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Chapter 4: The Xiao Family Produces a Handsome Man

Xiao Su's grandfather was the head of the Xiao family, Master Xiao Wu.

Xiao Su gritted his teeth and took Zhao Shiqing to see Master Xiao Wu.

Back then, among the Eight Tigers of the Xiao Family, only Master Xiao Wu and Master Xiao Ba returned alive. Although they both managed to return by chance, they were both half dead.

Grandpa Xiao Wu broke an arm, while Grandpa Xiao Ba suffered internal injuries. He was bedridden ever since and passed away a few years ago.

Prince Consort Xiao Jingyan was from the eldest branch of the Xiao family. His father was the eldest brother among the Eight Tigers of the Xiao family, Xiao Da Taiye, and he was a brother of Xiao Wu Taiye.

The old house of the Xiao family was built on the mountain. Since the death of the eighth grandfather Xiao, the fifth grandfather Xiao lived in a study built halfway up the mountain. To get out of Xiao Su's residence, one has to turn a few corners and climb a long flight of stone stairs to reach the study.

Although Xiao Su was reluctant, he had to lead the way due to the "tyrannical power" of the female devil.

There are two stone steps leading to the library, one going up the mountain and the other going down. Worried about being embarrassed if seen by the servants, Xiao Su deliberately took Zhao Shiqing to climb the step that goes up the mountain. Usually, there is no one there at this time.

But just as he walked halfway up the stone steps, Xiao Su heard a voice from behind him: "I don't want to see Master Xiao Wu again."

Xiao Su was annoyed: "What do you want to do now?"

Zhao Shiqing: "Master Xiao Wu is old and should be enjoying his retirement. You want to do this hard work of running around for him, right?"

Xiao Su: "No, I don't want to."

Zhao Shiqing: "You want to, you have to want to."

"Why? It's not our Xiao family who died." Xiao Su said.

"If I tell you that your Xiao family almost followed my father, will you still stand idly by?" Zhao Shiqing admitted that she could not deal with Master Xiao Wu, but she still had confidence in Xiao Su.

As expected, Xiao Su was no longer calm: "Zhao Xiaosi, explain to me clearly what is going on!"

"Did you hear that my father died of a heart disease?" Zhao Shiqing asked.

Xiao Su nodded. The news of King Liang's death was only delivered to the Qingquan County Court yesterday morning. As for the cause of death, there was only a sentence "illness caused by overwork, no medicine can cure it." It was not until the lawyer gave silver to the messenger that they learned that the cause of King Liang's death was heart disease. As for whether King Liang's heart disease was an old one or a new one, it was unknown.

Zhao Shiqing then told Xiao Su about how Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao had been to the palace and drank with Prince Liang, and Xiao Su's face changed.

After Zhao Shiqing finished telling him about the assassin found in Wisteria Villa, Xiao Su rode his horse and followed her to Liangdu without saying a word.

Time goes back to a month ago.

As soon as Princess Jiayi and Prince Consort Xiao left the capital, Xiao Zhen was summoned into the palace by Emperor Yongjia.

Although Xiao Zhen went to Baifeng City in Wu that year, he was unable to meet his cousin Zhong Ziyang. Zhong Ziyang's father-in-law died, and he took his wife and children to another place to attend the funeral.

Although he would be able to return soon, Xiao Zhen did not have much time left. On the third day after he arrived in Baifeng City, people from the Princess's Mansion arrived, and Xiao Zhen could only be taken back to the capital reluctantly.

Xiao Zhen originally thought that he would be beaten up after returning, and he was ready to be beaten.

As a rebellious and stubborn child, Xiao Zhen had a complete childhood. However, Xiao Zhen never expected that this time, he was not beaten or even reprimanded. The Princess's Mansion was quiet and everyone was on tenterhooks. Compared with the other incident, Xiao Zhen's running away from home was just a small matter. In any case, he was fine and came back alive and well.

That incident not only shocked the Princess's Mansion, but also the entire capital. Even Emperor Yongjia, who had just ascended the throne, was surprised.

Here's the thing.

On a sunny afternoon, the noble Princess Jiayi rushed into an elegant house with her men, full of murderous intent. Soon, two maids dragged a young woman out, followed by a panicked little maid holding a crying child in her arms. Behind these people, the handsome man with a red face was none other than the once famous top scholar in the capital, the son-in-law Xiao Jingyan.

The facts are before us, and they couldn't be clearer.

This small courtyard is the outer residence of Prince Consort Xiao, and the young woman is his mistress. As for the child in the maid's arms, there is no doubt that he is the prince consort's mistress's child.

There has never been a precedent in this dynasty for a prince consort to take a concubine. Although it has not been written into the law, this has always been the rule. Even if the princess is infertile, the prince consort cannot take a concubine. At most, he can adopt a child from his brother and register it under the princess's name.

Prince Consort Xiao did not take a concubine. He had a mistress and a son with her who was not even as good as a concubine's son!
What’s even more interesting is that the eldest princess actually led people to catch the adulterer!

This was the biggest farce in the capital since the new emperor ascended the throne. Memorials impeaching the princess and her husband flew to the imperial court like snowflakes. Emperor Yongjia actually didn't want to get involved in these trivial matters, but Princess Jiayi was his own sister and it was a loss of face for him, so the concubine dowager called Princess Jiayi into the palace and scolded her, and Emperor Yongjia also fined Prince Consort Xiao a year's salary.

The next day, news came from the Princess's Mansion that Princess Jiayi was virtuous and had taken a concubine for Prince Consort Xiao.

When the news came out, everyone just laughed it off. What concubine? She was just Prince Consort Xiao's mistress. This was a big deal, and the Emperor and the Empress Dowager forced Princess Jiayi to give the child a parentage to keep the peace.

Sure enough, not long after, news spread from the Princess's mansion that the concubine had died of illness. The Princess was kind and kept the child by her side to raise.

The child was named Xiao Yue.

In other words, from then on Xiao Zhen had a younger brother.

Xiao Zhen was not surprised when he heard the news. In his dream, he also had a younger brother, a younger brother who was willing to sacrifice his life for him.

Ten years passed in a flash. Xiao Zhen was eighteen years old and Xiao Yue was twelve years old.

The Xiao family produced many handsome men. In those days, the men from the Xiao family fought on the battlefield and were known as beautiful generals.

Back then, Prince Consort Xiao passed the imperial examination and paraded through the streets with flowers in his hair, stunning the entire capital. He was chosen by Princess Jiayi to be her consort, breaking the hearts of countless young girls.

Xiao Zhen also had a good appearance. He was handsome and elegant, but he was too cold and arrogant, just like the cold jade on the snowy peak. He was beautiful, but people were afraid to approach him.

But the most beautiful person in the Xiao family is Xiao Yue, who is only twelve years old.

In stark contrast to Xiao Zhen who was frozen for thousands of years, Xiao Yue had a face that looked like it was carefully carved out of fine jade, especially his peach blossom eyes. When he smiled, it was like spring suddenly appeared, with flowers blooming and even the sky becoming bright.

What is not proportional to Xiao Yue's appearance is his academic performance. The more beautiful Xiao Yue looks, the worse his academic performance is.

According to Master Li who once taught him, Xiao Yue's head was like a piece of stubborn stone, a stone that could not be chiseled even by the magic of nature.

(End of this chapter)