"Ah—"
Jin Hao Lin almost screamed in shock. Xie Jiang quickly grabbed his hand and shoved it into his mouth.
Watching Pei Yan's increasingly excessive and presumptuous actions, Jin Hao Lin stared dumbfounded, biting his fist.
Han Zhao and Zhu Zhou couldn't help but curse, their tone sounding excited and schadenfreude.
Yin Bai Xuan exclaimed excitedly, "Miss Xu did a beautiful job! Madam Pei is out of her mind and doing inhumane things, stuffing her own niece into her son's room. She made things difficult for Miss Xu, so Miss Xu pulled the rug out from under her and embroidered a cuckold's hat for Madam Pei."
Xie Jiang glanced back at this kid. This kid's wild speculation, combined with the facts, was actually quite plausible.
This was because they saw Pei Yan's actions, not Pei Yan angrily beating Miss Xu.
Pei Yan's hand landed on the back of Miss Xu's head, his thumb gently stroking her cheek. Miss Xu did not show any signs of dodging.
They couldn't hear what Pei Yan and Miss Xu were saying from such a distance, but Pei Yan's demeanor and actions were clearly comforting Miss Xu, and Miss Xu looked at Pei Yan with a hint of dependence.
Yin Bai Xuan looked at Xie Jiang with bright eyes, like a dog begging its owner for a meat bun, "Although there's no grand spectacle to watch, isn't this turn of events quite exciting?"
Xie Jiang nodded, "It wasn't a wasted trip."
The mature, steady, and dignified Minister, and the talented, beautiful, noble, and dignified young lady, looked at them like this, and they inexplicably felt quite well-matched?
Ruan Zi Ji, fearing that the world was not chaotic enough, said, "If we leak this out, the Duke of Wei's mansion will be lively today." Who wouldn't want to see the Duke of Wei's mansion in a commotion!
Zhu Zhou was eager to try, "Then should we leak it?"
If this matter were leaked, it wouldn't just be a general commotion; the flourishing Duke of Wei's mansion would be stripped bare, and Pei Yan's political career, which was soaring, would also come to an end.
Zhu Zhou first looked at Ruan Zi Ji, waiting for Ruan Zi Ji to speak. Thinking that Xie Jiang was also present, he immediately looked at Xie Jiang.
Jin Hao Lin and the others also looked at Xie Jiang excitedly.
They couldn't wait for things to get messy!
Xie Jiang's first reaction was, of course, to leak it. Wouldn't the chaos in the Duke of Wei's mansion be exactly what she wanted?
She even quickly considered the impact of this matter being leaked on the Duke of Wei's mansion, which would be nothing but beneficial to her next actions.
However, as she looked up at the slender, graceful figure in the distance, who had lowered her head and could only slightly reveal her fatigue in front of Pei Yan, Xie Jiang's restless urge instantly dissolved.
Xie Jiang reached out and grabbed the collar of Jin Hao Lin, who was so eager to pry open his eyes and watch with great interest, and gestured for the others to follow as she walked forward.
Ruan Zi Ji and the others were so obedient in front of Xie Jiang, like dogs that had been trained by Xie Jiang since childhood.
Han Zhao said, "Should we go call someone? Catch them in the act?"
Xie Jiang, however, said to them, "When we get back to the front courtyard, forget everything you saw."
"Ah?"
"Why?"
"Aren't we calling people?"
"The Duke of Wei's mansion will at most be ridiculed for a while, and Pei Yan will at most suffer some setbacks in his career. He will still have a vast world outside the court, and this matter will be forgotten before long. Only Miss Xu will bear all the malice."
"If we leak this matter to watch the fun, Miss Xu will disappear from this world within three days at most."
Especially since Miss Xu was born of a concubine. Although the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei's mansion, even if born of a concubine, was equally noble, compared to the reputation of the Xu clan, a woman was nothing but a speck of dust.
Who would hesitate to sacrifice a speck of dust?
If she could strike a heavy blow to the Duke of Wei's mansion, she would not hesitate either, but unfortunately, Miss Xu was not important enough. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Uh..."
"It seems to make sense."
For the sake of the Duke of Wei's mansion and the Xu clan's reputation, Miss Xu had only one path to death.
Every time such a thing happened, it was always the woman who suffered.
Clearly, Madam Pei and Pei Zi Chang were bullying too much, but no one would care about Miss Xu's hardships.
"Miss Xu is a very nice person. When I was a child, I got lost at the lantern festival while playing, and she was the one who sent me home."
"Then let's listen to Young Master Xie and forget it." Han Zhao only regretted it for a moment before throwing it out of his mind. It wasn't like they couldn't find other fun.
"Young Master Xie is right. There's no need to treat a woman's tragic ending as a joke."
Unexpectedly, the usually rascally guy also understood compassion for the weakness of women at this moment. Xie Jiang casually patted Yin Bai Xuan's head.
Yin Bai Xuan's eyes became hazy with satisfaction.
Ruan Zi Ji quickly brought his head close to Xie Jiang's hand.
Unfortunately, Xie Jiang walked past him directly.
Ruan Zi Ji, filled with envy and jealousy, wanted to twist Yin Bai Xuan's dog-like head off.
Yin Bai Xuan was already happily bouncing around, following Xie Jiang and continuing to act cute.
The group returned to the front courtyard smoothly, not encountering anyone along the way.
"You're quite familiar with the Duke of Wei's mansion?" Xie Jiang looked at Jin Hao Lin, who was leading the way.
Jin Hao Lin said foolishly, "I've been here a few times."
"You're so familiar with these small paths leading to the back courtyard just from being here a few times?"
"I mean I've snuck into the back courtyard a few times." Jin Hao Lin showed his small tiger teeth, this smile making him look even more foolish.
"Which other families are you familiar with?"
"Uh, not many families."
Xie Jiang casually caught a young servant, found out where Yi Yan Gen was, and then parted ways with Ruan Zi Ji and the others.
Gao Yun Wei, the young grandson of the Duke of Zhao, pulled Yin Bai Xuan and the others to the highest pavilion in the Duke of Wei's mansion, Xingyun Pavilion, to throw stones, insisting on determining a winner.
Zhu Zhou ran a few steps and then turned back to ask Xie Jiang, "Young Master Xie, is it true that two objects of different weights dropped from a height at the same time will land at the same time?"
They had bet two hundred taels of silver with Gao Yun Wei and his group.
Xie Jiang nodded, "Of course."
Zhu Zhou said, "If we win money, we'll treat Young Master Xie to some fun. If we lose, the Marquis of Nanhai's mansion will have to feed us for a few days."
Look at how clever this kid is!
"Scram!"
When Xie Jiang found Yi Yan Gen, she discovered that Xu Heng Yan and Lu Zhi Heng were also there, and the three were talking about something.
Xie Jiang pushed through the crowd and sat down in an empty seat nearby. The three stopped talking simultaneously and looked over.
Xu Heng Yan asked with a smile, "Didn't I ask you to accompany the Regent King for a while? Where did you go?"
Yi Yan Gen merely glanced at her, then turned his head away with a cold face. He had played enough and then remembered him!
It wasn't good to coax him in front of Xu Heng Yan, and it was easy to mess up if he wasn't careful. Xie Jiang decided to separate the two of them first.
"I heard a lot of excitement after walking around. It seems something happened to Miss Xu. Xu Heng Yan, do you want to go take a look?"
Xu Heng Yan saw Guang Bai passing by the door and only peeked his head out without daring to come in and disturb. The situation was not serious enough to require his intervention.
However, thinking of the Pei family's messy affairs, it was only natural for him to inquire.
"Then you entertain the Regent King well for me, and don't sneak out to play by yourself again." Xu Heng Yan's tone unconsciously became gentle when he faced Xie Jiang.
Yi Yan Gen became even more displeased upon hearing this.
What did she mean by "for him"?
It sounded as if the two of them were so intimate that they were indistinguishable!