Chapter 005 Chapter 5

Xie Qingya and Mei Xuezheng were inside the house and had no idea what was happening outside.

Since it was irreversible, the two of them didn't think too much about it. Xie Qingya and Mei Xuezheng quickly told them about the letter sent from the south today.

The two were discussing.

Suddenly, Lingji's anxious voice was heard from outside, followed by a series of imposing footsteps, interrupting the two people's conversation.

"Sanlang, Sanlang, the master is sleeping now, why don't you come back later!"

"I don't care if he sleeps or not!"

Xie Qingya and Mei Xuezheng exchanged glances.

Mei Xuezheng reacted very quickly and immediately stood up and walked behind the screen.

Xie Qingya hid the teacup that belonged to Mei Xuezheng on the table.

Almost as soon as the two of them finished, the door was violently pushed open from the outside, and a twelve-year-old young man in blue clothes stood outside.

He looks somewhat like Xie Qingya.

It’s just that Xie Qingya looks more like the Grand Princess, and their mother, the young man outside, looks more like Prince Nan’an.

Ringgit followed behind.

Seeing that the master was the only one in the room, he felt relieved. He lowered his head and said in shame: "Master, your subordinate..."

Xie Qingya knew what he was going to say.

"Go down." He didn't let Lingji finish his words, otherwise, given his brother's temper, he might take the opportunity to explode again.

Lingji accepted the order and withdrew.

Before leaving, he still looked at the brothers with worry, obviously afraid that they would quarrel again.

Xie Qingya didn't say anything, but just stared at the boy at the door.

The young man standing at the door was his younger brother, named Xie Ping'an.

The children who used to follow him and call him "Second brother, second brother" and ask him to hold them when they were young, now look at him with nothing but disgust.

He was unwilling to even take a step into the study. He stood outside, panting, staring at him angrily like a ferocious little wolf with bared teeth.

"Since you are not drunk, why don't you go and receive the order?"

"Do you know that our Nan'an Palace has been criticized enough because of you?"

Xie Qingya closed his eyes and leaned back, looking as if it had nothing to do with him: "If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."

"you!"

Xie Pingan clenched his fists, becoming even angrier.

Just as he was about to speak, a faint, anxious female voice came from behind: "Third, Third Brother!"

Xie Pingan's anger subsided, and he turned around to see a girl wrapped in a pink shawl hurriedly walking towards him with an umbrella.

It was difficult to walk in the snow, and the girl ran here on her own because she was worried that her third brother would come and quarrel with her second brother again.

At this time, she was holding an umbrella in one hand, staggering forward, staggering, and almost falling down several times.

When Xie Ping'an saw this, he became anxious.

Without caring about getting angry with Xie Qingya, he immediately turned around to pick someone up.

Xie Qingya, who had originally closed his eyes and looked as if he was too lazy to care about anyone, also changed his expression slightly and sat up straight immediately. He looked at the girl in pink outside the open door and wanted to get up and go forward, but in the end his hands were pressed tightly on the armrests, and he remained stiff and did not get up.

The voices of the brother and sister were heard outside.

Xie Pingan and Xie Changning are a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, and their relationship, which has been accumulated since the womb, has always been good.

After the family misfortune, the three siblings of the Xie family changed a lot.

Xie Pingan no longer even acknowledges Xie Qingya as his brother, but he is still very nice to Xie Changning, even better than before.

Two years ago, the eldest princess Liu Yi was so sad about the death of Prince Nan'an and her eldest son that she eventually died on the anniversary of their death.

After that day, Xie Changning developed a high fever that lasted for three days. After waking up, he was in grief for a long time and refused to speak.

By the time everyone realized something was wrong, she couldn't finish her words.

I have seen many doctors, but I still stutter a little. I don’t know if it is because of the illness or if there is still a knot in my heart.

The voices of the brother and sister were heard outside.

Xie Ping'an's temperament now is even more violent and reckless than Xie Qingya's when he was young. He is like an undisciplined wolf or leopard, using his ferocious and aggressive side to protect himself and his family.

But in front of Xie Changning, he was always obedient.

"What's wrong with him? Didn't you see how those eunuchs in the palace who delivered the imperial edict looked at us? The family is already like this, and he is still like this! Did he feel wronged by receiving the imperial edict? He has such a bad temper, you have the ability to marry me!"

"Third, Third Brother!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Don't worry."

The brother and sister were talking for a while, and after a while, Xie Changning came over with Xie Pingan.

"Second brother."

Xie Changning brought Xie Ping'an into the house and spoke to Xie Qingya in a low voice.

She is usually of a gentle nature.

This is even more true after a family accident, you have to be careful in what you say and do.

At this time, she was standing in front of the desk, holding Xie Ping'an's sleeve. When she looked at Xie Qingya, her round, dark eyes revealed worry and tension.

"Please don't be angry with your third brother, okay?"

Xie Qingya looked at her, feeling very guilty, and his voice softened: "Second brother is not angry."

"That's good, that's good." Xie Changning breathed a sigh of relief. What she was most worried about now was the relationship between her two brothers.

But she didn't know how to adjust it.

Just like now, after saying one sentence, she didn't know what else to say.

She blamed herself for being tongue-tied, but didn't know how to change.

The room was quiet.

Xie Qingya was just about to ask her to go back and rest first to avoid the cold weather as she was already in poor health.

But before he could open his mouth, Xie Pingan, who had been suppressed and silent before, spoke first in a bad mood.

“Let’s go!”

He was too lazy to stay.

Since his younger sister was around, he couldn't quarrel with Xie Qingya, otherwise he would be worried that his younger sister would see him and cry.

But he didn't know what to say to Xie Qingya. He hated the way Xie Qingya looked now!

This is not the second brother he has always admired! His second brother is not like this!

He held Xie Changning's hand.

Before leaving, he glared at Xie Qingya and said, "I don't care who you want to marry, just keep your woman in check. If I find out that she dares to bully Changning, I won't let her go!"

Wait till you finish.

He didn't care about Xie Qingya's reaction, he just held Xie Changning's hand and turned away.

"Third, third brother, slow down."

As Xie Changning spoke, he turned around and said hello to Xie Qingya: "Second brother, we are leaving first."

The brother and sister soon disappeared.

Lingji came back at some point and apologized to Xie Qingya outside: "Master, it was my fault that I failed to stop Sanlangjun!"

Xie Qingya was still watching the brother and sister leave. Upon hearing this, he simply said, "It has nothing to do with you."

Mei Xuezheng came out again. He had been behind the screen just now.

"Your Sanlang has such a bad temper...why don't you tell him the truth? Otherwise he will misunderstand you like this."

After he came out, Lingji went back to guarding outside the yard.

Xie Qingya laughed at himself: "It wasn't really a misunderstanding. My father and brother went there to pursue me, but they fell into someone else's trap."

Mei Xuezheng frowned: "But if it weren't for the fact that the armor was different, with the abilities of Prince Nan'an and Jing Feng, they wouldn't have been trapped in it and unable to fight back!"

Xie Qingya's eyes dimmed and he clenched his hands again.

Mei Xuezheng knew that he was thinking about the past again, and sighed in his heart, and quickly changed the subject: "Is Changning still like this now? Is there no doctor who can treat him?"

Xie Qingya shook his head, his voice a little hoarse: "I took a lot of medicine but it didn't get better."

Mei Xuezheng sighed: "Mother has been looking for a doctor for Changning. When there is news, I will send someone over immediately."

Xie Qingya looked up at him and said, "I won't say thank you anymore. Please tell your aunt to be careful."

Mei Xuezheng smiled and said, "Don't worry."

After Mei Xuezheng left, Xie Qingya also saw the imperial edict, which was delivered by Aunt Deng herself.

Aunt Deng is an elderly woman who lives with my mother.

After her mother passed away, she and Butler Sun took charge of the affairs of the two courtyards.

Aunt Deng was very happy about the change of princess.

"I have always felt that the girl from the Xiao family is too impatient and too proud. She is not easy to get along with. I was worried about her before. But now it is all right. Princess Jiashun is a famous noblewoman in Kyoto, dignified and virtuous."

Aunt Deng had no idea what was going on. She just thought that he had married a gentle and virtuous wife, and they would not have to quarrel every day in the future.

Xie Qingya was too lazy to say anything more and just let Aunt Deng go on as she pleased.

After she leaves.

Xie Qingya then opened the imperial edict and began to read it.

He did not read a single word of the edict that boasted about a perfect match made in heaven. He only glanced at the signature at the back.

One is Xie Qingya and the other is Xu Duanyi, the man is on the left and the woman is on the right, they are placed together.

Xie Qingya's gaze lingered on the name Xu Duanyi for a moment longer.

But it was only for a moment, and soon Xie Qingya threw the imperial edict aside and ignored it.

…

The news of Xie Qingya and Xu Duanyi's arranged marriage soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto, and even the officials in the court heard about it.

At first, everyone thought it was fake.

But the next morning at court, Young Emperor Liu Xie personally told the story... It turned out that Xiao Baozhu wanted to break off the engagement, and she had an affair with Liu Xunxian, but of course she couldn't say it that way.

Not only can we not say that, we have to praise Empress Dowager Zhaoyu.

Therefore, Qin Tianjian was brought in to speak.

It is said that Qin Tianjian calculated and found that the fate of the daughter of the Xiao family and the Prince of Nan'an were in conflict, and that they were indeed very evil. Empress Dowager Zhaoyu was grateful for the merits of the Nan'an Palace and specially married Princess Jiashun to the Prince of Nan'an.

Officials in the court are not fools, and no one would believe in this theory of fate.

Moreover, Xiao Baozhu and the third place winner Liu Xun met each other every day without avoiding others, and Xiao Baozhu repeatedly declared in public that she would never marry the Prince of Nannan.

But knowing is one thing, and being able to express it is another.

Compared to the fierce scene at yesterday's morning court, today's morning court was truly peaceful, and no one said a word against the Xiao family and Empress Dowager Zhaoyu.

After all, with Princess Jiashun's reputation, her marriage to Prince Nan'an's Palace could be considered as marrying down.

Therefore, today's morning court was all praising Empress Dowager Zhaoyu for her action.

When the news spread outside, a completely different scene emerged.

There were countless people in the capital who liked Xu Duanyi. If Xu Duanyi had not had a special status and had not been the fiancée of Prince Wen Zhao, they would not have had the courage to enter the palace and ask Empress Dowager Zhaoyu for her hand in marriage. Otherwise, the door of the Marquis Wu'an's Mansion would have been broken down by the matchmaker long ago.

In recent years, there have been clan ladies who have spoken of this matter to the Empress Dowager Zhaoyu, hoping to ask for Princess Jiashun to marry for their sons, nephews, and grandchildren.

But Empress Dowager Zhaoyu never gave in.

When I am in a good mood, I will reply with "I can't bear to do that", but if I am in a bad mood, I am too lazy to even say anything.

After so many times, people dared not speak any more, and just thought that Princess Jiashun wanted to remain faithful to Prince Wen Zhao. As for those gentlemen who liked Xu Duanyi, they could only worship her as a goddess living high in the tower, and dared only look at her from afar, not getting close to her.

Who would have thought that such a fairy-like woman would now marry the King of Nangan!

How can people not be shocked and angry about this?

On that day, someone blocked Xie Qingya's way and wanted to settle accounts with him.