Chapter 456 Invitation

Xie Zhuoning was really stunned this time, "Are you... sure?"

"The look in his eyes cannot be hidden." Murong Yan recalled those eyes.

At that time, in front of the imperial edict, He Mingyang saw Xie Zhuoning at a glance.

Even though she was wearing a veil and even though there were so many people around her.

His eyes were bright, as if they were shining.

He was very familiar with that emotion because he had also looked at someone in that passionate way.

However, He Mingyang's gaze was more intense and harder to conceal than his.

Xie Zhuoning held his forehead and said, "I thought he was looking for an opportunity to get close to me and find our flaws."

After all, his purpose was too obvious.

Murong Yan laughed when he heard this. He originally thought that she didn't notice anything, but he didn't expect that she actually knew everything, but just thought in the wrong way.

But no matter whether he is the prince's man or likes him, there is a huge mystery hidden in He Mingyang.

"How about this," Xie Zhuoning thought for a moment and said, "You, the number one scholar, go back and do your thing first. I'll ask Feiyunwei to check on Doctor Xu and then go to Shanyu Village to find out what's going on with He Mingyang."

Since it is a mystery, just solve it.

"Okay." Murong Yan nodded.

He knew that there must be someone following Xie Zhuoning. If He Mingyang hadn't rushed over without thinking after seeing her fall, he wouldn't have been so reckless.

The carriage stopped halfway and Murong Yan got off.

Taking advantage of the pause, Xia Ju quietly got into the carriage, "Miss, He Mingyang is following you."

As she spoke, she raised her hand to her neck and gestured, asking if she wanted to get rid of the man.

Xie Zhuoning thought for a moment and shook his head, "Let Ling Feng get rid of the man, and then have him send someone to follow him."

Before we find out what He Mingyang is up to, let's save his life.

"Then shall we leave the city?" Xia Ju asked.

Xie Zhuoning thought for a moment and shook his head, "Let's go back to the palace first."

As soon as the results of the Spring Examination were announced, there was a lot of excitement in the capital city these days. The group of students that she had asked Murong Yan to select before were all among the top students. She was afraid that there would be a lot of competition for her place, so she had to be prepared.

Not long after, Ling Feng whistled, telling Xie Zhuoning that his tail had fallen off.

She paid the coachman to buy a carriage, and with Xia Ju driving, they turned around and headed for Prince Xuan's palace.

As soon as he entered the mansion, the butler Yan He came to greet him immediately.

Xie Zhuoning asked as he walked, "Has anything happened in your house recently?"

Yan He replied, "Everything is the same as before. Concubine Zhu has been staying in her courtyard reading books and has never left the main gate. Concubine Shen has sent people to deliver several letters, hoping that the prince would take her back from Fu'an Temple, but the prince ignored her. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. The Princess Jing'an Mansion has sent an invitation. The Princess will celebrate her birthday in a few days. In previous years, the prince went in person, but this year he is not in the capital, so the people from the Princess' Mansion delivered the invitation to you."

"Me?" Xie Zhuoning was surprised for a moment, took the gilded invitation, opened it and saw that it was indeed her name. Her brows furrowed instantly.

Xiao Jinxuan is not in the capital, Prince Xuan's main wife is apparently dead, Concubine Shen was sent to Fu'an Temple to worship Buddha, and then there is Concubine Zhu. How could it be the turn of a concubine like himself?

Yan He knew her doubt and immediately said, "The Princess has also sent an invitation to Concubine Zhu."

There are two invitations for one mansion. If the invitation from Concubine Zhu represents the Prince Xuan's mansion, then this invitation specifically asks her to go there.

"No." Xie Zhuoning threw the invitation back to Yan He.

How confused must she be to attend such a banquet under the identity of Xiao Jinxuan's concubine?

Isn't this because they are afraid that others won't be able to find a point to attack Xiao Jinxuan, so they are sending them a raft?

When the time comes, just find a reason not to go.

After returning to the yard, she took a comfortable bath to relieve her fatigue and was planning to have a good rest.

Suddenly, someone from the gate came to report that someone from the Xie family wanted to pay homage to the princess and asked if they should be let in.

Someone from the Xie family came to pay tribute to the princess?

Xie Zhuoning was puzzled. Who else from the Xie family would come to pay homage to him?

"Who's coming?" she asked.

The servant replied: "The other party claims to be the third young lady of the Xie Mansion."

"Xie Zhiqing?!" Xie Zhuoning was surprised and said, "Let her in."

It has been a long time since I last heard from her. Ever since she and He Jinyun used the fifth master of the Jiang family to plot against themselves and ended up reaping the consequences, and Aunt Liu also died, she has not been out of the house or shown in public.

I heard that the Xie family has given up on her, and now they are supporting her just to give her food to eat because her last name is Xie.

I don’t know why she suddenly came to worship me.

After changing his clothes, Xie Zhuoning asked Xia Ju to take him to the ancestral hall.

Xie Zhiqing naturally had no qualifications to enter, so the servants held her back and allowed her to pay her respects outside.

She didn't say anything, just kneeled on the mat, burning paper money one by one, her expression numb and sad.

"Big sister, I'm here to see you."

"You know what? I have always envied you. Your mother left you a rich inheritance, and your father helped you to win the position of Crown Princess. You have everything you need and you don't need to earn anything by yourself. Unlike me and my aunt, we have to flatter and please the lady and my father just for a charcoal fire in winter and a new set of clothes in summer..."

"When the Crown Prince broke off your engagement, I was actually happy in my heart. Even though I was a bad person, it seemed that you were not much better. You even got engaged to Murong Yan, whom I even despised..."

"I thought this was the end of your life, the most beautiful woman in the capital, but it's nothing more than that. Now that I see your end, I don't think I'm that miserable anymore."

"But why? Why? Even though your reputation is so bad and you can't even have children, why would His Royal Highness Prince Xuan give up everything to marry you?!"

Perhaps because she had been locked in the room for too long, Xie Zhiqing's face had a kind of almost pathological paleness.

When excited, his face becomes ferocious.

Her cheeks twitched for a moment, and then she smiled foolishly, "Fortunately, you died... You finally died... Your life is not as good as mine after all... I should be happy, but why can't I be happy at all?"

Tears streamed down his cheeks, reflected by the flames of the burning paper money.

Her eyes were empty and it was hard to tell what emotion she was feeling.

"Big sister, do you know? Today I heard from them that Murong Yan passed the imperial examination. Yes, it was the poor scholar you were going to introduce me to. He actually passed the exam... He actually passed the exam..."

"I was so eager to climb the dragon and attach myself to the phoenix, wanting to change my own destiny, but I never realized that the opportunity was so close to me, but I pushed it away with my own hands. Haha, I pushed it away with my own hands..."

She was crying and laughing there, like a madman.

Xie Zhuoning stood there quietly and listened to everything she said.

It was not until the sun set that he sighed and said, "Send the people back."