Chapter 85

Li Hao saw the Fifth Lady lead the topic to himself, smiled, and didn't care:

"Xue'er will come back in more than half a year."

Other ladies didn't let Li Yun continue to be embarrassed, and all took the opportunity to shift the topic to a new one.

"Is Xue'er also a Ninth-Grade Battle Body?"

"She is very smart. That year..."

In the conversation, the previous small dispute was covered up.

Li Hao was calm, accompanied several ladies to talk and laugh, and talked about the past. On the other side, Li Yun's cheeks were embarrassed, occasionally secretly looking at his father, seeing that the other party had put away his anger, and revealed a gratified smile while talking and laughing with Li Hao, his heart was both relieved and inexplicably felt a bit lost.

At this time, he felt his cramped palm under the table being touched. Looking down, it turned out to be his sister beside him.

Li Zhining smiled at Li Yun, then picked up vegetables for him. This action made him feel bursts of warmth in his heart...

Gao Qingqing looked at Li Hao, who was calm in demeanor and behavior, and then looked at her own son, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart.

Except for cultivation, her son was indeed inferior to Li Hao in all aspects. Li Hao's early wisdom and sensibility had long been well-known in the mansion. The only regret was that he delayed cultivation in his early years.

"Shuang'er made it onto the Qian Ranking. Now that she's back in the mansion, does she have any plans for the future?"

Halfway through the banquet, Liu Yuerong asked seemingly casually.

Li Wushuang glanced at the teenager who was two years younger than her but talking and laughing calmly opposite her. She stretched out her chopsticks and subconsciously reached for the plate of dragon liver, but halfway through, with her many years of sword control ability, she lightly changed the trace and picked up other dishes.

Sending the dishes into her mouth, she said while eating: "No plans, just want to spar with Cousin Ganfeng."

This made the eyes of many ladies hook over, but they didn't seem to hear anything, still eating and chatting.

Liu Yuerong's expression didn't change, and she said with an undiminished smile: "I heard that Ganfeng just came down from Mount Wuliang and will return to the mansion in the next few days. When the time comes, let you compare. Back then, Xuanli and Tiangang and the others often chased each other all over the courtyard..."

Li Xuanli smiled bitterly: "Second Sister-in-law, those are all youthful embarrassments, don't mention it, don't mention it."

The evening banquet gradually came to an end, and the night grew deeper.

The seven or eight dishes Li Hao asked Yuanzhao to buy, along with other subsequent dishes prepared by the Eldest Lady, were all served one after another and were all eaten up.

Li Wushuang also ate a lot and didn't know which dishes were bought by Li Hao, just feeling they were delicious.

Li Hao naturally had no interest in exposing it. Anyway, this was only once. From the moment that piece of dragon liver was placed on the table, it was impossible for him to give the other party any food or gifts again.

At most, when people get married in the future, he would just give a small gift to show his meaning.

After eating and drinking, everyone left the Changchun Courtyard one after another, and no further friction occurred afterward.

Li Hao said goodbye to the ladies and took Uncle Zhao and Qingzhi back to the Shanhe Courtyard.

On the other side, Li Xuanli took his wife, daughter, and son back to the Piaoxue Courtyard together.

After the three children went into the house, Gao Qingqing pulled her husband who was following behind and stopped on the small path behind, blaming him:

"How could you say that to Yun'er during the banquet just now? He is your child, and Shuang'er too. She just came back, and you said that to her. How much it hurts the child's heart!"

Li Xuanli was stunned, thought for a while, and sighed: "It was their fault in the first place. Let's not talk about Yun'er, his spirit is too small. If this continues, it will be difficult for him to achieve greatness in the future. Shuang'er too, she has studied under the Qianji Daoist for these years, and her cultivation has progressed well, but why is her temperament so reckless?"

"She is protecting her brother. Isn't it good for the siblings to be harmonious?" Gao Qingqing said unpleasantly.

Li Xuanli thought about it and smiled: "That's true."

"You..." Gao Qingqing was speechless. The men of the Li Clan were indeed all rough men.

Li Xuanli felt his wife's dissatisfaction and said helplessly:

"Then I can't talk about Hao'er. Fourteen years ago, the Seventh Brother just finished the war, and I happened to be injured in those few years. Otherwise, the Yanbei matter should have fallen on me, but it was topped by the Seventh Brother. Now the Seventh Brother and Qingqing have been fighting in Yanbei for many years, and you and I both understand the hardships. Could it be that I still have to teach his son here?"

Gao Qingqing was speechless, naturally knowing this reason.

Li Xuanli continued: "Moreover, Hao'er is not wrong. You saw it during the banquet. Hao'er is so smart, talking and laughing freely in front of his elders, not shy at all, and his words are polite and don't annoy people. It is truly rare to have this temperament at such an age. It's a pity he can't practice, otherwise, our Shuang'er really might not be able to compare."

Gao Qingqing's just-calmed anger flared up again when she heard his praise and comparison.

She flicked her sleeves and said angrily: "Then you can go with your Hao'er!"

Saying that, she walked into the house.

Li Xuanli was stunned, looking baffled. Did I say something wrong again? Why is she angry again?

In another place, the Shuihua Courtyard.

Liu Yuerong returned to the courtyard, just sat on the soft couch, and snorted angrily, slapping the tea table with her palm:

"Little girl, she will be a married woman in the future, yet she still wants to spar with Ganfeng, trying to compete for the True Dragon seat, without even looking at how much she weighs!"

The young girl at the banquet said it was sparring, but how could she not hear the other party's thoughts? And she happened to come back at this point, wasn't it to compete?

Although the Li Clan's True Dragon seat had fallen on the direct men for thousands of years, it wasn't that it hadn't been given to women, but that was a matter of hundreds of years ago.

That woman also never married in her life, always presided over the family's great cause, and finally became a famous female general of Da Yu.

Could it be that the little girl also wants to imitate her ancestors?

"Hmph, mere Shenyou Realm, overestimating her own strength..." Liu Yuerong thought of something, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Beside her, the old nanny who had been following her lowered her head and didn't dare to make a sound, but her eyes revealed a bit of sighing and sadness.

Once upon a time, when the ladies of each courtyard first arrived, everyone was harmonious and loved each other, and the nine courtyards had no gaps.

But now it has quietly changed.

When did this situation start?

The old nanny had served the Li Clan for many years and could vaguely remember some things.

It seemed that it was from the time when the Li Clan's Eldest Son and Third Son died in battle one after another that those happy times disappeared.

The next day.

Li Hao waited on the small path beside the mansion on horseback. Not long after, the sound of horse hooves came from behind.

"Brother Hao." Li Yuanzhao called with a smile, drove his horse to Li Hao's side, and the two went to the Tan Palace side by side.

"Are you full yesterday?"

"Almost stuffed."

"Haha."

"Brother Hao, my mother has a sharp tongue, don't mind..." Li Yuanzhao thought for a while and said.

Li Hao waved his hand: "Brothers don't mention these, I won't blame your mother."

Li Yuanzhao was overjoyed and relieved: "I knew Brother Hao was magnanimous."

Li Hao smiled.

Li Yuanzhao thought of the various things at the evening banquet yesterday and sighed: "The Eldest Lady and others are all praising Cousin Wushuang, but they don't know that Brother Hao, your cultivation has long surpassed hers. Speaking of which, Brother Hao, why didn't you say so last night?"

Li Hao pulled the horse rope casually, letting the horse walk lightly and happily: "What's the point of saying this? Competing for the limelight with a child? Too childish."

Li Yuanzhao was stunned, then laughed. Sure enough, it was his Brother Hao, it was this feeling.

"If Cousin knew you said she was a child, she would probably be pissed off."

"You are also a child."

"Brother Hao, you this..."

"Haha."

Li Hao laughed.

Li Yuanzhao was a bit helpless, but having been by Li Hao's side for a long time since he was a child, he didn't feel this was strange, and said:

"However, Brother Hao, the news of your cultivation will definitely be known by the Eldest Lady and the others soon."

Li Hao nodded and didn't care.

When Uncle Fu returns from Cangyu City in these two days, this news will mostly spread.

There won't be much time for peaceful days.

Fortunately, Cangyu City is in Qizhou, which is the Xia Clan's territory. Among the hundreds of cities in a state, the demon disaster didn't cause too many casualties, so the news didn't cause much of a sensation.

Coupled with the fact that the Li Clan's attention has been on Yanbei for these years, and the remaining few are also scattered in other territories guarded by the Li Clan, their grasp of news in other places is not so sensitive.

"Mm?"

Suddenly, Li Hao pulled the horse rope, and the Red Blood Horse had spirituality, stopping in place.

I saw a snow-white figure standing under the tree shade on the small path ahead. Looking at the figure's outline, wasn't it Li Wushuang?

Li Yuanzhao's small eyes narrowed, recognizing the other party's face, and couldn't help but change color: "Brother Hao, it's Cousin, she... she won't hear what we just said, right?"

"It doesn't matter if she hears it or not."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, frowned, feeling that these little guys were a bit of a headache, but still drove the horse over.

People who wait for you specifically, I'm afraid you can't avoid them.

When the sound of horse hooves got closer, Li Wushuang turned her head, obviously having been paying attention to Li Hao and the others, her face cold:

"At the evening banquet yesterday, the aunts were present, so I was too lazy to argue with you. The matter of you bullying my brother won't just end like this."

"Cousin Wushuang, that was how many years ago. Moreover, it was Li Yun who provoked Brother Hao first." Li Yuanzhao hurriedly said.

Li Wushuang glanced at him coldly: "Shut up."

Then she said to Li Hao: "You are a few months older than my brother. How you bullied my brother back then, today I will beat it back for my brother. You'd better not resist, otherwise, I might not be light-handed."

Li Hao couldn't help but be amused, and said: "I hit that kid's butt. Do you want to hit my butt too?"

Li Wushuang was stunned, her face cold: "Not hitting your butt, I want to hit your mouth!"

After speaking, she suddenly flew over, instantly crossing the distance of more than ten meters, wanting to wave her hand to slap Li Hao on the horse's back.

Seeing her palm brush his face, Li Hao leaned back slightly, then raised his hand to grab, like Taiji unloading force, pulling her body off balance, adding the power of object control, and pressing her onto the horse's back.

"You!"

Li Wushuang's pupils contracted sharply, a trace of horror appearing in her eyes.

"Hit my mouth? If it weren't for the fact that you are a member of the Li Clan, you wouldn't have a good end."

Li Hao snorted coldly, then raised his hand and slapped her butt hard, pulling and hitting several times.

"Taking revenge for your brother, right? I hit too lightly back then!"