The princess is beautiful and Ziye

Chapter 178 Two in One
Xie Shuhui stumbled and ran back to the wing room, and closed the door firmly with her backhand.

Xicha ran a step too late and was locked out of the door. She also turned pale with fright, and knocked on the door with trembling hands.

"Miss, miss, let the servants go in!"

At this time, Wei Shi followed up, Xicha bowed tremblingly.

Seeing Xie Shuhui's reaction, Wei guessed that what happened today had something to do with her.

She frowned and gave Aunt Dou a look. Aunt Dou understood and pushed the door open forcefully.

Xie Shuhui, who was leaning against the door, was terrified, and ran into the room in a hurry. When Wei entered the room, he went straight to the room, and saw Xie Shuhui curled up at the foot of the bed in fright, and laughed angrily.

"Aren't you very capable, you don't listen to my words and insist on going your own way, now you know that you are afraid!"

Xie Shuhui scrambled to the side of the bed, hurriedly raised her finger on her lips as a gesture of silence, and said in a breathy voice:
"Mom! Keep your voice down! Don't let others hear you!!"

Xie Shuhui gasped for a while before she calmed down, and said with a flustered face, "I never thought the prince would be so unkind! I thought the most..."

Xie Shuhui originally thought that even if Zhao Wenjin was exposed, at most she would be grounded and beaten several times.

But who would have thought that Fu Pingye would be so ruthless in his actions, Zhao Wenjin was such a big girl, and she was sent to be a sister-in-law directly.

Seeing Xie Shuhui's appearance, Wei also felt distressed, and sighed, "Fortunately, your preparations are quite complete. Now that you have no doubts on your head, just pretend that this has never happened. And You, keep your mouth shut!"

Wei Shi glanced at Xicha from the end of his eyes, and warned in a deep voice.

Xie Shuhui pursed her lips. Although she was still very unwilling, she really didn't dare to act like a monster at this juncture.

On the other side, a nun quietly returned to a wing room, opened the curtain and entered the room, and said softly: "Old lady, this old slave saw that the eldest lady went to the third young lady's room."

"Miss San was fine when she left the front hall just now. After leaving the front hall, she walked faster and faster, as if there was something chasing behind her."

Mrs. Xie sat cross-legged on the bed, sneered after hearing this, and said, "Sure enough, I knew she was responsible for this matter."

Just now in the yard, the old lady Xie came out late when she was unable to move, and stood behind to watch the play, and happened to catch a glimpse of Xie Shuhui's expression.

She felt that something was wrong at the time, and specially asked someone to watch it.

The nanny stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for the old lady, and said courteously: "Miss San is so courageous, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dares to provoke her. Now she and the eldest lady have a handle in your hands, old lady. After returning to the mansion, bring this matter up to the eldest lady, for the sake of her daughter, the eldest lady will obediently hand over the account book."

The old lady Xie also felt that she had the chance to win, and raised her hand to receive the tea with a smile.

Unexpectedly, when she raised her hand, her expression suddenly changed.

These days after losing her hand, she has not fully adapted to the life of losing her right hand, and now she recklessly raises the wrong hand again, and the previous humiliation scenes flashed in her mind.

Old Madam Xie's eyes turned red, and she became angry and threw the teacup away.

She hated her so much, pretending to be her grandson for a few days, and now she can finally show her true colors in private!

"I will never let that bitch go in my life!"

The old lady Xie gritted her teeth.

It doesn't matter that Xie Tinglan married and went to the Prince's Mansion, she left, her mother and younger sister are still in the Xie Mansion, when she goes back, she will vent her anger on Wei Shi and Xie Shuhui!
Wei Shi has always looked down on Xie Tinglan, and now that Xie Shuhui hates Xie Tinglan so much, she will definitely complain even more.

Then she could kill with a knife.

My hands will not be broken in vain!

Mammy timidly stepped forward to clean up the residue, and refilled a cup of tea from a teacup for Mrs. Xie.

"Don't be angry, old lady, we'll be returning home tomorrow, your better days are yet to come!"

The old lady Xie took it with her left hand and drank it down.

Zhao Wenjin's affairs almost lasted until midnight, Xie Tinglan took a rest late, and when he opened his eyes again, the sun was already high.

Xie Tinglan called Yuxiu into the room to get dressed, squinted his eyes and asked, "Didn't you say you're leaving in the morning? Why didn't you call me?"

While putting on her sleeves, Yuxiu said with a smile: "Your Highness came here this morning to see that the young lady is still awake, so he specially ordered to wait until the young lady wakes up before setting off."

Xie Tinglan chuckled, "Has he left? I'm not afraid of delaying things."

But considering that His Highness the Crown Prince has always been capricious, it is not surprising that he did not arrive in Beijing on time.

Xie Tinglan took the hot handkerchief to wash her face, Yuxiu said beside her: "However, I heard this morning that the old lady seems to be ill, the doctor showed it to me early in the morning, and said that I might not be able to leave."

Xie Tinglan didn't care about the old lady Xie, and just said: "Is it sick in such a hot day? Suffering from heatstroke?"

"It seems to be cold, but the old lady is getting older, and it is indeed colder here at night, so it is not unusual to be sick."

"Our carriages and horses are all prepared in advance. Miss Jingzhong's wedding is still being prepared. I guess we won't be able to wait until the old lady recovers from her illness. We'll probably leave in the afternoon."

Xie Tinglan nodded, "Got it."

In the afternoon, everything was ready, and the chariots and horses of Xie's mansion drove down the mountain.

Fu Pingye followed all the way to the bottom of the mountain, but he didn't continue to follow. Only then did Xie Tinglan learn that he had been running fast for several days without rest, so he came to Huijue Temple to meet her.

Putting down the curtain of the car, Yuxiu leaned forward and said with an expression of emotion: "Miss has found a lover, I feel at ease in my heart."

Xie Tinglan came back to his senses, and joked with her, "I don't need to worry about you. In the future, let's take care of yourself and others. When my uncle and aunt left last time, I told me in private, let me help you Keep an eye out."

Yuxiu blushed, "Miss...don't laugh at me."

Xie Tinglan felt more relaxed than ever.

The wedding date is approaching, and the big wedding day will be in three days. Red silk is hung high on Xie's mansion, festive red lanterns are hung on the porch, and the maids and mother-in-law are very busy.

The nanny sent by the palace to teach etiquette returned to the palace, and in exchange for the nanny who guided the wedding day, she came to guide Xie Tinglan on the process of that day.

The nanny left after dark, Xie Tinglan was a little tired, Yuxiu brushed her hair and said with emotion:

"It's so fast. My son came back from Huijue Temple like yesterday. In a blink of an eye, the wedding date is almost here."

Xie Tinglan's chest was pounding, she stared at the jewelry box on the table in a daze, and suddenly laughed.

She thought that after this marriage, her mood would be as peaceful as in her previous life. After all, these two marriages were no different from transactions in her eyes.

There is no tension in doing business.

But now it seems that this marriage, I really don't treat it as the same as the previous life.

Yuxiu sent Xie Tinglan to bed, and while untiing the bed curtain, she said: "The old lady's health is already recovering, and she will go down the mountain tomorrow, and she will be back home in the afternoon. Miss may have to pick her up by then."

Xie Tinglan pulled the quilt, closed her eyes and hummed.

The next day, Xie Tinglan spent the whole day bored in the room as usual, listening to the wedding process that he had memorized by heart all day.

At dusk, Mammy got up early to say goodbye.

Xie Tinglan changed her clothes, followed Yuxiu to the front hall and waited to pick up Mrs. Xie.

But when it was almost dark, the carriage still did not appear.

The people in the house were getting impatient. Xie Boming and Mrs. Xie sent out several times to inquire, but they all said there was no news.

Seeing that the sky was completely dark, Mrs. Xie's face drooped, and he said angrily: "But it's only a day's journey, why don't you come back so late! We're halfway to death! Tomorrow is Lan'er's wedding, Who can afford to waste time with her! Don't wait! Lan'er, go back and rest! You didn't miss tomorrow's big event!"

Xie Tinglan was also tired of waiting and got up to leave.

As soon as the butt moved away from the seat, someone outside the hall yelled: "It's not good! It's not good!"

Mrs. Xie froze in anger, looked outside, and found that this person was the servant whom Xie Boming had just sent out to scout for news.

The man stumbled hard at the threshold, fell to the ground and quickly got up, saying in a panic:
"Master! Old master! It's not good! The old lady's carriage turned over on the mountain road, and several women were with her. All... all fell to the bottom of the mountain!!"

Xie Tinglan took a breath.

There was an uproar in the hall.

Xie E stood up abruptly, and said with red eyes: "What did you say... Mother's carriage fell to the bottom of the mountain... How is it possible! Isn't it a spacious official road from Huijue Temple to the bottom of the mountain! How could it be possible to fall to the bottom of the mountain?" At the bottom of the mountain! Don't talk nonsense!"

The servant said with a mournful face, "How dare a villain talk nonsense! The policeman who sent the letter said that it was because an old tree fell down two days ago, blocking the way down the mountain, and the carriage couldn't pass, so he detoured from the mountain road." We walked. But who knew that the mountain road was narrow, and suddenly, it turned over..."

Xie Boming regained his composure, and quickly asked, "Did you find him?"

"The wreckage of the carriage was found at the bottom of the mountain... people... people..."

The servant was vague and unable to speak.

Even if he didn't say it, the Xie family would have figured it out. If they climbed down from such a high mountain, their bodies might be smashed into mud.

The house was in chaos, and Xie Tinglan left the front hall amidst the chaos.

Yuxiu's face turned pale along the way, and when she returned to the room, she said with difficulty: "Miss, how could this happen...the old lady is gone, that young lady..."

Tomorrow is the wedding day, let alone whether it is auspicious or not to hold a wedding after the funeral, Nan Qin has rules.

When an elder dies, all descendants must observe filial piety, three years for children and one year for grandchildren.

This year's filial piety, isn't the marriage going to be postponed!
Xie Tinglan sat at the table with a dignified expression.

She took out the bell from her sleeve and called Shen Jiu, "Go and find out about Xie Meng's falling off the cliff, I don't think it was an accident."

How can a series of things happen so coincidentally.

She didn't think about it before, but in conjunction with the present, it is very likely that this is aimed at her.

Mrs. Xie was supposed to go down the mountain with them, but she suddenly fell ill and stayed behind.

How did the big tree that could block the official road for several days fall down in such a calm situation, without flash floods or earthquakes?

No matter how narrow the mountain road is, it can be opened to traffic, otherwise the government would have banned it long ago.

The grooms are all experienced old people, and they drove cautiously when they knew the cliff was dangerous, so they rolled over.

This series of accidents does not seem like a simple accident.

Mrs. Xie's death came too suddenly.

The red silk from the Xie Mansion was replaced with a white cloth before it was untied.

At noon the next day, Mrs. Xie's body was moved into Xie's residence.

It was supposed to be Xie Tinglan's day of great joy, but the front hall was replaced with a huge "Dian" character.

Xie Tinglan was not at the residence, she was summoned into the palace by the imperial concubine early in the morning.

The imperial concubine looked disappointed, "I have prepared everything in this palace, I didn't expect this accident to happen so suddenly..."

Xie Tinglan made a gesture to kneel, and said in his mouth: "It's all due to the poor preparation of the Xie family, which ruined the day carefully planned by the empress, and the minister is at fault."

The imperial concubine supported her and said: "What does it have to do with you? In the end, I only blame the old lady in your house for her bad life."

There was no one around, the imperial concubine lowered her voice and said, "Yuan Ting is in a bad mood, I guessed it, and called him over early in the morning, and he has already sent someone to investigate this matter. It's not such a coincidence." Well, maybe someone who can't understand the marriage between the two of you made this happen."

Xie Tinglan had nothing to hold back, anyway, she will be a family in the future, she said: "My daughter thinks the same way."

The two exchanged opinions, and the imperial concubine's face became even uglier.

"I didn't expect so many people to stare at you and Yuan Ting. Even if you don't care about politics, you have to interfere in marriage. What a bunch of shameless guys."

The imperial concubine put her hand on the back of Xie Tinglan's and patted it lightly, "But don't worry about the stars. It's just a year, and it will pass in a blink of an eye. You and Yuan Ting will definitely get married eventually. With this I have remembered this lesson, and in the coming year, I will definitely keep an eye on all these people who have relatives inside and outside, and no one is allowed to have any accidents!"

The imperial concubine's words were also intended to appease Xie Tinglan, after all, many changes may occur in a year.

She also told Xie Tinglan that she, the crown princess, would not be shaken because of this year's filial piety.

Xie Tinglan smiled gently and nodded slowly.

The death of Mrs. Xie was indeed very strange. The emperor sent people from the Sanju Department to investigate together, together with Xie Tinglan and Fu Pingye's secret guards, they were also looking for clues.

Unfortunately, several days passed and nothing was found.

Xie Tinglan and Fu Pingye's marriage was confirmed to be postponed, and many people in Beijing and China were eager to move and rejoiced.

There was an endless stream of officials submitting invitations to the Prince's Mansion, but none of them were rejected by the Prince for various reasons.

Old Madam Xie was buried after a few days of inactivity.

This mother humiliated Xie Boming before she was alive, and there is a risk of worrying him after death. Xie Boming wanted to send her to the ground as soon as possible on the first day of her death.

The Southern Qin Dingyou system was much looser than previous dynasties, and officials were not forced to Dingyou, mainly for the consideration of the government.

Not wearing fancy clothes, not marrying wives and concubines, not even eating meat and fish are the minimum rules in keeping filial piety, just follow these.

The bright red and purple clothes of Xie's mansion were all gone, and the servants were also dressed in gray and white.

As Mrs. Xie's death gradually passed, everything returned to the way it was before.

Seeing that it is about to enter August, the autumn is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)