Chapter 181 I Won’t Neglect Her

Seeing Liu Zhiyue's sad and resentful expression, Chen Heng sighed inwardly. Just as she said, if something really happened to Chen Yan, she would also be implicated: "Hey."

The sun is getting hotter at noon.

Chen Heng was thinking about taking a nap in the tent in the afternoon.

"Madam Chen, there is chilled lotus seed soup in the imperial kitchen. Can I get you a bowl?" Qiu Yi came to the curtain and saw Mr. Xie inside. Thinking of what the maid in Prince Ning's mansion said, she also wanted to get a bowl for Madam Chen.

"Hey." Shen Heng hadn't eaten anything iced for a long time. When she watched Qiu Yi leave and was about to enter the tent, Xie Jian's voice came from inside.

"Master, you really don't plan to get married again?"

Lu Ji'an said with a smile, "Everyone has his own things to accomplish. If you can't afford to fulfill others' requests, why bother involving others? As for you, you must not neglect your wife because of your official duties."

"Aheng is the most important person in my life. I won't neglect her." Xie Jian said, "I won't restrict her either. She can say whatever she wants and do whatever she wants."

"Mrs. Shen would be very happy if she heard this."

"I don't want her to become as stubborn as my sister-in-law, who endured for the sake of the family, for me, and for Min'er. I hope my sister-in-law and Ah Heng can live for themselves."

Lu Ji'an didn't say anything else, but started talking about business again.

Shen Heng was a little stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect Xie Jian to have such an idea, hoping that her sister-in-law would live for him?

After eating the chilled lotus seeds, Shen Heng didn't want to disturb the two of them from working, so she took a walk around before coming back. At this time, Lu Ji'an had already left, leaving Xie Jian alone to look at a few letters.

"You're back so late? Where have you been?" Xie Jian folded the letter again and put it back into the envelope, then took out another one to read.

Chen Heng took out her purse and said happily, "I made a bet and won one or two taels of silver." She briefly explained the situation, "I met Liu Zhiyue."

"Did she make things difficult for you?" Xie Jian raised his eyes, his gaze suddenly turning cold.

"No. But the Shen family is here too."

Xie Jian nodded: "Xuan Lang said that he just saw Chen Yuan and almost didn't recognize him. He looked much thinner."

Shen Heng sat next to him: "Liu Zhiyue asked me to arrest someone tonight."

"Arrest someone?" Xie Jian put down the letter in his hand and looked at her seriously.

Shen Heng then told Liu Zhiyue about Shen Yan's past: "Liu Zhiyue is worried that Shen Yan's actions will implicate her. After all, she was involved in the Shen family's past. Shen Yan is also my younger sister. If anything happens to her, it will also implicate me."

"So what if something happens? She will either drown in a pond or become someone else's concubine. Liu Zhiyue has caused trouble, and she has to solve it herself." Xie Jian frowned.

"I promised her. Liu Zhiyue should be able to make Chen Yan give up this idea later." This is also the reason why Chen Heng agreed. Sometimes, they are indeed in the same boat.

Drowning someone in a pond is too cruel. It would be best to stop the problem at the beginning.

Xie Jian said nothing more. Since this matter concerned Ah Heng, his mind raced, and he began to wonder: How did someone of the Shen family, with such status, get into the enclosure? How could someone close to the Eighth Prince casually disclose the prince's whereabouts to a woman he didn't know, a mere merchant girl at that?

"Then I'll accompany you."

"It's not appropriate for you to accompany me in this kind of thing." Shen Heng said. If Xie Jian said anything, Liu Zhiyue might bring up old grudges again, and there was no danger.

Xie Jian didn't say anything else, but he had a plan in mind.

Shen Heng took a lunch break the entire afternoon.