Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1713 Unexpected Comfort

Qin Xiang'er was stunned, a little bit unbelievable that someone would say such a thing to her. Just when she was about to throw a tantrum, Xie Fu grabbed her wrist and whispered in her ear: "Either you stop being my woman, and we can continue to be brother and sister."

Qin Xiang'er pouted: "What a heartless and unfaithful man."

Xie Fu pushed her towards the door and said, "I know that you, Qin Xiang'er, are very charming and all kinds of men are looking forward to you. Talented men and famous people come in and out of your Qin Building every day. Go and find another one."

Qin Xiang'er was really angry, biting her lips with her pearly teeth: "You!"

Xie Fu laughed: "But I will kill whoever you find. You can only belong to me, and no other man can dare to touch you."

Qin Xiang'er was overjoyed when she heard this, and she deliberately said, "Then I'll find a thousand or ten thousand."

"If you find a thousand, I will kill a thousand. If you find ten thousand, I will kill ten thousand."

Qin Xiang'er chuckled: "Boasting."

"Why don't you give it a try."

Qin Xiang'er straightened her clothes and turned to leave: "Aren't you going to see your lover first? Why don't you follow me?"

Xie Fu followed up: "Xiang'er, little darling, you can be jealous from now on, but you can't act arrogantly in front of me."

"Hmph, you act arrogantly in front of me. Be careful or I'll castrate you in the middle of the night while you're sleeping."

After finding a secluded courtyard, Qin Xiang'er pointed to a room and said, "Your lover is in that room."

Du Zhiwei sat at the table motionless, like a clay statue. When he saw Xie Fu coming in, he stood up suddenly: "Sir."

Seeing that although she was dressed neatly, her face looked haggard and dull, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, Xie Fu asked, "Madam Du, are you feeling better?"

Du Zhiwei nodded. Although the process was like going through the eighteen levels of hell, it was not something she could tell others. Anyway, she survived it. "Sir, how about you?"

Xie Fu smiled: "Do you think I'm okay?"

Du Zhiwei smiled: "As long as the young master is safe, I will be at peace and satisfied."

Xie Fu glanced at the two boxes on the table, and Du Zhiwei said, "The person who took me out of the palace asked me to hand these two boxes over to you, young master."

Xie Fu opened one of the boxes and saw Xie Li's head clearly visible. Du Zhiwei was surprised.

Xie Fu said calmly: "This is my cousin."

Du Zhiwei was shocked: "I thought he was the emperor's running dog, Master Xie, I..."

"A life for a life!"

Xie Fu forced a smile: "My cousin deserved this fate, and I don't want you to pay with your life, but there is one thing I must make clear to you. My cousin is a very good person. He just took the wrong path for a while, and the price he paid was too high."

Du Zhiwei responded: "Young Master said he is a good man, so he is a good man."

Xie Fu asked back: "Can good people not die? Good people will die sooner or later."

Du Zhiwei felt the same way: "Yes, just like my father who did good deeds all his life, but ended up in a miserable situation."

Xie Fu smiled and said, "Madam Du, there is a saying in Taoism - Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as dogs. It means that the life and death of individuals and things are insignificant to heaven and earth. If we are to judge the crime, we don't know how many lives we trample on every day, don't we deserve to be killed?"

"Madam Du, I hope you won't tell anyone about my cousin's death, including the Immortal Court."

"I will keep my mouth shut."

Xie Fu opened the second brocade box, which contained Gu Quan's head. There was grey powder sprinkled on the bottom of the box, which was neither rotten nor smelly.

Du Zhiwei asked softly, "Who is this?"

"My father-in-law, Gu Quan."

"This dog emperor!"

"Madam Du, I have something to ask of you. Xianting's family has been killed, and I'm afraid she can't bear it. In the next few days, I hope you, as her sister, can accompany her more until she gets out of the haze."

"Don't worry, sir. I am the only relative of Sister Xianting, and I will be her relative for life."

"Madam Du, have a meal and take a bath first, and have a good rest. Then you can live with us from now on."

"Well, I will definitely serve you as a slave and repay you and the Immortal Court in the future."

Xie Fu smiled: "This Qinlou is my good sister's territory, you can rest assured, don't be nervous."

Du Zhi said lightly: "I have already put my own life and death aside. I am just worried about you, young master."

"That's even more unnecessary."

Xie Fu left with two boxes and returned to the room.

Qin Xiang'er was surprised: "Come back so soon?"

Xie Fu smiled faintly: "What do you think?"

Qin Xiang'er sneered: "It's a joy to meet your lover." Then she looked at the two boxes in Xie Fu's hand and asked: "What are these?"

"Madam Du was entrusted to pass on two heads to me."

"Bullshit."

Qin Xiang'er opened the box and was immediately startled. She then looked at Xie Fu in surprise: "Whose heads are these?" After all, he was a famous figure. If it were an ordinary woman, she would have been scared to death.

"This one is my cousin, and this one is my father-in-law!"

Qin Xianger's face changed: "Has a lot of things happened recently?"

"Yes, a lot has happened."

No wonder I felt that Xiao Lang had become very strange when I met him this time. I said coldly with murderous intent, "If you don't take revenge, you are not a gentleman. I need my sister to help you with something."

"Revenge has been taken. Now we need to bury them both and let them rest in peace."

Qin Xiang'er knew Xie Fu too well. People like him who valued friendship and loyalty also lived the most painful life. She said with a worried look on her face, "Xiao Lang, if you have any worries, don't keep them in your heart. Tell your sister. Life is a common occurrence. We should not indulge in sadness, but find ways to have fun."

Xie Fu asked with a smile: "What kind of fun are you looking for?"

Qin Xiang'er said as if she was risking her life: "How about this, I'll let you do whatever you want to me, the most beautiful girl in Qinlou."

Xie Fu smiled at her. You are the evergreen courtesan in Qinlou. However, Qin Xiang'er was worried at the moment and didn't understand. "I'm not interested. How about this? You can find as many women as you want in the future. Sister won't be jealous. As long as you are happy, that's all."

Xie Fu smiled: "Really?"

"Really, if you have too many women and don't have time to accompany your sister, you can just ignore her life or death."

Xie Fu smiled and said, "What if you are lonely and want to steal a man?"

Qin Xiang'er said with a pah: "If I wanted to steal it, I would have stolen it long ago. Why would I have kept it for so many years? You bastard, you're giving it away for nothing."

Xie Fu joked: "I don't know who said just now that they wanted to find a thousand or ten thousand men."

Qin Xiang'er blushed: "You believe this, it's just to piss you off to death."

Master Xie asked Qin Xiang'er to bring pen and ink, and imitated Xie Li's handwriting to write a letter to Grandpa. After blowing it dry, he asked Qin Xiang'er to take care of the two boxes, and then walked out of the room to see Grandpa.

As soon as I reached the door, I saw my grandfather fidgeting; "Grandpa."

When Xie Guangde saw Xie Fu, he immediately became excited: "Fu'er."

Just as he was about to walk out of the door, Xie Fu took a quick step forward to support him, saying with a smile, "Your legs are not so convenient, take it easy."

As he spoke, he helped Xie Guangde sit down again. As soon as he sat down, Xie Guangde couldn't wait: "What happened? How could the emperor suddenly die and then find a woman to be the emperor? It's a mess." He slapped his mouth after realizing it. Obviously, what he said just now was treasonous. If someone heard it, he would be beheaded.

Xie Fu smiled faintly: "Grandpa, didn't I ask my cousin to take you to Tantai Mansion to avoid the limelight? Why are you in Chang'an?"

"Li'er said he was afraid of being a burden to you, so he brought me to Chang'an."

"My cousin hasn't changed at all. He always thinks of others. What happened after he arrived in Chang'an?"

"After arriving in Chang'an, Li'er took me to live in a place. I didn't know where it was. There were people guarding outside, so I couldn't get out. I didn't see Li'er coming back for a long time, which made me very anxious. I was really worried that something bad had happened to you two brothers."

Xie Fu laughed: "Grandpa, you are old, you should worry about yourself."

Xie Guangde said unhappily, "You also know that I am old, and I can die if I die, but you two are still in your prime. If anything happens to you, the Xie family will be extinct, and I won't be able to face my ancestors."

Xie Fu felt a slight pain in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it and kept smiling on his face.

"Although Grandpa didn't know what exactly happened, he knew that something big had happened and that the world would change drastically."

Then he asked in a low voice: "Fu'er, has the storm passed?"

Xie Fu smiled and nodded. Xie Guangde asked softly, "What about Li'er?" His voice was trembling, and he was obviously very nervous.

Xie Fu did not explain, but took out the letter directly: "Grandpa, this is a letter from your cousin to you, you will understand after reading it."

Xie Guangde immediately opened the letter and started reading it. After finishing it, he was surprised and said, "Why would you abandon your official position, your family, and your relatives to travel to a remote place?"

Xie Fu looked as if he had something to hide, and Xie Guangde said in a deep voice: "Whatever happened, you are not allowed to hide it."

Xie Fu then sighed and said: "In this battle for the throne, the country has changed hands, and my cousin is on the wrong side..." It is a common practice in all dynasties to settle accounts with old ministers when the country changes hands.

Seeing Xie Fu stop, Xie Guangde couldn't wait to ask, "Then what?"

"Actually, my cousin was exiled. I wrote to tell you so that you wouldn't worry. He was traveling."

Xie Guangde exclaimed: "Fu'er, you are a second-rank official, you must help your cousin."

Xie Fu sighed and said, "Grandpa, I have done my best to save my cousin from death this time. To be honest, I will not be able to protect myself when the new emperor ascends the throne."

"Ah, this woman is so cruel!"

Xie Fu smiled bitterly: "If she is not ruthless, she can capture the crown prince and the king of Qi, how can she make an exception and become the empress! If she is not immature and afraid of my power, she would have killed all the members of my Xie family long ago!"

Xie Guangde was shocked and exclaimed: "Fu'er, how about... how about..."

"Grandpa, what else?"

"Fu'er, if that's the case, why don't you just obey your queen, so that you can save your family."

Xie Fu was stunned: "How?"

"Anyway, she is now the king and you are the minister. If she wants you to be her confidant, you will be her confidant. If she wants you to be her man, you will be her man. It is only natural for a minister to obey the king's orders."

Xie Fu was surprised that his grandfather, who always attached great importance to moral integrity, would say such a thing: "Grandpa, you actually let me ignore the teachings of our ancestors and do something that damages the reputation of the Xie family."

But Xie Guangde turned around and scolded him: "Why are you so pedantic? If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Since you are an official, you need to know how to adapt. When there are waves, you should take down the sails and row with the flow. Only then can you last long in the officialdom. This person is dead, and his family is gone. You are carrying the family of a criminal on your back. You will be infamous for thousands of years. How can you have any reputation?"

Xie Fu thought to himself that it seemed that when it came to life and death, no moral principles could be taken into account.

Seeing that Xie Fu didn't say anything, Xie Guangde continued to persuade him: "Besides, you are not alone now, but you have a wife and children. Their fate is linked to you. Are you going to let Heqing, Xianting and the children die with you? Although you uphold the so-called morality, you are unkind, unloving, unjust and unwise. If your ancestors knew about it, they would scold you for being stubborn and ignorant."

For a moment, Xie Fu didn't recognize the grandfather in front of him. When it came to moral integrity, his grandfather would never give in.

Xie Guangde sighed, "Don't think that Grandpa is usually pedantic, but he is setting a good example in front of you two brothers. He is afraid that you two are still young and will get lost halfway. In fact, no matter how the world is, Grandpa has a clear mind. People in the world must move with the times and the world. No one can be completely himself."

Xie Fu said, "Grandpa, I always thought you were an old man who was conservative and conservative." Although this was rude, it was also kind.

Xie Guangde glared at him: "Oh what? What do you mean?"

"say what?"

"You obeyed the Queen."

Xie Fu smiled bitterly: "She is the queen. Ten thousand people want to be her confidant, ten thousand people want to be her man. Why should it be my turn?"

"If it's not your turn, you have to fight for it."

"My grandson doesn't have that much ability."

"I believe you have the ability to do it, as long as you put your heart and soul into it."

"Grandpa, you think too highly of your grandson."

Xie Guangde was angry: "I told you not to mess around with other girls before, but you insisted on messing around with other girls. Now I need you to use your expertise in this area, but you back off again. Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

Xie Fu had no choice but to perfunctorily respond: "Grandson will try his best to fight for it."

  Xie Guangde saw through Xie Fu's perfunctory response and said, "This is a matter of life and death. You must be determined to die if you fail. You must not be careless in dealing with it. Think about it. Your grandmother was born into a noble family, and my Yangzhou Xie family is very good.

My family fell into poverty and I was not even ranked among all the competitors, but in the end, I still stood out and won your grandmother's heart."

Seeing his grandfather talking about the old times with such a brilliant look, Xie Fu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't expect that grandpa was also a romantic man when he was young."

Xie Guangde said proudly: "Of course, I can make her happy every day, and she gave herself to me in less than half a month. It's ridiculous that those suitors are still so confident."

Xie Fu was surprised: "Grandpa, you are also like this..."

Xie Guangde covered Xie Fu's mouth, stopping him from continuing, and said coldly: "Don't talk about the past. I told you all this to open your mind. It's easy for yourself, but it's hard for your family. It's true that the teachings of our ancestors need to be followed, but sometimes you need to be flexible. If you can't get over the psychological barrier, Grandpa will teach you a way."

"Grandpa, tell me."

"Take you as the empress's man as an example. You are close to the emperor and hold great power. You can benefit the people and protect the country. Isn't it also a way to realize your ambitions? It can spread the reputation of the Xie family as a great man who can help the world. Isn't it much better than those who talk a lot about benevolence and morality but do nothing?"

"Grandpa, why didn't you tell me this earlier? You've made your grandson suffer."

Xie Guangde sighed: "How can I tell you this when you are like that? I hope you can behave like a human being."

"I was wondering why I was like this and couldn't control myself. It turns out I inherited your romantic ways."

Xie Guangde glared at Xie Fu fiercely: "Since you said so, I will give you a task. You need to get the dragon handkerchief within one month."

"What dragon pa?"

“These are the trousers that the emperor wears.”

Xie Fu suddenly felt that his grandfather knew more than he did.

Xie Guangde said harshly: "If you can't do it, you don't deserve to be my grandson, Xie Guangde."

Xie Fu really didn't know whether to say that his grandfather was open-minded or... "Grandson will do his best."

The old man pressed his palm heavily on Xie Fu's shoulder: "Can I?"

Xie Fu was forced into a corner and said, "Yes!"

Xie Guangde then laughed and said, "Let's give it a try. I want to be buried with my body intact, but I don't want to get another knife in the neck when I'm so old."

Xie Fuqing said, "Then my cousin."

Xie Guangde was more open-minded: "Exile is exile, it's not death. Anyway, since Li'er became an official, I can only see him a few times a year. Since he is a son of the Xie family, he has to bear the responsibilities."

(End of this chapter)