C107 (1/2)
Xie Jingxi laughed it off, ”I think Sheng Luan is pretty good, he has a straightforward and free personality, and is quite suitable for Wan'er, but Third Princess has such deep thoughts, I think they might not get along well, the two of them can either guess at the same time, or else don't guess, otherwise we would get tired of talking about the same thing.”
He could not help but sigh and pulled her over to hug her. ”Forget it, let them guess for themselves, since I have a wife, I won't worry about them.”
”I saw that His Majesty would soon release my father, and he even used this matter to test me, causing me to break out in a cold sweat. I felt that His Majesty was someone who was suspicious of others, and also loved to take liberties with others. He said that he wouldn't scare me to death when he sees Jingyu and Sixth Miss, and was truly worried that my father would send him to the palace.”
”I guess that His Majesty will make things difficult for you today, you won't be able to avoid entering the palace in the future, so try your best to deal with it. As for Sixth Miss, if he really sees anything, I can't do anything about it.
I have to go to the manor to hide for a few days. How about I take advantage of this time to bring Grandmother and Jingyu over to stay for a couple of days?
”Of course it's good.”
How could Gu Yun not agree when his wife asked him for it? Thus, on the second day when Mu Xiu was free, she and Xie Jingxi packed their things and rushed to the manor in the outskirts of the capital. The Elder Official Xie was acquitted of all crimes, and Li Yannan, the Minister of Rites, was sentenced to execution for his crimes. Unfortunately, he became the scapegoat for the crown prince, and was sent out of the country by the His Majesty.
When Xie Cen returned home, the Old Madem then left for the manor. Originally, she did not want to go, but he could not resist Xie Jingxi's persuasion, and after that, the Old Madem had the intention to return home. If not for Xie Cen's imprisonment, she would have mentioned that at the beginning.
”Grandmother, why is Jingyu not here with you, but why is Father still locking him up to study?”
Xie Jingxi arrived a little earlier than the Old Madem and waited outside to welcome her. Seeing that the Old Madem came alone, she couldn't help but be disappointed, and said: ”He said that it's not appropriate for Father to return home today and come back tomorrow. I thought it wouldn't be one or two days, so I decided to leave it to him.”
”That's good as well. Grandmother will stay here for a few more days, if you like it then you can continue to stay. It just so happens that grandpa Gu Yun is there too, you old people can chat together.”
”That won't be too convenient. I'll go back to the south after a few days, and I'll only be at home when I'm safe.”
The Old Granny could never let go of this notion of returning to the south, so Xie Jingxi understood what she was thinking, and did not try to advise her against it. Instead, he only wanted to explain it to her slowly, but with regards to the Old Granny chatting about this sort of thing with her, she had left it too early, as Old Man Ji was not an ordinary old man, after all, it was all just a story later on.
Old Man Ji had a free and easy personality, as long as he had his own medicine fields, he didn't care where he went. Therefore, after he moved the warm rooms in his courtyard over, Old Man Ji followed closely behind. Since Gu Yun's place was huge, he was happy to be able to go anywhere.
Of course, Gu Yun was not too happy, he thought that he had constructed a courtyard that had a very personal charm to it, and it looked extremely unsightly to change into the current one. But since his wife was happy, he had nothing to say, so other than keeping the front yard the same, he had also given the rest of the courtyard to the Old Man Ji.
When Xie Jingxi led the Old Madem over, he was arguing with Gu Yun about the territory, which basically meant that he saw a place that was originally separated from the territory, and Gu Yun was not willing to give in, so the two of them had been arguing nonstop until now.
”Alright you brat, I want a piece of land, so what? Isn't it just a throw? You don't even need it to do anything, what can you do if you give me a piece of meat?!”
”This piece of land will ruin the overall beauty of my courtyard if I give it to you. As for the one that was originally divided, you just have to play around with them, and we won't get involved with each other in the river, we'll just be puppies if we cross the border.”
”How dare you call me a puppy? If you refuse to teach me, return it to my home. Move my medicine garden back to its original place, hmph!”
”Move it back? You don't have to be afraid of moving your treasures to death? Furthermore, I heard from Xi that you can move your treasures to this place.
”You! ”You, you, you, you …” Old Man Ji was so angry that he almost flew into the sky, ”I fell into a thief's nest, Grandson's Wife, you came at the perfect time, you decide, what do you think I should do with the land, it's just suitable for a pond, not only can it grow water, it can also raise fish and shrimp, how nice is that.”
A hat of a peacemaker came up to Xie Jingxi, ”Grandfather, don't listen to him, I feel that it's good. He's playing with you, I'll make the decision, rest assured.”
Old Man Ji was so excited that he almost hugged Xie Jingxi's thigh. He was quickly moved to the side by Gu Yun, ”Go speak at the side if you have something to say.