"Cousin......?" Qingrui looked at the beautiful woman in front of her, slightly surprised.

She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had seen this cousin.

Since that late at night, the cousin and the second lady had an argument and rushed out of the door in a faux puff, the cousin had never been out of the Yilan Pavilion, and the lady had not taken the initiative to mention her—as if the cousin had disappeared in the house overnight.

Many people secretly speculated that Madame was angry with her cousin, and some even said that it was Madame who ordered her cousin to be placed under house arrest so that she could not leave Yilan Pavilion for half a step.

But Qingrui knew that it was not.

Xie did not put her cousin under house arrest, nor did he really get angry with her.

But why she was so cold to this cousin all of a sudden, she could not guess.

"I'm here to see my aunt, I don't know if my aunt is in the hospital?" Xie Jiarou spoke, her voice was soft like a gust of wind, but because of her too cold temperament, it made people feel extremely difficult to get close to.

Qingrui came back to her senses, pulled the corners of her mouth to show a smile, and said kindly: "Madame is inside, will the slave take you in?" ”

As he spoke, he handed the tea tray in his hand to the little girl who was guarding the door, and the little girl understood and went down to make tea.

Qingrui took Xie Jiarou to the house.

"What's going on out there?"

Through a half-opened bamboo curtain, Xie Shi, who faintly heard the movement outside, asked.

Xie Jiarou didn't rush in, but waited for Qingrui to say first: "Mrs. Hui, it's my cousin who came to see you." ”

Inside. Xie Shixian was also a little surprised, but after a pause, he said in a normal tone: "Jiarou is here, come in." ”

The tone is still the same as before, as if the person who has left Xie Jiarou aside for so long is not her.

Xie Jiarou's eyes were not full of ridicule as before, but walked in with a flat expression.

Glancing at Xie Shi, who was sitting at the table and had just put down the pen and paper in his hand, Xie Jiarou bent down and saluted: "Jiarou greets my aunt." ”

"Hurry up." Xie raised his hand and helped him, with a faint smile on his face, and pointed to the position on his side and said, "Sit down." ”

Xie Jia said softly, "Thank you, auntie", and walked to the chair with small steps. Sit down.

Xie Shi looked at her again. He said, "It looks pretty good now." Before my aunt could ask you what was going on in the water that night, what was going on? ”

Aunt Lao was worried. That night, I fell into the water because of my mother's sacrifice day, and when I went to the West Garden to mourn, I accidentally slipped and fell into the pond. "Let's talk about the thrill of that time. Xie Jiarou was already very calm.

Mention my sister's festival day. A layer of worry appeared on Xie's face. Xie Jiarou saw it in her eyes, and she only felt half-truth.

Nothing in this gate would be completely real.

It's been a long time. I even have to forget my original appearance, and even if my aunt is exquisite and has extraordinary means, I am afraid that she will not be able to escape, right?

"It's good that people are okay." Xie Shi hid the look in his eyes, and didn't ask too much about Xie Jiarou's situation, but asked directly: "You came to me today, but what's the matter?" ”

Xie Jiarou's temperament is very clear to her, she was originally a character with a heart higher than the sky, but her identity does not allow it, although she has been excellent for so many years, she can't escape the obsession in her heart, and her way of dealing with people and things is always too extreme. Coming and going, hurting both others and yourself.

So she weighed it again and again, but decided to cold her for a while, so that she could recognize the current situation and put away her untimely temperament.

Now she has found it, but she doesn't know if she has figured it out, or if there are other things that she needs from her.

"Jiarou came here today, and she did ask her aunt for one thing, and she wanted to ask her for permission." Xie Jiarou took the tea handed by the maid, put it aside, and did not move.

Xie Shi's eyes flashed slightly, and he said, "If there is anything, you can just say it." If I can promise you, my aunt will promise you. ”

"I want to leave the Jin family." Xie Jiarou looked at her and said in a calm tone.

Xie was stunned.

After a while, she asked, "Leaving the Jin family?" What are these words? You are a weak woman, and you are from the Shi clan, where can you go if you leave the Jin family? ”

"Back to Xie's house." Xie Jiarou's gaze was still calm.

Xie Shi heard her answer, but his face changed slightly, but he didn't hurry to speak, but first signaled Qingrui to retreat with a waiting maid.

After only her and Xie Jiarou were left in the room, Xie straightened his color and asked, "Jiarou, why did you suddenly have this idea?" Tell my aunt honestly, is it because of your second cousin's engagement with Miss Kong? ”

After all, the matter with the second son, she had also mentioned it to Xie Jiarou many times.

At the moment, she didn't expect that it would be such a situation, which woman she was, she must have a little bad feeling in her heart, which she also knew, but she didn't expect that Xie Jiarou would have the idea of leaving the Jin family.

Xie Jiarou was brought up by her, and the reason why her mother's family agreed to her to take Xie Jiarou away was because of the lintel of the Jin family, and she felt that Xie Jiarou would follow her Xie family back to the Jin family, and she would definitely find a good home in the future.

But now that it has come to this point, if Xie Jiarou is really allowed to return to the Xie family alone, don't say how her mother's family will view herself, even herself, and she will not be able to face the sister who handed Xie Jiarou into her hands before leaving.

"You don't have to care about this, this matter has never been publicized to the outside world, and outsiders have no way of knowing the inside story." Xie Shi sighed slightly when he said this, and said: "Aunt really didn't expect things to develop to this field, but this matter is a major matter, and it has always been decided by the Duke of Jin...... If you feel bad, blame me. But leaving the Jin family was too impulsive. ”

What he said was also a bit sincere, but I don't know if Xie Jiarou believed it or not.

"Auntie's words are serious, how can Jiarou not know that aunt is not easy." Xie Jiarou narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "But the reason why I want to leave the Jin family." It's not because of that. The matter is over, but I am much more relaxed in my heart. ”

Xie Shi seemed to only hear her words of calmness in his heart, and did not listen to her insistence on leaving the Jin family, so he immediately eased his expression and said, "You can think like this, and my aunt is also a lot relieved in my heart." It's just that now the second son is engaged to Miss Kong, and the eldest son is ...... That's it, don't mention him. ”

Xie Jiarou didn't interject, just waiting for her to finish speaking.

"So my aunt thought that after the second son's marriage was done for a while, she would carefully pick a good family for you. These two years have been delayed. You're also a little late, which is something that my aunt didn't do well, but let's hurry up, there are still a lot of good opportunities. Xie Shi looked at her and said.

"Thank you aunt for your care." Xie Jiarou thanked first. Then he followed his previous words and said: "Ke Jiarou has lived in the capital for a long time. I really miss my grandfather and grandmother. I want to go back and spend more time with them. ”

This is obviously just a pretense, where will Xie believe it.

"Are you blaming your aunt for despising you all these days?"

"My aunt takes care of such a large state-owned mansion, and she has many things to do. Jiarou is no longer an ignorant child who needs to be taken care of. There is no contempt, how can Jiarou blame her aunt. ”

Looking at her calm face, Xie Shi paused for a moment and asked, "Jiarou, you tell your aunt truthfully, what are your plans in mind now?" ”

"I don't hide it from my aunt, I have had the idea of leaving the Jin family since half a year ago. It was just a few recent events that made me really decide. Xie Jiarou finally raised her eyes to look at Xie Shi, and said in a calm tone: "Presumably my aunt can also see that although I have followed my aunt since I was a child, my personality is not suitable here after all. ”

Xie Shi frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but say, "Suitable? You are a woman of the Shi clan, and you are destined to live this kind of life, even if you change to the Xie family, there will be no big difference. ”

Xie Jiarou shook her head slightly.

No, she didn't want to live like that anymore.

She has figured out a lot these days, and she has finally seen the source of all her troubles.

In an environment that is not suitable for a person, no matter how hard he tries to adapt and learn to do things, his temperament in his bones cannot be reversed.

"You're eighteen now, aren't you going to get married?"

"I don't want to force it." Xie Jia was gentle and light, but with a sense of persistence, he didn't wait for Xie to open his mouth to persuade again, and said: "I haven't asked anyone since I was a child, but this time I asked my aunt to fulfill it." ”

"You ......," Xie sighed repeatedly.

"I thought that if you came to me, you should have figured out how you should live in the future as a woman of the noble clan. But seeing you like this now, I'm afraid I haven't really figured it out. ”

Xie Jiarou didn't dare to agree, but she didn't refute it out loud.

There are thousands of people in the world, and among the women of the scholar clan, what Xie wants to teach her is what a Dao walker should do, but she doesn't want to take the road that everyone has walked.

Seeing that she didn't speak, but it was clear that she had made up her mind, Xie knew that his persuasion would not work anymore at the moment, so he could only say: "You go back and think about it, and come back to see me when you figure it out." ”

Xie Jiarou got up as she said, bowed and retreated, as quiet as when she came.

There was a look of determination in his eyes.

……

At the end of the month, Hua Changjing proposed the idea of going out of the city to play.

"They are all people who are about to get married, don't honestly prepare to get married at home, and go out to run around?" Hua Quan looked disapproving, handed over the blue and white tea bowl of the yellow-bottomed blue-edged shepherd boy in his hand, looked arrogant, and said, "Pour me another bowl." ”

Hua Changjing took it and poured seven points full of tea and stuffed it back into his hand, pouted and said: "You like to eat tea so much, just eat enough alone at home, I'll go to Ah Ying and them to accompany me out for a walk, I will be bored by you at home all day long!" ”

After that, he turned around and walked out of the flower hall, and called Ah Ju back to the room to prepare.

Hua Quan snorted angrily at her back, blew his beard and stared at him blindly, and muttered something in his mouth: "It's really for nothing, and I don't know how to stay at home and accompany your father and me more when I get married!" White-eyed wolf, let's get married as soon as possible! ”

The maids standing on one side of the service lowered their heads and pursed their lips and snickered.

Ignoring his father's grievances, Hua Changjing's carriage went straight to Elm Hutong as soon as he went out.

I was invited into the door and came to the hall, but I was surprised to see two 'acquaintances'.

One is Song Yuanju, who has met many times, and the other is even more familiar, not someone else, it is Shi Qing, the fiancé who is about to become a family when he sees it-

"Chang Jing?" Shi Qing was the first to see Hua Changjing, who was invited in, and immediately put down the teacup and asked with a smile, "Why are you here too?" ”

Song Yuanju also smiled and bowed.

"I'm going to ask you why you're here at Sakura." Hua Changjing never avoided suspicion, so he sat down next to Shi Qing.

"There are some things to discuss with my son temporarily, so I chased them here, and I just arrived for a while, and the tea is still hot." Shi Qing said with a smile.

Hua Changjing: "The second son of Jin is also there?" ”

Song Yuanju looked at the unmarried couple who were approaching their wedding date, but they couldn't be more peaceful with each other, and interjected with a smile: "But isn't it, after returning to Beijing, as long as you have free time, you have to come over every day - the master of my family, if you are not in the house and do not go to the barracks, you don't need to guess, you must have come to Miss Jiang." ”

After saying that, he looked at Shi Qing and Hua Changjing with an expression of 'look at others'.

Hua Changjing smiled and didn't speak, Shi Qing glanced at her, and then just smiled.

If you say that the relationship between him and Hua Changjing is indeed a little different from others.

From beginning to end, it seems to be plain, and there is not too much so-called affection, but I am very sure that the other party is the person I am looking for, and the person who can accompany and appreciate each other for a lifetime.

Song Yuanju saw that the two of them didn't mean to be 'ashamed' at all, and felt quite boring, so he pulled the topic back to Jin Qi and Jiang Ying, and said with a puzzled face: "I don't know what the master is talking about with Miss Jiang, I heard that I came over early in the morning, and now it's almost noon, haven't you finished yet?" ”

Shi Qing echoed the "yes", and added with a smile: "I'm hungry." ”

"Don't say it, I'm a little hungry when I say that." Song Yuanju rubbed his stomach.

I said...... You're just here to eat, aren't you? Hua Changjing looked at the two suspiciously.

Song Yuanju smiled and asked, "Miss Hua came over at noon, didn't she have the idea of rubbing rice?" ”

"Stay for dinner at noon!"

The Zhuang family, who came to deliver the snacks, waved his hand and accepted all these foodies who rubbed rice very proudly.

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PS: New Year's Eve is coming, the balance of 2015 has been exhausted, and there are laughs and laughter after a year, but more is the harvest, especially the harvest of such a lovely book friend, although most people will not leave a message in the book review area to discuss, everyone Xiaofei will be very moved every time he sees the new name on the fan list, I know, everyone has been with me, although I am far from writing well enough, but with you, I will continue to work hard, thank you.

Hopefully, in the new year, we can still move forward hand in hand.

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