Aunt Huang tightened her daughter's hand and asked, "What's going on?"
Xie Li squeezed her biological mother's hand tightly with her backhand, "Mom, you go back first! I'll go talk to my father."
How dare Aunt Huang? Although she was responsible for what happened today for her daughter, she did it willingly, and she was even very grateful for her vigilance.
But she has also been with Xie Yuncang for so many years. Even though she is not very favored, after having a child, she still has some affection.
She knew some of Xie Yuncang's temperament, so by calling her daughter over like this, she might have discovered something.
"Li'er, don't be careless with me. Where did those things come from? Didn't you see that a dead soldier was found in the house just now? You can't be so confused as to collude with people from outside, right?
?Your father is now the chief minister, you..."
"Okay!" Xie Li heard this and shook off Aunt Huang's hand, "You are the only one who is so verbose, go back in peace and don't worry about anything.
Now that you have been grounded, just live your life well every day, the Xie family will not starve you to death."
After saying that, he strode towards the outer courtyard, turning a deaf ear to Aunt Huang's voice behind him.
I don’t know if the last time she came to Mengpoju made her have a certain acceptance ability. This time when she came to her father’s study, Xie Li found that she was much calmer.
Not only is Xie Yuncang alone in the study, there is also the housekeeper who led his men to kill everyone today.
On Xie Yuncang's desk, there is another box similar to the one just now.
Not surprisingly, the thing inside was the object that had made Xie Li anxious today.
There was a whole box of letters. Just by looking at them, she knew that none of them had escaped.
"Do you need to explain anything else?"
If asked like this, what other explanation can there be?
But for some reason, Xie Li felt an impulse in her heart, and she just wanted to say a few words.
"Explanation? Doesn't my daughter even have the freedom to communicate with others?"
On this hot day, there was a brazier in front of Xie Yuncang. It was obvious that he just wanted to burn all these letters.
Hearing his daughter's words now, he couldn't help but throw the letter into the brazier. "So, you are actually unwilling to admit that you corresponded with Dong Gong Jiang Shuhua and did all kinds of things?"
"Jiang Shuhua? Dad really makes a clear distinction between public and private affairs. Wasn't Jiang Shuhua your beloved legitimate daughter in the past?
There are so many girls in the backyard, and all you can see is her alone. After that incident happened, the father seemed to have suddenly lost the affection between father and daughter. Is this... considered cool?"
Xie Li's words suddenly made the atmosphere in the room awkward.
The housekeeper stood there for a while and it was neither possible to move nor not to move, he could only freeze there.
Who would have thought that the fourth girl, who had always been submissive, would say such sharp words to the master.
Seeing Xie Yuncang's gloomy expression, Xie Li felt a little relieved that she had not expected.
"What? Dad doesn't want to admit it?" Xie Li chuckled, "But I can see clearly! Even the original Xie Shuhua has become the Jiang Shuhua in my father's mouth, so what do I mean?
In fact, I have always been curious, dad, except for the second brother, do you really have any affection for any of your children?
Don't tell me about Xie Songhua. The reason why you treat her differently now is probably because she became Princess Chen, right?
But then why are you so opposed to me climbing up? Do you think I am not qualified? But I am also your daughter! Why exactly?"
"You don't have to talk about this!" Xie Yuncang raised his hand and pressed down, and his tone returned to normal, "You can blame me for not paying enough attention to you and neglecting the growth of the children, but this is not what you are doing now.
Reasons and excuses for things.”
"What's the matter?" Xie Li smiled even brighter, "Jiang Shuhua said that if I can do things for her, she can get me a marriage from the British government. That's my young father-in-law! Dad!"
She shouted "Daddy" very hard.
"Who is Jiang Shuhua? She is just a concubine of a prince. She can wave her hand and plan my future for me.
You are the chief minister! The most powerful minister under the emperor, can't you do it? You are just not willing to bother for me!"
"You're paranoid!"
Xie Yuncang suddenly realized that it was in vain for him to call his daughter over today. The daughter in front of him had already completely gotten into trouble. She had her own value system and logic, and it was too late to say anything to her.
"Paranoid?" Xie Li took a few steps forward, as if he was about to get in front of Xie Yuncang, "I would like to hear who has such a father on the street and can still not think too much about it. I
It’s not that I’m paranoid, I just want you to see that without you, I may not be able to make a career for myself.”
"But your future is to put the entire Xie family on fire!" Xie Yuncang was really angry, pointing at the pile of letters and said coldly.
"Xie family!" Xie Li couldn't help laughing when she heard this, "So what about the Xie family? You treat me like this, do I still have to guard the Xie family conscientiously?
How prosperous the Xie family is, what does it have to do with me? Can I get a lot of glory? A daughter of a fifth-grade official may not be worse off than me!"
She stared at the man in front of her whom she called her father with a pair of eyes that were unfamiliar and filled with resentment.
Xie Yuncang suddenly realized that he had really neglected this child too much. He actually felt that the face of the person in front of him was so strange, so strange that it seemed that it had nothing to do with him.
"Okay!" Xie Yuncang waved his hand, "Go ahead!"
Xie Li didn't expect his reaction. She was stunned for a moment, with a look of confusion in her eyes.
Xie Yuncang had already turned around and threw the box of letters directly into the brazier.
"You don't want to punish me?"
Xie Li took a step forward again, and this time, Xie Yuncang didn't look at her, but just gave her a profile look.
She couldn't even see the expression on his face.
Seeing this, the housekeeper on the side finally let out a breath of turbidity quietly, and then walked over respectfully, "Four girls, please come this way."
Xie Li suddenly glanced sideways, frightening the housekeeper and taking a step back involuntarily.
He actually saw murderous intention in the eyes of the fourth girl.
Looking at Xie Yuncang again, she saw that he was still concentrating on burning the letters in the box, with no intention of paying attention to her at all.
Xie Li finally gave up and walked out with her head held high and a look of arrogance on her face.
The housekeeper sent her out of Mengpoju, then sent two maids from Mengpoju to send her back, and then returned to Xie Yuncang's study.
When he reached the door, his steps suddenly stopped.
His angle at this time was the same as Xie Li's angle just now. Xie Yuncang was still in the same position just now, without moving at all.
The fire rolled out flames because of the added paper, swallowing up the shocking handwriting bit by bit.
The firelight was stronger than the skylight outside the window and fell on Xie Yuncang's face.
At this time, the housekeeper discovered that his master had lost a lot of weight without knowing it.
What shocked him the most was the sparkle at the corner of his mandible.
