Lu Zhan led the people out of the bamboo forest and left without a word.
Xiao Muqing sneered at this, and said, "Is this Lu Er's brain flooded? We haven't offended him. Who does he want to show this sad look to?"
Xie Wu pursed her lips and looked at Lu Zhan's back without making a sound.
"Forget it, let's leave her alone, I'll take you back first." Xiao Muqing curled his lips and turned to Xie Wu with a smile.
Anyway, she had already heard the exact answer from Lu Zhan. As for whether Lu Zhan was happy or uncomfortable, it was none of her business!
Princess Xiao has always been so realistic.
However, fortunately, Princess Xiao was not only realistic, but also had excellent kung fu. She held Xie Wu in her arms and flew over the walls all the way. After dozens of steps, she accurately landed in the small courtyard where Wu'an Hou's mansion was housed. This time even Wu'an Hou
No one in the mansion was alarmed.
Seeing them coming back, Mi Yue was overjoyed and hurriedly came to greet them and said, "Girl, you are back."
Xie Wu smiled and said, "Second Aunt and the others are back?"
Mi Yue shook her head and replied, "No."
Xie Wu estimated the time and found that it should be a quarter of an hour before the incense burning at the Marquis Wu'an Mansion. By then, even if her mother didn't send someone to invite her, she would have to come back.
Yang would not do anything to bring trouble to oneself on New Year's Day.
"Girl, the second young master hasn't come back either. Do you think you should send someone to look for him?" Mi Yue frowned and looked at Xie Wu worriedly.
After listening to Mi Yue's words, Xie Wu couldn't help but frown.
She had specifically warned A Xu earlier that A Xu should have a sense of proportion in his heart. Moreover, with Mei Sheng watching over him, he should not miss the time to burn incense.
"What's so easy to find! How can he lose such a big man?" Xiao Muqing joked with Tao Tong with a smile. After saying that, she turned to look at Mi Yue again and said, "Go, go, take what I just wanted."
The snacks are packed, I have to go back, otherwise, my mother will go crazy in a while."
"Yes." Miyue responded helplessly, turned around and took the packaged snacks from the table.
Princess Xiao was satisfied with the snacks and was about to leave when a maid suddenly burst in with an anxious expression.
"Girl, something happened to the second young master."
The maid who spoke was called Ju Qing. Like Wu Qing, she was Chen's dowry maid. Later, Chen sent her to Xie Xu and asked her to help take care of Xie Xu's food and daily life.
Xie Wu's pupils shrank and her heart suddenly sank.
There is a hundred-year-old turtle in the release pool of Chaoan Temple, so pilgrims who come to offer incense like to walk around the release pool, hoping that they can soak up the spirit of the turtle. But the reason why the turtle is called a turtle is naturally because it is very beautiful.
It is rare to see it. When it often touches the rockery cave in the pool, it rarely comes out for ten and a half months to bubble. Even so, it does not reduce the enthusiasm of the pilgrims at all.
Today's release pool was also crowded with young men in brocade, but they were not there to see the turtles, but to watch the excitement.
"Thank you, Second Young Master. This jade pendant of mine was a gift from the royal family. You broke it in front of everyone. You have to give me an explanation!" The young master who spoke was dressed in rich clothes and had a fair face, but his eyes were unsightly.
There's a bit of evil in it.
It was Yang Xiao, the legitimate son of Yang Hefeng, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei.
"You're talking nonsense! I just pushed you lightly with my hand. The reason why your jade pendant fell to the ground was because you didn't fasten it tightly. It's none of my business!" Xie Xu clenched his fists with both hands and glared at Yang Xiao angrily.
"Second Master Xie, what you said is wrong. With so many people watching, your 'gently' push almost didn't push me into the pool. Moreover, my jade pendant was a gift from the emperor.
I have always been very protective, and every time I go out I will check it carefully several times, how could it be that it is not fastened tightly! Second Young Master Xie, you can’t just slander me and shirk your responsibilities just because you are young!” Yang Xiao raised the corners of his lips and looked disdainfully.
said Xie Xu.
"That's right!" Someone in the crowd echoed. "You, you..." Looking at the indifferent or laughing faces around him, Xie Xu's face turned red with anger.
"Second Young Master, we don't have to argue with them. We'll wait until we report back to the old lady and madam." Mei Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Xie Xu's arm, looking at him firmly and saying.
This Young Master Yang obviously wanted to cause trouble for the Second Young Master, but the Second Young Master was young and it was really not appropriate to confront him head-on. The best way was to find an elder to come forward.
Fortunately, he had quietly sent a young monk to report the news, and he believed that the elder girl would receive the news soon.
Xie Xu looked at Mei Sheng's firm eyes. He took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress the rage in his chest.
"Thank you, Second Young Master, are you not weaned yet? If something goes wrong, you will find your mother. Do you think you don't have to take responsibility if you hide in your mother's arms?" Yang Xiao laughed and said sarcastically.
"Hahahaha..." bursts of laughter echoed all around.
"You're talking nonsense! You bastard! Let me go! Let me go! I'm going to beat him to death!" Xie Xu was so furious that his eyes were so red that they were about to bleed. If he hadn't been held tightly by Mei Sheng, he would have been like this
Hui must have pounced hard on Yang Xiao.
"Second Young Master, Second Young Master, please calm down." Mei Sheng hugged Xie Xu tightly, no matter how hard he struggled, he did not dare to let go.
"Beat me to death? Hahaha, it's not that I look down on you, Mr. Xie, you are just a little kid who hasn't been weaned yet. Do you believe that I can crush you to death with one hand?" Yang Xiao's eyes were half-closed, his face
Cruel.
"Cousin, don't be angry! Brother Xu didn't mean it either! Brother Xu, stop being so angry and apologize to your cousin." Xie Shi, who had been standing in the crowd without making a sound, finally stood up.
"I'm not wrong, why should I apologize! I won't apologize!" Xie Xu yelled at Xie Xu.
Xie Shi frowned, he sighed heavily, and then persuaded Xie Xu with sincere words, "Brother Xu, why are you still quibbling at this time? As the saying goes, if you know your mistakes, you can correct them, and there is no great way to do good. I express my gratitude.
Brother, you are magnanimous. If you admit your mistake and apologize, the matter will be over, so why are you stubborn and refusing to bow your head?"
"I'm not wrong! I'm not wrong!" Xie Xu clenched his fists with both hands and stared at Xie Shi with his red eyes, almost ready to punch a hole in his body.
"Axu..."
"Okay, Ah Shi, you have good intentions, but it's a pity that people don't accept your kindness." Yang Xiao raised the corners of his lips and interrupted Xie Shi's words.
"Cousin, A Xu is young and ignorant. Please don't argue with him for my sake." Xie Shi looked at Yang Xiao with a sincere face and pleaded for Xie Xu.
"Ah Shi, you are making things difficult for me! You have to know that destroying the imperial gift will lead to beheading. This crime is not something you and I can bear." Yang Xiao looked at Xie Xu with half-squinted eyes.
, said with a solemn tone.
Xie Shi frowned and was about to say something, when a crisp voice suddenly came from the crowd.
"Destroying the gift given by the emperor is indeed a crime that requires beheading. Not only Young Master Yang and Brother Shi cannot bear this crime, but we, the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, cannot bear it either."
The crowd gathered gradually dispersed, and a girl walked slowly over under everyone's gaze.
A bright red short coat embroidered with plum blossoms, with a circle of white fox fur on the neck and sleeve corners, an apricot horse-faced skirt underneath, a red gold and ruby plum blossom tassel hairpin diagonally inserted on the head, and a plum blossom tassel hanging on the ear.
A pair of earrings with red emerald beads. As she walked, the tassels and earrings swayed slightly, making her face as delicate and smooth as white porcelain, her eyebrows as white as distant mountains, and her eyes like the waves of autumn water...
The originally noisy release pond fell silent for a moment.
Seeing the person coming, Mei Changchang breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed the hand holding Xie Xu.
They watched this charming-looking woman slowly walk past them. For a moment, no one made a sound.
Even Yang Xiao, who had always been surrounded by makeup and powder, was in a daze for a moment.
"elder sister."
Seeing the person coming, Xie Xu shouted excitedly, and this sound completely broke the silence just now.
"It turns out she is the eldest girl from Wu'an Hou Mansion!"
"Why have I never heard of this beautiful girl from the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion?"
"If there was such a beautiful and outrageous girl in your family, would you let it out for you to see?"
"Hahaha, yes."
The people around him began to whisper and discuss in low voices.
"Sister." Seeing Xie Wu, Xie Shi's expression changed, but he had to step forward and say hello to her.
Xie Wu glanced at Xie Shi briefly, then turned around and smiled gently at Xie Xu, "Axu, are you okay?"
The tip of Xie Xu's nose felt sore, and soon his eyes were filled with tears, but he raised his hand and wiped his eyes hard, then looked at Xie Wu and shook his head vigorously, "Sister, I'm fine!"
Xie Wu smiled, reached out and rubbed Xie Xu's head, and said to him gently, "Fool, my sister won't laugh at you."
"You are... Ah Wu's cousin! I didn't expect you to have grown so big after not seeing each other for a few years!" While the two were talking, a voice suddenly interrupted.
The smile on Xie Wu's lips suddenly disappeared, and murderous intent boiled in her eyes.
Xie Xu was startled. He looked at Xie Wu in shock, but her expression was as normal as usual, and there was nothing unusual about her gleaming eyes except that they were a little colder than usual.
Did he just see it wrong?
Xie Xu looked at Xie Wu again in confusion.
Xie Wu had turned around at this time. She looked at Yang Xiao with a faint smile, and raised her slender eyebrows slightly, "You are..."
"I'm your cousin from the Yang family! Didn't you come to my house with your aunt when you were a child? I even climbed up the wall to pick roses for you, do you remember?" Yang Xiao stared at Xie Wu intently and smiled hard at her.
she said.
Xie Wu curved her lips and smiled and said, "Of course I remember."
"It's good to remember, it's good to remember. I didn't expect that my cousin would turn out to be so beautiful after not seeing you for a few years. No wonder my aunt wants to hide you and refuses to bring you out to see anyone again." Yang Xiao sighed with squinting eyes.
Without hesitation, he looked at Xie Wu carefully from head to toe.
Sure enough, there is no peerless beauty in the world. She is a beautiful woman who is pleasing to the eye. Her appearance captivates the country and amazes everyone in the world.
Such a beauty, I don’t know whose hands she will be lucky enough to fall into in the future.
Xie Wu raised her lips, her eyes slightly cold, and she said, "The servant just came to report that my cousin reprimanded A Xu for throwing your jade pendant?"
"Oh, it's true, but for my cousin's sake, I don't have to worry about cousin A Xu." Yang Xiao curled his lips and said with what he thought was the kindest smile.
Sure enough, after hearing his words, the beauty in front of her smiled lightly, and her voice became clearer and more pleasant.
"Really? Cousin really doesn't care about A Xu?"
"Of course, I can still deceive my cousin in front of so many people." Yang Xiao said with a squinting smile.
With beauty in front, a jade pendant is nothing.
"My cousin is really generous and generous, but my cousin doesn't care about A Xu, so how do you explain it?" Xie Wu frowned slightly and looked at Yang Xiao with some worry.
Yang Xiao's heart skipped a beat and he said without thinking, "What's this? It's just a jade pendant. There's no need to explain it."
As soon as he finished speaking, a faint smile appeared on Xie Wu's lips.