Xie Mulin didn't know this Miss Xue Si. In Xie Yingzhen's memory, the two of them only met at Mrs. Xie's birthday banquet last year, exchanged a few words, and happened to take a boat ride together to swim in the lake. After falling into the water, they were never seen again.

When the Xie family was in trouble, the Xue family did not come forward. The Xie family was safe and sound, and after the comeback, the Xue family also did not move. The two families did not have a deep friendship, and it was not surprising that after knowing that the Xie family and the Cao family had a feud, they did not want to continue to interact with the Xie family, so they severed the relationship between the two parties. Most of the magnates and eunuchs in the capital did this. Except for a very small number of decent and kind-hearted officials, or who have a relationship with the Song sacrifice wine and the Song family, the Xie family is almost isolated in Jinling City. Last year's Dragon Boat Festival, the Xie family went to Zhoushan Road to watch the Zhao family's Jiao, and the host Zhao family only maintained the superficial etiquette.

As for the private dealings of young people, that's a different matter. If Xie Yinghui hadn't gotten Ma Yurong's blue eyes, the eldest princess of Yongning might not have taken care of her. And without Ma Yurong with her, how could she become friends with Lu Feiyun and Zhao Ying?

Therefore, Xie Mulin and Miss Xue Si have no friendship at all, and they have never met, and their understanding of her, except for the few short conversations in her memory, is only the words revealed by Xie Yingrong when she was talking to herself. If Xie Yingrong's words were true, then Miss Xue Si should be a kinder person, otherwise she would not be kind enough to save Xie Yingrong, and reminded her more than once not to be stupid. Xie Yingrong has always regretted not listening to her, so that he died early, so he wanted to repay her kindness in this life, otherwise, how could he leave his own sister Xie Yingzhen, who also fell into the water, when he just came back from rebirth, and only rescued Miss Xue Si and brought her back to her yard to take care of it?

However, just because a person is kind doesn't mean she's not smart. Miss Xue Si was at least smarter than Xie Yingrong, and she could see how stupid the latter's approach was. But this does not mean that Miss Xue Si will not be tempted by the powerful position of the prince of the East Palace. What Jiang Shilang can see, Miss Xue Si may not be able to see, but her identity is limited, and she can't do what Jiang Shilang can do, so she chooses another way.

The prince only has Wang Meiru as a beauty in his eyes, and he doesn't care about the selection of the crown princess, and it is estimated that he will not pay too much attention to Miss Xue in the future, otherwise he will not be married yet, and he is already impatient with the Xue family. However, the Xue family has already chosen the East Palace, and it will be difficult to get out in the future. But if Miss Xue Si can bring a lot of wealth to the crown prince, she may not be able to gain a firm foothold in the backyard of the East Palace. Once she competes for the right to speak in front of Empress Cao and the crown prince and offers a few clever suggestions, the future outcome is still unknown.

However, in the two lives before and after Xie Yingrong's rebirth, things should have changed a lot. According to Xie Yinghui's whispers from Xie Yingrong's illness, the crown princess in the previous life should be Zhao Ying, who seems to have ended up well, and the Xue family has always been safe and sound. Therefore, Xie Yingrong heard that after Miss Xue became the crown princess, she fell ill in a hurry.

Now that the Xue family has jumped into the big pit of the prince in this life, Miss Xue Si's mind may have changed a lot. She was treated coldly in the Xue family, and there were still many people who were plotting against her property, and even wanted to manipulate her marriage for this, would she have no resentment in her heart? The so-called person who proposed to let her be Miss Xue's escort was really not her behind it?

Even if she can't enter the East Palace, as long as her reputation for being rich spreads to the ears of the queen, the prince or the Cao family, her marriage is not afraid that it will be controlled by the Xue family again, right?

Xie Mulin thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time told Xiao Rui about the fact that she and Miss Xue Si fell into the water at the same time on the day the Xie family was raided last year: "I don't have much friendship with her, and I don't know much about her, but my third sister may be familiar with her." After all, after she fell into the water, she has been resting in my third sister's house, and it was my third sister who rescued her. Although she has never come to my third sister, my third sister has always been thinking about her. It is said that this Miss Xue Si is a kinder person, but I don't know about the rest. ”

Xiao Rui laughed when he heard this: "Did Sister Ling say that Miss Xue Si was kind?" I guess it's because the time we get along is too short, so it's a misunderstanding, right? This Miss Xue Si's reputation is not very good, although the rest of the Xue family has never preached any virtuous and good names for her, but she is also rumored to be an arrogant daughter who is favored and dustless in her grandfather's house, and her majesty is quite strict. It is said that the reason why she obediently returned to the capital with the Xue family was also because after the death of her grandfather, she controlled the foreign family's property, and the methods were too ruthless, so that it attracted public anger and made it difficult to survive. It would be more accurate to say that she is a shrewd and snob than that she is kind. ”

Xie Mulin was a little surprised: "Shrewd snobbery? "How is that possible? The Xie family in the previous life was copied, Xie Pu failed to rehabilitate, and Xie Yingrong was in a difficult situation as the daughter of a criminal minister. What value does she have to make a shrewd and snobbish daughter of the Taishi Mansion look at her differently? But Xie Yingrong has no reason to lie, so how did Xiao Rui's evaluation come from? He was always well-informed, and there was little chance of mistakes.

Xie Mulin frowned and fell into deep thought.

Xiao Rui didn't care about how Miss Xue Si was at all, he just looked at Xie Mulin and said, "I think that a girl like you, Second Sister Xie, is a smart and kind girl." That Miss Xue Si is ambitious, although she is treated coldly by the family, she has no mercy for people who are inferior to her, how can she compare with you? Ling Mei is only afraid that her eyes are not very good. However, I have heard some rumors about her, probably because she has been sick for a long time and will inevitably be confused. ”

Xie Mulin looked at him fixedly, he just smiled, and added half a cup of hot tea for her, and persuaded her to eat some snacks, as if he hadn't said anything bad about her sister just now.

But...... Xie Yingrong's mind was indeed a little confused.

Xie Mulin didn't bother to continue discussing this topic, so he asked another thing: "Your order has come down, which guard station in the north are you going to?" ”

"For the time being, listen to the announcement under the jurisdiction of the Beiping Metropolitan Division, where to go, you have to wait until you go to Beiping, and then it will be decided by the Yanwang Mansion." Xiao Rui smiled and said, "There's no way, I'm in a hurry, the military department will seal the pen around the New Year, and I won't have time to choose a suitable guard in a hurry, so I can only transfer to the north first." ”

I can't complain that he is in a hurry, he wants to go north, so he naturally wants to do some activities. Originally, everything was going well, but the documents from the Yanwang Mansion had just arrived at the Ministry of War, and he didn't know where the news leaked, and he actually asked his father, Xiao Mingde, the general of Zhuguo, to know. Xiao Mingde was very angry, seemed to be a little uneasy, and was very unwilling to transfer him to the command of King Yan, so he asked an acquaintance in the military department to try to replace him with someone else and transfer him to Beiping. Even if the Yan Wangfu found out that the person was wrong and sent a document to Beijing for questioning, it would be two months later, Xiao Rui had already gone to Changhuaiwei, and it was impossible to be transferred again in a short time.

Xiao Rui didn't want to end up with such a result, so just in case, he simply didn't pick a place, entrusted the Yanwang Mansion in Beijing, and quickly set his own order.

After the twentieth day of the first month, the six yamen will open their offices, and this order will come down. Xiao Rui planned to set off as soon as he got the order, lest his father Xiao Mingde know and rush back from the Jingxi camp to stop him. He didn't understand why his father didn't allow him to go to King Yan's place, and his aunt Li Yaozhi might know, but she refused to tell him, so he had to stop asking the elders' secrets. But he has his own plans, and it is impossible to change them.

Xie Mulin knew that Xiao Rui had also experienced a lot of things in the past month. However, the order was successfully issued, his wish was granted, and she was happy for him.

It's just that she couldn't help but think of another person who would block his future, so she asked, "How is the third prince doing?" You're going north, and he didn't stop you, did he? ”

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