Xie Wan still went to Zhengyuan Temple to pay respects as usual.

  Although nothing can be seen on Wang's face, every time others are not paying attention, the gaze towards Xie Wan's body always reveals endless chill.

  Xie Wan remained calm and expressionless, but next time she came, it was either pulling up Huang Shi or pulling up Xie Wei.

  Xie Rong had previously entrusted them to take care of Xie Qigong and his siblings, with the Huang mother and daughter present. Wang Shi must have restrained herself a bit. There was also an agreement at the time that the government could not interfere in the affairs of the second house. If Wang Shi went to the second house to find fault on her own, she would be even more unconvincing.

  So, days continue to pass quietly on the surface.

  In April, the gentle breeze blows, and the peach trees and plum trees in the courtyard bloom with great fanfare.

  Xie Wan was preparing to clear the weeds in the garden, carrying a small hoe to the side of the artificial hill, looking at the small pond under the rocks, where the pair of two-inch-long golden carp had unknowingly grown to half a foot long, and she couldn't help but pause for a moment.

  The blushing Ren Yu when sending fish and the pale Ren Yu after being hit by her overlap with each other, forming a memory of this name that spans two lifetimes.

  "Girl, guess who's coming!"

  Yu Fang rushed in excitedly.

  Xie Wan turned around: "Who is it?"

  Yu Fang's eyebrows opened and she smiled: "Luo Ju is back!"

  Xie Wan suddenly dropped the flower fork and picked up her skirt to run down the corridor: "Has Luo Ju returned? Where is he?"

  "It's already here! Be careful, girl!"

  Yu Fang hastily followed and ran over.

  Luoji's hair was disheveled and dusty, his clothes hadn't been changed in a long time, and from the streaks on his forehead and hair ends, it could be seen that he had just wiped his face and rushed over.

  Xie Wan sat behind the desk in the pavilion, pointing with both hands at the teacup on the table: "Drink tea, drink tea."

  Luojizile mouth smiled, thanked, and drank the tea with a gurgling sound. After Yuxue refilled the tea, he looked at Xiejuan's eager gaze again: "Fortunately, I didn't disappoint you. This time in Beijing, I met Lord Jing. As expected by Miss, Third Master has visited Lord Jing three times, and Father also sent someone to Beijing to ask about Madam Jing's well-being."

  Xie Wan said: "What attitude does General Jin have towards us this time?"

  Luojisi thought for a moment and said, "Lord Jing was very polite to me when I came to the mansion, but I found that he was also very polite to San Ye and the others. Moreover, he intentionally or unintentionally let me persuade Er Shao and you, saying that it's better to resolve conflicts than to create more, and that family members should not speak of two different things, but rather be harmonious and united."

  Xie Wan's heart skipped a beat, and unexpectedly, Jing Yong had applied a layer of mud between the second house and the Xie family. Could it be that he had really been brainwashed by Xie Rong? She asked: "As for the letter I wrote earlier, did General Jing receive it or not?"

  "I've received it. Master Jiong said that he just couldn't think of how to take up his pen, so he delayed responding. However, this time he did bring a letter for you and Second Young Master. He also brought over several rare books from the capital for Second Young Master, which I have already delivered to his room."

  He took out the letter from his bosom.

  Xie Wan took the letter, just as Luo Ju said, it was only some words of advice and inquiry about Xie Zhen's homework, and then instructed to write more letters in the future. There was no powerful point that could be used to reminisce about old times.

  Xie Wan suppressed the disappointment in her heart, folded up the letter and asked again: "Then did you find out how deep the relationship between Third Master and General Jin is? Has his errand been settled or not? How did Third Master gain General Jin's trust?"

  "The specific inside story is unknown. It's just that I heard that Lord Jing was once invited to the home of Grand Secretary Yuan Qin, where he met San Ye. Lord Jing had a certain interest in gold and stone carvings, and San Ye catered to his tastes, inviting him to stroll along Ba Bao Hutong several times, and the two became quite familiar with each other."

  "San Ye's case has been submitted by Guo Xing Guo and also endorsed by Ji University Scholar, it seems that only the last procedure is left, as long as there are no objections from the six departments, the transfer order can be issued."

  Jing Yong is serving as a Giver of Affairs in the Six Ministries! It turns out that apart from sealing his mouth to prevent him from spreading the Xie family's shame, there was also such a major use for him!

  Xie Wan clenched her fists tightly. It seemed that Xie Rong's entry into the Hanlin Academy was imminent. Every step forward he took, Xie Wan had counted in her heart, and now he had only just taken the first step, which didn't make her lose spirit, but what made people puzzled was what exactly Xie Rong had said to Jing Yong that made him become estranged from the second house.

  However, the only comforting thing is that in this letter from Jing Yonghui, although there is no intention of speaking out for the second wife, there is still a sense of care and concern.

  She firmly believed that her father would not lie, and also believed that Mrs. Jing was a woman with clear right and wrong, and would not teach out a son who did not distinguish between kinship. Jing Yong is now occupying an important position in the court, and does not need to rely on the Xie family to do anything. The reason why he has a greatly different attitude from ten years ago must be a problem with Xie Rong.

  Unfortunately, she still can't disrupt Xie Rong's career from the root, but fortunately, now she has moved up the time to get in touch with Jing Yong, and after all, it has affected some things. At least this time, he didn't show the same indifference as in his previous life.

  "Miss, don't you want to revise the imperial edict again? I'll enter the capital once more?" Luo Zhi asked as he saw her remaining silent for a long time.

  "It's all right."

  She took a sip of tea and shook her head. Having lost contact with the Jin family for so many years, it would be somewhat presumptuous to visit them at this time, and taking drastic measures would only have the opposite effect. If not careful, it might not only fail to stop Xie Rong, but also cut off the connection with the Jin family that had just been re-established.

  Because she was facing Xie Rong, she couldn't be careless at all.

  She let out a breath and asked about another matter: "Has that young master with the surname Wei found out?"

  "When it comes to this, it took a lot of time." Luo Ju changed his tone and said: "The officials with the surname Wei in Beijing, as you said, there are only nine households that match. Due to time constraints, I personally visited only two of them. One is the residence of Wei Zhao, the Minister of the Imperial Clan Office, and the other is the residence of Wei Shaolun, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

  "Lord Wei Zhao is over seventy years old, and his youngest grandson is already seventeen. Lord Wei Shaolun's family has a legitimate younger grandson who is only twelve years old this year, but he looks very ordinary, and it seems that he hasn't been to Qinghe either."

  Xie Wan hesitated and said: "What about the other seven families? Have you inquired about them?"

  Luo Jixian said, "As for the other seven families, they only inquired about four of them. Those four were either inconsistent in this way or that way. The smaller ones feared that staying any longer would delay important matters, so they hurried back first."

  Xie Wan felt slightly disappointed.

  But Luo Ju was right. She said: "As long as they live in Beijing, I'll keep asking next time."

  Said that, he stared blankly at the desktop again.

  She thought it was a sure thing, but in the end, there was no result. Now she doesn't even know what to do anymore.

  Lu Ji looked at her and suddenly cleared his throat, smiling: "The remaining three small families didn't go to inquire, but on the way back, they occasionally heard that Wei Bian, the young son of the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, was only thirteen years old this year. Not only is he handsome and intelligent, but his maternal grandmother's family is also in Hejian Prefecture. In his childhood, he often stayed at his maternal grandparents' home for a short while. If he ran to Qinghe to play, it seems quite normal."

  Xie Wan's heart, which had sunk to the bottom, suddenly rose high again. Between this sinking and rising, her face turned slightly red, and she became a bit flustered, sitting there in a daze like a bewildered wooden puppet.

  Luo Ju suppressed a smile and said: "I think it's going very well if you want to see Wei Gongzi."

  Xie Wan suddenly woke up and came back to her senses, seeing him like this, she immediately knew that he had misunderstood something, but it wasn't worth explaining, so she just said: "You go rest."

  She gave Luo Ju a day off.

  At night, let someone put dinner in the flower hall in the backyard. Then hand over Jiang Yong's letter and the book he brought to Xie Liang to read.

  Xie Lang was delighted, "I've long heard that this uncle Jia is very knowledgeable, it's great, from now on I can often write letters to ask for his advice."

  Xie Wan nodded in agreement, smiling: "Brother might as well get closer to Uncle Jing, it's also a way for us to remember Aunt Jing's kindness back then. After a few years, you'll pass the exam and stay in the capital, by that time we can be even closer with Uncle Jing and his family."

  Xie Lang nodded with joy, but suddenly looked up and said: "How did you know I would pass the exam in a few years?"

  Xie Wan blinked and said: "Because I have confidence in my brother."

  Xie Lang's eyes suddenly warmed up like water, he stroked his sister's head and choked with sobs: "Wanwan, don't worry, brother will definitely make a good show of himself, let you live a good life. At that time, no one will dare to bully you again. The Wang family won't be able to find excuses to bother you either."

  Xie Wan listened in surprise and asked, "Brother, what do you mean by this?" She had instructed the people around her that no matter how Wang treated her, they were not to tell Xie Cong, lest he worry.

  Xie Lang said with a hint of anger in his eyes, "Don't ask me how I know, just believe that I do. Qi Jie forced you to drink in front of so many people, and Wang Shi made you go out in the heavy rain to be scolded, don't think that your brother doesn't know anything."

  Xie Wan's heart wasn't feeling well either, so she softly comforted him: "I'm not that easy to bully either. If brother can pass the exam it would be best, if he can't pass this time, there will still be next time. I'm also living very well here."

  The two siblings comforted each other here, Xie Lang was very self-reproachful, and Xie Wan was fine because she had been like this for thirty years in her previous life. After dinner, someone brought tea, and after Xie Lang returned to his room, he let someone call Wu Xing over.

  "Don't tell Second Master about these trivial things at home from now on." She said seriously.

  Wu Xing hastily opened his eyes wide: "I didn't say it, I've never said it."

  Xie Wan looked puzzled and asked: "If it wasn't you who said it, then who was it?"

  Wu Xing thought for a moment and said: "Isn't it Yin Suo?"

  Since Bao Mo was driven away, Yin Suo and Wu Xing took charge of all Xie Zhen's affairs. The maids sent by Wang's family only left two in the outer courtyard to help with washing clothes and sweeping the hall.

  Although Yin Suo doesn't often show up in the inner courtyard, Xie Wan knows that he has always done his job extremely well and is a very down-to-earth person.

  As a direct confidant of the second house, he naturally also received Xie Wan's reminders and it was not right to say these things to Xie Liang again.

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