After greeting Gao Yiyao who was coming on, Xie Ning was about to continue walking towards the small courtyard, but he didn't want this cousin, who had always regarded her as nothing, to speak up again: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, except for the third sister, the ladies of the mansion will attend." After all, it's a festival day, and if my cousin is bored alone, I might as well go to find my third sister. ”

Xie Ning raised his head, but seeing that her face was cold, he knew that what she said just now seemed to be concerned, but in fact it was sarcastic. Although the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet is a grace of the Heavenly Family, it is not a very important event in Xie Ning's eyes, and no matter how cynical Gao Yiyao is, she will not take it to heart. So he only said lightly: "Thank you Cousin Yao for your concern." Xie Ning stayed in the mansion after all, and it didn't matter how he spent the festival. But cousin, you are going to enter the palace for a banquet tomorrow, so you should pay more attention to your behavior and clothing, and don't bother others. ”

Gao Yiyao raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and said with a sneer: "Cousin reminded me that it is." When it came to the palace banquet, there were royal nobles and nobles, and talented scholars below, even Wei Qingyang and Wei Gongzi would also be present. Naturally, I will not ignore this matter, and behave like your cousin, and it will only increase the laughing stock. ”

was ridiculed by her, and Xie Ning was about to open his mouth to refute, but suddenly felt a little strange. After all, in her impression, Gao Yiyao has always been cold and disdainful of her, but she usually doesn't want to say much to her, and it is the first time that she quarrels like Fang Cai.

Could it be that there is something strange that can't be done? Xie Ning felt strange in his heart, so he looked at Gao Yiyao back and forth without a trace, and then said suspiciously: "Since Gongzi Wei is also going to the banquet, my cousin naturally has to dress up carefully." But it's such a private thing. It's good for my cousin to talk about it here, but don't mention it in front of anyone in the future. ”

Mama Qin once told her that women should be reserved. As the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jingyang, Gao Yiyao received court training at a young age, how could she not know this truth? But she wanted to mention it in front of Shainin, which was really strange.

Thinking of what Wei Qingyang said earlier, Xie Ning already knew that he had no intention of Gao Yiyao, so he also guessed that Gao Yiyao's words might be angry with him because of this incident.

Knowing in his heart, Xie Ning looked at Gao Yiyao's cold eyes again. It's a little more confident. After all, whether it's from her father's letter. Or what Wei Qingyang said in person, she had already learned that this family affair was first proposed by the Duke of Wei early on, and Gao Yiyao was just wishful thinking.

"Cousin, are you embarrassed to teach me a lesson," Gao Yiyao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said. Xie Ning heard the sound and looked. The first thing I noticed was not her eyes that were colder and sharper than a blade at this time. Instead, his cheeks trembled slightly with excitement, "No matter how I am, I can't compare to your shamelessness." A villain who has a private relationship with a man! ”

What the? Hearing Gao Yiyao's false accusations, Xie Ning couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart. The surroundings were full of disdainful eyes from the maid next to Gao Yiyao, but Xie Ning did not flinch for a moment, but raised his feet, took two steps forward, walked in front of Gao Yiyan, and said in a loud voice with a straight face: "Although Xie Ning temporarily lives in the Hou Mansion, he asked himself if he did not cause any trouble to his cousin. I don't want my cousin to slander like this, whether you are unintentional or intentional, whether you are talking nonsense or intentionally spreading rumors, doesn't my cousin feel that he owes me an explanation? ”

As soon as the words landed, the surroundings suddenly quieted down, whether it was Gao Yiyao or the maid behind her, almost all of them looked slightly stunned, as if they didn't expect that Xie Ning, who had always been indisputable or robbing, would suddenly become so sharp and confident.

Seeing that they were still dumbfounded, Xie Ning naturally would not let go of this great opportunity, and while they had not yet come back to their senses, he continued to speak: "Yes, Xie Ning is indeed alone in Beijing, but I live here, and I am also a guest of the Hou Mansion. I think when I first came to the capital, my cousin left me outside the house when I left the house, and now she humiliates me in front of people. Could it be that this is your way of hospitality? ”

Seeing that Xie Ning's words involved the host and guest, Gao Yiyao's eyes flashed, and she covered the panicked look in her eyes, and after turning her head to give a warning to everyone behind her, she pretended to be calm and replied: "You have been in Beijing for a few months, how can our Hou Mansion treat you badly?" I'm just talking about things, why should my cousin be so careful. ”

"I don't know shame, I give and accept it privately," Xie Ning ignored Gao Yiyao's far-fetched defense, and just repeated what she had just said with an expressionless face, and said in a slightly mocking tone: "I am also a woman, and my cousin also knows how important the word reputation is." I don't know what I did wrong to cause my cousin to hurt me on such a trumped-up charge. As my cousin said, if you can't give me a reasonable explanation today, cousin, then I have to go to my grandmother and uncle and ask them to make decisions for me. ”

No one likes to be targeted again and again, Xie Ning is not a good-tempered lord, and she has endured it many times before, just because she doesn't want to make too much trouble. But today, Gao Yiyao ridiculed and ridiculed first, and blamed indiscriminately, which really made Xie Ning unbearable.

If she could, she really didn't want her grandmother Liu and Uncle Hou, the two elders who really cared for her, to worry about her, but Gao Yiyao targeted her so much, she had to deal with it by using the names of these two. As for whether she could retreat from the difficulty, Shainin was not very sure in his heart.

"Speaking of which, you just want a rhetoric," Gao Yiyao glanced at Xie Ning contemptuously, but her clenched lips still revealed her emotions, "Okay, I'll tell you." You know what the family affairs of the Wei Mansion are. If you hadn't resorted to the means, how could Wei Qingyang insist on asking to marry you? ”

Sure enough, this is the case. Xie Ning was helpless in her heart, but she did not show weakness to Gao Yiyao's gritted teeth. After all, that was Wei Qingyang's mind, and it was not something she could influence. Therefore, although Gao Yiyao was annoyed by this, her heart was also bright and fair, and she was never distracted.

Xie Ning put his hands behind his back, straightened his body, and generously let everyone look at him, and said reasonably: "Cousin's words are ridiculous. I'm just a newcomer to the capital, and I rarely even go out of the mansion gate on weekdays, even counting the banquets in each mansion, and I have only met a few times with Wei Gongzi, so how can I say that I have any private teaching? As for his insistence on marrying—"

Xie Ning paused, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said against his will: "My Fair Lady, the gentleman is good, what is wrong?" If it is shameless to talk about marriage, then I don't know how many men and women in the world will bear this unwarranted infamy. (To be continued.) )

PS: The reason why A-Ning is against her heart is because she feels that she is not a lady~ In addition: Thank you for the reward from the book friend Autumn Leaf Luoxin~ Mo Da