"This time, the people of Ruiwangfu beat the second prince on the street, I am afraid that the matter will enter the palace, and there is already a lot of trouble around the second prince, you must remember not to mention this matter outside, so as not to get into trouble."

Shen Tangxi smiled: "Uncle, don't worry, we won't." ”

Xie Yuan looked at Xie Qingheng.

Xie Qingheng also hurriedly came back to his senses and said: "Father, don't worry, we will return to the National Prince's Prison in a while, and we will prepare for the small exam in eight days, and we will not come out again during this time, and we will not mix the affairs of the Ruiwang Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion." ”

Xie Yuan was relieved: "That's good." ”

Xie Yuan listened to Xie Qingheng talk about the small exam, and remembered the matter of the prince's companionship mentioned before.

He wanted to tell Xie Qingheng a few words, but now Shen Tangxi is also there, even if the relationship between the two families is very good, and Shen Xiang and them are also very close, but some things still have to avoid others to avoid trouble.

He could only pull Xie Qingheng and the two to say something else, and someone knocked on the door outside.

"Enter."

After Xie Yuan answered, the door was pushed open, and Chen walked in from outside with a tea tray.

Xie Qingheng and Shen Tangxi both hurriedly got up.

"Mother."

"Ma'am."

Chen smiled softly at the two of them.

Xie Yuan's face softened: "Why are you here?" ”

Chen said softly: "You didn't eat much during lunch, and I was afraid that you would be hungry, so I asked the kitchen to prepare some snacks for you." ”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xie Qingheng and said:

"I just heard from the people below that the eldest prince and the cousin young master are also back, so I also prepared some for you, but I don't know what you like to drink, so I just brewed the same Xueqing as the Hou Ye, and you can taste it to your appetite."

Xie Qingheng hurriedly reached out and took the teacup, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, mother." ”

Shen Tangxi glanced at Chen, and also reached out to take the tea: "Thank you, madam." ”

Chen smiled softly and looked at Xie Qingheng with some expectation.

Xie Qingheng's hands were a little hot when he held the teacup, but he felt that his scalp was a little numb from Chen's gaze, but he was not afraid, but anyone who was looked at so straight and tense would be uncomfortable.

He hurriedly took a sip of the teacup, then put the teacup on the table, then got up and said to Xie Yuan:

"Father, Ah Tang and I may have been out for a long time, and we have to go back to China to report to the prison."

Xie Yuan didn't think much about it, nodded and said, "Then you guys go first, remember what I said just now, don't mix with royal affairs." ”

Both of them nodded, Xie Qingheng saluted the Chen family, and quickly turned around to leave.

Chen looked at the tea on the table, his eyes darkened.

After Xie Yuan noticed it, he said, "What's the matter, Jia Niang?" ”

Chen lowered his eyes and forced a smile: "No, Ruan Ruan has rarely come to see me in the past two days, I heard that she went out to watch a play with the eldest prince and them today, so I want to talk to the eldest prince, but the eldest prince doesn't seem to like me very much......"

Xie Yuan fell silent when he heard this.

Xie Qingheng doesn't like the Chen family, he knows it, even Xie Qingyang and Xie Huan are more respectful to the Chen family, and they are not close enough.

But when he married Chen, there were countless troubles, and Xie Qingheng and the three of them were even a little estranged from him as a father because he married Chen.

They are willing to respect the Chen family, and it is enough not to embarrass her for some trivial things and trouble her, forcing them to get close to the Chen family, even if Xie Yuan likes the Chen family again, he can't do it, and if he really does it, Old Madam Xie is afraid that she can directly break his leg with a stick.

Xie Yuan stepped forward and hugged her and said, "Don't think too much, Qing Heng is in a hurry to return to the National Prison, so he didn't talk to you much, as for Ruan Ruan...... She's just a child, and she'll be fine in a few days. ”

Seeing Chen's somewhat depressed appearance, Xie Yuan changed the topic and said:

"At noon, I didn't feel like I had much appetite and couldn't eat, but I really felt a little hungry when you mentioned it just now, what did you have in the kitchen?"

Chen was obediently taken aside by him, and said softly: "They are all Hou Ye's favorite food, there are yam cakes, golden silk rolls, pea yellow and water chestnut soup." ”

"I saw that you have a bad appetite these days, so I asked them to make an appetizing snack with hawthorn, and you still like it when you try it......"

……

In the study, Xie Yuan half-hugged the Chen family and whispered softly, while Shen Tangxi outside looked at Xie Qingheng walking away, and laughed lowly: "I look at your stepmother who is gentle and soft-spoken, and she is not bad for you, why do you look like you are afraid of her?" ”

Xie Qingheng pursed his lips, a little indescribable for Chen.

In terms of temperament, Chen is indeed gentle, she is good-looking, her temperament is not contentious or robbing, she speaks softly and weakly, and never knows how to calculate others.

This kind of stepmother is a good thing for the children born to their original partners, but he really can't get close to her when he saw her behaving towards Su Ruan before.

Xie Qingheng didn't like Chen in his heart, but he didn't tell anyone about her interest outside, just said: "She is my father's wife, I just need to respect her, there is no need to get too close." ”

Shen Tangxi raised his eyebrows: "You know her so well, how can you deal with Su Ruan, you don't mind?" ”

Xie Qingheng heard him mention Su Ruan and frowned: "Su Ruan is different from her. ”

Shen Tangxi saw him protective, and couldn't help but say, "What's the difference?" They're mother and daughter, aren't they? ”

Xie Qingheng suddenly became a little angry, wanting to say that Su Ruan has a strong temperament, wanting to say that her kindness has a bottom line, and wanting to say that she is not the same kind of person as the Chen family at all.

Chen only knows how to live by relying on others, but Su Ruan will never be, even if there are people around her who are willing to help her, she will not care, and even if she encounters great adversity, she can resist it.

Xie Qingheng opened his mouth, and those words were about to blurt out, but when he looked at Shen Tangxi's scrutinizing eyes, he suddenly didn't want to say it.

Different positions, different things to see.

There are some things he can't tell Shen Tangxi, just as Shen Tangxi doesn't know what he knows, so he can't trust Su Ruan, so naturally he can't see Su Ruan's good.

The depression in Xie Qingheng's heart suddenly dissipated, and he turned his head and said, "Why did you hide from your father about our affairs in Liyuanchun just now?" ”

Shen Tangxi did tell Xie Yuan about what happened in Liyuan Chun, but he only mentioned the street fight between Yuwen Liangchen and Yuwen Yan, and didn't say anything else, let alone Xie Qingheng said Su Ruan's suspicions and complained to Xie Yuan as Xie Qingheng thought before.

Shen Tangxi said lightly: "I said, Huan'er and you will be punished." ”

Xie Qingheng was stunned.

Shen Tangxi looked at him: "Su Ruan is an outsider, you and Huan'er are not, I can't make it difficult for her to let the two of you suffer." ”