Chapter 237 "Change your words?" Ruan Mian was stunned, and belatedly moved the corners of his lips.
That man was suddenly transferred to Wuheng to serve as the governor. It must be the instruction of Prince Yan. For Xie Huaian, this is definitely not good news.
Ruan Mian was immersed in her own thoughts. When she came to her senses, she suddenly found that Xie Huaian was staring at her without blinking.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she asked curiously, "Sir, is there something on my face?"
This look seemed to stare through me.
Xie Huaian smiled indifferently. Before she could react, he suddenly put his arm around Ruan Mian's waist, exerted force, and actually took her and jumped onto the roof using lightness skills.
After standing firmly, he tightened his right hand and held Ruan Mian tightly in his arms.
Ruan Mian was forced to meet his burning eyes, her heart skipped a beat and began to beat uncontrollably.
Just as she was about to speak, Xie Huaian suddenly asked her, "The word 'adult' is so unfamiliar to me. Mianmian, when are you going to change your tune?"
"Change your words?" Ruan Mian was stunned, and then he moved the corners of his lips belatedly.
Perhaps it was just a habitual way of calling her, so she didn't think too much about it.
Unexpectedly, Xie Huaian kept it in mind.
Seeing how eager he was, Ruan Mian stopped beating around the bush and changed the subject directly. "Husband."
Xie Huaian was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that she could change it just like that. It wouldn't be difficult at all.
While he was stunned, Ruan Mian jokingly shouted several times in succession.
"Husband, husband, husband? Why don't you look at me?"
At this moment, Xie Huaian's ears turned slightly red, and an indescribable emotion surged up. He originally wanted to tease her, but he didn't expect to be teased by Mianmian instead.
He couldn't comprehend his expression for a moment, and was caught by her. She held his face with her slender hands.
Mianmian's clear eyes, like the two brightest stars in the sky, made him stunned.
Ruan Mian's eyes moved slightly, and after calming down for a moment, she suddenly leaned over and kissed the corner of his lips.
After he stiffened, the smile on his face grew even wider.
She couldn't help but peck his lips again, and Xie Huaian became even more stupid for a moment.
His whole body was as stiff as a sculpture. Ruan Mian never imagined that the Prime Minister Xie was actually a pure love god of war in private.
She turned and held his hand, looking at the starry sky, and felt her blood boiling at this moment.
"Huai Lang, do you remember that day when we were walking back to the house together by the hot spring, the stars we saw were just as numerous as they are now?"
"When you return to Kyoto, we'll still be looking at the same sky. I know you're not returning to the capital just to help the new emperor, right?"
Xie Huaian turned his head and stared at her. For the first time, he longed for her to always be by his side.
But he knew he couldn't.
"Well, obeying my master's wishes and helping the people prosper and the country flourish is my unshirkable responsibility. Now that treacherous officials are in power, I must stand up."
"Besides... I also want to avenge my sister and personally kill the person who harmed her."
"Sister?"
This was the first time Ruan Mian heard that Xie Huaian had an older sister.
Xie Huaian held her hand tightly, took a deep breath, and said something he had never told anyone else.
"Mianmian, there are some things I have never mentioned to you."
"I am indeed the son of the Marquis of Nanping, but I was raised outside the family since I was young. I was spurned by the Marquis's family and never recognized. Because my mother was of low status, the old master said that I could never be included in the Marquis's family tree."
"My sister and I grew up together. Her parents were friends of my biological mother and had always taken care of me when they met with an accident and died on the street. No one knew the cause of their death. I left Kyoto with my sister, and while we were homeless, my teacher took us back to his thatched cottage."
"Later, I passed the imperial examination and entered the capital. I personally sent my elder sister off to marry, but I never imagined that I was sending her into a den of wolves."
Ruan Mian frowned, a trace of heartache rising in his eyes: "Who did your sister... marry?"
Xie Huaian hesitated and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Minister Dong's voice in the yard: "My Lord! Madam Ruan, the wind is strong on the roof. I think Madam Ruan is very tired pouring the mold by herself. Why don't we go and help her together?"
Xie Huaian retracted his gaze and held her hand. "I'll tell you more about these things later. Let's go help Sister."
Little do people know that knowing too much about some things may not necessarily be a good thing.
Xie Huaian didn't want Mianmian to get involved in too many bad things. She just wanted her to wait for him safely in Wu Heng.
He will soon be able to obtain the key evidence, and when he goes to the capital, he will be able to completely destroy the Fifth Princess and her gang.
The teacher's wish will eventually come true.
At the same time, a group of ragged people came quietly to Jinsha Village.
They trampled on the villagers' crop fields, pulling out corn stalks and sweet potato seedlings unscrupulously, and some even trampled the fields where ginseng seedlings were planted into a mess.
One of them looked at the big sweet potatoes that were turned out and said with hatred!
"They really are living a happy life here. They're both exiles, yet they live so carefree. The Governor is absolutely right!"
"If we want to be like them, then we have to fight for it!" The next morning, the villagers saw the devastated land and felt like the sky had fallen.
"Oh my God! Those bastards stole all my crops!"
As scolding and cursing were heard one after another, everyone went out to take a look and found that every household had suffered some losses.
The village chief, Mr. Xue, also hurried over from the private school.
At this moment, someone discovered several ragged refugees sleeping in the fields. They were so angry that they arrested them on the spot and shouted angrily.
"It must be these outsiders who have destroyed our crops!!"
"Tell me! Who are you and why are you stealing from us?"
The leader suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly, and spoke quickly.
"It's unfair, it's unfair... It wasn't us who destroyed your crops, it was someone else. We even had a fight with them yesterday!"
"We didn't let them steal, but they ended up destroying the crops and ran away. We stayed behind to tell you the news!"
After saying that, the man crawled in front of Mr. Xue, parted his hair and spoke hurriedly.
"Old sir, do you still remember me? I'm Yuan Laosi! I didn't expect you to be here! You have to trust me."
Mr. Xue took a closer look and found that this person really looked familiar.
I remembered that this man was the refugee who worked with me when I was a laborer building the city wall.
He was a strong young man back then, but now he is so thin, it seems that he is living a miserable life.
When Yuan Laosi saw that he was old, he helped him move stones, and Mr. Xue always remembered it.
So they quickly helped him up and asked him about it. They then learned that this group of refugees had fled to Longchang Mountain for refuge during the mutiny and war. After Wuheng was recaptured, they wanted to go back.
As a result, because the mutiny was unbearable due to the small number of soldiers and the heavier labor, they fled and came here by accident.
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