Wanruo's heart suddenly beat like thunder. She forced herself to remain calm and looked at him blankly.

He pursed his lips tightly, and finally let go of her hand: "Practice the piano."

Wanruo breathed a sigh of relief and nodded obediently.

He held her fingers and demonstrated the fingering technique again. Wanruo seemed to have regained some feeling this time. She learned quickly and got it right after two or three tries.

"What song do you want to learn?" he asked her.

Wanruo thought for a moment, then turned to look at him: "Xiang Fei is resentful."

He was stunned for a moment, a rare look of surprise in his usually clear and calm eyes: "Why do you want to learn this?"

Wanruo blinked and said, "If you don't dote on me anymore, I will play this song in my room every day. Maybe it will make you remember our old love."

“…”

He pinched her face and asked, "What kind of mess do you think about all day long?"

"Then will you teach me?" Wanruo pulled his sleeve.

He was a little helpless: "I don't have the music score, I'll ask Qing An to buy it and teach you someday."

He has never been interested in this kind of melancholy boudoir music.

He originally wanted to teach her songs with vast artistic conception, such as "Moon over the Blue Mountains" or "The Return of the Phoenix", as he thought she would like them.

"Yeah!" Wanruo smiled very satisfied.

Cuizhu announced from outside the door: "Zizi, someone from the palace has come to deliver the imperial edict."

Wanruo was stunned for a moment, but Xie Xianyu looked calm. He lowered his head and said to Wanruo, "Go back home and practice on your own after learning today. If you dare to mess with my piano again next time, I'll make you pay."

Wanruo shrank her neck guiltily and nodded obediently: "I understand."

She quickly stood up, and Xie Xianyu strode out.

Wanruo did not stay long and left Songhe Garden. She did not ask what the imperial edict was, but before she reached Qiu Shui Courtyard, the servants in the mansion had spread the news.

"The eldest son has been promoted to the fourth rank of Dali Temple Shaoqing, and has been awarded a thousand taels of silver. The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict just arrived from the palace!"

"What's so strange about this? The great doctor just solved such a big salt tax case, so he deserves a big reward."

"The eldest son has reached this position at such a young age. Who knows what he will achieve in the future? No wonder the old man said when he was alive that the Xie family had an eldest son, which would ensure the family's prosperity for many years to come."

"So, this marriage of the Jiang family is a big loss. If you ask me, our eldest son can still marry even if he is the master of the Shang family!"

The servants were talking a lot, but Wanruo was too lazy to listen and went back to Qiu Shui Courtyard.

It’s not the first day that Xie Xianyu has been so popular, so what’s the big deal?

"Sister, are you back?"

Xu Shujin hurried out and said, "Just now, my wife told me that she would send me to Maoshan Academy tomorrow."

Wanruo patted his head and said, "It was me who asked Madam to send you to Maoshan Academy."

"I don't want to! Maoshan is so far away. If I leave, you will be left alone in the Xie family. I don't want to be separated from you!" Xu Shujin held her hand tightly, his voice choked with sobs.

"Sister, can I just study at the Xie family school? They don't bully me often, so it's okay if I put up with it. I don't want to leave you."

Both my parents are gone, they are the only relatives I have in this world.

Wanruo took him back to the house and wiped his tears with a handkerchief: "Ajin, listen to me, you go to Maoshan Academy first, at most two months, I will definitely come to pick you up."

Xu Shujin was stunned, tears still streaming down his face. He asked in disbelief, "Are you lying to me?"

"When has my sister ever lied to you?"

"But, but...if we leave the Xie family, the Xu family will definitely not let us go."

Wan Ruo curved her lips and smiled: "I have made all the necessary arrangements. Don't worry, after we leave the Xie family, we will start over again, just like before. No one will bully you, and no one will dare to betray us."