The family of three stood up and followed Mr. Xiao into the main room.

Duke Xiao sat down on the throne, and Xiao Siqian knelt in front of him again.

"Father, why didn't you inform your son in advance when you returned to Beijing? This place is too shabby..."

Xiao Laoguo said: "You'd better get up and talk, the children are all here."

Xiao Siqian's face turned red slightly and he quickly stood up.

Xiao Xuan then stepped forward and saluted him: "Uncle."

Xiao Siqian nodded: "Xiao Wu is back too?"

In fact, the last time the two met was only a few months ago.

At that time, Xiao Siqian was still the Duke of Dingguo, and the whole family had a meal together before Xiao Xuan left Beijing.

Unexpectedly, when we meet again now, Xiao Xuan is still the young and handsome Zhongyong Hou, but he has become a phoenix.

Not only was he forced to give up his title by his children, but he was also defrauded of a large sum of money, and he even had to move to this ghost place, which was called to recuperate.

In the past few months, he had been going crazy in this little farm.

Especially when he heard that His Majesty was in danger and his eldest daughter was also poisoned by a strange poison, he wished he could go to the palace immediately.

The fate of the emperor and the empress was connected with the fate of the Xiao family. Even though that fate seemed to have little to do with him, he still couldn't ignore it.

But he did not forget that he was still a "patient" and was not suitable to appear in front of others.

Hearing that his second younger brother and sister had returned to the capital, he quickly asked Xiao Zhong to send some medicine there, also wanting to find out about His Majesty and his eldest daughter.

Unexpectedly, I got news about the engagement of that dead girl Xiao Bi.

Fortunately, the eldest daughter is out of danger, the Xiao family has returned to peace, and her father is finally returning to Beijing.

Of course he missed his father after not seeing him for more than ten years.

But no matter how much he begged, and even went to Yanmen County in person several times, his father still refused to see him, let alone return to Beijing.

Now his father is back, saying it is for Bi'er's haircut ceremony and marriage. In fact, the Xiao family knows that the more important reason is that he has been kicked out.

Without the presence of this annoying son, his father can rest in peace and enjoy his old age in the mansion without having to return to Yanmen County again.

This incident was like a slap in the face, which hurt all the way to the seams in his bones.

Old Duke Xiao looked at the main room and said, "I think this place is very nice. It's many times better than my camp in the army."

These words were obviously directed at Xiao Siqian's "too simple" statement just now.

Xiao Siqian breathed heavily into his chest, but he couldn't argue.

My father guarded the border in Yanmen County for decades. He did not build a mansion there, but always lived in a military camp.

Winters are cold and summers are sultry. Although the food and drink are much better than those of ordinary soldiers, they are too vulgar in the eyes of the nobles.

Not to mention compared with the nobles in Beijing, even his current life is far behind.

What else could he say?

Xiao Xuan wanted to laugh a little.

I really blamed my grandfather wrongly.

The old man was not worried about his eldest son, he was clearly here to cause trouble for his uncle.

If he guessed correctly, it would be time for my grandfather to hit his uncle.

Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, Xiaojiu and her hairpin, the elders of the Huan family propose marriage...

If these matters are thoroughly investigated, the uncle will need to come forward.

And according to what he knew about his uncle, he must have been planning this matter recently.

After all, he is not too old. He has been away from home for several months and it is time for him to recover.

The title will not come back, but by virtue of his status as the head of the state, it is not difficult for him to find a new vacancy in the court.

It's a pity that Jiang is still very old. How could the uncle hide these little tricks from his grandfather?

Xiao Xuan looked at Old Duke Xiao with the mood of watching a good show, just to see how his grandfather would attack his uncle.

Seeing that the eldest son was speechless, Old Duke Xiao sneered and said: "Siqian, you have been Duke Ding for nearly twenty years, so you must have many confidants in the mansion.

So you must know that I will return to Beijing to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival this year."

Xiao Siqian didn't dare to be mean and could only nod: "Yes, my son knows."

Old Duke Xiao said again: "If I don't come to you today, what are you going to do?"

"I..." Xiao Siqian's tongue seemed to be knotted: "I... plan to go back home to... kowtow to your old man."

"Then what?"

"Then……"

Old Duke Xiao sneered: "Then you can stay in the mansion and go and beg your emperor's son-in-law to arrange a good position for you again, right?"

Xiao Siqian was extremely embarrassed when his father poked at the central issue.

But he is no longer a young man in his teens or twenties, and he is very skilled in breaking jars and smashing things.

He gritted his teeth and knelt down again.

"Father, it's so difficult for my son..."

Old Duke Xiao looked at him coldly and did not intend to ask what was wrong with him.

Xiao Siqian could only bite the bullet and said: "Father, Bi'er is really outrageous. My son's abilities are limited, so it is appropriate to give up the title to Can'er.

But she is my flesh and blood, so she cannot push me to a dead end...

Not only did she plunder all the ornaments in her son’s study, she also pretended to be a good girl in front of her son and defrauded me of two hundred thousand silver..."

When he said this, Xin Su on the side almost jumped up from his chair.

Xiao Siqian is a bastard!

How many things are you hiding from me?!

No wonder he was so stingy when he bought the farm, and became so stingy after moving here. It turned out that Xiao Bi had defrauded him of all his money!

Xiao Chan quickly stretched out her hand to hold her down, and secretly shook her head.

As time went by, she became more and more aware of her mother's incompetence and stupidity.

It's okay to be incompetent. After all, my mother's background is not good, and she can't ask all the women in the world to be as powerful as Xiao Bi.

But stupid...

She really couldn't bear to use this word to describe her own mother.

However, the fact is that her mother is a fool who has no brains and cannot distinguish priorities.

If you jump out at this time, apart from making your grandfather and fifth brother despise their mother and daughter even more, and make your father furious, what else can you get?

Xin Su glared back at her daughter, but in the end she didn't do anything inappropriate.

Xiao Chan breathed a sigh of relief and retracted his hand.

How could their little moves be hidden from Old Duke Xiao? He smiled faintly and looked at his son kneeling on the ground again.

Xiao Siqian pursed his lips and continued: "That's all, my son hasn't taken care of her for so many years, so giving her 200,000 silver should be her fair share.

But that girl was too greedy and cruel. Not only did she use the 200,000 she defrauded to buy a thousand-acre farm that her son had chosen, but she also used a trick to steal another one from her son.

My son had no choice but to live in this place because of financial constraints.

Father, she also threatened her son that if he dared to tell others about these things, she would completely cut off my financial resources..."
Chapter completed!