Yuwen Hao was thinking about making amends, and his whole demeanor exuded gentleness and warmth.
Xie Zhen blinked. His first feeling about this senior brother, whom he had never met before, was that he was a little strange.
Everyone says he's great, incredibly talented and handsome.
He was another famous scholar after Xie Yuan.
Putting aside everything else, just look at the day of the sixth day of the seventh lunar month, East Street was almost completely packed with people.
Behind Yuwen Hao was a long line of people, which shows how famous this senior brother was.
Moreover, after Yuwen Hao arrived in the capital, he didn't even go to his own home (that is, the Yong'an Marquis's residence) before sending a visiting card to the Xie family.
The head of the Xie family is currently only a seven-year-old child.
Just a few months ago, this child personally demoted his family from a first-class noble family to a second-class one.
For various reasons, the Xie family's household is no longer as bustling as it used to be.
Fortunately, the Xie family still had an empress. The emperor and empress had a deep relationship, and the emperor loved Xie Zhen so much that he also took good care of his brother-in-law, Xie Zhen.
That's how the Xie family avoided complete decline.
However, the fact that a renowned scholar like Yuwen Hao could come to pay such a formal visit was definitely a great honor for the Xie family.
This also made the powerful and wealthy in the capital realize—
Even in its decline, the Xie family is still a family with a thousand-year history.
Putting aside relatives and friends, Xie Yuan's disciple alone is the Yuwen Yulang, who is admired by the world!
Yuwen Hao's attitude, to some extent, elevated the Xie family's prestige.
Although Xie Zhen was young, he was personally taught by Xie Yuan and Helian Jue from a young age.
The little guy is very smart, and his knowledge and intelligence far surpass those of his peers.
He knew that Yuwen Hao's move was intended to elevate the Xie family.
Xie Zhen was very grateful.
For some reason, when he actually stood before Yuwen Hao and saw his refined and elegant face, he always felt a little awkward.
Xie Zhen couldn't quite put her finger on how she felt, but she felt that Yuwen Hao was nowhere near as close or casual towards her as he was towards her "elder brother."
Ahem, Helian Jue and Xie Yuan have been married for four years, but Xie Zhen still hasn't changed her address.
In private, when it was just the family, he still liked to call Helian Jue "brother".
Yuwen Hao was also "elder brother," but Xie Zhen felt differently.
"Perhaps I'm too inexperienced."
"Although he is my father's disciple, I have never met him before."
“Unlike my brother, he was the one who rescued my sister and me from the Xie family and helped us get back the Xie family’s property and my sister’s dowry!”
"In recent years, my brother has treated us with even greater sincerity and care—"
Just as my sister said, feelings between people come from all walks of life.
For example, he had no memory of his father and mother, so he couldn't say he had any feelings for them.
Each time her parents were honored with a birthday sacrifice, Xie Zhen simply followed the proper rituals without showing much grief.
On the contrary, they cried as much as Granny Zhao and the other old servants.
Before today, Yuwen Hao was just a legendary figure, so Xie Zhen naturally wasn't very close to him.
Xie Zhen, with her chubby, innocent face, was secretly thinking to herself—
It's okay if you don't feel close to them at first; you can get to know each other gradually in the future.
If this person is truly as good as the rumors say, then consider him "elder brother".
If it doesn't live up to its name, then keep your distance.
Anyway, his elder sister is an empress, and his elder brother is a saint.
In this capital city, Xie Zhen could do whatever he wanted.
Knowing that she had the strongest backer in the world, Xie Zhen felt very confident.
"You've had a tough time traveling around all these years, brother!"
Xie Zhen was confident, and her every move was remarkably composed.
Seeing that he had such poise at such a young age, Yuwen Hao's smile deepened.
"As the master once said, it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. The master himself traveled all over the world back then."
"As your brother, I am merely following in your footsteps."
"But you and—"
When Xie Yuan was mentioned, Yuwen Hao was at a loss for words.
On a sunny spring day, a beautiful young girl sat quietly beside a rose bush, a book in her hand.
That image was deeply etched in his mind.
He originally thought that he would marry her after he became famous and gained prestige.
Unexpectedly, after parting ways, seeing her again—or rather, given his current status—would not be easy.
After a brief moment of silence, Yuwen Hao regained his composure and became the refined and elegant gentleman he once was.
He was upright and proper, a posture reserved for showing respect, and asked respectfully, "Have you and Her Majesty the Empress been well these past years?"
Xie Zhen was precocious and noticed Yuwen Hao's subtle expressions.
He couldn't help but wonder: Why did this senior brother speak so strangely about his elder sister?
Could it be that there are other entanglements between them besides their relationship as senior and junior brothers?
But, my sister has never mentioned it.
Over the past three or four years, Granny Zhao or some of the old servants would occasionally mention Yuwen Yulang.
He never mentioned his own elder sister, though.
Therefore, Xie Zhen never imagined that her elder sister and her nominal senior brother Yuwen Hao had any other relationship.
"My sister and I are very close!"
Realizing that the person in front of him seemed to have another connection with his older sister.
Xie Zhen instantly became alert.
He was like a little wolfhound, completely unaware of his own presence, yet he had already revealed his claws.
He actively spoke well of his elder brother, saying, "Brother, oh no, I mean the sage treated my brother and me extremely well!"
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