Xie Yun ignored her and just sat down beside her to listen to the opera.
After lunch at the Cheng family's, the four wives gathered to play Pai Gow. Yi Ning played a few rounds, but her luck wasn't good, and she lost the one hundred-liang silver note she had brought with her. Luo Yixiu accompanied her, but also lost miserably. Seeing Luo Yixiu's grim expression, she slipped out of the hall. As soon as she sat down in the pavilion outside the hall, she saw Xie Yun approaching her.
Xie Yun wore a light red jacket with gold trim all over it, a plain embroidered skirt, and a mutton-fat jade pendant around her waist.
She sat beside Yining and spoke after a long time, saying lightly: "Miss Wei, why is it you?"
"If he doesn't love you, what's the point of you following him?" Xie Yun said, "If you treat him like a brother and sister, do you think he will always be with you?"
Xie Yun is a very smart person, she can guess why Luo Shenyuan married her.
After a moment of silence, Yi Ning asked, "Why are you telling me this, Second Miss Xie?"
"If you were sensible, you would know that he only pities you." Xie Yun smiled slowly, somewhat proudly. "We can discuss poetry and songs, and I can also help him in the officialdom. What can you do? If you marry him now, you will only be a burden to him."
"Second Miss Xie, you're overthinking it." Yi Ning looked at her calmly, "Since you're engaged to Cousin Cheng Lang, why bother about others?"
Xie Yun didn't take her seriously at all, playing with her bracelet. "Actually, if you wanted to, you could have come to me then. I'd have asked my aunt to find you a marriage partner. But now you've married him, don't blame me for targeting you. We might even be neighbors in the future, and your cousin Cheng Lang and I will definitely go visit you then."
Xie Yun's expression was as dignified as ever, which was a natural habit she had, and it was not directed at anyone.
Before Yi Ning could say anything, a voice came from behind her: "Xie Yun."
It’s Luo Shenyuan’s voice!
Yi Ning saw Xie Yun raise his head, and when he saw it was Luo Shenyuan, he immediately stood up. His expression suddenly softened, almost a little cautious: "Luo Shenyuan... why are you here?"
Luo Shenyuan walked to Yining and held her hand.
Yi Ning was slightly startled, but he took her hand and walked forward, saying to Xie Yun, "Second Miss Xie, this is the wife that Luo married in a formal ceremony. Do you know her?"
Xie Yun didn't know what Luo Shenyuan was up to. She watched him holding Luo Yining's hand, biting his lips slightly, and said nothing.
Luo Shenyuan said calmly, "She is my wife, but you are nothing. Do you think you have the right to say those words to her?"
Xie Yun's expression grew increasingly grim. He didn't give her any face at all. Girls are most afraid of this, but he didn't care at all. She angrily said, "Luo Shenyuan!"
Yi Ning shook his hand and reminded him not to go too far. It wasn't that she liked Xie Yun that much, because who would like someone who disliked them? She wished she could never see Xie Yun again. But Xie Yun had the Empress and the Xie family behind her, which was too powerful. It would be disadvantageous to offend her.
"Second Miss Xie is angry already?" Luo Shenyuan said with a smile, "No matter how poor I am, I am still a minister. I will not let others bully my family. As for asking the Queen to arrange a marriage for Yi Ning—Second Miss Xie is too whimsical. I will not agree to it, and I will definitely not allow others to do so. My wife, Luo, is naturally my responsibility. There is no need for others to meddle in my affairs."
Xie Yun's face turned completely pale. She felt angry and as if her heart was pierced by thousands of arrows. She gritted her teeth and said, "You... do you think I'm easy to bully?" How could you humiliate her like this!
"Thank you, Second Miss." Yi Ning finally said after hearing this, "You think I'm easy to bully."
Xie Yun had never felt such complicated emotions towards anyone before. Her feelings towards Yi Ning were much simpler. She used to feel contempt for her, but now she felt an extreme dislike for her.
She glanced at Luo Shenyuan one last time, but he was staring straight ahead. Only then did she leave the hall resolutely, her eyes slightly red.
Yi Ning thought about what Luo Shenyuan had just said, and was deeply touched. Whether he liked it or not, he was really good to her.
"Go home." Luo Shenyuan said, "Don't set foot in the Cheng family again." After saying that, he walked out. Yining saw that he was wearing an official uniform and walking in a hurry. He might have just left the government office.
Is he still unhappy?
Yining couldn't help but wonder how she had offended him again.
When they returned, the courtyard was quiet, and the maids inside and outside the house were silent. Yi Ning saw him reading in the house. She also walked in and sat across from him.
Luo Shenyuan glanced at her, and she smiled and said, "Can I lend you a few books? My study isn't ready yet." As she spoke, she pointed to the books she wanted to read one by one, but they were too high to reach, so she asked him to help get them.
When the Third Young Master is reading, he absolutely does not want anyone to make any noise.
The maids pondered this, about to speak up to remind the Third Madam. But they saw Luo Shenyuan hand her the book and continue reading his own. They looked at each other and decided not to say anything.
Yi Ning flipped through the books he'd asked her to take down, and she felt a little regretful. They were all profound and obscure I Ching and Gossip. She struggled to read them, and could only manage to read them sporadically.
The clepsydra in the room was dripping, dripping, and she had fallen asleep.
Luo Shenyuan waved his hand to let the servants on both sides leave. He walked to Yining, then sat down beside her and continued reading.
Perhaps knowing he was around, she leaned forward. Her incredibly soft hair, combed into a bun, fell on his thighs. She reached out and put her arms around his waist, rubbing it lightly, causing him to stiffen. "Yining, if you're sleepy, go back to sleep..."
She didn't respond.
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