In the Weifeng Courtyard, Wei Xiao was chatting with Xie Yu and Xie Yun when Tian Ci walked in and whispered something in his ear.

  Wei Xiao looked at him with a hint of surprise on his eyebrows after hearing this.

  "What's going on?" Xie Wei asked.

  Wei Xiao got up, "Oh, nothing. It's just Liuyan eating the wrong thing and having a stomachache." He said with a smile. Liuyan was one of the two senior maids assigned by his mother to take care of his daily life. As he spoke, he stood up again and said, "I'll go back and take a look first."

  Xie Wei said kindly: "Go quickly." Then she saw him out of the door.

  Xie Yun also stood up and said: "Meng Qiu's expression is very strange, did Liuyan really eat something bad?"

  Xie Wei's eyes narrowed slightly as she turned around and said, "Aren't you going back inside yet?"

  Xie Yun hesitated for a moment, touched her nose bridge and went out.

  Xie Wei stood at the door for a moment, gazing at the moonlight in the courtyard with a hint of melancholy. Suddenly, she also stepped lightly over the threshold and walked out in the direction that Wei Cuo had gone.

  Wei Cui left Fengyin Courtyard and immediately pulled Tianshi to the outside of Xiaoxiang Courtyard, asking: "Did Zhan Yan really invite Xiao San'er to have tea in the backyard?"

  Tianci said: "I just heard the servants talking about it over there, they were speaking in a low voice, I was listening from behind the wall at the corner. They said that Master Ren not only invited Third Miss to have tea at Cuiyi Pavilion, but also didn't invite anyone else, only Third Miss alone. I think Master Ren is being too rash, so I came to tell you, sir."

  "This solitary man and woman, how can they be so intimate!"

  Wei Xiao's eyes widened and he hastily ran around in circles under the corridor.

  Tianci said: "If you're worried about Third Miss, why don't we go take a look?"

  Wei Xiao stopped in his tracks, "Alright! You lead the way!" He took two steps before turning back around: "No good! You'd better stay inside. If anyone asks about me, just say I went for a stroll." With that, he cast a glance at Tian Cai and took off running towards the rear garden.

  The fragrance of tea fills the room, and the water kettle on the octagonal purple copper stove makes a humming sound. The moonlight shines through the tree shadows onto the veranda, making the night even more pleasant.

  Xie Wan and Xie Qi sat face to face on both sides of a red wooden table, with the attending maids standing outside the door.

  Xie Wan brought Yu Xue and Yu Fang, while Xie Qi brought Bi Xia and Yin Xia.

  From the beginning to now, Xie Qi has been entangled in Feng Hua Xue Yue and Chuan Huan's jewelry, not even mentioning Ren Yun's name. Ren Yun's departure is known to Xie Ceng, so Xie Wan doesn't think Xie Qi would be unaware of it. The fact that she can still sit here with her, chatting leisurely, only means that her purpose for coming out this time is not simple.

  Xie Qi is still just a kid no matter how great he is, while Xie Wan's two lifetimes combined are almost forty years old. That little bit of cleverness in her heart. Others may not know, but Xie Wan knows very clearly.

  Xie Wan was not afraid of her playing any tricks. What she feared was that she didn't play any tricks. Not playing tricks meant there were even bigger conspiracies waiting for her. So, for now, although it's unclear what kind of medicine is being sold in the gourd, it doesn't hurt to cooperate and take a look.

  After eating half a piece of lotus paste pastry, Xie Qi wiped his hands and said: "I'll go to the bathroom, you drink first."

  Xie Wan smiled and nodded her head, seeing her off at the door.

  Xie Qi quickly took Bi Xia and Yin Xia away, leaving only Xie Wan with Yu Xue and Yu Fang in the Cuixi Pavilion. Just as Yu Xue was about to come in to attend to them, Yin Xia suddenly rushed back: "Our young lady accidentally stepped into the ditch up ahead and has sprained her foot. Can you two sisters help me support our young lady back?"

  "How can this be?" Yu Xue subconsciously refused and glanced at Xie Wan who was sitting upright in the house.

  Yin Xia bit her lip and stared at Xie Wan, looking like she was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

  Xie Wan put down her tea and said: "Since Second Miss has sprained her foot, then you all go ahead!"

  "What about you, miss?" Yu Fang also said.

  "What's there to be afraid of? It's your own home, not someone else's. Besides, aren't there still people walking around everywhere?"

  "Thank you, Third Young Lady! We servants will escort you to your room and immediately send the two sisters back!"

  Yin Xia was so moved that she bowed her head and thanked him deeply.

  Xie Wei arrived at Xiao Xiang Yuan. She first stood under the corridor and took a look inside, then lifted her skirt and walked towards Wei Cai's room.

  Except for two or three people walking under the corridor, everyone else was in the house. The entire Xiangxiang courtyard looked quiet and still.

  Just arrived at Wei Xiao's door, Tian Ci walked out, "Big sister."

  Xie Wei nodded and asked: "Is Liu Yan's condition better? And how about your father?"

  Tianci smiled and said, "Thank you, Big Sister. It's okay to let the smoke drift away. Our master just went out for a walk to digest his food, perhaps he went to hide in a small alley."

  At this time go to hide a hundred million... small! say, and even didn't bring little brother?

  Xie Wei looked at Tian Cai with suspicion, then silently backed out.

  She stood outside the door for a moment, then suddenly turned east and headed towards Yifengyuan.

  She went into Yifengyuan and directly asked Wu Mama who opened the door: "What is sister doing?"

  Madam Wu smiled and said: "So it was the eldest young lady. The younger sister is not in the house, just now the second young lady came over and invited her to drink tea in the back garden."

  Xie Wei's heart suddenly felt at ease, and he immediately smiled and said: "Those two are really something. With such a good mood, they didn't even invite me to join them. I'll go find them!"

  Wu's mother smiled and saw her off at the door.

  Wei Xiao rushed forward and arrived at the back garden of Xie's residence, where he saw through a pile of artificial hills that the lights in Cuixi Pavilion by the lake were dimly lit, indicating that someone was indeed inside. He hastily quickened his pace, not even noticing the uneven stone path beneath him.

  Xie Wan sat alone in the teahouse and finished the leftover tea in her cup. Then she brushed off her clothes and stood up.

  She never intended to wait for Yuxue and the others from the start, this place is only half a mile away from Yifengyuan, even if there is no Yuxue Yu Fang, it doesn't mean she can't go back.

  The large gate was slightly ajar, and through the half-open doorway, one could see outside. The night wind blew, causing the trees under the eaves to rustle, and two cats lingered under the trees, gazing up at the threshold above with their green eyes gleaming in the dappled darkness, looking eerily like the lanterns lit by the families of condemned prisoners on a midnight vigil.

  The cats in the garden are all taken care of by someone, and the night watchman knows that Cuī Yí Xuān has people inside, so how can they allow there to be a cat here.

  Xie Wan's lips curled up coldly, and she suddenly flashed back into the house from the doorstep. Then she picked up two cups on the table and struck them against the half-open door panels. The door panels were knocked open instantly, and with the opening of the door, a loud "pa" sound came from above the door panel. Two fish, about 30 cm long, actually fell down from the door!

  The green light in the eyes of the two cats suddenly turned into a green lantern. In the blink of an eye, they rushed up like two arrows and started tearing at the fish! Due to the fight for food, their throats also let out beast-like roars.

  If it was Xie Wan who pushed the door open, then the fish would have landed on her. And where the cat wanted to scratch was precisely on Xie Wan's body, which had fish scales stuck to it!

  Not to mention that she is just a delicate girl, even if it were a rough man, he could not withstand the scratching and biting of these two starving cats.

  She looked at the two fish that had only been reduced to skeletons in an instant, and her eyebrows were instantly frozen with frost.

  Originally, I only thought Xie Qi was just a bit more careful. But I didn't expect her heart to be so poisonous. Just because of Ren Huan, she became jealous and wanted to ruin her looks, making it impossible for her to compete with her again?

  "What's wrong, little three?!"

  Just as they were concentrating, someone else came running over from a distance, panting and flustered.

  Xie Wan saw it was Wei Yan and hastily stood up: "How did you come?"

  Wei Xiao tightly grasped her arm, looked at the two cats licking their mouths on the ground, and hastily pulled her to one side. After sizing her up for a while, he finally let out a sigh of relief and said, "You're fine, that's good. Where's Ren Yun?"

  Xie Wan found it strange, "How could Ren Yun be here?"

  Wei Xiao heard her ask this and thought it was strange, then looked around the room and saw that there was no one else except for her, so his face immediately turned red. He knew he had misunderstood, so he lowered his head and stammered: "I just heard Tian Ci say that Zhan Yan invited you to have tea here, so I came over to join in on the fun." But he didn't dare to reveal his true intentions.

  Xie Wan thought differently, but after hearing the reason, she understood! It was clear that Xie Qi had invited her to drink tea. But Tian Ci misheard it as Ren Yun, he wouldn't intentionally mislead Wei Zhan. So it must be someone in the mansion who deliberately spread the message to him, causing him to misunderstand.

  It turned out that Xie Qi had set up not just one trick! Wei Cai came at the right time, just when the cat was eating fish and rushed over. If she really fell for it earlier or was a bit timid and scared, she would definitely see Wei Cai as a lifesaver. In that situation, her intimate behavior with him would be emotional, but to outsiders, it wouldn't be polite...

  "I got it!"

  As she thought of this, her mind suddenly buzzed with a loud noise. Xie Qi didn't just want to ruin her appearance, he wanted to completely destroy her! She bit her back teeth and quickly brushed off Wei Xiao's hand, saying: "This place is not safe, I'll leave first! If something happens, we'll talk about it later, remember that if someone asks, you haven't seen me! - And you'd better leave here as soon as possible too!"

  After finishing speaking, she turned around without saying a word and walked out along the narrow corridor on her left, quickly disappearing into the darkness of night.

  Wei Xiao was left standing in a daze, staring blankly in the direction she had disappeared.

  At this time, Xie Wei was standing behind the Taihu stone at the foot of the stairs, his five fingers tightly grasping the mountain rocks beside him, looking at him a few steps away, his face as dark and unclear as the moon hidden in the clouds.

  Wei Xiao was an outgoing person, getting along well with everyone in the household, and Xie Wan was no exception. Although she had always had a feeling that Wei Xiao treated Xie Wan differently from others, a kind of freedom to joke around and reveal his true nature, she had never found any concrete evidence, and recently Wei Xiao had also been very harmonious with her, so she hadn't really taken it to heart.

  But at this moment, her feelings were completely confirmed.

  Xie Wanming was clearly deceived by Xie Qi to drink tea, but Tian Ci happened to hear the false news and immediately rushed to inform him. It can be seen that he valued Xie Wanming very much in his daily life, and after hearing the news, he really chased all the way here, which can even better explain where his heart is.

  Wei Xiao's attitude towards Xie Wan was indeed different from his attitude towards her. This attitude, whether it was related to personal feelings or not, she didn't know, all she knew was that they were getting so close, which was extremely unfavorable for her!

  Weizong is the son of Weibin, and he is the youngest child that Madam Wei loves dearly. Madam Wei is also the elder sister-in-law of the Qi family. When Weibin first entered officialdom, the Qi family had rendered considerable assistance, so up to now, Weibin has always been very respectful towards his wife. Although Weizong is the youngest son and has little chance of succeeding to his father's title in the future, at present he is the most important person in the eyes of Weibin and his wife.