Chapter 197 Big Brother, Ningning actually called Prince Chen Yushi brother
Xie Guanlan looked at Chen Yushi's gentle and elegant profile, and clenched his drooping hands quietly.
As I approached, Chen Lezhi was chattering happily, "Ningning, this time we have to thank Prince Xie! When he was talking to my dad, my dad's face turned purple with anger!"
She placed her hands on her hips and stamped her feet, shaking a glass of wine in the air. She imitated Xie Guanlan's tone, raised her eyebrows and smiled, "What happened today was just children playing around. The princess of your mansion and my sister are close friends. If anything happened to her, I'm afraid my sister would be heartbroken.
"My sister is heartbroken, so I have no choice but to send people to the Western Regions to find jewelry, spices, horses, and other things to cheer her up. By then, I'm afraid that business between Hanzhong and the Western Regions will be impossible."
This is using the business of Hanzhong and the Western Regions to threaten Chen Xun.
Xie Guanlan successively conquered the southwestern countries on the border, including Yelang, Ailao, and Dian.
Now the influence has a tendency to continue to spread to the northwest.
In addition, the third son of the Xie family was said to be doing business in the Western Regions. For the sake of commercial trade in the county, Chen Xun had to give in on the matter of Chen Lezhi.
After Chen Lezhi finished his imitation, he laughed heartily to himself.
Wen Xingluo laughed along, and when he caught a glimpse of Xie Guanlan and Xie Shian, he quickly called out, "Eldest brother, Fourth brother."
"The sky is clearing up after the rain, let's go to the lake to watch the rainbow." Xie Shian glanced at Chen Yushi, "It seems that someone has already accompanied Ningning to see it? Master Chen, you are so lucky!"
Chen Yushi glanced at Xie Guanlan's expression.
She had been suppressing her emotions for a long time because of Le Zhi's marriage. Now she had finally let go of the burden. She happened to meet Xie Guanlan and Wen Xingluo, a pair of star-crossed lovers, and she couldn't help but smile.
She deliberately looked at Wen Xingluo with a loving smile, her voice warm and concerned, "I was injured, and Ningning came to visit me. Ningning is a good girl. Not only did she take good care of me, she also invited me out to enjoy the rainbow."
She is androgynous, more heroic than a girl and more tender than a boy. When she stares at someone intently, her eyes seem to be filled with gentle stars.
Wen Xingluo never knew that girls could possess both male and female beauty, just like the Buddha murals in the Dunhuang Grottoes that depicted formless Bodhisattvas.
She felt embarrassed when Chen Yushi looked at her, so she lowered her head and twisted the handkerchief in her hand.
Xie Guanlan stood expressionlessly with his hands behind his back, slowly pressing the black jade ring, and reminded: "It's getting late, it's time to go back to the room and rest."
Chen Lezhi pulled Wen Xingluo's hand and said, "Ningning, it's a rare trip for you to Hanzhong. Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to the market in Chang'an! I know a lot of fun places!"
"I'm going too!" Xie Shian loves the hustle and bustle. "Brother, are you going?"
Wen Xingluo also looked at Xie Guanlan expectantly.
Facing the girl's dark, bright, round almond eyes, Xie Guanlan thought of her intimacy with Chen Yushi just now, and countless suppressed negative emotions quietly surged in his heart, like the dark haze spreading from the lake at dusk, gradually engulfing the vast expanse of green waves and lotus leaves.
He declined, saying, "I have never been interested in childish things like visiting the market."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the light in the girl's eyes dim quietly.
His thin lips curved into an inexplicable arc.
The next moment, Chen Yushi said, "I'll go with you. I'm the host. If Ningning wants to buy anything tomorrow, just put it on my account."
As she spoke, she leaned slightly in front of Wen Xingluo and smiled close to the girl's face, "Ningning, is the prince good to you?"
A tone of pure doting.
"Brother Prince..." Xie Shian said sarcastically, nudging his eldest brother with his shoulder. "Brother, Ningning actually calls Chen Yushi Brother Prince in private...I don't think she's ever called you that, right?"
Xie Guanlan had a blank expression on his face. “If you don’t speak, no one will think you’re dumb.”
Xie Shian watched him turn around and leave, feeling very puzzled.
He was just telling the truth, why did he provoke Big Brother again?
The next day.
Wen Xingluo and others played in Chang'an for a whole day and returned to the Hanzhong Palace, but were told that Xie Guanlan had returned to Chengdu early.
Wen Xingluo looked at the snacks in his hand with regret.
He walks really fast.
She also brought him some freshly baked cakes.
It was already dusk.
Xie Guanlan's carriage was parked outside the posthouse. The lights were on inside, and the clerk had already cleaned the room and replaced it with new bedding.
Xie Guanlan stood in front of the washstand and scooped up a handful of water to wash his face.
Fushan came in and said, "Master, Miss Wei is making a big fuss. Not only is she refusing to eat, she even injured the guard I sent in to deliver the meal."
Xie Guanlan slowly and methodically wiped his face and hands with a towel, then hung the towel neatly on the washstand before going out to the inn's wing room.
The wing room was a mess.
Wei Ying's hands were tied, but she jumped onto the high table and glared at Xie Guanlan fiercely, "Let me out!"
Xie Guanlan sat down on the armchair brought by Fushan.
He said calmly, "I heard Miss Wei refused to eat."
"What's it to you whether I eat or not?!"
"It takes about half a month to get from Hanzhong to Kyoto. Miss Wei refuses to eat. I'm afraid she'll be a corpse before she even reaches the Eastern Palace."
Wei Ying's face turned pale. "You captured me just to send me back to the East Palace?!"
Xie Guanlan admired the face that bore a passing resemblance to Wen Xingluo and teased her, "What else could it be? Right now, that man in the Eastern Palace is putting up notices everywhere, searching for Miss Wei. Everyone knows that Xie San is the Crown Prince's confidant. If I return you to him, I'm sure he'll be grateful and speak well of me to the Crown Prince, so he won't have the court target the Zhenbei Palace anymore."
"Bah!" Wei Ying spat, her eyes cold and fierce. "I thought the Southwestern Military Commander was a big shot, but I didn't expect you to actually kneel before the imperial court! I even encouraged Ningning to seduce and conquer you. I was so wrong!"
Xie Guanlan fiddled with the amulet around his waist.
Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
Wei Ying took advantage of the moment when he was distracted and suddenly attacked him!
Of course, the hemp rope couldn't tie her up.
She had already broken free from the hemp rope, but the security outside the house was so tight that she had no chance to escape.
To capture the thief, capture the leader. If she can capture Xie Guanlan, maybe she can leave!
The palm wind came towards her with murderous aura, and the girl's eyes were as sharp as a knife.
Xie Guanlan stood still.
Not until Wei Ying was in front of him did he grasp her wrist through her sleeve with great ease, and with the surging internal force, he deflected her palm to the side.
Wei Ying refused to give up. She drew out the two short swords that had always been tied to her legs and attacked Xie Guanlan again.
She was Xie Zan's slave and also the most powerful assassin under his command.
Facing her attack, Xie Guanlan just defended himself and had no intention of fighting back.
Xie Guanlan's composure infuriated her. "Why didn't you fight back?! Because I'm Ningning's cousin?"
Xie Guanlan opened his thin lips slightly, "Not entirely."
“…Because of Xie Zan?!”
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