Chapter 430: Want to ruin my reputation in my later years

"So, instead of staying at home to recuperate, you went to see Prime Minister Shen so early in the morning?"

In the private room, Xie Zhuoning raised his eyebrows and looked at the man in front of him in surprise.

Xiao Jinxuan coughed softly, "I originally wanted to give you a surprise..."

Unexpectedly, before he even left the Prime Minister's Residence, he received news from Feiyun Guards that the Crown Prince intended to capture Murong Yan, so he hurried over with his old man.

Xie Zhuoning suddenly realized, no wonder they arrived so timely.

She smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to send Feiyun Guards to keep an eye on Murong Yan. You're quite considerate."

Xiao Jinxuan immediately looked at her with a gloomy gaze, "Is there a possibility that the person I asked Feiyunwei to keep an eye on is you?"

Otherwise, how did she think he could be so confident that she would leave the house alone to meet a man?

Xie Zhuoning chuckled twice.

No wonder they say walls have ears. I'm afraid everyone around her is Xiao Jinxuan's eyes and ears.

I have to blame myself for not saying anything bad about him outside!

"Oh, that's not important. What's important is how you convinced Prime Minister Shen. I'm very curious." She quickly skipped the topic.

Xiao Jinxuan said succinctly, "I brought him a pot of wine."

"Just... like this?"

"Yeah, that's it."

This morning, at the Prime Minister’s residence.

When Shen Lian heard the servants report that His Royal Highness Prince Xuan was here to visit, he waved his hand with a straight face, "No, no, go and close the door, no guests today!"

Not long after the servant left, a familiar figure appeared in front of him and saluted him politely, "Teacher."

When Shen Lian saw Xiao Jinxuan, his eyes widened and he stretched out his hand tremblingly, "You, how did you get in?"

After saying this, looking at his innocent face, the old man's eyebrows jumped suddenly.

How could I forget that this guy could move into a deserted place even with a huge army, let alone my own shabby house with few walls.

"Hmph, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan is extremely capable. I cannot bear to be called a teacher. I don't know why His Royal Highness Prince Xuan has condescended to come here today. Could it be that he came to see my old bones buried in the ground?"

When Xiao Jinxuan heard this, he knew that his old man was still angry with him.

When he first married Xie Zhuoning, he was extremely unhappy and tried to persuade her many times with earnest advice.

After all, in his opinion, it is not proper for an uncle to marry his niece's wife.

But when Prince Yong and others criticized him in the court, it was the old man who stood up and argued for him.

Later, he thought Xie Zhuoning was dead, and drank to drown his sorrows at home. The old man came to his house several times, trying to scold him to wake him up, but was blocked outside the door and could not even get in. He was so angry that he almost died on the spot.

But he didn't know that he had already left the capital by then, so even if the old man entered the house, he would not be able to see him.

Murong Yan knew that the old man had a bad temper, but a sharp tongue and a soft heart, so he stood there without saying a word, waiting for him to scold him enough before speaking, "You must be thirsty after scolding me for so long, right? I brought you thirty years of pear white snow."

“…”

Shen Li'an suddenly felt like his fist was hitting cotton.

He snorted coldly, "Hmph, don't think I'll forgive you just because you brought me some good wine. Don't even think about it... Why don't you take the cup?"

Xiao Jinxuan immediately took two glasses and filled them with wine himself.

After a few drinks, Shen Lian'an's expression calmed down, "It's mellow and long-lasting, so fragrant!"

He had not been greedy for many things in his life, except for a taste of Pear White Snow. Unfortunately, not many people had tried this wine, and the production was small, and it was even harder to find vintage wine.

"I'm sorry you've taken so much trouble. I'm afraid you're not here just to give me some wine, right?"

At Xiao Jinxuan's glance, Ling Xiao immediately brought some calligraphy, painting and poetry collections and placed them on the table.

"Before I came to see the teacher this time, I happened to get some works. I want to ask the teacher to take a look at them."

Shen Lian casually picked up a collection of poems, glanced at it, and nodded, "The handwriting is good, vigorous and powerful with style."

When he read the poem again, his expression suddenly froze and he sat up straight.

Looking at the paintings again, he laughed, "Not bad, not bad! Where did you get these?"

"They were all written by a friend of mine," Xiao Jinxuan said, "He is a student of this year's college and wants to become your disciple."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lian'an's expression changed like turning over a book, and he immediately collapsed, "I saw that his artistic conception was open-minded and his painting style was majestic, so I thought he was a man with a broad mind and a broad mind, but I didn't expect that he was also a busybody!"

Xiao Jinxuan sighed, "The teacher misunderstood. He didn't ask me to help him. I just took the initiative because I couldn't bear to see him being buried."

Shen Lian'an's expression eased a little, "What's his name? Let's call him over some other day."

Xiao Jinxuan breathed a sigh of relief, "His name is Murong Yan."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing the name, the old man immediately puffed his beard and glared at me, and jumped up and down in anger, "You are so good, kid. In order to marry the eldest daughter of the Zhenyang Marquis's Mansion, Murong Yan concealed the fact that he already had a wife and daughter. How dare you introduce such a person with bad conduct and bad personal ethics to me? You want to ruin my reputation in my later years!!"

"I just stopped you a few times from marrying your daughter from the Xie family. Why do you want to take revenge on an old man like me who is half buried in the ground?"

"Ouch, ouch, I can't take it anymore, my chest hurts..."

Veins jumped on Xiao Jinxuan's forehead, and he could only explain while comforting his old man, "It's not what you think. After the prince broke off the engagement, he still lingered on Aning. He lied that we were engaged to protect Aning. Later, Aning and I fell in love, and in order to prevent people from criticizing Aning, he admitted that he already had a wife and daughter, and took the blame on himself. If he was a person who coveted wealth and status, he would have occupied the engagement long ago. Why did he do this?"

"What about the child?" Shen Lian asked, "Didn't he say he has a daughter? That can't be ignored, right?"

Xiao Jinxuan paused, "The child is actually the daughter of the person who poisoned and murdered her husband at Baiweixuan."

This is a long story. At first, Ho Kam-wan and Tse Wan-yin conspired together to let the gangster Ho Er buy Pak Wei Xuan's cakes to eat, intending to frame him by faking his own death. However, he did not expect that in the end, he actually died.

Behind this case is a woman who couldn't be more ordinary. In order to save her daughter from the murderer, she used all her strength and means to love her daughter.

Shen Lian'an's expression suddenly tightened, "I didn't expect him to be so kind-hearted and loyal... Brat, you really didn't lie to me?"

Xiao Jinxuan knew that he was wavering, and the corners of his lips curled slightly, his eyebrows and eyes were arrogant, "I, Xiao Jinxuan, will not do anything to achieve my goal."

After thinking for a long time, Shen Lian said: "Okay, then I will give him a chance! However, I have a condition..."

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Xie Zhuoning refused to believe no matter what, Xiao Jinxuan bribed Prime Minister Shen with a pot of wine.

If Prime Minister Shen is so unprincipled that he can be bribed with just a pot of wine, then wouldn't the people trying to bribe him be lined up from the Prime Minister's Mansion to outside the capital?

But no matter how she tried to hint at it, Xiao Jinxuan refused to say anything. She felt a little disappointed and simply ignored him.

Not long after, the two returned to the palace. Before they entered the door, a shadow came running towards them like the wind.

"Your Highness, I am glad to see you at last. Please go and see the Concubine, the Concubine..."