"Brother, you are a man, you should take the initiative. How can you let a girl take the initiative in everything?" Xie Ren couldn't help but complain.
Xie Yuan gave him a cold look, "Like you? Taking the initiative to flirt with someone, then patting the butt and leaving?"
Xie Ren immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say a word, lowered his head and ran away dejectedly.
Xie Ren ran away, and San Er Yi also staggered away dragging his round belly, leaving Xie Yu'an standing alone under the eaves.
Xie Yuan was originally going to the East Palace to see Jiang Huailu, but he canceled it because he was worried that Qiao Yin would come. After waiting for another half day, Xie Yuan finally called the guard Wangshan.
"Go and find out what the second young lady of the Qiao family is doing?"
Wangshan was a little surprised. It turned out that the reason why the young master was so distracted that day was all because of that Miss Qiao Er.
Wangshan smiled ambiguously at Xie Yu'an and responded loudly: "Okay, my subordinate will go now."
Wangshan went out for another half day and came back near evening, bringing news about Qiao Yin.
"Young Master, Miss Qiao is ill."
Xie Yu Anxin suddenly asked: "How could you fall ill?"
Wangshan replied in detail: "It is said outside that Prince Lu of the Duke's Palace held a banquet in Jifang Garden yesterday. Miss Qiao Er gave Prince Lu a jade pendant, but Prince Lu didn't like it very much and threw it into the lake. Qiao Er The second young lady didn’t know what she was thinking, so she jumped into the water like crazy to retrieve it, and fell ill after being rescued.”
Xie Yuxin's head was stabbed, but his face didn't show it, but his eyes were already stained with a gloomy color.
Wangshan looked at Xie Yuan and asked for instructions: "Master, do you want to prepare a car to go to Qiao Mansion?"
Xie Yu'an pursed his lips and said nothing, turned around silently and walked towards the bedroom.
When he walked to the bedroom door, he finally stopped and raised his head slightly, as if letting out a long sigh.
"Get the car ready."
"Go to Jifang Garden."
As the moon rises and the stars rise, the lights in Jifang Garden are brightly lit. In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Xie Yuan stands leaning on the railing, his tall figure reflected on the water.
Xie Yu quietly stared at the reflection in the water, lost in thought.
The water was so deep and cold, and it wasn't like she didn't know how determined she was to jump in.
Is that thing so important, more important than life?
Xie Yuan gave a wry smile. Things are not that important. What is important is the person.
That's all, that's all.
An unreasonable sourness filled his chest, and Xie Yu'an stopped the thoughts running through his mind.
"Young Master, the delivery has been completed. The title deed of Jifang Garden is here."
Wangshan quickly walked into the pavilion from outside and handed several land deeds to Xie Yuan.
Xie Yu'an confirmed it, waved his hand and said, "Let's do it."
…
The Duke's Mansion——
At dinner time, Lu Jinzhi and Mrs. Lu were preparing dinner in the dining room. Duke Lu came back from the outside with a sullen face, without changing his clothes, and called Lu Jinzhi to the study.
When Lu Jinzhi rushed to his father's study, Lu Yizhi also arrived.
Lu Jinzhi glanced at Lu Yizhi in surprise. Lu Yizhi didn't say anything, and consciously stopped and stood outside the door. He waited for Lu Jinzhi to go in first, and then he followed behind.
"Father, are you looking for me?" Lu Jinzhi asked.
Before Lu Guogong said anything, he shook his beard and patted the table first, and said angrily: "What is that Qiao Yin doing? She actually sued you to Shuntian Mansion! The eldest son of the Duke of Guo's Mansion was accused of theft, and it's impossible to spread the word. joke?"
Lu Jinzhi said with some guilt: "How did father find out?"
"If it weren't for the fact that Shuntian Prefecture Yin and I had some friendship and suppressed the case, your case would have been in the hands of the Crown Prince now! The reputation of our Duke's Prefecture would have been almost ruined by that idiot!"
Lu Jinzhi was afraid of his father's authority and was speechless for a moment.
Lu Yizhi frowned when he heard this: "This matter all happened because of the prince. It was the prince who took the initiative and touched Miss Qiao's things, and also threw other people's things into the lake, making people angry..."
"Shut up!" Lu Guogong picked up the tea cup at hand and threw it at Lu Yizhi without thinking.
Lu Yizhi kept silent and lowered his head to accept the tea cup that flew over for no reason.
The tea cup hit his chest. Although it was not hot through the thick clothes, the fine silk top, which was covered with tea leaves, was completely ruined.
Accompanied by the sound of the teacup breaking, Lu Guogong pointed at Lu Yizhi's nose and scolded:
"Since you knew that the thing was not for Jinzhi, why didn't you tell it in advance? Since you knew that the thing was dropped, why didn't you put a new piece together to stop the woman's mouth afterwards?"
"Jinzhi is the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion and the master of Yueji Pavilion. What's wrong with him going to his own shop to get something?"
Lu Yizhi was speechless and could only lower his head and admit his mistake, "My son knows he was wrong."
"Get out." Lu Guogong yelled loudly.
Lu Yizhi bowed and left, not forgetting to take away the broken porcelain on the ground when he went out.
Lu Jinzhi blushed and felt ashamed: "My son didn't think carefully about this matter. It was my misunderstanding that caused this farce and damaged the reputation of the Duke's government."
Lu Guogong waved his hand and interrupted him, "Don't mention the past anymore. I have sent people out to spread the news. Just say that Qiao Yin failed to please you and went crazy and jumped into the water. Everyone in the world knows that she has always been shameless. I must have I won’t doubt it.”
Lu Jinzhi looked at his father dumbly.
Duke Lu Guo calmed down and said sincerely: "I have wronged you by letting you deal with people you don't like in the past few years. Your concubine and aunt have already proposed to the emperor that they will marry you and Yan Ruyu. They are the right family, a talented man and a beautiful woman, and only the daughter of the prime minister's house can marry you." Only then can he be worthy of my son.”
As the most famous talented woman in the capital, Yan Ruyu must have a good family background and good looks. She has always been the most talked about existence among the children of the capital's aristocratic families. For a while, Lu Jinzhi also admired Yan Ruyu.
Who wouldn't envy her if he could marry her?
But when he heard the news, Lu Jinzhi felt no joy at all, and even felt a little resistant. But he didn't know where this resistance came from. Maybe it was because he didn't like Yan Ruyu that much.
Just as he didn't know where this resistance came from, Lu Jinzhi didn't know whether he wanted to marry Yan Ruyu, but his father said that this was the best arrangement for him.
…
"General, I found it! I found it!"
At dawn, there was a burst of cheers in Jifang Garden. A man pulled his legs out of the mud pit and ran to the pavilion holding a hand of mud.
Xie Yuan sat on the stone bench of the pavilion and glanced from a distance.
Although it is stained with mud, the bits of white jade exposed are crystal clear in the morning light, and it is of high quality at first glance.
After digging for dead fish and shrimps all night, I finally found them.
"Mount Hope--"
"Send it to Jing'an Marquis Mansion immediately."
Xie Yu'an gave the order, then stood up and walked out of the pavilion.
