Chapter 102: Easy to Coax
Xiao Huan smiled and said, "I'm curious about who asked you to ask me what?"
Xie Guimo is the prince of Jingyang. If someone can ask Xie Guimo to inquire about something from him, he can just go to him directly without bothering Xie Guimo.
People were coming and going around, and Xie Guimo said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's talk after we finish entertaining the guests."
After a pause, he smiled and said, "Maybe I'll have to treat you to dinner today."
If Xiao Huan is really Chen Tang's biological elder brother, then he would be his future brother-in-law. How could he dare to let his uncle treat him to a meal?
Xiao Huan laughed, "Are you trying to snatch the treat from me?"
Several people chatted and laughed as they entered Zuixianlou and went up to the private room on the second floor. Prince Duan Xiao Xun and the eldest son of the Minister of War Lu Li were already waiting there. When they saw them come in, Xiao Xun said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. You're so late, you each have to drink three cups as punishment."
"Today, let's not go home until we are drunk," Chu Yi said, raising his glass.
The waiter brought in the dishes, and a group of brothers were chatting and laughing, looking very happy and comfortable.
Although Xiao Huan was curious about what Xie Guimo had helped him find out, since Xie Guimo said he would tell him after the dinner, he did not ask. It was a rare occasion for them to get together, so naturally they had to drink to their heart's content.
They clinked glasses and toasted each other.
This meal took us more than half an hour to finish. Although we were not drunk, we were almost drunk.
After coming out of Zuixian Tower, Xie Guimo and Xiao Huan saw Chu Yi, Xiao Xun and the others off.
After everyone left, Xie Guimo climbed onto his horse. Xiao Huan smiled and said, "Didn't you want to ask me something?"
"We'll talk as we go."
Xiao Huan also got on the carriage.
Xie Guimo walked Xiao Huan towards the Ning Wang Mansion. There were not many people around. Xie Guimo looked at Xiao Huan and said, "I remember you have a scar on your lower back..."
Madam Xiao Huan looked at Xie Guimo in confusion, "Why are you asking me this?"
Xie Guimo asked, "Is it just a scar, or was there a birthmark originally?"
The sound was blown away by the wind.
Xiao Huan suddenly tightened the reins and looked at Xie Guimo, his voice trembling with anxiety, "Who asked you to ask me this?"
Chen Tang would not suspect Xiao Huan was her biological brother for no reason. Xiao Huan's reaction was so strong that he did not deny the birthmark, but asked -
Could it be that Xiao Huan is really the son of Marquis Pingyuan?
Xiao Huan gripped the reins tightly, revealing a bit of nervousness. Xie Guimo said, "Pingyuan Hou's son Chen Yan got lost at the Lantern Festival fifteen years ago because his maternal grandfather, the Jiang family, failed to take good care of him. He has a birthmark the size of a copper coin on his lower back..."
Xiao Huan had also heard about the disappearance of the Prince of Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion, but he didn't know that the Prince of Pingyuan Marquis also had a birthmark on his lower back.
Xiao Huan suppressed his beating heart and looked at Xie Guimo, "Why do you think I am?"
Thinking that Xie Guimo was asked by someone else to ask him, Xiao Huan's eyes darkened, "Who asked you to ask me?"
“Miss Shen Er.”
Xie Guimo did not hide anything. If he did not ask clearly, Chen Tang would most likely find a chance to ask Xiao Huan again, and Xiao Huan would know sooner or later.
Xiao Huan was stunned. His mind flashed back to the day when he returned to the capital. When he rescued Chen Tang outside Zuixian Tower, Chen Tang called him "big brother" unconsciously for the first time he saw him. Also, at the banquet in the palace, he looked at him frequently. When he left Feng'an Hall, he chased after him, but was interrupted at that time. Could this be what she wanted to ask him?
He felt that Miss Shen Er looked familiar, as if she had seen her before, could it be that they were really siblings?
But how did Second Miss Shen know that he was not the grandson of Old Prince Ning?
besides--
Xiao Huan looked at Xie Guimo, "Why would she ask you to ask me about this?"
Shouldn't Xiao Huan focus on his own life experience? Why is he asking him about this...
Xie Guimo coughed lightly, "I am the one who is going to marry her."
Xiao Huan, "..."
No wonder Xie Guimo was present when he met Miss Shen Er twice, especially that day outside Zuixian Tower, when his face was dark. It turned out that he shouldn't have hugged Miss Shen Er.
Inside the room, Chen Tang was lying on the small couch, flipping through a book to kill time, but he couldn't quite concentrate on reading and didn't turn a single page for a long time.
There was a creaking sound from the window. Chen Tang quickly looked towards the window and saw Xie Guimo jumping in. Chen Tang quickly got down from the small couch and asked anxiously, "Did you ask Xiao Huan for me?"
Xie Guimo coughed, "Thirsty..."
Chen Tang hurriedly poured him tea and almost fed it into his mouth.
Xie Guimo said, "I did ask..."
Can you finish it in one breath? Chen Tang was so anxious, "Then what?"
"He didn't admit to having a birthmark," Xie Guimo said.
“…”
Chen Tang looked disappointed, but Xie Guimo added, "But he didn't deny it either."
This answer made Shen Tang angry, "So is it yes or no?"
What she wants is a definite statement, not something ambiguous like this.
Xie Guimo said, "I think it's a tacit agreement."
Chen Tang looked at him, and Xie Guimo said, "When I saw the scar, I felt strange. How could it be in that position? If it was to cover up the birthmark, it was most likely done by Xiao Huan himself. Old Prince Ning would not do such a thing. Xiao Huan did not admit it, nor did he deny it. Perhaps it was related to the fact that he destroyed the birthmark and transformed himself into the Prince of Ning's Mansion."
Chen Tang felt that Xie Guimo's speculation was reasonable, but she couldn't help but wonder, "If the current Prince of Ning's Mansion is my eldest brother, then who is the real Prince of Ning's Mansion?"
Xie Guimo said, "Xiao Huan was not in Kyoto in the early years. He claimed that he was recuperating..."
"It is very likely that the Prince of Ning's Mansion has died of illness a long time ago."
Chen Tang didn't know how her elder brother was discovered by Chen Xi and the others in her previous life. She was at a loss at the moment, "So what should I do now?"
Xie Guimo stretched out his hand, and Chen Tang was brought to sit in his arms. Chen Tang struggled to get up, but was held tightly by Xie Guimo. "This matter is not your business. Old Prince Ning must have a reason for doing this. I can only tell my father-in-law about this and let him go to ask Old Prince Ning himself."
"But you have to be mentally prepared. Even if Xiao Huan is really your elder brother, he may not be able to return to his ancestral home in a short period of time and needs to continue to be the Prince of Ning."
She would be satisfied if she could find her elder brother. As for tracing her ancestors, that was something her father and elder brother had to consider.
Chen Tang was in a hurry, "I'll go find my father now."
She wanted to get up, but she was being held so she couldn't get up at all. Xie Guimo said unhappily, "I haven't left yet, can't you wait until I leave before you go?"
Chen Tang said, "If I don't get up, you can't leave either."
A certain gentleman laughed angrily, "You are so good at crossing the river and then destroying the bridge."
He gritted his teeth, and Chen Tang felt that he had gone too far, but he could not understand her eagerness to tell her father the news. His eldest brother had been missing for fifteen years, and his father had not seen him for fifteen years.
Knowing that the more anxious he was to go, the less Xie Guimo would let him go, Chen Tang kissed him on the face, and his complexion returned to normal almost visibly.
Pretty easy to coax.
Chen Tang thought so in his heart, and then wanted to take back what he said. A certain master can't be coaxed by a kiss on the face, "Try again."
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