"When I look at the girl, I feel like I've known her for years," Xie Min said softly, "but her face looks very unfamiliar. It turns out Mrs. Luo has seen me before."
Yi Ning shook his head and smiled: "I have never met the madam."
"Yun'er, I see that you seem to know Mrs. Luo. Can you invite her to watch the show with me?" Xie Min turned her head and said to Xie Yun.
"Since it's my aunt who's asking, could Madam Luo please grant me a favor?" Xie Yun rarely spoke, her tone somewhat stiff. She had liked Xie Min since she was a child, and she had deep respect for her aunt, even more than for her aunt, the Empress. She would never refuse her aunt's request.
"Madam, you wrote to me to invite me out for a chat, right? Then just sit down." Yi Ning bowed and smiled, then walked upstairs. She sat down at an eight-person table and slowly ate a handful of melon seeds.
Xie Min came up and sat down next to Yi Ning. She chuckled softly and said, "Mrs. Luo, do you know that it was me who wrote to invite you?"
"Xie Yun obviously doesn't know," Luo Yining said calmly, "Since Madam wrote the letter in Xie Yun's name and deliberately called me, it must be Madam who asked me to come."
What exactly does Xie Min want to do?
Yining turned her head to look at her. Xie Min's expression was calm, while Xie Yun, standing behind her, looked a little unwilling. She didn't like Xie Min talking to Luo Yining. It was like she was talking to a child. It felt like her beloved thing was being taken away from her.
"Yun'er, go and bring tea to me and Mrs. Luo." Xie Min said lightly. Xie Yun didn't move until Xie Min looked at her. Then she bit her lip and responded, and obediently went to the side room to bring tea.
"Mrs. Luo," Xie Min said slowly after sitting down, "I've watched Yun'er grow up. She's a little spoiled, but she's not a bad person. What do you think of her, Mrs. Luo?"
Yining touched the auspicious cloud pattern carved into the armrest, stroking it slowly. She smiled, "Second Miss Xie is incredibly talented. She has a distinct personality, something others can only envy."
"It's her temper that's so frustrating," Xie Min continued, looking at Luo Yining. Mrs. Luo was actually quite young, surprisingly innocent and pretty. But her eyes, Xie Min didn't know how to describe them, had that clear, bright look that must have been the calmness of someone who had experienced so much.
"I'm her aunt, and I'm aloof, so she's always being naughty and awkward with me." Xie Min smiled. "I actually care about her a lot, and if anyone bullies her, I won't let her off."
Her voice was slightly lowered so that others could not hear it.
Yi Ning listened to Xie Min's words and slowly calmed down. It was a bit funny. Xie Min must have heard that Xie Yun was being bullied and came to vent her anger on her niece. When will the cycle of revenge end?
She had been with Xie Min for over twenty years, so of course she knew she doted on Xie Yun. When she was young, she was a prominent figure in the capital, but later her glory faded. Xie Yun was the only one who resembled her the most, so she loved him especially.
"Madam, you've said so much, and I agree with what you've said. But you know your niece's personality very well. No one can bully her. As long as she doesn't cause trouble for no reason, no one would bother her."
"If someone has a will, they can easily hurt her." Xie Min showed some of the style of the eldest daughter of the Xie family in the past and smiled, "The girls in my Xie family are easily trapped by love. After my husband died, I was trapped by love for more than ten years. She wanted it but couldn't get it, so it's natural that she is also like that. I am not completely unaware of Mrs. Luo's affairs. If Mrs. Luo threatens her... it's not my fault."
Xie Min was threatening her.
Xie Min must have sent someone to look for her niece long ago, presumably for her sake. Yi Ning had witnessed Xie Min's prowess back then. Of the four wives, none could match her, controlling the Marquis's wife to her will and often discussing government affairs with Lu Jiaran, demonstrating her resourcefulness.
Such a person was deeply in love with Lu Jiaran. Because of her deep affection, Lu Jiaran never took a concubine.
But others may not know it, but Yi Ning must know that when she was in the Marquis's Mansion, she went out in the evening to enjoy the cool air and once encountered a scandal.
There was a path leading to a bamboo forest in the backyard of the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, though others avoided it because it was so remote. However, Yi Ning often went there to admire the bamboo forest and bring her maids to dig small bamboo shoots for her pickled pickles. That day, she stumbled upon a lean figure in the bamboo forest, pressed against a woman, her clothes half-stripped, her pretty face drenched in sweat. She looked down upon the woman's face, but she saw Lu Jiaran's clearly and heard the sounds of the wild mandarin ducks.
Lu Jiaran raised her head suddenly and immediately escaped from the bamboo forest.
On the way, she thought of the woman's clothes. It was not the style of a servant in the mansion. The smooth white skin on her hands and the slender and beautiful swan-like neck made her think that she must be a beauty.
Lu Jiaran was actually having an affair with someone else behind Xie Min's back. The two of them were intimate and extremely ambiguous. Poor Xie Min for her deep affection for more than 20 years.
Yi Ning wanted to say these words every time she heard her chanting and saw her wiping Lu Jiaran's belongings. She felt very uncomfortable holding it back at that time, but today she could finally say it out.
"Since he's been dead for over a decade, why should Madam continue to be so devoted to him? If the man you're thinking of were still alive, would he treat you the way you treat him?" Yi Ning opened her hand, and the remaining melon seeds fell onto the plate. "Madam, do you think being devoted to him is something you honor? What does Xie Yun's unwavering love have to do with me? Am I responsible for it?"
After more than twenty years of hardship, she believed she shared Xie Min's experience. But now, her fate with Xie Min was probably limited to this sentence.
At this time, Xie Yun came up with tea.
Two cups of tea were placed on a square tray, one of Snow Bud and the other of Rain-Previous Longjing. Yining took the tea and handed the Snow Bud to Xie Min, saying, "Snow Bud clears heat and brightens the eyes. It's perfect for Madam."
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