Chapter 25 Am I worthy of being trusted?


Chapter 25 Am I worthy of being trusted?

Xie Huaichu accompanied Xie Wei and Liu Meiniang uneasily. He ignored Xie Wei's several conversations with him, which made Xie Wei secretly glare at him several times.

Liu Meiniang felt that Xie Huaichu was too tired from dealing with the imperial concubine's case, so she urged him to go back to his room to rest. Xie Huaichu obediently agreed and went to Zezhiyuan.

"Mom, don't worry too much about brother." Xie Wei said sourly as soon as Xie Huaichu left, "Brother can come back from leave today, which means that the concubine's case has been sorted out. Maybe it's not because of the case that he is so distracted. ”

"What's the reason for that?" Liu Meiniang didn't go out to socialize often because she was not in good health, so she lived with her family of four, and developed her current lack of scheming attitude.

Xie Wei said: "I have heard that my brother has been getting along with the female doctor in the same palace day and night these days. Just now, my brother asked about his marriage again, maybe because he is attracted to the female doctor."

"Can't you? Your brother is just ignorant. I haven't seen him have a sweetheart in all these years. I also heard from your father that the female doctor was forced to be involved in the imperial concubine's case. She is also a poor person. Among them, It should be nothing.”

"I think it's possible." Xie Wei raised her eyebrows.

Seeing how determined she was, Liu Meiniang felt a little uneasy: "Then when your father comes back, I will discuss it with him."

At the last moment, Xie Zhen came back from the Yamen on time. As usual, he was carrying a bag of Liu Meiniang's favorite preserved fruits.

Liu Meiniang was thinking about something with her chin propped up, but she didn't see Xie Zhen sneaking in.

Xie Wei on the side poked her: "Mom, father is back."

Xie Zhen sat down with a smile, opened the preserved fruits on the table, and asked, "What are you thinking about? You didn't even notice that I was back."

Liu Meiniang reacted and took a bite of the preserved fruit he handed over: "Well, the preserved fruit from Mei's shop is the most delicious, with a sweet and sour taste."

Xie Zhen wondered why Liu Meiniang didn't answer his question. After glancing at Xie Wei next to him, he understood that she didn't want to say it in front of her daughter.

He smiled and said to Xie Wei: "My dear daughter, daddy wants to eat the steamed lamb you made today. If you cook well, daddy will take you to the country house to play when he takes a bath."

Upon hearing this, Xie Wei jumped up happily: "Dad, don't break your promise, I will do it right now!"

Seeing Xie Wei run out quickly, the smile on Xie Zhen's face faded slightly: "Tell me, what's wrong?"

Liu Meiniang put down the preserved fruit and whispered to him: "Our Ajin may have a young lady that he likes. What do you think we should do now? You always said before that you should not rush to find Ajin and choose carefully. What's the result? If you can’t choose one, you can’t choose another. Do you think Ajin is The eldest son, his daughter-in-law should be a virtuous and virtuous person with a good family background. She should be chosen carefully. Until now, she has not chosen one she likes. Now, he has found one by himself. Do you think he really likes an ordinary family? What should I do with my little lady?”

The more Xie Zhen listened, the more solemn his face became. He asked, "Where did you know that? Isn't Ajin busy working on cases these days?"

Liu Meiniang said: "Ajin said that the case is almost over. He took leave just after noon today and came back. You see, the plate of fruits in your hand was bought by him." As she said that, she reached out and tapped the plate. side.

Xie Zhen said "Oh" and asked again: "Do you know which family the young lady is from?"

"That's the female doctor you told me about. The female doctor who was involved in the case of the imperial concubine at the Sweet Osmanthus Night Banquet. Her name is Ji."

"Her, Ji Yutang." Xie Zhen relaxed a little, "Don't listen to the wind. She is related to Ajin because of the case. I don't think there is anything between the two of them. Besides, Ajin's love for men and women has never been the same. It's just general, you don't have to worry." "Why don't I worry? As a father, I don't care about my children's life events. "No matter what, I won't listen to you this time. You have to decide on Ajin's marriage before the end of the year, but don't drag it out and say that you are not in a good family, which will give others an advantage." Liu Meiniang was angry, and she felt grateful. Zhen is good at everything. He has never taken a concubine, never hangs out in the land of fireworks, and treats his two children well, but he has always been inexplicably repulsive when it comes to Ajin's life-long events.

Xie Zhen didn't agree. He pinched his eyebrows and said, "Let me think about it."

"What else are you thinking about?" Liu Meiniang patted the back of his hand, "Zhen Lang, why are you always so repulsive to Ajin's marriage?"

Xie Zhen's body stiffened for a moment, then quickly returned to normal: "It's nothing, you don't understand. The officialdom is unpredictable. If Ajin wants to have a prosperous official career in the future, he must find a father-in-law who can support him. I'm here Pui is just a side branch of the Xie family, and I don’t have any brothers or sisters, so it’s difficult to help Ajin. I can only rely on his future father-in-law, so I’m struggling in every possible way and want to consider it carefully.”

Liu Meiniang suddenly realized it and felt a little ashamed: "Zhen Lang, I'm sorry, I was born as a merchant and I don't understand these things. I'm sorry for bothering you."

Xie Zhen comforted him: "It's okay, don't always feel that you are inferior to others. Mei Niang, it's not like you don't know my sincerity towards you." As he said that, he put his hand on Liu Mei Niang's hand, with sincerity in his eyes.

Liu Meiniang shyly pushed him: "We are an old couple, and we still say such things."...

Xie Huaichu was in a very low mood. He didn't know how to get words out of Xie Zhen's mouth. Sitting on the stone bench in Zezhi Courtyard, he thought over and over again what happened from childhood to adulthood, and suddenly realized that although Xie Zhen was very fond of him, he seemed to be acting very deliberately in many places. For example, she never cared about the friends he made, but remembered every handkerchief Xie Wei had and the annoying little lady; she only taught him to study the Four Books and Five Classics, and warned him to be a pure and kind person, but taught Xie Wei how to identify The human heart is scheming; he never eats the food he cooks or buys, scolds him for being a gentleman, and punishes him for copying books, but he likes Xie Wei to cook food for him the most...

After recalling so many things, Huai Chu had to admit that Xie Zhen really treated him and Xie Wei differently. At first, he suspected that Ji Yutang was talking nonsense. He and Xie Zhen clearly looked alike, so how could he not be Xie Zhen's biological son? Now he finally understood, and he guessed that Xie Zhen was also aware of the Queen's move to change him, so he had been treating him differently for so many years.

What was he going to do? Xie Huaichu felt so powerless that he lay wilted on the stone table. He has grown up smoothly until now, only to realize that there is no one around him who he can be close to, and even his relatives are not completely trustworthy.

He suddenly thought of Ji Yutang, the young lady who once placed all her hopes of clearing her grievances on him. She seemed to trust him extraordinarily? Is a person like him worthy of others' trust and reliance?

Ji Yutang on the other side was reading a letter happily. This was a letter home from her eldest brother Ji Ping'an. Because Ji Pingan had not studied for a few years, the letter only had two lines:

"Mother Juan, I and Shengsheng will return home after the Double Ninth Festival. Take good care of yourself and your little sister. See each other as if you have met each other. Don't miss her." Shengsheng is Ji Pingsheng, Ji Yutang's second brother.

Wenjuan was very happy and asked for a letter from Ji Yutang. She could not read, but she still turned the thin piece of paper over and over.

"Great, great, your brothers are coming back."

Ji Yutang felt a little excited, but also a little nervous: "Why did the eldest brother and the second brother go out to buy medicinal materials for so long? It has been three or four months, and it has been so long since they came back. I don't know if they still recognize me." In fact, she was a little afraid that they would recognize that she was not the original owner.

"No, you are brothers and sisters, relatives. How could I not recognize you?" Wenjuan said with a smile.

Ji Yutang was not comforted, but became even more anxious. What if you are recognized? She didn't dare ask Wenjuan about her two brothers, for fear of arousing suspicion. After thinking about it, in this vast summer, Xie Huaichu seemed to be the only person she knew well.

Xie Huaichu, what is he doing now?

(End of chapter)

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