Chapter 730 Old Apricot Blossom Having an Affair?

After breakfast, Song Chunxue went down the mountain again because she had to busy herself with her second son's marriage.

She asked her senior brother, and he said tomorrow is an auspicious day.

Tell Lao Si that they will be going to the Hu family tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow, she will set off with her fellow disciples.

After busily buying the things she needed to bring for her visit with Lao Si, she went to Sanwa's house.

Sanwa's second daughter is over three months old. She is very pretty and looks a bit like Mulan.

But as she grew up, the child resembled her second uncle more.

On the contrary, the girls who were the least attractive and looked the ugliest when they were young turned out to be prettier when they grew up.

Song Chunxue hugged the child and told Sanwa about going to the Hu family's house together the next day. She also had dinner at home.

It's clear that Sanwa and Mulan have a good relationship, and Sanwa is willing to talk to Mulan.

That's good. If he dares to have any other wicked thoughts, she will definitely break Sanwa's legs.

After finishing her meal, Song Chunxue got up to leave.

She's going to see Lord Xie.

Sanwa escorted her to the gate.

"Is Mother going to thank Lord Xie?"

Suddenly, Sanwa asked a question.

Song Chunxue paused for a moment, then turned her head casually. "How did you know?"

This child, it's probably because Liu Chunshu and the others exposed her hasty escape this morning.

“What you said, Lord Xie,” Sanwa said, looking down at his feet, “does Mother intend to keep this from us?”

"No, you'll find out for yourself." After a long day, my feet were sore, and the embarrassment and shyness I felt this morning were long gone.

Sanwa grinned like a fool, clasped his hands together in front of him, and looked at her shyly, "Congratulations."

Um? ? ?

Song Chunxue looked at him with surprise and amusement, "Silly boy, what's there to congratulate me about?"

"Congratulations, Mother, your iron tree has blossomed."

Song Chunxue turned around, ran over, and hit him twice. "You're someone who's made a name for yourself through education, so why can't you put it more nicely? I... I'm just having an affair, right?"

Is the old apricot blossom cheating on the wall?

Sanwa laughed so hard his eyes disappeared, and he raised his hand to cover his eyes. "Mother is joking. You've become a nun now, so it doesn't count as cheating."

"Old Xinghua cheated on her husband, no wonder she's his mother, she can even come up with this phrase."

The more Sanwa thought about it, the funnier the analogy became, so he turned around and started punching the wall.

"..." Song Chunxue gently kicked him, "Stop laughing, do you want to get beaten up?"

Sanwa wiped his eyes, pulled a cloth bag from his pocket, and said with a breathless laugh, "Here you go."

"What is this?" Song Chunxue touched the thing inside. It seemed to be made of iron. When she took it out, she saw that it was two keys.

Sanwa touched his nose, a little embarrassed, and said, "Mother gave me a piece of gold before. I remember you mentioned wanting to buy a small courtyard. Now that you're spending more time in Jincheng, I accidentally came across a courtyard last month. Although it's small, the orientation is very good. There are three rooms on the north side, an outhouse on the southeast side, a garden in the courtyard, and an attic on the northwest side, so I bought it."

Song Chunxue stared blankly at the key in her hand, imagining the courtyard that Sanwa had described, thinking that it must be very warm in winter.

"If Mother doesn't like it, we can sell it and buy a bigger one." Seeing that she didn't respond, Sanwa thought he had said something wrong and quickly added.

“I like it. I was just thinking about buying a yard today, and you actually bought one for me,” Song Chunxue patted his back. “How did you know I wanted a yard? I don’t remember saying that?”

Sanwa looked at his toes and quietly distanced himself from her, afraid of being hit.

“I dreamt that you ran away with someone, and I was thinking that if you met someone here one day and suddenly decided to live with them,” Sanwa ducked to avoid her hand. “I never expected that person to be Lord Xie.”

Song Chunxue held the key, remaining silent for a long time.

She raised her hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, thinking to herself that this child had not been spoiled in vain.

"Alright, I'm relieved that Mother likes it. You should go now. I'll take you to see the courtyard tomorrow. It's getting dark, or Master Xie will be getting impatient."

That last sentence earned him a kick.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Sanwa stood three steps away, laughing with his hands on his hips. "I'm not making this up. I spent the whole morning at Master Xie's house. He kept looking out the door. I only found out after Liu Chunshu told me that he was waiting for you, but you ran away in a panic."

"..." It's a bit embarrassing.

She said irritably, "Don't talk, I'm leaving."

She tossed him a bag of things, saying, "Spend it slowly, don't be too frugal."

Sure enough, it was silver. The third child stepped forward quickly. "Mother, I have enough on hand. You don't need to give me any. There's not much money in the yard."

"Don't run, you can't catch me. Go back and see the children. As long as you don't have any designs on other women, you'll be successful." Song Chunxue walked quickly out of the alley, her tone relaxed.

Sanwa was helpless; he was too busy to have any time to think about other women.

She has repeatedly warned him against it, how could he dare?

Besides, Lord Xie is his role model, so he won't cause trouble for himself outside.

In officialdom, as long as one is not seduced by lust, one will almost never be caught doing anything wrong.

This may be why Lord Xie has never been dragged into the mess.

He knew there were many honest officials in the world, but they found it difficult to overcome their emotional attachments.

Young women are like bait; he's learned this lesson the hardest time before—the more beautiful they are, the deeper the trap.

It's still safest at home.

...

Upon arriving at the Xie residence, having sweated during the day, she wondered if she should go to her previous room to take a bath.

To her surprise, when she opened the door, she found that the large bathtub in the room was already filled with hot water.

Seriously, who is this clever little devil?

Without much thought, she emerged from the water half an hour later, changed into clean clothes, and felt completely refreshed.

She dried her hair and went to Xie Zheng's room.

Liu Chunshu quietly closed the door and left.

It turned out that Xie Zheng was much better today; he came out of the study.

He was wearing a dark green sleeveless vest over a dark green cross-front long gown, and the scent of cypress tea wafted over him.

Song Chunxue looked him up and down. He was dressed so deliberately; could he have ulterior motives?

His injury hasn't healed yet; is he trying to seduce her?

"Does it not hurt today?" She looked at him with a half-smile.

"A little, not as bad anymore," Xie Zheng stopped in front of her, suppressing a smile as he leaned down slightly to examine her face. "Why did you disappear without a word this morning? Were you afraid to see Sanwa, afraid to let him know?"

His expression was smug, and he was openly mocking her.

Today his lips had regained their color, and his mental state was completely different from yesterday.

That's when he started showing off.

Not to be outdone, Song Chunxue put her hands behind her back and walked to the chair to sit down.

"It's not normal to have some concerns so early in the morning, but he already knows, and I didn't plan to hide it from him for too long. He even gave me a courtyard house."

Speaking of this, she thought of Xie Lingyun.

"Before you return, will you make sure Yun'er is settled in properly, so as not to cause her any trouble?"

Xie Zheng sat down next to her, moving carefully.

"No, I made sure everything was arranged properly before I came." His gaze fell on Song Chunxue's hair. "Let me dry it for you."