Xiao Xi shivered and shivered: "I don't know, she pushed me, and then she fell down... I don't know... Wuwuwu!"
The hidden scholar lowered his head and looked at the little man, approval flashing in his slender eyes.
A proper show of weakness is more sympathetic than an excuse, not to mention that such a cute little kid, as pitiful as a kitten in the water, instantly aroused everyone's indignation.
"It's too much. It was your lady who pushed the child into the water and yet she was so vicious."
"How can a girl be so cruel?"
Yin Shusheng picked up the wet little man and said coldly: "Aggressively interrogating a child of several years old will not let your master get away with it."
After that, he turned around and took Xiao Xi away from the place of right and wrong.
Aunt Qin's face turned completely cold and she said sternly: "Come here, put everyone in the Zhou family into the dungeon, and then take Miss Zhou out and confine her to her other courtyard. Everything will be decided by the Queen Mother!"
Everyone in the Zhou family suddenly turned pale, panicked and regretted their previous action of forcibly stepping forward to defend their master.
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"What, are you angry?" Scholar Yin walked towards Ming Lanruo's residence with the little man in his arms.
"Ha Qiu!" Xiao Xi sneezed loudly and glanced at him with a mutter: "Thank you just now, your clothes are all wet."
This teacher doesn't seem as annoying as before.
The hidden scholar chuckled: "You're welcome, now, can you tell me your name?"
After all, he is a child and is easy to coax.
Xiao Xi looked at him innocently and puzzled: "My name is Xiao Xi, everyone calls me Xiao Xi, don't you know?"
Hidden scholar: "..."
Forget it, this brat has a mouth like a clam shell, he'd better start with Ming Lanruo.
Ming Lanruo had just finished treating Shangguan Hongye when she heard the news that her child had fallen into the water.
She picked up the medicine box and ran back as fast as she could.
When she rushed into the other courtyard, the maids sent by the Queen Mother had already washed Xiao Xi again and were feeding him milk cake and paste.
Ming Lanruo threw away the medicine box, stepped forward and picked up the little man, hugging him tightly.
Her body was shaking slightly and her eyes were red: "Baby, how are you!"
The little man obediently patted Ming Lanruo's shoulder with his little hands, comforting his mother: "Xiao Xi is fine, Xiao Xi is fine, she just accidentally fell into the water, mother is not afraid, not afraid!"
Ming Lanruo buried her face in his small body, took a deep breath of his familiar milky smell, and then her heart that was beating wildly fell.
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay..."
"Mom, I'm so sleepy and want to sleep, can you stay with me?" Xiao Xi asked softly, rubbing her face against her neck like a kitten.
Ming Lanruo looked at the sky and realized that it was almost midnight. She simply hugged her little baby and went back to the bedroom. She said softly: "Okay, mother will sing Moonlight to you and accompany you."
Looking at the woman who didn't notice him at all, the hidden scholar's slender eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure and cold light.
He pondered for a moment, then turned around and left.
Ming Lanruo accompanied Xiao Xi in the room and fell asleep tiredly.
After experiencing these thrilling days, Ming Lanruo took Xiao Xi to sleep, and did not wake up until the sun set in the afternoon of the next day.
Jing He had already rushed back and came to help her wash up: "Miss, you are finally awake. Several waves of people have come to visit you and the young master."
Ming Lanru asked calmly while combing her hair in the mirror: "After the Queen Mother, who else is there?"
Jing He said: "There are several other noble ladies. They have been waiting outside for two hours."
Ming Lanruo was stunned and frowned: "What's wrong with them?"
Since her bad reputation, the noble ladies of the same age in the capital have already cut off contact with her, not to mention that she was regarded as an unlucky person after marrying a dead person.
The younger generation of girls naturally follow the teachings of their families, and they all look like Zhou Changle. Why are they here?
"They said they came to visit the young master. I wonder if they came to plead for Zhou Changle?" Jing He was also a little confused. Although she was straightforward, she had stayed in the Duke's Mansion for all these years.
Of course I know the virtues of these noble ladies.
Ming Lanruo said coldly: "No, these despicable villains who talk sweetly but have swords behind their backs!"
When she thinks of Zhou Changle, she wants to kill him and see what his disgusting followers are doing!
The little man sitting in Ming Lanruo's arms suddenly pulled Ming Lanruo's sleeve: "Mom, don't worry, those sisters are actually not bad people, unlike that Zhou Changle."
Ming Lanruo was stunned and looked down at the little boy in her arms.
Xiao Xi acted coquettishly at her: "Mom, why don't we meet you."
Ming Lanruo could only tap his little nose: "Okay, mother, let's see what you are doing."
Ming Lanruo took Jing He to meet several visiting ladies in the front hall.
The girl at the head was Xu Xiuyi, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Dali Temple, and there were also several officials of third rank or above or girls from noble families, whose status was not low.
They led the maids over with many delicious and fun things, and even prepared exquisite jewelry and other items for Ming Lanruo.
Ming Lanruo grew up in the Duke's Mansion and was also the legitimate daughter of a noble family. It was obvious at a glance that their gifts were thoughtful.
"Greetings to Princess Mourning." Xu Xiuyi and several girls saluted her respectfully.
Ming Lanruo was a little puzzled, but she still said calmly: "Girls are so polite, let's do it."
After Xu Xiuyi and the other girls bowed, they were a little reserved and embarrassed. After all, they were among the girls who were punished by Nine Thousand Years Old.
However, Xiao Xi took the initiative and came out and took Xu Xiuyi's hand: "Aunt Xiuyi, you are here. Xiao Xi is okay."
The way the little baby made a milky sound and smiled inexplicably touched the hearts of several girls.
They stepped forward one after another to check on his condition and asked all kinds of questions——
"Baby Xiaoxi, are you really okay?
"Really, we were scared when we heard you fell into the water yesterday."
"Zhou Changle is really cruel, I don't know how the Zhou family taught her!"
Ming Lanruo looked a little stunned. How come, in just two or three days, all these little girls became Xiao Xi's "aunts"?
Xu Xiuyi touched Xiao Xi's still a little pale face, turned to look at Ming Lanruo, and said seriously: "Don't worry, Madam, when I get back I will ask my father to take part in the crime of General Zhou not being strict with his daughter!"
Mo Feiyan, the second daughter of Zuodu Yushi, was filled with indignation: "This is my father's responsibility. Naturally, let my father do it. Xiuyi, you just lead others to publicize who Zhou Changle is, and see how she can still take it."
This Princess Qin!"
The other girls nodded one after another and talked openly about how to deal with Zhou Changle's matter.
Ming Lanruo was completely confused, and then she looked at Xiao Xi.
The little guy proudly puffed out his chest toward her and expressed with lip language——
Look, baby, I have incited many "aunts" to rebel by relying on my cuteness. From now on, my mother will not be so weak in the capital circles, and there will be people to help her even if she is marginalized.
Ming Lanruo couldn't help laughing, and quietly gave him a thumbs up - You are awesome!
After seeing off Xiao Xi's "aunts", it was time for dinner.
After Ming Lanruo finished feeding Xiao Xi, Aunt Tan took him to the Queen Mother, who was still very worried about him.
She was relieved to let Jinghe follow Xiaoxi.
Afterwards, Ming Lanruo thought about it and simply went to a hot spring pool to bathe in advance. The hot spring maids respectfully took her clothes.
She changed into a thin hot spring bathrobe and was about to put the hairpin and earrings she took off into the cabinet when a slender, cool hand suddenly held her wrist.
"What are you going to do when you take a shower at this time?" A cold and faint voice suddenly sounded in her ears.
Ming Lanruo froze, and instinctively wanted to turn around: "Master Qiansui..."
How could Cang Qiao appear here again?
But the next moment, the man's slender arms wrapped around her slender waist, preventing her from turning around.
He lowered his head and gently smelled the warm fragrance emanating from the delicate skin next to her ears: "What's wrong, you don't want to see me, huh?"
The delicate and gorgeous long tassels on the edge of his black gauze gold hat fell down, along her sensitive collarbone, and fell into her belly pocket, almost torturing the skin inside.
The man's strong, gloomy and aggressive aura enveloped her, almost making her spine weak.
Ming Lanruo trembled, raised her hand to hold her chest, and said calmly: "Of course not, Lanruo has never been on guard against you, but why did you come to this point?"
Cang Qiao's handsome and sinister face flashed with sarcasm. He laughed wantonly, pressed her hard against the cabinet, and bit her delicate earlobe: "Ming Lanruo, you should be decent when you lie. It's not right for our family.
