Xie Wanqing saw the situation, and she gave a soft hum. In truth, she was quite unconvinced, though she only dared to grumble secretly in her heart and didn’t dare to say more.
Instead, Xie YanYu glanced at her, scrutinizing slightly, and said, "You have been married for so ti, aren’t you worried about yourself..."
"Stop!" Xie Wanqing quickly interrupted him, clasping her hands together in a negotiating manner, "Can we stop bringing this up?"
Xie YanYu’s gaze paused, recalling the things he heard on the day his sister returned to her parents’ ho for the third-day visit after marriage. His expression gradually turned somber. After a while, he slowly nodded.
As an unmarried girl, Xie Ruyu wouldn’t be told such matters by the Yang Family, so she couldn’t hear anything amiss in their conversation.
After finishing a cup of tea, Xie YanYu stood up, looking at his sister, he said, "Let’s go."
Xie Wanqing knew he had sothing to say to her, so she obediently got up to bid farewell to her cousin.
By then, the sky had beco increasingly dusky, with red clouds painting half the sky. The siblings walked side by side on the bluestone path, their long shadows overlapping. Xie Wanqing was reminded of her childhood.
They were four years apart. From a young age, Xie YanYu had always been steady in temperant. At five or six years old, he could already quote classics and discuss rules and principles like a little adult.
Xie Wanqing was the first girl in the mansion, receiving endless pampering, but back then, their father was young. As the heir to the Xie Family, his focus was on the court. Their mother was a virtuous assistant, naturally busy as well. She could be said to have grown up on her brother’s back.
As she beca sensible, she grew closer to her brother than to their parents. A few years later, she t Lu Ziyuan and thought he was perfect in every way. Before the age of ten, not worrying about propriety between boys and girls, she road the Capital City with Lu Ziyuan.
After turning ten, they were betrothed, becoming an engaged couple, and were even more justifiably always together, hardly considering their elder brother’s worrying parent ntality...
Thinking of this, Xie Wanqing suddenly felt a bit guilty.
She tugged at the sleeve of the person beside her, smiling as she asked, "During those years when I chased after Lu Ziyuan every day, were you, my brother, almost driven to frustration because of ?"
"That’s all old history," Xie YanYu turned his head slightly to look at his sleeve, and said calmly, "What’s the point of bringing it up?"
Indeed...
Xie Wanqing also did not know what ca over her, she inexplicably started recalling the past.
When she was very young, she judged people by their looks. Before eting Lu Ziyuan, her brother was, in her eyes, the most handso person in the world. After eting Lu Ziyuan, she realized that the term ’handso’ was multifaceted.
In short, facing Lu Ziyuan’s face, which seed attractive even when frowning, she felt she could eat an extra bowl of rice.
"Changqing is not in the Capital, why don’t you return ho to stay? Father and Mother often miss you," Xie YanYu said, "Duke Pei Mansion is managed by the Eldest Princess, taking a short break at ho shouldn’t interfere with anything."
Xie Wanqing was indeed tempted. She thought for a mont but still shook her head, "Xuan’er is in the midst of marriage negotiations. As the eldest sister-in-law, I cannot retreat to my parents’ ho for leisure."
Xie YanYu paused slightly, "Is it still that person?"
"..." Xie Wanqing hesitated for a mont, carefully observing his expression, but unfortunately couldn’t discern anything, so she simply said, "Yes."
Xie YanYu turned to look at her.
"Those two cousin girls who have co seeking asylum are indeed interested in Zhao Rui," Xie Wanqing explained, "But the Zhao family has said, that’s all a one-sided wish, and they definitely won’t be kept as concubines for their son."
With Princess Duan Yang’s status laid before them, even if they were given the courage, the Zhao family dared not deceive her into marrying her daughter off, then turn their backs on them.
What’s more...
Xie Wanqing paused, perceiving that her brother might not understand the insistence on the Zhao family, she continued to explain, "It was the Commandery Princess who has taken a liking to Zhao Rui."
After receiving the rose, Zhao Rui visited several tis to invite Pei Yuxuan out for excursions, which she attended with pleasure and returned in high spirits. It seed they genuinely developed so feelings, now they were in the process of matching the eight characters; once matching, they would set a date and make the engagent official.
The image of the Little Princess, gleaming with light talking about her brother on that day, still lingered in front of her eyes, yet now she had already begun discussing marriage with soone else.
Xie Wanqing was in the midst of her emotions when she subconsciously tilted her head, just in ti to see her brother’s expression slightly freeze at the ntion of ’the person I have taken a liking to.’
Her heart suddenly began to pound, "My brother, you wouldn’t have feelings for the Commandery Princess, would you..."
"Wanwan!" Xie YanYu reprimanded, "Concerning a lady’s reputation, do not speak recklessly."
"..." Xie Wanqing gritted her teeth, smiling, "You are just being stubborn, I’ve long noticed you are sowhat different towards the Commandery Princess, yet you refuse to admit it!"
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