Farm Girl's Manor

It would have been fine if you hadn’t mentioned it, but once you did, Xiao Xiong’s anger was blazing, and it shot up even higher. Pointing at Xiao Ruiyuan, he cursed vehemently, "If it weren’t for this evil offspring, Qing’er and Princess Ruining’s marriage would have already been settled. Qing’er wouldn’t be suffering in the Clan’s tomb up to this day. You’re magnanimous, not blaming this evil offspring, and even pleading for him. When has this evil offspring ever remembered your kindness?"

As he kept calling him an "evil offspring" over and over, Xiao Eleven wished he could immediately put a sack over this excuse of a father and throw him into the Lotus pond to feed the turtles.

Lady Wei looked at Xiao Ruiyuan with a sorrowful gaze, her face expressing pain as she weakly clutched at her husband’s sleeve and began to whimper softly. Yet even so, she continued to speak in his defense, "Lord Hou, please don’t blame the Princely Heir. It’s only because Qing’er was misled and did something wrong that he is being punished. It has nothing to do with the Princely Heir. Please, Lord Hou, don’t bear a grudge against the Princely Heir for Qing’er’s sake."

"You, you’re just too aware of the bigger picture, which is why this evil offspring acts without any concerns." Xiao Xiong was deeply moved and thought there was no woman more kind-hearted and generous than the one in his arms. He felt even more resentful toward his cold and heartless eldest son, "Since the Emperor has already decreed your marriage, it’s time to start thinking about your brother’s lifelong happiness. I will send for him in two days; you must not obstruct this."

Xiao Ruiyuan, who had been ignoring the couple, suddenly darkened at the words, his voice carrying a bloodthirsty chill, "Want to collect your favored son’s corpse? This general will fulfill your wish!"

Xiao Xiong was so angered that he reeled back, turning a shade of iron. He pointed at Xiao Ruiyuan for a good while before finally choking out two words, bellowing, "Evil Offspring!"

Being called an "Evil Offspring" by his biological father was nothing new to Xiao Ruiyuan; his expression didn’t change as he replied coldly, "Lord Hou, if you don’t believe me, you can try. You know that this general never breaks his word."

Having said that, he no longer looked at the nearly apoplectic Xiao Xiong and Lady Wei, who hid poison in her eyes, before he took the Imperial Edict and returned to his own courtyard.