"Ouch... Master, I am not a child anymore, can I still eat fish?" Wen Yuan ate the fish in the bowl while talking.
Seeing that she was worried to death, Quan simply snatched her small plate and said, "The fish you eat at home has been processed. The servants have picked out the spines for you. Come on, I will get it for you."
He quickly picked off all the fish bones visible to the naked eye, and when he put the plate back in front of Wen Yuan, he did not forget to tell him: "Be careful when eating, there may still be small fish bones."
"Does Miss Wen always have servants to serve her at home?"
When Mrs. Xie asked this question, Wen Yuan didn't think much about it. He put down the chopsticks in his hand and recalled it carefully, and found that he seemed to be living surrounded by servants.
"Well...yeah, I've been like this since I was a child." Wen Yuan felt that this was not a big deal, but she never knew that even a wealthy family like the Xie Mansion did not have to have subordinates take care of everything. .
Mrs. Xie further confirmed her inner thoughts. This Miss Wen Yuan must be from the royal family, or at least the daughter of a prince.
"Is Miss Wen married? How old are you this year?" The second aunt, who was the least discerning, caught Wen Yuan asking questions, which made Wen Yuan embarrassed.
She calmed herself down and said, "Twenty to five, no marriage."
"Ah?" The second aunt thought that Wen Yuan was no more than twenty years old. How could he be twenty-five years old? He was so old... not suitable for her precious son.
She shook her head and what she said next frightened everyone present, "How can you be unmarried at such an old age, but what's the hidden problem?"
This second aunt is beautiful, but her brain is not very clear, and her mouth always offends others.
What she said at the dinner table today offended Wen Yuan terribly, "What did you say? Is this your responsibility? Shut up!"
Mrs. Xie put down the chopsticks in her hand and scolded the second aunt, but the woman still couldn't hold it clearly. She opened her mouth and continued talking, as if she was afraid that Wen Yuan wouldn't be angry, "What's wrong? I'm not wrong. We have such an old woman here." There are quite a few children.”
"How old I am and whether I am married or not, it has nothing to do with you, right? I don't need to rely on a man, understand?" Wen Yuan tried his best to control the anger in his heart.
The head of the Xie family couldn't stand listening anymore, so he glared at his second aunt and told her to shut up, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute. Get out of here."
"Miss Wen, don't mind. This concubine of mine is just a mouthful, but she has no bad intentions. Don't be the same as her." The head of the Xie family kept apologizing to Wen Yuan, which puzzled the younger members of the family.
You know, many officials of salt merchants like my father are eager to curry favor with her. When have they ever seen their father curry favor with others? What is the identity and background of this woman?
After lunch, Mrs. Xie's daughter came to Wen Yuan and said she was just chatting, but in fact she wanted to ask something from Wen Yuan.
"Miss Wen, I think you have an elegant temperament, and the jewelry and jade bracelets you are wearing don't look like ordinary items that can be bought by the people. You must be very noble, right?" The second lady's name is Xie Xin, and she is a very smart girl.
Wen Yuan sipped tea slowly and smiled lightly at her. There was something different hidden in that smile, "Do you need any identity to travel abroad?"
"It's easier to do things if you have a noble status, isn't it?"
Hearing this, Wen Yuan slowly put down the tea cup in his hand, "For me, money is more useful than status, and money can make all the difference. The second young lady will not fail to understand, especially if she is born in such a wealthy family. inside."
The two of them were going back and forth but couldn't get to the point. Xie Xin found it boring, so she rambled a few words and left the place where Wen Yuan lived.
Xie Xin went all the way to her mother's room and told her mother what she had just said to Wen Yuan.
"Your father has sent people to investigate her identity. Just ask the officials about this, and they will definitely know. The only thing I can be sure of now is that she must be a member of the royal family, but I don't know what her status is."
Soon after, people from the government brought the news that Mr. Xie wanted, and Mrs. Xie happened to be there.
The head of the Xie family was shocked when he read the letter given to him by the prefect, "Princess Xianyang?"
It turned out to be Princess Xianyang...
Mrs. Xie hurriedly recalled whether anyone in the house had offended Wen Yuan in the past two days.
But looking at Wen Yuan's behavior, he didn't seem to have a temper, which reassured Mrs. Xie a lot.
"The news from the capital is that Princess Xianyang went out to relax and has been away for a month or two."
It only takes a month or two to reach Cangquanzhou, so this girl is very fast.
The head of the Xie family never expected that such a high-status person would live in the house. Fortunately, there was no place where the reception was not good. If Wen Yuan was dissatisfied, he would probably have a difficult time.
"The prefect said that Princess Xianyang has matured a lot and will not embarrass you, but don't offend her. After all, she is a popular person around the Queen Mother."
"The famous person next to the Queen Mother?" Head Xie didn't know why, "Didn't I hear that she is the Emperor's favorite niece?"
The man who came to deliver the news rolled his eyes, thinking how could there be such a stupid person, "If the emperor likes her, can't the queen mother also like her? Do you know that Princess Xianyang was specially brought into the palace by the late emperor to stay with the queen mother to teach her? Yes, it can be said that she spent more time with the Queen Mother than anyone else."
It turns out that this is the case...
The three of them were still chatting when a servant from the mansion suddenly came to report. Just by looking at the anxious look on the servant's face, you could tell that something was not good, "It's not good! It's not good, Master and Madam! Go and have a look!"
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Xie asked anxiously.
"The eldest young master is back, but he...but he..." The servant did not dare to continue. It was the head of the Xie family who angrily scolded him before he slowly spoke: "The eldest young master came back drunk in the flower house, and then saw... When I saw Miss Wen, I couldn't help but hug her...hand in hand...hand in hand..."
Mrs. Xie was so frightened that her heart was beating fast. "Tell me what's wrong with your hand! Just gasp for air here!"
"The eldest young master's hands are... rubbing against Miss Wen..." He gestured towards himself, and Mrs. Xie was so angry that she almost carried her away.
The head of the Xie family rushed out in stride, "Why are you still standing there in a daze! Let this traitor come to see me!"
"Master...that's not possible."
"Why not?" Head Xie's eyes widened angrily.
The servant was frightened for a long time before he hesitated and said: "The eldest young master was paralyzed... and he is still lying in the courtyard of the front hall."
"Oh, what a traitor! You will find things for me to do!" Patriarch Xie slapped his forehead remorsefully, "Come and take a look with me!"
When he arrived at the front hall, Xie Quan was lying on the ground wailing, screaming so miserably. Wen Yuan had already changed his clothes and returned to the front hall.
As soon as the head of the Xie family came up, he knelt at Wen Yuan's feet and apologized, "Princess Xianyang, Quanzi really didn't mean it. He was drunk. It was an unintentional mistake. Please forgive him... I asked him to apologize to you... …”
He kicked his son's butt and brought him to Wen Yuan to confess his crime, "Hurry up and apologize to the princess!" After saying this, the head of the Xie family slapped his son again, "Why don't you hurry up? Are you mute?"
"Dad! It was her people who beat me and asked me to apologize to her? What a dream!" Xie Quan spat, "Dad, what did you call her? Princess? What kind of princess is she?"
Wen Yuan had never encountered such a humiliating thing, and the man's poor attitude made her even more angry, "Huaiyan, tie him up."
Mrs. Xie felt heartbroken when she saw her son being tied up. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Wen Yuan.
"Princess Xianyang... please, I only have one son..."
Wen Yuan sat on the chair, thinking about the scene that happened suddenly, feeling humiliated in his heart and refusing to let him go, "Drinking, right? Drunk, right? Get me cold water and pour it on him until he wakes up!" "
Spring flowers poured pot after pot of cold water on the man, but he still didn't seem to wake up after a long time, and he was still cursing.
"You have to die, you bitch..." Wen Yuan ordered Shen Huaiyan to pour water down his throat.
Mrs. Xie burst into tears when she saw this scene and watched from the sidelines.
It didn't take long for Xie Quan to faint from the torture. Wen Yuan had no choice but to wait for him to wake up.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Xie Quan got up from the ground in a daze, but his whole body hurt when he moved even a little bit. He had to continue lying on the ground, "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"
The boy ran over from the other side, "Master, what are your orders?"
"Why am I here? And I'm still tied up!" He struggled for a long time without breaking free from the hemp rope, feeling annoyed in his heart.
After learning that he was awake, Wen Yuan and his people were waiting in the front hall, "Bring him up. I want to see if he remembers me."
After Xie Quan was brought up, he immediately smiled evilly when he saw Wen Yuan, "Hey, it's you, little lady, why did you come to your door? Didn't I just pinch your breasts? It's not a big deal. "
Isn't this a big deal? So what's the big deal? ! Wen Yuan was furious and said, "That's ridiculous!" She stood up and walked up to the man and kicked him. She only kicked him to the ground. "You're a scoundrel! I'm going to kill you right now." Cut off your hands, and I’ll see how you can molest girls again!”
"How dare you! Do you know that my family has connections with officials like the prefect and county government! Why do you, a little girl, fight with me?"
Patriarch Xie was going crazy. This son was really incompetent!
"Shut up! This is Princess Xianyang!" He stepped forward and kicked his son away.
But this bastard still refused to obey. After finally getting up from the ground, he shouted loudly, "What Princess Xianyang?! I have never heard of it! Dad, you even believe this, are you too old to be stupid! She is a liar!" "
"You're such a traitor, you're such a traitor!" Patriarch Xie couldn't bear it any longer, so he picked up a stick and hit his son hard on his body. "You just cause trouble for me! I'll beat you to death today!"
