After breakfast, the two of them changed their clothes and got on the carriage heading to Xia Mansion.
In the carriage, Wu Zechen looked at Xia Luotong, who was rarely dressed up carefully, with a smile on his face: "It's beautiful."
Looking at the gentle smile so close, Xia Luotong's heart trembled, and she suddenly felt a bit shy.
Is it too close?
She subconsciously turned away and looked aside, raised her hand to stroke the hairpin inlaid with crystal gems on her head, and said awkwardly: "Maybe it's because these jewelry are so exquisite. Why did you give me these things again? It looks very valuable, I also gave it a hosta last time, so I don’t need to give it every time.”
As her neck turned, the indigo gemstone earrings of the same style as the hairpin swayed gently, casting a blurry halo onto her white cheeks.
Wu Zechen's eyes were deep, looking at Xia Luotong's fair and delicate profile. There was a deep emotion in his eyes that only he knew: "They are beautiful because you are with them."
Listening to the soft voice next to him saying such words softly, Xia Luotong didn't know why, but suddenly felt that the car was getting a little warm. Was it because the charcoal pot was burning too brightly?
"Are you satisfied with the clothes you wear today?" She subconsciously changed the subject, and her eyes subconsciously looked at the clothes on his body without looking up at him.
When Wu Zechen saw her like this, he couldn't help but feel a little happy, and the smile in his eyes became stronger: "I like it very much, because the one with you is a pair."
The clothes the two of them wore today were the clothes designed by Xia Luotong a few days ago. They had an indigo background and moon-white embroidery. The pattern looked like the right pair, and it was difficult to mistake them.
Today, Wu Zechen specially found the indigo gemstone headpiece of the same color as a gift to Xia Luotong. It was specially selected based on this outfit. Even the hair crown on his own head was similar to the style of the hairpin on Xia Luotong's head. The matching set was specially made by him for days.
Xia Luotong was startled for a moment, then blushed a little after realizing it, and glared at Wu Zechen angrily: "Let's save this for the banquet. Who are we talking to now?"
How come she hadn't noticed before that this man usually looked very cold, but when it came to talking about it, his mouth was really very eloquent. Now when I thought back to the past, I found that many of the things this man said were particularly fascinating.
Wu Zechen saw that she was embarrassed, so he didn't press any more, but murmured secretly in his heart, naturally he was telling you...
He could feel that he was approaching her step by step, knocking on the door of her heart little by little. He even felt that he really had hope of entering her heart...
He knew that she was an independent and self-reliant woman. If he pressed too hard, it would be counterproductive. It would either make her retreat or make her disgusted, so he chose to give her all his tenderness and slowly soften the heart she had established. It flowed into her heart little by little.
"I really like it." He smiled silently and answered seriously again. Then without waiting for her reaction, he changed the subject on his own initiative, "But do you need me to tell you about Xia Zhihe's mother, Mrs. Xia?"
"Yes, she was not present at the wedding banquet last time. Apart from the few words mentioned by the nanny before, I really don't know much about Mrs. Xia." Xia Luotong responded quickly, forgetting what happened just now. The back of the head.
Wu Zechen said to her very patiently: "Last time, Mrs. Xia was eating fast in the temple and stayed for a few days, so she missed the wedding banquet. Today, she is in the mansion, so she will naturally appear at the banquet."
"Going to a temple to eat and sleep for a while? Haha!" Xia Luotong smiled coolly and said mockingly, "The princess's granddaughter, who has been married for several months, returned home to visit her relatives, but she didn't come back from the temple with the incense on her head. Such a scornful attitude has already It explains everything, and also lets others know her contempt for me. Since she has made her attitude clear, I don’t have to show any concern. "
Speaking of which, on the day she was first brought back to the Xia Mansion, Li and Xia Zhilu were the only two people in the whole manor who came to her to mock and insult her. Neither Xia Zhihe nor Mrs. Xia showed up. She didn't even meet her on her wedding day the next day. She still doesn't know what Mrs. Xia looks like.
"You don't have to worry about anything. You can just do whatever you want as before. Mrs. Xia did a lot of things secretly in the past years. You should make a note of her in your list." Wu Zechen looked coldly. said.
Xia Luotong raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in surprise: "What did she do?"
She only knew that Mrs. Xia was seriously ill back then, and it was the Sun family who provided money and effort to cure it. As a result, this ungrateful old woman was treating her like this now, but she didn't know the rest.
"The Xia family is originally from Jincheng, west of Anyuan Town. She is quite famous in Yecheng because of her beautiful appearance, but this fame comes from a brothel, and she sold herself to the brothel." Wu Zechen said while looking at Xia Luotong saw the surprised look on her face.
Xia Luotong never expected that Mrs. Xia was born in a brothel? ! Or is it a brothel that you entered voluntarily? ! This is huge gossip!
"What happened next? Tell me, tell me!" Her curiosity was instantly aroused. She knew that there must be many stories behind this, so she kept urging.
Seeing that she was so anxious, Wu Zechen stopped tempting her and told her all the past information he had found about Mrs. Xia.
Mrs. Xia was originally born in a relatively wealthy family, but her father was caught for committing a crime and all her belongings were confiscated. She was instantly penniless and had no food to eat. In order to make herself live a good life again , who could dress up beautifully every day, finally she chose to sell herself into the largest brothel in Yecheng.
After entering a brothel, she became a courtesan. Due to her extraordinary beauty and ability to recite poems and write poems, she soon became famous in Yecheng. Later, she was spotted by the head of a large family as she wished, and he bought and redeemed her. He got married and made an outer room for the owner of the house.
The head of the family was particularly fond of her, and soon she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who is now Xia Zhihe.
She thought she could live a good life, join a wealthy family as an aunt, and live a life with no worries about food and clothing, but who knew that the mistress of the house was extraordinarily strong and would not allow her to live in the house at all, no matter how hard the head of the house spent it She didn't let up her words, and it was only then that she realized that the mistress was in charge of the house, and that the head of the family could only achieve such success because of the father-in-law's family. The head of the house could not be the head at all.
After such a commotion, not only was her identity exposed, but she also lost her place in Yecheng. The matron of the house not only refused to allow her to enter the house, but also made things difficult for her in every possible way. In the end, she even wanted to kill her directly. Killed the lives of their mother and son.
