C83 (2/2)

Hearing till the end, the His Majesty muttered to himself for a moment, then suddenly looked towards Gu Yun and asked: ”Gu Qing, why so?”

Everyone was startled and looked towards Gu Yun at the same time. He originally wanted to mess around, but he did not expect to be called out, thinking that the His Majesty was really favored by the His Majesty, and had taken the initiative to ask for his opinion.

However, Gu Yun was not at ease at all, the His Majesty was testing him, he had gotten lucky as the Minister, in fact, the His Majesty was not too sure how much he was worth, if he was not sure, the impression points would be gone.

Xie Cen was also sweating on behalf of him, it was best if he did not drop the chain at such a crucial time, even though he was his son-in-law, he shouldn't bring it up so simply.

Who would have thought that Gu Yun would say the following: ”This subject thinks that Elder Official Xie is suitable.”

Xie Cen almost lost his footing, a few ministers who were not tense still laughed, he was indeed a young Marquis Mansion Lord who was not afraid at all, knowing that Elder Official Xie and you were in-laws, there was no need for him to be so direct, right?

No matter how you say it, Gu Yun is not flattering you. If you were to find an excuse, His Majesty would probably feel that you were too sly and unfaithful, and would only try to protect himself in the event of a crisis. If it was Elder Song, he would feel that you were too hypocritical, and even though you were clearly on the side of the Elder Official Xie, he still wanted to say whatever he wanted to say.

So why not be more honest, and let's just say that even if he doesn't talk about Xie Cen, the His Majesty will still have to plan for you to join Xie Cen's camp, and since Xie Cen is a well-known imperial faction, he will take the opportunity to show his loyalty to the His Majesty. Furthermore, Gu Yun had his own guesses, and most likely, the person that the His Majesty was thinking about was Xie Cen.

He had taken the left and right hand of the crown prince on the Imperial Court, so the current situation was just as well-kept silent as it could be. The His Majesty wanted to push him to the heart of the matter, and use him as a stick to stir up the mess. If Gu Yun were to bring up someone else, perhaps he would become someone who could be ignored by the His Majesty in the future.

His Majesty nodded, he did not say anything and dispersed, Gu Yun took up his new position, and went to the Ministry of Justice to not talk about it.

Xie Jingxi asked about the matter as usual in the morning, and had someone report after breakfast. It was from the young mistress of the Lu Family who had come to report. Xie Jingyi first went to Second Young Madam's room. Ever since the death of Eldest Miss, Xie Jingqi had never been in a good mood, and after she had a serious illness, he did not go out often. She was honest and no one in the family was able to make things difficult for him.

Every day, Xie Jingxi would tell the kitchen to bring the Second Young Mistress a meal separately, she was very careful with the food. Everyone in her family knew that the Second Young Mistress wrongly accused Grand Mistress of being the murderer, and all of them felt that it was really rare for the Grand Mistress to not care about the past, and they all praised her kindness and righteousness in private.

Xie Jingyi went to Second Young Madam's room to sit for a while before she entered Xie Jingxi's room. Xie Jingyi brought a few bottles of honey over, and from the looks of it, Xie Jingxi knew that these were specially made by Xie Family.

Every year, they would bring in specially made honey from the south, and then, they would add some homemade honey in. The taste was not bad, and it had once received praise from the His Majesty. Xie Jingqi loved to drink honey. Every year, her family would give her more, and she would also give this to her.

”Big Sis, if you have the time, come and talk to me. It's good that you bring something heavy, I should be the one to bring something to see you.”

”You are always so polite, your sister even has something to say. Mother specifically told me to bring it here, and your family has a lot of things to do. They know you aren't free, so it doesn't matter who you look at.”

When Xie Jingxi heard that it was given to him by the Lady Xu, he could not help but be taken aback.

Xie Jingyi patted her hands, ”It's not your fault that you grumbled in your heart. On that day, mother was indeed a bit too much, but after all, she is still your biological mother. Mother is indeed confused, but as children, what can we do?

If it was another person persuading her, Xie Jingxi would most likely not bother with them, but Xie Jingyi was different. She was, after all, the most difficult person to be a person stuck in the middle, the Lady Xu treated Xie Jingxi coldly, but in the end, she still loved him dearly and did not treat him lightly. Hence, in her heart, the Lady Xu was different from the others.

However, when Lady Xu slapped her, Xie Jingxi thought that their relationship as mother and daughter was broken.