Chapter 25: A Turning Point?

[As long as you ...... Surrender me! ]

What exactly did she mean by that?

Provocation?

Or is it ......

Xie An glanced back at the woman sitting in the chair, the woman with a [I'm stuffy] expression on her face.

To be honest, he really wanted this woman to get out of the way as soon as possible, but unfortunately the consequences of doing so were too serious.

Forget it, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, and if he is frustrated for a while, he doesn't have to take it too seriously, just let the woman stay, and when she feels that staying by her side is not as interesting as her alone, she will naturally leave, before that, just endure it if you can, if you can't bear it, it's ......

Grit your teeth and bear with it!

Xie An secretly comforted himself.

"Hey, Xie An, when will it be? ――Didn't you say that Li Shou would come back soon? But now I've been waiting for an hour......" The woman sitting on the chair looked at Xie An with her cheeks on her cheeks, her face full of impatience.

"Please! It's only been a moment since I entered the house, where is the hour? Xie An rolled his eyes speechlessly, then spread out the paper on the desk, lifted the pen with his right hand, and said lightly, "Don't be impatient, didn't the people in the mansion say it, His Royal Highness the Ninth has gone out of the mansion to do business, and he will be back in a short time......" As he spoke, he raised his hand and wrote a huge ninja on the paper, so as to calm himself down.

"I don't care! - I don't want to stay here, suffocation! The woman stood up indignantly and stomped her feet.

"What did you just say? [You can go anywhere today]......"

"Who knew the place you chose would be so boring!" The woman said rather depressedly.

"Ah, that's really sorry......" Xie An said in a perfunctory tone.

The woman looked at Xie An sullenly, only to find that Xie An seemed to be writing something with a pen, her eyes rolled, she walked to the desk with curiosity, looked sideways at the words Xie An wrote, her face showed an inscrutable look, and muttered, "It's really unseemly......

Listening to her surprised tone, Xie An was stunned, and said in disbelief, "I really didn't expect that you would praise others ......"

"Praise you?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu raised his head, looked at Xie An like a fool, and said with a little sarcasm, "How can you hear that I am praising you?" ”

"Isn't it?" Xie An asked in surprise.

"......" Looking at Xie An's dumbfounded and sluggish appearance, the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head speechlessly, the folding fan in his hand clicked on the words on the paper, and said angrily, "Just this word, a three-year-old child is better than you, you look at the words you write, there is no momentum, twisted and twisted like a worm...... If I were you, I would eat this piece of paper and not mention it! ”

"You!" Xie An's face turned red, although he also knew that his calligraphy was very ugly, but he was counted by the eldest grandson Xiangyu like this, he couldn't help but be very annoyed in his heart, and when he heard this, he glared at the woman fiercely, and said angrily, "You write one and I'll take a look!" ”

"Humph!" Seeing Xie An's annoyance, the eldest grandson Xiangyu snorted lightly, walked to Xie An's side, gently picked up the pen in his hand, and said lightly, "Lay the paper!" ”

Xie An hated his teeth and spread an unused piece of paper on the table with a dismal face.

"Write what?" Eldest grandson Xiangyu asked.

Xie An thought about it, suddenly grinned, and said meaningfully, "Just write [The grace of a meal will be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes will be repaid!] - If you write well, I'll have it framed and hung in my room! ”

As smart as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, how could she not hear that Xie An's words were deliberately aimed at her, she shook her head with a smile when she heard the words, and said mockingly, "I can't see it, you are really a little child...... A dignified seven-foot man, but he is angry with a woman from the slave family, you are really promising! She couldn't help but laugh out loud as she spoke.

The crisp laughter sounded so harsh to Xie An's ears, which made him blush.

"Less nonsense! ――Do you even write or not? ”

"Look at your anxious ......" glanced at Xie An with an angry face disdainfully, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu no longer stimulated him, holding the pen and frowning at the paper on the table, after a slight groan, he waved his pen and wrote.

Xie An was stunned, he only felt that the eldest grandson Xiangyu at this time had a scholarly temperament, and the woman with an extremely bad personality in his memory was simply like two people.

Right now, she seems to be a scribe who has been immersed in this place for decades, and that posture and temperament make Xie An can't help but think of the Liangqiu dance when he practiced martial arts in the backyard every morning.

Just a few breaths, the eldest grandson Xiangyu made a heavy gesture, then casually threw the brush in his hand aside, picked up the folding fan placed on the table, glanced at Xie An, and said lightly, "Let someone frame it!" ”

"So confident?" Xie An snorted coldly, walked over and looked down, and almost gasped in shock, only to see that every stroke of the handwriting on the paper was full of momentum, and the force penetrated the back of the paper and entered the wood.

Those twelve words are like twelve fierce beasts with teeth and claws, which are majestic and make people tremble.

Even though Xie An tried his best to find a few failures to satirize this proud and arrogant woman, but looking at this character, he had to admit that this woman's attainments in calligraphy were really rare in the world, so that he couldn't find the slightest flaw, which made him a little discouraged.

Perhaps noticing Xie An's strange look, the eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled lightly and said lightly, "There are many people in Jijing who want Miss Ben's Mobao, and they are lining up to come to the house to ask for words, I don't even bother to pay attention to them, the character I wrote for you just now is worth at least three thousand taels!" ”

"Three...... Three thousand taels? Xie An gasped when he heard this, and looked at the words in his hand in disbelief.

To tell the truth, although Xie An worked as a housekeeper in Li Shou's Anle Mansion for three months and helped Liang Qiuwu earn a huge sum of seven or eight million taels, there were only a few dozen taels of deposits in his private small treasury......

Previously, it was because he had a very good relationship with Li Shou, and he was embarrassed to fill his pockets, but after he arrived at the Donggong Mansion, but because he went to the Qinglou to eat and drink with Xiang Qing that day, Liang Qiuwu was very strict with him in terms of silver, for fear that he would sneak into the Qinglou to fool around, so Liang Qiuwu specially instructed Yiyi, Xie An wanted to satisfy him with anything, but he didn't give him silver.

Of course, even if Liang Qiu Wu opened the net, Xie An was probably embarrassed to ask for it, after all, she was his woman, and Xie An couldn't do such a thing as asking for money from a woman.

It is precisely because of this that Xie Anxin has worked hard to save money for three months, and it is only a few dozen taels, but the woman in front of him is worth three thousand taels......

"When...... Seriously? Xie An's hands trembled slightly.

Frowning and looking at Xie An, whose attitude had changed greatly before and after, the eldest grandson Xiangyu seemed to have thought of something, covered half of his face with a folding fan, and said in a dark manner, "You don't want to sell Miss Ben's words, do you?" ”

"How...... How can it be! Xie An, who was told what was in his heart, smiled, shook his head again and again and said, "How did you want to go there?" Of course, I did what I just said, and asked someone to frame it and hang it in the room......"

"That's good!" The eldest grandson Xiangyu snapped closed the folding fan, and said with a smile, "Anyway, I am also familiar with the Donggong Mansion, so I don't know when I will go to your house to sit, and by the way, take a look at the words you said you want to hang in the house...... Then you don't have to say any excuse like [can't find it], if you dare to exchange the painting that Miss Ben gave you for silver......" At this point, her beautiful eyes narrowed, revealing a rather dangerous look.

"No, no, no......" Xie An shook his head again and again, and hurriedly called a member of the mansion and asked him to take this painting to the street, and asked someone to frame it and send it to the Donggong Mansion.

The family also recognized Xie An, and when he heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, so he carefully took the word and trotted away.

At this time, it happened that Li Shou and Wang Dan came over from the corridor and saw Xie An standing at the door of the house, they were very surprised, and said jokingly, "Yo, why didn't Master Xie enjoy the happiness of Donggong Mansion today, and ran to my poor palace......

Speaking of this, Li Shou's words stopped abruptly, because he saw that in addition to Xie An, there was also a woman in the house.

The eldest grandson Xiangyu!

How could this woman be in the house?

Li Shou and Wang Dan glanced at each other, with puzzled expressions.

They recognized this woman's appearance, after all, Li Shou was the identity of the Nine Emperor Princes, and they had seen her at many banquets, and Wang Dan was once a staff member next to the crown prince Li Wei, and he was fortunate enough to meet a few times.

Originally, the two of them also admired this woman who was extremely talented and captivating, but when Xie An told Li Shou and Wang Dan everything she did a few days ago, the two were deeply shocked by this woman's scheming.

And now, seeing Xie An coming to the mansion with this woman, the two of them are really a little confused.

"Why is she here?" After a few words of greeting, Li Shou quietly pulled Xie An aside and asked a little nervously.

"It's hard to put it into words...... Xie An shook his head with a wry smile, and then seemed to think of something, and asked in wonder, "Speaking of which, what did you and Brother Wang just do?" ”

I saw Li Shou glance at the eldest grandson Xiangyu not far away with concern, and said in a low voice, "Why don't you go to my room and discuss it?" ”

Following Li Shou's gaze, he glanced back at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and saw that she was bored picking up a book from the bookshelf and flipping through it at will, he said with a wry smile, "I don't dare to leave her here alone, let's talk about it, it's okay!" ”

"This ......" Li Shou was obviously still a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Xie An sighed, turned his head, and shouted at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, "His Royal Highness the Ninth wants to discuss some important matters with me, if you can promise not to tell others, you can stay here and listen, how about it?" ”

"Something important? What can be done? The eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was flipping through the scrolls in his hand, raised his head and glanced at Li Shou, Xie An, and Wang Dan who were sitting at the desk not far away, and said lightly, "Do you still want to compete for the throne?" ”

Li Shou and Wang Dan's faces changed slightly when they heard this.

"Yo! Really? The eldest grandson Xiangyu, who clearly saw the change in the faces of the two, raised his eyebrows, then chuckled, sat on the chair behind the desk, looked at the scroll in his hand, and said lightly disappreciatively, "Just a few people, they still want to compete for the throne, I really don't know what to say about you...... His Royal Highness the Nine, who else is there, you two want to find death, Miss Ben is too lazy to pay attention, but it's better not to pull that Xie An, Miss Ben is still counting on him to relieve my boredom now, if he is killed by you, who will Miss Ben go to? ”

"......" Li Shou's expression was dull when he heard this, and he looked at Xie An in amazement.

"I didn't say anything to her!" As he spoke, Xie An turned his head and shouted at the eldest grandson Xiangyu angrily, "Okay, thank you, now you can stay here quietly!" ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu glanced at Xie An, Gu Zi flipped through the scroll in his hand, and said slowly, "You'd better hurry up, I don't want to spend this afternoon here!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xie An nodded helplessly, and then saw that Li Shou and Wang Dan were still a little uneasy, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I also know a little bit about that woman's temperament, and she will never interfere in things that she is not interested in......"

"It's not that I'm not interested, it's just that I don't expect the three of you to be able to disturb this Jijing!" The eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was not far away, added lightly, obviously, she was not optimistic about Li Shou at all.

Li Shou couldn't laugh when he heard this, but he no longer doubted it, after all, even if he couldn't trust the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he still trusted Xie An quite a bit, and after a deep sigh, he explained the purpose of leaving the mansion.

"That's right, Mr. Wang told me yesterday that there are many scholars like him who were expelled from the mansion by the prince and returned to their hometowns without shame, so I will go with Mr. Wang today to take a look......"

"How?" Xie An asked, he realized that Li Shou and Wang Dan had already begun to recruit available people, after all, fighting for the throne was not child's play, without the help of talents, relying on the three of them alone, it could be said that there was no chance of winning.

Li Shou shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I just met today, and it's far from the point of putting my heart ...... hearts."

Xie An knew what Li Shou meant by this, and when he heard this, he asked, "Don't invite them to the mansion to do business?" ”

"Well...... Li Shou smiled bitterly, and said helplessly, "After all, he is a well-educated person who is full of wealth, and I am afraid that he will not be able to pull off this face until he has to, in short, I have already said what should be said, it depends on how they think about it......"

"Hmm!" Xie An nodded, beside him, Wang Dan glanced at the woman not far away, and saw that she looked like she had nothing to do with herself and lacked interest, so he asked Xie An softly, "How is Lord Xie?" Have you ever informed Adjutant General Xiang? ”

"Oh, I have already told Third Brother Xiang about this matter, and he will help arrange it, but Third Brother also said that he doesn't know if there is a prince or a few other highnesses among those people, so let's be cautious......"

"This is natural!" Li Shou nodded.

Subsequently, the three of them talked about some topics about the future, and they chatted with great interest, as if the throne was already within reach, and they didn't notice that the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was sitting behind the desk not far away, rubbed his forehead weakly.

After all, she couldn't help but interrupt the three of them.

"Hey, you three, do you really know what you're doing? ――Recruiting people at this juncture? Do you really think that all the people in this city are fools? ”