Chapter 677?
Two hours later, Song Chunxue and Xie Zheng left the Zhao residence.
The carriage was heavy with gifts; Lord Zhao had given her many cultivation manuals he had used, as well as various books he would no longer need.
Song Chunxue originally wanted to put it in her Qiankun bag, but Lord Zhao wouldn't allow it and insisted that they carry it off the carriage themselves and bring it to the Xie residence.
She understood that this was her senior brother's good intention, to make others think that the Xie family and the Zhao family had a close relationship, and that they should think twice before making any small moves in the future.
But some people just don't understand.
When Song Chunxue returned to the Xie residence after buying a lot of things on the street, she saw a carriage standing outside the gate.
As the sun sets, the colorful clouds on the horizon are exceptionally vibrant and breathtaking. The weather is perfect; a warm breeze blows, and the air is filled with the scent of leaves.
Chang Yunxuan ran over and knelt outside the carriage, which was a terrible eyesore.
Xie Zheng walked straight up the steps, pretending not to see him, and reached out to help Song Chunxue.
“Father-in-law, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. Yun’er and I have been husband and wife for a long time, and we have two children. As their father, I haven’t done well enough these past two years, but I know I was wrong now. I miss my daughter very much and beg you to let me in to see her.”
As he spoke, Chang Yunxuan choked up, tears and snot streaming down his face, looking every bit the good father who knew he had made a mistake and was repenting.
Xie Zheng ignored them, had others move the things from the carriage inside, and walked into the courtyard himself.
"Father-in-law!"
Chang Yunxuan stood up from the bottom of the steps, quickly ran to the threshold and knelt down, grabbing Xie Zheng's leg with one hand.
"Get out of my way!" Xie Zheng kicked him away, his expression no longer concealing its sullenness. "You and Yun'er are already divorced. The matter between our two families is settled. Don't try to use this trick on me. You're shameless enough to do this, but I find it disgusting."
"Father-in-law, father-in-law, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. I miss my two children so much. Just let me see them. I promise I will change my ways and be a better person to them..."
"Get out of here! Why didn't you do this earlier?" Xie Zheng kicked him away. "Don't try to use that self-inflicted injury trick. I will investigate the matter of your family hiring someone to set fire to your house last night. I believe the joint trial by the three judicial authorities will give me an explanation and also give the Chang family an explanation."
“Father-in-law!” Chang Yunxuan knelt forward. “There must be more to this than meets the eye. My father stayed at the residence all night and didn’t leave. How could he possibly bribe someone to set fire to the Xie residence? This is clearly someone trying to sow discord…”
Xie Zheng, who had just stepped across the threshold, suddenly stopped. "Who is sowing discord?"
"..." Chang Yunxuan, who was about to continue racking his brains and crying, paused for a moment. "It's...it's Yunxuan who doesn't know. This matter is strange. You must believe my father. At least the two children are the flesh and blood of the Chang family. How could he be so heartless?"
Xie Zheng ignored him and led Song Chunxue inside, saying, "Kick them out, splash water or urine if you want, just don't let the Chang family dirty the Xie family's gate."
"yes!"
Chang Yunxuan knelt on the ground and wailed, "Father-in-law, Father-in-law, how could you be so heartless!"
When they arrived at the backyard, Xie Lingyun was standing there waiting for them.
Xie Lingyun's face was expressionless. "Father, Aunt, you're back. Haven't eaten yet? The kitchen has made dumplings. Let's eat together."
Xie Zheng nodded.
Where are the two children?
“They were hungry early and fell asleep before they finished eating.” A cold glint flashed in her eyes. “Chang Yunxuan has been here for half an hour and has been crying and shouting outside. I have already sent someone to the Chang family to inform Madam Chang and his Yanran to take their son and husband back. They should leave soon.”
Xie Zheng felt sorry for her and didn't know how to comfort her.
"Then let's eat. Ignore them and don't take them to heart. People like that aren't worth your sadness."
Xie Lingyun shook her head and chuckled softly, her eyes filled with sorrow.
“I’m not sad, I just regret that I didn’t find a good father for my children. I hope he still has some conscience and won’t drag my two daughters down in the future.”
It turned out that the government officials had already approached Chang Jiang, but Chang Jiang used his silver tongue to temporarily clear his name, and he had already returned to the Chang residence.
They wanted to use Chang Yunxuan to soften Xie Lingyun's heart and thus quell the matter.
"Chang Yunxuan's brain is like his mother's. He knows a few tricks and clever tricks, but he doesn't have the skills of Chang Jiang. Even if Chang Jiang didn't start the fire last night, given his hatred for the Xie family, he could have done it."
“Father, don’t worry. I’ve long since lost all interest in Chang Yunxuan these past two years. The matter with the child has made me deeply resent him. I know very well what kind of person he is, and I will not turn back.”
"Okay, let's eat. You must be hungry. Talk to your aunt later."
Xie Lingyun took Song Chunxue's arm, "I'm glad Aunt doesn't mind the trouble."
She really needed to talk to someone today, otherwise that feeling of resentment would linger in her chest.
Song Chunxue patted her head, "Don't mind, it's been a long time since I've cursed someone behind their back, I'm feeling really stifled."
These words made Xie Lingyun burst into laughter through her tears. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and the three of them walked into the house laughing.
After the meal, the two women chatted in the courtyard.
The maids and servants who were cleaning the kitchen listened at first, but when they heard something infuriating, they couldn't help but chime in with a few words.
They sat down on the steps, indignantly saying, "That's right, Madam Chang went too far. She'll definitely get her comeuppance. You don't know, I heard she didn't have a good life when she was young either. Chang Jiang's mother was no pushover..."
"You don't know, do you? I heard that Yanran had a secret rendezvous with someone. Who knows if she's innocent or not? Only Chang Yunxuan treats her like a treasure..."
"Oh my, she's shameless! There was a girl in my family who was just like her, back then..."
"You'd never guess, but Chang Jiang's grandfather actually..."
"None of them are good people. Like father, like son. It's said that Chang Jiang even harmed his own niece before. Tsk tsk, his face was scratched by Chang Yunxuan's mother, and his sister directly..."
Xie Lingyun was completely stunned as she listened. She was shocked to discover that she had missed so many strange and wonderful stories because she hadn't listened to gossip all these years.
If she had known the Chang family were like that, she would never have married them.
What?
Chang Jiang's concubine even cuckolded him? The other party was a third-rank official, and Chang Jiang not only wasn't angry, but even praised his concubine for her abilities?
The concubine was supposedly divorced after a year, but in reality, she was pregnant with the child of the fifty-something-year-old minister. She was given a respectable status and promoted to a secondary wife.
"Anything else? Anything else?"
Xie Zheng, who was practicing calligraphy in his study, was leaning against the doorway at some point. He was drinking tea and staring wide-eyed. He turned to ask the servant who had been staying in the capital, who was serving him tea, for help.
Is this true?
"It's absolutely true. This matter caused a sensation throughout the capital a couple of years ago, but there's always something new happening in the capital, so gradually people stopped mentioning it, even your old acquaintances..."
"ah?"
"Even the families of Miss's two aunts..."
"ah?"
The association was dumbfounded. They had never heard of so many absurd and interesting things in their lives. They had never known that his old acquaintance and colleague, who was indifferent to worldly affairs, had done such things.
There's no limit to how absurd it can get; it can only get more outrageous.
He had never racked his brains like this during his years of hard study.
All I could do was keep repeating, "Huh?"
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