The two looked at each other.

Duan Rongshi: ...

Li Qingluo: ...

They saw the word 'speechless' in each other's eyes.

Zhui Yu behind him frowned and shouted, "Where did this ugly thing come from? Get out of here right now!"

"How dare you be so annoying here? Do you know what the punishment is for startling the noble man?"

Zhui Yu roared and was about to step forward to draw his sword, but fortunately Leng Dian quickly pulled him down.

Leng Dian glanced at Prince Su, who was standing at the front, and said with cold sweat on his forehead, "Is your butt okay? Why don't you quickly check who's following her?"

Zhuiyu then saw that standing behind the ugly girl was the little girl named Que'er.

There was also a group of maids who came forward to watch the fun.

This ugly girl didn't show any fear at all when he shouted at her, and she even had an uncontrollable smile on her face.

Zhui Yu then thought about what had just happened. It seemed that apart from the girl, no other woman in the world could look into their Highness's eyes and still dare to look into his eyes without changing her expression...

Zhui Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Then his whole body shook.

Heavenly Bodhisattva, could this, this ugly, ugly girl be... a girl?!?

Zhui Yu roared in his heart, but before he could go crazy, Prince Su had already turned his head halfway to look at him.

Zhui Yu was shocked. It was over...

Li Qingluo burst out laughing. "It seems that I've dressed up perfectly today. Even Master Zhuiyu doesn't recognize me."

"I, Li Qingluo, greet your Highness."

The people behind him then followed suit and paid their respects to Prince Su.

Because this was on the manor, he didn't dare to be too loud. Everyone behind him just knelt down and called out "Your Highness".

Zhui Yu wanted to cry.

Unexpectedly, Prince Su ignored him completely.

He just looked at Li Qingluo with an indescribable expression.

He asked her to put on makeup so that no one could recognize her, but she tried to make herself look extremely ugly.

If it were in the past, if such an ugly thing dared to get close to him, he would have been crushed to ashes long ago.

That is her... Prince Su couldn't help but shake his head.

"Indeed, it's ugly."

After he finished speaking, he walked into the yard.

Li Qingluo, however, looked smug.

"But how did Your Highness recognize me? You seemed to recognize me immediately. Did you really not have any doubts at all?"

Duan Rongshi didn't answer.

Li Qingluo followed up and said, "Your Highness, you are dressed so beautifully today, but I am so ugly that it's horrible to look at. It's really unfair."

Duan Rongshi couldn't help but curl up his palms, and his thumb couldn't help but rub the palms.

Leng Dian watched as the prince's brows gradually relaxed, with a hint of joy hidden in his eyes.

tsk...

Leng Dian thought to himself: His Highness is becoming more and more cheerful now. The girl just said "pretty" and he was so happy.

It seems that the girl is really as Zhui Yu said, and is now the apple of His Highness's eye.

It's a pity... His Highness is in a difficult situation now, and judging from the girl's current family background and situation, she is obviously not qualified to be their Princess Su.

If she was just a concubine...it wouldn't be a difficult thing.

Zhui Yu chased after him bitterly: "Thanks to that remark from the girl just now, otherwise I would have lost my ass again, wuwuwu..."

Leng Dian squinted at Zhui Yu and said, "I want to stay away from you. Next time, you can partner with Po Feng."

Zhui Yu was shocked: "Why? Xiaodian, do you dislike me too? Oh, oh, oh..."

Leng Dian looked up at the sky speechlessly: "Who made you a dog that would bring trouble to others?"

Zhui Yu was furious: "You are the dog! If you follow me, you will have a feast in the future. Don't you understand?"

Leng Dian: "Understand what?"

Zhui Yu chuckled, "Just now, the young lady was obviously trying to help me get away with it. When you become the princess in the future, I will be the young lady's closest guard beside Her Highness. Wouldn't I have to sit at the table and eat a meal myself? Hehehe..."

Leng Dian: "You are dreaming."

After saying that, he didn't wait for Zhuiyu to nag anymore and quickly caught up.

Zhui Yu: "Tsk, what do you know."

Everyone walked inside and finally saw the whole picture of the yard.

Not only is everything well organized, but it is also exquisite and elegant, even so clean that it makes people feel like it is a paradise.

Although Mrs. Pei did not take care of the farm on the outskirts of the city herself, it was managed by the son of the nanny who was close to her.

In the past, when Mrs. Pei got tired of living in Qingsong Temple, she would come here to live for a year or two.

Over time, this place was renovated to become more and more luxurious.

It's just that they had neglected management over the past year, and last time there was a problem with the vegetables on the farm, which gave the Qu family an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and tamper with the vegetables and meat that Old Madam Pei ate every day.

After Madam Pei and Li Qingluo came out of the Li family, Madam Pei was still in a coma, so the nanny dragged her son to Guiyuan to admit her mistake.

"Miss, no matter how you punish this beast today, even if it means taking his life, I will accept the punishment."

It turned out that the manager of this manor used to be the nanny's husband. Later, the man died, and the youngest son named Gu Qing, who had just turned 19, took over as the manager.

It is said that a family of refugees suddenly came to the village a few years ago. This family fled from the east. They were a pair of parents-in-law, their newly widowed daughter-in-law and grandson.

The old man was a carpenter with good skills, so when they begged to stay and settle down on the farm, the steward Gu Qing agreed without thinking too much.

The young widow was pretty and capable, and her parents-in-law were kind to her.

It didn't take long for this family to become familiar with the people on the farm, and there was even some ambiguity between the young widow and Gu Qing after a few visits.

Perhaps Gu Qing was still too young, and even though such a big thing happened in Zhuangzi, it did not attract his attention.

Overnight, fruits, vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish and geese were all destroyed.

After they were later identified as thieves and bandits, they simply sent people to report the case to the government. Then, of the things that could be sent from the farm to the general's residence every day, only a small amount was specially provided for Old Lady Pei.

I originally thought that my farm was the cleanest, so during the Spring Festival even Li Qingluo ate the food sent from Li's farm.

Unexpectedly, Madam Pei was poisoned instead.

After the matter was exposed, Gu Qing conducted a thorough investigation from the beginning and finally found the young widow as the culprit.

The young widow and her family originally wanted to escape, but Gu Qing was not really stupid. He immediately woke up and brought people to block the young widow's family of four at the door of their house in the middle of the night.

After Li Qingluo learned the truth, he asked Gu Qing, "Have you found out who they are and why they poisoned Grandmother?"

Gu Qing regretted it so much.

Although he is already nineteen, he has not yet married because of some hidden illness.

Little did he know that he had just tasted the sweetness of being a man with this young widow, but he was tricked by this young widow the next moment.

He said mournfully, "Miss, they did come from the east, and they are indeed a family. But I just found out through interrogation that they are not refugees at all, but have deliberately sneaked into our village, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to do harm..."

"I used some tricks to get them to confess that they were distant relatives of Minister Qu's family."

"The Qu family wants them to be informants at the old lady's farm so they can do something when the time is right."

"It's all my fault for being seduced by lust. It's my fault!"

"I will never again take in these people of unknown origin."

"Miss, if you punish me, even if it means I have to pay for my life for the old lady, I will accept it..."

Li Qingluo: "If my grandmother's life was really in danger this time, I would never forgive you. But since my grandmother has already saved you, I will spare your life for now. You should work harder for my grandmother in the future. Otherwise, what will you do to your mother?"

"She won't be able to hold her head up in front of her grandmother anymore."

As he spoke, Li Qingluo glanced at the nanny.

Mammy's eyes were filled with tears.

"Miss, this old slave...this old slave really only has this one son."

Li Qingluo: "What's going on?"

The maid's surname was Chen. Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke: "This old slave's husbands, my eldest son and my second son... they are all... dead!"

Aunt Zhang explained, "Miss, the three of them, father and son, were transporting goods to Fujian for the old lady last year, and were killed by gangsters on the way..."

"Although the criminals were all apprehended and beheaded, in the end... they are gone, alas."

"Now Gu Qing lives with his two brothers' widows and children on the farm. It's hard for him to take care of both his brothers and their families alone."

Li Qingluo felt heavy in his heart after hearing this.

"Get up."

"If that's the case, why doesn't Nanny Chen live on the farm?"

Nanny Chen: "It is this old slave who does not want to leave the old lady. From now on... this old slave has no face... It is Gu Qing who did not do a good job and almost killed the old lady. This old slave... this old slave will... ah!"

Li Qingluo comforted her, "It's okay. Grandmother knows your loyalty. Even if Gu Qing was taken advantage of this time, it's a lesson learned. It won't happen again, right, Gu Qing?"

Gu Qing knelt on the ground, feeling ashamed.

"Miss, if I do it again, I will commit suicide to apologize!"

Li Qingluo: "Grandmother is aware of your family's sacrifices. In this case, Nanny Chen, I will punish you by sending you to the farm to monitor Gu Qing from now on. Are you willing?"

Is this a leniency, and are you going to spare Gu Qing's life?

How could Nanny Chen not be willing?

She quickly knelt down to express her gratitude, "Thank you, young lady, wuwu... Wait until the old lady wakes up, I will bring Gu Qing to her and confess my crime again!"

Li Qingluo knew that she didn't want to leave.

But there is no way, this is already the lightest punishment.

Moreover, letting her go to the farm to be with her sons and grandchildren can be considered as retirement care.

Li Qingluo: "Gu Qing, if you lock that family up, the Qu family should have noticed something. Even if we go to court to testify, the Qu family won't admit it. And the Qu family won't let them have any evidence in their hands."

Gu Qing felt very uncomfortable: "What should we do? Are we just going to accept this loss? They are going to poison the old lady!"

Li Qingluo: "Of course I won't admit it! For now, lock up the four of them. As for the rest, enslave them and work them day and night."

"If the Qu family can't hold it in any longer, they might send someone to look for us. Then we can arrest them all together."

"If the Qu family doesn't care, won't this family be anxious and upset?"

"When the time is right, I will also give the Qu family a fatal counterattack!"

The Qu family is so blatant, it’s not that they are stupid.

But they have something to rely on, which is absolutely vicious.

Moreover, they thought that Li Qingluo and Old Madam Pei, a widowed grandparent and granddaughter, had no one to rely on in Jinling City, so they were easy to control.

They thought that Madam Pei was old and had retired from the court and the battlefield for more than 30 years. She was not wanted by her natal family and had no status in her husband's family. Who would care even if she died?

That's why he even wanted to kill the former female general.

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