Tonight's small banquet is not one of those formal feasts, and there is no need to pay too much attention to the rituals, and the participants can be much less restrained. Princess Yan's mother and daughter chatted with the Xie family, ate and ate vegetables, and half a night passed, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Wen took the children and walked slowly back to the Chengbi Mountain House. It's not very cool at night, there is a slight wind, and there are stone lamps along the road. The moonlight is also good tonight, reflecting the surface of the lake, and there are sparkling waves. The breeze carries the fragrance of willow branches, and there is a faint more aggressive aroma. Xie Mulin vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a lot of elm leaves and plums planted near Meiqiao, and it was almost the time to bloom now.

She stood on the plum bridge, looking at the lights in the night around her, and suddenly had a little interest in visiting Zizhu Courtyard at night.

Although it is now in the garden of King Yan's mansion, it is not easy to wander around casually as a guest, but Princess Yan and Lord Yongping have not restrained them, but warmly invite them to play in the garden casually. Ming'er and her family may have to leave, if they don't take this opportunity to take a good walk in the garden, God knows how long it will take her to have the opportunity to come back to the garden?

Xie Mulin thought to herself, she didn't have to walk around, Princess Yan and the county lord of Yongping, as well as Xiao Rui, she would definitely not approach the north of the garden, but even in the south of the garden, there seemed to be some good scenery to enjoy. The weather is so good tonight, the garden is well lit, and there are no idle people, why don't she go for a walk? It happened that she was full for dinner, so she just thought it was time to eliminate it!

Xiao Rui was not there, and she didn't want to send someone to invite her, so she simply brought her eldest sister as a companion.

Xie Mulin immediately invited Xie Yinghui, and Xie Yinghui was also a little moved. She has swam through a lot of gardens, but Zizhuyuan is really the first time she has returned. There are only a few places to go during the day, and she also had something on her mind at the time, so she didn't watch it too carefully, and it was good to go for a walk at night.

Wen Shi turned around and heard the two girls discussing like this, and he didn't object, but said: "Take your girls with you, if something happens, send them to find the attendants in the garden, and don't go to those dark corners where no one can be seen, our family is here to be a guest in the garden, and you don't want to be too inappropriate to be guests." ”

Xie Mulin smiled and responded with Xie Yinghui, calling Cuijiao and Luqi, Xie Huizhi also volunteered to come in with one foot, accompany the two sisters, and give them courage, so as not to be afraid of the dark at night. He also said that during the day, he heard the guide Xiao Xu say that there are many hidden corners in this garden that can hide people, as well as places where the soles of the feet are easy to slip and hurt people to fall, and follow the sisters to go, and remind them to avoid them.

Xie Mulin said that she is not afraid of the dark at all, and she doesn't need her younger brother to be brave, but it is not bad to have her younger brother with her, but she asks Xie Huizhi to be a little behind a foot or two, and stay away from her sisters......

Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui took Xie Huizhi and the two girls with a grin, and turned to the east after getting off Meiqiao. They plan to take a stroll along the lake. Wen smiled helplessly, and continued to slowly pace back to the Chengbi Mountain House with the others. Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi fell at the end of the line, she looked back at the direction where her sisters left, and then looked at her mother-in-law who was walking in front, and her younger brothers beside her, a little entangled.

She had some questions that she wanted to ask her sisters privately. But she didn't live with the eldest sister and the second sister, so she went to their residence to ask, which seemed to be a little obvious. I was going to find time to find an excuse to talk to my sisters at night, but now my sisters have taken their third brother to visit the garden, when will they go back?! Can she still ask?

She could have caught up with the two sisters immediately and found an opportunity to ask questions, but the third brother was also present, and she always felt a little inconvenient, not to mention that her brother Xie Hanzhi was by her side, she had to send her brother back to her residence to rest assured......

Xie Yingfen was still entangled, Xie Hanzhi beside him looked around, and when he saw that no one was near, he lowered his voice and said: "Fourth sister, I know you have any questions, but this kind of thing, if the sisters don't say it, they naturally have their reasons, and they don't deliberately hide it from you." You don't have to take it too seriously. When your father, wife, and older siblings think you should know, they'll tell you. ”

Xie Yingfen was stunned and looked at her younger brother in surprise: "Little Four, what are you talking about?!" ”

"At the banquet just now, when Princess Yan mentioned her second brother-in-law when she spoke, was that tone wrong?" Xie Hanzhi looked at her, "At that time, I found out that Fourth Sister, you looked puzzled. About Princess Yan and the county lord didn't expect it, many people in our family know the truth, but the fourth sister, you are still in the dark. Our Xie family has always been sincere, after all, there are taboos in this matter, so I didn't mention it clearly at home. ”

Xie Yingfen pursed her lips: "So...... You know that? So what's going on? I thought it was ...... The second brother-in-law is the son of the General's Mansion, but he is very valued by King Yan and Princess Yan. But listening to Princess Yan's tone today, how do I feel...... The second brother-in-law is more like the son of Yan Wangfu?! ”

"The second brother-in-law is actually the son of King Yan." Xie Hanzhi whispered the truth he knew, "He was actually born illegitimate to King Yan and his late fiancée, the eldest lady of the Xiao family, before they got married. Miss Xiao died after giving birth, and King Yan was delayed by the war and failed to rush back to the capital in time to marry her, so that the father and son could not recognize each other. General Xiao was afraid that if outsiders knew about this, it would ruin the reputation of the Xiao family, so he kept it secret, and let Miss Xiao's henchman pretend to be his concubine, gave birth to this child, and regarded the second brother-in-law as his concubine, and raised him to such a big age. But King Yan has never had an heir, and there is really no way, so he confessed to the queen mother and the emperor, and finally snatched this son back. ”

Xie Hanzhi said something about the emperor's meaning and explained Xiao Rui's current situation. Although the emperor has not yet decreed the canonization, everyone in the Yanwang Mansion has already acquiesced to Xiao Rui's status, and even the clan jade has been changed. Similar people in Beiping City have already heard of it, so they just have to disclose their identities on the surface.

Xie Yingfen was dumbfounded when she heard this: "I haven't heard of such a thing, why do you know about it, fourth brother?!" ”

Xie Hanzhi replied: "After the eldest brother and the second brother knew about this, they specially called the third brother and me over and talked about it carefully. In fact, they are worried that the third brother is often walking around, and they may hear the rumors one day, in case they don't know the inside story, it will be bad to make a joke. However, the third brother actually knew earlier than they knew, and he just kept pretending that nothing was wrong. The third brother told us that the marriage contract between the second brother-in-law and the second sister had been decided long before he recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors. Even if he later changed his identity, he didn't plan to change his hexagram, so what else is there to say? Whether he is surnamed Zhu or Xiao, he is our second brother-in-law anyway! ”

Xie Yingfen thought about it, and immediately calmed down.