"What did Aunt Lu do to Nan Yi?"
Xie Queshan's question was actually just a test, but his expression seemed so enigmatic that people couldn't tell for a moment whether he was asking, or whether he was already aware of the overall situation.
Aunt Lu had never been able to cope with this situation. Her legs immediately became weak. However, she still managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "What are you asking about, Master?"
Lu Jinxiu's reaction made Xie Queshan even more sure. His tone suddenly became stern and he asked back: "What do you mean?!"
"It's all some misunderstandings, I'm afraid it will disturb the Lord's ears..."
Xie Queshan was too lazy to argue with Lu Jinxiu anymore, and his eyes fell on the female envoy beside her: "If she doesn't tell, you tell me. If you don't understand clearly, go and die yourself."
His words were so serious that the female servant was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, not wanting to hide anything.
"My lord, spare your life! My aunt made a mistake one night and misunderstood that the young lady is related to you..." The envoy was really hard to say. She raised her eyes and glanced at the thunderous look on Xie Queshan's face, so she had to bite the bullet and say it. Go down, "there is something about smuggling... and I am afraid that this matter will stain the family tradition of the Xie family. I feel sorry for the deceased eldest son, so I brought poisoned wine and wanted to... execute the young lady in private. But the young lady refused to obey, and later called The mother-in-law who took the test proved the young lady’s innocence, and then realized that it was a misunderstanding.”
"Misunderstanding?" Xie Queshan was furious, "If she doesn't fight and dies because of your arbitrariness, is this life also a misunderstanding?!"
Aunt Lu knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "I made a wrong judgment before I investigated clearly, but I also did it for the sake of the Xie family's innocent reputation. Please forgive me, Lord!"
Nan Yi sat in the dark bedroom. She stopped crying and listened calmly to the conversation outside the screen. For a moment, she felt as if she was listening to someone else's business.
She did not expect that Xie Queshan would help her cover up the theft, nor did she expect that he would get to the bottom of Aunt Lu's fault and even get angry.
This was the first time Nan Yi saw Xie Queshan angry.
"The innocence of the Xie family?" Xie Queshan sneered, "Since you think she is living with me, why don't you come to question me and punish me?"
Lu Jinxiu was stunned by the question and was so choked up that she couldn't answer.
"Those who bully the weak and fear the strong will insist on showing off their innocence and propriety. Even if the case is tried in court, one has to ask who is the victim and who is the perpetrator. Women are physically weaker than men, so being forced to commit is not It’s strange, but according to your judgment, no matter how innocent or innocent, every victimized woman will have to die for her own misfortune? What kind of bullshit world can’t even tolerate a woman? What kind of rule is this in the Xie family?!"
There was a buzz in Lu Jinxiu's head, and she realized which iron plate she had hit - Xie Queshan was angry not only about Nan Yi, but also about his mother's past! Lu Jinxiu was trembling and couldn't even say anything to beg for mercy.
Xie Queshan said with a cold face: "The female envoy who participated in the incident that day has twenty sticks and is sold out of the house; Lu Jinxiu has twenty sticks and is confined in the room. She can never leave the room without an order."
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After Lu Jinxiu and the female envoy were dragged out of Zheyue Pavilion crying, there was silence in the room for a long time.
"Thank you."
He sat alone and suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
After a while, there was a rustling sound from behind the screen, and Nan Yi came out. She stood in front of him a little at a loss and a little embarrassed.
"no need thank me?"
"Thank you for not dying."
Memories of his youth came rushing back. He and his mother were kidnapped by bandits on the way to escape. His mother refused to commit herself to the bandits and wanted to die to prove her resolve. He cried and begged her to survive for him, but her mother said that her innocence was gone. , it would be death to go back. Then, he killed someone for the first time.
That was a fifteen-year-old boy who grew up carefree and well-dressed. He once moaned for the spring flowers and autumn moon without any illness. He once stood up and stood with a sword across the sky, but at this moment, he became a Shura with hands full of blood. But he was lucky that the bandit died and his mother survived.
The journey of escape was frightening, and we slept in the open air. He hated the father who left them behind, but his mother always warned him not to be resentful. No matter what your father did to us, it was right. Father is God, and the family is God. We live under the blessing of this God, and we will live forever. Be grateful.
He believed it and endured it, but later on, the rumors still spread. Her mother used a cold corpse to defend her useless innocence. Before she died, she was still grateful, grateful to the hypocritical family mansion. , gave her a place to stay.
But that's what she deserves. It's not just the aristocratic family that has given those women glory and wealth. These women who have served in West Germany for three times have also supported the noble family. They complement each other and they should be equal.
So Xie Queshan is grateful to Nan Yi, grateful for her struggle, grateful that she is not bound by those useless and harmful gifts, so that he does not have to face a corpse again.
"As long as I'm here, I won't leave you with nothing."
He responded to what she said before Lu Jinxiu came.
The events he experienced one after another made Nan Yi feel extremely uneasy and pessimistic, thinking that everything about him was in the hands of others and that he might lose everything at any time.
The tears on Nan Yi's face fell silently. She tried her best to control it, but she couldn't close the emotional gate. She hated Xie Queshan, hated him to death, but it was this man who gave her a promise she had never received in her life.
Nan Yi still shook his head: "I don't believe it, you just treat me as a chess piece."
He knew what she was afraid of, as long as he threatened her with life and death as usual. He warned himself that if you cross the river alone, if you make a mistake, you will fall.
However, he still took a step toward her, and he broke his own rules.
"Don't betray me. When it's done...I will let you go and let you live the rest of your life in peace."
He is a solitary Shura in the world and does not need to ask for the trust of anyone in the world. But he still lowered his eyes and felt pity for a small grass.
This kind of promise is fatal to a person like him who should be ruthless.
The best distance should have been for her to be afraid of him.
Xie Queshan watched Nan Yi approach him with tears in his eyes, as if there was a sea of mist in his eyes.
The waves carefully wet his clothes.
"Really?"
"real."
He just stood there and let the sea flood over.
"Can I confirm?"
He paused and did not answer, not knowing how she would confirm it.
Nan Yishou stepped forward and hugged him. Her hands were wrapped around his waist, and the warm and fragrant nephrite was in his arms.
She is a little beast born in the wild. She retains the instinct of the beast in her body. She cannot understand language, cannot read expressions, and knows nothing about human hearts. In a complex environment, she only believes in the instinctive feelings of her body. to something.
So she hugged him. She closed her eyes and heard his heart beating powerfully in her chest, then slowly getting faster, like a distant drumbeat, and finally reached her ears passionately. The drum beat was warm, embracing her gently, completely different from his usual coldness.
After a long time, Nan Yi let go of Xie Queshan.
She finally looked at him without evasion, and he found that the uneasiness in her eyes seemed to have faded.
Like a piece of wandering feather, it fell to the ground and lay there quietly, white and pure, without any charm.
"I believe you, I will never steal again."
Xie Queshan didn't know what kind of power this hug gave her. What was she thinking when their skin touched each other? What's her logic?
Xie Queshan didn’t know. He encountered a problem.
Compared to Nan Yi, who had no distracting thoughts, he was panicked.
When he couldn't understand her for a moment, something seemed to have deviated from the established track.
Xie Queshan tried his best to hide his stiffness, and a half-red blush appeared on his face unconsciously.
He tried to open his mouth, but the words were choked in his throat. In the end, he said nothing and left as if running away.
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In the second half of the night, Xie Queshan still felt inexplicably anxious. He wrote in the room for a long time and meditated. Finally, he let himself go and opened the door to go out to relax.
He Ping followed Xie Queshan and also noticed something was wrong with his young master.
"Sir, what's bothering you?"
"No." Xie Queshan immediately denied it.
After walking a few more steps, Xie Queshan stopped and looked back at He Ping.
"He Ping, why do you think people hug?"
"Express love?"
Xie Queshan immediately denied: "It's impossible."
"Is that an exchange of trust?"
Xie Queshan was thoughtful, and there was some truth to this. But it couldn't completely explain the strangeness in his heart. He thought for a moment and waved to He Ping.
"come here."
He Ping walked over obediently. Xie Queshan tried to hug He Ping, but it was far from the warm and fragrant soft jade. He immediately pushed He Ping away in disgust.
He Ping felt aggrieved: "Sir, what's your expression?"
"It's time for you to change your clothes," Xie Queshan shook his head and walked away. "It seems that not everyone you trust can hug you."
He Ping sniffed the smell on his clothes and didn't feel anything was wrong. He looked at Xie Queshan's leaving figure in confusion and couldn't figure it out - what kind of medicine did the young master take today?
