"Now that you're back, why are you still hiding?" Princess Guangling asked.
The eldest princess was amused, "Maybe just like the princess, she is worried about Miss Chen Er, so she came back quietly to take a look."
Xie Xun came over with a hibiscus branch. After paying homage to the eldest princess, he looked at Chen Anning and said, "I heard that Miss Wen is suddenly seriously ill. I came back to see if there is anything I need help with."
"As expected, I'm worried about Miss Chen Er." The eldest princess said with a smile.
Princess Guangling said angrily: "If you don't worry, don't sneak around like a thief. That's all, I know you don't like to hear my nagging, so go ahead. It's okay if you don't come back for dinner at noon, but you have to come back at night. You haven't gotten married yet, so just don't do it. Now that we have a family, how about getting married in the future?"
"I know." Xie Xun replied lazily.
"Go, go!" Princess Guangling pretended to be angry and said, "Take good care of An Ning. If there is a hair missing when you come back at night, you are the only one I will ask!"
Xie Xun glanced at Chen Anning with a half-smile, bowed loosely to the eldest princess, nodded to Princess Tongchang, and then followed Chen Anning.
After walking farther away from Princess Guangling and others, Chen Anning asked: "What are you doing here? Is there any progress in the trial?"
"Can't I just come back because I'm worried about you?" Xie Xun asked.
Chen Anning looked at him and said, "Why are you worried about me? Are you worried that I will torture the young ladies who admire you too much?"
Xie Xun didn't answer but asked: "Tell me, what was the reason why you poisoned Miss Wen and brutally tortured Miss Meng Si?"
Chen Anning asked him: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie? You can only choose one."
Xie Xun looked at the teasing look on her face and said without hesitation: "Lies!"
Chen Anning raised her eyebrows, "Are you sure?"
Xie Xun played with the hibiscus branch and said, "OK."
Chen Anning raised her lips and joked: "The lie is that they need to be dealt with."
Xie Xun felt an itch in his heart, "Where's the truth?"
Chen Anning half-smiled, "I said, you can only choose one."
Xie Xun hooked his hand around her little finger and shook it gently, "I regret it. I want to choose the truth."
"Don't you know, Master Xie," Chen Anning teased, "There is no regret medicine in the world?"
"Then I don't care." Seeing that there was no one around, Xie Xun quickly pressed her against the tree beside the road and threatened in a low voice, "If you don't tell me, I will..."
Chen Anning hooked her arms around his neck, leaned forward and kissed him on the lips, "Like this?"
"You provoked me yourself!" Xie Xun held her head and kissed her hard.
but.
His head was held by Chen Anning's hand.
Chen Anning joked: "Are you playing hooligan?"
Xie Xun went to grab her hand, but Chen Anning let go and walked away from him.
Xie Xun sighed, "You are such a heartless woman!"
Chen Anning joked: "Whoever is interested can go find him."
"No." Xie Xun caught up with her, "I just like women who have no interest."
"Abnormal!" Chen Anning laughed and cursed, then asked again, "Is there any progress in the trial?"
Xie Xun laughed angrily, "I told you, I came back just because I was worried about you."
Chen Anning looked at him sideways, and after being hit by him with a hibiscus branch, she said inexplicably: "What are you doing with it?"
Xie Xun hummed and said: "This is the evidence that you used me to bet with others, so I naturally have to keep it safe."
"Since you saw me making a bet with you, didn't you see that she couldn't even beat a single move in my hands?" Chen Anning said casually.
The corner of Xie Xun's mouth twitched slightly, "Are you afraid that you will lose me?"
Chen Anning teased intentionally: "When a lion fights a rabbit, you have to use all your strength. What do you think?"
Xie Xun looked at the bright smile on her lips and said happily: "Let me tell you, I thought someone was really uninterested, but it turns out that I still have a certain weight in that person's heart."
Chen Anning smiled out of anger, "In Mr. Xie's eyes, am I just a person who can do anything?"
Xie Xun asked: "Isn't it?"
Chen Anning laughed angrily, "If I could make do with it, back then..."
"I was wrong," Xie Xun quickly interrupted her, "You don't need to say anything."
Chen Anning hummed.
Xie Xun held her hand and said, "Don't be angry. I will take you to Zuixian Tower for dinner later. In addition, I will pay you back the five thousand taels I owe you in Jincheng County."
"That's not bad!" Chen Anning lost his temper.
The two mounted their horses and were about to leave when Hua Jin suddenly ran over and stopped in front of Xie Xun's horse. After taking a quick look at Chen Anning, Hua Jin said with red eyes: "Third cousin, can you ask Miss Chen to check on Miss Wen? Miss Wen has vomited blood six or seven times, and the doctor you invited can't find anything wrong with her. What's wrong? I'm afraid that if this continues, Miss Wen won't be able to hold on to Mr. Wen and Mrs. Wen coming to pick her up."
"Miss Chen Er is right here. If you want to invite her, just invite her yourself." Xie Xun said softly.
Hua Jin's tears rolled down, one by one, like beads on the ground, "Third cousin also knows that Miss Chen Er doesn't like me and Ronger. I have invited her twice, but she refused. "
"Then there's nothing I can do." Xie Xun tried to avoid her, but his words and deeds showed no mercy.
"Third cousin," Hua Jin stopped in front of his horse again and knelt down, "please third cousin, please ask Miss Chen Er to save Miss Wen. As long as Miss Wen can be saved, no matter what conditions Miss Chen Er puts forward , I agree to everything. Even if...even if Miss Chen Er asks me to never see my third cousin, I will agree."
Xie Xun chuckled twice, and the laughter was full of mockery: "What does it have to do with her whether you can see me or not? If I really fall in love with you, I have already fallen in love with you, and I can still make you kneel here to beg me?"
Hua Jin looked up at him in disbelief, his face pale and bloodless.
Xie Xun said coldly: "Get out of the way!"
Hua Jin shook his head, "Third cousin..."
Xie Xun tightened the reins of his horse, took a few steps back, looked at her condescendingly, and taunted her coldly: "Miss Chen Er has excellent medical skills, her chess, calligraphy and painting skills surpass Miss Meng Si's, and Miss Fang San's martial arts skills are even worse than hers." Zhao, what do you have? Are you self-righteous? Why do you compare with her? Are you worthy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled up the reins hard, and the horse raised its front hooves with a high cry, then jumped up, stepped over the screaming Hua Jin, and flew away.
After Chen Anning looked at her twice, he also rode away.
After leaving the Guangling Palace and looking at Xie Xun waiting for her at the door, Chen Anning didn't say much.
Although Hua Jin didn't cause any trouble to her, it was quite annoying that he kept showing off his presence like this.
I hope she has a longer memory this time.
After walking side by side for a while, Chen Anning asked Miss Fang San about her brother.
Xie Xun said: "Her brother has just been promoted to General Yulinwei, and I haven't had any contact with him yet. However, I have heard A-Zan mention him a few times before. He seems to be very few words and is not easy to contact."
"It's not easy to get in touch with. That's what Miss Fang San should think about." Chen Anning said, "Anyway, if I win her, she has to agree to three conditions."
Xie Xun glanced at her: "Do you want him to help investigate the case?"
"Absolutely." Chen Anning said, "Before he was promoted to general, he was also in the Yulin Guard, right? His understanding of the Yulin Guard or the Forbidden Army should be better than yours, right? Can you help investigate the case and It’s not important, what’s important is that he can provide ideas.”
"It makes sense." Xie Xun nodded.
"Since you think it makes sense, I will go back to Miss Fang San." Chen Anning said, "It will save trouble if we check it out early."
Xie Xun teased, "Have you given up the search?"
"It's not like giving up, it's just putting it aside for the time being." Chen Anning answered calmly, "If Song Shizhong and Lu Deqiu are accomplices of King Anbei, then they must have contacts with King Anbei, but the way of contact is not enough for outsiders to understand. That’s all. When I go back and check some other evidence, I’ll put it all together. I still don’t believe it, and I can’t find any connection between them!”
Xie Xun thought about it and said, "Whether General Fang can provide new ideas for investigating the case or not, after the betrothal gift is over, we have to go to Guangling County for a walk."
Chen Anning quickly looked at him, "Did Young Master Xu find any clues?"
Xie Xun's expression was rare and serious, "No."
Chen Anning raised her eyebrows, "Not at all?"
Xie Xun said softly.
Chen Anning sighed: "It seems that the defeats in the Underground Colosseum and Jincheng County have made them more cautious or temporarily dormant."
"Whether they are more cautious or dormant for the time being." Xie Xun said slowly, "As long as their ambitions remain unchanged, sooner or later they will show their flaws!"
The two of them were going to Zuixianlou for dinner.
But he didn't go far when he was stopped again.
The person who stopped them this time was none other than Wen Yating's grandfather, Wen Chaoshan.
