Chapter 19 That Woman
Although Xie Yi was puzzled by Xie Rongying's sudden change of mind, this was the best way forward. It would only benefit the Xie family if Xie Tingshao interacted with the royal family.
"What if the emperor finally orders someone to go to Gubei Pass to negotiate peace?" Xie Yi asked.
Xie Rongying raised an eyebrow: "No, it is absolutely impossible for Dayin and Jin to negotiate peace this time."
If peace talks could have been held, the Jin people would not have provoked Dayin so wantonly. It was obvious that they did not want to coexist peacefully.
Combined with the trajectory of his previous life, Xie Rongying became even more certain.
Xie Yi frowned, still not quite understanding why his niece was so sure of the emperor's intentions.
"Fourth Uncle, just do as I said." Xie Rongying raised his glass again and smiled faintly: "Trust me."
Xie Yi picked up his wine glass, slammed it against Xie Rongying's glass with a half-doubting look, and said, "Fourth Uncle believes in you."
After he finished speaking, Xie Yi drank the whole glass of wine happily, and Xie Rongying also drank it all in one gulp.
Xie Ting looked at his father and then at his eldest sister, who had been the most difficult to get along with. He felt that the atmosphere was very subtle and that this eldest sister was a little different from before.
"Then I'll take my leave first, Fourth Uncle." Xie Rongying put down his wine glass, stood up and said.
Xie Yi stood up and was about to see her off, but was pulled back to his seat by Xie Ting. The young man smiled and said, "Dad, let me see my eldest sister off."
Before Xie Yi could react, Xie Ting said to Xie Rongying, "Sister, let's go."
Xie Rongying smiled meaningfully: "Fourth uncle is gone."
After leaving the inn, Yunniang went forward to help Xie Rongying get on the carriage, but Xie Ting got there first. The young man smiled and said, "Sister, you go first."
Xie Rongying smiled and helped Xie Ting's arm into the carriage.
Just as he sat down, the carriage sank again, and he saw a young man walking in with a bent body. Xie Rongying looked at Xie Ting sitting down on the side and laughed: "Brother Ting, don't you know the difference between men and women?"
"You are my sister, what's the big deal?" Xie Ting had no qualms about these rules.
"Even if I am your sister, you are still a stranger." The smile on Xie Rongying's lips faded, and she looked a little majestic.
Xie Ting was a little scared of Xie Rongying's seriousness. He sighed twice and said, "Sister, just now I was thinking that you had become more approachable. Don't you think that if I don't have anything else to do, I can get on your carriage?"
"If I didn't know you had something to do, would I let you get on the carriage?" Xie Rongying said bluntly.
The young man's eyes were like torches, and he leaned closer to Xie Rongying: "Sister, my brother-in-law is working for the Crown Prince, right?"
Hearing the word 'brother-in-law', Xie Rongying couldn't help but laugh and said, "Just tell me what you have to say."
"What a coincidence! A few days ago, I was doing something for the King of Wei and saw my brother-in-law when I passed by Guixiang. He was accompanied by a woman who was as beautiful as a flower." Xie Ting saw Xie Rongying's gaze on his face and immediately changed his words: "Of course, compared to you, my elder sister, I am still a little inferior."
"Let's talk business." Xie Rongying really didn't expect that this kid could be of this use.
Xie Ting coughed twice and continued, "I thought something was wrong, so I followed them and watched them for several days. This brother-in-law and you are newlyweds, so why is he sleeping with that woman in Guixiang all day long?"
The more Xie Rongying listened, the more indifferent her expression became, as if it had nothing to do with her.
"I originally planned to go and ask Qin Junyi in person what he meant by leaving my sister alone in an empty room. Does he think our Xie family's daughter is easy to bully?" The young man said with a cold look in his eyes. "Then I thought I'd tell you the story first. After all, if I go alone, Qin Junyi might hide that woman and turn around and accuse me of slandering him."
"So when I saw my father's carriage and Yunniang just now, I knew you were there, so I came." Xie Ting leaned back on the pillow and looked at Xie Rongying. Seeing that his elder sister didn't show any emotion, he asked in surprise, "Could it be that you knew this a long time ago?"
Xie Rongying hummed in response.
"What?" Xie Ting lowered his voice and took a deep breath. "When did you know? Before you got married?"
Xie Rongying remained silent.
"Xie Rongying!" Xie Ting was furious. "Why did you get married if you knew before you got married? The Xie family doesn't sell their daughters to pave the way!"
Xie Rongying slowly raised her eyebrows and said calmly, "I only found out after we got married."
Xie Ting's eyes darkened.
"Go and find out the identity of that woman." Xie Rongying said calmly.
"Sister, now is not the time to dwell on this issue. You are Qin Junyi's legal wife, and that woman is at most a concubine. It's up to you to keep her or sell her off. If Qin Junyi wants to protect this concubine, our Xie family will not tolerate it!"
The young man became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He really didn't expect Qin Junyi to be such a person!
"I'm not angry, why are you angry?" Xie Rongying said with a faint smile.
"Who am I angry about?" Xie Ting was surprised that Xie Rongying could be so rational. He also calmed down and said, "You don't mind?"
"What's the matter?" Xie Rongying stared at Xie Ting without blinking. "If a man's heart is with someone else, no matter how hard I try, it will be useless. So it's better to let nature take its course and grab what I can."
"So what do you want to catch?" Xie Ting frowned.
Xie Rongying snorted and laughed: "It has nothing to do with you. Since you know where that woman is, find out her identity."
Xie Ting was stunned. Just as he was about to ask why it had nothing to do with him, the woman spoke again: "Now that you've finished talking, go down."
"Xie Rongying," Xie Ting shouted through gritted teeth.
Xie Rongying closed her eyes and warned calmly, "Remember not to alert the enemy to the identity of that woman."
Xie Ting stared at Xie Rongying who was resting with her eyes closed, and he became extremely angry. He snorted coldly and got up from the carriage.
Then Yunniang entered the carriage and it began to drive away. She had heard the conversation just now. She stared at her master cautiously, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "Miss, what do you think?"
Xie Rongying still closed her eyes and did not speak.
"Young Marquis is going too far." Yunniang felt really bad for her daughter. She also wondered why the Qin family wanted to marry her daughter, and she was even more furious: "There's really no good person in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion!"
"Alright." Xie Rongying raised her eyes slightly and looked towards Yunniang: "Just pretend you don't know anything."
"Girl!" Yunniang didn't know why her girl could still be so calm.
Xie Rongying closed her eyes again and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Yunniang's chest heaved violently. Although she was angry, she kept her mouth shut.
The carriage fell silent, and the sound of wheels outside and the bustling sounds of the street made Xie Rongying open her eyes. She had not heard such worldly sounds for a long time.
When you draw aside the curtains, you will see the streets brightly lit and bustling with people. The scene that appears in the blink of an eye is just the ordinary hustle and bustle of traffic.
Xie Rongying raised her lips and said, "It's great to be alive, it's great to be young."
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped and Xie Rongying almost fell to the ground.
Yunniang scolded: "What's going on? Why did you stop suddenly?"
The next moment, I heard a quarrel outside.
"You are so unreasonable! Even if I were to buy a maid, I would have to hire someone who is quick and capable. Your sister is a sickly person. I haven't even gone to the authorities to sue you for deceiving me, and you're still accusing me of bullying your sister?!"
"Sickly? Are the scars on my sister's body also caused by illness?!"
"She's been gone for two or three days. What does it have to do with me if you're talking about her injuries now?"
A sharp female voice and a deep male voice with murderous intent made Xie Rongying's eyebrows twitch slightly. Then she heard the groom's voice: "Yunniang, there is a disturbance ahead and they are surrounded. I will go around."
"Okay, be careful." Yunniang said, then glanced at Xie Rongying. The light in the car was a little dim, but she could still see people's faces clearly. She said, "Miss, there's a disturbance outside, and the road is blocked."
Xie Rongying hummed lightly.
Because there were so many people, the carriage was moving very slowly. Just when it had moved a short distance away, the crowd started to make a noise and then moved towards the carriage. The coachman tightened the reins and pulled the horses hard.
The only sound heard in the crowd was a sharp female voice saying, "Murder!" and then the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.
It was also when the carriage suddenly stopped and the curtains fluttered that Xie Rongying saw that the fierce-looking man was about to punch the person on the ground when he was stopped by someone.
At this time, Yunniang asked again: "Can we go around it?"
"Wait." Xie Rongying picked up the veil and stood up.
Seeing this, Yunniang stood up and asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"
After Xie Rongying got off the carriage, she walked towards the crowd, and Yunniang followed closely.
At this moment, the ferocious man was stopped by the Kaifeng Prefecture constable, who shouted at him, "You're deliberately killing someone in public, aren't you?"
The woman stood up again with the help of the onlookers, crying bitterly: "My Lord, this man's sister returned home from my place three days ago. Now this man comes to me because of the scars all over her sister's body, saying that I beat her. This is unjust!"
People around also started talking.
"Looking at his ferocious appearance, I'm afraid he deliberately committed a crime in the street in order to extort money."
"Of course I am. I am afraid of him just by looking at him like that."
"Look at her sister. She didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end. It's obvious that she was forced by this so-called brother."
After hearing this, several detectives immediately said to the man, "Follow me back to the yamen!"
Just as the man was about to break free, Xie Rongying squeezed forward and said to the woman who was being supported by the spectator, "You're relying on the fact that my sister can't talk, so of course you have the final say."
The woman was stunned. Just by looking at the Song Dynasty brocade clothes in front of her, she knew that this person was not an ordinary person.
"This is a servant of my Xie family," Xie Rongying said as she walked towards the constables. She glanced at Yunniang, who understood and immediately took out a silver note and handed it to the constables. Xie Rongying continued, "Brother constables, since this is a servant of my Xie family, this matter will be handled by my family. This is just a small token of my respect. Thank you for your help."
When the detectives heard that it was the Xie family's business and looked at the banknotes in their hands, they realized that the Xie family's wealth was indeed well-deserved.
"Xie Xiao-Miss, since this is your business, we will leave first." The constable was also very tactful. After letting go of the man, he said to the crowd: "Everyone disperse, there is nothing to see."
The fierce man stared at Xie Rongying with confusion in his eyes.
The woman who was being supported also had a look of timidity in her eyes. When everyone's eyes were on the woman wearing a veil and behaving dignifiedly, she quietly withdrew from the crowd.
When Xie Rongying turned around and looked in the direction of the woman, she had disappeared.
Xie Rongying stared at the man through the veil. Due to the close distance, she could clearly see the scar on the man's face. The scar ran diagonally from the center of the eyebrows to the left eye and then to the left cheek. It was hideous and terrifying.
She smiled: "Is your sister seriously injured? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
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