Chapter 031 Chapter 31
After that, he didn't wait for Xu Duanyi to speak again.
Xie Changning stood up first. She lowered her head and spoke with a stuttering tone because of her anxiety: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I'll go back first. I'm hungry."
Just then, Shi Yu was already standing outside with a lantern in hand.
Xie Changning bowed to Xu Duanyi and said, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I, I'll go back first..." Then he immediately went out with the chess score.
Fast speed.
Before Xu Duanyi could get up to see her off, she had already walked out.
Xu Duanyi had no choice but to say from behind: "Shi Yu, ask someone to send him down to Changning."
She just noticed that Fuqiu didn't come with her today.
There was a sound of Shi Yu coming from outside.
Xu Duanyi followed him out holding the tea table.
When they reached the door, Chang Ning had already been escorted out by a maid in the yard, holding a lamp.
The lantern in the corridor shone on Xu Duanyi. Xu Duanyi looked at Xie Changning's leaving figure and frowned slightly.
"Why did the master ask that just now?"
Bixi followed her and saw her frowning and looking ahead, so she couldn't help but ask this question.
Shigure was also there.
She didn't know what happened. When she heard Bixi's question, she looked confused and asked, "What did you ask?"
Xu Duanyi did not speak immediately. This book is exclusively organized by the LK team. There are many maids in the yard, all given to her by her aunt.
Too many people, too many eyes.
Chang Ning was no longer in the yard. Xu Duanyi withdrew his gaze and said, "Have someone serve the food. I'm hungry too."
She said and went in first.
Bi Xi has been telling people to prepare dinner.
Shi Yu followed Xu Duanyi in.
Xu Duanyi sat back on the bed and asked Shi Yu, who was serving beside him, "Did you notice anything wrong with those people who followed us out of the palace these past two days?"
Her aunt assigned quite a few people to her.
In addition to those who serve him personally and take care of his things, he also has many followers and guards outside.
She has thought about it carefully over the past two days.
It is impossible for people outside to find out the real situation of Xie Qingya. It is too difficult for them. The most likely ones are the maids around her.
Shi Yu and Bi Xi certainly wouldn't do that.
Besides, they grew up with her and are the only ones loyal to her.
There is another reason——
Her aunt didn't like to involve her in many things.
Every time Cao Da came, my aunt would find a way to get her to leave first.
So if there really was such a person, he must be in her yard, but not too close to her.
The best candidate is someone who stays by her side, who can easily come into contact with everyone but not be remembered or noticed by her.
——Suppose there really is such a person.
"not."
Shi Yu knew what she was asking and shook her head: "I have been watching them all day, they were all very well behaved, I didn't notice anything wrong."
After she finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but secretly raised her head, looked at Xu Duanyi and asked: "Master, those people were assigned to you by the Queen Mother. Do you... think they will harm you?"
"No, they certainly won't hurt me."
Xu Duanyi said this very decisively without any hesitation.
She sat quietly by the candlelight.
The warm candlelight enveloped her, and Xu Duanyi's face was illuminated by the candlelight like a piece of beautiful jade.
She unconsciously clenched her hands on the table into fists.
She was just afraid that they would harm Xie Qingya and the Nan'an Palace.
Thinking about entering the palace today, Aunt Danfeng's testing look, and my aunt's behavior...Xu Duanyi really couldn't help but worry.
She doesn't want such a person.
But if there really is one, she hopes to get rid of this person as soon as possible and not bring any trouble to Xie Qingya.
Although Shi Yu is usually ignorant.
But after all, she grew up in the palace and saw a lot of intrigues, so she is not completely ignorant.
At this time, the master pursed his lips and remained silent.
Shi Yu stopped asking questions and just lowered her head and said softly, "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on them. If there is anything wrong, I will report it to you immediately."
After hearing her say this, Xu Duanyi felt a little relieved.
She nodded.
"But Master..." Shi Yu asked her hesitantly, "If there really is such a person, what are you going to do?"
This time, Xu Duanyi was silent for a long time before he said, "Let's take a look first."
Shi Yu agreed.
After a while, her lips opened and closed, as if she wanted to say something, but then she hesitated and stopped without opening her mouth.
She could see the difficulty her master was in at the moment.
He also knew that what he said next would cause his master even more trouble.
Think about it.
I still can't bear to say it.
But how could Xu Duanyi not know what she had not finished saying? When she saw Shi Yu's hesitation and hesitation, she guessed what she wanted to say.
But this time, even she didn't know what to do.
She can control the people around her who are hostile to Xie Qingya, but she cannot change the relationship between her aunt and him. If Xie Qingya is really pretending now, then he and her aunt will definitely not be able to live in peace... What should she do then?
After the wedding decree came down that day, the dilemma in my heart surged over me again.
Xu Duanyi was really tired and felt powerless.
But she didn't let herself get stuck in this mood for too long.
soon.
She said to Shi Yu, "Go and grind the ink for me. I want to write a letter to Dong Gu."
"For my mother?"
Shi Yu was surprised.
Xu Duanyi nodded.
She still felt that something was wrong with Changning and thought about asking someone to investigate carefully.
But now the people around her, Shi Yu and Bi Xi, each have their own tasks, so it is not easy for them to leave. As for the others... she doesn't know their backgrounds yet, so naturally she doesn't dare to assign them to do anything.
She thought of asking Donggu to send someone over.
The people taught by Donggu will naturally not be bad, and there is no need to worry about her being instructed by her aunt.
She shared this idea with Yu.
Just then, Bi Xi came back after giving instructions to the servants.
She happened to hear what Xu Duanyi said.
Bixi has always been smart.
Although she didn't know the reason, she could guess why her master did this, so she didn't ask and just helped to make plans.
"There is a girl named Xiuyu in the mansion. She was taught by Donggu."
"I have seen her several times before. She is smart and clever, and her family background is clean. I remember that she is an orphan and was taken back to the mansion by Donggu."
Shigure also said "Ah" and spoke.
"She is good. My mother always uses her to talk about me to Bixi." When she said this, she was quite dissatisfied. She pouted and looked unhappy.
The originally quiet atmosphere became a lot more relaxed because of Shi Yu's words.
Bixi laughed out loud and criticized Shiyu.
Although Xu Duanyi didn't say anything, there was a hint of smile in her eyes. She smiled and said, "Then let Donggu send Xiuyu over."
It's better to do it sooner rather than later.
Just as dinner had not been served yet, Bixi and Shiyu went to the side to grind ink. After Xu Duanyi finished writing the letter, Shiyu went out with the letter, intending to hand it to the doorman and ask them to deliver it to Wu'an Marquis' Mansion immediately so that her mother could prepare it earlier and not delay the master's business.
…
the other side.
Xie Changning left Linfeng Pavilion accompanied by her maid.
As she walked further away, the tension and worry in her heart finally eased a little.
She really didn't expect her sister-in-law to ask this.
Could it be that she had revealed something? But Xie Changning frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't figure out what he had revealed.
Or maybe my sister-in-law was just asking casually.
But her reaction just now was really too big, and I didn't know if my sister-in-law would suspect something.
Xie Changning was a meticulous and sensitive person to begin with, and at this moment, he was so worried that his eyebrows were wrinkled.
But soon, she comforted herself again.
Maybe my sister-in-law was just asking casually, so she shouldn't think too much about it.
Anyway, those people don't bully her so much now.
Thinking of this, Xie Changning felt much more relaxed.
Still a child after all.
Emotions come and go quickly.
After taking a look at the chess record in his hand, Xie Changning's mouth curled up slightly again.
My sister-in-law is so nice.
She loves her sister-in-law so much!
I had been thinking of going back to Huajian Cottage right now, as my third brother would probably go to her place for dinner in a while.
When the time comes, she will deliberately let her third brother see the book.
She just didn't believe that her third brother could really bear not to watch it!
As she thought about this, the smile on Xie Changning's face deepened and her pace quickened until she arrived at a place where she suddenly saw a familiar persimmon tree.
I recognized it as my second brother's study.
Xie Changning's heart moved, and she was unwilling to go to her little house in the garden first.
"I, I still have something to do. You, you go back first." Xie Changning said to the maid who was holding the lamp beside him.
"This……"
The maid was ordered to send her back.
Hearing Xie Changning say this, he showed hesitation.
Xie Changning treated the servants very kindly, not to mention that they were her sister-in-law's people... Although she didn't like to speak in front of outsiders, she still explained it to them at this time.
Otherwise she would have trouble explaining herself when she returns.
"I, I'm going to look for my second brother. He will send someone to take me back later." She pointed to the yard in front of her, "Right, right there."
The maid looked forward as Xie Changning moved.
Xie Changning did not notice that her eyes briefly flickered when she looked at that place, and she continued to speak innocently, "You, you tell your sister-in-law, no, you don't have to worry about me."
"Then I will go back first."
When Xie Changning looked over, the maid lowered her head.
She didn't let Xie Changning notice her clues.
"It's hard to travel at night. Please take this lantern, young lady." The maid said as she handed the lantern over.
"You, you go back, there's no lantern, okay?"
Xie Changning did not reach out to take it immediately, fearing that it would be inconvenient for her to go back like this.
婢子笑笑：“奴婢沒事的，您拿好吧，要不王妃知道，肯定得責怪婢子沒照顧好您。”
她都這樣說了，謝長寧便也沒再猶豫。
“那、那好吧。”
本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理 她說着從婢子的手裏，拿過燈籠，然後一邊抱着棋譜，一邊提着燈，心情愉悅地往前面的書房走去。
身後婢子一直看着她離開的身影，又或是說……
看着她走過去的書房。
謝長寧似有所察，回頭一看，便見那婢子還站在那。
那婢子也沒想到，她會突然回頭。
冷不丁與謝長寧那雙幹淨純澈的雙眼對上，婢子心下一驚，她不敢多看，忙垂下眼簾，與謝長寧又欠身行了一禮，便在謝長寧的注視下，轉身離開了。
謝長寧看着她離開，心裏覺得剛剛那個婢子的反應，有些怪怪的。
但也沒多想。
她繼續提燈往前走，很快就把這件事抛到腦後了。
……
謝清崖并不知道謝長寧此刻正在來書房的路上。
他跟梅雪征在說話。
今日是大婚之後，他跟梅雪征第一次見面。
謝清崖早就猜到，他今日進宮，梅雪征肯定會過來一趟，便早早就讓令吉去吩咐廚房準備好菜肴與酒。
他今日心情煩悶，想飲酒。
此時晚膳還沒送過來。
謝清崖和梅雪征對坐着，聊起今日宮裏發生的事。
“你說曹達懲治了一個小太監？”聽梅雪征說起今日他們離宮之後，宮裏發生的事，謝清崖皺了皺眉。
“是。”
梅雪征沒隐瞞：“聽說是因為得罪了嘉順長公主。”
“所以你們今日進宮的時候，究竟發生了什麽？”他今日過來，除了來看看謝清崖此時的情況，怕他進宮看見曹達，心裏憋悶，無法纾解，越憋越傷。
還有一個原因，便是這個。
今日小貴子打聽到消息，說是曹達忽然處置了一個跟了他很多年的人，他當時和陛下自是覺得十分奇怪，又着人仔細打探了一番，得出這個結論——
那小太監不知因何緣故，得罪了嘉順長公主，這才進了慎刑司。
他出宮的時候。
聽說那小太監已經進氣少出氣多了，估計是活不了幾日了。
“她……”
謝清崖擰眉思索，也沒想到什麽。
徐端宜那個好人脾氣，被他那麽對待，都沒見她生氣。
那小太監能做什麽，惹得她生氣呢？
冒犯她？
怎麽可能呢？
別說小太監了，就連曹達看到徐端宜，都得客客氣氣，不敢輕易冒犯她，那小太監除非吃了熊心豹子膽了，或是失了智，不然怎麽敢得罪她？
所以在他們分開的那會功夫，究竟發生了什麽他不知道的事情？
謝清崖擰眉思索。
忽然，他的腦中閃過一個念頭，嘴巴比大腦反應快，他忽然擡頭問梅雪征：“被處置的那個小太監，是不是下巴處有顆痦子？”
梅雪征事先打聽過，自然知曉。
此時聽謝清崖詢問，自是連忙點頭：“是。”
他見謝清崖忽然神情有所變化，倒像是知道了什麽，不由問：“你知道是怎麽一回事了？”
謝清崖未語。
放在桌上的手，卻不自覺握緊了一些。
他想，他應該知道了。
但會是他想的那樣嗎？
從來不會跟人生氣的徐端宜，真是因為那個小太監冒犯了他，才會讓曹達處置了他嗎？
……可為什麽？
謝清崖的心中忽然變得有些茫然。
“清崖？”
梅雪征看出他這會神情不對，便又喊了他一聲，剛想問他怎麽了，忽然聽到門外傳來聲音。
“女郎，這個時間，您怎麽來了？”
昌豐從外傳進來的聲音，打斷了屋內兩人的思緒。
謝清崖早已斂起心緒。
梅雪征與他對視一眼，此刻也未語，自己先起身，去了屏風後頭。
謝清崖又把桌上那盞屬于梅雪征的茶盞先收好。
幾乎是才做完這些事，外面就傳進來昌豐的聲音：“王爺，女郎來了。”
“讓她進來。”謝清崖說道。
昌豐答了一聲“是”，接着門被打開，謝長寧出現在了門外。
“二兄！”
謝長寧看到謝清崖後，便笑容滿面的，先與人打了招呼。
又看了看屋中，她沒立刻進去，怕自己打擾了二兄做事，謝長寧站在門口，聲音不由又變得拘謹起來：“二、二兄，我、我沒打擾你吧？”
“沒。”
謝清崖讓人進來。
想給人倒一盞茶，才發現自己這，并沒有适合謝長寧的果茶。
夜深了。
小孩子也不适合喝茶。
謝清崖便給人倒了一盞溫水。
“怎麽這個時候過來了？吃過了？”謝清崖邊說，邊把手裏的茶盞遞給謝長寧。
謝長寧見二兄并未責怪她突然的到來，自然喜笑顏開。
她把燈籠放在外面，自己進來坐在了二兄的對面，才坐下，謝長寧便覺得有些不太對。
她兀自蹙了下眉尖。
謝清崖看着她問了句：“怎麽了？”
想到什麽，謝清崖眸光微變，未等謝長寧開口詢問，他便又說了一句：“剛才孫管家來過。”
這是在跟謝長寧解釋，為什麽她坐得椅面是熱的。
果然。
謝長寧剛剛就是因為這個蹙眉的。
此時聽二兄這樣說，她便一掃心中的困惑，重新變得喜笑顏開起來。
“噢！”
她笑盈盈應了。
接着才回答起謝清崖的話：“我、我剛去嫂、嫂嫂那了。”
謝清崖也在喝茶。
聽到這話，他喝茶的動作一頓，但也只是眨眼的功夫，他便神色如常嗯了一聲，繼續垂眸喝茶。
語氣淡淡，看起來并不在意。
謝長寧見他這樣，剛剛臉上還挂着的笑容，不由僵滞了片刻。
她卻不死心。
想說話，又怕自己說不清楚。
便把手裏一直珍重抱着的棋譜遞給二兄。
“這是什麽？”
謝清崖垂眸問她。
不過很快，他就知道這是什麽了。
昨日看到的，她送給平安的那本棋譜，此時卻到了長寧的手裏。
“怎麽在你這？”
謝清崖擡頭問謝長寧。
但他心中，其實已經有所猜測。
“是、是三兄，還給了，嫂嫂。”謝長寧跟謝清崖解釋，“嫂、嫂嫂看出三兄，喜、喜歡，便讓我，拿、拿回去。”
“這、這樣的話，三、三兄，就可以，在，我那，看了。”
她結結巴巴說完。
然後一臉期待地看着謝清崖，還不忘又說了一句：“二、二兄，嫂、嫂嫂，真的，很好。”
“你，以、以後，可以，對她，好、好一點嗎？”
這是她第一次給別人說話。
也是家裏出事之後，她第一次跟二兄主動提要求。
心髒撲通撲通跳得飛快，謝長寧因為緊張，臉龐也跟着滾燙了許多。
眼見二兄遲遲不語。
謝長寧尤不甘心地又喊了一聲：“二、二兄。”
然後繼續眼巴巴地看着謝清崖，希望他能答應她的請求。
她不太會說話，也不是很喜歡說話。
但還是努力把今日嫂嫂與她說的那些話，簡單地複述給了二兄聽。
“……這些，都是她跟你說的？”過了好一會，謝清崖才啞聲問謝長寧。
但這話，其實問得好沒意思。
若不是她說與長寧的，長寧又豈會說出這樣的話？
“是的！”
謝長寧怕他不信，連連點頭。
眼見二兄又不說話了，謝長寧急得很，又喊了：“二兄~”
謝清崖看了她一眼。
“知道了。”
他說着把手裏的棋譜，遞還給了謝長寧。
謝長寧喜出望外：“二、二兄，你是同意了嗎？”
她的雙眼都因此變得明亮了不少。
謝清崖卻沒說同意，還是不同意，一副不置可否的模樣：“你該回去吃飯了，再不去，你三兄該到處找你了。”
謝長寧啊了一聲。
看了眼外頭的天色，果然已經徹底黑了，怕三兄擔心，她緊張地忙站了起來。
“二、二兄，和我，一、一起去吧。”
“我們，一起，吃。”
謝長寧說完，繼續眼巴巴地看着謝清崖。
但謝清崖這次卻沒有同意。
昨日是事出有因，他心裏其實還沒有辦法，那麽坦然地面對長寧和平安。
免得過去，又惹得平安那小子不高興。
何況今日梅雪征也還在。
謝清崖最終還是拒絕了：“二兄今日還有事。”
謝長寧一聽這話，便有些面露失望。
但她畢竟不是那種，要不到糖就會耍賴哭的小孩，雖然面露遺憾，但謝長寧還是點了點頭。
“那，那二、二兄空了的話，記得，來，找我。”
謝清崖看着她說“好”，答應了。
謝長寧便又彎起唇角，變得高興起來。
夜裏黑。
謝清崖不放心她一個人回去，便讓昌豐送她回去。
“不、不用，二兄，我，我自己，可以，回去的。”謝長寧不想麻煩他們。
但謝清崖态度堅決，不容拒絕。
謝長寧沒法，只能點頭答應了。
謝清崖親自送她出去。
走到門口的時候，昌豐已經提起燈籠，謝清崖看着謝長寧交待道：“平時無論去哪裏，都記得把芙蕖帶上。”
“為，為什麽？”謝長寧目露不解。
Xie Qingya did not explain anything, but just looked at Xie Changning and said "be obedient".
Xie Changning didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and said okay.
In fact, today was a special situation. She wanted to go find her sister-in-law, but was afraid that her third brother would come to find her when the time came. She was afraid that she could not explain clearly and make her third brother unhappy, so she let Fuqiu stay.
Normally, she seldom goes out except to go to the girls' school.
"Well, second brother, I, I'll leave first." Xie Changning said goodbye to Xie Qingya.
Xie Qingya looked at her and nodded.
"Girl, let's go." Changfeng said from the side.
Xie Changning nodded and said yes, and thanked Changfeng. Then Changfeng took Xie Changning away, but Xie Qingya waited until he could no longer see Xie Changning before turning back.
The plum blossoms and snow are here.
To avoid being seen by others, Xie Qingya closed the door.
Mei Xuezheng heard the door close and came out from behind the screen. He frowned and said to Xie Qingya, "Changning seems to like the eldest princess very much."
"Um."
Xie Qingya did not deny it, and he couldn't deny it.
Knowing what Mei Xuezheng was worried about, Xie Qingya said, "I know what you are worried about. Even if she has a problem, it will not harm Changning and Ping An."
Mei Xuezheng raised an eyebrow: "Are you so sure?"
He had only come to Kyoto in recent years, so naturally he didn't know about their childhood.
Seeing Xie Qingya, he remained silent.
Mei Xuezheng said nothing more.
In this world today, the siblings Changning and Ping'an are the people Qingya cares about the most.
He certainly wouldn't put them in any danger.
Since he said no, he would just believe it for now.
After all, Changning is still young and acts according to her heart. If we really force her to stop associating with the man from Linfeng Pavilion, it will only cause trouble.
This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Mei Xuezheng thought so and stopped talking about this topic.
When he sat back in his original seat, thinking of what Chang Ning had said just now, he suddenly sighed: "It would be great if the girl from Linfeng Pavilion was really a good person. I think she is really good to Chang Ning."
No one knows this.
Perhaps until the day things are over, no one can guarantee what the future will be like.
Therefore, Mei Xuezheng only sighed like this, and before Xie Qingya could say anything, he continued with the question he had not finished before, "By the way, you haven't mentioned that young eunuch just now. How did he offend that person?"
Xie Qingya was still thinking about what Mei Xuezheng had just said and did not respond immediately.
"Qingya?"
Not hearing Xie Qingya's voice again, Mei Xuezheng frowned and called out.
When Xie Qingya looked over and asked him what was wrong, he frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? You look weird today."
"Nothing."
Xie Qingya withdrew his gaze again.
He naturally knew that he was not normal today. He had been abnormal since he separated from Xu Duanyi.
I just don’t want Mei Xuezheng to think too much or ask more questions.
Before he could ask.
Xie Qingya then spoke again: "...I'm just a little tired."
When Mei Xuezheng heard this, he thought that he was thinking about his encounter with Cao Da and his uncle and Jing Feng, so he did not dare to ask any more questions.
I just glossed over this topic.