"Explain? I don't want to listen to your explanation! Now that you've grown up, you have more ideas, and your thoughts are deeper. You don't take an old woman's words to heart. You've become rich and successful, but you've lost your good character! You've become like this as an official. I'd rather you be a cook! "
Madam Ma threw the shoe at Pang Xiao and turned her face away, "I hate people like you the most in my life. If it was a few years ago, with my temper, I would have kicked you to death. You're stronger than others!"
Pang Xiao held one of Madam Ma's shoes. Seeing that his grandmother had finally stopped beating him, he secretly sighed in relief.
"Grandmother, please calm down. This time, Sister Yi and I deliberately put on a show."
"On purpose again?" Madam Ma was a little startled.
Pang Xiao nodded and said in a low voice, "Too many things have happened in the past two days. Your Majesty set a trap for me. It was Sister Yi who helped me think of a countermeasure that allowed me to safely get through the disaster. Not only did I not suffer any losses, but I also smoothly entered the Pavilion and became a scholar of the Hall of Heroes. In my heart, I respect and pity her. How could I abandon her? It's just that something happened in her family … "
Pang Xiao told them about the kidnapping of the Family Qin. The bandits used the Qin Huaiyuan couple as hostages and forced the Family Qin to send the Qin Yining to the Palace for the Consort Selection.
The Yao Clan and Yao Chenggu listened with heavy expressions. They had always been thoughtful and had vaguely guessed some clues.
"This is … Alas! What is this! "Madam Ma almost beat her chest and stamped her feet.
She was a good granddaughter-in-law. Not to mention her appearance and character, she was also liked by Pang Xiao. More importantly, she was smart and filial. She was really pleasing to the eye. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen!
"Sister Yi is a good child. She knows how to think for the family." After a moment of silence, Yao Shi touched Pang Xiao's shoulder and arm that had been beaten up and said, "Don't be too upset. That's something that can't be helped. Sister Yi has her own difficulties. You have to think about the big picture. Dafu, you should let go of what you should."
Although Pang Xiao knew that his mother had good intentions, hearing Yao Clan's words, his heart still felt suffocated.
"Mother, it won't end between us." Pang Xiao was very certain.
Yao Shi said in shock, "Don't be so stubborn. With Sister Yi's looks and character, as long as she participates in the election, she will definitely be chosen. If the Emperor likes her, don't tell me you plan to be angry for her? Do you want to die?
Yao Chenggu also thought of this, and he was no longer in the mood to smoke.
Madam Ma................................
"Mother!"
"Son's mother!"
Yao Chenggu and Yao Clan were both shocked and raised their voices at the same time.
Madam Ma looked at Pang Xiao, and then looked at the fox-like father and son. She sighed, "You two have a deep mind. You have a lot of worries and think a lot. But isn't it to live a carefree life? If I had been as calculative as you guys, would I have followed a poor boy like you, who had no ability and was so poor? "
Yao Chenggu touched his nose and muttered in a low voice, "Isn't it because you like to eat my cooking?"
Madam Ma slammed the table, making the cups and cups clatter, "If I live with a high-ranking official, how many delicacies can't I eat?"
Madam Ma grabbed Pang Xiao's collar and said, "Don't be like them. What can you do if you worry about this and that?"
She lifted Pang Xiao's collar and let him sit on the edge of the kang. Madam Ma said earnestly, "Do you think a person's life is very long? In fact, it will pass in the blink of an eye! Take advantage of the fact that you have the heart and strength to fight for what you like and do your best to do what you want to do! "
"You don't have to worry about me and your grandfather, and you don't have to worry about your mother either. Anyway, we are originally bumpkins. At worst, we can start all over again and go back to farming. It's easy to live however you want. But you have to remember that the best hunters know how to seize the opportunity. You can't use brute force, do you understand?"
Pang Xiao listened to Madam Ma's words and was really touched.
Pang Xiao might understand Madam Ma's logic with his brain. However, the smarter a person was, the more comprehensive his thinking was, and he would often be limited by unnecessary conditions. He was not as carefree and happy as Madam Ma.
Since he followed Li Qitian to fight for the world, he gradually learned to show a mask to others. In order to climb to the top step by step and to protect himself, Pang Xiao had to carefully think about everything he did. That was how he got his current status.
For a person like him who had always been self-disciplined and suppressed himself, what he lacked was Madam Ma's happiness.
Pang Xiao's eyes were bright, and he nodded hard. "Grandma, I understand what you mean. In fact, Sister Yi deliberately went out this time in order to solve the matter of the consort selection. "
"Oh?" Madam Ma asked, "She's a girl. What can she do?"
"It's not good for me to take the lead in this matter. Because of Your Majesty's relationship, I can only stay silent. So, Sister Yi has to be the one to take the lead. "
Pang Xiao sighed and shook his head. "In short, no matter what you hear tomorrow, don't worry. Sister Yi and I have a good relationship. Everything we do now is for the two of us to be together in the future."
Madam Ma nodded. When she thought that her granddaughter-in-law didn't need to be replaced, she felt much better.
Yao Chenggu and Yao Clan thought a lot at once. But looking at Pang Xiao's appearance, they didn't say anything.
However, both father and daughter felt that things wouldn't end so easily. If Qin Yining wanted to reject the consort selection openly and not serve His Majesty, he had to do something big.
And the development of the situation was just as they had expected.
The next afternoon, when Yao Clan was talking with Madam Ma, a little girl outside the door rushed in and said, "Madam Dowager, Madam Dowager, something bad happened!"
"What's wrong? Why are you so flustered? "Yao Clan frowned.
The little girl said anxiously, "The young lady of the Family Qin went to the yamen of Shuntian Prefecture to sue Wang Ye. Because of the serious matter and Wang Ye's noble status, Shuntian Prefecture didn't accept it. That Miss Qin actually went to the yamen to sue His Majesty!"
"What?" Madam Ma opened her mouth wide in shock.
Even if Pang Xiao had told her not to worry no matter what she heard yesterday, the matter was already in front of Your Majesty. How could it be a small matter?
"What's Yi Yining thinking? Our Dai Fu has just entered the cabinet and his situation has just improved a little. He can't wait to avoid trouble. Why did he go to cause trouble? "
Yao Clan was much calmer than Madam Ma. He held Madam Ma's hand and said, "Mother, don't worry."
Then he ordered the maidservant, "Find out where Old Master is and ask him to come back as soon as possible. Also, is Wang Ye in the mansion now? If he is, ask him to come. Go quickly. "
"Yes."
The maidservants also knew that the matter was serious and hurriedly went to find him.
Not long after, Yao Chenggu came back.
But Pang Xiao was not at home. He said that Your Majesty had just sent someone to the palace!
"Quickly ask Mr. Xu and Mr. Xie to come." Yao Clan was also anxious.
Yao Chenggu, on the other hand, smoked his cigarette calmly and said, "Calm down, all of you. Nothing will happen."
"You damned old man, you're still smoking at this time. You're choking me to death! " Madam Ma usually didn't like Yao Chenggu to smoke, but she had never restrained him. Today, she was really too anxious. In her agitation, she snatched the brass tobacco pipe and soaked the freshly lit tobacco in the tea bowl.
"Oh, you! Sigh! " Yao Chenggu couldn't save her in time. He stretched his neck and looked at his precious tobacco pipe that had been extinguished in the tea bowl. In the end, he didn't dare to reignite his passion.
"Tell me, what's going on? I'm confused. Yi Lass went to sue our Dai Fu. Last night, Dai Fu confidently said that Yi Lass was doing it for their future, but didn't she take the initiative to show her face to Your Majesty? "
Yao Chenggu said sullenly, "You can't even figure this out? Let me ask you, how did Yi Lass come to our house? "
"Isn't it because Dai Fu brought her back that day … No, to outsiders, it was said that Dai Fu snatched Yi Lass back."
"Then it's settled. Dafu snatched Lass Yi back. Although the two of them were innocent, it was hard to say what the people outside would say when they saw it. Yi Lass took advantage of this point. How can a girl in the consort selection have a stain? Wouldn't that be disloyal to Your Majesty? "
"Ah?" Madam Ma said in shock, "But, but in that case, Yi Lass's reputation …"
Yao Chenggu slowly took the tobacco pouch and pot out of the teacup, and gently wiped it with a cloth as if it was a treasure.
"Ever since she came to the Capital and was brought back by our Dai Fu, the so-called reputation has probably been ignored. Yi Lass went to complain to Your Majesty about our Dai Fu. In my opinion, it's a good thing. Not only can it straighten her reputation, but it can also let Your Majesty see with his own eyes that the Family Qin is not on good terms with our family. It can also give Your Majesty a handle on our Dai Fu so that he can be more at ease when using people. "
"Old Master is very right." Xu Weizhi and Xie Yue, who were led in by the Yao Clan's trusted maidservants, walked to the door and happened to hear Yao Chenggu's analysis. They said in admiration, "That's indeed the case."
The two of them came forward and bowed.
Yao Chenggu and Madam Ma didn't put on airs. They politely asked the servants to put tea and snacks on the chairs and politely asked the two of them to sit down.
Madam Ma sighed and said, "Gentlemen, please don't laugh at me. I'm also anxious about Wang Ye's safety. The affairs of the imperial court are complicated. As a woman, I don't know so much. I just want to ask you two gentlemen, is Wang Ye okay this time? "
Xu Weizhi stood up and bowed with his hands folded. He said, "Old Madam, whether this matter succeeds or not depends on Miss Qin's performance in front of Your Majesty. If she performs well, Wang Ye will not only be fine this time, but also make Your Majesty let down his guard. Although outsiders will see a joke, it will do no harm to Wang Ye. "
"Is that so?" Madam Ma couldn't help but worry about Qin Yining again. "That girl is still young. I don't know if she can keep her composure."
While the family gathered together and waited anxiously, Qin Yining had been personally led into the palace by the chief eunuch of Li Qitian, Li Guanwen.
This was the first time that Qin Yining had entered the Imperial Palace of Da Zhou. This palace was renovated based on the original palace of Beiji State. Under the simplicity and magnificence, it revealed the unique luxury and majesty of the royal family.
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