Chapter 028 He hopes they have a bright future
Seeing his mother, uncle and aunt were all together, little Xie Min also came over with his puppy to join in the fun, standing on tiptoe to watch.
"Lord Lu means that what matters most to a person is the future." His heart was filled with hatred: his father's unjust death, his elder brother's disappearance, the academy's expulsion, his family's abandonment, the humiliation of his clan members, the contempt of outsiders. But for his sister-in-law and Min'er, especially Min'er, he hoped they would have a bright future. Xie Jianyu said, "No matter what happens, we must live happily. We must look forward and have high hopes for the future."
"We should be full of expectations for the future." Xia thought about how she had cried every day these past few years and had not been happy for a single day. Now she felt much better. "Lord Lu is right. We should be full of expectations for the future."
Is this something Xie Jian would say? Shen Heng was quite surprised. Although she couldn't tell what this boy was thinking, it was definitely impossible for him to be so positive.
"Then where are you going to frame it?" Xia asked.
"Go to Uncle Xie."
Xia was stunned: "How do we get to his place?"
Xie Jian nodded lightly: "He dare not fail to frame the calligraphy of the county magistrate." Uncle and Aunt Xie's big mouths will let everyone in the clan know that the county magistrate has given him a calligraphy, and then his sister-in-law and Min'er will not be bullied anymore.
Watching Xie Jian leave, and seeing her sister-in-law's worried look, Shen Heng was surprised: "Sister-in-law, isn't this Uncle Xie's framed well?"
"That's not the case." Thinking of the past, Xia smiled bitterly. "After Min'er's father disappeared, the family had no rice to feed. Uncle Xie and Xiaoxiao had a very good relationship, but unexpectedly, when Xie Jian went to borrow some rice, he was kicked out and kicked hard." Then she smiled. "That happened several years ago. It's all in the past. Lord Lu is right. We should always look forward."
Shen Heng sighed in her heart.
"Aheng, why did Lord Lu give Ajian a calligraphy gift? Does he like Ajian?"
Chen Heng thought about it and thought, "I can't say I like her. I guess she felt pity for the Xie family after seeing the injustice they suffered." Then she heard Xia Shi say, "Then what do you think? Should we ask Lord Lu to help Ah Jian pass the imperial examination?"
"Sister-in-law, it is a great favor for Lord Lu to send Ajian to write an inscription. He is a senior official and it is impossible for him to be a guarantor for a person without any relatives or friends." Shen Heng said this in a rather tactful way. How could a senior official be a guarantor for the son of a prisoner? And mentioning a word could be said to be a fatherly act of loyalty to his father.
"I know." Xia was also worried. She wanted to seize any opportunity she had. "Aheng, if Ajian could take the imperial examination, he would definitely pass."
"I also believe he will succeed." She understood this better than Xia Shi. Shen Heng asked, "Sister-in-law, I don't know much about Xiaoxiao and my brother. Can you tell me more?"
There is no mention of the treacherous prime minister's family in history, not even in unofficial history. When Sun Wukong emerged from a stone, everyone wanted to come up with a family ancestor for the stone, but the Xie family had nothing.
At first, Shen Heng suspected something had happened to Xia and little Xie Min. After all, so much had happened. Even though Xia's previous actions, in which the Shen family had pushed the mistress to marry Xie Jian, were infuriating, those were all in the mistress's past. After spending some time together, she was more concerned with what was happening now, or what would happen in the future.
So she wanted to understand more clearly.
As for Xie's father, she initially had a preconceived notion that Xie Jian was a treacherous prime minister who had done things that harmed the country and the people. It was not surprising that his father was a murderer, but the Xie family always believed that Xie's father was wronged.
"Actually, Ajian and I don't know much about what happened to Xixi. That year, a merchant couple came to Nanming County for a trip. The merchant died in Baliting on Boyun Mountain outside the city. His wife accused Xixi of killing her husband for money. After being detained and tried, Xixi was sentenced to death by beheading." Xia's eyes became moist when she talked about the past.
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