Chapter 646 Sister Song, please stay with me.
Anyway, he always tolerated things and left room for maneuver, and no one ever took him seriously.
The reason I have the courage to say this today is because of Song Chunxue.
Xie Zheng suddenly realized today that he used to be incredibly cowardly.
Song Chunxue felt extremely embarrassed when she saw Xie Zheng hugging her waist.
"Your child is still outside; if she sees you, she'll laugh at you."
Xie Zheng gently placed his hands on her waist and lightly rubbed his forehead against her lower abdomen. "It's okay, are you shy?"
Song Chunxue stiffened, pushing his shoulder with her hand, "No, it's just that I'm not used to being so intimate with people."
Xie Zheng looked up. "So, you and your deceased husband never had such intimate contact?"
Mentioning the past made Song Chunxue even more embarrassed.
She grabbed Xie Zheng's arm and took a step back. "No, farmers are all reserved."
"But I once encountered someone doing *that* in a cornfield, and they weren't discreet at all."
"..."
Song Chunxue coughed lightly. She had heard of this before. It was said that the guy who ate wild food outside was very promiscuous. He was said to bite and gnaw, and almost bit off someone's earlobe.
But these kinds of things, some are wild and some are subtle. Some silly couples, adults think they will have children, but after three or four years there is no sign of it, they find out that the young couple were just sleeping together, thinking that sleeping together would make them pregnant.
Song Chunxue thought so too before she turned fifteen.
It wasn't until she was fifteen, on a June afternoon when everyone was sleeping, that she, unable to sleep, went to steal someone's melons from a cornfield. There she stumbled upon a man and woman rolling around together, and only then did she realize that you can't wear clothes when giving birth...
"And what about you? If you had been more reserved back then, would your wife have wanted a divorce?"
"Cough cough," Xie Zheng coughed and looked away. "At that time, my mind was full of things in the court. The place I spent the most time was the study. It is true that I was not good enough to Yun'er's mother, but Yun'er's mother was also straightforward and outspoken. She was so scared that she cried after I was demoted twice. She was afraid that I would offend the emperor one day and be thrown into the prison, so I let her go."
"Knock knock knock".
Just as the two were awkwardly trying to ease the tension, there was a knock at the door.
The two turned around and saw Master Han returning.
"I heard that Master Song has a magical artifact that sent my junior brother flying. Who are you, a disciple of some great master?" Master Han asked earnestly. "Did you leave because you were worried that your fourth junior brother would steal your magical artifact?"
"You might have misunderstood him. He's a weapons fanatic. Once he gets obsessed with something, he'll release his divine sense to follow you. If you feel someone staring at you, you can go back and fight your fourth junior brother. Let him have a good look at it, and he won't bother you anymore."
So that's what happened?
Song Chunxue was surprised; he was also from Baiyun Temple.
"Alright, I'll visit Baiyun Temple another day. Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Han."
Master Han clenched his fist and bowed, "May you be blessed with good fortune. You can also go and take a look at our library. I feel that your aura is strange. Your cultivation is not high, but you carry the light that only our grandmaster possesses. Perhaps you can see for yourself what's going on. I dare not investigate you rashly."
Song Chunxue bowed to him, "I will go, thank you, Senior Brother Han."
Master Han looked younger than his strange, white-bearded fourth junior brother, and his eyes were clearer.
For some reason, Song Chunxue found his words more credible.
However, before leaving, Master Han looked at her as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and then said nothing.
Looking back at Xie Zheng's expression, Song Chunxue realized that he seemed to know Master Han quite well.
"You two know each other?"
"Yes, we've known each other since we were teenagers, but we weren't close. He was a kind and honest Taoist priest who gave me a lot of brilliant ideas, but unfortunately, I was too stubborn back then. I wouldn't listen to him until I hit a brick wall."
Song Chunxue laughed, "For example, his hesitant expression just now, was he trying to advise you not to take things too seriously, and that you shouldn't be so attached to matters of the heart?"
Xie Zheng shook his head. "He never gives advice on matters of love and romance, but it's common for me to be a little confused in officialdom."
Perhaps this is what is meant by the saying "a gentleman's friendship is as light as water."
"I'm going back to cultivate. You go about your business."
Xie Zheng was a little reluctant. "Alright, I'll go to the study for a while."
Song Chunxue couldn't help but find his expression amusing.
It seems like he really wants to be inseparable from her.
But she felt that if she got tired of it for too long, something bad would happen.
It's better to stay calm.
...
On the fourth day after Xie Lingyun returned to her parents' home, people from the Chang family came to visit again.
This time, however, the Chang family brought a large number of people, including Chang Yunxuan's parents and sister, as well as his brother and sister-in-law, and the old women and maids who were close to Xie Lingyun.
Xie Lingyun claimed to be ill and refused to see them, also forbidding her two children from seeing them, saying she was afraid of passing on her illness to everyone and that the children shouldn't be exposed to the wind.
Therefore, Xie Zheng had no choice but to ask Song Chunxue for courage.
"Can't I wait for you in the side room? This is, after all, a matter between your two families. I'm an outsider, and if word gets out, it won't be good for either of us."
Xie Zheng childishly tugged at her arm, "Sister Song, I've offended both of my own sisters, Yun'er won't see them, and the old housekeeper Xie Dong isn't here either. Can you really bear to let me deal with that group of unreasonable and distorting robbers all by myself?"
Too.
Song Chunxue couldn't help but laugh out loud, and patted his arm, "Look at how pitiful you look."
"It's not that I'm being pitiful, but all these years I haven't had a brother. I've been all alone. When my uncles and aunts talk about me in private, they always say, 'It's better to have more sons. Don't end up like Xiao Zheng, always going his own way, stubborn and single-minded, with no one close to him to advise him. It's pitiful.' If I hadn't overheard them, I wouldn't have known I was so pitiful."
He sighed, "I didn't think so before, but today, when the people below said that nearly twenty people from the Chang residence came, I realized that I am indeed pitiful."
Song Chunxue was both amused and exasperated. She pointed ahead and said, "Go ahead. You can do most of the talking later. I'll listen from the side. If a fight breaks out, I'll be your bodyguard."
Xie Zheng nodded with relief, "Thank goodness for Sister Song."
Fortunately, Xie Zheng's second and third brothers arrived not long after; Xie Lingyun had sent someone to invite them.
Inside the hall, the two families stood on opposite sides, clearly separated.
The Chang family members were eager to fight, and with their superior numbers, their arrogant and smug expressions even before the competition began made it seem as if they were certain of victory.
“Father-in-law, we went back and thought about it for two days. We made Yunxuan kneel in the ancestral hall and also confined Yanran to her quarters. It was indeed wrong of Yunxuan to hit the child and Yun’er, but if this happens again in the future, we will definitely not let Yunxuan off easily.” Chang Jiang smiled so much that his eyes crinkled into wrinkles as he earnestly advised him.
"Yes, please persuade Yun'er, Lord Xie. Being able to be husband and wife in this life is a blessing accumulated over several lifetimes. Please don't talk about divorce so easily. It doesn't matter if Yun'er can't give birth to a boy. In the future, she can give Yanran's child to him to raise. He is the legal wife, and we will definitely stand up for him." Madam Chang chimed in from the side.
Chang Yunxuan glanced at his mother. He had promised Yanran that he would reserve the position of his principal wife for her in the future.
Xie Zheng leaned back in his chair, his dark red cloak giving him a dignified air.
"Hmph, that's easy to say. Yesterday, my people heard Chang Yunxuan say at the Peony Pavilion that he wanted to beat my Yun'er to death. You should give that blessing to Yanran. She's carrying a son."
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