My wife has a secret

Chapter 123 Reunion

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In the backyard of the Nie family, the young Nie Ziwen was eating melon seeds and listening to his mother and other women in the Nie family chatting.

He was bored to death when he suddenly found Lu Wanhe's sister walking out of the house. He quickly spat out the melon seed shells and stumbled out from the stone chair.

"Sister Lu."

"Ziwen, Master's wife and sisters-in-law are here too..."

Lu Wanhe's dress was different from usual. The beautiful woman who usually only wore thin casual clothes and a snow-white fox fur coat, now she changed into a light pink dress.

Although her dress was not fancy, with the plain gauze wrapped around her and her clothes open, her graceful neck and collarbone were clearly visible, making her look charming, delicate and lovely.

Old Madam Nie and the women around her looked at each other and smiled.

They naturally understood who Lu Wanhe was dressing up for in this unprecedented way. It was not easy to make this taciturn and cold-hearted woman do this.

"Okay, let's go."

"Thank you, Master's wife, sisters-in-law."

Lu Wanhe's cheeks flushed slightly, and she was overjoyed.

She simply said goodbye to the ladies in the backyard and quickened her pace towards the reception room.

Nie Ziwen wanted to follow quietly, but his mother grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back.

Because of her words and actions in the Nie Mansion in recent days, Lu Wanhe won the respect of everyone in the mansion. When the servants on patrol and duty saw her appear, they all bowed their heads and saluted.

Lu Wanhe did not delay along the way, her skirt fluttering.

When she stood in front of the hall, she happened to hear Xu Qing reciting three poems in a row.

This made Lu Wanhe, who was originally a little nervous, conquered by the majestic and beautiful poetry, and the tension in her heart was eased a lot.

"Hu... husband."

The familiar voice startled Xu Qing, who was standing in front, and he turned back in disbelief.

When he saw Lu Wanhe appear in his sight with smiling eyes and a shy look on her face, his heart melted.

"Cough cough."

The originally warm reunion was interrupted by Lu Wanhe's cough.

Master Nie knew that it was not easy for the two to be together, so he and Minister Sui tactfully left, leaving the hall to the young couple.

When Lu Wanhe saw Xu Qing coming to her with concern, she felt warm in her heart.

She propped up her face and smiled, saying softly: "My husband's temperament has not changed at all, Wan He is relieved."

"Didn't I tell you to stay in Suzhou? Why did you come to the capital?"

Xu Qing was also worried about Lu Wanhe's current condition, but when he saw that the other party looked better than in Suzhou, he knew that the Nie family had indeed kept their promise and took good care of Lu Wanhe's daily life.

"When my husband was imprisoned, Wan He wanted to come to the capital to visit the teacher and see if the Nie family had any solution."

Lu Wanhe heard the following words and didn't want Xu Qing to have any grudge against the Nie Mansion, so she explained: "The Nie Mansion helped a lot when Wanhe first arrived in the capital."

But what Lu Wanhe didn't know was that when Xu Qing saw her appear, he forgot about what the Nie family had just done.

It’s not that he is kind-hearted, but the actions of the Nie family today are also to protect Lu Wanhe.

What worries Master Nie is probably Lu Wanhe’s previous situation in the Xu family.

"I know this. The previous society in front of the Imperial Academy should have been called by Master Nie."

Before Xu Qing came, he had learned about the Nie Mansion.

After knowing that the Nie family was a friend and not an enemy, he never thought of targeting anyone in the Nie family. "It's good that my husband knows it."

Lu Wanhe smiled sweetly, and then asked in a tentative tone: "Wanhe wants to ask my husband for a favor. Can you let Wanhe stay in the Nie Mansion for a while longer?"

Xu Qing didn't expect Lu Wanhe to beg him to stay in Nie's house, and asked back in confusion.

"Don't you want to go back with me?"

"No, it's just that Wan He has been teaching in the Nie Mansion for the past two days, and the teacher's grandson's homework is still a little lacking... So Wan He wants to simply annotate some classics and leave them for them to study."

Although Lu Wanhe also wanted to be close to Xu Qing, she took into account that she had not much time left. If she followed her husband back to Suzhou in a while, she might never have the chance to come to the Nie Mansion again.

In order to repay her teacher's kindness and out of her love for the children in the orphanage, she wanted to do more.

"Well, since you took the initiative to ask about this matter."

Xu Qing was not as smart as Qin Shuying, and could see the concerns in Lu Wanhe's eyes.

However, he felt that there must be some deeper meaning behind what Lu Wanhe said, so he did not want to stop the other party from doing what he wanted to do.

After the two chatted for a few more minutes and Xu Qing outlined his current situation over the past two days, they said goodbye to each other and walked out along the same route they came.

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Xu Qing didn't stay in the Nie Mansion for long, so the crowd gathered at the gate had not yet dispersed, all eagerly waiting for news.

However, the onlookers could never have imagined that after about an incense stick of time, the first person to appear at the gate of the mansion was Xu Qing himself.

The female official and the imperial guards were waiting not far away on the street. When they saw Xu Qing, they asked two imperial guards to lead the way and came to Xu Qing.

"Madam is in the back?"

"No, come pick her up in a few days."

Xu Qing answered casually, then got on the carriage and left the Nie Mansion under the gaze of the crowd.

This sudden reaction caused speculation among those who were curious, and many people were wondering about the intriguing behavior of the Xu family.

"I heard that the relationship between the third branch Lu and the young master of the Xu family is not good. It is known to everyone in Suzhou."

"Yes, I heard from my distant cousin in Suzhou that when Xu Qing returned with the Lu family, he drove all the members of the Lu family back to Longxi, forcing them to have nowhere to go."

Soon, a "smart" person who had some knowledge of the matter stood up and told everyone what he had heard.

People were not impressed by disciples from aristocratic families who took advantage of their power to bully others, and Xu Qing was not a native of the capital, so he was not well-known in the city.

As the wind direction shifted, more and more criticisms were leveled against him.

On the outskirts of the crowd, a pretty girl stood on tiptoe, listening to the rumors with great interest, and couldn't help but smacking her lips with emotion.

"Tsk, tsk, what a jerk."

When she had heard enough, she came to the tea stall on the other side, sat down in front of a beautiful woman in a red dress and ponytail, and said, "Sister, it turns out that the person who was crowded in the crowd just now was Xu Qing."

The two heroic women were naturally the Yang sisters, Yang Xianning and Yang Caiyun, who had just arrived in the capital.

But because they were not familiar with the traffic in the capital, they were unable to squeeze into the crowd.

All they knew was that the crowd had just parted the road to make way for a palace carriage.

The carriage was cleared and protected by the palace guards, and every aspect showed that the occupants were of noble status, second only to the emperor and empress.

"Ah."

There was a deep starlight in Yang Xianning's eyes, and she responded faintly.

(End of this chapter)