The capital city in the early morning is bustling with people.
Xie Jingyu and Xie Shian were sitting on the carriage. The father and son looked like they were carved from the same mold, and even their temperaments were similar.
Passing through the busiest streets, the carriage drove into the most prime area of the capital. The people who lived here were all high-ranking officials, most of whom were second-rank officials.
"When you enter the palace later, you must be careful with your words and actions." Xie Jingyu warned, "The rules of the palace are very strict. You are young, so don't speak easily."
Xie Shi'an nodded: "Father, I remember."
The two of them walked to the gate of the palace. As soon as Xie Jingyu was about to step up the steps, the guards guarding both sides of the gate said sternly: "Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you have a post?"
Xie Jingyu cupped his hands and said, "I am Xie Jingyu, a doctor from the Ministry of Finance. I bumped into the young prince of your house the day before yesterday. I'm here to apologize."
"So, there are no more posts?" The guard looked at him with his chin raised, "Wait at the door, I'll go in and ask first."
Xie Jingyu's face looked a little ugly.
After all, he was also a fifth-rank official of the imperial court. This guard had contempt written all over his face and asked him to wait at the gate. How could he be so neglectful of him.
"It turns out that this is the third-rank official in front of the prime minister." Xie Shi'an said softly, "My great-grandfather was a scholar, my grandfather was a scholar, and my father was admitted to the top exam. In just over five years, he became the fifth-rank official of the imperial court. By my generation, he will definitely be I can make the Xie family a new member of the imperial court, but by then, I won’t let the Xie family’s servants look down on anyone.”
Xie Jingyu's face was full of comfort: "It's not in vain that my father cultivated you like this."
Just as they were talking, the sound of footsteps was heard. The two stopped talking and pretended to wait respectfully.
A pink and white dumpling walked out from the gate of the palace. It was the four-year-old prince of Pingxi Palace.
As soon as he saw the two people waiting at the door, the anticipation on his delicate face turned into anger.
"I've seen the Crown Prince." Xie Jingyu picked up the cage in his hand and held it up with both hands, "This is an extremely rare fighting cricket with an iron head and a green back. It has a fierce temper and is extremely fierce. I would like to invite the Crown Prince to see it."
The little guy came down the steps, took the cage, and threw it down.
"This cricket is so ugly, I don't like it!" The young prince pointed at Xie Jingyu's nose with an angry look on his face, "Go back and tell that woman to come to the palace by herself!"
He had never seen any good crickets. He only wanted the crickets sent by the woman herself.
When he thought of the woman he had seen in the teahouse that day, his eyes suddenly turned red. He didn't know why, but he just wanted to see her.
The more wronged he was, the angrier he became and loudly shouted: "Tell her, if she doesn't come, I will go find her!"
"Who are you going to find?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded.
Immediately afterwards, a sweaty horse stopped at the door of the mansion, and a man in purple and black court clothes got off the horse.
Xie Jingyu turned around and bent his back as low as possible: "I have seen the prince, please give him my regards!"
This was the first time that he was so close to King Ping Xi.
This is a great opportunity to meet King Pingxi.
However.
King Pingxi didn't even look at him. He stepped forward and picked up the dumpling with one hand.
His voice was extremely low: "Who did you just say you were going to find?"
"Father..." The little guy shrank his neck, "I-I'm not looking for anyone. Father, you heard me wrong."
The man sneered, raised his hand and threw him into the arms of the boy next to him: "If he takes a step out of the palace, you servants will never enter the palace gate."
After saying that, he turned to look at Xie Jingyu: "Child's joke, Sir Xie, don't take it too seriously, and don't come here again in the future."
Just as Xie Jingyu was about to say something, King Pingxi had already strode into the palace.
The two guards guarding the door closed the door of the palace.
Xie Jingyu's face was full of disappointment.
He didn't seize such a good opportunity.
Xie Shi'an said: "It's better to let mother..."
Xie Jingyu pursed his lips: "No need."
He is a grown man, but it is really embarrassing for him to ask his wife to step in when he can't handle this.
But Yun Chu was not a fool who knew nothing.
The coachman who sent Xie Jingyu and Xie Shian to the palace was the Yun family she brought into the palace. He told her everything about what happened at the gate of the palace.
"Let our lady go to the palace in person?" Tingshuang was surprised. "There is no princess in the palace, so it is really inappropriate for the lady to come to the palace. How can this young prince make such a request?"
The coachman lowered his head and said, "King Pingxi scolded the young prince and told no one from the Xie family to visit him again."
Ting Xue breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that this matter has been revealed. King Pingxi is indeed sensible. He knows that this matter is the fault of the young prince and does not embarrass our wife."
Yun Chu nodded.
King Pingxi has always been a sensible person. In his previous life, the Yun family was in jail, and only King Pingxi was willing to run away...
As he was talking, Tingyu walked in from the door: "Madam, this is the soup I made specially for you. You can drink it while it's hot."
Yun Chu's voice was very calm: "I've had the soup, you can take it away."
Tingyu's lips parted, and she said nervously, "Madam, did I do something wrong, or did Brother Yun break some rules?"
Madam has punished the eldest young master and second young master arbitrarily in the past few days. She was afraid that Brother Yun would make some mistakes and offend Madam, so she kicked them out of Yusheng Residence.
When she lived in Yusheng Residence, she served his wife closely and was very prestigious in the Xie Mansion.
Since she moved out of here, her food and clothing expenses have dropped a bit, but the big maids in the house still dare to look down on her...
That's why she had the guts to come over and ask Madam what was going on.
Yun Chu looked at her and said, "Ever since you gave birth to Brother Yun, you have never served me. After much thought, I think it would be better to live in a separate courtyard. It would be more convenient for me to stay overnight."
Tingyu bit her lower lip.
Yunchu picked up the account book and opened it. She knew that Madam was going to be busy, so she could only lower her head and retreat.
As soon as I walked outside the yard, I heard a sneer.
"Hey, isn't this our Aunt Yu?" Tingfeng sneered, "Aunt Jiang and Aunt Tao are staying peacefully in their own yard, but you like to get in front of Madam. Don't you think that you have grown up serving Madam? It's just different from other aunts. From the day you carried Madam on your back and climbed into the adult bed, Madam didn't take you seriously. Now I only treat you for the sake of the third young master. You should I'm glad you gave birth to a good son..."
Tingyu explained with difficulty: "I really didn't mean it that night... I was just drunk..."
"Don't explain this kind of bed mat to me, a young girl." Tingfeng twitched the corner of her lips, "I am not worthy of your aunt's explanation. Aunt Yu, please go away slowly." .”
Tingyu bit her lip in humiliation, turned around and walked out of Shengju.
Yun Chu sat on the couch a little lost.
Tingshuang is twenty this year, and the youngest Tingfeng is sixteen. It's time to find husbands for them.
After Tingshuang died in her previous life, Tingfeng and Tingxue made a vow not to marry for the rest of their lives. They could not let a few girls live alone with her in this life.
