A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 6

    Old Mrs. Xiao and Xue Lan were arbitrarily deciding Zhao Xiulan’s life and death when suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door. The maid outside the house saw the person coming, and her hands trembled in panic, and she raised her voice to warn: “Mr. Dalang is here!”

    The expression on Xue Lan’s face was shocked, she and Mrs. Xiao exchanged glances, stopped the topic, and looked at the door vigilantly.

    Didn’t Dalang Jun be called away by the Marquis? Why did he suddenly visit at this time?

    After Xiao Jingduo came out of the study, the first thing he did was to find his mother. Although he woke up quickly at the inn that day, Zhao Xiulan still took a sip of poison, not to mention that Zhao Xiulan was not in good health. She became more and more sick these days, and she was so weak that it was difficult to walk.

    Besides, the murderer who poisoned his mother has not been caught, so how can Xiao Jingduo rest assured that his mother will live alone? However, Xiao Jingduo searched for a long time in the Hou Mansion, and he went to almost every spacious courtyard, but he still could not find his mother.

    Xiao Jingduo did not dare to disturb his father with these little things, so he could only come to Gaoshoutang to find the old lady. Xue Lan was always by her grandmother’s side, and she was in charge of the entire Hou Mansion. Xue Lan must know her mother’s whereabouts.

    When Xiao Jingduo walked quickly into the Gao Shou Hall, he felt that the atmosphere was strange for no reason.

    He suppressed the strangeness in his heart, and after bowing to the old lady, he went straight to the subject: “Grandma, where does my mother live? I have been looking for a long time and have not found her.”

    Xue Lan and the old lady looked at each other with surprise. Xue Lan was originally sitting on the couch, but at this time she straightened up and said softly with a smile: “Lang Jun, you are the young master of our Dingyong Hou Mansion, and your status is noble, so how can you live in the same hospital with other people? In the future, you will have a separate courtyard, and the servants and servants around you are also indispensable, and you can’t be as casual as before!”

    Speaking, Xue Lan wanted to come down and hold Xiao Jingduo’s hand: “Lang Jun has never seen Ning Yuan Courtyard, right? Ning Yuan Courtyard will be the residence of Da Lang Jun, and it is located in the Hou Ye. Behind the study, I have already sent someone to clean it up. Come, I will accompany you to Ningyuan Courtyard to take a look…”

      How did she know that Xiao Jingduo had identified her as an accomplice in poisoning Zhao Xiulan, and she was certain that Xiao Ying would not spare her easily, so how could she still save face for her?

    Seeing that Xiao Jingduo had a bad attitude towards Xue Lan, Mrs. Xiao was angry: “Duoer, what are you doing, don’t you want to make amends with Xue Lan?”

    Xiao Jingduo turned a deaf ear and insisted on asking: “I don’t want to go to any yard, my mother is still ill, I’m going to see her.”

    Old Mrs. Xiao frowned in embarrassment, she secretly glanced at Xue Lan, expecting Xue Lan to give her an idea. Xue Lan stood behind Xiao Jingduo and shook her head. The old lady realized it, so she said with a stern expression, “How old are you and still clinging to your mother? We will arrange for your mother. You hurry back with Xue Lan now!”

    Xiao Jingduo suddenly felt that something was wrong, his eyes became vigilant, and he walked around the old lady and Xue Lan: “Why don’t you let me see my mother? What happened to her?”

    The old lady’s eyes were visibly flustered, and she didn’t dare to look at Xiao Jingduo for a moment. Xue Lan secretly said that it was bad. She didn’t expect this Lang Jun’s vigilance to be so good. She quickly remedied: “Of course Madam is resting in the yard. If Lang Jun doesn’t believe it, I will take you there.”

    Xue Lan waved her hand to call the little maid and asked her to take Xiao Jingduo away. When Xiao Jingduo went out with the maid, he glanced back again as if he was aware of it.

    The grandmother and Xue Lan behaved strangely, and the father’s attitude was neither salty nor light, and Xiao Jingduo had an ominous premonition in his heart. But he didn’t want to think deeply. Their family had just moved to Chang’an, and he had just met his biological father who had been away for nine years. Everything was going in a good direction, wasn’t it?

    Xiao Jingduo tried his best to convince himself all the way, but when he stood at the door of the side courtyard, his heart sank.

    “My mother lives here?” Xiao Jingduo looked back, staring at the lead girl with a bad look.

    The maid remembered Xue Lan’s order, she lowered her head quickly, and said shyly: “Madam is weak and needs to rest, Sister Xue Lan is afraid that the people coming and going in Hou’s house will disturb Madam’s recuperation, so she deliberately Put Madam in a quiet place.”

    Xiao Jingduo glanced at the maid quietly, and pushed in the door.

    The yard is full of rotten grass, and there are fences in the flower beds, but it has long been deserted. When Xiao Jingduo walked into the yard, he smelled a musty smell that had not been lived in for a long time.

    Compared with the Gao Shou Tang where the old lady lived, this place is rudimentary and sad, where is it like the place where the wife stays? Xiao Jingduo had a nameless fire in his heart, and quickly ran towards the house.

    Zhao Xiulan was reclining on the table, covering her mouth and coughing, when she heard the sound of the door being pushed, she slowly lifted it up. When her eyes touched the visitor, Zhao Xiulan’s eyes suddenly lit up: “Duoer!”

    “Mother.” Xiao Jingduo walked to his mother and squatted down, not knowing what to say for a long time.

    The maid who brought him over was still urging at the door: “Darlang-Jun, you should go back. Tomorrow, the Marquis will test your knowledge, so you have to go back early to prepare.”

    “Have you seen your father?” Zhao Xiulan smiled, “He is willing to test your knowledge in person, so it can be seen that he is satisfied with you. Go back quickly, rest early today, keep your spirits up, tomorrow Don’t make your father angry.”

    “Mother!” Xiao Jingduo raised her voice suddenly, and Zhao Xiulan looked at him suspiciously, not understanding why her son was suddenly angry.

    “What’s wrong?” Zhao Xiulan asked gently. She knew that big families were very particular about their sons who could not live with their mothers. They were afraid that if they grew up with their daughters, their masculinity would be wiped out. Therefore, Zhao Xiulan felt that Xiao Jingduo’s other courtyards were very normal.

    Xiao Jingduo felt helpless, his mother was soft-tempered and her mind was slow, and she still hadn’t seen that Xue Lan and her grandmother were harboring evil intentions, so Xiao Jingduo was even more worried about letting her mother live here alone .

    So Xiao Jingduo turned his head and said in a very casual tone: “My mother is sick, and I can’t be away from others. I live here with my mother, you go back first.”

    The little maid was stunned for a moment, and then she understood what Xiao Jingduo was saying. She opened her mouth in disbelief: “Lang Jun, but Marquis…”

    “I’ll talk to my father. If you go back and report to Xue Lan, just say I’ve made up my mind, don’t persuade me again.”

    The little girl bit her lip in embarrassment and stood at the door without moving. Xiao Jingduo raised his eyebrows and said, “Aren’t you going yet?”

    The maid who led the way left, and Qiu Ju, the maid who was assigned to serve Zhao Xiulan, dared to enter. She first bowed to Xiao Jingduo and bowed her head to say hello: “Slave Qiuju, I have seen Dalang Jun.”

    A little girl in a green narrow-sleeved shirt stood by the door.

    “En.” Xiao Jingduo nodded, stood up and said while walking, “You are the maid who came to take care of my mother? “

    “Langjun can’t do it, how can I let you do it…”

    After Xiao Jingduo made an assertion, the old lady sent several groups of people to persuade him, but he sent them away. Then the next day, Xiao Ying, who originally said that he was going to test his knowledge, didn’t show up either.

    Xiao Jingduo is not surprised by this, disobeying his father will naturally cost him. Although he wanted to get close to his father, his mother’s crisis had not been resolved, so he naturally wanted to stay here to protect his mother.

    It’s funny, Xiao Jingduo is only nine years old, obviously Zhao Xiulan, a mother, should protect her son, but in their family it is the other way around. Zhao Xiulan has been living in a daze for so many years, and she has never figured out what happened to the station.

    Xiao Jingduo asked Qiu Ju, only to know that this desolate and remote yard is called Qing Zeyuan. This courtyard, like its name, is desolate.

    Although there is only one servant, Qiu Ju, in Qingze Courtyard, but Qiu Ju doesn’t talk much and does things swiftly, so Xiao Jingduo can endure these small flaws that are not very smart.

    Xiao Jingduo secretly guessed more than once that Qiu Ju may have offended people without knowing it, and this is why she was pushed to her mother’s side.

    Xiao Jingduo instructed Qiu Ju Haosheng to take care of her mother, then she went out and thought of buying medicine for her mother on the street.

    However, Xiao Jingduo was not familiar with the structure of the new home. He walked around for a long time, but couldn’t find the side door leading to the outside of the mansion.

    When passing through the corridor, Xiao Jingduo saw several servants carrying things into the mansion. How to go out.

    Xiao Jingduo hurriedly ran down the corridor, wanting to chase these people. Before he could get close, he heard one of them say: “Master Hou has a wedding event, but he is too busy for us servants. I heard that the new lady is a daughter of an aristocratic family. You said that when the lady passes by, she will give us these How much is the reward for the errands?”

    Father married? Xiao Jingduo was stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning.

    “How do I know this! But the Wu family is a big family for more than 100 years, and the Cui family of Qinghe is the backer. Even the royal family has to look at the face of the family, and the wife of the Wu family will be us. Mistress, the days to come will surely be comfortable.”

    “Master Hou really has a good relationship…” The servant was about to sigh about the good luck of Hou Dingyong when he heard a hurried and clear voice from behind. They turned their heads and saw a handsome man standing behind the rockery, staring at them motionlessly, and this beautiful little man was approaching them step by step: “You just said that Xiaoying, the Marquis of Dingyong, wants to get married. Are you married to a proper wife?”

    The two male servants laughed: “Of course, the daughter of the Wu family in Qinghe, can she still be a concubine?”

    “But he obviously has a main room!”

    “Does Marquis have a main room?” The servant glanced at his companion and scratched his head inexplicably, “I remember that Marquis was not married in these years, and there was only one concubine by his side.”

    The anger in Xiao Jingduo’s heart rushed directly to his forehead, he turned around heavily, and ran quickly towards the study.

    “Who is this little man, inexplicable…” The two servants were still murmuring in confusion.

      Xiao Ying frowned immediately and glanced at Zhuo Ying unhappily.

    Zhuo Ying immediately fell down and confessed her guilt: “Slave missed a moment, please forgive me!”

    Xiao Ying ignored her, but looked up at the door.

    Xiao Jingduo stood at the door, staring at this scene, he almost immediately understood the identity of this woman. Xiao Jingduo thought ironically in his heart, it turns out that this is the concubine in the concubine, so his mother can’t even get a concubine and can only disappear alive?

    The scene of being hit by her son, Xiao Ying was still slightly embarrassed, he waved and motioned Zhuo Ying to step back.

    Zhuo Ying didn’t dare to say anything, she stepped back on her knees, sat down, and left quickly. When she went out, she also closed the door of the study for Xiao Ying.

    Hearing the word “rules”, Xiao Jingduo just wanted to sneer: “My father abandoned his original wife and married another high-class woman, is this the rule?”

    “Presumptuous!” Xiao Ying slapped the table again, causing a lot of dust. “Who taught you to talk to your father like this? You’ve been so outlawed by the Zhao clan. If you don’t teach me, sooner or later, I will humiliate my name as Dingyong Hou Xiaoying!”

     “Yes, you are the hero of the founding of the country, you are the prince of the dynasty, and my mother, she is your wife!” Xiao Jingduo also raised his voice and complained loudly, “She After working hard for you for ten years, and raising me to such a big age, do you have the heart to bear her down like this?”

      After Wu’s entry, you and her should learn the rules of the family. Only the daughter of the famous Wu family is qualified to be the mistress of the Hou residence and your mother!”

    “Huh.” Xiao Jingduo sneered, he looked at the man in front of him, as if he could see him clearly, “Yes, dignified and brave, naturally only high-class women are worthy. You now Our identities are different from the past, and we, these disgraceful existences, naturally have to be obliterated.”

      How do you plan to settle your mother? Demote your wife as a concubine or simply poison her to death?”

    “Presumptuous!” Xiao Ying shouted angrily.

    Xiao Jingduo really sees who the father he is longing for is. He only has fame, power and power in his heart, and kinship and conscience are no longer in his consideration. After getting to know Xiao Ying Bo Liang’s true face, Xiao Jingduo also completely lost his natural admiration for his father, and simply drew a line with him: “I tell you clearly today, I am not capable of justice for my mother now, nor do I want to I don’t care who you marry, but you better know that no matter how much you force me, I won’t call other women mothers.”

    “Anyone, not!”

    Before crossing the threshold, he suddenly stopped, with an inexplicable smile, turned his face to Xiao Ying and asked, “Father, have you found the thief who poisoned your mother in the inn? ?”

      In the middle of the night, in the half-light and half-darkness, his delicate face showed a little strangeness. “But I don’t need to bother my father about this. No matter who the murderer is, I will never let him go. I will definitely bring this person to justice with my own hands.”