After Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui got rid of the mother-in-law of Pingnanbo's Mansion, they smoothly left the city and arrived at the house rented by Xie Xianzhi outside Bao'en Temple, where they met with their brother.

Xie Xianzhi and his sister Xie Yinghui haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and now they are reunited, they are very excited to each other, and they don't care about the recent situation after saying goodbye, so they hug their heads and cry first.

Xie Mulin was worried that these two were delicate and frail masters, and he was afraid that they would hurt themselves if they cried for a long time, so when they cried for ten minutes, he stepped forward and stopped: "Okay, it's not the New Year yet, it's cold and windy outside, you can quickly go into the house and sit down and talk, don't cry patronizing." Big brother, the eldest sister was sick a few days ago; Eldest sister, the eldest brother's body is not strong, and he has suffered a lot on the way to Beijing. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xie Xianzhi and Xie Yinghui were worried about their siblings, and they hurriedly looked at each other, and urged each other to enter the house hand in hand. Xie Mulin smiled and pushed the two of them into the door of the living room together, and instructed Jiang Pu to arrange the accompanying male and female servants, while Cuijiao and Xiangtao were responsible for packing the luggage in the room for herself, and then it was time for the three brothers and sisters to talk alone.

Important news, Xie Mulin and Jia Da and others had already communicated with each other when they acted as messengers. Xie Yinghui has also written letters to her eldest brother in the past few months. Therefore, when Xie Yinghui saw her brother, she didn't have anything else to say, the main thing was to complain about what the Cao family had done again, talk about the situation before the death of her grandmother, Duchess Chengen, and finally complain about the third sister Xie Yingrong a few words, and it would be over.

Xie Xianzhi was more concerned about Xie Yinghui's body, and carefully asked about her condition, and learned that she was just depressed, which caused her to not think about tea and dinner, which caused damage to her body, in fact, it was not a serious illness, and he was finally a little relieved, but he couldn't help but say to his sister: "Chengenhou Mansion has already drawn a line with our brother and sister, you see what happened to your grandmother and uncle, you should also know what his family is doing, why bother to be sad and resentful about them?" If the Cao family's character had merit, you and my brother and sister would not have ended up where they are today. There's really no need to be delusional about them, just do our part. Our surname is Xie and not Cao, and the Cao family still regards us as calculable outsiders, so why should my sister treat them as close relatives? ”

Xie Yinghui lowered her head and wiped away her tears: "I didn't expect it for a long time, but I didn't expect that they were getting more and more excessive day by day." Of course, we are people with foreign surnames, but after all, my grandmother is my grandfather's wife, and she still has the super life of the Duchess on her head. The queen mother is worried about giving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a reputation of virtuous and filial piety, why is the Cao family even too lazy to pretend to be a filial son? My grandmother, the Duchess of the Motherland, died and couldn't even keep the dignity she deserved! ”

Xie Xianzhi said lightly: "As long as the Cao family still wants to make a good name for His Royal Highness the Prince, the superficial work that should be done must be done. Even if they don't want to, someone will try to persuade them. We'll just wait. ”

Xie Yinghui pursed her lips: "What if you can't wait?" ”

Xie Xianzhi chuckled: "If you can't wait, there will be a royal history to participate in them." Other imperial histories don't have that guts, but the Lin family's imperial histories are not vegetarians. ”

Xie Yinghui paused, showing an expression of sudden realization.

Xie Mulin interjected on the side: "It's nothing else, the eldest sister has been pestered by the Pingnanbo Mansion at home these days, and when we went out, the mother-in-law of the Pingnanbo Mansion was still stopping in front of the carriage, as if she wanted Cao Wenfeng to come over and accompany the eldest sister in every possible way." We don't know what kind of medicine is sold in their gourd, so we prevaricate with lies. But just in case, big brother, if you go out these days, you should be a little more careful. ”

Xie Xianzhi frowned, and hurriedly asked Xie Yinghui what was going on. When Xie Yinghui saw her brother, the sense of stability that she originally had as an eldest daughter almost disappeared, and she re-became a little sister who relied on her brother for everything, and even told in detail the story of her recent "battle of wits and courage" with Pingnan Bofu.

In the end, she persuaded: "My brother should go out as little as possible recently." We just need to wait for the day of our grandmother's funeral and the rest of us don't have to pay attention. I will also try to stay at home, even the white jade Buddha statue at home, and prepare to burn incense and chant scriptures in front of the Buddha every day in the past few days, praying for my grandmother. Originally, she still wanted to go to Bao'en Temple every day, and brought the Buddha statue just for the convenience of incense in the morning and evening, but now she has fooled the people of Pingnanbo's Mansion, so she simply doesn't take a little risk, just hide in the house for a few days.

Xie Xianzhi glanced at his sister speechlessly, and then said, "No, I made an appointment with someone to meet in a nearby teahouse, and I still have to ask the elder for homework, how can I hide at home all day and not go out?" ”

Xie Mulin listened to Daqi: "Hasn't the eldest brother been living in seclusion these days?" When did you meet new people? Which elder is it? ”

Xie Xianzhi smiled and said: "I met in Bao'en Temple this morning, and the two younger sisters must have heard of it, it is the general political envoy Jiao Wenying who wrote me a recommendation for Zhushan Academy." When Mr. Jiao saw me, he learned that I had come back to pick up my sister and send my grandmother to the funeral, praised me for my filial piety, and asked me about my homework. I can't take this year's county exam because I have to keep my grandmother's filial piety, but if Master Jiao can give me some guidance, it will definitely be of great benefit to me. Therefore, I made an appointment with him to meet him at a nearby teahouse in two days, and then I presented him with a few new articles written in the past two months. I came back this morning and my sisters arrived, and I have been busy writing articles for the past few hours. ”

Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui suddenly realized. Although the sisters have never met Jiao Wenying, they know that he is a confidant of Jinshang, and he is not all the way with the Cao family, but has a good relationship with the maiden father of the Song family in the second room, and is trustworthy.

Xie Yinghui said to her brother: "Then my brother will go to see him, it would be better if he could complain about the Cao family's unfilial behavior in front of this Master Jiao." Isn't the Department of Communications specifically responsible for the Quartet's presentation of grievances and suing lawlessness? It's just right to let this Lord Jiao take care of the Cao family! ”

Xie Mulin and Xie Xianzhi glanced at each other, and they both smiled a little helplessly. The latter said: "We are about to leave Beijing in a few days, so why bother to get involved in official wrongdoing?" This case is really reported, do you think we can leave without a hitch? When the time comes, Pingnanbo Mansion will only act more excessively! Isn't my sister afraid of them? ”

Xie Yinghui sneered. If it's really that troublesome, then she'd better not have much to do.

The three brothers and sisters hurriedly moved to the dining table, had a simple and warm dinner, and after the meal, they asked the girl to make hot tea, and continued to sit in the hall and talk about family life.

It didn't take long for Qing Song to kneel under the steps outside the door with a slightly hasty expression, and reported to the little master: "The eldest young master, the little one met the eldest prince of the Chengenhou Mansion outside, and met him face-to-face, so that he could recognize it!" ”