565 Who did he offend this time?
After coming to Northern City, Shi Qingluo had to attend a lot of social activities because she was a magistrate’s wife.
Therefore, in order to deal with these madams and young ladies, she was prepared to come up with a plan to win over all the people she could and strike down others who were hostile and malicious.
If Mdm Tu had really colluded with Ruan Songling and wanted to teach her a lesson and embarrass her, she would not let her off easily.
She didn’t like to look for trouble, but she wasn’t afraid of trouble.
In short, if others didn’t offend her, she wouldn’t offend them.
If others offended her, she would teach them a lesson ten times harsher.
Xiao Hanzheng knew what his wife was capable of, so he was not worried.
He held her hand and smiled. “You can do whatever you want. I’m here to back you up.”
The reason he worked so hard to climb up was to give his wife and family the confidence to live as they wished.
Xiao Hanzheng had experienced so many blows and malicious intentions in his previous life.
If he had not met his wife in this life, he would have become very evil.
In his past life, he had become a powerful official and delivered himself to the emperor’s door to be one of the emperor’s knife.
His hands had been stained with blood.
Now, because he had a wife and his family were still safe and alive, he wanted to be a minister.
However, his heart was still cold.
Therefore, whenever his wife wanted to deal with someone, he would immediately let her be without hesitation.
Shi Qingluo wrapped her arms around Xiao Hanzheng’s waist, her eyes smiling as she said in a soft voice, “You’re going to spoil me like this.”
Hearing her soft voice, Xiao Hanzheng’s heart also softened. “If you’re spoiled, so be it. I like you no matter what you look become!”
Shi Qingluo raised her head and smiled at him. “You’re getting better at sweet-talking!”
Xiao Hanzheng kissed her forehead. “I only tell the truth.”
That was indeed what he thought.
He liked it when his wife was up to no good.
Shi Qingluo realized that she would really be taken advantage of by this fellow for the rest of her life.
The two of them went to the next room to take a shower and rest.
Xiao Hanzheng had been taking contraceptive pills recently, mainly because he had just come to Northern City and they still had a lot of things to do.
His wife was not suitable for pregnancy yet.
It wouldn’t be too late for them to have children after everything had settled down and the situation was under control.
It would be better for his wife’s health if she got pregnant later.
The next day, Xi Rong and the others rushed to Northern City.
Shi Qingluo welcomed them.
Xi Rong hugged Shi Qingluo. “Qingluo, I’ve missed you so much.”
Shi Qingluo returned her hug with a smile. “I missed you too.”
Xi Rong was her best friend in ancient times.
She had not seen her for a long time, so she naturally missed her.
Xi Rui’s mouth twitched. “Enough, you two.”
Then he looked at Shi Qingluo pitifully. “Qingluo, we’ve been too exhausted from our journey here. We didn’t eat well at all. Please give us good food.”
As he said this, his eyes unconsciously glanced at Xiao Baili, who was behind Shi Qingluo.
Liang Youxiao also looked pitiful. “I want to eat braised pork, meatballs, and fermented rice balls…”
He had ordered quite a few dishes.
Shi Qingluo raised his brows. “I can’t make these dishes for you guys.”
She was good at eating but not at cooking.
Liang Youxiao looked at Xiao Baili, who was behind her, and smiled.
“Don’t we still have your sister, Baili? We absolutely believe in her cooking skills.”
It had to be said that after they returned to Beijing for a few months, they really missed the dishes cooked by Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili.
Many restaurants in the capital had also improved their menus.
They no longer had stewed dishes as their main dish but added Shi Qingluo’s dishes on their menu.
But it wasn’t as delicious as the food made by Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili.
There were also many dishes that others didn’t have access to their recipes.
Xiao Baili looked at the pitiful appearance of the two and didn’t think much about it.
She was naturally happy that someone liked something she made.
Just as she was about to speak, Liang Yulin, who had walked over, spoke first.
He looked at Liang Youxiao fastidiously.
“If you guys want to eat, go out to eat at the restaurant. Baili is not cooking for outsiders.”
He had received a letter from the crown prince and knew that the Liang family intended to let Liang Youxiao marry his eldest daughter.
However, Liang Youxiao’s mother looked down on his eldest daughter’s status as a farmer’s daughter, and the relationships between the Liang family’s households were very complicated.
Liang Youxiao’s two sisters-in-law weren’t easy to get along with.
His eldest daughter was so pure and kind, she could not marry into such a family.
So what if they were from the public administration house?
Xiao Baili was a prince’s daughter.
She was even worthy of the crown prince.
How worthy was a legitimate son of a public administration house? Hmph!
Of course, if she were to get together with the crown prince, he would despise the fact that if the crown prince became the emperor in the future and had many concubines and mistress, his eldest daughter would be wronged in the harem.
Because of this, he naturally didn’t like this annoying fellow who wanted to abduct his eldest daughter.
Liang Youxiao and Xi Rui were speechless. “You’re saying it as if you’re not an outsider.”
They really wanted to shake Prince Yi awake.
You haven’t even married Xiao Baili’s mother yet, and you’re already calling yourself a father?
However, the two didn’t dare to do so. Prince Yi looked like an elegant immortal, but he was actually dark.
Shi Qingluo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when she heard Prince Yi’s words.
He hadn’t even become their stepfather yet, but he was already so protective of them.
It seemed that Prince Yi had the potential to be a father. Not bad.
She heard from her young husband that the Liang family was asking about her sister-in-law’s information, and they wanted Liang Youxiao to marry Baili.
Originally, she thought that Liang Youxiao was a decent person, but after hearing about the Liang family from her husband’s investigation, she immediately ruled out Liang Youxiao.
That was why she looked at Liang Youxiao with some disdain.
“That’s right. If you want to eat something, go to the restaurant. My sister won’t serve you.”
Xi Rui also gave Liang Youxiao a resentful look, as if to say, it’s all your fault, otherwise we would have been able to eat Xiao Baili’s cooking.
Liang Youxiao was speechless.
Who did he offend? He felt wronged.
Xi Rui didn’t want to go to a restaurant, so he looked at Prince Yi pitifully. “Little uncle, I’m hungry.”
Liang Yulin glanced at him. “Go eat dirt.”
In any case, these stinky boys shouldn’t take advantage of his eldest daughter’s culinary skills next time.
Xi Rui.
This was his uncle in his full colors!
Thus, apart from Xi Rong, Xi Rui and the others could only reluctantly go to the restaurant to eat.
Because Xi Rong was a girl, she was given special care.
She ate the food Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili prepared.
When Xi Rui and the others came back, the two of them had wanted to live in the magistrate’s residence, but Prince Yi had brought them to his courtyard next door.
It was mainly to guard against Liang Youxiao and keep this troublesome person away from his eldest daughter.
Liang Youxiao’s mother looked down on his eldest daughter, and he looked down on the Liang family’s children even more.
As for Xi Rui, because the Xi family didn’t send anyone to inquire about Xiao Baili, although he also wanted to marry Xiao Baili, he didn’t disclose it to the public, so Prince Yi didn’t know about it.
Liang Youxiao’s subsequent days were in utter hell, and he couldn’t wait to run away as soon as he saw Prince Yi.
Xi Rui had managed to escape.
Prince Yi had been in Northern City for a few days, but he didn’t go to Prince Jin’s residence to visit his elder brother.
Prince Jin was not very happy.