Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Recently, a thief broke into the house
As dusk fell, the group hurried back to the city before the city gates closed.
When I got home, the deep blue night had already fallen. The lanterns at the door of the Duke's Mansion were lit, emitting a bright glow in the night.
The three sisters-in-law entered the house joyfully, holding arms full of peach blossom branches, their bodies filled with the fragrance of pink peaches.
"We're back!"
Chen Qiutang, clutching an armful of peach blossom branches, stepped past her husband and approached Aunt Cui and Madam Xie with a smile. "Mother, Aunt, look what I brought you. The peach blossoms outside the city are in full bloom, a pity you two didn't see them, so we specially picked a few and brought them back for you to enjoy the spring scenery too."
Mrs. Xie took it with a smile.
This branch of pink peach was brought home on a bumpy journey, and many of its petals have fallen off, but it still retains the beauty of when it was in full bloom on the branch.
Aunt Cui leaned closer and took a deep breath: "Hmm, it smells really good."
Mrs. Xie admired it for a while, then ordered someone to put it in a vase. She smiled and said, "You are so thoughtful. It's amazing that you still thought of us while you were out having fun."
Chen Qiutang: "This idea wasn't mine, it was Ah Wu's."
Yun Wu said softly, "I see the peach blossoms outside the city are in full bloom, but I don't have any peach trees at home. It's a shame that only the three of us can see them."
"Awu, you are so thoughtful. Come sit down and eat."
The table was filled with steaming delicious food.
The three sisters-in-law took their seats one after another. Erlangjun, still a little unwilling, chased after his wife and shouted, "You only remember mother, why don't you remember me? I also want to go outside the city to enjoy the spring..."
"I'm going with my sister-in-law and Ah Wu. Why are you joining in?" Chen Qiutang waved his hand. "Today we ran into this year's new Jinshi who were admitted to the Imperial Academy. They're traveling together. You can also go with your colleagues."
Xie Fei: "Are there still those scholars from the Hanlin Academy today? So many people?"
"Not only them, but also His Royal Highness Prince An."
"His Royal Highness Prince An is also there?"
"However, His Highness Prince An is quite arrogant," Chen Qiutang said angrily. "That peach forest belongs to the Jinyun Temple. The masters of Jinyun Temple don't care about it, but he arrogantly marked out his territory and ordered the guards to drive away the other visitors. Ah Wu happened to be there, and he chased her away! This behavior is too arrogant. Sooner or later, he will suffer the consequences."
Yun Wu: “…”
Lord Xie: “…”
Xie Chong: “…”
Xie Fei was completely oblivious and indignantly echoed his wife's words: "What? How could such a thing happen?! It's outrageous! Tomorrow I'll find an imperial censor to report him!"
Xie Chong coughed, put down his bowl, and earnestly advised his brother: "His Royal Highness Prince An has just come back, and Jian is in the Emperor's favor. He hasn't done anything harmful to the world, so why bother with him? Be careful not to get into trouble and get yourself into trouble."
Erlangjun was quite dissatisfied: "Brother, why have you become so cowardly? He bullied our family, so are we going to let him bully us? If Sanlang were here, he would not let my sister-in-law..."
As he spoke, Xie Fei became sad and said, "Alas, Sanlang is not here, and my sister-in-law has been bullied. If we, as brothers, don't help, Sanlang will definitely blame me if he knows about it."
He sniffed, and when he was moved, tears welled up in his eyes, which he wiped with his sleeve.
Xie Chong: “…”
Lord Xie said in a deep voice, "Listen to your elder brother."
Erlangjun raised his head in disbelief: "Dad!?"
Lord Xie looked over with authority, and Xie Fei reluctantly agreed. He used his chopsticks to stir the rice in his bowl, looking unconvinced and muttering a lot.
Yun Wu lowered her head and counted the rice grains, pretending that she didn't understand anything.
"That's right."
Madam Xie suddenly remembered something and looked at Yun Wu with concern: "The third courtyard is far away. I asked the guards in the palace to patrol your side more often. Do you want to move to another courtyard?"
"Thank you for your concern, mother. Everything is fine over there. I've gotten used to living here." Yun Wu said sweetly, "But why are you suddenly sending more guards on patrol?"
Madam Xie: "Today, the guards in the mansion came to report that they found some broken tiles on the courtyard wall, and they suspected that they were trampled out by someone."
Lord Xie: “…”
As soon as these words were spoken, the rest of the people at the table looked up in shock.
"Could it be some blind thief?"
"Who is so bold as to come to the Duke's Mansion and steal?"
"Are the guards at home just for free? How come they couldn't even catch a petty thief?"
"Have you reported it to the government? I think we should have the night patrol guards come here more often."
"Awu, the yard of the third room is on the far side. It's too dangerous for you to live there alone. Why don't you move to my place?" Chen Qiutang said with concern.
Lord Xie: “…”
Yun Wu lowered her head and ate her rice seriously, almost burying her face in the bowl.
She stammered, "I have quite a few servants in my yard, not just me. I'm not afraid. Just tell them to be on the lookout."
Only then did Chen Qiutang feel relieved.
Yun Wu lowered her head and counted the rice grains, her ears turning red with embarrassment.
When Xie Yi came over again at night, she couldn't help but say, "You come here too often. If someone finds out, it will be hard to explain. Don't come next time."
If someone saw him, should they say that Sanlang had returned to life? Or should they admit that he was Prince An?
The former might require inviting a master from Jinyun Temple to perform a ritual, and the latter is even harder to say, as it might ruin Xie Yi's plans.
Xie Yi's face turned unhappy after listening to her conversation.
His face was dark, and he sneered repeatedly. He spoke harshly, "You're not coming? But my identity is not to be revealed. I'm just the mistress of the Third Young Lady. I can only come for private meetings at night."
Yun Wu opened her eyes wide, but before she could react, the other person came over and his hot breath fell behind her ear, causing a shiver on her neck.
"I can only see Madam occasionally at night, begging for her mercy." Xie Yi dragged out his words, adding bitterly, "Or is it that Madam has found a new love and no longer needs me?"
Yun Wu held onto the edge of the table and wanted to look back at his expression, but she felt his lips on the back of her neck, and she shuddered from the heat.
He actually directly took on the role of a mistress!
Her legs suddenly felt weak and she could hardly stand. Her fingers that were holding onto the edge of the table were shaking, and half of her body leaned towards Xie Yi behind her.
"What... what new love?" Yun Wu's toes curled up in her embroidered shoes. She closed her eyes in shame, "Don't talk nonsense. I clearly... clearly only have you."
"How come I'm the only one?"
Then who else?
Xie Yi whispered in her ear, "Madam, have you forgotten that the Third Young Master is still watching over there?"
It was like a sudden thunderclap that made Yun Wu dizzy.
For a moment, she really thought she was a widow who was having a secret meeting with her lover.
"Don't..." Yun Wu pressed his hand, but she couldn't exert any strength: "Don't say that..."
Xie Yi cupped her face in his palms. She raised her moist eyelashes, her gaze unfocused as she stared blankly ahead, her delicate face flushed. Xie Yi leaned forward and kissed her on the lips, and she could only follow her instinct to exchange breaths with him.
While pausing to catch her breath, she accidentally glanced behind him, her gaze suddenly stopped, and her pupils trembled violently.
Like a flash of lightning splitting the spiritual light, Yun Wu could clearly see the tablet on the table not far away.
In the incense burner, a few wisps of green smoke were trembling in the night wind, as if declaring invisible anger.
She was overwhelmed by great shame.
But there was a hoarse and sexy voice whispering in my ear: "Madam, who is better, the Third Young Master or me?"
Yun Wu: “Woo…”
It doesn't matter who is better, they are clearly the same person.
But today, Xie Yi was addicted to acting, and his movements were very eager, as if he had been stimulated by something, or he had really entered the role and used all means to keep his position as the lover.
Xie Yi kissed the soft flesh on her shoulder, rubbing it between his teeth: "Madam, you have me now, you are not allowed to look at other people."
It seemed as if she was really a romantic widow, not only meeting with her lover in secret, but also having a group of admirers outside.
Yun Wu was so ashamed by this imagination that she was speechless.
Not far away was the tablet of her husband - although she had done this more than once, she had never been so afraid to look directly at it as today.
She lowered her eyes in shame, and a small black mole bumped into her misty almond eyes. It grew on Xie Yi's white wrist and swayed in front of her eyes with his movements.
Yun Wu almost fainted from shame.
But she didn't have time to say no. As soon as she opened her lips, Xie Yi kissed her before she could say anything. Her weak legs stumbled and she fell with him into the bed covered with gauze.
A night of romance and passion.
In the end, her mind was so groggy that she had forgotten about telling him not to come here again.
Yun Wu lay lazily on the bed, her soft cheek pressed against the embroidery on the pillowcase. She was so tired that she couldn't even lift a finger.
Xie Yi left two teeth marks on his bare shoulders, causing pain every time he moved.
"What happened to you today?" Yun Wu stretched out two snow-white arms from under the quilt, hugged his neck, and threw herself into his arms, softly and coquettishly: "I wanted to look for you in the peach forest today, but you asked the guards to drive me away..."
Xie Yi said nothing, stroking her shoulders with his fingertips from time to time, leaving marks on her shoulders.
He coaxed in a low voice, "I saw you...but I had guests with me at the time, so I couldn't see you."
Yun Wu let out a slight nasal sound.
She didn't blame him.
Xie Yi continued to talk to himself, "I saw you were talking to someone for a long time."
Yun Wu: “…”…Ah.
She blinked more slowly out of guilt.
While sighing in my heart.
Her husband is really narrow-minded.
But she waited and waited, but Xie Yi never came to question her.
Yun Wu raised her eyes in confusion. The room was dark and she could only see half of Xie Yi's face hidden in the shadows, dim and unclear.
Yun Wu raised her head and asked, "Are we leaving at daybreak today as well?"
Xie Yi sighed: "It's a bit too late to leave at daybreak."
"That……"
"I'll leave after you fall asleep." Xie Yi patted her shoulder soothingly.
I thought gloomily: He goes back to his own home and sleeps with his own wife, and he has to do it secretly.
I can’t wait to tell the world tomorrow.
It’s really infuriating!
Yun Wu fell asleep quickly and didn't even know when he left.
She vaguely remembered something in her dream and wanted to tell Xie Yi, but she couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell into a deep sleep.
…
Xie Yi left only after she fell asleep.
The servants in the third room were all the staff he left behind. They listened to him, and even though there was one more person in the yard, no one came out to raise any objections.
He grew up in the Duke's Mansion and was very familiar with every corner here.
Xie Yi returned along the same route as he was used to. Just as he reached the base of the wall and was about to climb over it to leave, he saw a tall figure walking out from under the shadow of a tree.
Xie Yi paused, and was about to dodge when a sharp shout came from the other side: "Why are you hiding?"
Xie Yi heaved a sigh of relief: "Dad."
The man walked out from the dim shadows of the trees, his majestic face reflected in the moonlight.
It’s none other than Lord Xie.
Lord Xie looked at his former son who was about to climb over the wall, his face speechless, unable to bear to look directly at him, and said: "Didn't we agree that after you recognize your identity, you won't come here again in the future?"
"So I came here secretly and no one discovered me." Xie Yi said calmly, "Master Xie, my wife is still in your house. You can't let me abandon my wife, right?"
Lord Xie: “…”
The night was too dark, and Xie Yi couldn't see his expression clearly, but he guessed that it was not a good one.
He wisely tried to climb over the wall to avoid bad luck, but was stopped just as he had his hands on the wall.
"return."
Lord Xie couldn't bear to watch: "As a prince, you climb over other people's walls every day. How can you be so shameless? The guards almost caught you."
He took out a key from his arms, looked back at Xie Yi, motioned him to follow, and then took him to the nearest small door and opened it with the key.
Lord Xie: "Let's go."
Xie Yi didn't leave, but extended his hand to him.
Lord Xie frowned: "What?"
"Dad, the key." Xie Yi said confidently, "Next time I come, I won't have to climb over the wall."
Lord Xie: “…”
Lord Xie took a deep breath and said, "...get out."
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