Chapter 18:

The family dinner in the second room of the Xiao family last night was not very pleasant.
The two rooms of the long room did not communicate with each other. The long room suffered a loss in the hands of Mrs. Xiao when the family was separated, saying that there was a gap.
Xiao Youning came with a calculated grievance. Everyone knew it well, and sat down in a pile, taking the embarrassment and out of place to the fullest.
What's more, the younger brother of the second room has quite a bit of resignation to Xiao Youning, not for her arrogance and domineering today, but in the past, she was favored by her father and brother to be so windy that Jingui was enough for them.
Now she is in despair, and after sitting down, she will have to be canthus poked a few words. Xiao Youning wasn't an easy mess. After a few words pierced back, the scene became cold. Who can eat well.
In this way, the feast at night dissipated early, and she was happy to rest early. After waking up to freshen up, she went out in the car.
The carriage slowly passed the block, and the shop selling breakfast on the street opened early, and the scent of steamed buns with soy sauce could be smelled across the curtain.
The two didn't use breakfast, Yuanguo got out of the car and bought a big bun wrapped in gravy. The master and servant sat in the car to fill up their stomachs.
"Girl, will Huo Qianhu meet us?"
Yuanguo bulged her cheeks and asked slurred questions.
Xiao Youning took a gentle meal, chewed slowly, and sipped a sip of water into the water bag before saying, "Try it, it should be a meeting."
I think of this person because of Chen Li.
Although Huo Qianhu was born in a soldier family, his father did not return after he was on the battlefield. In order to make a living, he followed his mother to farm since he was a child. It was half a farmer until he met her brother until he became an adult. Her brother asked his father to choose him to be the guardian. During a hunting, a bear was found to break into the place where the emperor was. He heard that he had blocked the ashes with half his life. The bear waved his palm.
Since then, his position in the Imperial Guard has been promoted, and after a few years, he has still reached the position of Thousand Households.
As long as the elder brother is at home, he will often come to the house to sit and drink together. She was born in Jiangmen, and there are not so many rules to restrain the girl's house. She has seen Huo Qianhu several times, and once he stole his brother's drink and was caught by him.
The guard is also a member of the imperial front, he should know some news.
As instructed, the coachman drove them across the east and west of the city.
The most respectable families in the capital live in the east. Because the Huo family is not very rich, the money can only buy a small courtyard in the west.
The carriage entered an alley and stopped in front of the gate where the lanterns with the word "Huo" hung.
Xiao Youning lifted the curtain and peeked out. The painted door was closed tightly, and there was no sound inside.
"Girl, I'll knock on the door."
Yuan Guo said he wanted to get off.
Xiao Youning followed, and he squeezed the copper ring held by the beast's mouth in front of the door and clicked.
She is here to ask someone to show her rules and pretensions.
After a few sounds, there was a movement behind the door. It was the voice of a middle-aged man, shouting something like someone.
The door squeaked open, and people who came to see them were two young girls, they were taken aback for a while, lest they had to look carefully.
"Please, what are the two girls..."
The visitor had looked at Xiao Youning and was amazed by her exquisite face. When she asked, she stumbled and stumbled.
He is an old man in this house. The first time he saw a girl find him, he was surprised with the first time in Jing Yan.
"My surname is Xiao, a girl from the Hou family in Ningyuan."
Xiao Youning smiled mildly, not thinking that the other side's straightforward look was offensive.
The middle-aged man murmured and learned: "Ning Yuanhou...you are Miss Xiao!" He realized which one it was, and quickly stepped aside to clear the way, "Please come in quickly! Our adults have ordered you to leave him alone. I will keep you here."
He became very enthusiastic, but Xiao Youning was startled. After a while, he raised his foot and crossed the threshold, and asked: "Then your adult is here today?"
"My lord worked as a errand last night, I guess it will be worth it after a while. You can sit in the house and our old lady is at home."
The man smiled and asked her to walk across the veranda.
This is a small house with two entrances. The veranda connects the hall and the backyard, but she was not taken to the back house, but was invited directly into the hall.
When the tea was served, the middle-aged man dropped a sentence and sent someone to deliver a letter at the gate of the palace, and hurried away.
After Xiao Youning's beating father and brother had an accident, she saw that no one had gone so smoothly. Now she was invited to sit in the hall well. She didn't know whether she should be moved or touched. She held the tea bowl with red plums and didn't look up for a long time.
Huo Mingwu didn't let her wait too long, and rushed home as soon as he received the news. As soon as I walked outside the hall, I saw a little girl in a red dress holding tea, her head drooping as if she was in a trance.
She is still bright, but you can take a closer look, this bright is darkened by the impermanence of the world, and that dark color settles in her no longer bright eyes.
"Sister Xiao." Huo Mingwu shouted while standing under the corridor.
Xiao Youning raised her head, her faint eyes finally squeezed in with a smile, the corners of her eyes bend, and she hurriedly stood up to see him: "Brother Huo."
Seeing the smile on her face, Huo Mingwu felt unspeakably relaxed in his heart, grinning, showing white teeth.
The two of them were fairly familiar. Huo Mingwu understood what she had come for, and did not say any greetings, so he sat down and asked her about her recent situation first. He had visited before and heard that she had left Beijing and was working as a errand in the palace yesterday, without knowing that she was back.
After Xiao Youning briefly talked about the cause and effect, Huo Mingwu wanted to slap the table and scold the Li family and the Xiao family's second room, but there was a voice in his heart telling him that he did not have this position, and forcibly held her in anger of being bullied
humiliated.
"These days, the sage is in a good mood. Datong is a good news. The cabinet and some of the officials who want to convict the sage are all suppressed. Apart from this, there will be no other news. After all, I have not been staying in the front. ..."
Huo Mingwu eased his anger, and rebuked himself to tell everything he knew.
Xiao Youning was prepared in her heart. Although she had to be a little bit disappointed, she was still grateful and said, "Thank you, Brother Huo, for remembering my father and brother. I know Brother Huo’s difficulties, and Youning is grateful. Actually, I’m here today to find out that the news is true. But I can't cause Brother Huo to be suspected by the Supreme. I want to ask if there is any other way to deal with the people of the Imperial Front."
It is not a good thing that military attaches are involved too deeply. She can't ruin others' official careers, and Huo Mingwu will be implicated because of the Xiao family.
She only needs to know the staff of Yuqian, and then think of a way to get on the line immediately, without Huo Mingwu coming out.
She just needs a list.
Huo Mingwu understood what she meant, and said anxiously: "Sister Xiao, Huo Mouyou is the leader of the world today, you..."
"Brother Huo, listen to me." Seeing that he was anxious, Xiao Youning waved his hand and explained, "Now I have no help, you are the only one who gives charcoal in the snow. If you are implicated because of too much inquiries about my father and brother, then I really People who can no longer ask for help."
The girl was sincere, Huo Mingwu gritted her teeth, and it took a long time before he nodded hard and promised not to interfere too much. Then he drew up a list of people who served in the imperial front, and officials who were often in the imperial front.
"In fact, officials may not be able to catch up with the conversation, it is better to look for the waiter and the female officer, you write down these names. From today on, I will help you to keep an eye on who will go out of the palace to do business, then let you know, maybe you can try ."
The palace is closer than the official, Xiao Youning thanked him, folded the list, and said goodbye when he received it.
Huo Mingwu stayed with her: "Sister Xiao stayed here for lunch..." Then she felt wrong again.
He hasn't said kiss so far. Why didn't he say kiss? He knew in his heart. Originally, this invitation made him feel guilty, lonely, and leave something for him. Fortunately, his mind will turn around quickly, and he hurriedly remedies: "My mother wanted to see you a long time ago."
But when the words came out, it seemed even more wrong.
Xiao Youning blinked, realizing something, facing the other party and suddenly revealing what was in her heart, she didn't know how to answer the conversation.
An unmarried man said that his mother wanted to see her.
Huo Mingwu felt that he was stupid and wanted to bite his tongue.
Fortunately, Xiao Youning was still calm, and she smiled for a moment and said: "I have come with empty hands today, and I have made an appointment to rush over. I have never had a chance to meet the old lady before. It is really rude to see the old lady like this, and wait for the next time. I prepare a gift and come to visit the elders."
Seeing the elders could not be more tactful, without embarrassing stiffness, Huo Mingwu knew that he was reckless, and his ears nodded warmly. Because of a mistake, when Huo Mingwu sent her away, her limbs were stiff, even her laughter was stiff.
"Girl, what Huo Qianhu meant just now!"
As soon as she boarded the carriage, Yuanguo's eyes widened and she looked surprised and delighted.
No matter how calm, Xiao Youning was a girl, she felt a little embarrassed when she asked, she stretched out her hand and hit her arm and said, "Don't yell!"
No matter what Huo Mingwu meant, she couldn't respond to this level, and she wouldn't be troublesome until the situation was unknown.
Thinking of this, Xiao Youning regretted coming to Huo's house. If she had known earlier... she would definitely not come, now it would be embarrassing to think back to just now.
But she already owed Huo Mingwu love. Thinking of this, a piece of paper fluttered in her sleeve, which suddenly became heavy, which made her feel pressure inexplicably and a little headache.
Xiao Youning came to Qingfeng Temple in silence all the way.
She knocked on the door of Qingfeng Temple. It was the previous Taoist aunt. The Taoist aunt was a little surprised when she saw her and wanted to invite her in.
She asked, "Is the Taoist Wu Ye growing in it?"
It took a moment for Tao Aunt to understand who the Taoist Master Wu Ye was in her mouth, and shook her head: "Not there."
"Looking at the subject, I'm not good to go in and bother, I'll just wait for him outside, bother you."
Xiao Youning responded with a smile, the Taoist aunt hesitated, glanced at the small wooden sign she hung on her waist, and closed the door.
If she wants to go in, she can go in at any time.
Xiao Youning spread the veil in front of the steps, and took Yuanguo to sit down and waited for Ye Shen.
In the end, I waited until the sun reached the middle of the sky and no one came. During that time, the Taoist aunt came to send water back and asked her if she wanted to go in and wait.
"No, I'm afraid the Daoist didn't see me, thinking I was a gaffe." She thanked her with a sweet smile, holding the wooden bowl and drinking water.
After a while, Yuanguo grumbled in her belly, and said with a frown on her belly, "Girl, let's hide from us again. Or let's go back. Last time, he avoided us all the way. He probably doesn't care about us anymore." ."
The enlightenment was cold and deserted, and it was really difficult to get along with, although he was very grateful that he saved their girls twice.
Xiao Youning insisted: "He may be here in a while." She still has something to ask him, and she has promised to come here, so she can't break her promise.
The two masters and servants just supported each other back to back and continued to wait, Yuanguo's belly kept rumbling and drumming, Xiao Youning was sleepy while waiting.
There is a big tree in front of the gate, green and lush, casting a cool shadow. Xiao Youning sat here, and did not feel hot in the midsummer afternoon. The wind blew and brought a bit of coolness, urging people to fall asleep.
When Ye Shen stepped up to the Qingfengguan gate, he saw the master and servant sleeping on each other.
Because of something in the palace, he was busy until not long ago until he was free. He came out of the imprisonment and rushed towards Qingfengguan after bathing.
He thought she should leave without waiting for someone, and didn't want her to be there.
Ye Shen's mood at this time was unspeakably complicated.
The decision to rush over for myself is for Xiao Youning who is still here.
But in these complicated emotions, it seemed that something else was mixed. When I saw her, it was like a sprouting seed, and I felt it without warning.
He looked down at the girl who was sleeping unconscious, and was about to savour the extra emotions in his heart, but was interrupted by a loud sound.
The sound came from Xiao Youning's belly, which shocked her to wake up from her dream, and her palms directly covered her belly. He should have just opened his eyes, not quite sober, and muttered, "Yuanguo, I'm hungry..."
When the words fell, there was another sound.
Ye Shen couldn't bear to be stern after being astonished, and the corners of his mouth raised. He pressed a fist to his lips, stopped the laughter he wanted to make between his lips, and coughed in a low voice.
"Miss Xiao."
Xiao Youning was confused, and was poking Yuanguo behind her with her elbow. Hearing this sound, she suddenly frightened, and the whole person was awakened in the spirit.
"Enlightenment, enlightenment... Daoist!"
She finally found out who she was standing in front of, stood up in a panic, and wiped the corners of her mouth with her hand. I don't know what she was wiping.
Ye Shen couldn't stop her movements, and the corners of her mouth raised again. Yuan Guo screamed at this moment, keeping his deserted look in front of others.
Yuanguo got up because of Xiao Youning, lost support and knocked his head.
"Why you maid is still so stupid." Jianyin standing behind Ye Shen said disgustedly.
Yuanguo stood up and glared at him.
Xiao Youning's attention was focused on Ye Shen, unaware that Yuanguo was about to fight with others, and smiled at the young man with a very weak expression between his eyebrows: "Dao Master, thank you for helping me make a confession!"
The corners of the girl's eyebrows and eyes were filled with joy, and the bright eyes slammed into Ye Shen's eyes, as if it were a holding spell.
He was seldom lost in her determined tone.
How did she know that he was helping.