I steamed buns for the general

Chapter 80

Zeng Ping paused, looked at the cold sweat on Xie Yuanzhou's forehead, and smiled: "My lord, you know the temper best. In the past, I praised Mr. Xie for his knowledge of current affairs, which is most appreciated by the lord. It's just that Mr. Xie is so confused this time. The daughter he likes is nothing more than a little bit of dislike, but he angered the prince. Since the prince has taken a fancy to the lord's daughter, the lord should make good preparations, and send the eldest miss along with him when he marries Miss Zhimian. As long as it is announced to the outside world that the eldest lady died of illness, who would know that the real eldest lady has already entered the palace, and the palace will continue to explain, just say that she is a girl bought from outside. The second miss of the Xie family, Xie Zhimian, is still fine. Becoming the prince's side concubine, if you don't like the eldest lady, you can only be a concubine, and the daughter who is not happy will not be as good as the daughter who is favored, so you will have to look at the face of the second lady in the future?"

Zeng Ping stood up straight with a sneer and looked at Xie Yuanzhou, who had a bad complexion, and said: "How to benefit your lord, please think about it yourself. If the prince takes that seat in time, your lord will have the merits of a dragon, and then the second lady will be a nail in the coffin If your noble concubine gives birth to a prince, she may not be able to ascend to the high position in the future, and by then no one will dare to move the Xie family's position in the capital."

Xie Yuanzhou was sweating profusely from Zeng Ping's words. After thinking about it, he felt that what Zeng Ping said was also reasonable. Immediately, he hurriedly lifted up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and kept saying: "What Butler Zeng said is true, it is Xie I am confused, please rest assured, Wang Zhimian will be sent along with the eldest daughter when my family Zhimian enters the mansion."

"That's good, the old slave can rest assured." Seeing Xie Yuanzhou's understanding of current affairs, Zeng Ping nodded in satisfaction.

The two spoke a few more words, and then Zeng Ping left the Xie Mansion to answer King Huai.

But Xie Yuanzhou stood there in a daze for a long time, and he didn't come back to his senses until Zeng Ping's figure disappeared.

At this time, the housekeeper Xie Dong came over and reminded: "The son of Prince Yu is still waiting in the hall."

Xie Yuanzhou turned around with a frown, caught a glimpse of the swaying flowers next to him, and shouted: "Who, come out."

The butler Xie Dong reacted and told the two servants to run towards the place where the flowers were shaking. After a while, he grabbed Xie Zhihang who was in a mess and came to Xie Yuanzhou.

"You rebellious son, what are you doing here? What did you hear just now?" Xie Yuanzhou looked at Xie Zhihang with gloomy eyes, as if he was not looking at his own son but a lowly beggar.

Xie Zhihang twisted his body, gritted his teeth and turned his head away, without saying a word.

Xie Yuanzhou snorted coldly, winked at the boy, the boy nodded, and punched Xie Zhihang in the stomach.

"Say, what did you hear?" Xie Yuanzhou narrowed his eyes slightly and asked coldly.

Xie Zhihang curled up in pain, and when he heard his question, he raised his head and sneered, "Daddy, I heard everything you said to that man. Haha, you actually let my sister be your concubine, how could you Do that to my sister!"

"Shut up." Afraid of what he would say, Xie Yuanzhou yelled loudly, and ordered: "Young master is not in good health, he will recuperate behind closed doors from now on, and no one is allowed to see him."

Xie Dong nodded in agreement, asked the servant to cover Xie Zhihang's mouth, and dragged him away.

Back in the flower hall, Yan Ruyu was still sitting there drinking tea, when she saw Xie Yuanzhou come back, she stood up with a smile, "Uncle is so busy, Ruyu interrupted."

Xie Yuanzhou smiled faintly, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. I don't know why your Majesty is here today?"

Yan Ruyu touched her nose with a smile, thought for a while and suddenly cupped her hands and said: "To be honest, Ruyu met Xie Zhijin, the eldest lady of your mansion, and fell in love at first sight, and heard that Miss Xie has retired. Ruyu came here today I just want to ask my uncle to marry the young lady of your family, and ask my uncle to be as perfect as jade."

Ask to marry Xie Zhijin?
Xie Yuanzhou was extremely surprised. A Prince Huai had already caused him a lot of headaches, and now there is another Prince Yu's son, that wild species obviously seldom goes out, when did he know Prince Yu's son?

He had already promised Duke Huai to send Xie Zhijin there together on the day Xie Zhimian got married, and now there is another Prince Yu's son.

Moreover, Prince Yu's son is the son of that person, how could that person agree to his son's proposal to marry him?
Xie Yuanzhou sneered, looked at Yan Ruyu, didn't even bother to do the basic perfunctory, and said directly: "The son came to the Xie mansion to ask for marriage, did you ever inform the king of Yu? Did the king of Yu ever agree to the son to come to the Xie mansion to ask for marriage?"

Hearing what he said, Yan Ruyu suddenly felt uncomfortable, Xie Yuanzhou snorted coldly in his heart, it is a joke that this son of King Yu came to Xie Mansion behind his back to propose marriage.

"Uncle, I really like Miss Zhijin, I beg Uncle to make it happen." Yan Ruyu became anxious, and turned to Xie Yuanzhou, begging earnestly.

Xie Yuanzhou sneered, "The butler sees off the guests."

More than ten years ago, he had nothing to do with Prince Yu's Mansion, and it is the same now.

"Uncle." Thinking of that cute little nun, Yan Ruyu knelt down and begged, "Uncle, please make Ruyu perfect. As long as Uncle promises to marry Miss Zhijin to me, I will definitely convince you My father's."

Xie Yuanzhou didn't want to listen any more, so he lifted his robe and walked out.

Xie Dong came in with his head down, stood in front of Yan Ruyu, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please get up, this is against the rules."

Seeing Xie Yuanzhou leave, Yan Ruyu sat on the ground slumped, not listening to Xie Dong's words.

After a long time, Yan Ruyu got up from the ground and walked out lonely.

"My son, please stay."

Yan Ruyu's footsteps stopped, his eyes suddenly brightened, and when he turned around, he saw the housekeeper Xie Dong holding the gift he brought when he came, and his eyes suddenly dimmed again.

Xie Dong handed the things to Yan Ruyu, and said with a smile: "My lord will appreciate your kindness, but the gift is fine."

Yan Ruyu took it in a daze, and suddenly gritted her teeth and threw the thing on the ground.

Inside the gift box was a night pearl the size of an egg, which was broken into pieces by gravity when it hit the ground, Yan Ruyu stepped on the pieces and walked out quickly.

Xie Dong stood there looking at the debris on the ground, sighed and shook his head for a long time.

"I want to drink water." Xie Zhihang said to Qinghua, the servant outside the door.

Tsinghua is the servant that Xie Yuanzhou allocated to him earlier, although he was there to serve him, but he was also sent by Xie Yuanzhou to monitor him, Xie Zhihang knew all about this.

Tsinghua stood at the door and replied cautiously: "My lord, there is water on the table."

Xie Zhihang stood up and threw the teapot on the ground. The teapot shattered on the ground. Tsinghua flinched, and the boy inside shouted angrily, "Tsinghua, you are so bold, you let me drink cold water!"

Tsinghua made a bitter face, and begged: "My lord, please bear with it and drink some herbal tea in summer." The usually so good-natured lord changed no matter what he said.

"I said I want to drink water!" Xie Zhihang threw the teacup on the door with a bang.

"Okay, I'll get the hot water, my master is waiting." Tsinghua was helpless outside the door, fearing that this young man would do something out of the ordinary again, so he hurried to go.

Not long after, Tsinghua came back from the big kitchen, brought a pot of water in, poured it for Xie Zhihang, and handed it to him: "My lord, drink tea."

Xie Zhihang glanced at Tsinghua coldly, and suddenly asked, "Tsinghua, how have I treated you these years?"

Tsinghua was startled, nodded and said, "Master, you are good to me."

Of course it was good, Xie Zhihang knew that he was from Xie Yuanzhou, and he still treated him very well these past few years, he took the interest money from Qi Zhen, and gave some to Tsinghua every time, Tsinghua remembered it.

Xie Zhihang nodded in satisfaction, and said to him expressionlessly: "Tsinghua, I only have one older sister." He paused, staring at Tsinghua's eyes and continued, "And my older sister is very rich, I think you know that too."

Tsinghua's eyes flickered, some did not dare to look into Xie Zhihang's eyes, and after a while he said, "I know, I know."

Xie Zhihang laughed suddenly, put down the teacup, looked at Tsinghua with sparkling eyes and said, "Tsinghua, as long as you report to my sister, I promise to give you 100 taels, no, I will give you 1000 taels of silver. Then you can bring your mother Leaving the capital, you can save enough money for the rest of your life."

Tsinghua's eyes widened in disbelief, how did the young master know about his mother?

Xu Shi solved his doubts, Xie Zhihang smiled lightly: "Tsinghua, I know, your mother is sick, my father must have promised you to see your mother's doctor, that's why you put so much effort into doing things for him, otherwise you would have grown up a long time ago. I've got a man. I knew you were my father's man from the beginning, why didn't I replace you?"

Xie Zhihang smiled and continued: "Because I know you are a dutiful son, I can't bear to replace you and leave your family without support. Now I give you two choices. One is to find a chance to report to my sister and tell him Why was it locked up, and then left the capital with 1000 taels of silver afterwards. The second is to continue to listen to my father, then I will replace you in the future, and make you have no place in Xie Mansion, and even try to make you worse off die."

Speaking of the most ordinary words, but let a lot of cold sweat on Tsinghua's forehead.He has been with Xie Zhihang for four or five years, and has always regarded him as a child, but now he suddenly realizes that he really didn't know anything about this child before.

The child in his eyes grew up without him knowing, and what he said made him feel like he didn't dare to resist.

Tsinghua's face turned pale, he glanced at the nursing home not far outside, and whispered to Xie Zhihang: "My lord, don't worry, my little one will definitely deliver the news."

Xie Zhihang nodded in satisfaction, took out a jade pendant from his bosom, handed it to Tsinghua, and said, "Give this jade pendant to my sister, and then tell her what I have explained. She will naturally give you the money."

"Okay." Tsinghua nodded, took the jade pendant and tucked it into his sleeve, cleaned up the debris on the ground, and then went out in a hurry as usual.

The sun was very strong outside, Tsinghua glanced at the closed door, gritted his teeth and walked out of the courtyard.

When I walked to the gate of the small courtyard, I happened to meet the housekeeper Xie Dong, Xie Dong said: "Why don't you guard the young master?"

Qingping twitched the corners of his mouth, and said falteringly: "Young master, I can't ask for hot water, but I have to ask for cold water..."

Xie Dong nodded, not paying attention, and said with a frown, "Go and come back."

Tsinghua nodded, bent over and smiled, "Yes, I know."

Tsinghua walked a long way, stood up straight, took a long breath, wiped off the sweat on his forehead, and walked towards Wenxueyuan avoiding the crowd.

(End of this chapter)