Xiao Xia is a child picked up by the house manager, and she has always regarded the house manager as her father. However, Xiao Xia is only twelve years old. For a half-year-old child, let alone forty big boards, even ten big boards cannot hold up. Xiao Zhen twists up

eyebrow.

"Please spare my life, the imperial concubine," the house manager knelt down and kowtowed to the imperial concubine: "Xiaoxia is still a child. Let alone forty, twenty is unbearable. Please spare her life."

"Have you turned a deaf ear to what I said?" Concubine Mu looked coldly at the Imperial Guards who did not move.

All the servants were dragged down.

There were rows of benches on the racecourse, and the servants were forced to lie on the benches, and the sticks as thick as elbows were hit hard on their buttocks.

Screams sounded.

"Please, the manager is old. He won't be able to bear twenty dollars." Xiao Xia begged the imperial guard who dragged her away.

The guard's face was expressionless and unmoved. As if he was used to it, he directly held Xiaoxia on the stool. Just when he was about to hit him with a stick, he frowned and looked at the servant who suddenly hugged Xiaoxia.

Xiao Zhen stood in front of Xiao Xia. She looked at the imperial guards and begged: "Brother, Xiao Xia is still young, please hit me." She was older than Xiao Xia. Thinking of Xiao Xia's care for her, Xiao Zhen blocked her without even thinking.

On Xiaoxia's body.

"Brother A-Zhen." Xiao Xia's eyes were already filled with tears.

Xiao Zhen was also in a heavy mood. Just because of the concubine's words, all of them would be beaten twenty times, and the older ones like the house manager would most likely die. The biggest injustice she had ever seen was only for the young people in the village.

The elders were unfair in handling disputes. I also encountered such things on the way to Beijing. But we can discuss and negotiate. The worst thing is that we will suffer more injustice and get less benefits. In one sentence like this

, they didn’t even get a chance to talk.

"What are you trying to do? You have too much time to take care of yourself. Go away." The Imperial Guard asked the Imperial Guard on the side to pull her away.

Xiao Zhen was directly held on another bench. Just when she was determined to close her eyes and prepare to endure the pain, a soft voice above her head sounded: "Hey, put the thing in quickly."

Xiao Zhen opened her eyes and saw the Yu Linjun beside her handing her a small pillow and letting her stuff it behind her.

"Don't be stunned, hurry up, it will be terrible if you are discovered."

Xiao Zhen glanced at the imperial guard. He didn't recognize him. Why was he so eager to help her? He glanced at him gratefully, then pushed his pants aside and stuffed them in without caring about the embarrassment.

The sounds were endless, and the screams and cries merged into one.

Xiao Zhen was also beaten, but it didn't hurt. There was something stuffed on it, so the Imperial Guardsman wasn't cruel.

"Don't look around, you have to scream," the Imperial Forest Army saw Xiao Zhen looking worriedly at Xiao Xia and the house manager not far away. Aunt Feng and others said softly: "Don't worry, brothers, you know what's going on."

, I won’t do anything harsh, and I guarantee that nothing will happen to them.”

Xiao Zhen screamed and asked, "What's going on? Did Master ask you to do this?"

"Stop talking, someone is coming." The imperial guard began to fight seriously.

Xiao Zhen felt some pain in his back and screamed louder. From the corner of his eye, he saw another group of Imperial Guards coming, and he was even more confused. Could it be that the Imperial Guards were divided into two factions?

At the end of the 20th round, everyone was almost knocked unconscious. Although they were merciful, they still had to show their dignity, and the pain was certainly real.

Xiao Zhen was carried into the hut. After the imperial guards left, she immediately sat up. Her teeth pricked when she touched the wound. Even though she was stuffed with a small pillow, she still felt a little pain.

"How is it? You didn't hurt your muscles or bones, did you?" Three guards came in. One of them pulled the only stool in Xiao Zhen's room and sat down. The three of them laughed and looked at Xiao Zhen.

"You?" The people who came were none other than the guards who practiced martial arts in the racecourse every day.

"No need to thank me, because you peek at our training every day, our brothers will help you this time. Haha."

"That's right. Otherwise, we won't get used to it if no one peeks after training." Several people laughed happily.

Xiao Zhen felt embarrassed. Since she came to the Confucius Mansion, after feeding the horses early in the morning, she would watch the guards practicing martial arts. Sometimes her hands were itchy and she would use branches to imitate their sword moves. She thought no one knew,

It turns out they all knew.

"Thank you. If it weren't for you, I would have been injured this time." Xiao Zhen touched his buttocks.

"No, His Highness the Crown Prince has already anticipated such a situation and has explained it to us. Therefore, half of the Imperial Guardsmen who came with the Imperial Concubine are our people."

"Is this what His Highness the Crown Prince told you?" Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, of course, the little pillow is specially given to you by our brothers."

Several people laughed again as they spoke.

Seeing them laughing, Xiao Zhen couldn't help but feel happy: "I don't know what your names are yet? My name is Xiao Zhen."

"Wu Yin."

"Zhao Jie."

"Zhang Liu."

The four hit it off and chatted with each other, only to realize that the four of them were all the same age, but Xiao Zhen was two years older than them, so Xiao Zhen was the oldest among the four.

Xiao Zhen was a little restrained at first. After all, they were the prince's personal bodyguards, and she was just a groom. But the three of them were straightforward, and she was also informal. When they talked, they found that many of them had the same ideas, so Xiao Zhen simply let it go.

Let's chat.

It wasn't until someone hurriedly came in to tell them that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had woken up that Wu Yin and the other three hurriedly left. When they left, Xiao Zhen had to walk everywhere to avoid being seen by interested people. There was also a horse and they would help her take care of it.

One day, don’t worry.

After not sleeping all night, and having just talked so much, Xiao Zhen was already sleepy and fell asleep.

I fell asleep straight into the latter part of the night.

It was still raining outside, pattering, not as heavy as last night, and occasionally a few muffled thunder could be heard.

Xiao Zhen was thinking about whether it would be appropriate to visit Xiao Xiahe in the middle of the night. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a tureen on the table with a note pressed under the bowl.

"Brother A-Zhen, I came to see you and left when I saw you fell asleep. This is the porridge I just cooked. You can drink some when you wake up. Xiao Xia." This is the note left by Xiao Xia. The house manager loves Xiao Xia.

Whenever she has nothing to do, she will teach Xiaoxia how to read.

"It smells so good." Xiao Zhen opened the lid of the bowl and found that the porridge was still warm. The aroma of the porridge was astonishing. Although it was pure porridge, everything tasted delicious to a person who had been hungry all day.

Knowing that Xiao Xia was fine, Xiao Zhen felt relieved and finished the porridge in one gulp.

When the sky was slightly bright, Xiao Zhen got up and went to feed the horses. After feeding the horses, Wu Yin, Zhao Jie, Zhang Liu and a dozen other guards came out from the other side of the door to start training. Xiao Zhen also picked up branches on the ground and looked at them.

The test pen was written, but she used to do it secretly, but after yesterday, she became upright.

After that, she went to see Xiao Xia, the house manager, and Aunt Feng. Everyone was fine, but the house manager was old and needed to stay in bed for three or four days before he would get better.

Concubine Mu and His Highness the Crown Prince have returned to the palace. I heard that there was an unpleasant quarrel between mother and son, and His Highness the Crown Prince returned to the palace alone.

Thinking of His Highness the Crown Prince, Xiao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He always felt that the child was not having a happy life. Maybe it was because of Mo'er. Xiao Zhen felt a little distressed in his heart. He also felt that he had thought too much. Why should the Crown Prince want her to feel distressed?

Moreover, this prince almost caused her skin to be torn to pieces.

In the afternoon, the master invited a doctor to prepare three sets of herbs for each of the servants who were beaten.

Another day passed, and Xiao Zhen had nothing but a slight soreness in her buttocks. She remembered that today was the day when the inn was handed over to the Han family by shopkeeper Fang, so she provided fodder for the horse and left the house.

Already.

Due to the weather, there were not many pedestrians on the street, just a few.

It drizzles during the day and thunderstorms at night. This weather is quite torturous.

There are three large carriages parked outside the inn. The carriages are made of fine rosewood as frames. You can tell at a glance that they belong to a wealthy family.

Shopkeeper Fang was talking to a tall man in the inn. When he saw Xiao Zhen coming, he said, "Azhen, you're here just in time. Take Shopkeeper Han's family to the inner hall to check the inventory."

"Okay." Xiao Zhen was very happy to be able to help Shopkeeper Fang. Although she didn't stay in the inn for long, Shopkeeper Fang treated her very well and introduced her to good jobs. She always wanted to repay her.

Order something.

When walking through the inner courtyard, Xiao Zhen stopped. Under the gardenia tree in the inner courtyard, a young man sitting in a wheelchair without an umbrella was looking up at the gardenias in full bloom. His back was turned to

She couldn't clearly see her appearance, but what could be seen was her shoulders that looked unusually thin.

The gardenia tree was tall, and although it could block part of the rain, the boy's hair and clothes still got a lot wet.

"Third Young Master." Xiao Zhen was followed by the Han family members who greeted the wheelchair-bound boy in the courtyard.

The young man didn't look back, didn't even make a move, he just looked at the gardenia above.

Is this the third young master of the Han family? Xiao Zhen thought of the discussion about the third young master Han when the guys talked about the Han family:

"That third young master is a loser. I heard he was kidnapped and sold away when he was a child. When he came back, his feet had been broken."

"What I heard is different from what you heard. People outside say that the third son was not born to Mrs. Han, so this foot was actually broken by Mrs. Han."

At this time, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl came hurriedly from the other end of the corridor holding an umbrella: "Third Young Master, why did you come out without an umbrella again?"
Chapter completed!