C44

The Lady Xu was trapped in an unprecedented desperate situation. Xie Cen ignored her and just went to discuss some matters with the old lady, or maybe he wanted to take a look at the Chan Er. The household's matters were all managed by the Auntie Xue, so there was nothing left for the Lady Xu to do.

If there really was anything big, she would go and discuss it with Lady Xu, but Lady Xu did not appreciate her kindness at all. She only felt that Auntie Xue was showing off to her, continuously knocking him out twice, and not even Auntie Xue came to her door.

Lady Xu thought about the Xie Jingxi who was about to be married off. Normally, with Xie Jingxi here, she would still be able to help her, but in the end, she was still a mother and daughter.

"Fourth Brother, now that your grandmother is at home, if you have nothing to do, you should go to her place to greet her. And your sister, seeing that she is about to get married, there will be less times for you two to meet each other in the future. I only have the two of you left before me, come visit your mother more often if you have nothing to do."

Xie Jingyu stayed in the outer court to study all year round, so he did not know about the dirty things happening in the inner court. When Lady Xu said this, he also felt that it was reasonable, although she was surprised that Lady Xu, who was unwilling to get closer to him, would suddenly have a change in sex, only because his sister was going to get married, Xie Jingyu did not doubt him, and indeed, after school that day, he went to the courtyard of Old Madem.

When Xie Jingyu and Xie Jingyi were born together, they both raised up in front of the old lady. They were rather cheerful, talked a lot, and had a very good relationship with sister and grandmother, but after the past few years of being restricted by Lady Xu and Xie Cen, they had lost all of their instincts.

"Fourth Young Master, you're here."

When the Chan Er saw Xie Jingyu bowing to Ying Ying, Xie Jingyu was surprised that the Chan Er had come to the old lady's room. He swallowed all his words when he was about to speak of it, and always remembered the lesson of not being too close to the young girl and her sister in the backyard.

"Jingyu is here, quickly come in and tell grandmother to take a look."

Xie Jingyu respectfully stood in the distance and greeted the old lady. When the old lady saw him like that, she sighed in her heart: "How come you have the time to come to my place, have you completed your studies?"

"In reply to Grandmother, I naturally still need to study when I return. I just haven't come to visit Grandmother and Sister for a long time, so I came to take a look first."

"I've troubled you. Merely, your elder sister is not with me today. If you miss her, then go and see her in Jiang Xuanxuan."

"Yes, then Jingyu will take his leave."

Xie Jingxi had just accepted a set of pastries that Gu Yun had sent over to him along with a few snacks that she and the old lady loved to eat. Every few days, Gu Yun would send some people to bring some things over, and from the initial surprise, Xie Jingxi had already gotten used to it.

"Jingyu, it just so happened that you came at the same time as me to visit Grandmother."

"Elder sister, I just came over from grandmother's place."

When Xie Jingyu was with Xie Jingxi in private, he was less reserved. He looked at the dessert box and smirked at Xie Jingxi. Xie Jingxi glared at him, "If you want to eat, take it yourself. You're still pretending with me."

"Elder sister, it was brought here by brother-in-law again right? Brother-in-law even sent me quite a few small toys a few days ago." Xie Jingyu grabbed a piece of chestnut cake and stuffed it into his mouth, "However, this snack is not as delicious as the one that I gave big sister."

"If you want to say it like that, then tell him to only send you books and books the next time around. You don't have to worry about the food here."

"Don't, don't. It's not like I said I don't like it. Isn't this clearly a brother-in-law who values his elder sister?"

"Ming Yu, go pour Jingyu some water so he won't choke." Xie Jingxi sat down opposite of him, and observed her expression, "Are you really alright that you suddenly came to my place today?"

"You're going to get married in a few days. Let me see what else you have to do. It was my mother who told me that we're the only ones left, so she asked us to visit her often. Have you not been to see your mother for a long time?"

Even though Xie Jingyu was somewhat stiff, he wasn't stupid in the end, and felt that the atmosphere in the house was off as well. Xie Jingxi immediately understood the Lady Xu's intentions;

Even though you're going to end up next year and shouldn't be bringing up some messy matters of the family, I've always felt that it wasn't proper to study until you die. Even if you're going to end up in the future, you shouldn't mention it to me.

Xie Jingyu would still listen to his. Xie Jingxi was serious, he then put down the dim sum in his hand, and nodded seriously: "I can take care of sister, mother originally did not like me being close to you, I know that too, but as a mother, I have to be careful of her face, if she does anything to hurt you and your grandmother one day, I will naturally not listen to her."

He would understand the cold side of the Lady Xu sooner or later, but he was able to look at the big picture, which was much better than the short-sighted Lady Xu. No matter what, the Lady Xu shouldn't do anything to this one and only brother of her.

"From now on, mother will speak to you like this again, so you just have to agree and tell her that I'm not here." From now on, mother will speak to you like this again, and you just have to agree and say that you're not here when you go to your grandmother's place.

"Sigh, I understand elder sister. You still have to wait for me to carry you out. In these few days, I'll eat a bit more, so that you won't have too much face that you're given. I can't carry it."

"Puff …" Ming Yu just happened to hear it, "Fourth Young Master actually dares to tease our lady, but you don't need to worry about that, Young Master knows how to pity people more than you do. He sent her a beautiful and impressive head, the key is that he does not pressure her, you do not need to expend too much energy."

"The two of you have come together to make fun of me." Xie Jingxi glared at the two of them, "You two don't need your red packets."

"Miss (Big Sister), I was wrong, wasn't I …"

The three of them immediately burst into laughter.

Lady Xu had to wait for a few days. Seeing that Xie Jingxi did not come, she could not help but bring a box of jewelry to Jiang Xuanxuan. As soon as she entered the door, she amiably said, "Jingwan, mother has come to see you."

"Mother." Xie Jingxi was extremely respectful, and was unable to tell what was wrong, but in the end, it was obvious.

"You'll be leaving in two days, but I can't bear to part with it. If I don't give you some jewelry, I'll have it all from your grandmother when I married."

The Lady Xu opened the box, and indeed, it was a good piece of jewelry, but Xie Jingxi knew that part of the precious jewelry from the Lady Xu had been given to her elder sister, Second Miss, while the other portion was for herself and's wife. It was because she did not have a share of the jewelry, but the jewelry that she had squeezed out, was probably saved up by Jingyu's wife.

Xie Jingxi gave the seat to the Lady Xu, "Mother, you can keep it for yourself. You gave me more than I could use, if not I can give it to Brother Yu's daughter-in-law as a family heirloom."

"How can you say that? You siblings all have a share, but I'll keep hers." Lady Xu pushed the jewelry box in front of him, "Why are you being so courteous with your mother. In your eyes, does your mother not know how to love others? Even though you were not in front of me when you were young, you were still my daughter who crawled out from my stomach.

Xie Jingxi laughed, "Since mother insists, I can only temporarily keep it for Jingyu's wife."

Lady Xu was not too happy about the rejection, she felt that Xie Jingxi did not know what to do.

"I know that because of the incident at the Eastern Palace, you were still complaining in your heart about me. I know that I let you down, so aren't I asking for your forgiveness? For the sake of mother giving birth to you, don't be too fussy about it." "Your father is now also cold towards me, and even the people of the Palace are looking down on me. It's fine if you call me Jingyu, but how can Jingyu continue to act according to his own will? He's the direct descendant of the Palace after all, and he won't have any prestige in the Palace anymore because of me, so what should I do."

Xie Jingxi listened quietly and did not speak. After doing so much, seeing that she did not speak, she was even more uncertain. She could not stop crying, and gradually stopped.

Xie Jingxi slowly said: "Mother, father is not a fool, since he values the importance of nurturing Jingyu, he will not ignore him. Moreover, Jingyu is already old, he should be able to manage his own life, if he is unable to take care of the people in the house, it is useless on his own. "Besides, I'm a girl who wants to go out. I can't stop talking about the matters of the mansion, so it's hard for people to not notice that I'm going to get married and even manage my family's matters. There's no need to displease my father, don't you think so?"

The Lady Xu's face sunk. The meaning behind Xie Jingxi's words was that she was rejecting and refusing to give her a hand, "I never thought that you would actually be such a cold and lonely person. Forget it, all of you leave me alone in this mansion to endure grievances."

Father and you have been husband and wife for decades, how can they be so easily broken? It's not like we were angry at you for a while, why don't you apologize to him? How can father be angry with you for the rest of his life?

If Lady Xu could really see through it, then she would not come. When she heard Xie Jingxi's attitude, she no longer cared about feigning ignorance, and slapped the table and stood up, "After all that, you're just hating me, you can't wait to see my joke. A person who looks peaceful and kind is actually just an ingrate, I really gave birth to you for nothing!"

Xie Jingxi was still smiling, allowing Lady Xu to scold her. Lady Xu scolded for a long time, but she still did not say anything, so she angrily left. Before she left, he even turned her head back to take away the jewelry box on the table.

The Lady Xu used all of her shameful thoughts to the extreme, even with her selfish feelings, she couldn't help but blame him for not helping her, and even helped her not to get anything good in the first place. Xie Jingxi had suffered from this kind of loss more than once, in the future, she would definitely not be able to take advantage of her.

Lady Xu wanted to completely fall out with Xie Jingxi, and had not asked about Xie Jingxi's marriage ever since. And even more so, two days before Xie Jingxi was going to get married, she took back both of her dowries.