Chapter 258 Xie Guanlan should be a gentle and modest gentleman

Wen Xingluo said nothing, just looked at the bronze mirror.

The girl in the bronze mirror had a round face and her almond-shaped eyes were slightly innocent.

She probably likes Xie Guanlan very much, otherwise even Wen Yueyin wouldn't know what's on her mind.

Xie Guanlan...

Although she had forgotten what kind of person Xie Guanlan was, she knew her own preferences very well.

According to her taste, Xie Guanlan should be a modest gentleman as gentle as jade, kind and benevolent, who loves to laugh and often gives people a warm and welcoming feeling.

He should be indulgent and patient with her, and be considerate and generous to his brothers and subordinates at home, sympathize with the suffering of the people, appreciate the hardships of life, and not be willing to hurt even an ant.

She could even imagine herself and Xie Guanlan getting along:

While shopping, she took a fancy to a pearl hairpin.

Xie Guanlan put it on her gently, "My Ningning is as beautiful as a flower. After wearing this pearl hairpin, she is even more beautiful than a flower. I like her very much."

She shyly raised her sleeves to cover her face, "Brother Ziheng, you are too kind. I am just a willow tree."

"Ningning, don't underestimate yourself. Ningning is so beautiful that she can make fish sink to the bottom of their chests, geese drop to the ground, and the moon and flowers blush to shame. She is so beautiful that she can captivate the whole city."

"No, I have a crude and unrefined appearance."

Seeing that Xie Guanlan was about to praise her, she quickly covered his mouth, raised her orchid finger, and tenderly pointed at the little beggar not far away, saying softly: "Why don't we give the money we used to buy the pearl hairpin to that little beggar?"

Xie Guanlan clapped his hands and laughed, "My Ningning is truly compassionate and kind-hearted, like a bodhisattva who cares for the elderly and the young. We are kindred spirits, and I adore her immensely!"

Bedroom.

Wen Xingluo was still thinking about this scene and nodded affirmatively.

Xie Guanlan must be such a person!

An inn fifty miles away from the capital.

Xie Guanlan was practicing sword in the yard.

Somehow, his hair stood on end and he sneezed.

The next morning.

As March approaches, the capital is filled with spring colors.

Wen Xingluo sat in front of the dressing table, staring seriously at the girl in the bronze mirror.

She was the princess of the Wei Dynasty, but her country was destroyed and her family was ruined. She and her cousin had been dependent on each other in the palace for many years, and had been secretly plotting to restore the country, but unfortunately she never had the chance.

She was seriously reviewing the failed assassination plans of the past few years when the little palace maid suddenly came over with a note, "Miss, when I was making the bed, I found this note under your pillow."

Wen Xingluo took it.

The note was written in her handwriting, with the six words "Go to Yuhe Palace quietly".

But she didn't remember writing the note.

She came to Yuhe Palace alone with the note in her hand. The palace was remote and dilapidated, with thick spider webs on the beams.

She walked through the inner hall and soon found a thick stack of notes on the desk.

As she flipped through the pictures one by one, her expression became more and more solemn.

After reading it all, her heart suddenly tightened.

The other side.

Kunning Palace.

Empress Mei was tending to the flowers when a female official reported, "Concubine Zhang may look powerful, but she's actually quite weak. She can't even handle two little girls! Yesterday in Hanshuang Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince humiliated her greatly!"

Queen Mei curled her lips and remained silent.

The female official lowered her voice again and said, "But then again, Concubine Zhang is the Crown Prince's biological mother. When the Crown Prince ascends the throne, she will definitely be named Empress Dowager. But she was just a palace maid before. How can she be on equal footing with the Empress?"

When mentioning Crown Prince Xie Xuchi, Empress Mei's breathing quickened for a moment.

At that time, the prince was young and suffered from epilepsy. When he had an attack, he often foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground unconscious.

Zhang Tingliu despised the prince for bringing shame upon herself, so after giving birth to her healthy young son, Xie Mingrui, she agreed to the emperor's proposal to send the prince to Kunning Palace to be raised and placed under her name.

Although she wanted to adopt a child, she was not willing to raise a sick one.

But no matter how reluctant she was, she still raised the prince well and even invited many famous doctors to see him.

But the prince always treated her coldly and distantly, and refused to regard her as his mother.

She didn't know whether the prince still had feelings for Zhang Tingliu in his heart.

She just knew that as long as Zhang Tingliu was not dead, she couldn't let go of her worries.

After all, the prince doesn't even care about her, his biological mother, so how could he care about the Mei family? How could he be willing to work for the Mei family after he ascends the throne in the future?

Zhang Tingliu must die.

"Use their spear to attack their shield." Empress Mei swallowed her resentment and suspicion and smiled amiably. "Zhang Tingliu has been eyeing Wei Si's two daughters with eager eyes. If anything were to happen to them, Wei Si would surely retaliate against Zhang Tingliu upon her return to the palace. Wouldn't it be fun for me to sit back and watch the fight unfold?"

The female official also laughed. "The people below heard that Wen Xingluo had been going to Yuhe Palace frequently these past few days. They waited until she left and quietly went in to check. They found a stack of notes with a lot of treasonous words written on them. If this handle is handed over to Concubine Zhang..."

Queen Mei plucked a peony and sniffed it, her smile growing wider. "Let's do it this way."

The matter of Yuhe Palace was soon revealed to Xie Xiang by someone with ulterior motives.

Xie Xiang was playing chess with his younger brother, Xie Mingrui. Upon hearing this, he raised an eyebrow and smiled, "I was just worried I wouldn't be able to find anything to hold against her, but I didn't expect her to come to me on her own accord! Let's go and take a look!"

When the brother and sister arrived at Yuhe Palace, Wen Xingluo had already left.

Xie Xiang quickly found the stack of notes.

In addition to the note that read "You love your mother deeply, but the Emperor, Empress Mei and Concubine Zhang have conspired to betray her, and you want them dead", the brother and sister also discovered that Wen Xingluo had written a lot about Shu County.

Xie Xiang flipped through the pages, puzzled. "Is she crazy? Or just bored? She actually wrote down everything that happened in the past... This feels so strange to me. Did she forget everything in the past and wanted to write it down to remind herself? No wonder she comes to Yuhe Palace every day."

Xie Mingrui's eyes fell on the four words "Zhenbei Palace", and his voice trembled, "Royal sister, Zhiqiu died in Zhenbei Palace."

"You're still thinking about her?" Xie Xiang said disdainfully. "I told you long ago, Mu Zhiqiu is an ambitious woman. She only wants to be the Crown Princess, not your Imperial Consort. She followed her father to Yangcheng because the Crown Prince rejected her. She wanted to climb up the social ladder with Xie Guanlan."

Xie Mingrui clenched the note tightly.

"Alright," Xie Xiang flicked his forehead, "We now have evidence of Wen Xingluo's crimes. Let's quickly go and report her to Mother."

"No..." Xie Mingrui grabbed her sleeve, his young face filled with hatred. "Zhiqiu died in the Zhenbei Palace. I want everyone in the Zhenbei Palace to be buried with her! Killing Wen Xingluo like this would be too easy for her..."

"What do you want?"

A hint of malice flashed across the young man's face. "My sister just guessed that Wen Xingluo had forgotten about the past, so she secretly wrote notes to remind herself. What if we burn these notes? Or, perhaps, write something else interesting on them?"

Xie Xiang hesitated, "Will she recognize our handwriting?"

"She's just a woman from the borderland. She's not that smart."