Chapter 6 That's not how you called me last night
"I'm just curious."
Wen Xingluo said calmly, "Or perhaps, the prince thinks that I was the one who orchestrated this in advance and deliberately came forward to rescue Fourth Young Master Xie in order to please the old concubine and the Fourth Young Master? But I'm only a fourteen-year-old girl. I don't have such deep scheming and intentions."
Xie Guanlan asked playfully, "No?"
Just as the situation became tense, Xie Shian ran in with a plate of freshly baked cakes: "Wen Xingluo, try the jujube paste cakes from my grandmother's yard! They're better than anywhere else!"
Wen Xingluo took a deep breath and suppressed his annoyance towards Xie Guanlan.
She picked up a piece of date paste cake and said, "Thank you, Fourth Young Master."
"Oh!" Xie Shi'an scratched his head shyly. "Why do you call me Fourth Young Master? Just call me Fourth Brother! After my mother passed away, my father never remarried. Suddenly he married your mother. I couldn't accept it at first, so I hated you. Now that I know you're a good person, I don't hate you anymore. I'm willing to be your brother!"
Under the candlelight, the boy's eyes were bright, like a rebellious puppy whose head was touched.
"Fourth brother." Wen Xingluo called out crisply.
Xie Shian had never been anyone's brother before, so his ears turned slightly red and he said "eh" seriously.
Xie Guanlan snorted and slowly put down the book.
Only then did Xie Shian notice that he was there too.
He quickly offered the date paste cake: "Big brother, do you want a piece too?"
"The government office still has things to do."
Xie Guanlan picked up the cloak handed to him by the maid and left Wansongyuan directly.
After he left, Xie Shian stealthily pulled Wen Xingluo over and asked, "Next month is Grandma's sixtieth birthday. What are you planning to give her?"
"Sixtieth birthday?"
"Yes! My father plans to hold a grand ceremony, and all the prominent officials and wealthy businessmen in the county will be there to celebrate."
Wen Xingluo curled his fingers.
She didn't have much cash on hand and couldn't afford expensive gifts.
She could have embroidered a picture of "Magu Celebrating Birthday", but unfortunately her embroidery skills were not up to par.
"Actually, I'm not well off either," Xie Shian said worriedly. "My father always deducts my monthly allowance, so the gifts I buy are definitely not as good as those of my other three brothers. Wen Xingluo, how about we pool our money and buy one together?"
Wen Xingluo thought about it and nodded, "Okay."
It just so happened that they didn't have to go to the academy for classes tomorrow, so the two agreed to meet at the gate at 9:00 a.m. and go to Jinli Street to pick out gifts together.
the next day.
Wen Xingluo and Xie Shian went to the most famous jewelry shop on Jinli Street.
Xie Shian picked up a hairpin and gestured to Wen Xingluo's head: "You look good in this."
It is a pure silver hairpin with two lifelike silver-thread carved butterflies on the top, and the butterfly wings are fluttering.
Wen Xingluo had never seen such a unique silver hairpin before, and took it curiously: "Let me take a look."
"Wen Xingluo?"
A surprised voice suddenly came.
Wen Yueyin walked over slowly, followed by Wen Rulei.
Wen Xingluo hadn't expected to run into them here, so she said politely and distantly, "Sister, Third Brother."
Third brother?
Xie Shian pricked up his ears and glanced at Wen Rulei critically.
Wen Yueyin smiled softly and said, "Xingluo, I saw this butterfly silver hairpin first."
Wen Rulei snatched the silver hairpin away and said angrily, "Wen Xingluo, why do you have to fight with your sister for everything?! Your sister saw this hairpin as soon as she entered the shop, and you took it!"
Xie Shian laughed angrily.
He pulled Wen Xingluo behind him and snatched the silver hairpin away: "Who are you two? How dare you snatch things from the young master's sister? Do you want to live?!"
Wen Rulei asked dissatisfiedly: "Who are you?!"
Wen Yueyin then noticed Xie Shian.
She was stunned.
In her previous life, the four young masters in the palace never looked at her straight in the eye, let alone treated her as a sister.
But in this life, why would Xie Shian protect Wen Xingluo?
Not only does he call her his sister, he even accompanies her shopping!
"Who am I?!" Xie Shian said with a defiant look, "Wen Xingluo, tell me who I am!"
Wen Xingluo said, "Third brother, he is Xie Shi'an, the fourth son of the Zhenbei Palace."
Although Xie Shian was the same age as Wen Rulei, he was half a head taller than him, giving him a rather large and aggressive air. In addition, he wore a purple gold crown inlaid with gems in his hair, a golden necklace with eight treasures, and a goose yellow brocade robe with arrow sleeves and a pattern of auspicious magpie flowers, which made him look even more noble and arrogant, a world apart from Wen Rulei.
Xie Shian was very dissatisfied with Wen Xingluo's introduction.
He pinched the girl's sleeve and whispered, "That's not what you called me last night..."
The puppy feels wronged.
Wen Xingluo's scalp tingled, and he could only add, "He's also my fourth brother in the palace."
Xie Shian was still dissatisfied: "There are three brothers in their family, and there are four brothers in our palace. If we call them all in order, how can we tell them apart?"
Wen Xingluo thought about it and added a surname: "You are Fourth Brother Xie."
Xie Shian rolled his eyes: "That's awful! Wen Xingluo, if you can't think of a nice name for me, I'm not done with you today!"
Wen Xingluo gritted his teeth and said, "Then... Fourth Brother?"
The girl is delicate and soft, with a voice as crisp and sweet as a juicy green pear.
Xie Shian's mouth curled up instantly: "It's barely feasible."
Wen Rulei saw the two of them whispering to each other.
He secretly clenched his fists, and a strange feeling surged in his chest.
Although he hated Wen Xingluo, how could she call someone brother?
It’s not disgusting or corny!
He glanced over Wen Xingluo's body.
Compared with the straw cloth skirt she wore in the county government office before, she now wore an apricot pink chest-length skirt made of silk and satin with a pattern of hundreds of butterflies, and even her little face seemed to have become rounder and more charming.
In fact, his life was in chaos during the days when Wen Xingluo was away.
He practiced martial arts every day, and his clothes were always stained with sweat and mud. Wen Xingluo used to wash them for him personally, and they always looked like new after washing.
But now the maids were lazy and didn't wash his clothes properly, so his clothes always looked yellow, dirty, old and wrinkled.
Wen Rulei clenched his fists and sneered, "Wen Xingluo, you've climbed up the social ladder now, and you look down on us brothers and sisters!"
Wen Xingluo said seriously, "Before Mother left for the palace, she asked my sister and I to choose who would be with her. My sister gave me the one who was left over. How did it become like I was climbing up the social ladder?"
Wen Rulei was furious: "You dare to talk back now?! I think you've been so proud of yourself since entering the palace that you've forgotten your last name! Wen Xingluo, if you don't want me to hate you, then hurry home and wash my clothes! In addition to the clothes soaking in the wooden tub, wash all the other clothes in my closet! If you wash them well, I'll forgive you!"
Upstairs by the railing.
Xie Guanlan stood with his hands behind his back, watching the movement downstairs coldly.
The shopkeeper walked up behind him and said respectfully, "My Lord, the jade has arrived. It's all extremely rare and precious jade, perfect for presenting to the old concubine at her birthday banquet. Would you like to go in and choose some now?"
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