21 Jealousy
◎Will she tell him that she likes him?◎
"Do you know who taught Xu Qinghe horsemanship?"
"who?"
"It's me."
Ignoring Fu Zongying's speechless response behind him, Wei Che walked straight to his carriage, leaving him outside to keep watch.
Inside the carriage, Lin Xiao had been lurking there for a long time. He crawled out from under the seat when he heard the voices of Wei Che and Fu Zongying outside.
"Prince Wei."
"Yes." Wei Che sat across from her, picked up the teapot on the small table in the middle, poured himself a cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "The princess asked you to come look for me, what's the matter?"
Lin Xiao then said, "The princess asked the prince to find her a layout map of the Wei Mansion."
Wei and Wei have the same pronunciation. For a moment, Wei Che really didn't know which one she wanted, but when he thought of her standing side by side with Wei Ming just now, he knew the answer.
After all, she had no reason to have anything to do with the Wei family.
He lowered his head to drink tea, his thick eyelashes drooping, covering the emotions in his eyes. After taking a few sips of tea to moisten his throat, he asked again, "What does she want the Wei family's layout map for?"
Lin Xiao, who was sitting diagonally opposite, was hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to.
Wei Che glanced at her and threw the teacup in his hand onto the small table. The tea inside shook slightly twice, but not a single drop spilled out.
He leaned lazily on the cushion behind him, a smile on his lips, "Why, you don't trust me?"
His question was originally a light-hearted one, but the shock in it made Lin Xiao feel like she was facing a formidable enemy. She quickly replied, "Lin Xiao doesn't dare!"
"Lin Xiao has no one to rely on in this world now. The only two people he trusts are the princess and you, the young general."
The word "Major General" made the smile in Wei Che's eyes fade a little.
That day, he and several other playboys in Beijing went to the Treasure Pavilion to buy jewelry, but they happened to run into Lin Xiao.
Although the little girl was not particularly good-looking, she just happened to be the type of one of the young masters, who was clamoring to take her back to his house.
Wei Che couldn't bear to see her being bullied at such a young age, so he took the initiative to ask for her back and had his men send her back to the Prince of Fuguo's Mansion for good care.
When he returned to the mansion at night and the attendant brought her to him, he realized that her appearance seemed somewhat familiar.
Later, I thought about it and realized that this was clearly the woman who stopped a car in the street on Xu Qinghe's birthday. I guess she switched her clothes back and forth between a woman and a girl in order to hide her identity.
He naturally didn't believe that Xu Qinghe found this person just to give her money, but unfortunately no matter how he asked, Lin Xiao kept silent. He threatened to torture her, and Lin Xiao said it would be better to just kill her.
Three days later, Fu Zongying returned from searching for the person. Although he did not find the person, he brought him several clues. Wei Che sorted out those clues and discovered that Lin Xiao in the mansion was the sister of Meng Chen, whom he and Fu Zongying had been searching for for two years.
Back then, Meng Chen used himself as a witness and the letters of treason as physical evidence to accuse his father of treason. Wei Che naturally didn't believe it. After he successfully became the Duke of Fuguo, he had been looking for his only sister to find out the truth.
But he didn't expect that the person Xu Qinghe was looking for was the same person he was looking for.
Knowing that Lin Xiao would not tell anyone except Xu Qinghe, Wei Che thought for a while and decided to tell her his true identity as Xie Qi.
When Lin Xiao's mother was seriously ill, Lin Xiao walked to the military camp alone to look for her brother. At that time, the war was going on and military affairs were busy. The military camp was strictly guarded to prevent deserters, and she was unable to see her brother despite repeated requests.
It was when Xie Qi returned to the camp after recovering from his injury that he saw her desperate situation of kneeling on the ground and begging the soldiers to take a message to her brother. He decided to go into the camp himself and bring Meng Chen out, and granted him a few days of leave without telling his father.
Apart from Meng Chen and Lin Xiao, only Xie Qi, the major general of the Southern Border Army at the time, knew about this.
Based on this incident, Lin Xiao finally believed that the person in front of him was the only survivor of the Xie family, so he hurriedly told the details of how he was kidnapped and his brother was forced to give false testimony.
His motive in searching for Lin Xiao was to overturn the Xie family's case and uncover the truth about the Southern Border Army's collusion with the enemy. So what was Xu Qinghe's motive? Could it be the same as his?
Wei Che didn't know this, so he had no choice but to send Lin Xiao to Xu Qinghe as she requested.
Today, when Lin Xiao called him Major General, it felt like a lifetime ago.
"Don't yell like that anymore."
After a while, he spoke.
There is no Major General Xie Qi in the world today. All that remains is Wei Che, the playboy prince of the Duke of Fuguo.
Lin Xiao had no choice but to respond respectfully: "Yes."
After hesitating for a while, she finally said, "When I entered the palace, the princess asked me the purpose of my visit to the capital, and I told her everything I had told the young... prince that day."
"So...how did she react?"
Wei Che suddenly felt unsure.
It was only after she broke off the engagement and went to Beijing that the news of the Xie family's collaboration with the enemy came out.
Everyone said that the Xie family killed the Southern Border Army and her father, mother and concubine. Wei Che didn't know whether she believed it at the time, nor did he know whether she would believe it after learning the truth of the false accusation. Would she believe that the Xie family was innocent, or would she think that the murderer was someone else?
Lin Xiao thought of how calm the princess was that night, and how she had no intention of looking for the secret letter. She hadn't taken any action since then, so he knew that she probably didn't care about the matter.
So he replied, "Perhaps the princess, remembering the love of the Queen Mother and His Majesty, has not paid much attention to this matter."
"Oh, really..." Wei Che touched the jade pendant on his waist again, fumbled with it for a few times, and sighed softly. When he looked up, a smile appeared in his eyes again: "Just do whatever she says. Don't act without authorization and cause her trouble. As for the layout, tell her, I'll give it to her next time we meet."
Lin Xiao originally wanted to act on her own, but after hearing the Major General's warning, she did not dare to act on her own and had to hold back her anger and answer "yes".
Wei Che could see that she was upset, so he said, "Don't worry, I'm more concerned about finding out the truth than you are. I will find the secret letter and seek justice."
Lin Xiao responded "yes" again, but this time he was more grateful.
Calculating the time, the horse race between Xu Qinghe and Cen Mengxia should have ended outside, so Wei Che got off the carriage and returned to the crowd.
He rubbed his neck, pretending to be about to wake up, and asked, "How did it go? Who won?"
Also arriving with him today was Wei Si, the younger brother of the Wei family who had been at the New Year's Eve banquet that day. Seeing him leave, he wanted to go with him, but was stopped by the people from the Fuguo Mansion. Seeing his third brother asking, he answered excitedly: "No one has come out yet, the winner is still undecided!"
After such a long time, the outcome is still undecided. She has really regressed.
Wei Che smiled without saying anything, and looked towards the forest with everyone else.
However, just as Wei Si finished speaking, a man and a horse emerged from behind the dense forest.
The corners of the girl's clothes fluttered in the wind, and her black hair, which was tied up high, also flew in the air. She waved the whip and the horse under her ran faster, raising a cloud of dust under her feet.
“It’s coming out!”
"Who is it?"
"Miss Cen San?"
"It's the princess, right?"
......
"It's the princess sister!" The ninth princess looked carefully and recognized her white horse at a glance.
Xu Qinghe almost rode the wind, or rather left the wind behind him. All around him was an endless wilderness, with green grass and wild flowers flying away. Not far away, the joyful cheers of the crowd could be heard.
All of this made her feel extremely comfortable and open-minded. The wind blowing against her face took away the depression and repression in her heart. She finally escaped from the oppressive palace and felt as if she had returned to the southern border of her childhood.
There were also flowers and plants all over the mountains, and people who would cheer for him, including his father, mother, uncles and aunts from the Xie family, brothers from the Xie family, generals of the Southern Border Army, and Xie Qi, who had taught her how to ride a horse.
However, when she reined in her horse and the wind around her calmed down, her heart was still pounding from her reckless galloping just now. But when she saw Wei Ming standing in the center of the crowd and looking at her with a smile, she suddenly thought of Empress Dowager Wei and Emperor Yongshun in the palace.
At that moment, she seemed to be suddenly forced to withdraw from the beautiful scenery of the southern border and locked back into the deep palace by a thick chain.
She can't go back.
There is no going back.
As exhilarating as she had run just now, her heart was now filled with loneliness and misery.
Xu Qinghe's expression remained unchanged, she was just a little calmer than usual. She thanked everyone for their congratulations, dismounted neatly, and led the horse to the Ninth Princess.
"The princess is truly amazing! We've known each other for five years, but I still didn't know she was so heroic!" The Ninth Princess loves horses, and she loves people who can ride horses well even more.
She dared to say that even though she was extremely familiar with horse-loving habits, she might not be able to gallop in front of everyone in the blink of an eye, but Xu Qinghe could do it, and her admiration and love for her suddenly increased several points.
Facing the Ninth Princess's praise, Xu Qinghe smiled faintly, "The princess's horse is still the best. I have never seen a horse as gentle and approachable as the princess's horse, and yet it runs as fast as the wind."
The praise for her horse made the Ninth Princess feel happier than when she was praised herself. Although she said a few humble words cheerfully, she had already planned in her heart to give her beloved horse a good meal.
After happily considering it for a while, she finally remembered to ask, "Sister Princess, where is Miss Cen San? Why hasn't she come out yet?"
Cen Mengxia is quite good at horse riding, so there is no reason why he has been left behind by the princess for so long.
Xu Qinghe turned around and glanced in the direction of the forest. His eyes darkened as he said calmly, "Maybe he's still behind."
She spoke calmly, but Jing'an had already sensed something was amiss. He leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Did she do something in the woods and trip you up again?"
Xu Qinghe shook her head. "It's okay. It's all resolved. Now she's probably the one suffering."
She didn't want to make Jing'an worry, so she was vague about the process and only told her the result.
In fact, Cen Mengxia had never had any conflicts with herself in the past. Her dissatisfaction with her started after Queen Mother Wei revealed that the Wei family intended to make her a wife of the Wei family.
Cen Mengxia has admired Wei Ming for a long time. More importantly, the Cen family wants to take advantage of the Wei family's power. Xu Qinghe is just an orphan, but Wei Ming is attracted to her. The Cen family wants to get rid of her directly to prevent future troubles.
Wei Ming knew almost nothing about all this. He was only focused on marrying Xu Qinghe back home, and had never paid serious attention to anything else.
Today was the first time he saw Xu Qinghe looking so heroic. In his impression, she was always calm and dignified, but he didn't expect that she could run a horse so freely and happily. At that moment, his love for her increased several times.
He walked towards Xu Qinghe and said, "Congratulations."
Xu Qinghe saw his expression and met his two burning gazes, and her heart sank slightly.
With Wei Ming's ability, he will definitely pass the examination.
What about after high school?
Maybe he would mention his marriage to her to the Queen Mother.
Wei Ming was a very nice person and treated her very well, but she still had to explain some things to him in advance.
"Cousin Wei," she said, "I have something to tell you."
Wei Ming's heart moved and he hurriedly followed.
Their conversation and actions were seen by everyone, as they did not try to avoid others.
"Hey, as soon as the princess called, Young Master Wei followed her. I guess he will be afraid of his wife after getting married." Wei Si put his arm around his third brother's shoulder and teased in a low voice.
His third brother shrugged his shoulders, separated him, and went to feed his chestnut horse without saying a word.
"When did you become so strong..."
Wei Che was so angry just now that he almost punched Wei Si, but fortunately he held himself back. Now he vented all his dissatisfaction on the horse.
What would she say to Wei Ming?
Just like she used to talk to him, she said with a smile, "Do you like it?"
Wei Che couldn't think of the answer, but he really wanted to know it.
He looked up, stared at the red horse for a long time, and suddenly slapped the horse on its butt.
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