The Marquis Is Innocent
Chapter 66:

Xiao Qiao was startled.

Wei Shao suddenly bent down, raised his hand to support his waist and abdomen, frowned slightly, and showed a painful face.

Xiao Qiao hurriedly went up a hand to hold him and was about to call someone in, but Wei Shao held back her wrist.

“Don’t let anyone know!” Wei Shao said, “If word gets out to my grandmother and mother, it will only add to their worries. Besides, I’m not seriously hurt, just a few flesh wounds. You can help me with this.”

Xiao Qiao exchanged a glance with him. Her eyes then fell on his swollen forehead, the corner of his broken lip, and the back of his blood-stained hand. She slowly let out a breath.

……

Besides the injuries, mud and grass covered his clothes. He looked as if he had just rolled on the ground.

Xiao Qiao sent him into the bathroom to wash and let him sit on the couch. Blood slowly seeped out of his forehead. She took a clean handkerchief and raised her hand to dab it gently.

Wei Shao faintly ‘hissed,’ frowned, and bared his teeth, seeming to be in a lot of pain.

Xiao Qiao’s hand stopped: “I am clumsy, afraid to hurt you. I will let Chun Niang come in ……”

Wei Shao shook his head: “I can bear it.”

The back of his right hand cracked with deep cuts, seemingly scraped by stones, and after washing the wound, it looked shocking.

Xiao Qiao carefully helped him apply for medicine and wrapped it with a bandage.

“Does it hurt?” She asked him.

Wei Shao sat quietly. He looked at her and shook his head. Suddenly, he raised his uninjured left hand and gently wrapped it around her waist.

Xiao Qiao glanced at him but did not stop. She took a jade stick, picked out some swelling and bleeding medicine, and gently wiped it on his forehead and the corner of his lips where he was injured, rubbing it gently.

His palm pressed against her waist, through the clothing, rubbed a few times, slightly tightened his arm, and Xiao Qiao fell to sit on his lap.

“Your neck cracked a gash too, not yet wiped ……”

Xiao Qiao struggled slightly and tried to stand up.

“Do not move.”

Wei Shao said.

Xiao Qiao stopped moving.

Wei Shao took the jade stick from her hand. His face came towards her, and one cheek rubbed gently against her soft face.

She had just finished bathing before he returned. Her whole body still carries a fresh and sweet fragrance.

Wei Shao closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the fragrance from her hair and neck.

He sniffed for a while, lowered his head, and began to kiss her gently.

Xiao Qiao didn’t refuse, leaned on his chest, and rested her head on his shoulder, letting him kiss her.

After a while, she asked: “What happened in the past two days? You should at least tell me, right?”

Wei Shao lowered his head to kiss her neck when he suddenly heard her ask a question. He paused.

“I already solved it. It is fine.”

He said vaguely and continued kissing her. His hand gradually moved upward and finally covered her breasts, which had bulged more than when she had first married over.

Xiao Qiao took his hand away and stood up. She said, “You must be tired after a busy day, drinking and fighting with people, so go to bed early yourself.”

A hand reached over from behind and grabbed her arm.

Xiao Qiao turned around. She saw him tilting his face slightly, looking at her.

They looked at each other for a moment.

With a gentle tug from Wei Shao, Xiao Qiao sat back on his lap again.

This time, he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. He wrapped his arms around her completely so that her back pressed against his chest.

But he didn’t say a word.

Xiao Qiao struggled a few times but could not break free of his arms.

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Xiao Qiao suddenly turned her head and stared at him, saying slowly.

Wei Shao continued to be silent. When Xiao Qiao felt some disappointment in her heart, he suddenly lifted her up, turned her around, and made her sit on her knees on his lap.

Xiao Qiao straightened her back so she could look at his level.

“In the future, if I can’t control my temper again, you can just hit me like you did the other time.”

He finally said. His face slowly turned red, and he seemed to struggle to speak.

Xiao Qiao was stunned, then hummed and cocked her mouth: ” Marquis is high and mighty. Last time, it was just a fluke that you didn’t bother with me. After that, I was scared to death. How will I have the guts to hit you again next time?”

” I asked you to hit me, and you can hit me.”

“You really don’t mind it?”

Wei Shao shook his head.

“And promise not to fight back?”

“How can I fight back?” He disdained.

“I can’t bear to hit you either.”

He paused for a moment and spoke softly again.

Xiao Qiao looked at him. He also looked at her. The two of them looked at each other.

The candle flame in the room gently swayed, the surroundings quiet and they could hear the sound of each other’s heartbeat.

……

The eyes of the man who said this, at this moment, look genuine.

But this man, how proud he should be.

He refused to say much in front of her about the private things between the Wei family’s men. She could understand that.

She wanted to hear him admit his mistake, but he wouldn’t say anything.

Xiao Qiao hesitated.

She still doesn’t know how he got into a fight with Wei Yan tonight. But from all the signs after he returned in the evening, she felt the problem had been solved.

At least it won’t be as big as she feared earlier.

Her expectations were, in fact, no more than this. Without waiting for herself to say, he had already solved the matter.

Moreover, compared to his attitude two days ago, his attitude tonight was actually a pleasant surprise.

Xiao Qiao thought about it and finally decided it was better not to push him for the time being.

“This is what you said yourself. You have to remember it. This is the last time. Next time if you lose your temper with me and make me angry, I will never forgive you lightly!”

She said.

Wei Shao gave a sound. He lowered his head slightly, and their foreheads touched each other.

His breath was hot, mixed with the smell of alcohol and the medicine she had just applied to him.

But she did not feel disgusted. When he opened his mouth to take her lips, she closed her eyes and leaned meekly against his shoulder, tilting her head to cooperate and letting him kiss her lips for a while. She hugged him, and with her other hand, she crept through his lapel and pressed against his skin.

His muscles are tight. His skin was smooth, full of the power of young men, and even sexier with his clothes off. His chest, back, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs were very comfortable to touch, and the feel was superb.

Wei Shao likes it when she touches him. His response was strong. Every time she stroked his sensitive spot, he looked excited.

This actually made Xiao Qiao feel a sense of accomplishment.

But Xiao Qiao did not take much initiative to touch him before. Only at his request, and a few times only, in a passive way.

Tonight, maybe his bruised and swollen appearance has inspired her motherly love. Although the attitude of admitting fault does not make her feel satisfied, at least the roundabout way was considered convincing.

Xiao Qiao decided to touch him as an incentive.

Her soft hands slowly moved inside his lapel. She stroked his chest and then the lower abdomen.

Wei Shao’s breathing gradually became ragged.

……

“Master, Madam has arrived!”

Suddenly, a voice from a servant came from outside the door.

Xiao Qiao was startled. Her hand stopped on Wei Shao’s belly.

Wei Shao paused and slowly opened his eyes. His expression showed displeasure.

Xiao Qiao glanced at him.

She came to the Wei family in Yuyang for over half a year. In the past, when something happened, Mrs. Zhu always sent someone to summon her or Wei Shao to come over.

It was the first time Mrs. Zhu personally came to the West House.

Not sure what’s going on.

Xiao Qiao hurriedly climbed down from his lap and tugged at her dress. She saw Wei Shao only wearing middle clothes, and the lapel got open just now. She hurriedly helped him to tidy up and quickly took the outer clothes.

Wei Shao lazily got up, let Xiao Qiao serve him, and put on the outer clothes.

Xiao Qiao helped him straighten his lapel. He raised his hand and touched her hanging hair. A rush of footsteps came from outside the door, and then Mrs. Zhu’s voice was heard: “Shao’er, come out.” Her voice sounded with anxiety and worry.

Wei Shao turned around and went to open the door.

Mrs. Zhu stood at the door, looked at Wei Shao through the light, and immediately exclaimed, ” It’s true! Who beat you up like that?”

Wei Shao said, “I drank too much wine, and when I returned to ride my horse, I accidentally fell ……”

“Nonsense!” Mrs. Zhu was enraged, “Do you think I am blind? Is this from the fall? I heard a servant in the house say she saw you coming back with bruises, and I didn’t believe her. I didn’t think it was true! Who dared to beat you up like this?”

Mrs. Zhu’s eyes immediately shot at Xiao Qiao inside.

Xiao Qiao panicked.

“He did not say, so you do not ask? Why won’t you go to my place and tell me?” Mrs. Zhu scolded.

Xiao Qiao remained silent.

Wei Shao looked sullen: “Mother, don’t be unreasonable! It’s just a flesh wound. Why make such a fuss? I’d better send mother back to the room and get an early rest.”

Wei Shao stepped out of the room and urged Mrs. Zhu to go back to her room. Mrs. Zhu saw her son was already striding outside. She had no choice but to follow him.

Wei Shao walked Mrs. Zhu to the door of the east house and said, “Mother, go inside and rest. I’m a bit tired today, so I’ll go to bed early too.” After saying that, he turned around.

Mrs. Zhu looked at her son’s fading back, remembering the scene reverberating in her mind during the day. Her anxiety for her son finally overwhelmed the pressure Mrs. Xu had brought her for the past twenty years. She couldn’t hold back and went out to call Wei Shao.

Wei Shao had no choice but to stop again and turn back, “What are Mother’s orders?”

Mrs. Zhu looked around, saw no one was there, and lowered her voice: “Shao’er, I have something I have been hiding in my heart for many years, and I didn’t want to say it at first. But now, I see that the person is getting different. I thought it would be better to say it to you quietly so you can have an idea in your mind and made a precaution early. Otherwise, if something happens later, it will be too late to regret!”

Wei Shao sighed: “What else does Mother want to say?”

“That cousin of yours, he’s different from us. He’s not a Han! He is a Xiongnu child!”

Mrs. Zhu gritted her teeth and said word by word.

Wei Shao stunned, trying desperately to suppress displeasure in his heart, said coldly, “Why does Mother speak like this?”

Mrs. Zhu sneered: “Do you think his father is really a son-in-law who has joined our Wei family? Listen carefully, it’s all just a bullshit story made up by your good grandmother! I know what happened back then very well. Your aunt was taken away by the Xiongnu’s King Rizhu when she was in the border city. When your father got her back three years later, she already had the Xiongnu’s seed in her belly! She was five months pregnant, and I tried to persuade her not to keep it. But she didn’t listen. She was determined to give birth. The one born is your good cousin! Your aunt died after she gave birth to him!”

Ms. Zhu’s face showed her disgust: “I knew it. This bastard was a sin from the moment he was born. I said since his mother was gone, he should be returned to the Xiongnu to be raised. Your grandmother wanted to stay and raise him herself. She kept him for so many years. And she kept it a secret, even from you! Shao’er, Mother is doing this for your own good. It’s not that I refuse him. Your cousin, who is not a Han, will sooner or later have a different heart! If you don’t realize it and don’t take precautions, you will be in trouble! Why is he so eager to get on the stage and compete in the limelight today? He wants to overpower you and take your throne in the future! Shao’er, think about it, our Wei family, from the grandfather, several generations to guard the Youzhou, and are at odds with Xiongnu people, but our family has raised a Xiongnu child, if this spreads ……”

As Mrs. Zhu narrated, Wei Shao’s face became stiff, left Mrs. Zhu behind, turned his head, and stridden away.

Mrs. Zhu froze and hurriedly chased after him: “My son! This matter your grandmother forbade me to say out, you must not mention in front of her that I have informed you ……”

Before her words fell, Wei Shao’s back had disappeared into the night.

Mrs. Zhu slowly stopped, standing alone in the dark corridor, lost in thought for a moment.

She finally said the secret buried in her heart to her son tonight.

Mrs. Zhu’s mood at the moment was indescribably relaxed as if she had given birth to a strange fetus conceived thirty years. However, after the relief, she was a bit afraid.

She was afraid Mrs. Xu would find out.

But soon, that motherly nature overcame the fear again.

I did it all for my son. As long as he is fine, what can I not give up?

In her heart, Mrs. Zhu said to herself.

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