Xie Jingya sat sideways on the bed. The moonlight outside the window was flowing quietly on her soft crescent-colored bodice. The collarbone under her neck was graceful and sexy. Her long hair was spread out like a cloud behind her back. Her skin was as white and translucent as porcelain.

It looks so soft at the moment.

He chased after all the dust and came here under the moonlight. Looking at this peaceful scene, he felt peaceful and secretly happy. This scene was just like what he had experienced in a dream.

Xie Jingya took out a crescent cloak of the same color, gently put it on her body, and then stood up.

She approached him gently, but always kept a distance. Since there was no thick curtain tonight, she did not light the candle. She stood on the other side of him through the moonlight outside the window and asked

Said: "Is there any news?"

Looking sideways, she was standing on his left side, her small but round chin as attractive as if it had been exposed to light.

His Adam's apple rippled slightly, and his fingers gently clenched and then relaxed.

"I found the person you asked me to check for you." His voice was still low.

Xie Jingya turned sideways and looked up, and saw a very sexy lips under his tall nose. His eyes were as deep and distant as ever.

"Really?" Xie Jingya couldn't calm down when she heard that he had found out the news about the ugly woman.

He saw the surprise flashing in her eyes, and Gu Haiyuan felt that the hard work of traveling day and night was also a very happy thing.

"I..." He didn't know how to say the next words in order to minimize the damage.

Seeing his hesitation, Xie Jingya could feel that things might be difficult.

"No matter what kind of news it is, just tell it directly. I can bear it." She waved her hand slightly, with a faint smile on her face.

From the first time he saw Xie Jingya, he felt that she had a quality and strength that no one else had. This quality was the most difficult for him to let go of. He believed she could bear such a result!

"According to some of the information you gave me, I focused on the officials in Jiangnan who were punished by the emperor in the past few years. One of the officials should have a close relationship with your grandfather." Xie Jingya asked him to start with the officials in Jiangnan who were implicated.

Go check it out. With this clue, it will be much faster to investigate the matter.

"Oh, which one is it?" Xie Jingya asked eagerly and curiously.

"The Yan family of Jiangnan Governor's Mansion." He replied softly.

When Xie Jingya heard this, some fragments about the Yan family in the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion flashed through her mind, "Back then, the Jiangnan Governor and the Minister of War were the backers of Prince Rui's rebellion. After being discovered by the emperor, they fell. There was no one in the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion and the Minister of War.

You were spared the execution of the Nine Tribes, right?"

He listened to her voice and was slightly surprised to find that she actually knew this.

She smiled and explained softly, "My mother has loved reading since she was a child. Almost all the books in my grandfather's study were given to my mother as a dowry. I looked through them when I had nothing to do and saw them from some miscellaneous notes."

"It is a good habit to read history books to gain wisdom." There was a soft light in his eyes, but it quickly flashed away.

Xie Jingya pinched the embroidery at the corner of her clothes and asked: "My grandfather was born in the capital, how could he have a relationship with the Governor of Jiangnan?"

"This is a long story." He explained slowly, "Yan Hui, the governor of Jiangnan, was an official in the Ministry of Personnel. Because of King Derui's favor, he was transferred to Jiangnan as governor, in charge of the three provinces of Jiangnan. Your grandfather was once

They are Yan Hui's subordinates, no?

He was very far away and not a close confidant, but one time your grandfather met Yan Hui's daughter, Yan Zixin. Since then, your grandfather's relationship with Yan Hui has become closer. I guess it was because of Yan Zixin.

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He paused for a moment and then said: "But the good times did not last long. Yan Hui was transferred to Jiangnan and took up his post with his family. After that, Prime Minister Wang and Yan Hui lost contact, but within the next two years

, your grandfather was promoted very quickly. In the second year after Yan Hui went to Jiangnan to take office, Prime Minister Wang married your grandmother, and later gave birth to your mother. In the next few years, the emperor began to

to punish officials. At that time, Jiangnan was a top priority. Yan Hui's dismissal implicated a large number of Jiangnan officials. In the six months since then, another major disaster occurred in Jiangnan. Prime Minister Wang personally resigned from Jiangnan to provide disaster relief.

At that time, Wang Cheng really played a big role in controlling the disaster. Because of his outstanding performance, your grandfather was promoted to Zuo Cheng, the second rank, as soon as he returned to Beijing."

"During disaster relief in Jiangnan, did my grandfather meet Yan Zixin, the ugly woman, right?" Xie Jingya felt this very keenly.

Gu Haiyuan nodded and said: "You guessed it right. Back then, everyone thought that there was no one alive in the Yan family, but Yan Zixin survived. Your grandfather also got information from various sources and knew that Yan Zixin was not dead, so... please...

Resigning to Jiangnan to fight the disaster was probably for Yan Zixin. That year in Jiangnan, Yan Zixin gave birth to a daughter. I think... you may know who it is."

"Aunt Su." Xie Jingya uttered three words quietly.

She finally knew what the expression on her grandfather's face meant when she mentioned Aunt Su that night, and she finally understood why Yan Ziru pretended to be an ugly woman and stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Even if Prime Minister Wang had a hundred courages, he would not dare to blatantly bring the daughter of the guilty minister into the Prime Minister's Mansion. No matter how meager his descendants were, he would not dare to admit Aunt Su, because once she did, Aunt Su would be Prime Minister Wang and the guilty one.

The evidence that the minister's daughter is colluding together, think about it, how can the emperor let it go?

At this moment, Xie Jingya wanted to cry, but she wanted to laugh even more.

No wonder Aunt Su can become the adopted daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, no wonder she can firmly occupy the position of the eldest wife of the Xie Mansion. Even if his grandfather knew that Wang was killed by Aunt Su, what would he do? He would give up his last life because of this.

A daughter of his, and he was the son of the woman he loved most.

Yes, Prime Minister Wang won't, he will keep Aunt Su and make up for the guilt he feels towards Yan Zixin's mother and daughter.

Should she be grateful that her mother didn't know all this, that she thought she was happy when she died?

There is also her grandmother, who has been living with guilt. What would happen to her if she knew all this about her grandfather? She couldn't imagine that she would have to endure such deception at a young age. Could she be able to bear it?

She didn't know if Xie Anbang knew all this, she thought, he should know, otherwise how could he dare to join forces with Aunt Su to kill Wang, because he was not worried about Wang's death at all, even though Wang was dead, the Prime Minister

The government will still be his backing, because the other daughter of the prime minister is still the eldest wife of the Xie family.

Then, Xie Anbang's insistence on setting Aunt Su upright, and Prime Minister Wang's unwavering support... all of this makes sense.

At this moment, Xie Jingya's throat felt a little congested. She turned around slightly, leaving a thin back facing Gu Haiyuan. She tried hard to control her shoulders from shaking, pretending to raise her arms casually, and wiped away the helpless feeling.

Controlled tears.

This is the truth she got after resurrecting her life. The people closest to her betrayed her the most. The so-called favor is just a blindfold.

Gu Haiyuan understood the impact this incident had on her, and seeing that she was unwilling to feel uncomfortable in front of him, he stood quietly behind her, accompanying her silently.

He wanted to stretch out his arms and comfort her, but this was just an imagination, after all, men and women were different.

The air has been flowing slowly, the moonlight is still hanging quietly outside the window, and time is passing through their fingertips.

After a while, Xie Jingya turned sideways again, lowered her eyes and said softly to him: "Thank you!"

In fact, he wanted to reply to her without being so polite, but he swallowed those words.

"In a few days, I will go to the southwest. It may take a month or two to come back, maybe even longer." Gu Haiyuan told him softly about the upcoming itinerary. It felt like a friendship between friends.

The farewell between each other is more like the confession between husband and wife.

Xie Jingya lowered her head and replied: "The southwest side is not very stable."

"Well, it should be fine. I just went to check the situation. It should be fine." He didn't know why he said that, but the words just flowed out of his mouth.

After a slight pause, he continued: "During my absence, if you have any outside matters that need to be handled, just ask the shopkeeper, and he will help you arrange good people."

Xie Jingya's originally calm mood suddenly became a little unsatisfactory because of his words. She hates such concern, okay? Saying such considerate thoughts when a person is most vulnerable, this

Didn't he force her to have difficulty controlling her emotions again?

He seemed to have seen what she was thinking, so he smiled softly and said: "You don't have to worry about anything, you saved my life, this is nothing!"

What he said was very natural and frank. If she didn't accept it, wouldn't it mean that there was something wrong in her heart?

Xie Jingya raised her head slightly and looked at the gentle smile on the corner of his mouth. She felt a little heart-warming for some reason.

"Don't worry, I will definitely make good use of your people to do something for me. Otherwise, how can you be worthy of me saving your life!" She tried her best to make her emotions sound less dull. After all, she didn't want others to do it because of her.

emotions that lead to a bad mood.

"If you think so, then I'll feel relieved."

Xie Jingya said: "About my grandfather and Yan Zixin, you..."

Before Xie Jingya could finish speaking, Gu Haiyuan interrupted her, "I never knew about this."

Xie Jingya wanted to say thank you again, but when she met his eyes, she felt that if she said thank you again, it would be a bit too intrusive.

"As for the Xie Mansion's Yunteng treasure map, I will try to help you find it." This was the only thing she could repay him with.

To her, the Yunteng Treasure Map was just a piece of wealth, but to Gu Haiyuan, it might be a more important matter than wealth, so she felt that giving it to Gu Haiyuan would be better than having it in her own hands.

More important and valuable.

"No..." Gu Haiyuan rejected her almost without thinking.

"Why?" Xie Jingya didn't expect him to refuse, and couldn't help but ask: "Don't you always want to find it? Since that picture is in my dowry, it must be easier for me to find it than you."

Gu Haiyuan, however, remained silent and did not make a sound.

Seeing him like this, Xie Jingya explained, "I know you didn't help me because of the Yunteng Treasure Map. You don't have to worry that I will think so, because I know you helped me because you are a person who values ​​love and justice and is grateful."

people."

After Xie Jingya finished speaking, she couldn't help but pinch herself. She didn't expect that she would also wear a high hat to others.

"That's not what I meant." Gu Haiyuan's eyes were so deep that you couldn't guess what he was thinking.

"Then what do you mean?" She turned back instinctively.

Gu Haiyuan glanced at the moonlight outside. There were only two of them in the quiet night. Although the distance was not close, they seemed to be able to hear each other's heartbeats.

"If you go looking for the Yunteng treasure map now, you will definitely attract the attention of those people, so... I think you don't move now, just pretend you don't know anything." He didn't want her to help because she wanted to.

He risked his life in it.
To be continued...