Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Not long after the little maid left with Lin Xiao's empty medicine bowl, a middle-aged woman wearing a dark gold embroidered cloud brocade dress slowly walked into the room with the support of several nuns.

She looks about 50 years old, with a slightly stout figure, ordinary appearance, and a bit of majesty between her eyebrows. She is Li Yuyan's only nanny, Mrs. Chang.

Lin Xiao didn't recognize her, but looking at her dress, he vaguely guessed that she should be half the mistress of the Ninth Prince's house, so he nodded to her symbolically.

This move made Chang very dissatisfied.

The mother and concubine of the Ninth Prince Li Yuyan died young. She worked hard to raise Li Yuyan in a cannibal palace and taught him good manners.

It can be said that without the Chang family, there would be no current Ninth Prince!

Chang's eyes instantly turned cold, and her eyes looking at Lin Xiao were filled with resentment.

"Are you Young Master Lin Xiaolin?" she suddenly asked.

"Exactly."

Lin Xiao frowned slightly, always feeling that something was not quite right about Mr. Chang, but he couldn't quite explain what was strange.

Chang's eyes looked at her as if there were swords hidden in them, which made her whole body uncomfortable.

"Is it you who used the bitter trick to drive a wedge between the prince and Li Qiye?"

Now, Lin Xiao finally understood and realized that this old woman was here to investigate for Mo Li.

"My parents are responsible for my body, hair, and skin. I can't bear to harm myself."

Lin Xiao frowned slightly and retorted calmly.

"Hmph! What an eloquent mouth!"

Mrs. Chang snorted coldly and stared at him sharply:
"You pull out so many tricks, do you want to be some kind of male princess?"

Chang sneered twice and asked Lin Xiao sharply.

Lin Xiao laughed angrily at Chang's unusual brain circuitry.

She has encountered a lot of things these days, and she has no time to deal with this unruly old woman who doesn't know what to call her!
"You are too lenient, aren't you? The prince is a noble man. Who he wants to marry is his business and has nothing to do with me. If you really care about the prince's happiness, it would be better to put yourself in a correct position."

"you!"

Chang was choked and speechless.

She was so angry that she pointed at Lin Xiao and yelled: "You bastard! You dare to contradict me! You are looking for death!"

The nanny next to Chang immediately scolded: "You are outrageous! Why are you talking to the madam? Apologize to the madam!"

Lin Xiao crossed his arms and looked at the people coldly.

Mrs. Chang sneered: "That's all! Since he doesn't want to apologize, just follow the rules of our house! Twenty canes!"

When grandma heard this, she immediately ordered someone to bring sticks.

This set of movements flowed smoothly, as if they had been practiced many times and were familiar.

Mrs. Chang stared at Lin Xiao with a ferocious expression.

She came here in person today just to make Lin Xiao understand the price of disobeying her.

Moreover, twenty strokes of the rod were enough to make this guy’s skin and flesh rip open and he would lie down for several months.

In addition, Lin Xiao already had burns on his body, so if he was hit with twenty sticks, he would definitely be close to death!

Thinking of this, the gloom on Chang's face dissipated a little, and there was a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth.

However, as soon as her smile appeared on her lips, Lin Xiao raised her foot and kicked over the wooden stick held by a nun.

boom!
The wooden stick hit the ground with a loud noise, causing everyone in the room to gasp.

Lin Xiao looked down at Mr. Chang with a sarcastic curve on his lips.

"Want to start a lynching? Don't even look at what this young master does!"

"you you!"

Chang didn't expect that Lin Xiao would suddenly resist, her cheeks turned red and purple, and she glared at him hatefully.

"You are so brave!"

"I'm not very courageous, I just don't want people to bully me." Lin Xiao shrugged, looking calm and calm.

"You" Chang was furious, then gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Very good!"

"Since you are so hard-core, I would like to see if you can still be hard-core by then!"

After saying that, Mrs. Chang turned around and left in a huff, leaving a room full of people who didn't dare to take a breath.

After they left, Lin Xiao's face darkened. It seemed that this palace was not easy to treat either!

In the evening, Li Yuyan came to visit Lin Xiao with a straight face. Seeing Lin Xiao sitting on the chair expressionlessly, Li Yuyan's eyes flickered.

He sat down slowly and dismissed the maids waiting around him.

"Is the medicine effective? Does the wound still hurt?" Li Yuyan looked at Lin Xiao for a moment, and finally couldn't help but speak first.

Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "Back to my lord, the medicine is very effective."

Li Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, then frowned again with an unhappy tone:

"Do we have to end up like this?"

Lin Xiao raised her eyes and glanced at him: "Why do you, Your Majesty, ask questions knowingly?"

Li Yuyan pursed her lips and said nothing.

Lin Xiao continued to ask: "At first, someone took out the letters between you and the imperial officials, proving that in order to firmly control the method of making salt in your own hands, you did not hesitate to kill Linjia Village. I didn't believe it, but now I see it with my own eyes. When you imprison Xiyue, what do you want me to think? What can I think?!"

The crux turns out to be here!
Li Yuyan's heart trembled.

He was indeed at fault in this matter!
But this is only a temporary measure. If Yu Xilin's savage army cannot be completely disintegrated, it will inevitably cause great chaos in the future, and the people will not be able to survive!
Li Yuyan sighed and consoled her with sincerity: "Axiao, I don't want to do that either, but... you know, Xiyue is the princess of the Turkic Kingdom. She has a special status. If we don't control her, we will The situation will be even more embarrassing. And there is Yu Xilin beside her."

Lin Xiao looked at him blankly.

She knew what Li Yuyan was referring to.

How could she not understand what Li Yuyan said? !

But she just can't do it!
The education in the new century made it impossible for her to sacrifice everything to achieve her goals like those ancient people did.

Li Yuyan sighed, patted her shoulder, and said sincerely:

"My original intention is for the future, so that if the Turkic country invades again, there will be a guarantee."

He's right, but...
She was still feeling extremely uncomfortable even though she had to compromise like this!

"I understand what the prince means, but... do you really not understand the torture Xiyue suffered in the secret room?"

Lin Xiao raised his eyes and looked at Li Yuyan, with a complicated light in his eyes.

"Why do you still call me Prince? Xiao, we don't have to be so different."

Li Yuyan frowned, stared at her seriously, and said firmly:
"Although you rejected His Majesty's offer of marriage, you have long been my wife in my heart."

A hint of warmth flashed through Lin Xiao's heart, but soon it became cold again.

She lowered her head and gently twitched the corners of her mouth:

"You haven't answered the question I just asked."

"I said I only learned about it recently, would you believe me?"

Li Yuyan's expression was very serious.

He really didn't lie. Although he put Xiyue under house arrest, he never treated her badly in terms of food and clothing.

"In that case, does it mean that Li Qiye made his own decision?"

Lin Xiao's eyes darkened, and she lowered her eyes to cover up the sadness and pain in her eyes.

Her heart ached when she thought of Xiyue being tortured day and night in that dark secret room.

Li Yuyan's brows furrowed.

He reached out to grab Lin Xiao's slender wrist, but Lin Xiao quickly avoided it.

Li Yuyan's movements froze.

"You don't want to believe me?"

"How does the prince want to punish Li Moli?"

Lin Xiao did not answer his question, but asked instead.

Li Yuyan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Of course I have my own arrangements for this matter, you don't need to worry about it."

When Lin Xiao heard this, he chuckled, narrowed his eyes, looked at him mockingly, and said word by word: "It seems that Miss Mo Li is really the thorn in the prince's side!"

Li Yuyan could clearly hear the jealousy in her words.

His heart moved slightly and he was about to speak.

Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door.

Li Yuyan frowned and shouted in a deep voice: "What's the matter?!"

"My lord, Miss Mo Li committed suicide by taking poison!"