Return of the Swallow

This was the first time that Li Guanwen had the opportunity to visit the inner residence of Prince Zhongshun in detail. Although he kept a sullen face and airs all the way, his eyes were looking around flexibly.

Xu Weizhi led the way, looking back to say hello warmly from time to time.

But Li Guanwen could see Xu Weizhi's nervousness and embarrassment from his expression.

Pretend he doesn't know?

It's no wonder that the housekeeper of the palace is embarrassed. The prince is not a child of a few years old, but he is such a big man. He is still punished by his aunt to kneel because he was fighting outside. He would be embarrassed if this matter happened to him.

The group entered the inner house and went straight to the upper courtyard. Li Guanwen asked without leaving any trace: "Mrs. Pang will live in the upper courtyard after returning home?"

"Yes, after Mrs. Pang returned home, the old lady said that Mrs. Pang was the mistress of the Pang family and should be respected, so she moved the Songhe Hall out of the upper courtyard and to the back courtyard."

"Oh?" Li Guanwen couldn't help but said in surprise: "The old lady is so righteous, it is really admirable."

It stands to reason that Prince Zhongshun is not even Mrs. Pang's concubine, and the Pang family had some disputes back then. The Holy Emperor sent Mrs. Pang to Prince Zhongshun's residence. Prince Zhongshun only treated him with courtesy and no one said anything bad. Come. Who would have expected that Prince Zhongshun would be so kind to his aunt.

Regardless of whether the reason for this kind treatment was out of respect for his aunt's mother or loyalty to the Holy Emperor, Li Guanwen admired Pang Xiao for being able to do this.

"What about the old man and his wife?" Li Guanwen asked again.

Xu Weizhi smiled and said: "Now I live in Songhe Hall in the back yard. The old lady lives with the old lady and the old lady."

Li Guanwen nodded and wrote it down.

When they were talking, they arrived at the upper courtyard. Li Guanwen happened to see a little girl running in. It seemed that the boy had just gone to the second door and told the old lady guarding the door. The old lady looked for the little girl to pass the message, but it was a little late.

Li Guanwen took two steps quickly and saw the little girl running into the yard.

And in the middle of the courtyard, there was indeed that familiar tall figure kneeling.

Prince Zhongshun was actually punished by his aunt to kneel down!

Even though Li Guanwen had heard some of it just now, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded in surprise.

It’s actually because Pang Xiao’s usually domineering and majestic image is too deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

For a moment, Li Guanwen was unable to connect this embarrassed man who was punished by his aunt to kneeling with the memory of the God of War Prince who could make his enemies tremble with just a glare.

Pang Xiaona probably listened to the little girl's message and turned around suddenly to see Li Guanwen entering the courtyard gate under the leadership of Xu Weizhi.

Li Guanwen clearly saw emotions such as unwillingness and embarrassment on Pang Xiao's face.

Pang Xiao didn't care to continue to kneel down, so he stood up and looked at Xu Weizhi with a sullen face: "Steward Xu, how did you do your job? General Manager Li is here, why didn't you pass the news earlier? You have allowed me to be so negligent. Mr. Li, what kind of behavior is this?"

Li Guanwen has been serving the Holy Lord all year round, and he has a clear understanding of the thoughts of such superiors. Even though Prince Zhongshun has been stripped of his military power, his prestige in the army is still the same as before. This is someone even the Holy Lord is afraid of. Master, how can he, the chief internal supervisor, be able to offend someone?

So Li Guanwen bowed his head and served respectfully aside, not as arrogant as when he came just now.

Xu Weizhi lowered his head in fear and saluted, "Go back to your lord, Mr. Li is here on orders, and there is nothing a villain can do. Please forgive me, lord."

Pang Xiao looked at Xu Weizhi with a stern face.

Before he could say anything, someone lifted up the curtain in front of the main door.

A plump woman in her fifties with gray hair came out of the house with the help of her maid.

There were already many wrinkles on Mrs. Pang's face, especially the deep "Sichuan" lines between her eyebrows, which made her entire face look full of anger. Even if she had no expression, she seemed to be furious. Her appearance when she was young is no longer distinguishable, but now she appears to be a person with a bad temper and a sharp tongue.

"Your Majesty, you must not vent your anger on others." Mrs. Pang frowned and said, "General Manager Xu can be regarded as doing his best for the government. General Manager Li is here on orders. Can General Manager Xu still stop him?"

This is a rebuke...

The truth is right, but is it really good to say it out loud?

Li Guanwen was an outsider, and his lips twitched when he heard this.

Pang Xiao saluted respectfully. His attitude was not intimate, but he said respectfully: "Thank you, madam, for your teaching."

"Yes." Mrs. Pang responded in a long tone and slowly walked down the steps. When she arrived in front of Li Guanwen, her attitude had completely changed.

There was a smile on the face full of anger, and his voice was not as serious as when he talked to Pang Xiao, but he said with a smile: "It's really rude. I have only arrived in the house not long ago, and I haven't had time to rectify it. This house is full of Li Duan is so out of shape, it really makes my father-in-law laugh."

"Anyway, it's important for me to take good care of myself, Madam. Your Majesty is also concerned about your health."

Mrs. Pang's eyes narrowed with a smile, "I'm a vulgar person, so I have to trouble the Lord to care about you. --\u003e\u003e

Really scared. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely be able to admonish the prince well, and there will be no such ridiculous things in the future. "

"Oh, please don't say that." Li Guanwen was already wailing in his heart. How talented is this Mrs. Pang? Her husband has been dead for many years, and yet she still treats Pang Xiao like this, neither accepting him as a bastard nor raising him. Well, the high-ranking prince spoke like this.

"Your Majesty is the emperor's humerus. This time we are here to check on your Majesty's injuries. If Mrs. Pang doesn't mind, we will ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look at your Majesty's injuries."

"Then thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

Li Guanwen went to call Doctor Ma.

The wound on Pang Xiao's arm had been bandaged, but there was still blood on the white gauze, which looked shocking. There was also a bruise on the corner of his mouth. Even though Li Guanwen didn't witness the fight between the two, he could still imagine that both of them must have struck hard at that time.

After Dr. Ma re-bandaged Pang Xiao with medicine, Li Guanwen bowed and respectfully asked: "Your Majesty, your Majesty means to instruct your servant to ask you what happened at that time."

Pang Xiao raised his sword eyebrows and snorted angrily: "That bastard deserves a beating! When I seize the opportunity, I must avenge this sword!"

After all, it was the person who was rushing to kill on the battlefield. In his rage, he frightened Li Guanwen so much that he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Mrs. Pang was not afraid of Pang Xiao at all, and said in a deep voice: "My lord! You are a minister, but the consort Ji is a relative of the emperor. How can you talk like this! Don't you remember the Pang family's family motto?"

Pang Xiao frowned when he heard this. It could be seen that he was on the verge of anger, but he still did not refute.

Mrs. Pang then said: "After all, you have no fate to be raised in the house, but you learned some scoundrels in the market and came back. How did your mother teach you? If you had grown up in the house, you wouldn't be so unruly and undisciplined. . If your father was still alive and saw that you were not making progress, he wouldn’t break your legs!”

When Li Guanwen heard this, he almost knelt down in front of Mrs. Pang.

Among the people in the world who are neither relatives nor friends of Pang Xiao, Mrs. Pang is probably the only one who dares to talk to him like this.

Pang Xiao, who had been patient all day, finally couldn't control his anger and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Pang, I respect you because of the father I have never met. Don't push yourself too far!"

Mrs. Pang was stunned.

Since she came to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, she has never seen Pang Xiao blush with her!

It was precisely because of Pang Xiao's polite treatment and concession at every turn that Mrs. Pang gained the confidence to discipline him.

Unexpectedly, a person who usually looks docile and harmless would turn out to be so frightening when he unleashes murderous intent that can only be seen on the battlefield.

Pang Xiao said: "If Mrs. Pang hadn't been jealous, how could I not have been raised in the house? You know what happened back then better than anyone else. I respect you, but please stop it. My mother was already driven away by you. , and was assassinated by someone you sent. It was only because of her luck that she could escape. From then on, she has nothing to do with your general's mansion!

"I have never been recognized by you. I earned my title through hard work. I did not lend you any favors from your Pang family. I treat you politely now. That is my virtue. If you want to continue to take advantage of my mother, look at me She is still the maid you persecuted before her period, so you made a wrong idea!

"I, Pang Zhixi, have no other abilities. I am just a scoundrel, as you said! Then I will kill you and see who can do to me!"

"You, you..." Mrs. Pang's face turned pale, and she didn't know whether she was angry or frightened. "You are simply hopeless and have no regard for human ethics!"

Pang Xiao smiled coldly and turned around to ask Li Guanwen: "Has the chief manager seen everything today?"

Li Guan lowered his head and said: "Yes, I have been watching carefully. My lord, what are your orders?"

Pang Xiao said: "As long as you see clearly Mrs. Pang's unreasonable troubles. Later I will go to the palace to ask for help from the Holy One, and I will also ask Manager Li to testify on my behalf."

"Testify?" Li Guanwen said without knowing why: "Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Pang Xiao said: "Your Majesty helped my Pang family find Mrs. Pang. I am very grateful. However, my palace is small and cannot accommodate two families. Mrs. Pang always made things difficult for my grandfather and grandmother, and my mother was even bossed around by her. I, the king, Seeing this, I don’t know why I opposed the tyranny of Northern Hebei in the first place. Northern Hebei didn’t object at that time, isn’t that how they lived their lives.”

A trouble-making woman can throw the entire family into chaos. Pang Xiao didn't want to keep Mrs. Pang, but it was arranged by the Holy Emperor in the beginning, so he had no choice but to obey the order. Now that so much time has passed, he might as well take advantage of his bad mood today and use the excuse to remove this nail from the palace. .

Li Guanwen's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

Even Mrs. Pang's face changed drastically, and she said anxiously: "What right do you have to send me away? If it weren't for your father, would you exist in this world? I am the wife of your father Ming Media, you just care about your father You must also show your filial piety on your face!"

"Is this what Mrs. Pang thinks?" Pang Xiao sneered, "Filial piety is filial and obedience to talents is filial piety, but this king is a tough guy and will never give in. If Mrs. Pang continues to live in the palace, it is very likely that she will be very angry. This king How can you be responsible? It is better to seek the grace of the Holy Spirit now and build another mansion for you to live in."