Yi Qing leaned against the door and laughed.
Look, another one was smitten by her man.
This was still a "confrontation between two armies"! If the other side were a female army, sending Xiao Tian would surely be invincible.
"Who are you? How dare you snatch my whip!" Xiao Jingyuan seemed furious, but actually her voice carried a hint of coquetry.
Yi Qing: "..."
Xiao Tian yanked the whip forcefully, and Xiao Jingyuan was pulled over as well. She almost fell into his arms.
However, the next moment, Xiao Tian unceremoniously flung her away. Xiao Jingyuan took a staggering step backward and fell to the ground.
She propped herself up with her hands, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Xiao Tian in disbelief.
Yi Qing: Tsk tsk, never would she have thought that this man didn't know how to cherish the fairer sex.
This shattered girlish heart... was really satisfying to watch!
Xiao Tian held the whip and coldly asked the surrounding guards, "Who did she whip just now? How many lashes did each person receive? Go and return the blows to her!"
The guards looked at each other and didn't move.
Someone summoned the courage and said, "Brother Xiao, let it go. We have tough skin. It doesn't matter if we get whipped a few times. After all, she's the general's younger sister. Don't ruin the harmony."
Yi Qing crossed her arms over her chest and said coolly, "Does this mean you're afraid of offending her but not afraid of offending me?"
The guards quickly said they wouldn't dare.
"If you don't dare, then remember this," Yi Qing's voice suddenly turned cold. "The only masters of this general's mansion are me and the prince! Those who want to please both sides, pack your bags and leave in advance!"
The guards immediately fell silent, not daring to make a sound.
Xiao Jingyuan sat up from the ground and pointed at Yi Qing. "You... Ah, my hand!"
It turned out that Xiao Tian had whipped her hand. A deep bloodstain appeared on the back of her fair hand, and the pain made tears well up in her eyes.
Xiao Tian said coldly, "The general's mansion is not a place where you can throw your tantrums. Every time you act arrogantly, I'll whip you. Get out!"
"You actually hit a woman!" Xiao Jingyuan was disillusioned.
Yi Qing burst out laughing. "Shouldn't you say, 'How dare you hit this young lady'?"
Look at her, still being a lovesick fool even after getting whipped. She was really a masochist.
May she find a sadist in the future and be whipped every day.
Xiao Jingyuan glared at Yi Qing angrily. "Don't be so arrogant. My elder brother is dead, but this general's mansion still belongs to the Xiao family."
"Xiao Tian, did Xiao Jinghan know her?"
"Never."
"Never? That's a problem then." Yi Qing looked down at Xiao Jingyuan haughtily. "How about you go down and confront your so - called elder brother and ask him why he doesn't recognize you?"
Xiao Jingyuan was so angry that her nose was crooked.
She came to the general's mansion today to intimidate Yi Qing, but unexpectedly, she got whipped first and made a fool of herself.
This Yi Qing was much more difficult to deal with than she had imagined.
Originally, she thought that a country woman couldn't have much knowledge and would surely be intimidated by a few words.
Unexpectedly, she had met someone as stubborn as a mule.
"You wait. My parents are back. I'll let them settle the score with you. If you dare to treat my parents like this, we'll see each other before the emperor!"
"Tsk tsk, then let's directly see each other before the emperor. Thanks to you all, I'll even get to see the emperor!"
Xiao Jingyuan didn't even dare to ask for her whip and scurried away.
Yi Qing turned around and was about to go inside when she heard Xiao Tian say, "Each of you go and receive twenty big - board lashes. If there's a next time, you'll be directly kicked out of the mansion."
"Yes!" The faces of all the guards immediately showed a look of shame.
Yi Qing looked back and smiled. "There'll be enough trauma medicine for you."
The guards: "..."
They thought the madam would speak up for them and be kind - hearted, but it was just an afterthought.
"You go back first. I'm going out for a while." Xiao Tian said to Yi Qing.
Yi Qing raised her eyebrows. "Where are you going?"
"I'll be back soon. I'll tell you when I'm back." Xiao Tian held Xiao Jingyuan's whip and walked out.
Yi Qing shrugged and went back on her own.
Baozi asked her what had happened. Yi Qing didn't hide it from him and told him everything that had happened outside one by one.
A look of nervousness appeared on Baozi's face. "Mother, I don't want to leave you."
Yi Qing: "..." "Why would you have such a worry? Unless you get married in the future, mother won't leave you."
"But what if they want me to go back to the Yianbo Mansion?"
After all, he was her son. He immediately thought of the key point.
But unlike her, Baozi obviously didn't love money.
"How could mother let others bully us?" Yi Qing stroked his head. "Mother already has a way to deal with it. Put your heart at ease. Mother has a task for you. Okay?"
"Okay!"
"Help mother protect grandmother, Grandfather Cao, and aunt. Okay?"
They were in the academy. For now, it was still a kind of protection for them.
Speaking of this, it was necessary to talk about the story between Lady Fan and the Yianbo.
Yi Qing wasn't afraid of trouble and told Baozi what had happened back then bit by bit.
Baozi clenched his fists tightly. "Grandmother has suffered a lot of grievances. Mother, will you avenge grandmother?"
A smile appeared in Yi Qing's eyes, and she calmly replied, "Sure."
It wasn't just to avenge Lady Fan, but also to get an explanation for Xiao Jinghan and to sweep away the flies and mosquitoes for herself and Baozi.
"Uncle Xiao will help you, and I will too." Baozi said seriously.
Yi Qing showed a motherly and gratified smile.
"Mother, why isn't your belly getting bigger? Is it because you're angry with them?"
Yi Qing: "..." "Baozi, there aren't any younger brothers or sisters in mother's belly. If there were, I'd tell you immediately. Okay?"
This child was really obsessed.
Baozi looked extremely disappointed.
Asking Baozi to protect Lady Fan and the other two was just a joke. Yi Qing seriously considered it and thought that this important task should be given to Xu Maozhi.
Well, it was so happily decided.
"Mother, where did Uncle Xiao go? Why isn't he back yet?"
Yi Qing said, "I don't know either. He won't get into trouble."
She couldn't help but think in her heart that judging from the way Xiao Tian left, could it be that he went to the Yianbo Mansion to cause trouble?
Xiao Tian didn't come back until two hours later. He brought back the roast goose that Yi Qing liked the most.
Yi Qing was gnawing on a goose wing and asked, "Did you go out just to buy me roast goose?"
"I went to find Xiao Jinghong."
"Hmm?" Xiao Jinghan's half - brother, that playboy who was rumored to be addicted to drinking, gambling, and womanizing.
"I whipped him up in the gambling house."
Yi Qing burst out laughing. "It seems you showed mercy to Xiao Jingyuan and didn't have a good fight. How's Xiao Jinghong?"
"A useless good - for - nothing." Xiao Tian said contemptuously.
"This is just retribution." Yi Qing sneered. "Xiao Jinghan had outstanding military achievements, but his children are so stupid. Actually, your method isn't good enough. I have a better one!"
Xiao Tian looked at her.
"I heard from Lady Fan that before she was tricked back then, her dowry had already been handed over. So, do you think the Yianbo should spit out what he ate?" Yi Qing narrowed her eyes, and a calculating look flashed in them.
"What's your idea?"