Actually, when Mu Lixue learned about this matter, she wanted to kill Deng Xiao. But after all, he was the first man who had been so close to her, which was why she secretly went to see Deng Xiao.
As the saying goes, one glance at Deng Xiao would haunt her for life. She quickly shifted her target.
Yi Qing stared at Mu Lixue in disbelief. Was this even considered a reason? "I think your father must have explained this matter clearly to you," she said.
"I don't care about the reasons. Anyway, he was the first man to share a bed with me. This is the fateful bond between us," Mu Lixue insisted.
Yi Qing just wanted to say, "Fate is truly mysterious!"
"Could you please help me?" Mu Lixue grabbed Yi Qing's wrist. She knew that Deng Xiao had a close relationship with the Xiao family.
Yi Qing had come to persuade Mu Lixue, but in a blink of an eye, she was being recruited by Mu Lixue. She slowly pushed Mu Lixue's hand away, subconsciously thinking that Mu Lixue's hand was not as good - looking as Jin Xiao's.
"I really can't help you," Yi Qing refused without hesitation. "This matter is really troublesome."
"I know your shop was smashed. I'll give you two new ones," Mu Lixue said directly.
"It's not about the shops..."
"Three," Mu Lixue held up three fingers and looked at Yi Qing.
Yi Qing looked at the three fingers and thought that Deng Xiao was really expensive.
"They are prime - location shops on the bustling streets. But they are my dowry. I can only have control over them after I get married, and I will only marry Deng Xiao," Mu Lixue said proudly, thinking that Yi Qing was tempted.
"No way!" Yi Qing said and immediately got out of the carriage. She was worried that if she stayed a bit longer, she would not be able to resist helping Mu Lixue.
She fled back to Xiao Jinghan's side like a frightened rabbit. Xiao Jinghan thought that Mu Lixue had bullied Yi Qing. He protected Yi Qing and gave a cold look at the Mu family's carriage.
"What did she do to you?" Deng Xiao had the same thought.
"Deng Xiao, you are really expensive. She offered three prime - location shops on the bustling streets for me to help her. If my willpower was a bit weaker, I would surely have given in. Those are shops that are hard to come by," Yi Qing said regretfully.
Deng Xiao didn't expect that Yi Qing had almost been persuaded. "Whose side are you on?" he asked.
"I really can't help," Yi Qing threw a bottle of medicine to Deng Xiao. "This is high - quality golden sore medicine. Be careful recently. We're leaving." She pushed Xiao Jinghan away.
Deng Xiao was about to get angry after catching the golden sore medicine, but when he looked up, he saw that Yi Qing and Xiao Jinghan had already left. He looked at the medicine bottle, smiled, and put it away.
Yi Qing lay on the carriage window, peeping through a crack. She saw that as soon as Deng Xiao left, Mu Lixue followed. Then she sat up straight and patted her chest.
"You don't need to be afraid of her," Xiao Jinghan saw Yi Qing's expression.
"I'm not afraid. I wasn't even afraid of the Duke of Xie. It's just that... I'm not afraid of others treating me badly, but I'm afraid of others treating me well. I don't know how to repay them," Yi Qing didn't know how to explain.
Xiao Jinghan held Yi Qing. Back then in the Wu Gorge, it was Lu Tianxun who helped her out of trouble because he knew it was the only way to save everyone.
Maybe for Lu Tianxun, anyone was okay as long as it wasn't Yi Qing. If liking Wu Min could make Yi Qing not feel embarrassed, he would like Wu Min.
Even so, he would still dote on Wu Min because he had a strong sense of responsibility.
When they got home, they saw a lot of gifts in the yard.
"These are the lists of the gift - givers," Jushuang brought over the ledger.
"It's neither the New Year nor any other festival. Why are there so many gifts?" Yi Qing wondered. "Is it the Double Ninth Festival? Do I look that old?"
Xiao Jinghan laughed. They had been back for so long that it was already the Double Ninth Festival. "The chrysanthemums on the Dongjie Mountain will be extremely beautiful every Double Ninth Festival. I'll take you to see them."
"Can they be used as medicine?" Yi Qing asked out of her professional habit.
"Let the kitchen prepare chrysanthemum pastries," Xiao Jinghan thought that Yi Qing only had medicine on her mind.
Yi Qing thought Xiao Jinghan was being petty.
Duke Mu had the urge to kill someone these days. What kind of people did his daughter like? Xiao Jinghan was okay. His status, position, and ability were worthy of his daughter. As long as they could deal with his wife, it would be fine.
But now she actually liked Deng Xiao.
Who was Deng Xiao? He was a palace guard.
How could his daughter marry a palace guard?
Hearing that his daughter had run out again, Duke Mu beat up all the remaining servants in his daughter's yard and sighed angrily.
"My lord, don't get so angry that you hurt your body," Lady Mu also felt a pain in her liver out of anger.
"This Deng Xiao..." Duke Mu didn't know what to say.
At this time, Mu Lixue came back. Seeing a yard full of kneeling servants, she walked straight over. She was used to such things.
"Dad, why did you beat my servants again?" Mu Lixue entered the main hall, sat down, and poured herself a glass of water.
"I've said that as long as you dare to go out, I'll beat the servants around you," Duke Mu said.
Mu Lixue didn't care. "Anyway, these servants were bought by you with money. If you beat them to death, you'll have to buy new ones. So you don't need to beat them or get angry."
Duke Mu was so angry with his daughter that he laughed. "So you're not going to change your mind?"
"Dad, didn't you say that I can do whatever I want? Why should I change?" Mu Lixue shrugged.
Duke Mu pressed his chest and repeatedly comforted himself that she was his own daughter.
"Xue'er, your father is also doing this for your own good," Lady Mu even reprimanded her daughter in a soft voice for fear that she would get angry.
"I know you're doing this for my own good. But if it's for my own good, shouldn't you give me what I want and make me happy? Now I just want to marry Deng Xiao. He is at least a Jinyiwei. How majestic he is when he goes out. And he has no family. You don't even need to think of a way for me. As long as you agree, it will be fine," Mu Lixue analyzed seriously.
Duke Mu just couldn't agree. If he could, he wouldn't be so angry. "You won't be happy if you marry him."
"Dad, you said that our family lacks nothing. The dowry you give me will ensure that I have enough to eat and wear for a lifetime. So I have no requirements for a man. As long as I like him, it's okay. Why can't I marry Deng Xiao? Even if he is a palace guard, I will marry him," Mu Lixue didn't come to discuss with them. After saying that, she left.
Duke Mu would only get angry when it came to his daughter's matters. This time, he was almost angered to death.
"My lord, there's no need to be so angry. Xue'er is still young - minded. Now Deng Xiao is in front of her eyes, so she misses him. If Deng Xiao leaves, she will forget about him in a few days," Lady Mu comforted him.
Duke Mu thought it made sense. "Then let Deng Xiao leave the capital for a while."
"Okay," Lady Mu nodded.
However, the Jinyiwei were the emperor's personal guards. Only the emperor could dispatch them, and they served the emperor. Deng Xiao could hardly leave the capital.
Yi Qing went to the palace once. The queen's condition was better than she had expected. Once a person looked at things more openly, there would be no big problems.
After that, she started to prepare for her mother and Wu Min's wedding. She had never even prepared for her own wedding, but now she had to prepare for others'. Suddenly, she felt that time was flying by.
"Madam, Madam..." Ruo Hong ran in quickly. "Young Master Jin fainted. The Duke of Di asks Madam to go and have a look."