Chapter 32: The Visit
As soon as Yu Shangshu left Shaoqing's study in Dali Temple, the housekeeper came to tell Shaoqing of Dali Temple that Prime Minister Xie Cheng was here.
"What's wrong with this old thing?" Shaoqing of Dali Temple frowned.
Before the housekeeper could reply, Prime Minister Xie's voice had already sounded, "The old man came uninvited, and I also ask the Shaoqing of Dali Temple not to blame." β
Immediately, Prime Minister Xie's body was already standing in the study.
Shaoqing of Dali Temple was stunned for a moment, and while beckoning the housekeeper to step down, he was also worried about whether Prime Minister Xie heard him scolding him for being an old thing just now?
Of course I heard it.
How could it be impossible not to hear at such a close distance?
However, Prime Minister Xie didn't want to argue with him about this, he came here today, he had something serious to say.
"Hahaha!" After calming down, Shaoqing of Dali Temple laughed heartily a few times, "How could it be?" The presence of the Prime Minister really made me shine here. Come, Prime Minister, please be seated. β
After Prime Minister Xie sat down, he asked directly: "Doesn't the daughter of Shaoqing of Dali Temple have a suitable marriage contract yet?" β
What does this old man mean?
Shaoqing of Dali Temple was stunned, and soon came back to his senses, and replied honestly: "This, I haven't ...... yet."
Prime Minister Xie nodded thoughtfully.
Shaoqing of Dali Temple almost knew what Prime Minister Xie wanted to do. After all, at the beginning, he asked his daughter Fu Siyi to approach Xie Lenran, and Prime Minister Xie must have been vigilant to ask this.
"The old man thought about it, Zuo Shilang's third son is the same age as Ling Qianjin this year, and he is also very capable, you can be regarded as a good person, it is better to ......" Before Prime Minister Xie finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
Shaoqing of Dali Temple said with a smile: "Thank you Prime Minister for caring about my little daughter, it's just that Siyi has her own sweetheart, and I can't stop it." β
Prime Minister Xie naturally knew that he was meddling in his own affairs, and he was still very abrupt, but for the sake of his grandson, he couldn't care so much.
Hearing what Shaoqing of Dali Temple said, Prime Minister Xie just sighed, "Come on." The old man didn't want to care about so much, but your daughter went to find Ran again today. β
Shaoqing of Dali Temple listened to the words of Prime Minister Xie Lao, and also had his own thoughts in his heart.
Originally, it wasn't what he meant to ask Fu Siyi to get close to Xie Enran at the beginning, after all, he was also involved in the affairs of the year, and he avoided it if he could avoid dealing with Prime Minister Xie Laocheng, but Yu Shangshu came to him in person and promised him a high-ranking official, which made him still can't help but agree.
Now Prime Minister Xie has gone straight to the point and said that his daughter is looking for his grandson, which makes Shaoqing of Dali Temple somewhat embarrassed.
Because, Fu Siyi is a woman, and if she is too active, she will inevitably fall into her mouth.
"The old man has always thought that you are a smart person Shaoqing of Dali Temple," when Prime Minister Xie said this, there was some mockery in his tone, "But you let your daughter get close to Ran, judging from this behavior alone, the old man still thinks highly of you." β
Shaoqing of Dali Temple was somewhat unconvinced, but he couldn't say that Yu Shangshu ordered him to do this, right?
In the end, he said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will take care of my daughter." As for my daughter's marriage contract, I have my own arrangements, so I don't have to worry about you, Prime Minister. β
Prime Minister Xie didn't want to care about his daughter's marriage contract, but now that he heard the answer he wanted to hear, it could be regarded as the goal had been reached, and he got up, saying, "In this case, the old man will leave first." β
Shaoqing of Dali Temple also got up, "It's not early, on the way back to the Prime Minister, you should pay attention to safety." β
Prime Minister Xie glanced at him and quickened his pace.
And when Prime Minister Xie just walked away, Shaoqing of Dali Temple snorted and scolded him again.
The housekeeper watched Prime Minister Xie leave, and entered the study at the same time, he turned his head and looked at Shaoqing of Dali Temple, frowning slightly, "Master, forgive me for talking too much, Miss went to Xie Ran's reputation like this, and it was rumored some time ago that Miss and Xie Ran were on a cruise......
When Shaoqing of Dali Temple heard this, he sighed deeply and said, "Why don't I know? If it weren't for Yu Shangshu's urging...... Forget it, let's not talk about it, when Yu Shangshu was there, I heard Siyi's voice, what's wrong? β
The housekeeper remembered that there was such a thing, "Miss said that she wanted to see you, master, and looked at Miss's appearance, as if she had been wronged." β
"Wronged?" Shaoqing of Dali Temple recalled, her daughter doesn't seem to have suffered any grievances, right? "I'll go see her."
Prime Minister Xie returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but Xie Heran still didn't come back.
The old housekeeper told him that the little master had been in the Chen Mansion for several days, but he refused to come back.
"Let's let that kid go crazy for a few more days." Prime Minister Xie shook his head gently, he has always loved Xie Enran's grandson, he was like this when he was a child, and now he has grown up
After all, eighteen years ago, when my grandson was four years old, he lost his parents.
Without the love of his parents, he, who is a grandfather, naturally has to love him more.
The old housekeeper and the old prime minister Xie chatted while walking.
After following Prime Minister Xie for decades, the old housekeeper naturally knew what the prime minister was thinking, and he whispered: "Prime Minister, what happened eighteen years ago, is it really just that?" β
That incident 18 years ago was really infuriating.
In order to pacify the war in Beidi, the son of Prime Minister Xie abandoned literature and martial arts, and his daughter-in-law abandoned his boudoir and went out of the prime minister's mansion to give advice to her husband.
Later, they were both killedβbut fortunately, they also temporarily pacified the Beidi War.
People thought they had sacrificed their lives for the country and died a well-deserved death. But Prime Minister Xie didn't believe that he would send a white-headed person to a black-haired person, so he tried his best and asked many friends to find out the truth for him.
What a problem!
Yu Shangshu was jealous of the prime minister for many years, and in order to suppress him, he united with the current Shaoqing of Dali Temple to poison his son and daughter-in-law in the army.
Yu Shangshu succeeded.
Prime Minister Xie has endured it for eighteen years, and even he himself doesn't know how he endured these eighteen years.
Maybe he knew that even if he wanted to accuse Yu Shangshu, the emperor would not help him; Maybe he just didn't want to bring the young Xie Eran a dark side of the human heart in this world.
In short, he endured.
This forbearance is eighteen years.
Unconsciously, he had arrived at the study, and this study was the study where he and Xie Enran read together when he was a child.
"Prime Minister, don't think about it," the old housekeeper persuaded him, "The old slave also watched the little young master grow up, and he must have the ability to do it in the future." β
When Prime Minister Xie heard this, he smiled and nodded with satisfaction, "Yes." Do you know? What the old man is most worried about now is that Ran knows about this incident eighteen years ago. β
Prime Minister Xie is not stupid, he can guess that Fu Siyi's approach to Xie Enran may not have been instigated by Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
It's not Shaoqing of Dali Temple, it's Yu Shangshu over there.
But why did Yu Shangshu do this?
Prime Minister Xie didn't understand.
Old Prime Minister Xie frowned, worried about Xie Enran, but he was eating with Chen Zhiyan now.
That's right, still eating.
It's not that they've been eating, it's just that when Chen Zhiyi was sitting by the window and looking around, he happened to see Liu Ye, so he called him.
Liu Ye looked at Xie Enran, and remembered the thing he had played with himself some time ago, in front of Chen Zhiyan, he said angrily: "Zhiyan, you don't know, I listened to my father's words and took Xie Enran to Yinhu, and as a result, he got me an ugly and fat ugly girl to ......."
That's a horrible thing!
Chen Zhiyi didn't plan to dwell on this matter, but when Liu Ye said this, she was interested in the ugly girl, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" β
Seeing Chen Zhiyi's excited face, Liu Ye continued: "Anyway, I went to Yinhu to meet the eldest lady of the Fu family, who is the only daughter of Shaoqing of Dali Temple. You said, I showed Xie Enran a big beauty, but he got me an ugly girl, I, I'm really ......"
By the way, he remembered that since that time, the ugly girl had been pestering him every day. Even my father and mother looked at me with strange eyes.
Son! When did your taste become so heavy?
Liu Ye wanted to cry without tears, and he couldn't explain it if he wanted to.
Fortunately, later, he pushed the woman to another brother, which allowed the ugly girl to entangle.
It's just that......
Liu Ye thought about it, I'm really sorry for that brother.
Liu Ye originally thought that Chen Zhiyan would be angry with Xie Enran, and by the way, he helped himself avenge himself, but he didn't expect the other party to smile.
Looks like you're laughing at him?
"You kid deserve it, who told you to help the Fu family, so that I was chased and scolded by my grandfather." Xie Eran leaned against the pillar behind him and said with his legs crossed.
"That's it." Chen Zhiyi nodded in agreement.
Well?
Liu Ye felt that something was wrong, this was a little different from the result he expected.
"Hey, there's something wrong with you two." After eating several bites of food, Liu Ye finally couldn't help but ask.
Chen Zhiyi sat on the table and poured himself a glass of wine, "Something is wrong." β
She drank the wine and it tasted good.
This wine is not strong, so it is not spicy, and it feels sweet after drinking it in your mouth.
Chen Zhiyi drank a few more glasses.
Liu Ye couldn't say anything was wrong, anyway, he felt that something was wrong with the two of them, so he didn't say anything more in the end, but buried his head in eating.
Anyway, it's Xie Enran who treats you and eats more.
Liu Ye thought so while eating more energetically.
Tonight's meal is delicious!
Xie Eran glanced at the dark sky outside, and quickly stood up, "Zhiyi, we have to go back." β
Chen Zhiyi also noticed that day, so he also got up, "Liu Ye, you eat slowly, we have something to do when we go back to Chen's mansion, so let's go first." β
"Okay, okay, you go first." Liu Ye also poured himself a glass of sweet wine, but as soon as Xie Eran and Chen Zhiyi went out, his hand pouring wine suddenly frozeβit's bad.
He didn't bring any money!
When they chased out, Xie Eran and Chen Zhiyi had already gone away.
Liu Ye swallowed.
He felt that the last few days had been so unlucky!