Xie Yuan was on the side of the ancestral hall, and next to him stood Xie Huan, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.

Listening to the report from the people below, it was said that Mrs. Xie ordered someone to beat Xie Qingyang and lifted Su Ruan's grounding.

Xie Huan hung her head a little frightened, while Xie Yuan asked, "What about Qingyang?" ”

"The sixth prince was taken back to Xinglu Courtyard by the eldest prince, and the eldest prince has invited the doctor over."

Xie Yuan nodded, looked back at Xie Huan and said, "You go to Xinglu Courtyard with me." ”

"Yes, father."

Xie Huan hung her head, her fingers unconsciously clasped together and stirred gently, obviously she didn't expect that Old Madam Xie would personally punish Xie Qingyang.

She knows Xie Qingyang's temperament, and she is used to being coquettish.

In the past, no matter how big a thing he committed, the old lady who could be coaxed in a blink of an eye smiled, this time it made the old lady angry, and Xie Qingyang couldn't get out of bed, and nine times out of ten the things in the tablet were really done by him.

Xie Huan was a little uneasy, although she cried as her cousin said just now, and her father had forgiven her, but she was not sure at all on Qingyang's side.

Xie Yuan saw his daughter's fear in his eyes, but he didn't explain anything, but directly instructed the people next to him to put Song's tablet back on the incense platform, and then took Xie Huan directly to Xie Qingheng's courtyard.

When they arrived, the doctor had just left.

Xie Qingyang was half-lying on the bed with the medicine on his back, and fainted in pain.

Xie Qingheng saw Xie Yuan coming, and when he saw Xie Huan standing behind him with red eyes, his cold eyebrows and eyes, which were almost the same as Xie Yuan, were dyed with a dull color.

"Father."

Xie Qingheng said respectfully.

Xie Huan whispered "big brother".

Xie Yuan spoke: "How is Qingyang's injury?" ”

Xie Qingheng said: "It didn't hurt the muscles and bones, but the barbs on the whip penetrated into the flesh, and it looked more serious, and the doctor said that he would be fine if he raised it for a month." ”

There was no emotion in his voice, and even his face always had the respectful look it should have, but Xie Yuan still heard resentment from his words.

Xie Yuan glanced at the youngest son lying on the bed, looked sideways at the eldest son who was becoming more and more like him, walked to the side and sat down on the sandalwood Taishi chair, and then said, "Are you complaining that I married the Chen family and made your brothers and sisters wronged?" ”

"My son doesn't dare." Xie Qingheng said.

Xie Yuan looked at the children standing side by side and said, "You and I are father and son, Heng'er, no one will know you better than me, a father." ”

Xie Qingheng pursed his lips when he heard this, his hand was slightly clenched, and his eyes were dark when he looked up again.

"Father, since you said you know me, can you tell me why?"

He looked at Xie Yuan:

"I know that I am not qualified to ask you about marrying a wife, not to mention that my mother has been gone for so many years, even if you remarry, it is reasonable, and the Xuanping Marquis Mansion does need a hostess, but anyone can do it, why is it Su Ruan's mother?"

"She has a grudge against you for killing her husband, and her daughter hates you to the core."

"You know that marrying her back to the house will cause trouble in the house, why do you have to choose her?"

There are so many women in Beijing, Xie Yuan can choose whoever he wants.

Even if their brothers and sisters are dissatisfied in their hearts, they will definitely not show it, let alone make trouble to this point.

Xie Qingyang was indeed instigated by others, but if it weren't for Chen's identity being unworthy, Xie Yuan married a young lady from a serious background, not a widow with an orphan girl, why would Xie Qingyang be so easily bewitched by others and make trouble like this?

Xie Qingheng looked at Xie Yuan tightly: "Father, can you tell me, why her?" ”

Hearing this, Xie Yuan did not rush to speak, but glanced at Xie Huan and said, "You are the same as your eldest brother?" ”

Xie Huan's eyes dodged, and she leaned towards Xie Qingheng with courage, then nodded and said in a low voice: "I also want to know, why did my father have to marry Chen." ”

Xie Yuan saw that there was some fear in her eyes like an elk, and the slap marks left before on her delicate face like a peach blossom were still clear, and he felt some remorse in his heart, regretting that the previous slap was too hard, and said in his mouth:

"There are some things that I should not have said to you, but since you have asked, I will tell you, and I will only say these things to you once."

"Your mother has been gone for so many years, I have never thought of remarrying, I dare not say how affectionate I am to your mother, but I know that she gave birth to three children for me, even if she is gone, I will protect you."

"It's not that no woman has come to me all these years, and your grandmother hasn't persuaded me to remarry, but I haven't agreed once, not only because those women don't like me, but also because their origins and temperaments are destined to make it impossible to treat you as their own."

Xie Yuan didn't sensationally say how affectionate he was for the Song family.

To tell the truth, it was also the order of his parents that he married Song, and after getting married, he fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband to Song.

The two respect each other like guests, and he has never had a second woman, and the husband and wife live a harmonious and beautiful life.

When Song died of illness, he was indeed sad and sad, but after so many years, his thoughts about his deceased wife have long faded, and all that remains is remembrance and respect.

Xie Yuan looked at a pair of children who were getting better and better and said:

"Chen is different from those women in Beijing, she is not strong, she does not like to fight, she is kind and weak."

"She is the first person who has made me feel tempted for so many years, and even if she enters the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, even if she can't treat you as her own, she will never hinder the status of your three brothers and sisters."

Xie Qingheng's eyes moved slightly.

Xie Yuan said: "I know you don't like the Chen family, but Heng'er, everything will not go well in this world, and the identity of their mother and daughter is deliberately concealed by me, just because there are other things involved." ”

"I don't care if you can understand it or not, she will be Mrs. Xuanping Hou in the future, your mother, don't let people think that the children of Xuanping Houfu are not educated, and I don't want to see today's things again."

Xie Qingheng pursed his lower lip: "What about Su Ruan?" ”

He looked at Xie Yuan: "The Chen family doesn't fight or grab, but Su Ruan doesn't, her father should know very well that no one in the wild mansion on her body can compare." She hates you so much, will she be willing to get along with her sister and Qingyang in peace? ”

"Now that she lives in the house, and her father favors her so much, if one day it is time for the two sides to quarrel, will my father still protect us like this?"

Xie Yuan looked at him: "What do you want to say?" ”

Xie Qingheng said in a deep voice: "Father wants us to respect the Chen family, it's okay, but Su Ruan can only be Su Ruan forever." ”

Xie Yuan's brows furrowed, and he heard Xie Qingheng say word by word:

"Su Ruan can live in the mansion, and the Xuanping Marquis Mansion can also take care of her and protect her, but she can't become the Xie family, let alone enter my Xie family tree, and become the daughter of the Xie family like her sister!"