Scheme of the Official Descendant

"I remember you once told me about the history of Yanbei Palace?" Ren Yaoqi asked back after hearing the words.

It was a few years ago, when they met one time, Xiao Jingxi mentioned to her the bad debt between the imperial court and Yanbei Palace.

Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi with a smile in his eyes.

"I don't know whether Yanbei Palace is a sinner for the court, but for ordinary people, the significance of Yanbei Palace's existence has been proved as early as in the war decades ago. Yanbei Palace is not for It’s not a question of retreat, but a question of whether you can retreat.”

The imperial court and the people in the south of the Yangtze River have never experienced it, and perhaps they will never be able to imagine what kind of purgatory it would be to open their homes and let the Liao people's cavalry trample on them, but the people in Yanbei remember it clearly, even after decades. It is precisely because of this painful memory that the people of Yanbei only know that there is the Yanbei Palace, but not that there is an imperial court. The reputation of the Xiao family in Yanbei is far beyond that of the Li family.

The people in Yanbei knew that if the disaster of the Liao people entering the pass happened again decades ago, they would still be abandoned by the court, and only the Yanbei Palace could protect their lives and wealth. The thoughts of the people are very simple, they don't care who is the master of the house, they only care about who can keep them safe and warm.

"Then are you afraid or not?" Xiao Jingxi asked slowly in his characteristic gentle and hoarse voice, still looking at Ren Yaoqi after hearing the words.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but looked at Xiao Jingxi helplessly, wondering if it was her illusion, she felt that the Second Young Master Xiao today was particularly "unreasonable"!

After all, Ren Yaoqi is still inexperienced. If her sister Ren Yaohua was present, she might be able to see that the heinous behavior of the Second Young Master Xiao today is seven or eight points like when Lei Paner acted like a baby, but the Second Young Master Xiao Due to his personality, he is very reserved.

Although Ren Yaoqi didn't understand, she was still an intelligent woman, so she replied: "You are not afraid, so naturally I am not."

Just such a sentence made the Second Young Master Xiao very happy. Because he was in a happy mood, when the two of them talked next, Second Young Master Xiao became much more normal.

Ren Yaoqi agreed to Zhu Ruomei's request to advance the wedding date, as long as Sydney is willing, she naturally has nothing to say.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ren Yaoqi got up to leave.

By this time, Ren Yaoqi hadn't realized why it was supposed to be her angry Xiao Jingxi and Yan Ningshuang's private meeting today, but in the end it was her comforting Xiao Jingxi instead.

The two stood up together, and when their eyes met, a silent tacit understanding circulated between them.

"Yoyao..." Xiao Jingxi suddenly called out in a low voice.

Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi, her face flushed slightly. This was the first time Xiao Jingxi called her small characters, Xiao Jingxi's voice was gentle and tender, and it seemed to have a special meaning in Ren Yaoqi's ears.

"Yeah." She lowered her head and answered vaguely.

Xiao Jingxi curled the corner of his mouth, took a step forward and took Ren Yaoqi's hand, and sent her out. This time, Xiao Jingxi didn't say anything until Ren Yaoqi left the teahouse, but Ren Yaoqi could feel the warm touch of Xiao Jingxi in his palm until he got into the carriage.

After Ren Yaoqi left the teahouse, Xiao Jingxi was not in a hurry to leave. After Ren Yaoqi left about a cup of tea, Xiao Hua came.

Standing alone by the window, Xiao Jingxi, who didn't know what he was thinking, had already returned to his usual appearance when Xiao Hua came in. He was dressed in black and had black hair, handsome and incomparably handsome, with a demeanor and charm that no one could imitate in his gestures.

It's just that when the subordinates stand in front of him, they tend to ignore his appearance, and only feel the coercion from the superior. And this side of Xiao Jingxi was something Ren Yaoqi had never seen before.

"How?" Xiao Jingxi turned his head to look at Xiao Hua, and asked softly.

Although Xiao Jingxi still couldn't see any emotion on his face, Xiao Hua, who had followed him more since he was a child, was keenly aware that his master seemed to be in a good mood now, which made Xiao Hua feel a little tense originally. I relaxed a little, but I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, saying that a woman's heart is like a baby's face that changes as soon as it changes, why does the master also have this problem? This is not good!

But there is one good thing about Xiao Hua, that is, no matter where he runs in his heart, he always looks expressionless, deep and steady, making people feel that this person is very reliable.

"Back to you, my subordinates have just checked. The reason why Miss Ren's carriage stopped for so long just now may be because of Mr. Pei Zhiyan."

Xiao Jingxi was silent for a moment, then raised his eyebrows: "Pei Zhiyan? Are you sure?"

"It's Mr. Pei Zhiyan! Mr. Pei arrived in Yunyang City yesterday evening. He didn't disturb those colleagues from the capital yesterday, but he stayed at the Baiyun Inn in the city. Mr. Pei was still in Yunyang last night and this morning. Strolled around in Yangcheng. He just went to the other courtyard not long ago to join other people."

Xiao Jingxi frowned and didn't speak for a moment.

Xiao Hua secretly glanced at Xiao Jingxi, waiting for his next instructions.

He thought, according to his master's disposition, he will definitely be sent to investigate the relationship between Miss Ren and Mrs. Pei next, and the master may have doubts about Miss Ren's identity, after all, it stands to reason that Miss Ren was young He grew up in Yanbei and never left Yanzhou. It is impossible for him to know Pei Zhiyan. There is a saying that something abnormal is a demon.

Marrying a daughter-in-law is a major event, and it cannot be sloppy at all. There are not many people in this world who are as stupid as Mu Hu and can admit their sweetheart. Xiao Hua thought, maybe he will be sent to the capital once by the master? It's just that if he went to the capital, it would take more than a month to go back and forth, and the matter of finding a docile and pleasant daughter-in-law for Xiao Shun that he originally planned to find by the princess's side had to be postponed for now, but in this way Will the master's marriage be postponed as well?

Xiao Hua's thoughts were believing that the horse ran far away, and suddenly heard Xiao Jingxi say: "Pei Zhiyan's words are nothing but..."

It's just that Xiao Hua's reaction was a little slower, so as soon as Xiao Jingxi opened his mouth, he immediately bowed his head subconsciously and said respectfully: "This subordinate takes orders!"

Xiao Jingxi glanced at Xiao Hua: "..."

After Xiao Hua came back to his senses, his face froze.

The master didn't seem to say anything, what order did he take? Xiao Hua silently slapped himself ten big slaps in his heart.

"It's none of your business, let's go down." Xiao Jingxi was quite tolerant towards his subordinates, and didn't blame him for this matter.

Xiao Hua didn't dare to be distracted or talk nonsense this time, so he quickly lowered his head and agreed.

But before Xiao Hua went out, Xiao Jingxi stopped him again, and said softly: "I asked you to send someone to protect her in the dark, instead of asking you to monitor her, you'd better remember this, lest you Make mistakes later."

Xiao Hua's heart trembled when he heard the words, this time he gave Xiao Jingxi a kneeling salute very cautiously: "This subordinate understands."

When Xiao Jingxi caught up with Ren Yaoqi before, he saw her carriage stop for no reason from a distance. He thought that Ren Yaoqi was waiting for him, but later he realized it was not.

And when Xiao Jingxi arrived at Ren Yaoqi's carriage and knocked on the wall, Ren Yaoqi didn't even remember the secret signal the two of them had knocked on the carriage wall before, Xiao Jingxi really felt wronged in his heart at that time.

But when he heard some incomprehensible emotions in Ren Yaoqi's voice, the grievance in Xiao Jingxi's heart brought some uneasiness. At that moment, Xiao Jingxi suddenly realized that there seemed to be something about Ren Yaoqi that he could not control.

This point, for a person who is used to being a superior person, especially for a person like Xiao Jingxi, it is impossible to adapt to it for a while.

So he asked Xiao Hua to find out what happened to Ren Yaoqi during the period when she left the Yanbei Palace, and who did Ren Yaoqi meet. Fortunately, there was always Xiao Jingxi sent by Ren Yaoqi's side to protect her Man, it's not that hard to find out.

Xiao Jingxi was actually worried that something embarrassing happened to Ren Yaoqi, and it was not easy to tell him or Xiao Jinglin.

However, no matter what it is, Xiao Jingxi still cares a little bit.

That's why today's Xiao Jingxi behaved so childishly when he saw Ren Yaoqi, as if he couldn't help but want to confirm something, and wanted the person he cared about to care about him as much as he cared about her. .

Naturally, Xiao Jingxi has some unavoidable problems of superiors and smart people. Meeting Ren Yaoqi is the first time he puts a person in his heart, and the way of getting along with close people still needs him to slowly To explore and to understand.

Fortunately, Xiao Jingxi really cared about Ren Yaoqi, and when Ren Yaoqi let him hug me docilely, Xiao Jingxi's mood slowly settled down.

Second Young Master Xiao is a person who will seriously correct himself as soon as he realizes that he has made a mistake.

So although he was still a little puzzled by Ren Yaoqi's abnormality today, he also knew that he had to trust Ren Yaoqi.

If she doesn't talk about some things, he won't ask.

There will always be a day when she will be willing to tell him.

I wanted to post it at 12:58, but the internet suddenly froze, the browser crashed, and then it was past 12 o'clock... 〒_〒RS