Chapter 223 Thank you for letting my brother live like a normal person
"What's so strange about that? Stop wasting time. They're here to pick you up. Why don't you leave quickly and wait for your aunt to come back and discipline you?"
Wei Ying stuffed the medicine box she had prepared in advance into Wen Xingluo's arms and chased her out as if she was chasing someone away.
Xie Shian knew the various paths and lanes in the palace best. He took Wen Xingluo's sleeve and led her around the patrolling guards, sneaking towards the ancestral hall.
The moonlight is clear and bright, and the fragrance of osmanthus trees is floating in the air.
Passing by the pond, Wen Xingluo looked at their reflections on the water and couldn't help but stop.
She looked at Xie Shian stubbornly, "Fourth brother..."
She knew that Xie Guanlan was the eldest brother whom Xie Shian admired the most since childhood, and was the heir carefully cultivated by the Zhenbei Palace.
However, because of her existence, Xie Guanlan's reputation was shrouded in a not-so-glorious haze.
She couldn't turn a blind eye, couldn't alleviate the guilt in her heart.
Xie Shian turned and looked at her.
The little girl came out in a hurry tonight, wearing only a moon-white satin sleeve. Her thick black hair was simply tied up with a red rope. A few strands of hair hung from her forehead, making her little face look particularly pale and fragile. Her amber eyes were wet, as if filled with broken tears.
Xie Shian knew what she was worried about.
He asked Wen Xingluo to sit on the Taihu stone, and he squatted on one knee in front of her.
The young man looked up and said slowly, "When you first came to the palace, you were thinner than other girls your age. You stood there cautiously, timidly and fawningly, like a puppy with no one to protect you. Wen Ningning, do you know that the way you read so eagerly is like you're fighting for food? It's as if you were abused as a child.
"At that time, I didn't think much of it. I thought you were just pretending and pretending to work hard. Later, when I saw with my own eyes how the Wen brothers and sisters treated you, I realized that our Ningning really was not liked by anyone before.
"I thought that if someone wasn't liked by the whole family, there must be something wrong with them. But later, Ningning not only saved me, but also hugged me and cried when I was hurt, and even took me to the garden party to earn some pocket money. I thought, if such a good girl wasn't liked by the Wen brothers and sisters, then it must be their problem."
Wen Xingluo looked at the young man in front of him.
The young master of the Zhenbei Palace was usually the most arrogant and domineering, and could be called a famous second-generation rich man in Chengdu. But tonight, his eyes were more gentle than the moonlight.
She looked into his gentle eyes, tears streaming down her face like pearls falling from a broken string.
Xie Shian raised his sleeve to wipe her tears. "I don't think there's anything wrong with what happened between you and Big Brother. It's normal for young people to like someone, isn't it? For example, I've liked so many girls, like the tofu beauty in the east of the city, the young widow selling buns in the north of the city, Miss Xiangjun from Hua Manlou, and your cousin.
"As for my eldest brother, he is different from me. He carries a heavier responsibility than me. He looks gentle and amiable on weekdays, but in fact he is on guard against everyone. He is afraid that someone in the palace will be poisoned to death by thieves like my mother was back then.
"From childhood to adulthood, my eldest brother has been walking on the edge of a knife. He is very lonely and has a hard time. Not only does he like little girls, he rarely even goes to banquets and gatherings with his peers.
“I feel sorry for this big brother.
"Ningning, I want to thank you for making my life less boring.
"Thank you for letting my brother live like a normal person."
His fingertips paused on the girl's cheek.
For some reason, the more the girl wiped her tears, the more they shed, rolling down her wet, pointed chin and wetting the boy's sleeves.
Xie Shian scratched his head helplessly, clasped his hands together and begged for mercy: "Ningning, please don't cry! If your eyes get swollen, your brother will think I bullied you if he sees you!"
Wen Xingluo nodded obediently.
After washing, the almond-shaped eyes are dark, moist and clear, as if filled with sparkling stars.
She followed Xie Shian through the rockery.
The boy held a lantern, and in the dark passage of Taihu stone, the shadows of green ferns were like ghosts.
But Wen Xingluo was not afraid at all.
She lifted her skirt and followed Xie Shian's shadow, whispering, "Fourth brother is so nice."
"You just realized how good I am?" Xie Shian said angrily, "You and my elder brother have such a big thing, and you didn't tell me earlier. Anyway, what is it about my elder brother that attracts you?"
Which point?
Wen Xingluo felt that Xie Guanlan was good in every way.
But she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so she stammered shyly.
Xie Shian changed the question, "How did you two start this? When I think about how you two have been flirting with each other right under my nose for so long, and I didn't notice anything, I get so upset! Tell me quickly, or I'll be the first to disagree with you two!"
Wen Xingluo whispered, "That's... that's it... Anyway, just like how Fourth Brother fell in love with the tofu beauty in the east of the city and the young widow selling buns in the north of the city, that's how we fell in love."
This is just playing Tai Chi.
The two of them crawled out of the rockery. Xie Shian looked at Wen Xingluo and snorted.
He scolded, "My eldest brother is a scheming man, and Ningning, you've also learned from him to become a smooth-talking person! Everyone in the house, you guys are bullying me and my father, two honest people!"
"Fourth brother, don't be angry..."
Wen Xingluo blushed at what he said and walked forward to pull his sleeve.
Xie Shian was not really angry. He made a face at Wen Xingluo and pulled her towards the ancestral hall.
Xie Jing arranged several guards at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
When the brother and sister came over, the guards had already been knocked down by Xie Yanchen.
Xie Yanchen stood under the lantern with a smile on his face, "Ningning."
Wen Xingluo whispered, "Second brother..."
She didn't know when her second brother found out about her and Xie Guanlan.
But there was no look of blame on his face either.
"Come in quickly," Xie Yanchen pushed open the heavy door of the ancestral hall for her, "My fourth brother and I will help you keep watch."
Deep in the ancestral hall, only a few white gauze lanterns were lit.
Countless ancestral tablets are enshrined on it, like countless pairs of silent eyes.
Wen Xingluo walked in step by step carrying a medicine box.
She smelled a strong smell of blood in the air.
As she got closer, she saw Xie Guanlan kneeling on the floor tiles. The whip wounds on his back had not been treated, and his scarlet brocade robe had been stained a deeper red by the blood.
He knelt there with his back straight, no one knew what he was thinking. His handsome and noble profile showed no emotion, and his face was as pale as paper due to blood loss.
Wen Xingluo knelt beside him.
She opened the medicine box and carefully cut open Xie Guanlan's robe with a pair of scissors.
His back was covered in wounds and lacerations, and the tattered brocade robe had tangled deep into his flesh.
Wen Xingluo picked up the tweezers and bit by bit removed the pieces of brocade robe.
The cold tweezers inevitably touched the flesh.
Perhaps because of the pain, she saw the young man's muscular back twitching slightly.
Her hand trembled and she subconsciously looked up at Xie Guanlan.
The young man was looking back at her.
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