Before I knew it, it was dark in the night, and there was silence in the quiet garden, with only a few insects chirping.
Xie Li flipped through the books in his hand, and the light of the oil lamp reflected on his long eyelashes, like a character stepping out of a painting.
Changfan stood at the door, drowsy.
"Xie Li!"
Fang Xu's voice rang at the door. Xie Li's hand while turning the book paused, and Changfan trembled twice, waking up.
"Madam is here again?" Changfan looked confused and muttered in a low voice, "What happened these days? I didn't come to Jingyuan once in a year..."
"What are you doing standing there, why don't you open the door for mother?" Xie Li turned the book in his hand upside down on the table, and when Changfan didn't move, he frowned and urged.
"Yes." Changfan nodded and quickly opened the door for Fang Xu, "Madam."
Fang Xu nodded in agreement, then walked quickly towards Xie Li and grabbed his hand.
"Mother?" A trace of panic appeared on Xie Li's face, and he subconsciously retracted his hand, "What are you doing?"
"Don't move!" Fang Xu scolded in a low voice, "If you still want to become an official, just listen to me!"
Xie Li was stunned when he heard this.
Fang Xu seized the opportunity, grabbed Xie Li's wrist, took out a thumb-sized porcelain bottle from his arms, dug out a lump of ointment, and gently applied it on Xie Li's body.
"What on earth is mother going to do?" Xie Li was extremely uncomfortable with his mother's approach, and his brows were furrowed as if he could pinch a fly.
Fang Xu did not raise his head and concentrated on applying the ointment, "This is the medicine I asked your aunt to find. After taking this medicine, within three hours, red rashes will appear all over the body."
"What!" Changfan screamed and knelt down suddenly, "Madam, if you have any questions, come to me. Don't hurt the young master!"
Xie Li didn't say anything, just looked at Fang Xu intently with his black eyes.
Fang Xu was startled by Chang Fan's attitude and glanced at him, "The palace has to choose a husband for the Ninth Princess, can you go for Xie Li?"
Changfan stopped crying and blinked blankly.
Xie Li was stunned, his eyes falling on Fang Xu's fingertips stained with ointment.
"Even if you go," Fang Xu snorted coldly, "Does the princess like you?"
Changfan:......
Although it was the truth, he was still very sad.
"Why don't you get up quickly!" Xie Li sighed softly and glared at him, "How do you look like you are so reckless all day long!"
Changfan wiped away his tears, stood up angrily, and hid behind Xie Li without saying a word.
Xie Li looked at Fang Xu until she finished applying the ointment, then whispered, "Mother... thank you very much."
"Okay, no need to say anything else." Fang Xu patted his shoulder and said softly, "I have no choice but to do this. If there is another way, I will definitely not risk your body."
"There will be a palace banquet in three days. All the invited wives will bring their unmarried sons to attend. The concubine's intentions are obvious, so we have no choice but to take this step."
"In order to hide the truth, I have to give you medicine in advance." Fang Xu rummaged around in his arms, took out a porcelain bottle with a cork, and handed it to Xie Li, "This is the antidote. After the palace banquet is over, you can claim that you are sick and take it. The antidote is to study peacefully at home and wait until the limelight has passed before going out."
Fang Xu considered everything, down to the smallest detail.
"I have asked your aunt. The ninth princess is a judge of appearance. If you are covered in red rashes, she will definitely cry and cry not to marry!" Fang Xu's eyes flashed with a sly tone.
Xie Li clutched the porcelain bottle in his hand, his eyes darkened slightly, "Mother is thoughtful and all I have to do is cooperate with my son."
Fang Xu nodded with satisfaction, then thought of something again, and said with a smile, "You have reached the age where you should marry a wife. If you like someone, just tell me and I will propose marriage to you."
Hearing this, Xie Li's face instantly turned red. Seeing Fang Xu's serious expression, he quickly shook his head, "Mother, my son just wants to study right now."
Fang Xu waved his hand nonchalantly and said softly, "It's up to you. I won't force you to do anything."
"That's it, that's all for today. You can continue reading." Fang Xu turned around, leaving only a word of "get some rest" before turning and walking out the door.
Xie Li stood there, staring blankly at the door that closed again.
Is this... what it feels like to be cared about by your mother?
"Sir, I think... Madam is different from before..."
Changfan's voice brought Xie Li back to his thoughts.
Xie Li put away the antidote and turned to glare at him, "You cry and howl at every turn. When you are out, don't say that you belong to me, Xie Li. It's embarrassing!"
Changfan:......
Wronged.
He clearly cares about his master too much.
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Yunyuan
Xie Wanzhou held on to his energy and sat in front of the bookcase with seven or eight ancient books in front of him.
"Miss, it's getting late, it's better to rest early." Zhu Tao walked over holding an oil lamp with a distressed face and advised softly.
Xie Wanzhou shook his head, pinched his thigh hard, and managed to wake up a little, "Compared to my second brother, I lag far behind. I don't understand much of what my husband taught me, so I can only study in secret."
Zhutao stood behind her and raised his hand to squeeze her shoulders, "But Miss, didn't the original one come here the same way?"
Mentioning Xie Shu'er, Xie Wanzhou's eyes deepened and she said softly, "I am different from her. She is a serious young lady. Her mother is related to her by blood. If she can find her way back, she might have a chance to come back."
Xie Wanzhou tightened her grip on the brush in her hand and bit her lower lip, "And I... was just born of a maid, and I have no one to rely on. It took a lot of effort for me to get where I am today. Only by working hard can I not be abandoned. "
Zhutao naturally understood, but still couldn't bear to see her young lady suffer, "Miss, you don't have to work hard, there is a saying, what is it called... a woman's lack of talent is a virtue!"
"You are wrong Zhutao." Xie Wanzhou put down the pen and turned around to look at her, "That sentence says that it is a virtue for a woman to argue without talent. It is the argument of debate. It means that without talent and learning, being able to argue between right and wrong is also a virtue. .”
"There are a lot of comments in this world that regulate women. I don't agree with those words." Xie Wanzhou patted her hand, her eyebrows arched, "What a man can do, a woman can also do."
Zhutao was stunned and asked subconsciously, "What do you want to do, young lady?"
Xie Wanzhou pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes full of ambition, "What I want to do is naturally be the number one in the court."
Zhutao reacted for a while, then she covered her mouth and asked in a low voice, "Miss, do you want to be an official?"
"That's right." Xie Wanzhou looked at the books in front of him with fiery eyes, "I want to hold my destiny in my hands. From now on, no one can abandon me anymore."
Zhutao was silent when he heard this, but he obediently spent half the night sharpening his ink for Xie Wanzhou.
Chengyuan
"Madam, the teacher told this slave that the second young master and the young lady are working harder than the other, as if they are going crazy. They are racing to study!"
Su Zi stood aside and looked pleased when he mentioned this, "The gentleman said that although the lady's foundation is not good, she can't bear to study hard and she has made rapid progress!"
(End of chapter)
