Xie Jie seemed to take after his mother, and didn't seem very welcoming to the Feng Guang family. Looking behind him, there was a girl with her head down, her expression unclear, but even if you guessed, you could tell that she must be the second daughter of the Xie family, the heroine Xie Yaoyao.
"Mother." Xie Xun bowed respectfully first.
Zhao Wan also curtsied and said, "Mother."
Feng Guang searched around but couldn't find the person he was looking for, so he followed behind his parents and bowed as well.
After a long pause, Old Mrs. Xie finally spoke, "It was really not easy to get you to come back. I had to send three letters in total."
“Mother, you misunderstand,” Xie Xun said. “There are still some things to be dealt with in Sishui City. His Majesty transferred me to Sishui City precisely because of these difficult matters. If I return home before I have resolved them, I will be disobeying His Majesty’s trust and will have difficulty explaining myself.”
Feng Guang glanced up at her father and thought to herself that her honest father could lie so fluently.
Indeed, the corruption case in Sishui City is complex and has implicated a number of corrupt officials in Sishui City. This matter is not easy to handle, otherwise Xie Xun would not have stayed in Sishui City for so many years. But in fact, Xie Xun had already dealt with these matters a few months ago. When he received the first letter from home, he was unwilling to return, but it was just that he, like Zhao Wan, disliked the lifeless atmosphere in the Xie family.
"Hmph, I know you're always busy as an official, unlike Zhan'er, who is a military general but can still come back from the battlefield every six months to visit this old woman." Old Madam Xie spoke slowly and deliberately, and it was impossible to tell whether she was just saying it casually or intentionally being critical.
Zhao Wan glanced at her husband discreetly. She knew it; his return was bound to bring trouble. They had only just returned, and the old lady was already interrogating them. Didn't she realize that all these years, it was the old lady who hadn't welcomed their family back?
What could Xie Xun do? After all, she was his mother. He paused for a moment and could only say, "It was my fault, Mother is right to discipline me."
Hearing Xie Xun admit his mistake, Old Madam Xie seemed to have calmed down a bit. She looked at Feng Guang and Huan'er, who hadn't said a word, and said, "I suppose you are Feng Guang and Huan'er. Raise your heads and let me see you."
“Yes…” Feng Guang looked up, revealing a bright and beautiful face.
Huan'er was still young, and Old Madam Xie had a rather fierce aura, so she didn't dare to go out. She just hid tightly behind Feng Guang, hugging Feng Guang's legs, and didn't move at all.
Feng Guang patted her head, signaling her not to be nervous.
The old lady didn't mind Huan'er's timidity. She casually remarked, "Fengguang is prettier than Er'ya."
Xie Yaoyao, who was mentioned, was taken aback.
“That’s right.” Tan Rou also laughed, “Feng Guang is so beautiful, she is indeed better than our Er Yatou.”
She had disliked Xie Yaoyao for years, but due to her status, she couldn't do anything about it, otherwise she would give others something to gossip about. The existence of Xie Yaoyao was a constant reminder of how deeply Xie Zhao loved his aunt who had died many years ago.
Tan Rou glanced at Xie Zhao again and snorted inwardly. Didn't he want to dote on this illegitimate daughter? Now, in front of so many people, he doesn't even dare to fart.
Zhao Wan thought to herself that the old lady was deliberately bringing up a sore spot, putting down one and praising the other in front of so many people. Wouldn't this only deepen the rift between the first and second branches of the family in the future?
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