Chapter 66 Whose Girl?
Whose daughter is she?
I won't tell you.
"Xie Yu, are we still friends?"
"Not now."
If he wasn't in the palace, Shen Nanzi would have wanted to jump over and beat him up.
"Don't you want to marry her? If you wait any longer, aren't you afraid someone will snatch her away?"
"I told you, he's still young, it's fine to wait two years."
Shen Nanzi grinned, "The girl you like isn't even ten years old, is she!"
Her expression held a hint of reluctance and disdain, suggesting she might want to break off her friendship with Xie Yu.
Xie Yu rolled his eyes. "Shen Nanzi, aren't you bored?!"
Shen Nanzi: "Thirteen years old?"
Xie Yu: "..."
Fourteen years old?
Xie Yu: "..."
"Fifteen is not young anymore, she's old enough to be married! But whose daughter is she?" Shen Nanzi felt she was having trouble completing the task assigned to her by the Imperial Concubine.
"It's no use asking again. Let's talk about it in two years." Xie Yu saw that she was resting her chin on her hands, and the flesh on her face was squeezing up.
"From now on, don't get involved in this matter anymore."
"Give me a hint so I can report back," Shen Nanzi pleaded with her eyes.
Xie Yu looked at her and exclaimed, "Beautiful!"
Shen Nanzi grinned, "Superficial!"
"Aren't you shallow?" he retorted irritably.
"So I am a living example of what not to do, the price of superficiality."
Shen Nanzi clutched her chest, looking heartbroken.
Xie Yu ignored him.
After a long silence, Shen Nanzi finally spoke: "Thank you so much for the birthday banquet!"
"I just don't want to see you embarrassed and then cry your eyes out." He said with a hint of disdain.
Shen Nanzi retorted, "When have I ever been in that situation?"
"Yes, no." Xie Yu glanced at her again, a smile playing on his lips, going along with her.
Shen Nanzi shook her head, recalling the embarrassing moment she had shared before.
She was really crazy before, all for a man who already had someone else in his heart.
Now that I've stepped back, I can see clearly that it was all a one-woman show from beginning to end.
How ridiculous!
"When are you going to the Flower and Bird Cottage?" Xie Yu asked casually, his eyelids lowered.
"Let's wait a few days!" Shen Nanzi thought about her predicament, rested her chin on her hands, and asked softly, "Xie Yu."
"Um?"
"If someone uses any means necessary to survive, do you think that's wrong?"
"That's right."
"Yeah, I think so too. So, staying alive is the most important thing, right?"
"right."
"Xie Yu".
"Um?"
Shen Nanzi gazed at the stream, its waters flowing gently, as if yesterday's events were gone forever.
Xie Yu finished weaving, got up, walked to the riverbank, lifted the corner of his robe, and bowed slightly.
A small, emerald-green grass boat appeared on the stream, wobbling precariously as it moved forward.
Shen Nanzi leaned forward and looked down. On the small boat, there were two little people holding hands, riding the wind and waves.
"What's this?"
"Working together with one heart and one mind".
Shen Nanzi's heart skipped a beat, then the corners of her mouth turned up, "So beautiful!"
"It's not just beautiful, it's also very exquisite."
Behind the artificial hill not far away, Xie Yan stood with his hands behind his back, his expression solemn, and the small pebble between his fingers was instantly crushed.
"Thank you, Yan."
Xue Qingning stood at a distance, turning her gaze away from the stream and looking at the noble-looking man standing to the side.
Xie Yan turned around, "What is it?"
"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?" Her tone was somewhat sad.
"This is the imperial palace." Xie Yan glanced at the stream again, then turned and left.
Xue Qingning tightened her grip and followed.
Passing through a secluded and long path, a side hall comes into view, its red paint faded and mottled.
A corner of a window had fallen off, hanging crookedly, with a spider weaving a huge web.
Compared to the opulent and magnificent Harmony Hall in front, this place seems out of place in the imperial palace.
Xie Yan stood in this forgotten side hall, as if seeing himself as a child, peering out the window, staring blankly at the outside world, his eyes filled with hunger.
When the palace servants finally brought him his meal, his eyes lit up.
With a clatter, he saw the food box being thrown to the ground by the palace servants, with a few scraps of food rolling into the dust.
He and his mother dared not utter a sound, for resistance would only mean starvation.
Only after the palace servants who brought the food had gone far away would his mother lead him out.
His mother told him to eat first. He was starving, so he squatted down, grabbed some food from the ground, and stuffed it into his mouth along with the dirt.
The sand was gritty against his teeth, making it hard to swallow, but he couldn't wait and swallowed it directly.
He ate while crying, vowing to leave this place.
Xie Yan's eyes were filled with icy coldness as he finally left.
But my mother is gone forever.
This is the pain of his entire life.
"I knew you'd come here."
Xue Qingning remained three zhang away, her voice carried by the wind.
Xie Yan remained silent.
"We need to find someone to repair it."
"Need not."
Why?
"Once it's repaired, it won't be the same as before."
"One day, everything here will be yours."
Be careful what you say!
The two stood silently outside the hall, one in front of the other.
The wind rustled through the bamboo forest, and from deep within the forest came the sound of a man and a woman talking.
"Are there snakes here?"
"Maybe."
"Ah? I'm afraid to leave!"
"If I'm in front, any snakes will bite me first."
"You're a really nice person, but this place is overgrown with weeds, where would you find any delicious food?"
"When have I ever mistreated your mouth?"
"The road is so bumpy and difficult to travel on!"
"If it's difficult, take it slow. I'll wait for you."
"My embroidered shoes! They're dirty!"
"Mine is dirty too."
"Whose side hall is this?"
Shen Nanzi looked down at the uneven ground and didn't notice Xie Yu's figure stopping in front of her.
When she realized something was wrong, she looked up and found that she had walked to the end of the bamboo forest.
Xie Yu stopped and looked ahead.
At the edge of the bamboo grove, in the open space in front of the side hall, Xie Yan stood in front, with Xue Qingning standing behind him.
They also glanced at her and Xie Yu, one or two of them looking at her and Xie Yu with indifferent eyes.
She and Xie Yu were quite far apart, but when she looked down at the road, she realized something was wrong and stopped next to Xie Yu.
This is... a little awkward!
Shen Nanzi never expected that Xie Yan, who had previously claimed that there would be no wrongdoing in the palace, was actually doing something wrong.
Does his presence here with Xue Qingning constitute a secret rendezvous? Does it constitute inappropriate behavior?
No, things don't seem quite right between her and Xie Yu either.
She glared at Xie Yu. "Didn't you say you guaranteed no one would be there?"
As soon as she spoke, she felt Xie Yan's gaze towards her become even more intriguing.
That statement was indeed inappropriate.
Shen Nanzi looked at the four of them and thought that none of them were good people; they had all violated the rules of propriety between men and women.
She was simply tempted by the delicious food Xie Yu was offering and couldn't maintain her composure.
However, it ultimately won't work.
At this moment, it seems pointless to say anything more.
Xie Yan probably wouldn't blame her, after all, he was also at fault.
She also had the Imperial Concubine as a witness, as she was sent to question Xie Yu.
Even though the question has already been asked, this reason is still valid.
The surroundings were completely silent.
Shen Nanzi felt that the atmosphere was very strange at this moment.
Xie Yan and Xue Qingning were caught having a secret rendezvous.
She and Xie Yu were traveling alone when they were discovered.
"I didn't find anything delicious, and my shoes are all dirty. Let's go back!"
"Xie Yu, go back! We didn't see anything."
Xie Yu withdrew his gaze, "Second sister-in-law, third brother, and sixth brother, I will take my leave now."
"stop!"
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