The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 147 I've Had Enough With The Xiao Family
"Back to the young master, this slave doesn't know. The slave is only following the master's order."

Ignoring Xiao Zhongheng's anger, the butler just raised his head and glanced at him, and then he said his goodbyes and left without any respect in his eyes.

"Brother, what happened?"

The figure of the housekeeper had disappeared outside the door, Xiao Ruan looked back and saw Xiao Zhongheng's face was angry, and suddenly felt worried.

"It's my father, he actually forbids me to host a banquet for the officials who came to congratulate me!"

Xiao Zhongheng held back the anger in his heart, turned his head and said to Xiao Ruan: "You wait for me here first, I will come back as soon as I go."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xiao Ruan to respond, Xiao Zhongheng strode towards Xiao Hong's yard.

"Father, all the officials in the DPRK and China are promoted, and they all hold a banquet to entertain them. Why doesn't the father want his son to hold a banquet to thank him?"

When Xiao Zhongheng saw Xiao Hong, seeing that he was staying with Gu Shi, he couldn't help but feel very angry.

"Yo, what's wrong with the eldest young master? You just got promoted, and now you talk to your father like this. If you don't know, you think your father treats you harshly?"

Before Xiao Hong could speak, Mrs. Gu dragged her voice, rolled her eyelids up and down, and uttered accusations.

Xu Shi's "harsh treatment" stimulated Xiao Hong this time, he immediately put on a straight face, and looked at Xiao Zhongheng with a cold face.

"You have just been promoted to the fifth rank, and you are so proud and complacent. If the emperor knows, I think your official uniform of the fifth rank will be removed before it is warmed up."

As the two sang together, Xiao Zhongheng became even more angry on his face, glaring fiercely at Gu Shi beside him, Xiao Zhongheng suppressed his anger again.

"My son doesn't dare to be rude to his father, but the housekeeper clearly told me that it was you who said that the government had no money to hold a banquet. I wonder if father really meant that?"

In fact, Xiao Hong didn't want Xiao Zhongheng to hold a banquet.

Xiao Zhongheng was actually promoted to a fifth-rank official at a young age, which really gave him face, and this entertainment and treat was just as it should be.

but……

"Eldest young master, why won't the master let you treat me? There is just one thing that must be confirmed with you."

Before Xiao Hong could speak, Gu Shi suddenly stood up with a smile, walked up to him slowly, and spoke earnestly.

"Heng'er, your aunt watched you grow up, and I carefully selected and found you the marriage between you and Mei'er, now you say you want to reconcile and leave, wouldn't it make it difficult for your aunt? "

"My aunt finds it difficult to do, so don't worry about it, why bother to come in and get involved?"

Ever since it was discovered that Mrs. Pei poisoned him, Xiao Zhongheng already knew Mrs. Gu's sinister intentions. Now, when he heard what she said carefully, he only felt sick for a while, and his tone naturally couldn't be better.

The matter of poisoning was never made public, Gu thought that Xiao Zhongheng was still the same as before, and could be easily handled by him, but he was pushed back, and his face suddenly became a little uncomfortable.

"You think I'm trying to meddle in your affairs, but it's not your good sister who moved all the things in our house to the Lu family. Now the public doesn't have much money to help you marry another, so naturally there is no money to help you. You have invited guests to a banquet!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhongheng finally understood what Gu's plan was.

With a cold snort, Xiao Zhongheng immediately turned his gaze to Xiao Hong: "Is that what father means too? As long as I bring Mrs. Pei back, there will be a banquet, and if I don't, will there be no banquet?"

Xiao Hong was stared at by his son's cold eyes, and felt guilty for some reason, and suddenly saw the irony in the eyes of the other party looking at him, and he became angry from embarrassment.

"What do you think you are? Why is such a good girl not worthy of you? If you don't bring her back, don't expect us to pay for your banquet!"

The man's angry voice resounded in the room, and the disappointment in Xiao Zhongheng's eyes grew stronger: "If the father insists on forcing the son to make a decision, then I will tell you, I will never take Mrs. Pei back!"

Xiao Zhongheng has always had a gentle temper, and he has never lost his temper like today, this voice mixed with anger made both Xiao Hong and Gu Shi a little surprised.

Inexplicably, the room fell into an eerie silence.

"Oh, I said Heng'er, it's fine if you talk to me with disrespect. How can you talk to your father like that? The so-called family and everything prosper. If you don't listen to your family's advice, don't you want to tear down the whole family? Yet?"

"If my elder brother refused to listen to your advice and brought Mrs. Pei back, he would have demolished the house. Sister Ying would have humiliated her face and made her grandmother seriously ill. Wouldn't she have demolished the house long ago? In my opinion, What my brother is doing now is to revive the Xiao family."

Before Gu's voice fell, he suddenly heard a series of voices aimed at him, and suddenly turned his head, only to realize that at some point, Xiao Ruan actually walked in from the outside, and he also listened to what they just said.

Thinking that she had brought up her own daughter again, Gu's face darkened for the most part.

"You, a person who has been kicked out, have no right to come here to speak! If you are really capable, you can help get money out to help your brother hold a banquet. If you don't do anything, then don't interrupt here!"

"My brother's promotion is a great event. Naturally, I want to celebrate it for her. I don't need my aunt to remind me."

No matter what Xiao Ruanyu said, she didn't even look at Gu Shi and Xiao Hong, she stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Zhongheng's hand to leave.

"Stop! Do you think our Xiao family is a place where you can come and go whenever you want?"

Just as Xiao Ruan took a step forward, she suddenly heard Xiao Hong's angry roar from behind her, she turned around slowly, and snorted coldly at Xiao Hong behind her.

"To tell you the truth, I've really stayed in this place enough, even if you beg me in the future, I won't come!"

A flash of hatred flashed in Xiao Ruan's eyes, leaving behind those words, she dragged Xiao Zhongheng away in a hurry.

Back in Xiao Zhongheng's room, Xiao Ruan asked carefully about the content of their quarrel just now, and felt annoyed again.

"How did we meet such a father? Gu's words just now were all provocations. I think she clearly wants her brother to make a fool of herself! She said that there is no money in the public house. I saw that she was deliberately embarrassing her brother." !"

Originally Xiao Zhongheng was furious because of Gu's words, but now seeing Xiao Ruan's officers and men so angry, most of his anger dissipated for a while, so he hurried to comfort Xiao Ruan.

"Brother, don't worry, I will pay for the money for this banquet, just write a post and invite people to come!"

Xiao Ruan said so, rolled his eyes, and suddenly raised his head: "Since my brother wants to do it, we can't take advantage of Gu's and the others. Let's go directly to my grandfather's house to do it."

"This... I'm afraid this is a bit inappropriate."

Xiao Zhongheng was shocked by Xiao Ruan's words, and couldn't help hesitating.

He lived in the Xiao Mansion, if he went to hold a banquet at Mrs. Lu's house, it would definitely make people feel strange and inevitably cause rumors.

"Brother is confused!"

Xiao Ruan had made up her mind, seeing Xiao Zhongheng still hesitating, she couldn't help being annoyed.

"Ms. Gu and her father are going to marry Xiao Ying to Duke Huai. Couldn't my brother see something from it?"

Being reprimanded by Xiao Ruan, Xiao Zhongheng's face blushed slightly, and then he explained: "Of course I know the reason, father wants to take refuge in Huai Palace..."

"Then according to elder brother's current view, how sure is His Highness Duke Huai of the great treasure that will ascend in the future?"

Unexpectedly Xiao Ruan's words were so straightforward, Xiao Zhongheng changed his face and hurriedly asked someone to guard outside.

"My sister should be more careful with what she says. If these words are spread, she will be killed!"

Xiao Zhongheng wanted to warn again, but suddenly found that Xiao Ruan was not only not afraid, but also anxiously waiting for him to speak, and unconsciously remembered Taifu Lu's evaluation of him.

"There is more than conservative, but not enough vigor."

Xiao Zhongheng once asked Lu Taifu about teaching, but the other party gave him an eight-character evaluation.

Facing the firm eyes of Qin Jian waiting for his answer, Xiao Zhongheng suddenly seemed to have realized something, and felt that he really lacked a bit of vigor, and he couldn't even compare to Xiao Ruan, a woman.

With a wry smile in his heart, Xiao Zhongheng took a deep breath and spoke in a low voice.

"The crown prince does not have the support of his mother and concubine, and the empress's natal family is becoming more and more powerful. Now the court has the highest voice for Duke Huai, but in my opinion, the emperor's favorite is His Royal Highness the crown prince."

His heart moved, this was the first time Xiao Ruan heard his brother talk about state affairs.

Now that they have reached this point, Xiao Ruan simply continued to ask: "How did brother see it?"

Xiao Zhongheng raised his eyebrows: "This requires more observation. I have an intuition that the crown prince will be the one who finally gets the throne."

Hearing this, Xiao Ruan's heart was completely relieved: "Since my brother has confirmed the crown prince, it's hard to think that you are now promoted to a fifth-rank official, which is the object that Duke Huai and the crown prince are wooing. Do you think you are someone who supports the prince?"

This sentence was like a heavy hammer, which immediately woke up Xiao Zhongheng's drowsy head.

Just as Xiao Ruan said, since it was rumored that he might be promoted to a fifth-rank official yesterday, some people from Huaiwang Party have already started to win him over, but the crown prince didn't react at all.

The grandfather belonged to the crown prince, but his father belonged to Duke Huai. I'm afraid everyone would think that he and his father were closer and belonged to the authentic Huaiwang party when they saw this relationship.

No wonder some members of the princelings always make trouble for him, no wonder he often praises the prince, but he is not summoned by the prince.

The reason for all this is because the Xiao family already belonged to Duke Huai on the surface!

There was a flash of contemplation in his eyes, Xiao Zhongheng's gaze stayed on Xiao Ruan's face for a long time, he sighed in his heart, and the admiration on his face also changed a bit.

"Ruan Ruan, thank you for reminding me. I will listen to you this time and hold the banquet at my grandfather's house. I will also take this opportunity to let outsiders know that I, Xiao Zhongheng, have broken with Xiao Hong, and the person who supports me is not Duke Huai!"

"Brother is right!"

Xiao Ruan was originally worried that she would not be able to convince Xiao Zhongheng, but now seeing that he had completely figured it out, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, it is also time to break with the already dilapidated Xiao family.

(End of this chapter)