Chapter 97 Chapter 97 "Husband."

In the guest house where Zhang Jingxian had lived before, more than a dozen people gathered together, some sitting and some standing, and no one spoke.

They were still in a state of intense shock and could not recover for a long time.

They had known about Envoy Xie's wedding for a long time, so they returned from the barracks specifically to do their best to help Envoy Xie get married.

But no one could describe the stunned feeling they had when they saw the wife of the envoy. The person who held hands with the envoy Xie for the wedding ceremony was actually Ah Xian, it was actually Ah Xian!

There's no way I could have made a mistake. Even though we were so far apart, that was Ah Xian!

With a beautiful face, some stubborn features, and an aura that always makes people feel like they are in the mountains, there is no one else like her in this world.

The group of people were stunned.

They never thought about the abnormalities surrounding them. They were just commoners, so why was everyone in this mansion polite to them? Why could they be in the same place with noble families and officials?

Zhang Rushan turned into a stone, but he was also the first to react, rushing forward with shaking arms.

Unfortunately, not only did Zheng Qi beside him stop him, but those soldiers with murderous looks on their faces also surrounded him tacitly.

Finally, it was the Gongcheng gentleman who, with a smile, invited them to drink and have fun, and told them not to be restrained, and told them that the marriage certificate of Ah Xian and Envoy Xie had been delivered to Xishan Village.

"Madam's uncle and aunt have been with the envoy for a long time and are very familiar with each other. If you have any questions, it would be better to wait until the wedding is over before seeking answers."

When talking about Zhang Shuanghu and Liu Pingniang, the group looked at each other in bewilderment and were speechless.

Even Zhang Rushan had to restrain himself.

They waited and waited, and finally the uncle came. He spoke to them in a friendly manner as an elder of Envoy Xie, and mentioned in passing that Ah Xian had already been to the Xie family in Jiankang and met with Prime Minister Xie and other members of Envoy Xie's family.

"The Prime Minister and Qilang's sister both liked Ah Xian very much. Before leaving for Ying County, the Prime Minister gave Ah Xian a collection of essays that he had personally compiled."

Every word Shu Jian said was true, but to Zhang Rushan and others, they misled them into thinking that this wedding was not sudden, but was an agreement already made by the elders of both sides.

As for why Ah Xian refused to mention anything during the journey, they would have to wait until they met Ah Xian to find out.

As Zhang Jingxian was about to step into the corridor of the guest house, more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at her at once.

Among them, her cousin Zhang Rushan's eyes had stopped moving.

His eyes were so complicated and hurt. Zhang Jingxian turned her head away uncomfortably, not daring to look him in the face. Her heart felt empty and her shoes seemed to have lost contact with the ground.

"Ah Xian, why did you hide your wedding to Envoy Xie from us?" Zheng Qi was the first to ask, with some excitement in his eyes. He just wanted to take advantage of the east wind to gain a firm foothold, but now he found that this east wind could actually help him become successful.

Zheng Qi's voice couldn't help but rise, and it sounded like a question.

Zhang Jingxian's breathing became a little disordered, and she had an urge to tell the whole truth. She was actually not good at deceiving others.

"Ah Xian, you said, no matter what, I have my brother here." Zhang Rushan spoke hurriedly, the anxiety in his tone almost turning into reality.

His understanding of Zhang Jingxian was far beyond what Zheng Qi and the others could compare to, and he would not be fooled by Gong Chengyue and Shu Jian's ambiguous words.

His sister Ah Xian has always been a woman with pure emotions, clear likes and dislikes, sincere and brave. If she really wanted to marry Envoy Xie, she would not have insisted on returning to Xishan Village.

He pondered over and over the strangeness he had felt in the past in his mind, and Zhang Rushan finally confirmed that Xie Shijun had unusual feelings for Ah Xian, including that their encounter outside the thatched hut that night was not a coincidence.

Envoy Xie came for Ah Xian!

Zhang Rushan couldn't describe the feeling in his heart, but the chill that seeped into his spine made him understand that this was not the world where he and Ah Xian should stay.

Better leave quickly.

Shu Jian was outside the yard. Zhang Jingxian was standing in the corridor with bright sunlight and heard footsteps coming from behind her.

Her slightly curled eyelashes trembled in the warmth of the sunlight. She looked at her anxious cousin, paused, and a shy expression appeared on her face.

Lord Shu Jian was also powerless. Xie Yun held her tightly, knowing that telling the truth would only make her cousin worry in vain.

"At that time, there was some rift between my husband and me... I didn't want to pay attention to him." She muttered, and her perfect anger seemed to carry a small hook.

The footsteps behind me suddenly stopped, and what became clearer was the long and uncontrollable heavy breathing.

This peasant girl is really damnable, such a hateful seductress.

Zhang Jingxian, lost in her own flimsy lie, seemed oblivious to the situation and continued vaguely, saying that they had developed feelings for each other back in Xishan Village. "My aunt steamed bean cakes for us, and my uncle was relieved to let me leave with him. He taught me to read and write, and he gave me the colt."

"Brother, even though I'm still angry with him, I'm married to him. No matter what happens in the future, we'll be together for now and live a peaceful and stable life."

Shu Jian calmed her down first, and she wanted to calm her cousin down first.

In short, it is all to prevent things from happening that are beyond control.

"These words are meant sincerely..."

Zhang Rushan still didn't quite believe it. His eyes could see and his ears could hear, but her behavior didn't seem like the joy of meeting her beloved.

Even if angry, a person's love for another person will inevitably be revealed.

"Ah Xian," a lazy voice sounded at this time. Turning around a beam, Xie Yun smiled and naturally put his arm around the woman's waist. "You filled your stomach and you don't care about me anymore? Why are you running away without even tying your hair?"

He pinched a beautiful crystal jade hairpin with his long fingers and said slowly, "On the first day after the wedding, her hair should be tied up."

His eyes were fixed gently on her long hair, and his thin lips continued to utter blushing words, "I taught you so many times, why don't you know how to tie your hair into a bun?"

Zhang Jingxian trembled, raised her arm and pushed him.

Xie Yun grabbed her fingers in his palm, kneaded and rubbed them slowly with his hard knuckles, and then used a green jade hairpin to tie a simple bun behind her head.

The intimate and unbridled behavior shocked everyone.

Then, Zhang Jingxian looked at him lightly and smiled.

This smile is very similar to her personality, making people feel comfortable and attracted to it. The feeling it conveys to the onlookers is also sincere and beautiful.

Liu Cang coughed heavily, breaking the stagnant atmosphere. "If I had known earlier, I would have drunk an extra pot of wine at the banquet yesterday. This is a great occasion, a happy occasion."

"Ashan, the envoy is your brother-in-law now!" His rough brain finally came to his senses. He remembered that Ashan almost married Axian four years ago, so he took the initiative to speak.

The excited words woke up Zhang Rushan and made others look away embarrassedly.

They have all reached the age of marriage and have understood some of the things they should understand.

For example, even though there is a huge gap in their status, Ah Xian and Xie Shijun stand together in harmony as if they are one person.

"Indeed," Xie Yun nodded, and with an ambiguous smile, he called Zhang Rushan, the man he had denounced as mediocre and incompetent, "Brother."

"You can drink as much as you want today. Ah Xian and I will toast you."

Zhang Rushan wiped his face blankly and looked at them with a complicated expression.

"...Okay." He said after a moment's silence.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Jingxian left the guest house.

She succeeded in reassuring her cousin, and just to put on a good show, she took the initiative to hold Envoy Xie's hand. But after a few steps, she couldn't help but utter, "The chariot I asked Gongshu to build turned into a pile of broken wood that night. Why didn't you mention it?"

Just now, he talked about many of the past events they had experienced together in Xishan Village.

He spoke slowly and steadily about dealing with Yang Gou'er, catching wild boars, punishing Yang Youhe, etc. Even Zhang Rushan, who was very suspicious, showed hesitation in his eyes.

After a single man and a single woman have been together for so many days and nights, is it true that they won’t develop feelings for each other?

But Zhang Jingxian wasn't fooled by his words. She remembered many other things he had downplayed, such as how he had deliberately praised her to death to arouse the jealousy of the villagers, and how he had used the magic medicine that had saved him to force her to become the target of public criticism.

In comparison, the smashed chariot could even be said to be merciful.

At this time, they were some distance away from the guest house, and Zhang Jingxian coldly let go of the hand she was holding.

Xie Yun lowered his eyes to look at her. The faint smile that made his heart beat had long disappeared. She looked a little bored and her lips were tightly pursed.

The words "husband" and "stable life" were just lies she used to deceive people.

Xie Yun's face was expressionless, his gaze lingering from her slightly red eyelids downwards, and he raised his lips lightly, "So what if I brought it up? Ah Xian already agreed from the beginning that there would be a rift between us."

"Why don't you explain clearly in front of your brother what the grudge is?"

Blame him? No, blame her!

She doesn't love him!

A surge of anger surged from Xie Yun's beating heart, and the pain was so unbearable that he couldn't bear it.

Zhang Jingxian shook her head wearily. She had just spent a lot of effort to convince her cousin, so of course she couldn't go back and disrupt the peace that she had worked so hard to achieve.

"I'm tired and need to rest."

After leaving a simple message, she looked in the direction and walked towards a place.

Xie Yun stood there, quietly watching her back, then turned and went to the reception area in the front hall. There, Shu Jian and Gong Chengyue had been waiting for him for a long time.

Zhang Jingxian walked around the mansion and finally returned to the red courtyard. In order to gain people's trust, she had to pretend for a while.

However, she did not enter Xie Yun's bedroom again, but randomly found an empty room to enter.

Then she locked the door.

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