readytorunbook Chapter 160 The Emperor wants to take Xiao Jingxuan to the capital
Chapter 160 The Emperor wants to take Xiao Jingxuan to the capital
Seeing He Songlin and Xiao Jingxuan coming over, Ye Tang was stunned for a moment.
She had heard Xiao Jingxuan talk about He Songlin, and she also knew that He Songlin had been hiding in Wutong County to investigate Xiao Jingxuan years ago, but this person was not the emperor's supervisory official, so was he a secret guard?
How did you become Ming Wei?
"Greetings, Madam Crown Prince." Seeing that there was no one around, He Songlin bowed respectfully to Ye Tang.
Ye Tang said: "Don't be so polite, oh, get up."
She pulled Jamel Xiao aside and asked, "What's going on? Why did he follow you here? Didn't he return to Beijing?"
Not long after she received the reward a few years ago, He Songlin returned to Beijing. Why is he here again now?
Jamel Xiao whispered in her ear: “It was the Emperor’s uncle who sent him to pick me up.”
Ye Tang was stunned. Has the emperor completely figured out her husband's identity? Did he believe everything?
Xiao Jingxuan guessed what she was thinking: "I leaked the name of my master to the emperor uncle. My master was one of the people my mother trusted the most. The emperor uncle would not disbelieve it. He really wants to see me. I have been staying in Pingshan Palace. After I go back..."
Ye Tang asked: "Will you become the King of Pingshan?"
Xiao Jingxuan nodded: "This is what He Songlin conveyed. I told him that I had a lot of things to do at home and I had to finish them before going to the capital. He said he came here on orders. If I didn't go to the capital, he wouldn't go back either, so he came with me. The emperor uncle told him to listen to me."
Ye Tang raised his eyebrows: "The emperor hasn't even met you yet, does he trust you so much?"
Such an important person can be handed over to Jamel Xiao at will.
Xiao Jingxuan looked very proud: "I can't help it. Who told me that I am his little nephew? My uncle only sent He Songlin here. He was afraid that too many people would come and attract other people's attention. Before returning to the capital, he didn't want other people to know about my existence. My uncle planned to let me follow He Songlin back to the capital secretly."
"My dear, I'm going to the capital with you. Are you happy?"
"I didn't intend to abandon you." Ye Tang rolled his eyes at him and said, "The emperor made such an arrangement. I'm afraid he already knew about the situation in the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, right?"
After Ye Qianrou was captured, her grandfather told the emperor about her father, but he did not go into detail, only saying that he had found his son.
Xiao Jingxuan lowered his voice and said, "He Songlin wants to live in our house. I told him that he can live in our house, but he has to work, and there is no salary, only food and accommodation. He agreed. He is very easy to talk to."
While Ye Tang and the other man were whispering, He Songlin stood quietly by the side, looking left and right. He was full of interest in everything in the yard and didn't pay any attention to his conversation.
After a long while, Ye Tang finally came up to He Songlin and said, "Master He..."
He Songlin bowed and said, "Madam, just call me by my name. There is no master here."
Ye Tang smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Uncle He. Uncle He, my house isn't big, but there are a lot of people. You may need to squeeze in with others."
He Songlin's expression changed: "I'm not used to living in the same room with others. How about this, you let me live in the woodshed."
He often travels outside and is used to being alone. He doesn't like living with others, especially smelly guys.
Ye Tang finally arranged He Songlin to live with Hong Longfei. Hong Longfei's new house had already been habitable. Hong Longfei felt lonely living alone, so Ye Tang decided to find him a companion.
Xiao Jingxuan took He Songlin over to help him get familiar with the room.
Hong Longfei happened to be at home, and was a little puzzled to see Jamel Xiao bringing someone over. When he learned that this person was going to live in his house, he was very resistant.
"I hate outsiders, unless you become my disciple." Hong Longfei rubbed his hands and looked at Xiao Jingxuan expectantly, looking a little wretched.
Jamel Xiao folded his arms and looked at Hong Longfei with a smile: "My wife said you can choose not to accept him, but don't come to my house for free meals in the future."
Hong Longfei: "... You want to get rid of me even though we don't need people to work. You have no conscience. My life is so miserable!"
Jamel Xiao watched him quietly while he was crying.
Hong Longfei couldn't cry anymore, so he rubbed his eyes and said, "Your master's place is spacious, why did you have to cram someone in here, and a stranger at that."
Jamel Xiao: "My master's place is a clinic, it's very busy."
Hong Longfei blew his beard and glared: "What are you busy for? There hasn't been a single patient for three days. You are just afraid that your master will go crazy, so you can't help but use this outsider to test the medicine. Okay, okay, just accept him. It's just one person, right?"
Hong Longfei looked at He Songlin carefully and said, "You look quite strong. Are you good at martial arts?"
He Songlin said modestly: "Not bad."
Hong Longfei asked again: "Who are you to Jamel Xiao?"
He Songlin: "No comment."
"Where are you from?"
"No comment."
"What's your name?"
"You can call me Lao He."
"..."
Seeing that He Songlin said nothing and acted mysterious, Hong Longfei curled his lips in disdain: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Who wants to know who you are?"
I checked it myself. I'm not a gossiper in vain.
He Songlin didn't know who Hong Longfei was at first, but when he heard Xiao Jingxuan call him Old Man Hong, the surname Hong instantly reminded him of a very frivolous old naughty boy, known as Old Hong in the martial arts world. He was unparalleled in light Kung Fu and came and went without a trace.
At noon, Hong Longfei went to Xiao's house for lunch on time, and He Songlin also went.
Then He Songlin saw the chili he had missed for a long time.
The servants and Fang Jing's men did not come back for lunch, so someone delivered the food to them in the fields.
Ye Peng and Ye Ping'an were not at home, so there were fewer people eating at noon.
He Songlin swallowed hard as he looked at the chili pepper.
The last time he came to Wutong County, he was attracted by the delicious food here and couldn't forget it after returning to Beijing. This time he came to pick up Xiao Jingxuan, and he volunteered. After returning to Wutong County, he wanted to taste the peppers again, but there were no peppers for sale in the entire Wutong County, not even the Baiwei Fresh Food.
He was so scared that he thought chili peppers had become extinct, but he never expected to see chili peppers here today.
He Songlin felt so happy.
There were only three dishes at noon: tomato and egg soup, mapo tofu, and spicy potato chips.
He Songlin drank five bowls of rice in a row. Not to mention the three dishes, even the rice seemed sweet to him. The food in the prince's family was too good.
He Songlin ate very quietly, without saying a word, but his eyes were very bright and he ate very quickly.
After dinner, Xiao Jingxuan arranged a job for He Songlin and asked him to plow the fields.
Hong Longfei laughed and teased He Songlin: "Old He, you wouldn't sell yourself just for a few bites of food, would you?"
He Songlin shook his head: "No."
He paused and asked, "Does Young Master Xiao's family eat so well every day?"
It took Hong Longfei a long time to react. The Young Master Xiao he was talking about was Jamel Xiao: "No."
The light in He Songlin's eyes dimmed.
Hong Longfei smiled and said, "The dinner will be better and the festival will be more abundant."
He Songlin's eyes lit up again.
Hong Longfei laughed: "You said you didn't sell yourself for food, but you came here just for food."
He Songlin led the ox and carried the plow, following the servants of the Xiao family to the fields.
Hong Longfei went to chat with Liu An. The two old men were chatting about He Songlin's identity. While they were chatting, Liu An threw a new medicine into Hong Longfei's mouth.
"Try this new medicine and tell me how it works."
Hong Longfei: "...You old bastard, go to hell!!!"