The two of them said nothing for a moment, and left the place with the maid.
The courtyard fell silent instantly, and then a woman's laughter came from inside the house.
When Xie Ruzhuo entered the room, Xie Ruyue was holding her face frozen with laughter and said to Pearl, "Oh, I can't stand it anymore. Come and rub it for me."
Holding back her smile, Pearl stepped forward and rubbed Xie Ruyue's eyebrows, then turned around and said, "What are you still waiting for? Quickly serve tea to Miss Fourth."
Bixi responded and hurriedly poured a cup of tea. Xie Ruzhuo waved her hand and said, "No need, I just came to see how the second sister is doing." After saying that, she walked forward again and sighed, "Look now. Come, your place is very nice, you don’t need me to come and see it.”
Hearing this, Xie Ruyue smiled angrily and said, "Who said I don't need you to read it? However, your temper has become quite grumpy."
After Xie Ruyue said this, she saw an abnormal blush on her face and said in surprise, "Hey, why is your face so red?"
"Well, I was pestered by Qinglan to drink a few drinks at the banquet, and then came out to catch the wind. It's okay. How is the second sister doing today?" Xie Ruzhuo casually brushed off the topic and asked Xie Ruyue instead. .
Xie Ruyue smiled and said, "It's just that the wound hurts, but everything else is fine. The imperial doctor just came to see her and said that it will be fine before she leaves for the capital tomorrow. She will take care of her after returning to the capital."
Xie Ruzhuo nodded. He didn't feel it before. Now that he was here with Xie Ruyue, he felt a little tired. He took off his shoes and socks and told Zhenzhu, "Good Zhenzhu, go get me a basin of water to wash my face."
Pearl smiled and agreed, and Xie Ruyue immediately laughed and scolded, "My bed is not big, but it has to be squeezed in with me." But in the end, she got up and moved outside, freeing up the space inside for Xie Ruzhuo.
After washing up, Xie Ruzhuo climbed onto the bed with three thousand black hairs scattered around, and nestled in front of Xie Ruyue contentedly.
The two maids blew out the lights, leaving only a table lamp at the door, and then retreated to the outer room to wait.
Xie Ruzhuo held Xie Ruyue's arm, put his head against it, and asked softly, "Second sister, just now I saw that Crown Prince Dingnan is here again, you two?"
She didn't ask the next words, but Xie Ruyue understood what she meant and didn't hide it from her. She just said, "He said he would propose marriage after returning to Beijing."
Once the woman's private words came out, she couldn't hold them back. Xie Ruyue explained the previous things one by one, and became bored again, "It's just that I always feel that he is very bored. Please tell me, how can anyone ask like this when proposing marriage?"
The sisters Xie Ruzhuo grew up together. When the second sister said this, Xie Ruzhuo knew that she was still very satisfied with Xiao Junhe. He immediately smiled and said, "It's better to be dull, otherwise we will act like a crazy rabbit like the second sister?"
Seeing her say this, Xie Ruyue immediately pinched her green onion nails and said angrily, "You little hooves, how dare you make fun of me?"
The two sisters had a laugh, and Xie Ruzhuo drank again, and fell asleep soon after. Xie Ruyue looked at her under the moonlight for a long time, then sighed softly and closed her eyes.
She had the intention to ask about the third prince, but her sister was so tired that asking questions only disturbed her sweet dreams. That's all, we have a long way to go, so it won't be too late to ask her again when we get back to Beijing.
The autumn hunt that lasted for more than a month finally came to an end with great fanfare. On the second day, the emperor led a large army on the road back to Beijing.
The Xie family had already received the letter. As soon as the third-bedroom carriage entered the Xie family's house, a sedan chair hurriedly came forward, took Xie Ruyue out, and carried her into her yard. The old lady Ji had been waiting in Xie Ruyue's yard. When she saw her granddaughter come in, she ordered someone to help Xie Ruyue to lie down on the bed, and then she screamed heartily.
Mrs. Qiao was so busy that she stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Mom, don't worry too much. The imperial doctor has already examined and treated her and said that Yue'er is not seriously ill. She will be fine after a month of rest."
Hearing this, Mrs. Ji immediately turned around and said, "How did you become a mother? You went with me last year and brought back a child, and this year you brought back a month's child! If you go next year, who are you going to bring back?"
These words were a bit harsh, but the Ji family was in the capital and did not know the situation of the hunting ground. After getting this news, they were naturally dissatisfied with Qiao family.
Seeing this, Xie Ruzhuo hurriedly stepped forward to help Ji and said, "Grandma, please sit down quickly. If you stand like this, my second sister will feel uneasy even lying down."
Xie Ruyue on the side also smiled dryly and said, "Grandma, I'm fine." Her relationship with Mrs. Qiao was deeper than that between Xie Ruzhuo and Mrs. Qiao, and she felt uncomfortable after hearing this.
Ji gave her an angry look, then turned around and said, "Zhuo'er, I ordered someone to pick you up from another hospital that day, but why weren't you there? Where have you been?"
Xie Ruzhuo had already said something, and immediately knelt down and said, "Grandma, to be honest, the Seventh Princess and I have always exchanged letters. When my sister was injured, she sent me a letter from Fei Ge. I was so anxious that I didn't have time to tell grandma, I went to the hunting ground on my own initiative, please be punished by grandma."
Ji Shi was really not willing to punish her, but after hearing these words, she still endured her heartache and said firmly, "This place is so far away from the hunting ground. You, a young lady who has not left the court, if something happens on the road, who can bear it! "
Xie Ruzhuo did not refute, only said, "Grandma wanted to be beaten or punished, and Zhuo'er accepted it. It's just that last year at the hunting ground, Zhuo'er blocked the arrow for the third prince, but this year's incident with my sister was caused by the Zhang family who deliberately shot her. , It really has nothing to do with mother. Grandma, please don’t be angry with mother."
After hearing this, Mrs. Ji felt angry and funny. She nodded her forehead and said, "You have already crossed the river, and you are still thinking about your mother." After saying that, she looked at Ms. Qiao again and said, "That's all. What I just said was indeed harsh."
Mrs. Qiao really dared to let Mrs. Ji apologize. She hurriedly smiled and said, "Actually, my mother taught me the right lesson. I took the children out, but when I came back they were hurt like this. I felt very uncomfortable."
"Okay, let's all get up, Zhuo'er, grandma, let me tell you, this won't happen again!" After all, Ms. Ji couldn't bear to be cruel to Xie Ruzhuo. After ordering Jinyu to help her up, she continued, "I had to accept the letter that it was an accidental injury. How could I do it?" I said it was intentional, what on earth is going on?"
Pearl had been accompanying her all the time. After hearing the words, she told the story exactly as it was, and finally said, "If Prince Dingnan hadn't been there that day, I'm afraid the young lady would really have died there. The Zhang family would not only have to deal with it afterwards." Instead of apologizing, he hid Miss Zhang, saying that she was frightened and needed to recover."
"That's too much!" Ms. Ji slammed the table and snorted, "The Zhang family is really amazing. How can they be so arrogant after having a good concubine?"
Ji also followed Xie Shengli on the battlefield when she was young, and she also had a bit of toughness in her bones. She immediately said, "Don't worry Yue'er, grandma will definitely seek justice for you in this matter."
Hearing this, Xie Ruzhuo smiled and said, "Grandma, no wonder I follow your temper. I thought so at the time, so after we arrived at the hunting ground -"
Ji's pupils shrank and she said, "What did you do?" This girl had been following her for a long time, and with such a smile, Ji felt that Xie Ruzhuo must have done nothing good.
Sure enough, the next moment Xie Ruzhuo told her heroic deeds, "I just retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. I stabbed Zhang Xiuyan gently at the injured position of the second sister."
At the end of the sentence, Xie Ruzhuo's voice also became a little softer, but he still told the truth with Ji's smiling expression.
Ji didn't answer, and after a while she said, "So, you went to the hunting ground just to vent your anger?"
"It's not to vent your anger, it's to seek justice!" Xie Ruzhuo said seriously, "Grandma, the second sister was injured, the Zhang family avoided it, and the Xian concubine suppressed it. The emperor didn't know about this at all. Could it be that for generations of our Xie family's loyal ministers, in the end Are you going to end up being bullied?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Xie Shengli's voice coming from outside the door, "What Zhuo'er did is ridiculous!"
As he said this, he saw anger on Xie Shengli's brows, but he did not get angry because he was thinking that Xie Ruzhuo was a woman, "The Xie family is indeed a loyal minister, but we cannot be arrogant based on favor. Even if the emperor spares you for what you have done, But I also care about the loyalty of the Xie family. Justice comes from the heart of the people. By doing this, you gained temporary justice, but lost the long-term sacred heart."
Before Xie Ruzhuo could speak, she heard Ji say, "Is the Sacred Heart better than your granddaughter's life? I think Zhuo'er did the right thing. Let me ask you, how is Miss Zhang's injury now?"
Seeing Mr. Ji asking her, Xie Ruzhuo replied calmly, "My granddaughter didn't dare to exert too much force. I guess she will be able to jump around after lying down for ten days and a half."
"It's lighter."
Ji continued amidst Xie Ruzhuo's surprise, "For every point someone hurts you, we have to give back ten points so that others will be afraid of you forever. Next time something like this happens, remember to go to death! Don't do it!" Afraid, grandma will protect you!"
This was the first time Xie Ruzhuo saw Ji looking like this. He was filled with respect and admiration, and said respectfully, "My granddaughter, I obey!"
Xie Shengli wanted to say something else, but seeing Ji's behavior, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "That's all, let it be whatever Madam says. Zhuo'er, come with me to the palace tomorrow."
Hearing this, Ji immediately protected her granddaughter and said, "What do you want to do?"
Xie Shengli smiled apologetically at first, and then felt that the junior was present, then he cleared his throat and said seriously, "Madam, this matter is full of affection for the emperor, and we cannot ignore the friendship between the emperor and the emperor. It's just that the Zhang family has gone too far. I, the Xie family, Are descendants so easily hurt?"
At the end, Xie Shengli's face showed a bit of solemnity. Xie Ruzhuo knew that her grandfather was really angry, so he immediately said, "Yes, my granddaughter obeys!"
Mrs. Lu on the side had originally prepared a thousand words to pull Mrs. Qiao away from her position as mistress, but at the end, seeing her parents-in-law turning to other topics, she suddenly became a little anxious. He scratched his head and said, "Hey, my sister-in-law has a hard time, so I can't blame her for being negligent at the hunting ground."
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Xie Ruzhuo frowned and said, "Third aunt, I haven't seen you visit the second sister since I went to the hunting ground. Maybe you think she was not born by you, so it doesn't matter whether she is alive or dead." Or?"
Lu's breath suddenly became stagnant, and she said, "Well, I went to see it, but you just don't know, Zhuo'er."
Pearl on the side immediately made a last-ditch attack, "Hey, I haven't seen the third lady either."
Ji's face became darker and darker. Seeing that Lu still wanted to speak, she waved her hand and said, "Okay, there's nothing to do here. Why bother Yue'er to recover from her injuries? Let's go out."
After Ji's words, everyone immediately saluted and withdrew with either gloating or unwillingness.