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

Looking at his back, Murong Shu's eyes were full of disappointment. She walked up to Xiao Mo, hugged her shoulders and comforted her.

"It's okay, Mo'er. Mother will talk to your father later. He has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, so he will calm down."

"What does it have to do with me whether he's angry or not? Don't go begging her. He still wants to lock me up. I can leave the house anytime I want."

Xiao Mo looked at the direction where Xiao Wenbo left with a faint expression, and told Murong Shu with a slightly warning tone.

Although Murong Shu didn't understand what she meant, she nodded seriously in response.

After returning to Suqiyuan, Shen Yun poured a cup of tea for Xiao Mo with a worried look on her face.

"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, are too partial. My young lady has come such a long way home and hasn't even had a cup of tea to rest, yet you listen to other people's slander and say such hurtful words to you."

Xiao Mo took a sip of tea without much concern. "He has no feelings for me. Besides me, he has concubines and other children who make him happy every day. In his heart, I am just a tool to make him look good."

Although these words are vulgar, they do fit Xiao Mo's current situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In her opinion, if Murong Shu had not given birth to her and had no more children, she would not have such a deep mother-daughter relationship with her now.

After all, they had not been together since birth. Eighteen years had passed in a flash, and to some extent, they were all strangers.

Murong Shu and she are only tied together by blood. Xiao Wenbo has other children who grew up with him, so naturally he has no feelings for her.

Shen Yun understood all these principles after accompanying Xiao Mo on a trip to Qinshan.

She looked at Xiao Mo distressedly, and said in a comforting tone: "Miss, don't think too much. You are the daughter of the prime minister, and the only one. No matter how arrogant they are, they have to treat you with respect."

"I don't need them to be respectful to me. I'll be happy if they don't hang around in front of me." Xiao Mo looked at the door with a faint gaze.

Shen Yun pursed her lips, suddenly remembering what she had said when she left the front hall. "Miss, what did you mean when you said the master couldn't hold you captive? Do you have a way to make the master release you?"

"No, I just want to rest today." Xiao Mo sighed and leaned softly on the rocking chair.

"Tomorrow morning, quietly go to Prince Chen's mansion and tell him that I'm back, but I can't visit Prince Chen for the time being. If he asks, tell him the truth about what happened today, greet him, and then come back. The rest depends on his attitude."

Shen Yun nodded with shining eyes and replied, "Miss, you are really smart. I will remember it."

"You've walked such a long way with me, go and rest early."

"I'm not tired, nor sleepy." Just as she finished speaking, she saw Xiao Mo shooting a cold light at her. Although she didn't say anything, the look in her eyes alone was enough to shock her.

"Then I'll go downstairs. Miss, you should go to bed early." She said with a smile and obediently left the room.

The next day, Shen Yun dressed up and slipped out through the side door at dawn.

Ling Su was a little surprised when he saw that it was her.

When Qi Minxiu heard the reporter say that Shen Yun had arrived, her first reaction was to tidy up her clothes, subconsciously thinking that Xiao Mo must have come with her.

But when he only saw Shen Yun and not Xiao Mo, whom he was thinking about, the smile on his face froze instantly.

"Where is your young lady?" he asked softly.

Shen Yun told Qi Minxiu exactly what Xiao Mo taught her.

Seeing Qi Minxiu's frown, she knew that her young lady's idea was right.

"The young lady is alone. If His Royal Highness Prince Chen has nothing else to do, I will go back first."

Shen Yun lowered his head, bowed respectfully to Qi Minxiu again, then turned around and quickly left the palace.

In Suqiyuan, Xiao Mo was practicing sword. Judging from the expression on Shen Yun's face when she came back, her method should go smoothly.

"How did he react?" Xiao Mo put away her sword, sat on the stone bench next to her, picked up the water on the table and drank it all.

Shen Yun sat across from her and wiped her sweat with a handkerchief on the table. "The prince's face showed no expression, but he inquired very carefully about the reason for your confinement."

The two were chatting and laughing when suddenly, a familiar yet annoying voice came from outside the door.

"Xiang'er, let's go shopping on East Street today. The shop we met last time said they'll be getting a new batch of goods from Jiangnan in the next couple of days. The material is comparable to the brocade worn by the ladies in the palace."

"Great! I've been wanting to make two new sets of clothes for a long time. Father will be back from court soon, right? Let's go see if breakfast is ready in the kitchen."

"We have to hurry after dinner. We have an appointment with Mrs. Meng from the Marquis' Mansion to enjoy the flowers and watch a play together this afternoon!"

The voices of Lin and Xiao Xiang gradually faded away, and at first glance it sounded like they were just passing by.

But Xiao Mo's Suqiyuan is a relatively remote and quiet place. No matter whether you go to the kitchen, the mansion gate or any other place, you will not pass by her gate.

This mother and daughter are so funny. Do they think that she will care about what they care about?

Shen Yun looked at Xiao Mo carefully, thinking that she would look gloomy and unhappy, but she didn't care at all. She looked indifferent as if the two people just now didn't exist at all.

"Miss……"

Xiao Mo held the teacup in one hand and shook it gently: "Just a clown. You have to know that people, the more they lack something, the more they show off."

Shen Yun expressed her approval of her attitude of seeing through everything and not caring at all.

The two men just now have been at a disadvantage ever since Xiao Mo came back. Now that they have a slight advantage, they naturally want to show off their power.

Otherwise, I don’t know if I will have such an opportunity next time.

If Xiao Mo gets angry with them, that would be exactly what they want! They would be so happy then.

The mother and daughter happily returned to the front hall and happened to meet Xiao Wenbo who had just returned from the morning court.

They greeted him warmly, but before they turned around, another group of people came in at the door.

Because Qi Minxiu had a leg injury, the emperor was worried about him, so he specially arranged dozens of secret guards for his house.

Seeing a dozen or so secret guards armed with swords standing solemnly and seriously all the way to the front hall entrance, Xiao Wenbo and everyone present changed their expressions.

Ling Su pushed Qi Minxiu and slowly walked in from the gate.

After seeing who was coming, Xiao Wenbo quickly adjusted his facial expression and went to meet him.

"Your Highness, Prince Chen, why didn't you inform me beforehand of your visit to the Prime Minister's Residence? I could have made plans earlier."

Qi Minxiu twitched his lips indifferently, making it hard to tell what he was really thinking. "Where's A-Mo?"

Xiao Wenbo's smile gradually faded, and he turned sideways with a guilty look on his face: "Your Highness, how did you know that Mo'er had returned?"

"A few days ago, she wrote to me, saying she was on her way back. I calculated the time and it seems she should be arriving in the next two days."

Xiao Wenbo cupped his hands and smiled as he gave up the main seat. "My daughter did arrive home yesterday. I thought she must be very tired after the long journey, so I let her go back to her room to rest."