Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Only he understands. (2 more...

Zhang Jingxian returned to her uncle's house, still thinking about how to find Xie Yun to ask about her cousin and the villagers.

She had just put her things down when Chun'er and Xia'er came running in excitedly, saying, "Someone's coming, someone's coming."

"Big sister, there are so many people coming to the village, and there are so many horses!"

Chun'er's face flushed crimson. It was the first time she'd seen more than ten strangers, all of them sturdy men. Her father and the village elders came forward to question them, and she and Xia'er peeked through their fingers, delighted.

Zhang Jingxian guessed who brought these people and horses here, and told Chun'er and Xia'er to stay at home honestly, and she walked out the door.

When she arrived at the village entrance, she saw Yi Yu placing his horse and went up to him to say hello.

"Mrs. Zhang."

Yi Yu looked at her, his expression a little distant.

Zhang Jingxian was not surprised. The attitude of these followers towards her depended entirely on their masters. Since Xie Yun disliked her, their attitude was also cold.

"Please tell Yi Yu that I want to meet the noble man." She didn't beat around the bush and said it very clearly.

Compared to Gong Chengyue, Yi Yu is a simple person and does not play tricks. She believes that he will be able to convey her words to Xie Yun exactly as they are.

Upon hearing this, Yi Yu's expression paused slightly. The envoy was at Madam Zhang's house. Wouldn't it be easy for her to see him?

"I said something wrong in front of you, and you kicked me out." Zhang Jingxian saw his confusion and smiled sheepishly. Then, fearing that Yi Yu might back out, she added, "I have a gift for you."

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Although Xie's warning was still ringing in his ears, Yi Yu still conveyed Zhang Jingxian's words to Xie Yun with a little trepidation.

"Your Excellency, Madam Zhang said that she cannot get this gift. You must go in person or send someone to get it."

In the newly renovated room, Yi Yu stood with his head bowed, while Xie Yun sat with his long legs bent. He ignored Gong Chengyue's subtle and playful gaze and replied with a few words indifferently.

"Tell her tomorrow."

Yi Yu accepted the order and retreated silently.

However, when he retreated to the door, Xie Yun suddenly stopped him with a cold face, "Let Xie go."

"yes."

Yi Yu's figure disappeared.

"If Qilang likes that girl, just take her with you and make her your concubine. This will repay the favor between you and her, and it will become a good story when it spreads to Jiankang City." Gongcheng Yue made the suggestion while casually breaking the dusty feathers one by one.

From beginning to end, he never asked Zhang Jingxian's opinion.

The seventh son of the Xie family, the nephew of Prime Minister Xie Li, the young and brave Marquis of Changling, the vanguard commander, and the governor of a prefecture. A peasant girl of humble origin would certainly be ecstatic to become his concubine. Is there any need to ask?

"Who said I like her? It's she who likes me." Xie Yun sneered. He had never felt that the more disgusting the public servant was today, the more he should have stepped on him.

"Delighted?" Gong Chengyue seemed to be lost in thought. The peasant girl kept calling him "noble man". There was no admiration in her words, but mostly respect.

"She gave me acupuncture, grilled meat for me, found medicine for me, built a chariot for me, moved rocks and laid wooden planks for me, and even composed songs for me when I was sick and unconscious. Each and every one of these things is enough to prove it."

Now that he had been cold to her for only a few days, she immediately asked Yu to pass on a message, humbly saying that she wanted to give him a gift.

Xie Yun casually recounted what the peasant girl had done for him, not trying to prove anything, but he could feel whether she loved him or not.

"Gong Chengyue, even my biological parents have never been so considerate."

She is just a person, a woman with no money and no power, and the only person she can rely on is herself.

She was so busy that she was sweating profusely, so tired that she felt weak and powerless. She was dull and a little stupid, but she accomplished all those things for him through her own efforts.

How could Xie Yun not feel anything? When she had a nightmare, her face covered in tears, she fell into his neck, and Xie Yun felt extremely satisfied.

"You wouldn't understand, Gong Chengyue."

He wanted not more, not the most, but all that one person could achieve. For more than 20 years, only this peasant girl, whom he initially ignored, had achieved it.

So, she liked him, and it was irrefutable.

Gong Chengyue was speechless. He remembered an old story about his good friend. It was a scar that his friend absolutely could not and was unwilling to mention, and it was also the root cause of his change in nature.

Otherwise, Envoy Xie, who had a smooth life in the first half of his life, should have been a handsome and upright man, a true gentleman.

"How do you plan to deal with the eldest prince's secret deployment of troops and hiding of soldiers?" Gong Chengyue put down his feather fan and talked about business.

"No rush. When the truth comes out, I will personally deal with him."

Xie Yun had a sinister expression. He would not let the man go even if he was his own brother, since he had harmed him to this extent.

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It was another morning. Zhang Jingxian opened her eyes and saw her cousin Chun'er's rosy face still beside her.

She hugged her arms and fell asleep unconscious.

"Chun'er, let go." Zhang Jingxian called her in a low voice. Chun'er mumbled something incomprehensible in her throat, let go and turned over.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Jingxian stood up from the narrow bed and walked out the door. When she passed the golden bronze mirror, she stopped and looked at herself in the mirror.

Her hair was a little messy, and there were faint tear marks on her face because she had a nightmare at night. She looked very weak and listless.

Zhang Jingxian felt that this was not a good idea, so she took a deep breath and found Chun'er's treasured pearl powder, a box slightly larger than a fingernail. Chun'er had begged her aunt for a long time to buy it from the peddler.

There was also a box of rouge that my uncle brought back from outside.

Facing the bronze mirror, Zhang Jingxian silently applied some pearl powder to cover the traces of tears, and then took out a little bit of rouge to apply on her lips and under her eyes.

It seemed like just a casual touch, and the girl in the mirror became a little brighter.

It looks like a happy appearance.

Zhang Jingxian nodded, and the person in the mirror also nodded. She smiled and walked out of the house with a serious expression.

"Ah Xian, your uncle will go with you."

Outside the door, Zhang Jingxian's uncle was waiting for her as she had expected, and beside her uncle, her aunt's eyes were full of anticipation.

Yesterday, around dusk, the strong man named Xie who was beside the noble man came again and said that the noble man had allowed Madam Zhang to meet him early this morning.

Zhang Shuanghu and Liu Pingniang almost did not sleep all night.

"I can go alone. If my uncle goes, the villagers will ask me all kinds of questions." Zhang Jingxian shook her head and refused. When she walked out of the yard, she found that the door of Zheng's house was open. She didn't stop and continued walking forward.

Walking from her uncle's house to the valley, behind her, there were figures and pairs of eyes. Although she didn't see them, she remembered them all in her heart.

This time, I can finally give you some definite news.

Zhang Jingxian thought quietly, and knocked on the gate of her home in the morning light. The person who opened the door was Xie.

This time, the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Jingxian was quite complicated, making her feel as if she was still in her previous life.

Xie had repeatedly advised her, both openly and covertly, to remember her responsibilities and not to covet things that did not belong to her. Whenever Zhang Jingxian pretended not to understand, his gaze would be similar to the one he was giving her now.

"The envoy is waiting for Madam Zhang in the room."

Hearing this, Zhang Jingxian subconsciously walked towards the house in the middle.

"Ahem, Madam Zhang, you've gone to the wrong place. It's over there." Xie coughed lightly and pointed to the house on the right. The envoy generously gave the middle room to Mr. Gongcheng to live in... and he slept on the floor.

"...You said you wouldn't touch my bed." Zhang Jingxian was stunned and looked up at Xie.

Xie remained silent. How could they stop the envoy's actions?

After Zhang Jingxian questioned him, she fell silent. He had taken over her house, so what if he slept on her bed? It wasn't the first time anyway, so the bedding must have been changed.

She knocked on the door again, and after a long time a voice came from inside the house.

"Come in by yourself."

Zhang Jingxian pushed open the door and looked directly into a pair of dark eyes. The cold and gloomy feeling made her breath stop.

The decision to offer him a gift first was the right one, as he seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Sir, I met Mr. Gongcheng yesterday. He should be the counselor you mentioned." The girl smiled and spoke softly, her rosy lips were delicate and tempting.

Xie Yun concluded that she had put on rouge, pinched her knuckles tightly, and hummed coldly.

"Have my cousin and the villagers heard any news yet?" Zhang Jingxian asked him softly, suppressing her excitement.

Xie Yun hummed again, his Adam's apple rolling.

"Please tell me now, my lord." Seeing this, Zhang Jingxian could no longer bear it and her breathing became slightly rapid.

"Ah Xian, come closer."

Xie Yun stared at the rouge on her lips and cheeks and loosened his fingertips.

It's too bright, he doesn't like it, it would be better to wipe it off.

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The author has something to say: Muah, short second update, too sleepy~