After Si Ning came back, he was taken to the study by his servants.
The servants didn't dare to go in at will, so Si Ning walked in alone.
The stove was lit in the study, and as soon as Si Ning entered, he felt a wave of heat coming over him.
Lu Hanxiao was writing something in front of his desk when he heard a voice say impatiently.
"go out."
Si Ning paused and spoke hesitantly, "It's me."
Lu Hanxiao's hand holding the pen paused and he looked up at Si Ning.
"Where have you gone?"
"I went to the Yamen." Si Ning replied truthfully.
Lu Hanxiao nodded, "Don't underestimate Wang Huiming, he is much more difficult to deal with than Zhou Zhengsheng."
Si Ning stared and responded, "I will be careful. By the way, I have something to ask you. Will there be officials opening accounts at the border bank?"
Although she threatened Wang Huiming today, Si Ning thought it would be better to ask more questions.
As Lu Hanxiao said, Wang Huiming is not easy to deal with and she needs to be more careful.
She had to settle the money, otherwise she would be able to set up such a big stage and give others an advantage. Si Ning felt that she would not be able to sleep well.
"There are indeed some cases like this. Some bank notes can be exchanged across the country."
If this makes sense, then the bank has a problem.
"What happened?"
Si Ning didn't want to tell Lu Hanxiao about this, because she wasn't sure what Lu Hanxiao meant.
But looking at it now, it is obvious that someone between Qian Zhuang and Wang Huiming was lying.
She needed to rely on Lu Hanxiao's power to be qualified to negotiate with them.
Otherwise, even if the rabbit catches the fox cub, it will not be able to confront the fox and is not qualified.
"I killed Zhou Zhengsheng. It was he and the emperor who advised me to come to the border. The carriage I was riding in crashed on the way. I took precautions and escaped. When I arrived at the border, I fought with them in the ring. Zhou Zhengsheng sent someone to I was charged with theft and put in jail. He went to the jail to ask me about the prescription and recognized me, but he still wanted to kill me. I can't tolerate him."
Si Ning explained carefully the reason why she killed Zhou Zhengsheng.
She is not a bloodthirsty person, she has her reasons for killing people.
She didn't want Lu Hanxiao to misunderstand anything about this matter, so she explained clearly.
"You're right." Lu Hanxiao said.
Si Ning was surprised and raised his eyes to meet the deep eyes of the person opposite.
"You... think it's okay?"
Lu Hanxiao, "If you still tolerate others putting a knife on your neck, you are just asking for your own death."
Si Ning muttered, "I thought you were unhappy because of this..."
"I'm not happy because you can clearly refuse the emperor, but you endanger yourself... Si Ning, you can try to believe me. Even if the emperor blames you, I will bear the burden for you."
Si Ning's heart skipped a beat and his expression was a little dull.
Lu Hanxiao didn't purse his thin lips, and didn't continue what he said next.
Too much is too little.
"Go back and rest."
Si Ning nodded, still thinking about what Lu Hanxiao had just said, and retreated.
"lady."
Ming Han saw that she looked wrong and called her.
Si Ning came to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Madam, can you please advise the master?"
Si Ning was confused, Ming Han pulled her aside and whispered.
"Today is the Young Master's birthday, but it has never happened since the Young Master was ten years old."
Si Ning, "What happened when I was ten years old?"
Ming Han paused for a moment before replying, "When I was ten years old, something happened in my master's family, and he was adopted by the Lu family."
Lu Hanxiao was an adopted son, and Si Ning knew it early on.
She could tell that Mrs. Lu did not regard Lu Hanxiao as a son in her heart, but more like she had to adopt him for some reason.
Si Ning didn't know what happened that year, and she guessed that Ming Han wouldn't tell either.
"what do you want me to do?"
"I don't ask Madam for anything. I just hope that Madam can enlighten the Master. The Master has not been very happy for so many years. Except for the old Marquis, others in the Lu family have not been kind to him."
This is not surprising.
Thinking about it, he knew that Mrs. Lu already had Lu Zhiyuan under her knees, and at the worst, she had the Lu family's big house, which was much closer than a picked-up child.
After Mr. Lu took Lu Hanxiao home, he went out to play and did not come back even once throughout the year.
Mrs. Lu couldn't do anything to her adopted son, just turning a blind eye to him was enough for Lu Hanxiao.
Lu Hanxiao finished processing the official documents in his hands. The sky was already darkening. He stood up and wanted to move his stiff limbs when he saw a weak shadow through the window.
"Why are you here?"
Lu Hanxiao walked up to Sining and stopped in front of him. Si Ning was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, holding a wooden stick in his hand and rowing back and forth.
Hearing the voice, he looked up and saw a pair of apricot eyes blinking, making Lu Hanxiao's heart skip a beat for no reason.
He coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, and his voice softened a bit.
"Why didn't you go back?"
"I want to have dinner with you."
Si Ning is really not good at enlightening others. In her last life, she was a loner, with only a handful of people she had friendships with, and she didn't pay too much attention to each other's privacy.
She actually felt that people like Lu Hanxiao didn't need to be enlightened, and it wasn't a big deal that he didn't want to celebrate his birthday.
But Ming Han begged her, and Si Ning couldn't refuse.
After much thought, it would be good to have a meal on my birthday.
So she didn't leave immediately after coming out of the study, and waited until now.
Seeing her look, Lu Hanxiao guessed the reason and glanced coldly at Ming Han in the corner.
Ming Han was chilled by this glare and shrank his neck.
"Let people prepare."
"No, I'll do it for you."
Si Ning stood up, and Lu Hanxiao hurriedly followed, holding a lantern for her.
The two of them walked towards the kitchen. The house was very quiet, except for the sound of their footsteps.
Si Ning asked, "Why don't you celebrate your birthday? Minghan and the others are very worried."
Lu Hanxiao looked sideways and asked with a smile, "You think it's important?"
Si Ning shook his head truthfully, "It's not my birthday. There's nothing to worry about when I'm born. What's most important is when I die."
She added, "A birthday is nothing more than a day to celebrate. I think any day is fine. I have heard a saying before that a son's birthday is a hard day for a mother. I don't have a mother, so this kind of day is even less important. "
In fact, Si Ning really doesn't think that a birthday is anything special. Maybe ancient people valued these things, but modern people like Si Ning are more open-minded.
Lu Hanxiao smiled, "That's true."
The two walked side by side, chatting occasionally.
Lu Hanxiao's mood was much better than before, and he would have one or two words from time to time.
After walking for a while, we finally reached the kitchen.
Si Ning asked Ming Han to give instructions early in the morning and prepared all the ingredients he wanted.
"Just go and sit over there and it'll be fine soon."
Si Ning started chopping vegetables, and Lu Hanxiao came over.
"I'll do it how you want to cut it."
"Can you chop vegetables?"
Lu Hanxiao naturally took the knife from her hand and started cutting according to her instructions.
"In the past, when we were marching, many accidents would happen. Cooking is the most basic thing. If you don't do it well, you can barely satisfy your hunger."
Si Ning nodded, turned around, broke the eggs into a bowl, stirred them up, and boiled water in the pot.
After a while, a bowl of longevity noodles was ready.
Si Ning fried some more chicken wings and French fries and put them on the table one by one.
Si Ning handed a pair of chopsticks to Lu Hanxiao, "Whether it's your birthday or not, you still have to eat longevity noodles to live a long life!"
