Xie Zijing chatted with Mrs. Xu for a while, and it was easy to coax Mrs. Xu to be a little happier, and seeing that it was about to be dinner time, Mrs. Xu hurriedly got up and left. Although she is the duchess of the country, the rules of the upper and lower levels are pressed on her head, and she has to go back to the duchess of China as soon as possible.

Xie Zijing sent Mrs. Xu off and returned to the room, her personal maid Zhiyan pinched her shoulders and said: "Young grandma, what the eldest lady said today is also good, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is good, they all say that the girl over there is as tender as water, even a man can't resist, the eldest young master stayed in Hangzhou for a year, in the end it is too long." Mrs. should write and ask, the eldest young master loves you like this, if you mention it, he will have to think about it more, and it will be a day to come back early. ”

Xie Zijing couldn't help frowning when she heard this, but she had a gentle temperament, even if she was a little displeased, she didn't have a seizure, she just said: "Don't talk nonsense, Uncle Mu is the young master's own uncle, and Miss Mu is also his cousin. Now that Miss Mu's parents are dead, Miss Mu, as a daughter, just wants to quietly keep filial piety for her father in her hometown, which is a common sense. You asked me to persuade the eldest young master to come back as soon as possible? Should he leave Miss Mu alone in Hangzhou, or should he take Miss Mu back with him regardless of Miss Mu's intention to mourn for his father? ”

Zhiyan thought about the instructions of the second wife Xu, and was anxious that Xie Zijing would not fall into the trap, and said in his mouth: "Haven't I felt sorry for you, young grandmother, since you and the eldest young master got married, where have you been separated for such a long time, don't you want the eldest young master?" ”

Speaking of Yu Wenyuan, Xie Zijing's brows finally relaxed, and she returned to her gentle appearance like a spring breeze, "Naturally, I think so." But his eyes are still firm and clear, "It's just that I am already husband and wife with him, so naturally I should believe in him and respect him, and now that he is busy with business, I should support him even more, where can I hold him back because of my little careful thinking that I can't get on the stage." As for what warbler Yanyan, don't mention it again in the future, the eldest young master has to mourn Uncle Mu by himself, your words have been spread, and it can't be said that people think that the eldest young master is a kind of extravagant person, and even the mourning period is out to mess with flowers and grass. ”

Speaking of which, Xie Zijing is Xu's maiden niece, and when she was young, there was only such a daughter left in the family, so she was taken by the old servant and went to Xu's father, who was still the prefect in the poor land of Shaanxi and Gansu at that time. Xie Zijing grew up in the Xu Mansion since she was a child, and later the Xu family married Yu Enxiang, the second young master of the Jingyong Mansion, and Xie Zijing was often taken by the Xu family to live in the Jingyong Mansion.

At that time, Yu Wenyuan's brothers were not very old, and they didn't have to worry about the rules of male and female defense. Mrs. Yu saw that Xie Zijing was born with a beautiful billet, and she knew that she was not a little childish at all, so she often let them play together. Over time, Xie Zijing and Yu Wenyuan developed some childhood friendships.

Later, Xie Zijing grew up and had a good impression of Yu Wenyuan, but her fate was drifting, and she sent people under the fence, so she didn't dare to think about Yu Wenyuan. has no support, and has a memorable appearance, originally she thought that the best thing in her life was to marry a rich farmer and live a dull life. But he didn't expect that he could really marry into the Jingyong Mansion and become Yu Wenyuan's wife.

Yu Wenyuan treats her very well, and she cherishes her current days. It stands to reason that her identity is never worthy of Yu Wenyuan, and the wife of Duke Jing Yong in the future will be a good one. Even if she is not from a well-known official family, she should not be an orphan girl who doesn't even have relatives. Since she got married, it is not without gossip in and out of the house, but Yu Wenyuan has never minded, he has been spoiling and protecting her since she got married, and now three years have passed, and it has never changed.

Yu Wen has been away from home for a year, can Xie Zijing not want to? But Yu Wenyuan made it very clear to her in the letter that she would never allow herself to become a burden to Yu Wenyuan.

"Okay, he decides the affairs of the gentleman himself, where is the reason for me to interject. Don't talk about it later. Xie Zijing said softly but unresistibly, Zhiyan knew that although Xie Zijing was gentle, as long as she made a decision, she would never change it, so she could only press the anxiety in her heart and find another way.

The Xu family didn't want Yu Wenyuan and Mu Qingling to stay in Hangzhou for a long time, but the ancestors in the Jingyong Mansion had agreed, and Xie Zijing, the only person who could say that Yu Wenyuan was moved, would rather keep the empty boudoir for a year than send a message to Yu Wenyuan to say more than half a word. Xu couldn't, so he had to send a message to the people he had placed next to Yu Wenyuan to find a way to coax Yu Wenyuan back as soon as possible.

Ever since he became wary of Xu, Yu Wenyuan has always wanted to find a chance to try Xu, and he also thought that he might have Xu's eyeliner by his side. This time, through the Liu family, the Xu family bypassed the Xu family and sent the letter directly to the ancestor, asked the ancestor for permission, and stayed in Hangzhou with Mu Qingling to keep filial piety for a year, and Yu Wenyuan wanted to take this opportunity to see who was around Cao Ying's heart in Han.

Yu Wenyuan expected that there would be people from the Xu family around him, but he didn't expect that from the steward who followed him to the little servants who served him closely, they were all Xu's people. After Yu Wenyuan confirmed it repeatedly, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, Xu's hands and feet had reached his side, firmly controlling him under his sight, if it weren't for this suspicion, he would have really become someone else's palm and didn't know anything.

If Yu Wenyuan was still suspicious and wait-and-see towards Mu Qingling before, from this moment on, he and Mu Qingleng have really become a country.

The Xu family can't let Mu Qingling go, and they will never let him go.

"Girl, you haven't touched this fan for several days, do you want to see a flower in it?" Yunqiao said while grinding ink for Mu Qingling. The two of them were now in the gazebo in the garden, with a table full of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but Mu Qingling just stared at a blank folding fan in front of her.

Mu Qingling closed the fan, glared at Yunqiao, and said, "I'm happy to see it, use your mouth." ”

Yunqiao put down the ink in his hand, walked around to Mu Qingling's side and said with a smile: "I want to take a look...... What kind of fan deserves to be cherished by a girl! Yunqiao snatched the fan from Mu Qingling's hand and made a gesture to open it. Mu Qingling hurriedly reached out to grab it, and said hurriedly: "Be careful, don't break me!" ”

Yunqiao dodged twice, let Mu Qingling snatch the fan back, and smiled proudly, "Ouch, on weekdays, the girl doesn't even like a good sandalwood bone fan, why is such a bamboo fan so patient with the girl, the girl is talking about it?" What's so good about this fan, it also opens my eyes. ”

Mu Qingling held the fan, a little annoyed by Yunqiao's laughter, turned around to hit her, and said: "It's getting more and more unruly, dare to rob my things, and dare to make fun of me!" This girl can't ask for it, so Ming'er will send you out to harm others! ”

Yunqiao laughed while hiding, and said: "None of the things you looked down on before were given to me casually, but now I don't have any rules, anyway, you are used to it, I will rely on you for the rest of my life, if you want me to go out, I will hold your legs and not let go, see who can pull me away." ”

Mu Qingling was amused by Yunqiao and couldn't stop laughing, and the two chased after each other for a while, and stopped panting. Yunqiao fanned Mu Qingling while raising his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead. As soon as I looked up, I saw that outside the pavilion, Yu Wenyuan was standing alone on the side of the road, and I didn't know how long I had been watching them.

"Young Master Wenyuan." Yunqiao hurriedly saluted, Mu Qingling heard Yunqiao say hello to Yu Wenyuan, and then followed the sound to look over, Yu Wenyuan had already walked into the pavilion, his face was a little solemn, Mu Qingling didn't have time to be embarrassed, so he heard Yu Wenyuan say: "Cousin, do you have time to talk?" ”

Mu Qingling steadied her breathing, tilted her head and motioned for Yunqiao to withdraw from the pavilion to guard, raised her hand to invite Yu Wenyuan to sit down, and said, "Cousin doesn't seem to be in high spirits, but what happened?" ”

Yu Wenyuan looked at Mu Qingling fixedly, he didn't know what Mu Qingling had experienced, but once he walked on the river, the whole person became completely different. If it weren't for Mu Qingling's previous ambition to chisel the wolf son of the second room, he would still be trapped in Xu's rhetoric.

But Mu Qingling, a girl who is still underage, how did she know these things? Before she left Beijing, she was still obedient to Xu's words as before, why did she suddenly recognize Xu's face clearly, and she also knew Xu's plans well. Yu Wenyuan felt that there were too many mysteries on Mu Qingling's body, but at the moment of the great enemy, except for Mu Qingling, he found that he could no longer find anyone to trust and discuss.

His father didn't care about the affairs of the back house, and whenever he talked about it, he only said that although he was not yet the son of the world, he was already the heir of the ironclad Jingyong Gong, so don't worry about the trivial matters of the back house. If he wanted to find his father like this and say that Xu's plan was not good, his father would not only not believe it, but would blame him for his small belly.

The brothers in the family are still young, so they can't count on this matter. Xie Zijing didn't want to bother her with these secrets, and Xu was Xie Zijing's aunt, if Xie Zijing knew that Xu's secret evil intentions for Dafang, the most difficult thing to do was her. Yu Wenyuan was reluctant to let Xie Zijing stand in such a dilemma.

counted and counted, but only Mu Qingling, a cousin, could discuss, and Yu Wenyuan suddenly felt that it was a trick. When I left Beijing, I never imagined that one day I would turn to this young cousin for help.

"You don't want to go back to Beijing, but you can only stay in Hangzhou for a year, what are you going to do this year?" Yu Wenyuan looked at Mu Qingling and asked, Mu Qingling felt that Yu Wenyuan's attitude had changed, although he helped her before, he was still skeptical of her words, and watched while helping her take care of these things in Mu Fu. Today's Yu Wenyuan, as if he had made up his mind, became clear and firm.

"Dissatisfied with my cousin, I stayed in Hangzhou, one is to recover the family property, the Mu family business is huge, I don't want to know nothing, guarding the gold and silver mountains but like a deaf and blind man, I can't do anything. The second is to have my own connections, I am different from my cousin, it is too easy for the Xu family to pinch me, if I have nothing to rely on, I can only be at her mercy when I return to the capital. Mu Qingling looked at Yu Wenyuan, her eyes firm and unshakable, "My cousin came to ask me about this today, did he believe me?" ”

Yu Wenyuan lowered his head and smiled, unspeakably self-deprecating and helpless, "I think that my son of the Jingyong Mansion, a seven-foot man, has been taught by a famous teacher, and he is not as transparent as you, a little woman, if you hadn't reminded me, I would still be played by the Xu family in the palm of my hand." ”

Mu Qingling didn't know what Yu Wenyuan had found out, which made him suddenly believe in himself. But I understand Yu Wenyuan's mood at this time, Xu is too capable of pretending, playing a kind aunt for more than ten years, taking pictures of you everywhere on the surface, looking like she hurts you to the bone, such a person suddenly unveiled her hypocrisy, revealing the sinister under her smile, for people like them who once really trusted her and loved her, it was tantamount to a bolt from the blue.

"Cousin, I can't tell you how I know, you just need to know that I understand that the cost of all this is far greater than the suffering you have today." Mu Qingling looked at the lush flowers and plants outside the pavilion and said slowly, "I know you're sad, but in addition to being sad, what you should think about more is how to deal with it." Without tangible evidence, my uncle would not believe us. The mansion has been held by the Xu family for many years, and the two of us can be said to be isolated, and this year's time is too important for you and for me, and it is too short. ”

Yu Wenyuan let out a long sigh, as if he wanted to spit out all the depression in his heart, yes, a year is too important and too short for them, so they must seize every minute and second now.

"Makes my cousin smile." Yu Wenyuan smiled at Mu Qingling and said, "My cousin has a plan in my heart, so I won't say much, after that, Wenyuan is willing to help my cousin and advance and retreat together." ”