Chapter 135: Heavy Snow
Xie Yinghui didn't understand why Xie Yingfen asked this question: "Isn't this obvious?" The letter is forged, so that when it is seen, the father will be questioned! No matter how stupid the third girl is, she also knows that her father is a righteous man and a gentleman, and she can't do bad things, and when she sees the content of the letter, she must know that there is a ghost! ”
Xie Yingfen shook her head: "Big sister, you didn't understand what I meant. I mean, why would she know that there was a ghost in that faith? Who knows what's written until you open the letter? The third sister said at the time that she was there to find a book for Miss Xue Si, so what did she do when she turned out her father's letter? ”
Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui immediately understood that Xie Yingfen was questioning, why did Xie Yingrong go through his father's correspondence with others before he saw the content of the letter and knew that the letter was forged?
Xie Mulin coughed lightly, pulled the quilt up two more inches, and covered half of his face, but his mind was thinking quickly about how to fool this matter?
Xie Yinghui didn't know what her second sister was thinking, and she really thought about the answer to the question seriously: "Is it difficult...... Presumably the third sister saw that my mother's person hid the letter? No...... Ordinary people would not have thought of such a thing even if they saw the people around my mother enter the study! Even she herself, who has always been close to her mother and uncle's family, never expected that the Cao family would frame Xie Pu.
But in this way, isn't Xie Yingrong suspected of searching his father's letters? For what purpose did she do such an unruly thing?
Xie Mulin whispered vaguely: "Maybe the letter was originally placed in a conspicuous place, and the third sister found it as soon as she entered the door?" Thinking about it, since the Cao family has the intention of framing his father, they must make sure that the officers and soldiers searching can find the fake letter as soon as possible. If the collection is too dense and the officers and soldiers do not find it, will their efforts be in vain? ”
Xie Yinghui turned her head to look at her: "How is it possible?" If faith is true, then who will put the important things in a conspicuous place? Isn't that a clear way to tell people that the belief was planted by someone else?! ”
Xie Mulin laughed dryly: "Is this...... Anyway, Fang Wenshan's people came into the study to search, he didn't say it, how could others think too much? ”
Xie Yinghui frowned, feeling that this statement seemed reasonable.
Thinking of the ex-stepfather who ruined her peaceful and happy life, Xie Yinghui couldn't help but show a disgusted expression on her face: "The surname Fang's many injustices have really been retributed!" But when he thought of Ping Nanbo, who had died a long time ago, and his wife and children, who were also not good at dying, he couldn't help but feel gloomy, "It can be seen that in life, you should not do harmful things." At that time, I hurt people, thinking that I could benefit, and no one would know. But in fact, retribution is all behind, and you can escape for a while, but you can't escape for a lifetime. Heaven is fair to everyone, don't think that you can escape because your identity is not ordinary! ”
Xie Mulin saw that his eldest sister was in a melancholy mood because of the Cao family's affairs, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "Speaking of Fang Wenshan, the force that instructed him to perjury and frame the Cao family must be the third prince, right?" The emperor has only four princes in total so far, the prince's status is unstable, the second prince is going to succeed the clan, the third prince is such a sinister villain, he is really going to take the throne, I am afraid that our subordinates will not have a good time. The emperor's favorite should be the four princes, right? But I know very little about this nobleman, and I don't know what his temperament and character are. If he was really made a prince and succeeded to the throne in the future, would he be a wise monarch? ”
Xie Yinghui cheered up a little: "The temperament of the Fourth Highness has always been very good, and he is also smart. When he was a child, he may not have seen it, but he only knew that he had a sweet and pleasant mouth, was filial to the emperor, and was blindly pure and well-behaved, the queen mother and the emperor liked him very much, and he felt aggrieved because his biological mother was a straw bag beauty like Qiao Meiren. But now that I think about it, if he is really just an innocent and ignorant child, and there is such a mother concubine, in the palace facing the unloving queen and the two high-ranking concubines, as well as the three brothers who have no filial piety, how can he always be safe and sound?
"The Third Highness was bullied by the Second Highness, but the Fourth Highness hardly suffered any crimes. Where is this like an innocent and ignorant child? In the past few years, he has been taken by the emperor all the time, getting along day and night, teaching by word and deed, and the emperor's intention of being easy to save is actually obvious. His Royal Highness has always been taboo against him, but it is not unreasonable. ”
Xie Yinghui was not worried about anything wrong with the four princes ascending to the throne. Because the family of the fourth prince and mother is not obvious, the Qiao family has always been careful in Beijing, and they dare not offend any prominent family, and if they want to play tricks, they are just playing in their own small circle. If the four princes really set up a prince, the auxiliary subordinates would definitely not be able to count on the Qiao family, and only the truly capable officials in the court could only be promoted fairly and justly. In this way, everyone has a chance, the Cao family, the Lin family or the Xiao family, no one wants to have the upper hand in this.
Xie Mulin listened with some relief. She had only heard about the Fourth Prince from others in the past, and guessed that he was the best candidate for the new prince, but after all, it was just hearsay, and she didn't know his temperament. But a prince who is smart and precocious and knows how to develop in a low-key manner is always more worth looking forward to than princes who are arrogant, have no self-knowledge, and always like to engage in intrigues.
Xie Yingfen yawned on the side: "The emperor is also old, the crown prince and the second prince are not good, and the third prince has a bad character, so it is not bad to let the fourth prince be the new prince." But if he becomes the new prince, who can succeed him on the side of Yanwangfu? I hope you don't be the third prince. If my father really wants to be an official under such a person in the future, our family might as well find a way to transfer back to the capital as soon as possible, anyway, the Cao family can't threaten us......"
Xie Yinghui turned around and glanced at Xie Mulin, and smiled tacitly. However, Xie Yingfen was already in a daze and was about to fall asleep, so she didn't notice the eye contact between her two sisters at all.
The three sisters slowly fell asleep. After a good night's sleep, when he woke up the next morning, Xie Mulin opened his eyes and noticed an unusual chill in the air. She touched the futon under her, the kang was still hot, and the chill in the air was due to ......
She rolled over and sat up, looked out the window, and was surprised to see that it was bright and white, as if it was dawn. But the mother-in-law in the courtyard has just begun to clean the corridor, which is usually her job at dawn on weekdays.
She leaned in front of the window to take a closer look, and sure enough, the yard was piled up with thick snow, and it was almost up to her calf to the naked eye. Did it snow so hard last night?!
Xie Yinghui and Xie Yingfen were both awakened by Xie Mulin's movements, and the former asked vaguely, "What time is it?" The latter sat up in shock: "Are we up late?!" It's so bright?! ”
Xie Mulin shook his head at them, pointed out the window, and the two of them put on their clothes and quilts and came over, and when they saw the scene outside the window, their eyes widened: "What a lot of snow!" ”