and looked at Lin with a mocking look: "Why don't you leave? What will happen if you don't go and jump into the lake?"

Lin gritted her teeth and looked at Xiao Wenbo with a pout. She wanted him to seek justice for her and her daughter, but Xiao Wenbo just closed his eyes helplessly and raised his hand impatiently to signal her to go down.

"Go check on Xiang'er. Mo'er is used to being sharp-tongued. It's not the first day you've known this."

His words made Lin feel extremely wronged, and she ran out on the spot, covering half of her face.

Xiao Mo raised her chin with some pride and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Xiao Wenbo in a stern voice.

"Stop! You are so arrogant! Go back to your own courtyard right now and reflect on your past. Don't come out without my permission!"

When Lin, who had not walked far away, heard this, the anger that had been pent up in her heart instantly dissipated.

Xiao Mo turned around, a flash of surprise in her eyes.

Seeing Xiao Wenbo about to leave, Murong Shu hurriedly put on a smile and went to greet him: "Master, Mo'er just spoke too quickly and without thinking. She didn't mean any harm. Look..."

"Does she look like a daughter of a prime minister now? It's my fault. When she returned home, I didn't assign a governess to teach her etiquette and rules. Now she's unruly."

Murong Shu opened her mouth, looked at Xiao Mo hesitantly, and then moved closer eagerly.

"But Master, Mo'er has suffered so much since she was a child. Now that she's back, how can we let her suffer any more?"

The way she tried so hard to plead for Xiao Mo made Xiao Mo's eyes red.

She thought that apart from her distant family, no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion cared about her anymore.

"Mother, there's no need to say more. It's just house arrest. I don't feel wronged."

Xiao Wenbo pulled back the sleeve that Murong Shu was holding in her hand, frowned, looked at the two of them, and strode away.