Chapter 45045 Ah? Will the Marquis know?
Xie Qingyuan was halfway through his journey when he suddenly froze.
He had already been driven out by Xie Yulan. If he went back to look for Sheng Niang, he would definitely be discovered. And Sheng Niang hated him so much that she would not easily meet him.
Xie Qingyuan rubbed his hands. He could no longer act rashly. He needed to wait for a good opportunity.
During the New Year holidays, Xie Yulan would go back to the Marquis' Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, and he could take the opportunity to go with her.
Xie Qingyuan was determined to save Yun Sheng from this predicament. He wanted to let her know that Xie Zhan was a hypocritical scoundrel in disguise, a beast in human form, and not worthy of her entrusting the rest of her life to.
Yun Sheng was completely unaware of all this. She was busy preparing for the New Year with Hua Mu. This was her first New Year in the north, and it was full of novelty.
Hua Mu and A Xi have been treating her cautiously recently because of Xie Zhan's marriage, which made Yun Sheng laugh and cry. She is not that fragile, and she will leave eventually.
The only way for Yun Sheng to escape from the Marquis' Mansion was to remove her bond. She could only hope that Xie Zhan would show mercy and let her go. She might as well have a few more dreams at night.
On New Year's Eve, Emperor Yonghui entertained his ministers in the palace.
Before the palace banquet started, a maid from Concubine Shu's palace came over and said, "Madam Yun, Concubine Shu invites you to sit in the palace for a while."
Old Lady Xie sighed, probably because Princess Anle was going to marry in next year, and Concubine Shu wanted to give Yun Sheng, the concubine, a warning on behalf of her daughter.
She patted Yun Sheng's hand and said, "Go ahead. Just listen to what the Queen says."
Yun Sheng nodded and responded in a low voice.
There was a scent of incense in Concubine Shu's palace. When she saw Yun Sheng, she waved warmly and asked her to sit over, which was completely different from what Yun Sheng had expected.
Princess Anle was also sitting beside her.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Concubine Shu. Greetings to Her Majesty the Concubine Shu."
"Good child, no need to be so polite. You are actually a few years younger than Anle. I asked you to come here today just to chat about family matters. I'm thinking about Anle marrying into my family in the future, so you don't have to be so reserved."
Yun Sheng responded neither humbly nor arrogantly, which made Princess Anle, who was sitting next to her, very angry.
But her mother had already warned her that Yun Sheng was just a concubine, and she needed to be tolerant and tolerant.
So Princess Anle held her anger back again.
At this moment, in the palace of the prince's biological mother, Concubine Zhao, the mother and son were sitting together playing chess.
The prince smiled and said, "Father has finally come to his senses and is willing to marry An Le off. Now that rumors are spreading outside, the right thing to do is to capture Xie Zhan first."
Concubine Zhao's expression was solemn: "Don't worry, my son, that position will definitely be his in the future."
The prince gritted his teeth and said, "My mother has been wronged."
If it wasn't for the support of Minister Du, why would my mother voluntarily demote herself from wife to concubine?
But Minister Du was afraid that all his efforts would be in vain in the end. Since he and his mother were willing to endure this injustice, why wouldn't they make all the necessary preparations and hand over this great country to others for nothing?
"As long as my son can ascend to a high position, what does it matter if my mother suffers a little?"
Concubine Zhao sighed and then warned, "Your father is worried about the child that Commander Xu mentioned, and your mother is also worried."
After all, there are plenty of women, and there are even more women willing to give birth to children for Prince Zhangren.
Xie Zhan now seems to be on the side of Emperor Yonghui, but if he knew the truth about the battle between Beiting and Tuque, no one knows whether he would turn around and support a child?
In addition, with the incident of the imperial seal, there is no guarantee that he would send someone to look for it privately.
The Crown Prince said, "Don't worry, Mother. I have already sent more people to look for him this morning."
The two concubines were chatting happily in the palace, but there was a gloomy atmosphere in Empress Du's palace.
The palace maid was still dressing her up, but the female official beside her led a young and beautiful girl into the palace.
This was a tool her father, Du Shangshu, found for her to consolidate her favor and give birth to a child.
Empress Du has been in the palace for many years but has yet to give birth to a prince. Seeing that Emperor Yonghui is becoming increasingly old and frail, how can Minister Du not be anxious?
However, the Du family had no girls of marriageable age, so Minister Du chose one from the side branches, and the Du family didn't have much time to wait.
Tonight is New Year's Eve, and Emperor Yonghui will definitely come to the Queen's palace to give her a proper reception.
The palace maids were trembling with fear, obviously afraid that Queen Du would lose her temper.
Unexpectedly, she said calmly, "Take him away and give him a good cleaning."
Over the years, Queen Du had taken countless medicines and seen countless famous doctors. She was tired of all the trouble.
It would be the same if she took the prince home to raise when the girl gave birth to him.
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Yun Sheng sat in Concubine Shu's palace for more than a quarter of an hour, and then the banquet in front was started.
Zhao Yaoyao came over and asked, "How is Sister Sheng? Did Concubine Shu and the princess give you any trouble?"
Yun Sheng smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, there is nothing, I just said it casually."
Princess Anle just kept giving her a cold shoulder, but she didn't say anything excessive.
Everyone had different thoughts during the palace banquet.
After returning home, Old Lady Xie did not need the younger generations to accompany her, and she went into the small Buddhist temple alone to keep watch.
Yun Sheng was invited by Manager Bai to go to Xie Zhan's house.
The cold wind was howling outside, making her little face red.
Xie Zhan took off his warm, thick cloak and touched Yun Sheng's face, which was icy cold. He saw her hair, which was almost frozen to a thread by the cold wind, and his face immediately turned cold.
"It's so cold, why don't you wring your hair out before coming here? If you catch a cold, I don't think you'll be able to bear it."
Yun Sheng said aggrievedly, "It's all because of Chief Steward Bai's urging. How could I dare to delay the Marquis's business?"
Xie Zhan choked. Bai Yuanbao was a man who was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything, so why was he so impatient?
"Come sit here."
He pulled Yun Sheng onto the couch.
Yun Sheng was puzzled and subconsciously looked at Xie Zhan.
Xie Zhan coughed slightly and said, "Since it's my fault, I'll cut your hair for you."
"Ah? Does the Marquis know how?" Yun Sheng blurted out.
"Why is that so difficult?"
Xie Zhan didn't care much. He just took the dry towel from the maid, gently wrapped it around Yun Sheng's long black hair and began to rub it.
He was so rough that Yun Sheng let out a low cry of surprise.
Xie Zhan paused, "It's all my fault for spoiling you. I didn't even use much force, so why is it so painful? Are you trying to trick me?"
Yun Sheng turned around and said to Xie Zhan with a faint smile, "You know how powerful the Marquis is. Let me do it."
Xie Zhan's face was slightly sunburned.
His heavy gaze fell on Yun Sheng's snow-white chest, his eyes darkened, and he left this job to the maid.
The sooner the hair can be wrung out, the sooner the two of them can settle down.
Yun Sheng's heart trembled under Xie Zhan's scorching gaze.
As expected, as soon as the maid left, Xie Zhan brought her to the couch.
Yun Sheng was shivering with cold. Xie Zhan pulled the quilt aside and his pair of hot hands wandered around her waist.
He felt unsatisfied tonight, so he picked up Yun Sheng along with the bedding.
There was a floor-length peep show in the bathroom, which made Yun Sheng so embarrassed that she couldn't even bear to look at it.
Xie Zhan refused and forced her to look up and see how closely connected they were.
Black and white intertwined, Yun Sheng's misty eyes saw Xie Zhan's strong wheat-colored arms, and the tips of his ears turned red.
Not long after, the girl's low moans could be heard from the inner room.
When Yun Sheng woke up the next day, Xie Zhan was no longer around.
During the New Year holidays, no one in the house could sleep in, as everyone had to go to Old Lady Xie to pay their respects and wish her a happy new year.
Yun Sheng propped himself up and sat up, and suddenly felt something hidden under his pillow.
She reached out to touch it, and found it was a pile of gold leaves.
Yun Sheng looked stunned. Ah Xi came in and greeted her with a smile, saying, "This is the New Year's money from the Marquis. Please accept it quickly. All the servants in the mansion have received rewards today."
As she spoke, Xie Zhan came in through the curtains, bringing a chill with him. He took off his cloak and casually draped it over the side of the screen.
"Thank you for the New Year's money, sir. I accept it."
If she leaves the house in the future, the most indispensable thing is money.
Xie Zhan raised an eyebrow, and seeing Yun Sheng's raised lips, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Is this how you're going to be happy just because I got the gold leaf?"
Yun Sheng nodded, thinking that there was probably no one in the world who didn't like gold leaves.
After paying their respects to Old Lady Xie, Yun Sheng had a reunion dinner at noon. As soon as he had gone to bed, Ah Xi reminded him, "The Marquis' birthday is the day after tomorrow. Madam Yun, do you know? Have you prepared any birthday gifts for the Marquis?"
Yun Sheng was stunned, then slowly shook his head.
Ah Xi said, "Since there are still two days left, Madam Yun should prepare at least one portion."
Yun Sheng said calmly, "Everything I have was given by the Marquis. What else can I prepare? The Marquis may not need a gift from me."
Didn’t you see that the rewards from Emperor Yonghui and Concubine Shu arrived in the palace early in the morning?
Ah Xi disagreed somewhat and advised, "The Marquis doesn't lack those valuable things, but he lacks Madam Yun's love. Why don't you make him a pair of underwear with your own hands? The Marquis will surely be happy when he sees it."
"Only two days is enough, so it's a bit too late." Yun Sheng sighed and said, "I'll personally cook a bowl of longevity noodles for the Marquis that day."
This might be her first year, her first birthday, and also her last with Xie Zhan.
However, on the day before Xie Zhan's birthday, Yun Sheng first waited for Xie Yulan and Xie Qingyuan to return home to pay New Year's greetings.
Logically speaking, on the second day of the New Year, Xie Yulan should have accompanied Xie Qingyuan and his mother to visit her husband's relatives to wish them a happy new year. But the mother and son had left their hometown, so how could they have any relatives there?
Xie Yulan couldn't wait to go back to her parents' home, but Xie Qingyuan was still thinking about Minister Lu and was unwilling to miss this good opportunity.
Seeing that the second family was having dinner, he made an excuse to go to the toilet and quietly went to look for Yun Sheng.
Xie Yulan glared at him: "You're the only one who pees a lot."
The Second Madam frowned: "You have forgotten everything your mother taught you to be dignified and virtuous?"
Xie Yulan said indifferently, "My daughter has married such a rotten man, what else is there to care about? Mother, you don't know, that old woman Qian is very vulgar. It's no wonder that my daughter has learned from her."
The second wife was worried. She felt that she had wasted her time teaching such a good girl.
After Xie Qingyuan left the main room, he sneaked towards Xie Zhan's Linyuan Pavilion. He just hoped that the opportunity would be great so that he wouldn't run into Xie Zhan.
Fortunately, he was lucky. As soon as he turned a door with hanging flowers, he saw Yun Sheng making tea in the pavilion.
Xie Qingyuan was so excited that he couldn't control himself and his heart was burning with excitement.
He rushed over, grabbed Yun Sheng's shoulders tightly with both hands, and said happily, "Sheng Niang."
Yun Sheng was frightened out of her wits by Xie Qingyuan. She turned around and saw that it was him. She said coldly, "Mr. Xie, please respect yourself."
Xie Qingyuan couldn't believe it, his lips trembling: "Sheng... Sheng Niang, what did you call me?"
Yun Sheng turned his head away, obviously not wanting to pay attention to him.
Xie Qingyuan took a breath and murmured to himself: "It's okay, it's okay."
"What are you talking about? If you don't leave, I'll call someone over." Yun Sheng frowned.
Xie Qingyuan's eyes were red, and he rushed to her and said, "I'm talking nonsense? Sheng Niang, wake up, do you really think Xie Zhan is a good person?"
Yun Sheng turned around and left.
Xie Qingyuan was anxious and blurted out: "You and I were both deceived by him. Minister Lu is his man."
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