He, the master, wanted to leave, but the other party didn't understand him at all. Xie Shenyan was dissatisfied with the second prince's style, but he didn't show it on his face at all. He invited the third prince and Xiao Xinning, who were still standing outside the door, and said, "Please."
Compared to this person who doesn't know etiquette, Xie Shenyan still prefers someone who is considerate in everything.
"Old lady, what else do you have to ask? Family scandals should not be made public. In my opinion, this young man is directly..." Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the second prince's words.
Madam Lu had never met the second prince, so naturally she didn't like the young man who interrupted her. She frowned and said, "This is the inner courtyard, why did a man come in?"
She didn't know him, but the others knew him. Ji was the elder, so she didn't need to salute, but Qiao asked for it, so she said immediately, "My wife, please give my regards to the second prince."
As soon as Mr. Qiao finished speaking, Mr. Lu paled and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Young lady is innocent, please forgive me, Second Prince!"
Even Xie Rulan's expression changed a little. She saluted while squinting at the man. She has a good appearance and is a noble person. Any girl would be attracted to her. But it happened that the other party didn't even look at him, and only focused all his attention on Xie Ruzhuo!
"Excuse me, Zhuo'er, what happened?" Xiao Junhan walked to Xie Ruzhuo and asked with some concern.
Xie Ruzhuo had long since lost the excitement she had when she first met him. She calmed down her emotions and retreated to Qiao's side without leaving a trace, saying, "Excuse me, Second Prince, for your concern. This is a family matter. Please leave, Second Prince."
She lowered her head when she spoke, making it difficult to see the expression on her face. Xiao Junhan just listened to the general idea outside, and now he understood a little bit. Naturally, he didn't believe that Xie Ruzhuo would have any feelings for this kneeling boy, and he probably knew that someone else had set a trap for her. As for the person who took the trap, Xiao Junhan also guessed who it was.
Seeing Xie Ruzhuo's appearance now, Xiao Junhan subconsciously thought that she was embarrassed and angry, and immediately said, "It doesn't matter, just say it. If someone wrongly accuses you, I will definitely not forgive him!"
This was said to be too inappropriate. Not to mention that this was a family matter of the Xie family, but someone had really wronged Xie Ruzhuo. The head of the Xie family and his mistress were both here, so how could it be his turn, Xiao Junhan, to intervene? It's just that he is the second prince and a member of the royal family, so he has to face him. Therefore, Xie Shenyan endured the unhappiness in his heart and asked, "What happened?"
Now that everyone is here, Xie Shenyan can't just ignore them.
Before Xie Ruzhuo could speak, Dongmei, who was kneeling on the ground, cried and said, "Master, I just accidentally discovered that the young lady had a private meeting with this servant, but the young lady is going to beat me to death for an excuse. Please save my life, sir. This slave doesn’t want to die yet!”
Li Ding on the side also spoke, but his attitude was much firmer, "Master, my love for the young lady can be learned from heaven and earth. The two of us are in love, and I hope you can fulfill it!"
As soon as these words came out, Xie Shenyan immediately noticed something fishy, and he asked coldly, "Who do you have a crush on?"
Mr. Lu immediately smiled and said, "Of course it's our Zhuo'er. Big brother, it looks like Zhuo'er's wedding is coming soon. Oh, maybe he can get in front of our Rulan. This is great. Our Xie family is about to have a double blessing!"
"Ms. Lu, if you can't speak, go back to your yard!" Mrs. Qiao didn't say anything, but Mrs. Ji got angry first, slammed her crested crutch on the ground, and cursed hatefully.
Seeing Mrs. Lu shrinking and not speaking, Mrs. Ji turned to Xie Shenyan and said, "You should take the guests to the front hall first. It's noisy here and the guests are not being treated well."
Xiao Xinning watched for a long time. These people all insisted on Xie Ruzhuo. If it were her, the situation would have been turned upside down. But Xie Ruzhuo seemed like an outsider, and he was still so calm until now, which really surprised her.
"Old lady, you can't treat me as a guest, I treat you as my grandma!" After Xiao Xinning accepted the gift, she had to worry about the feelings of the giver. Now her third brother obviously didn't want to leave, so she naturally had to coax him. .
Ji was very pleased with Xiao Xinning's words. She put away her anger and said with a smile, "Seventh Princess is trying to offend me, but there are some dirty people here, and I'm afraid it will stain your eyes."
Xiao Xinning took Ji's arm, helped her sit down, and said, "It doesn't matter, if there is that dirty person, just clean him up. Old lady, please let me here. I am Ruzhuo's good sister, but if someone slanders her, I will turn around and leave. If I tell others, others will laugh at me for not caring about sisterhood."
Ji's thought was too much. These people are all members of the royal family. If they leave without clearing up the matter, not only will Ruzhuo's reputation be damaged, but it will also be detrimental to other girls. Therefore, he immediately smiled and said, "You are right. What are you doing standing still? You are not showing the princes and princesses their seats. You can't ask people to stand, right?"
These words mean to keep people.
Xiao Xinning gave Xiao Junxi a triumphant look out of sight, and the latter just smiled helplessly and focused on the lawsuit.
When Xie Rulan saw the third prince coming in, she clenched her handkerchief tightly. It all says that Tianhuang nobles are very charming and suave, but only now that I have met them do I realize how outstanding they are. Thinking about it, Xie Rulan became even more angry. If she could enter the palace, she would have made these princes her subordinates long ago. Why bother to marry in that remote Xuzhou!
To put it nicely, he was the son of Daotai, but she asked people to find out clearly that the eldest wife of Xuzhou Daotai could not have children, and that son was born to Daotai's seventh concubine, but He's just a concubine. She is a legitimate daughter, the daughter of the Xie family, and no worse than Xie Ruzhuo, so why should she marry a concubine
The more Xie Rulan thought about it, the angrier she became, and her thoughts turned a thousand times. She approached the second prince without leaving a trace, ready to get close to him at any time.
Seeing her little move, Xie Ruzhuo sneered in her heart. Someone wanted to die, and she didn't mind helping. But, not now.
Xie Shenyan looked at the daughter in front of him. His previous impression of her had changed somewhat, but when he saw the current scene, he couldn't help but get angry again. "You can tell yourself what is going on!"
Xie Shenyan had been an official for a long time, so it was inevitable that he would have an official air. When he spoke to Xie Ruzhuo, he was also stern.
"Return to father, my daughter was wronged." Xie Ruzhuo would naturally not admit anything he had never done.
As soon as she said this, Li Ding looked at her with a pair of unbelievable eyes and asked sadly, "Zhuo'er, have you forgotten everything you said to me? You said, Jundang I am a rock, and I am a pampas grass. Why do you deny our relationship now that I have not changed my mind?"
Xie Ruzhuo said seriously, "How can you slander the good reputation of my daughter's family? Since you said that I have an affair with you, let me ask you, what is my nickname, what do I love most, and what am I best at?"
Li Ding was already prepared, and said immediately, "You don't have any small characters, so I will call you Zhuo'er on weekdays. You love Liuweifang's glutinous rice cakes the most and are the best at dancing." After that, he said intoxicatedly, "Zhuo'er." The nine-day phoenix dance is simply beautiful, it is the most moving dance I have ever seen!"
As soon as he said these words, the people present suddenly changed their colors, because these things are all facts!
But Li Ding was obviously not satisfied with this. He added more and more information, "This is your favorite handkerchief. When you gave it to me that day, you said that the handkerchief represents you and that I will miss you all the time!"
As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief from his chest, with one or two mandarin ducks embroidered on it.
Although Mrs. Qiao didn't want to believe him, after he said so much, she suddenly asked in a low voice with some hesitation, "Zhuo'er, this?"
How could Ms. Lu miss such a good opportunity? She sneered from the sidelines, "Sister-in-law is really good at educating people. Look at the virtues of the daughter she has taught her. She actually engages in an affair between a man and a woman. It is really embarrassing! Let me tell you. , it’s better to send Xie Ruzhuo to the family temple as soon as possible to control her temper, otherwise, it doesn’t matter if she is alone, but don’t implicate our family Rulan! After all, our Xie family has more than one daughter.”
The second lady rushed over with Xie Rufei as soon as the maid sent the message. After all, although she didn't want to join in the fun, the Tianhuang nobleman in the palace was the one she wanted to curry favor with.
Hearing what Lu said, the second lady Li immediately said, "Well, I don't think Zhuo'er would do such a thing, right? Zhuo'er, do you have something to hide?"
It was Xie Rufei who defended her, "You must have misunderstood my sister. She doesn't seem to be capable of doing dirty things!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Li immediately tugged on Xie Rufei's sleeve to signal her to shut up. It's okay for adults to speak, but you can't let children speak. After all, there are noble people here.
Xie Rufei's words took advantage of Xiao Junhan's heart. Xiao Junhan immediately said solemnly, "Don't worry, Zhuo'er. No matter what you did wrong, in my eyes, you are a good girl."
Look at what he said. If it was Xie Ruzhuo in his previous life, he would have been moved by his deep affection, right? But now Xie Ruzhuo is not stupid. He said that no matter what she did wrong, wouldn't it be just a stick to beat her to death? Didn't she make this matter real in disguise
Xie Ruzhuo seemed to be aroused by Xiao Junhan's words. He immediately took out the dagger and put it between his neck. Then, amidst the exclamations of everyone, he said with tears on his face, "Second Prince, did you know that three people can become a tiger? You If you don’t believe me, then I, Xie Ruzhuo, will swear on my life! If I really do anything unfaithful, unfilial and shameless, then let me die under this dagger!"
The dark iron dagger, which had been crafted for thousands of years, shone with cold light, piercing Xiao Junxi's heart and illuminating everyone's faces with different expressions.
Xiao Junxi couldn't bear it anymore and said, "The matter has not been finalized yet. We might as well listen to Miss Xie's side of the story."
Ji was frightened a long time ago. While shouting "enemy", she hurriedly ordered someone to snatch the dagger from Xie Ruzhuo's hand.
Xie Shenyan also recovered from the shock, coughed and said, "Zhuo'er, you can explain what happened today yourself."
Xie Ruzhuo wiped the tears on his face, turned to look at the servant and said, "You said that this square handkerchief is mine, and this peach blossom note is also mine, then let me ask you, when did I give you these things? "
Li Ding's eyes flickered, and then he said, "The handkerchief was given to me before you were injured, that is, last month, before you went hunting. At that time, we first fell in love, and you gave me this as a token. The peach blossom note is from before. You gave it to me in a few days when your injury got better."
Xie Ruzhuo nodded and said, "If you say these things are mine, I won't refute it, because I do have such things. However, before you lie, you should also make it look more like it. Jiangzhu, go and get it." I brought the box with the veil over; Qianbi, go to my study and get the poems and books I copied this month."