Chapter 19 Revlon (1) I am trying to please you, but the general can’t see…
The boy who had gradually faded away in his memory was now so close, yet the two of them seemed thousands of miles apart. The painful and entangled past was like the deep scar on Yan Huinan's back, which would never heal in this lifetime.
Xie Yun's tears soaked a large area of the quilt, but the warm sunlight from the window shone in and fell on her. This ray of sunlight gradually awakened Xie Yun. She still had important things to do and she couldn't be depressed.
Although it was her first time, Xie Yun, as a doctor, knew that if one did not take proper precautions after having sex, one could get pregnant.
The thought of Yan Huinan made Xie Yun's heart ache. In this situation, she naturally didn't want to get pregnant!
He wrote a prescription himself and asked someone to go to the clinic to get the medicine according to the prescription.
He also hired dozens of craftsmen who specialized in planting flowers and trees. It took them five days just to remove the weeds and dead trees from the entire mansion.
Xie Yun has not been idle these days. He has been acting as a strict supervisor, personally supervising this group of people weeding.
Xie Yun's goal wasn't to renovate the General's Mansion; it was to use it as an excuse to explore its structure. The most important thing was to start with her surroundings, searching for any hidden rooms or passages within the mansion. She didn't even know where Yan Huinan had kept the Flying Mirror.
Since the last time, Yan Huinan had been staying in the military camp for five consecutive days and had not returned home. This made Xie Yun feel greatly relieved, and it not only gave her a good opportunity to explore the general's mansion.
Moreover, the less often she has sex, the less she needs to take contraceptive soups frequently. Taking too much of these soups and medicines will ultimately be harmful to her body.
In the afternoon, Hua Miao watched Xie Yun limp away without a word after kneeling in the ancestral hall. Even if she wanted to find fault, she couldn't, and she returned to Aunt Huaixiu in a sullen mood.
"Aunt, the Madam just came out of the ancestral hall and went to supervise the gardeners again. It is obvious that she wants to please and deceive the general, so that the general will be soft-hearted and she won't have to kneel in the ancestral hall! But how can she, the daughter of a criminal, be the general's first wife and the legitimate lady of our general's mansion?!" Hua Miao said angrily.
For days, Huaixiu watched the people in and out of the mansion moving flowers, fertilizer, and other items, busy from top to bottom. She kept a close eye on Xie Yun every day, but could not discern Xie Yun's true motives. Xie Yun never missed her daily punishment of kneeling, and Huaixiu thought she was making such a fuss to please Yan Huinan, so she devoted herself to managing the mansion.
"Humph, of course she's not worthy. Our general has been a child of destiny, a gifted genius, raised in a golden family. Who is she? Now she's not even worthy of carrying the general's shoes." Huai Xiu said with deep hatred, "But the general's mansion has been abandoned for a long time. Every time I proposed to repair it, the general was sympathetic and didn't want me to worry too much. Besides, the mansion is indeed sparsely populated, so it has never been repaired or maintained. Since she has this intention, knowing that the general has given her respect, she must fulfill her responsibilities. Then let her do it. We can't let the general live in this deserted house forever."
"But...if she really seduced the general, and the general couldn't bear to kill her, wouldn't that be too unfilial?" Hua Miao spoke cautiously.
Huai Xiu couldn't help but frown, "How dare you! The general must have his reasons for doing what he did! How can you just presume on my own? Give yourself twenty slaps on the face."
Hua Miao immediately knelt down feeling aggrieved, and in front of Huai Xiu, she raised her hand and slapped herself again and again with tears in her eyes and trembling.
Huaixiu couldn't help but think of another thing: Xie Yun...
When the eldest princess went out secretly and died tragically, the murderer's whereabouts have been unknown. After that day, Xie Qingyun's family disappeared without a trace.
It was too coincidental that the two events happened in quick succession.
When Xie Yun asked the question that day, was she pretending, or did she really not know?
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The mansion was old, and Xie Yun couldn't get the craftsman's blueprints, so she had to rely on her own measurements and exploration. She was a skilled painter, and over the past few days she'd walked through the mansion, sketching out its entire layout. To conceal her identity, she even re-drew the blueprint.
The layouts of each designed courtyard were drawn out separately and given to the craftsmen as a reference.
Under the pretext of supervision, she explored various courtyards and rooms to see if there were any secret rooms.
When she was young, she loved to tinker with craftsmanship, and learned many architectural design methods from the palace craftsmen. She had some understanding of where to leave secret passages and how to design mechanisms.
However, her limited knowledge was indeed not enough for the builders of this mansion. She couldn't even find a space that could be used as a secret room.
"Madam, the gardenia trees you ordered to be bought from Jiangnan have arrived." Han Zhen came in with a group of people. The injury she suffered a few days ago healed quickly under Xie Yun's care, and she can now get out of bed.
Xie Yun was concentrating on the picture she was drawing with her head down. Since she had started it, she had to do it well. She made some revisions to the problems she had found in the past few days and was now making revisions on the picture.
She glanced up quickly, seeing unfamiliar faces. Years of farming had tanned their skin, their cheeks a rough red. She glanced at the gardenia trees again and said, "Let's move to Tinghe Garden."
After saying that, he looked away.
Han Zhen nodded: "Yes."
Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, a reckless craftsman passed by the steps of the terrace where Xie Yun was standing. He suddenly put down the flower tree on his shoulder, covered his lower abdomen, and said in a Jincheng accent that Xie Yun was very familiar with: "Miss, may I ask where the toilet is in your mansion?"
Upon hearing this, Han Zhen raised his hand and called a servant to take his place and pointed out a direction to him.
When the man stood up, he revealed his face under the sunshade hat and gave Xie Yun a meaningful look.
!
Xie Yun had seen that man among Xie Runyang's secret guards.
He is Xie Run's man.
Xie Yun was worried about how to get in touch with her brother. Now it seemed that Lou Cheng had failed to bring her back successfully, but instead accidentally let Xie Run know that she had been taken away by Yan Huinan.
Good brother, you are so smart! Your love for you is not in vain!
She looked around and, while no one was paying attention, quietly walked in the direction where the secret guard had just disappeared.
Sure enough, the man was waiting for her in a hidden corner of the garden.
As soon as Xie Yun arrived, the man knelt down and said, "Miss, my name is Wei Hong. I was sent by Third Young Master Xie to help you escape from the capital. Third Young Master Xie only received news a month ago that you had been taken back to Great Zhou by Yan Huinan, so he quickly sent his subordinates. It's my incompetence that I only found an opportunity to sneak in now."
Xie Yun gestured for him to stand up. "No need to be so formal. This isn't your fault. If Yan Huinan's mansion was so easy to enter, the Great Zhou would have collapsed long ago."
To cross numerous passes and arrive at the capital of Daliang within a month must have taken a lot of effort, and several horses must have died from running.
"The most important thing right now isn't me. Fei Jing has been captured." Xie Yun said solemnly, "I'm trying to find out if there's a dungeon in this mansion. But I haven't found any yet."
Wei Hong: "When I arrived in the capital, I tried to contact the secret agents in the capital. Fei Jing also knew about these secret agents. They had contacted each other once. Fei Jing should be imprisoned in the Dali Temple."
The time when Fei Jing contacted the secret agent should be the time when someone from the palace came to take measurements for her and make her wedding dress.
Xie Yun: "If we were in the Dali Temple, jailbreaking would be impossible. But now that we know where the person is, there must be a way. Let me think of a way first."
Wei Hong insisted, "My mission this time is to take Miss away. You don't need to worry about Fei Jing. Miss just needs to find a way to get out of the city. The Third Young Master's men will meet her outside the city. Then we will send Miss to Jiangnan. Once in Jiangnan, someone will take care of Miss instead of Fei Jing."
Xie Yun was startled at first, then frowned and rebuked, "No! Fei Jing is the savior of Run'er and me. He was captured and taken to protect me. If I escape alone, how can I live with my conscience?"
"We will find a way to rescue Fei Jing. But Miss should not have forgotten that you are going to Jiangnan for you and the Third Young Master's biological mother. The Third Young Master is in Daliang and it is difficult for him to escape, so Madam Yu can only rely on you." Wei Hong was not forcing her, but just reminding her not to miss the opportunity because of hesitation.
Xie Yun was caught in a dilemma. Her mother had worked hard all her life and was reduced from the original wife to a concubine. After her death, she was left alone in Jiangnan. She didn't even have a decent tomb and no one had paid tribute to her for many years.
"Of course I haven't forgotten. Now that I'm out, one of Si Wen and Si Wu will definitely follow me. If there's a chance, I'll pass on the news to you." Xie Yun said resolutely, "But I will definitely find a way to save Fei Jing."
Wei Hong knew that Xie Yun was smart and clever, and since she had made this decision, it would be difficult to change it.
"Okay, Miss, if you have any news, just send someone to Guangshan Hall in the east of the city to deliver the message."
Xie Yun: "I understand."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Miao's voice came from the outer wall of the courtyard, "Where is the madam? The general has returned and wants to see the madam."
Wei Hong was extremely alert. He had memorized the layout of the mansion with just one glance at the map in Xie Yun's hand. "Miss, I will take my leave first." After saying that, he dodged and hid behind the rockery, disappearing without a trace. It was at this moment that Hua Miao turned in.
Hua Miao had been instructed by Huai Xiu to keep a close eye on Xie Yun. Seeing Xie Yun alone without anyone accompanying her, she became suspicious. However, she had seen Xie Yun's power before, so she could only be respectful and cautious in front of the lady.
She looked around a few times, but didn't see anything unusual, so she said, "Madam, the general has returned and ordered me to look for him."
Xie Yun's heart was pounding, and she forced herself to stay calm and nodded, "I saw flowers blooming on that Albizia Julibrissin tree. Can you pick some for me?"
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When Xie Yun saw Yan Huinan, he was wearing a casual suit embroidered with a black brocade and white crane pattern, his hair tied up with a leather crown with copper buckles, and he stood tall in the middle of the ancestral hall with three incense sticks in his hands. He leaned slightly to the side to light the incense with the flame of the candle. The slightly dancing candlelight outlined the clean and strong profile of his face, making him look like a jade white crane.
This was Yan Huinan's custom. Whether returning home from battle or returning from the barracks, he would come here to burn incense and kowtow to his parents. Back when he was a playboy, it was common for him to not return home. He even went half a year without returning. He spent his days hanging out outside, never once thinking of parting with his parents when he left the hospital, only of having fun.
The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.
Yan Huinan finished burning incense and turned around, looking at her with calm eyes, as if he could see through her at a glance: "Huai Xiu said that you have been repairing the mansion these days and have been quite honest. Is that true?"
In the past, Yan Huinan was like a worm in her stomach, and she would hit him wherever she pointed at him. He knew her too well.
This scrutinizing look made Xie Yun's heart waver. "Didn't you say that? I'm your wife, so naturally I'm doing what a wife should do. The residence of an eighth-rank official looks better than this general's mansion. After all, it's a home. It's more comfortable to live in if it's clean and tidy."
Xie Yun bravely stepped forward and gently held Yan Huinan's hand. "I'm trying to please you. General, can't you see that?"
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Yan Huinan (holding back tears): Xie Yun, if you dare to lie to me... I will kill you
Woohoo, my dear daughter, stop talking. General Yan is so happy that he is about to faint. He is about to break.
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