On a winter night, even if there is no snowfall, it is as cold as a knife, and the condensation can turn into ice.

Xie Qingning stood in the bright courtyard, ignoring the stewards and subordinates who were running back and forth, and the light emitted by the red lanterns hanging under the eaves and corridors due to the festive New Year enveloped her, like a red jade puppet, attracting everyone to look at her, but it was limited to peeking, and they didn't dare to come forward to talk.

After all, this is the courtyard where Xie Zhongshu, the head of the Xie family, usually handles affairs, and Xie Zhongshu treats the people below very harshly, so why should they take the initiative to provoke? Even if everyone has never seen the identity of this little girl, they can guess it, although they are all amazed that it is better to be famous than to meet, Miss Seven's beauty is really not in vain, but still no one dares to get close to her for half a point.

"Miss, the head of the family is so busy, why don't you ...... Shall we go back first and come back tomorrow? Yanyu couldn't do it without squinting like her master, standing quietly in the courtyard for half an hour, she felt that she had frozen into popsicles, her legs were also weak, and her little face was even lower and she wanted to get into the collar.

Xie Qingning shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice, "If I can't see my uncle tonight, I'm afraid I'll ...... Can't come back. ”

"Huh?" Only then did Yanyu realize the seriousness of the problem, and his face sank slightly.

In fact, let Bang Zheng go to Xie Luan to find the old people who served his mother back then, Xie Qingning's main purpose was to understand the truth about his mother's death, and by the way, he was looking for the hairpin, but at the same time, it was also to attract Xie Zhongchun's attention and catch him off guard.

It was originally a plan to kill three birds with one stone, but because of Qin Xue's personal grudge with herself, even if Xie Qingning was no longer willing to deal with Xie Zhongshu, he had to go this way for the sake of saving his life.

At this time, a handsome young man dressed as a scholar hurriedly walked out of the house, and first saluted Xie Qingning before saying with a smile, "Miss Seven, the master is busy with affairs, and he just made some time, so I invite you in immediately, I'm sorry for the cold wind that has been blowing for a long time." ”

Whether it was busy with affairs or deliberately dismounted her, only Xie Zhongshu knew in his heart. After Xie Qingning sneered in her heart, she bowed her head slightly, and without any extra words, she walked through the dark corridor into the study with smoke and rain, bypassing the huge sunken wood screen, and the heating and the smell of agarwood made her almost unable to breathe.

Xie Qingning's footsteps stopped slightly, and he continued to move forward after calming his breathing, only to see that behind a light-colored blue jade bead curtain, the books on the wall were greatly impacted, and in front of the dazzling books, behind the wide black nanmu desk, sat the current head of the Xie family, her biological uncle, or strictly speaking, Xie Zhongshu, who can only be regarded as an uncle.

Xie Zhongshu looks middle-aged, with a Chinese face, square forehead and wide eyes, a beard, a slightly dark complexion, he looks very majestic, and he is very capable of bluffing, but what kind of ruthlessness and indifference are hidden under his loyal appearance, others can't see it, but Xie Qingning is clear and clear.

However, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and Xie Qingning was not qualified to compete with the dignified Xie family master now. Therefore, she saluted in a proper manner, and then said softly, "Uncle, Qing Ning really shouldn't be disturbed today, but I really can't help the excitement of returning to the Xie family tree in my heart, especially the mother's spiritual position can accept the Xie family's incense again, whenever I think of this, Qing Ning can't help herself, and only hates her own fate to make her mother go to the fairy, it's really in vain, and it's hard to feel guilty." Speaking of this, she was speechless and choked, her eyes were bloodshot, as if she couldn't help herself, and it took a long time to wipe the crystal tears from the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief and continued, "Please also ask the eldest uncle to take pity on Qingning for losing her mother since she was a child, lonely and helpless, and allow Qingning to take back the old people who served her mother back then. ”

Her words were full of sincerity and sincerity, which made Xie Zhongshu irrefutable, not to mention that he thought that after Xie Lanying returned to the Xie family, the Changfang Yimai not only took her in, but also arranged for someone to serve her, which was also regarded as valuing love and righteousness, and he did not owe more than half of it, so he was naturally not afraid of Xie Qingning chasing something.

Besides, Xie Qingning is only more than six years old now, he should just miss his mother purely, even if he thinks about it at a deeper level, he just wants more people around him who can be trusted, and it may be fine.

After Xie Zhongshu's brain quickly calculated, he asked kindly, "I heard that Qi Niang occasionally comprehended some time ago and was about to break through, but in the middle of the year, the eldest uncle has a lot of affairs, and he couldn't find time to care about your cultivation process, I don't know what happened now?" ”

His cultivation was already in the middle of the Yudan, and it was not difficult to find out Xie Qingning's cultivation, but he didn't do it because he didn't want her to have a dislike, which can be regarded as respecting the other party.

"Back to the eldest uncle, Qingning has broken through to the early stage of foundation building a few days ago." Xie Qingning replied honestly.

In fact, with her current powerful spiritual realm, she only needs to strengthen the training of ontological strength and the accumulation of spiritual power, and it doesn't take much time to break through to the late stage of foundation building, but she is unwilling to show all her hole cards, so she can only answer conservatively.

Even so, Xie Zhongshu asked with some surprise, "Have you broken through?" ”

A light breath swept through Xie Qingning's spiritual platform, and she knew that the other party was probing her own reality and remained motionless, until Xie Zhongshu withdrew her spiritual power, she pretended to cough lightly twice to show that she was weak from the cold.

Xie Zhongshu's expression was a little more kind, after all, he was a child who had built a foundation at the age of six, and for the entire Xie family, he was already regarded as a heavenly appearance, with wonderful roots and bones, and his future prospects were unlimited, which was also an important reason why the Xie family agreed to let their mother and daughter return to the family tree.

Blood is only secondary, the most important thing is to tie her to the Xie family's ship, one glory and one loss.

"It's not bad, if you encounter any difficulties in cultivation in the future, you can always come to me, we are still a family after all." After the words fell, Xie Zhongshu paused slightly, raised his hand to take a sip of the hot tea on the table, and suddenly changed the topic, "I heard that you had a good relationship with the prince of Zhengyang and the lord of Jingjun a few days ago, but is there such a thing?" ”

Xie Qingning's heart was slightly cold, and countless thoughts quickly flashed through his mind.

Xie Zhongshu suddenly mentioned this matter, could it be that he suspected that Xie Ting's incident was related to her? But she didn't panic, just looked at each other with calm eyes.

There was no doubt in his eyes, just a hint of temptation.

"The Lord of Hejing and Qingning fell in love at first sight, and they did have some friendships, and there have been correspondence recently, just gossip about their daughter's family, and they will never bring unnecessary trouble to the Xie family."

Seeing her explain so cautiously, Xie Zhongshu waved his hand and smiled, "Qi Niang, don't think about it, my uncle doesn't disagree with your interactions, but I just think that it is difficult for nobles to climb high, you should cherish this opportunity, don't live up to the appreciation of the county lord." ”

It turned out that he still hoped to use himself to climb the Ye Clan's royal family, which was really shameless. Although Xie Qingning slandered in his heart, he said respectfully on the surface, "Qingning understands." ”