Chapter 324: The Fruit of the Previous Life
No matter how Xie Jian struggled, she just held him tightly and wouldn't let him leave. She said the same thing as Xia Shi: "Ajian, if you kill someone, your life will be ruined. The Xie family will never be able to make a comeback. You still have to redress the injustice for your father-in-law and find your eldest brother."
Xie Jian calmed down, clenched his fists and stopped moving.
A month later, Xie Min was taken away by Wang Nei Shi, who also guaranteed Xie Jian's admission to the imperial examination.
In the following days, Xie Jian concentrated on studying, while Shen Heng took care of the household chores. From time to time, she had to face the squeeze of the Xie family. Whenever she was upset, she just wanted to curse. At this moment, she suddenly understood the hard work of her sister-in-law in the past.
On the one hand, she has to take care of the whole family, and on the other hand, she has to support the entire home. How much she wishes someone could help her.
Xie Changgen was arrested, and the county magistrate, Lord Lu, redressed the injustice for the Lu family. He then brought Ajian to the Nanming Academy to be his student.
When Xie Jian passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, everything changed. All the members of the Xie family came to get close to the Xie family, even her grandmother came. Naturally, she was extremely happy.
Afterwards, Xie Jian passed the imperial examination and became his wife.
At this moment, she recalled what her eldest sister-in-law, Xia, had said when she had forced her to ask her mother to guarantee Xie Jian: "You are the daughter-in-law of our Xie family. We share the same fate. What's wrong with asking for a guarantee for Xie Jian? How would it benefit you? If Ah Jian ever becomes a scholar or a juren, you will be his wife."
Whenever she thought of this, she would wake up in the middle of the night. Back then, she resented the Xie family for taking advantage of her, but now she was enjoying the flattery shown to her by others.
At this time, Xie Jian would also ask her in confusion what was wrong?
She evaded the question.
Since Dasao and Min'er passed away, the two of them depended on each other. When she was busy, he would help her with some cooking.
They didn't talk much to each other, sometimes not a single word a whole day, but he would boil water for her, do a lot of housework for her, and take good care of her when she was sick.
"Why are you so nice to me?" she asked him one day.
Xie Jian was silent for a moment, lowered his eyelids, hiding the thoughts in his eyes, and said lightly: "We are a family."
Family? She was stunned for a moment by the word.
He hadn't smiled in the past few days and was always cold. Only when he saw Lu Ji'an, the man called the "honest judge" by the people of Southern Ming, would there be a little warmth in his eyes occasionally.
When she saw Lu Ji'an, she would subconsciously lower her head. Under those eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, it seemed as if they could see through her, making her extremely uneasy.
When Xie Jian was eighteen years old, they came to the imperial capital. Xie Jian became a minor official and was very busy going out early and returning late every day.
She originally thought that everything was fine, that what happened in the past was in the past, and as long as no one mentioned it, she would just pretend that nothing had happened.
Now her parents treat her very well, and Ajian treats her well too, so she will live a good life in the future.
One night, she mustered up the courage to speak: "Ajian, shall we consummate our marriage?"
Xie Jian was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked, "Chen Heng, did you see Li Dou and Li Sheng enter the yard that night when they insulted my sister-in-law?"
Shen Heng was stunned.
"Xie Changgen wanted to give Min'er to Eunuch Wang. Did you know this all along?"
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