Chapter 051 Chapter 51

At that time. This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. Xu Duanyi and Xie Changning had already boarded the carriage back to the palace.

The two of them rode in a carriage.

After this incident, Xie Changning liked and depended on his sister-in-law Xu Duanyi even more. Normally, he was not used to getting close to others, but after getting on the carriage, he sat directly next to Xu Duanyi.

His hand was still very intimate, and it was directly wrapped around Xu Duanyi's arm.

He looked like he couldn't bear to be separated.

Xu Duanyi also let her do as she pleased.

Seeing that she was still holding the kaleidoscope in her hand, staring at her without blinking, he couldn't help but laugh: "Why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?"

"I like sister-in-law."

Xie Changning looked at Xu Duanyi and said without hesitation.

This was not the first time she had said such words. She had said such words to Xie Qingya, Xie Ping'an, Fuqiu, and Aunt Deng.

But this was the first time she said this directly to Xu Duanyi.

Seeing her sparkling eyes, Xu Duanyi felt happy in her heart. She raised her hand and gently touched her head, not hiding her liking for her.

Xu Duanyi also looked at Xie Changning and said, "I like Changning, too."

Xie Changning's face turned red again out of shyness after hearing what she said, but he did not avoid her. Instead, he took her arm more intimately. After his eyes dodged for a moment, he suddenly looked at Xu Duanyi and said, "I, I want to be like my sister-in-law in the future!"

She mustered up her courage and looked at Xu Duanyi and said.

After saying this, his ears turned red, but his eyes were reluctant to look away and he stared at Xu Duanyi without blinking.

His eyes were full of admiration.

Xu Duanyi was stunned, obviously not expecting to hear such words from Xie Changning.

Seeing that the little girl was still looking at her without blinking, Xu Duanyi shook her head briefly and then smiled.

She narrowed her eyes and smiled brightly.

After laughing, Xu Duanyi reached out and gently pressed on the top of Xie Changning's head, and said softly: "Changning doesn't need to become like me."

Xie Changning frowned, puzzled.

"Why, why?" She didn't understand.

She thought her sister-in-law was amazing, she knew everything and was good at everything, just like her mother. She also wanted to be like her sister-in-law in the future and protect the people she wanted to protect.

But why didn't her sister-in-law let her become like this?

Xu Duanyi looked at her puzzled eyes and said in a gentle tone: "Everyone is special. Changning doesn't have to be like anyone else. Just be yourself."

Xie Changning was still young.

She didn't quite understand what these words meant, but she could feel her sister-in-law's tenderness. Although she didn't understand, she still looked at her sister-in-law beside her and nodded hesitantly.

The aunt and sister-in-law sat next to each other.

Xie Changning showed the kaleidoscope in his hand to Xu Duanyi as if he was presenting a treasure, and said worriedly, "Mr. Qu gave me such a treasure, but I don't know what to give in return."

Zhiwei gave things away, of course, not for the purpose of receiving any gifts in return.

If I really want to give something in return, it might make people unhappy and feel that it is meaningless.

But Xu Duanyi also knew Changning's temperament.

She is the kind of child who, if she receives a little kindness from others, wants to give it back many times over.

What they think is unimportant and unnecessary is very important in her heart.

Therefore Xu Duanyi didn't tell her not to do it.

Instead, she gave someone a suggestion: "Aren't you good at needlework? Zhiwei often goes out, why not make her a pair of shoes? She will definitely like them."

After Xie Changning heard this.

The little face that was worried just now immediately became radiant again.

Seeing that she also thought this idea was good, Xu Duanyi told her Zhiwei's shoe size, and Xie Changning kept it in mind.

She was thinking in her heart that she also had to prepare a gift for her sister-in-law.

My sister-in-law is so nice to her.

She hasn't yet properly repaid her sister-in-law.

Afterwards, Xie Changning took Xu Duanyi's arm and asked Qu Zhiwei what patterns and colors she liked, planning to arrange the shoe-making plan as soon as she returned.

Xu Duanyi also responded one by one according to his understanding of Qu Zhiwei.

Just as he finished speaking, Chang Ning, who had been nodding in agreement, suddenly looked outside in a trance. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. "What's wrong?"

Xu Duanyi looked outside in the direction of her sight.

The carriage flashed past a mansion, and on the plaque outside the door were written the words "Shen Mansion".

Xu Duanyi immediately knew why she was in a trance.

She turned her head and asked Xie Changning beside her: "Have you seen Sister Shen in these years?"

Xie Changning shook his head listlessly at first, then raised his head and said to Xu Duanyi after a while: "However, every year, on my birthday, Sister Shen would give gifts to me and my third brother."

Xu Duanyi touched her head and asked, "Do you want to see her?"

Xie Changning looked at Xu Duanyi without hesitation and nodded. She also missed Sister Shen. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. Xu Duanyi looked at her and smiled.

"Then later, when you are not in school, I will go with you to visit her at the temple."

"real?"

Xie Changning heard this.

The pair of eyes that had lost their luster suddenly brightened up again.

Xu Duanyi looked at her and smiled: "Of course it's true, I miss her a little too."

"well!"

Xie Changning nodded impatiently. She was so happy that she took Xu Duanyi's arm and leaned her head over.

Holding Xu Duanyi, he whispered, "I like Sister Shen, I like sister-in-law."

Xie Changning feels very happy.

Xu Duanyi looked at the girl leaning on him, stroked her head with a smile, and let her lean on his shoulder like this, and the two of them went back to the palace.

However, when they were almost at the palace, Xie Changning thought of something and couldn't help but hesitate again.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law——"

She sat up again and looked at her sister-in-law beside her.

Xu Duanyi looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Can you please not tell my second and third brothers about what happened today?" Xie Changning tugged at the hem of his clothes and said to Xu Duanyi hesitantly.

Xu Duanyi did not answer immediately, but asked her: "Are you afraid that they will worry?"

Xie Changning nodded.

Then he looked into Xu Duanyi's eyes and continued in a low voice: "Second brother, second brother, and third brother, have already worked very, very hard. I, I don't want them to work hard for me anymore."

"And, after they find out, they will definitely blame themselves."

Xie Changning shook his head and said, "I, I, don't want them to blame themselves, and I don't want to see them sad."

With great difficulty, she told her trusted sister-in-law everything that was in her heart.

After finishing speaking, I saw that my sister-in-law still didn't speak.

Xie Changning couldn't help but feel a little worried. She was afraid that her sister-in-law would think she was useless, that she was a hopeless person, and that... her sister-in-law would no longer like her.

The worry in her heart made Xie Changning's face wrinkled.

Cherry's lips were tightly pursed and her brows were tightly furrowed.

Just when Xie Changning was feeling uneasy and wanted to look at Xu Duanyi and say something, he suddenly felt a soft touch between his eyebrows.

Xie Changning looked up in surprise and saw her sister-in-law gently rubbing her furrowed brows with her fingertips.

"Little girl, don't frown so often. It will easily leave marks."

Xu Duanyi smoothed the crease and then withdrew her hand. She looked at Xie Changning again and said, "I won't interfere with your decision, but Changning, you have to know that some things can't be kept secret forever."

"If one day your two brothers heard about this from other people, they would also feel pain and blame themselves."

Seeing the confusion in Xie Changning's eyes, Xu Duanyi did not force her to make a decision.

He just stroked her head gently and said softly, "It's up to you."

Xie Changning nodded hesitantly.

The carriage continued to roll towards the palace. Xie Changning said nothing more. She was thinking seriously about what Xu Duanyi had just said.

But Xu Duanyi suddenly looked at her and called out softly, "Changning."

Xie Changning turned around and looked at Xu Duanyi.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Xu Duanyi looked at her, and this time she hesitated for a moment before looking at Xie Changning and asking, "Have you ever blamed your second brother?"

There was a brief moment of confusion in Xie Changning's eyes.

It seemed like she had not expected to hear such a question from her sister-in-law, but soon, when she regained consciousness, she looked at Xu Duanyi without hesitation and shook her head, "No, no."

She didn't hesitate at all.

"Second brother, in fact, you are in more pain than us."

"I, I, although I am sad, but I don't blame, second brother. Mother, in fact, doesn't blame second brother. I... I think father, and eldest brother, are, the same."

"Third, Third Brother, actually, I don't blame Second Brother either."

"Third brother, I just don't like Second brother. He has become like this now."

When he said the last sentence, Xie Changning suddenly looked up at his sister-in-law beside him.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, please don't, it's annoying, second brother, please okay?" She held Xu Duanyi's hand and begged, "Second brother, very, very good, he, he will be fine in the future."

Xu Duanyi looked at the pleading in her eyes and suddenly felt a little sad.

She looked at her and whispered yes.

The aunt and sister-in-law quickly returned to the palace, while on the other side, Qu Lao Qu Boyuan stopped Xie Qingya's carriage.

Mr. Qu already knew what happened at home.

With such a scandal happening, and it involving the Nan'an Palace and Princess Jiashun, naturally no one would dare to hide it from him.

Even Xu Duanyi hadn't left with Xie Changning yet.

Someone went out first and reported the matter to Mr. Qu.

And the reason why Mr. Qu was in a hurry to return home was to resolve this matter.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, I saw Xie Qingya's carriage.

The old servant driving the carriage recognized Xie Qingya's attendant and turned around and said to him, "Master, this is the carriage of the Prince of Nan'an."

When Mr. Qu heard this, he immediately lifted the curtain and looked outside.

Really.

In fact, he had met this student on the road many times over the years.

This student is flamboyant and one can hear about his deeds every now and then.

At the beginning, he even went to those restaurants and the Hong Kong Coliseum to arrest him personally.

But later on, he became more and more disappointed with him. Beating and scolding him were useless, so in the end he could only turn a blind eye.

Reminisce the past.

He taught countless students throughout his life, but there were only two that he was most satisfied with.

One is the late Prince Wen Zhao.

Prince Wen Zhao was humble and gentle, worldly-wise but not worldly-wise. He was the student for whom he was most satisfied in his life.

He originally thought that he could teach a wise ruler and make Daxia better and better.

I didn't expect that the gentleman had already become one, but the person had passed away.

When Crown Prince Wen Zhao suddenly passed away that year, he also fell seriously ill. In the end, regardless of the opposition of the previous emperor, he resigned from his post and recuperated at home.

No longer concerned with court affairs.

It was not until the new emperor ascended the throne that he saw that the Xiao family was in charge of government affairs and that treacherous people like Cao Da were in power. He was afraid that the foundation of their Great Xia would be destroyed, so he came out again and took the position of imperial teacher to teach the new emperor again.

The new emperor was once his student.

But the qualifications are mediocre, which is a bit lacking after all.

Apart from Prince Wen Zhao, another student he was satisfied with was Xie Qingya.

He is a smart student with a photographic memory and original insights.

She is just playful by nature and doesn't like being restricted, which often makes him angry and love her.

At first, he wanted to assist a capable minister and let him inherit his mantle so that he could serve Prince Wen Zhao after he ascended the throne.

He never expected that these would be the two students he was most satisfied with in his life.

In the end, one died and the other left.

When Prince Wen Zhao passed away, this student suddenly came to Qu's house to say goodbye to him, and then followed his father and brother to the battlefield.

During those years, there were endless stories about him.

But they are all good reputations.

Even in the capital city at that time, there was a familiar saying circulating.

——If I had a son, I would hope he would be like Xie Jialang.

He has always known that his student is very talented and can achieve success in both literature and martial arts.

At that time, he even thought about marrying his most beloved granddaughter to him.

But this good reputation ended in the third year of Tianhe.

Tianhe three years.

The Battle of Nagano resulted in the death of Prince Nannan, his crown prince, and many generals of Daxia.

Although Daxia eventually won the battle, the loss of two generals in succession naturally caused panic among the people.

At that time, some people said that Prince Nan'an and Prince Nan'an's son went to chase Xie Qingya. If Xie Qingya had not been too unruly and refused to obey the general's orders, and insisted on going out to chase the enemy, Prince Nan'an and Prince Nan'an's son would not have been in any danger.

Such rumors are increasing.

As a student, he finally lost his former high spirits and became decadent after being trapped in prison.

Thinking of how he looked when he saw him in the past, there was also a look of despair and pain in Mr. Qu's eyes.

When he saw the familiar carriage about to pass by them, he suddenly said to the old servant in a deep voice: "Stop them."