Xie Zhen brought up the topic of Tao when he came to visit Xie Xuan in the West Cross Hospital-

"That day, I followed your uncle to the Xuanmiao Temple, and every qiē was smooth, right?" Xie Jin, who is in his thirties, usually treats his daughter with a strict fatherly attitude, and almost never says anything from his heart, and when he mentions this matter, his eyes flicker a little.

Xie Xuan pretended to be stupid, "It's very smooth, and the scenery of Xuanmiaoguan is also very good, if it weren't for those few people making trouble, it would be happy." ”

Xie Zhen looked at his ten-year-old daughter and sighed, "She's in the view, how are you doing?" ”

"Daddy is talking about the Jade Void Scattered People?" Xie Xuan was cautious.

"Hmm." Xie Zhen seemed to feel uncomfortable, took the teapot and slowly poured tea into the cup, and the expression on his face changed in the curling fragrance of tea.

"It doesn't seem very good. My father has never taken us to see her in these years, and she must be very lonely when she lives alone in the Taoist temple. My father also knew that my sister had always been obsessed with the events of the year, and my brother and I had never seen her, so I couldn't help but say something heavy for a while, which made her cry. Xie Xuan twisted his clothes, remembering the appearance of Tao holding back tears, and bit his lip.

She ...... Crying? ”

"yes." Xie Xuan was surprised and looked up at Xie Xuan.

Xie Jin's eyes were flustered, and he muttered, "She actually cried?" She actually ...... Xuan Xuan, what did you say to make her cry? ”

"I said that if I was born and not raised, why didn't I strangle me and Yu'er in swaddling clothes in the first place. I also said that she was too ruthless, leaving me and my sister alone, and said that even my mother didn't want me and Tang'er anymore, who would love us...... Dad, I just feel wronged, everyone else has a mother, why don't I have a mother's relationship with Tang'er? Xie Xuan was really wronged, his feelings for Tao were complex and contradictory, and he was full of resentment towards Xie Xuan, and he sobbed as he spoke.

Xie Jin's hand clenched the teacup tightly, and between trembling slightly, a few drops of tea were spilled on the table.

Xie Xuan turned a blind eye and said in a low voice: "Was she so desperate at the beginning? ruthlessly left me and Tang'er, and refused to come back to take a look for so many years. ”

"It's that I can't live with her." Xie Zhen was a little distracted, "Xuan Xuan, don't blame her for being ruthless...... in the end, he refused to confide in his daughter, he swallowed the words raw, picked up the teapot and added tea to the cup in a panic, and when the tea overflowed the cup and burned his hand, he was shocked, and between shaking his hand, the teapot and the cup fell to the ground and shattered.

Xie Xuan had never seen Xie Xuan like this, and looked at him worriedly, "Daddy is okay, right?" ”

She ...... Xuan Xuan, you don't understand what happened back then, don't blame her. Xie Jin's mood fluctuated greatly, and he stood up and paced hurriedly in the room, his two fists slightly retracted, which was completely different from the gentle and elegant people on weekdays.

Xie Xuan was willing to let him go, his eyes burned when he stood up, and he confided in this father for the first time, "If you don't complain about her, should you complain about your father?" Is it because her father treats her badly that she is so angry that she runs away from home, and she doesn't even want me and Tang'er? For so many years, she didn't come to see us, is it because she doesn't want to see her father? ”

"Xuan Xuan!" Xie Jin stopped suddenly, his eyes rolled darkly, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about the affairs of adults. ”

Xie Xuan wouldn't have listened to this.

If the adults can solve the problem on their own, of course she doesn't have to worry about it. But now that Xie Zhen and Tao have handled things badly, throwing all the mess and suffering to her and Xie Tang, and the three of their sisters and brothers have all suffered because of the events of the year, why can't they intervene a little?

Seeing Xie Xuan walking out in a hurry, Xie Xuan looked at the obviously unstable appearance, thought about it, and ran outside the house, and did not ask Fang Zhou and the others to follow, went out alone from the small side door, took a shortcut, and went to Ziling Pavilion-

That was where the Tao family lived back then, and since the couple reconciled and left, Xie Zhen moved to the Tangli Courtyard and sealed the Ziling Pavilion.

There is no one in the Ziling Pavilion except for a few maids and ladies who are sprinkled and swept every day, and the empty two-story pavilion stands in the middle of several tall tassel trees, and the shade and coolness are natural, but it also looks particularly deserted.

There was already negligence here, Xie Xuan sneaked in again, and the small figure went around a few times, and then quietly pushed the door into the attic.

The tables and chairs in the main hall are like, one should be a good wood carver, but the pattern is still the same year, after more than ten years of vacancy, some places the vermilion paint peels off, slightly old.

Xie Xuan swept around, saw the dresser in the inner room, and sat down with his knees in the gap behind the dresser.

After a while, I heard the sound of pushing the door outside, and in the rustling footsteps, Xie Zhen walked in.

Xie Xuan sat in the cramped gap with his knees crossed and didn't say a word.

Everything in the room was the same as when Dow left, and according to the servants in charge, the tables and chairs had not even been moved. Xie Zhen was a little depressed, and he didn't see Xie Xuan hiding in the dark, he walked to the inner room unrelentingly, touched the carved bed with his fingers, touched the dusty cabinet and books, hesitated for a long time, and took out a narrow box from the top of the cabinet.

The box is painted with gold and carving, which is very exquisite, Xie Zhen broke the copper buckle and took out a scroll from it.

At both ends of the jade shaft are finely carved ivory, and Xie Zhen slowly unfolds the scroll, on which is a lazy and drunken beauty. The beauty's side face resembles that of Dow, and her delicate figure is outlined by a thin gauze robe, and she lies drunk under the tassel tree, her veil falls to the ground, revealing half of her breasts when her clothes slip down.

Xie Zhen hung the scroll, like an aftertaste, like a nostalgia, and he didn't move for a long time.

On the side of the dressing table, Xie Xuan had mixed feelings in his heart.

She didn't know the specific intricacies of the correspondence between Xie Zhen and the Tao family back then, but after marrying into the Jingning Marquis Mansion, she heard Mrs. Han mention it to someone with a mocking tone-

At that time, Tao's posture was beautiful, because he was born under the knees of Taifu, and his natural style and bookish temperament fascinated countless nobles. Among them are Xie Jin, Han Jue's father Han Sui, and a young general surnamed Song. It is said that the young general surnamed Song is a talent, and his family background is not inferior to Xie Jin, and he has not changed his mind after Tao married Xie Jin, and he has never married.

Later, for some reason, there were rumors that Tao had an affair with the young general surnamed Song, and Xie Zhen didn't know where he heard the gossip, so he believed it and had a quarrel with Tao. Xie Jin's temperament was not cool enough, so he didn't say anything for fear of affecting Tao's body, but he was silently fermenting in his heart.

What a noble person Tao was, he guessed that his husband was so suspicious, and he refused to turn around and explain in anger, so the two became more and more stiff. Later, Xie Zhen went to Luo's mansion for a banquet, and was drunk with Luo's spring breeze, who was still a yellow flower girl. When Luo's pregnancy was revealed, Xie Zhen couldn't hide it anymore, and before Ai Ai told the truth, Tao was even more furious and insisted on leaving.

Xie Xuan can't judge how much of this is true or false, after all, Tao has always been a thorn in Mrs. Han's heart, and she may not be biased when she speaks. And Xie Xuan overheard it at that time, and walked away after eavesdropping for a while, but he didn't listen to it all.

Now that Xie Zhen came to this Ziling Pavilion alone to meditate on the old paintings, what did he think in his heart?

Xie Xuan didn't know it accurately, so he didn't dare to act rashly, and when he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the maid outside as if she was shouting something, and then someone rushed into the house and slammed the door slammed slammed.

This movement made Xie Zhen also come back to his senses, and when he looked at the door, he suddenly changed color, "Luo Qi, why are you here!" ”

- Luo Qi is Luo's maiden name.

The maid outside didn't dare to break in, so she only knocked on the door outside and pleaded: "Madame, please come out, don't embarrass the slave and maid, the master knows that he will kill the slave and maid!" Madame, slave begs! ”

"Shut up!" Luo was out of breath and shouted outside: "The master is inside, get out of here!" ”

The maid outside was immediately silenced, and then the outside fell silent.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

Xie Zhen looked at Luo, who was supposed to be thinking behind closed doors in the remote courtyard, his face became more and more heavy, and he said angrily: "Who told you to come here?" Are the people who are guarding you all dead, and they dare to let you out! ”

"Master......" Luo Shi cried bitterly, tears streaming down his face, "The concubine knows that she is wrong, and the concubine knows that she is wrong!" She stepped forward on her knees a few steps, hugged Xie Jin's calf, and begged bitterly: "Yue'er came to see me secretly just now, I really couldn't help it, master, I was confused for a while, and I will never be like that again in the future, please forgive me." ”

Xie Zhen hadn't forgotten Luo's bad intentions towards Xie Xuan, and pushed her away with a frown, "Who called you to come to Ziling Pavilion!" ”

"Master......" Luo didn't dare to get up, he still knelt on the ground, "The concubine makes a mistake, the master wants to beat or scold, and the concubine is willing to bear it." But please don't come here again, okay? Every time you come here, the concubine's body and mind are like pins and needles. Seeing that Xie Zhen was silent, he cried more and more sadly, "Is she that good?" After more than ten years of service by the concubine, is she still not as good as her? ”

"There's nothing like it." Xie Zhen put away the scroll, and when he turned around to beat him, his cold gaze fell on Luo, "The old lady's orders are better for you to remember!" ”

"Master, the concubine only asks for your forgiveness, and she is willing to be punished for as long as she wants." Luo's tears were like broken beads, he couldn't tell the truth from the fake, he stood up and hugged Xie Zhen from behind, his soft body was attached to his back, and his voice was full of pleading, "Master, can you forgive the concubine?" ”

She originally had a soft posture, and when she spoke, she deliberately suppressed her voice, and the prayer was mixed with an inexplicable meaning, which made people's heartstrings flutter when she heard it. Between crying, Luo's hand had already reached Xie Jin's waist.

On the side of the dressing table, Xie Xuan originally wanted to take advantage of Xie Jin's nostalgia for Tao to push it again, but he never thought that there would be this one in the house, and he was embarrassed to the extreme for a while, and he didn't know whether he should interrupt or not.