Chapter 426: Not a bride, but a mother 24
Mu Qing was younger. When he was old enough to remember, the bachelor had been married to the Lord of Jian'an County for three years and had a daughter, so for that year He had no memory of what happened.
But Xiao Cen was not young at that time. In those two years, he was already a child soldier, carrying a sword that was taller than others and fighting the enemy on the battlefield.
Even though he was still young at that time, he already scorned the practice of bachelors divorcing their wives and marrying new ones, but it was just that it had nothing to do with him, so he was too lazy to get involved.
But now more than ten years have passed, old things are brought up again, and the memories that were gradually covered up in the past gradually become clear.
"That old guy, relying on his status as the county head, has been advancing in the officialdom. After tasting the benefits, he naturally appreciates people like He Xian more than others."
"It's a collusion. ”
Xiao Cen crumpled the piece of paper into a ball with a sullen face, the meaning of the light in his eyes was unclear.
Mu Qing, on the other hand, looked incomprehensible, "But the eldest girl from the Li family is his biological daughter! Can he just let his daughter marry such a man?"
“He is just such a daughter!”
The shock on Mu Qing's face made Xiao Cen smile, "Who told you that the man named Li only had one daughter?"
"He had a family before he married the head of Jian'an County. That poor man The woman gave birth to two sons and one daughter for him, but for so many years, the old guy could ignore the four of them. He was even afraid that his two sons would get revenge on him when they grew up, and his reputation would be ruined early. Destroyed. "
The words that came out of Xiao Cen's mouth made Mu Qing slowly close his mouth, and the expression on his face became a little ugly.
"My lord, how do you know these things...so clearly."
This time, Xiao Cen did not answer, but turned his head to meet Mu Qing's eyes.
The endless silence was deafening for a moment.
Mu Qing took half a step back, his ears filled with buzzing. It took him a long time to calm down, "So... it's me?"
"That surname is Li. Yes, it’s me..."
Mu Qing couldn’t say the next words because Xiao Cen had already nodded.
Mu Qing stood there, unable to move for a long time. He had not had a father since he was a child. His mother was in poor health. It was his eldest brother who raised him and his sister day by day.
But they were poor and young. One day when he was feeding his little sister, he heard people on the street running and saying that his elder brother had beaten someone to death.
He was still young at that time and had no idea what happened. He only knew that his eldest brother had become a murderer for no apparent reason. Soon after, he himself was expelled from the academy for stealing.
No one listened to his explanation, but he knew it himself!
He didn’t steal that person’s money at all!
For a long time afterwards, Mu Qing's memory became a little blurry. He only remembered that... it was difficult, really difficult.
His mother went around begging for help for his eldest brother's affairs, crying her eyes out all the time, and the rice tank at home was bottomed out. At a young age, he went to the dock to help people carry goods.
But he is too young, and with that meager income, there is no way that the three people in his family can survive.
Until he met Xiao Cen on the dock.
The prince was not yet a prince at that time, but a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old. However, he had become a confidant of the seventh prince in the court, and his archery skills were unparalleled in the world. At that time, the only way Mu Qing could think of was to beg the handsome young master. He knelt at Xiao Cen's feet and begged Xiao Cen to take his sister in and be a maid serving tea.
He doesn't want anything, as long as the noble man gives his sister a bite to eat!
It’s just that the prince did not accept his sister, but he accepted him, gave him a salary, took him with him, and taught him martial arts. Even his eldest brother was released from prison.
That day, the prince took several banknotes larger than a slap and gave them to the family of the deceased. Although the family did not pursue the case, the eldest brother also left a record of the crime and could not participate in it in the future. Imperial examination.
Mu Qing swallowed, "Does my brother know these things?"
"Yes." Xiao Cen glanced at the weeds in the corner, no one had ever cared about them Weeds, but these little things dare to pop out from the cracks as long as they can grab a bit of rain or sunshine. "I knew it ten years ago, but I was just afraid that you wouldn't be able to accept it, so I never let me tell you."< br>
Mu Qing laughed, extremely bitterly, "He knows? He knows that everything we suffered was caused by that person, and then he can still live peacefully without doing any evil or caring about anything!"
"Otherwise what should we do?" Xiao Cen raised his eyes and looked at Mu Qing, "A big-headed soldier holding a knife and attacking the imperial official?"
"Then what should you do? With Mu Lin, what will she do if she has neither parents nor a brother and sister-in-law?"
Mu Qing was speechless and did not respond for a long time.
But Xiao Cen let out a sigh of relief, "It's He Xian he's talking about, why did it involve you."
"Do you think the man surnamed Li really loves this daughter? Miss Li is favored because she crawled out of the belly of Jian'an County Lord! He will not love anyone like Grand Scholar Li. You can only love yourself."
As he spoke, Xiao Cen raised his hand and opened the door of the study, "By the way, before you do anything, think more about your relatives and me! I don’t care about anything!”
“Yes…”
Mu Qing took several deep breaths, and the accumulated sadness and anger were dispersed by his prince’s two words. Seven, seven, eight, eight.
But it’s as if this matter was just taken care of gently.
Regarding He Xian, Xiao Cen never mentioned it again, and Lin Chunhuan also wanted to forget it completely. For a whole month and a half, the two of them worked intensively to prepare for the selection of the crown prince's concubine.
A leisurely and leisurely princess.
Even Xiao Jinan is very calm. He has never jumped in front of Lin Chunhuan for such a long time. Sometimes when he bumps into her accidentally, the person will respectfully call her mother, which makes it hard to find anything wrong. Come.
Of course, Lin Chunhuan did not decide to let this person go because of this.
It's just that compared to Xiao Jin'an, she was more anxious to deal with Lin Chunuan. Moreover, the crown prince was about to choose his concubine. Such a good show was about to begin, and she had no time to be distracted.
This Dong Ling'er was teaching Lin Chunhuan how to read the tents on Zhuangzi, when Qiu Shuang came in holding the clothes.
"Princess, the palace has sent someone to deliver your auspicious clothes. Your Majesty will be here shortly. Please put it on quickly!"
In response to Qiu Shuang's urging, Lin Chunhuan just said He responded with a "hmm" twice, but actually didn't even raise his head, as if his eyes were all on the ledger.
Helping, Qiu Shuang could only cast her pleading eyes on Dong Ling'er.
"Alright, Princess." Dong Ling'er smiled and closed the account book, "It just so happens that there is an event held in the store today for the Crown Prince to choose his concubine. I have to go back and keep an eye on it. You go and dress up quickly."< br>