Chapter 411 Waiting for Him to Come Back

They sat under the big banyan tree for a long time and talked a lot. This was the first time that the two had a frank conversation. Xiao Tuo also pointed out that the reason he didn't want to get married was that women were troublesome, and he couldn't be like before when he had a wife. I am at ease.

Liu Liu promises that after getting married, he can do whatever he likes, except that he can't get close to other women. Xiao Tuo is very relieved, one woman is too much, and he will be bored to death if there is one more.

After chatting until about the same time, Xiao Tuo sent Liu Liu back, and then moved the bench and secretly climbed the fence back to the mansion. In the morning of tomorrow, he would still go to pay his respects to the old master as usual.

Old Hou Ye also seemed to have never left, and as always, he gave a few words of advice and sent him away.

When Xiao Tuo went out to the door, he saw Zhuang Zhuang coming with Qin Zhi and Qiong Hua.

"The princess is here?" Xiao Tuo thought he was looking for him, and snorted, "There is no need to make amends, anyway, it's not just you who didn't take me in."

Zhuang Zhuang's face was plain, with a slight smile on her face. Since she recovered from the injury, her face has always been pale, and she is not as strong and lively as before.

"I'm not here to look for you, don't be sentimental, I'm looking for your grandfather." Zhuang Zhuang said.

"Why are you looking for that old man?" Xiao Tuo was alarmed, "Ask for guilt?"

"No, I'm just very tired and want to chat with someone." Zhuang Zhuang said.

"I'll accompany you in." Xiao Tuo was afraid that she would remember her grandfather's reluctance to let her eldest brother marry her.

Zhuang Zhuang didn't refuse, and let Xiao Tuo take her in.

Hou Ye was a little stunned when he heard the princess's visit, but immediately rectified his appearance and went out to meet her.

"The old minister sees Her Highness the Princess." Lord Hou bowed.

"Master Hou is free." Zhuang Zhuang looked at him, at this veteran general who had fought bloody battles for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Princess, please come in." Master Hou took a step back and still bowed to invite her.

Zhuang Zhuang didn't refuse, and went straight in.

After the two sat down, Xiao Tuo stood beside Lord Hou, watching Zhuang Zhuang warily.

"The old minister has not yet congratulated the princess for recovering from her serious illness."

He recovered from a serious illness instead of committing suicide, which shows that he deliberately whitewashed the peace.

Zhuang Zhuang nodded, "Thank you Lord Hou."

The atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward, and neither of them seemed to be able to find a word.

Xiao Tuo remained silent, looked at Qin Zhi and Qiong Hua, both of them lowered their heads, standing on the left and right sides of Zhuang Zhuang, protecting her like Dharma protectors.

In the end, Lord Xiaohou couldn't hold back, "Princess, what's the matter here today?"

Zhuang Zhuang raised his head, a little dazed, "It's nothing."

"Then..." Lord Hou didn't know what to say. She came to him again when she had nothing to do, and she didn't say a word. He had faced and dealt with many crises, but he didn't know how to deal with his daughter's family. mind.

He felt that the princess should have hatred and resentment towards him.

But, it's hard, he understands the princess, I'm afraid the princess won't understand him.

The silence spread like this, Xiao Tuo looked at Zhuang Zhuang and his grandfather strangely, are these two playing charades? Why don't you speak?

"Princess, why don't you stay here for dinner today." Xiao Tuo opened the topic, mainly because he thought it was too weird.

Zhuang Zhuang didn't object or agree, just murmured, "Eat?"

"Eat, everyone has to eat, you have lost a lot of weight." Xiao Tuo said.

Zhuang Zhuang smiled, "Really?"

"Don't you even know? You ask Qin Zhi, that face is already small."

Lord Xiao Hou didn't stop Xiao Tuo from talking to the princess, someone talking is better than silence.

However, Xiao Tuo couldn't continue speaking, because Zhuang Zhuang didn't talk anymore.

She seemed to have really come to sit down.

Lord Xiaohou couldn't sit still any longer, and said to Xiao Tuo: "You go out first, grandfather has a few words with the princess."

Xiao Tuo looked at Zhuang Zhuang, he didn't want to leave, but he believed that the princess didn't mean anything malicious, so he said, "Well then, I'm right outside the door."

Qin Zhi and Qiong Hua also went out together, Zhuang Zhuang held a cup of tea in his hand, he didn't drink it, he just watched the tea foam in the cup silently.

"Princess!" Lord Xiao Hou called out, Zhuang Zhuang raised his head to look at him.

Lord Xiao Hou looked at the thin face, his eyes were very big because of the thinness, "Princess, you blame the old minister, don't you?"

Zhuang Zhuang was taken aback for a moment, "How come?"

"A real person doesn't tell lies, the princess resents the old minister, the old minister understands." Lord Xiao Hou said.

Zhuang Zhuang shook his head and said incomprehensibly, "Why do you hate you? The matter between me and Xiao Xiao has nothing to do with you, and you also passively stopped it."

Lord Xiao Hou didn't expect the princess to be so profoundly righteous, and couldn't help but feel ashamed, but, "If the princess didn't resent the old minister and came here to inquire about the crime, why did she come?"

Zhuang Zhuang smiled and looked around, "I just want to take a look, I want to sit here for a while, there is his breath here, in fact, I want to go to his room, but I feel a little presumptuous."

Hou Ye felt a little uncomfortable, he didn't expect her to come for this purpose, he sighed, "Xiao Tuo, come in, take the princess to your elder brother's room."

Xiao Tuo immediately pushed the door open and came in, and said stupidly: "What are you doing in elder brother's room? Eldest brother is not here."

Hou Ye looked at Zhuang Zhuang, and when he saw Zhuang Zhuang standing up, he suddenly asked: "What does the princess think about the marriage given by the queen mother?"

Zhuang Zhuang sat down again, "I have no idea, Lord Hou is afraid?"

Lord Hou didn't make a sound. He was really afraid, and he was alone. However, he was not the only one in the Xiao family.

Xiao Tuo didn't understand and said: "What's there to be afraid of? Soldiers come to cover up water and earth. There are solutions to big things. Big brother and princess have gone through so much. If grandfather is good at beating mandarin ducks, I, Xiao Tuo, will be the first Just stand up."

"Shut up, talk nonsense." Lord Xiao Hou scolded him angrily.

"I'm not talking nonsense, I just don't understand why you, grandfather, are afraid of wolves and tigers, and you have no intention of rebelling, even if the emperor fears our Xiao family, what's wrong? If you haven't done it, you haven't done it."

Although Hou Ye was angry, he also felt that Xiao Tuo's words were justified. He was old and feared too much. In fact, what if the emperor feared Xiao's family? He would still be afraid of losing Xiao Xiao's happiness.

If it is really a last resort, just step back, as long as people keep it, what else does it matter?

Thinking of this, he suddenly corrected his expression, "If the princess has no other ideas, then when Xiao Xiao returns from injury, the old minister will formally propose marriage to the empress dowager."

Zhuang Zhuang stared at him blankly, tears streaming down his face, "You... agree?"

"The will must not be violated." Master Hou was a little embarrassed, he didn't want people to pry into his deepest thoughts, and he didn't dare to see Zhuang Zhuang's tears. He had to bear part of the responsibility for the matter between him and Xiao Xiao.

Zhuang Zhuang bowed, "Thank you, your affirmation means a lot to me."

She followed Xiao Tuo away, sitting in the room of the man she liked, his breath was everywhere, she stroked the books he had read, the shirts he wore, and the cup he used with her fingertips.

She kept crying, crying and laughing, only then did she have a sense of reality in her heart.

In fact, for the past few days after waking up, she seemed to be living in an illusion. After waking up, Zian told her that Xiao Xiao died in front of her bed. At that time, all she could think was that he would finally live up to her.

For the first two days, she didn't care at all about who was plotting her family's wealth. Until this moment, she slowly came out of the dream and came to reality.

She is going to marry Xiao Xiao, but Xiao Xiao hasn't come back yet, no one can answer her whether he will be fine.

She doesn't want to get married, she just wants him to be safe and sound.

Otherwise, she would not be able to keep her life.