Thinking like this, Zhan Yunjiao nodded hesitantly and asked: "Then...how do I get to Xia Mansion?"
Just now, Zhou Nu seemed to be saying that he wanted to go quietly, so why? Why on earth did Xia Xi want to see her?
And if she goes secretly and no one else knows that she has been there, is that the same as...even if something happens to her in the Xia family, no one will know?
Thinking of this, Zhan Yunjiao couldn't help but flinch again.
Fortunately, Zhou Nu's next words barely convinced her again——
"I had already thought about this when I came here, so I will ask you, Jiaojiao, to pretend to be my maid and accompany me there."
Zhan Yunjiao can think of the worst possible possibility, and she naturally wants it. If Xia Xi really just wants to vent her anger on others, then she must not be able to watch Xia Xi go crazy - it's not that she has good intentions, but she doesn't want to be involved.
Just get into trouble.
She was very clear about her purpose of getting close to Xia Xi, and she would not do anything that was not worth the loss.
Zhan Yunjiao felt much relieved.
If you're pretending to be a maid, just pretend to be a maid. At least you can walk through the Xia family's gate openly, under the clear sky and in broad daylight, so you won't be unable to get out.
Seeing her nodding, Zhou Nu asked the maid next to him to exchange clothes with Zhan Yunjiao.
Zhou Nu ordered the maid to stay here temporarily to take care of Zhan Yunjiao's sick mother.
On the way, he saw Zhan Yunjiao's uneasy expression, fearing that someone might see too obvious clues. Zhou Nu comforted her: "Don't worry, Miss Xia Si is actually a sensible person."
Reasonable?
It must be clear about the affairs of the underworld.
Thinking of what she saw the day before yesterday, Zhan Yunjiao couldn't help but think.
But he could only nod his head and try to look relatively calm.
The carriage drove slowly towards Xia Mansion.
After Zhan Yunjiao helped Zhou Nuo get out of the carriage, she followed Zhou Nuo to Xia Xi's courtyard with her head lowered.
Although Xia Xi was banned, guests could still see her.
When she heard that Zhou Nu was coming, she asked her maid to invite him in.
"Axi, I specially brought you the hibiscus cake that you like to eat today." Zhou Nu said with a smile as soon as he came in.
Zhan Yunjiao, who was pretending to be a maid, stepped forward slowly and placed the food box on the small table beside Xia Xi.
Xia Xi raised her eyes and looked at her. After a brief surprise, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
Zhou Nu looked Wen Wentun, and he moved quickly enough to get down to business.
"You all go out and watch." Xia Xi dismissed the servants waiting in the room.
Zhou Nuo quickly said: "Axi, I just saw that many flowers are blooming in your yard. How about I pick some for you and put them in a vase?"
Precisely because she vaguely guessed Xia Xi's plan, she increasingly did not want to be involved - she did not want to offend the Xu family girl, after all, the Xu family girl was not as kind as Xia Xi.
Sometimes it is useful to cover one's ears and steal the bell. There are some things that she doesn't listen to, and she can pretend not to know anything afterwards.
Xia Xi originally just wanted to find people through her, but after hearing this, she nodded and let people go.
As soon as Zhou Nu left, Zhan Yunjiao became more and more nervous, with an uneasy look almost written on her face.
"You must be curious as to why I would want to see you, right?" Xia Xi sat in the chair and looked at the nervous girl standing there.
"At the beginning... I didn't know anything about my father and brother, but if Miss Xia still has the blame, I will apologize to Miss Xia here." Zhan Yunjiao said in a low voice.
How could she blame her father and brother for that matter?
However, who makes the Xia family still the Xia family of the past? Even when her father was still there, she could only do this in front of Xia Xi.
The only difference is that now she has more fear in her heart, and she has no confidence at all.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, Xia Xi sneered.
"Do you really think that I want to embarrass you because of this? I don't have the leisure."
Really not?
She vaguely remembered Xu Mingyi saying that this Miss Xia was like a person who got sick due to idle thinking. As long as she was doing something serious, she would not be so sick.
But of course this cannot be said.
"Then I wonder why Miss Xia is looking for me?"
"I came here to ask you something." Xia Xi took out two banknotes from the box beside her, put them on the coffee table, tapped them with her fingers, and said, "If you can answer me
If you are still satisfied, the banknote will be yours."
She was indeed worried about Zhan's family, but she would crush such people to death with just a snap of her fingers, so she was not in a hurry for this moment.
Looking at the two banknotes, Zhan Yunjiao was a little moved.
She is really... short of money.
"Miss Xia, it's okay to ask."
Xia Xi looked at her: "I heard that you and Xu Mingyi have been neighbors for many years, grew up together, and have a very good relationship?"
Hearing her asking this question, Zhan Yunjiao's eyes dodge for a moment.
These words are just big words she spread out...
Seeing her expression, Xia Xi frowned slightly and said in an unhappy tone, "What?"
Did she find the wrong person?
Zhan Yunjiao immediately realized the crux of this issue and immediately said: "It's nothing...but, that was all in the past."
She realized that she could never say that she was not familiar with Xu Mingyi.
In addition, it is generally necessary to state a position in a timely manner——
Therefore, she immediately gritted her teeth and said: "I really treat her as a good friend, but who knows that true love can only be seen in times of adversity... After something happened in my family, my tribe took the opportunity to invade our house and wanted to kill me and
My mother kicked her out and I stood in front of her
I begged in every possible way, but she was unwilling to say even a word for my mother and me... I remember that when she was poisoned and fell ill, my mother had copied scriptures for her with her own hands, and burned incense and prayed for her every day, but my mother was suffering from the disease.
I haven’t seen her even once since she got sick!”
Seeing that she didn't look fake, Xia Xi narrowed her eyes slightly.
It seems that Xu Mingyi has offended many people.
"According to this, you should also hate her, right?"
Hate it?
Zhan Yunjiao feels that it does exist.
Especially when she is now in such a state of desolation, the other party is still the high-ranking and pampered Miss Xu from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion——
Zhan Yunjiao didn't answer, but the look on her face and pursed lips said everything.
Xia Xi sneered and asked: "If that's the case, why don't you vent your anger on your behalf and publicize her true face? Wouldn't you suffer a loss if you keep it in your heart?"
Zhan Yunjiao also smiled.
It's just that this smile is full of self-deprecation.
"I'm like this now, how can I vent my anger on myself?"
"That's true." Xia Xi looked at her and said, "However, I can give you a chance -"
The opportunity came so suddenly, Zhan Yunjiao's expression condensed.
She also... doesn't really want this opportunity...
She said this not because she wanted to take revenge on Xu Mingyi, but to express her position. In the final analysis, it was just to make ends meet.
If you don’t even have enough to eat, how can you think about all this?
Besides, Xu Mingyi is not that easy to deal with. If not, this so-called opportunity may become an opportunity for reincarnation.
Zhan Yunjiao took another look at the two banknotes.
...can't do it.
Seeing her expression, Xia Xi was heartbroken.
What does this mean? Do you think she is not generous enough?
"Don't worry, after everything is done, there will be more than this waiting for you." She added the chips temporarily without leaving any trace, "How can the money alone be enough? You are no different from an orphan now. The most important thing is to find a job.
It's a good marriage, and I'll have someone to rely on for the rest of my life."
Zhan Yunjiao was stunned when she heard this.
Marriage is her biggest worry now...
Both her sister and mother were hopeless, and those unscrupulous tribesmen had come here a few days ago and deliberately forced her to become a concubine for an old man...
Sadly, after she cried, she actually had the idea of compromising.
She has really had enough of her current life. As long as her life is better than what she is living now, it doesn't matter who she marries. After all, she has no choice.
But Xia Xi's words at this time rekindled hope in her heart.
She used to be a proud and arrogant person, and she once looked down upon the family her sister married into——
"You don't have to worry that I will break my promise." Xia Xi said: "My second brother did what happened back then, and my father has always been sensible. You might as well think about whether you and your mother have ever
Are you embarrassed by my Xia family?"
Zhan Yunjiao shook her head slightly.
This has certainly never happened.
The people in the city had originally spread the rumor that Xia Shoufu had killed his relatives in a righteous way and had not protected his parents and children.
"In this case, it is not impossible for me to persuade my father to arrange a marriage for you. Moreover, your brother also left a good reputation after he drowned in the river. You are also educated, good-looking, and understand filial piety.
, if my Xia family comes to act as matchmaker for you, will you still worry about not finding a decent marriage? In this way, you can also create a good reputation for my Xia family, why not do it? " Xia
Xi is tempting and tempting.
She is not a complete fool, but she has always been impulsive and irritable. In addition, she has developed an arrogant character since she was a child, and she has never been able to bear the slightest displeasure.
Zhan Yunjiao was obviously moved.
A good marriage...
And if the Xia family comes forward, the other party will definitely not despise her in the future...
In just a short moment, she was about to fall into this beautiful fantasy.
She asked almost mysteriously: "Then... what can I do?"
Xu Mingyi has always been arrogant, and even if he told her about his indifference to their mother and daughter, it would probably not cause any splash at all - after all, Xu Mingyi is not walking the path of a moral model, and such moral attacks are harmful to her.
Words are equivalent to invalid.
Xia Xi said: "Tell me first what Xu Mingyi's weaknesses are—"
Is it Xu Mingyi’s weakness?
Zhan Yunjiao thought for a while.
There was a slightly long silence in the house.
"..."
Xia Xi gritted her teeth secretly.
"What, is it hard to think about?"
Is it possible that Xu Mingyi is an impenetrable wall and has no weaknesses at all?
Zhan Yunjiao's expression was a little complicated.
She really couldn't think of any weaknesses in Xu Mingyi.
Moral attacks are ineffective and cannot be defeated...
but……
Not knowing what she thought of, Zhan Yunjiao's eyes suddenly flashed.
"I thought of something... In the past two years, there have been rumors in Beijing that she, Xu Mingyi, is the most beautiful woman in the capital."
Xia Xi's eyes twitched.
She also heard this sentence from a maid in the house, so she slapped him on the spot.
Xu Mingyi is the most beautiful woman? How come she doesn’t know that there are so many blind people in Beijing?
Besides, what kind of weakness is this?!
She frowned and looked at Zhan Yunjiao: "...you think you are very funny, don't you?"
"Miss Xia misunderstood..." Zhan Yunjiao whispered: "It's just that Xu Mingyi really has a good reputation now."
Xia Xi's eyes darkened when she heard the four words "good reputation" that she deliberately emphasized.
…
Four or five days passed in the blink of an eye.
It rained in the city last night, but it didn't add too much coolness. This morning, the sun burst out, and the branches and leaves soaked by the rain became greener, and the flowers bloomed more delicately and vigorously. There was a fresh and vigorous atmosphere of spring in the world.
Cai Jin held the food box in her hand and stepped on the wet path with her embroidered shoes, heading towards Xu Yun's residence.
Halfway along the way, I met Xu Mingshi head-on.
The young boy was accompanied by a boy, who was still holding a book and a pencil case in his hands. He was obviously going to the study hall.
only--
Cai Jin looked at the big bird following Xu Mingshi with complicated eyes.
Not long ago, she learned that this bird was actually domesticated, and it followed Mr. Xu most of the time. When she thought that this bird had thrown bird droppings into her room, she felt a little unable to look directly at this seemingly handsome man.
The gentle Mr. Xu.
Xu Mingshi already knew about this matter.
He was really wronged.
Who said that the Third Eye is a bird with its own thoughts?
This is also the reason why he now takes Tianmu with him to study - he doesn't want to delay the child.
After bowing to Cai Jin and leaving, Xu Mingshi met another visitor in the front yard.
Looking at the wine in the hands of the maid behind the guest, Xu Mingshi sighed in his heart - Did Princess Yufeng come to Xu Mingyi for a drink again?
He had some opinions on this before.
Once in a letter, he couldn't help but mention it to Wu Shisun, and Wu Shisun responded roughly like this: If you want to drink more, it's better to drink it at home than to drink it outside.
The moment he saw the reply, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Is Wu Shisun, who looks so arrogant, so good at comforting himself?
But he had to admit that he did feel comforted when he thought about it.
He even went a step further on this basis - it's better to get drunk at home instead of going out to fool around.
Princess Yufeng came with wine, so naturally she stayed in Xiyuan for lunch.
After the meal, the two went to the garden to feed the fish.
Two girls were leaning on the veranda of the waterside pavilion. They were both dressed in light robes, one green and one white. Under the wide sleeves, their bright hands were throwing fish food. The sunlight was reflected slantingly in the pond water, and sprinkled with sparkling gold.
, hazy, and a breeze blows up from time to time, making the whole world seem to be infected with drunkenness.
"Xu Zhaozhao, do you still exchange letters with Wu Haokan?"
Princess Yufeng asked in a low voice with a gossipy face.
During this period of time, she was solely focused on rescuing the victims. When she returned home, she had to deal with Xie Dingning and those restless men. She didn't spare any time to care about the relationship progress of her family, Xu Zhaozhao.
"This..." Xu Mingyi held his chin in one hand and threw food into the pool with the other, with a bright smile in his drunken eyes: "Of course there is."
Princess Yufeng was stunned.
This situation is not right...
Did something happen that she didn't know about when she didn't know it?
