C16

Although Mr. Yu's temper was bad, he wasn't going to argue with a seven-year-old child like her.

He stroked his beard and asked, "Have you memorized all the essays I taught you previously?"

Xie Wanqing was a little guilty, "I haven't finished reciting …"

Previously, she had never finished memorizing all of them. Now that she had memorized so much, it was already a great improvement. Mr Yu didn't force her to do so and instead complimented her, "Since you can memorize so much, it seems like you haven't forgotten to read in the past few days that you haven't come to the academy. You should persevere like this." What he meant was not to catch fish in the sun for three days.

Xie Wanqing hurriedly nodded.

Seeing that she was more obedient than before, Mr Yu could not help but feel satisfied. He gestured for her to sit down and continued to look at the other students.

Xie Wanqing opened the book and combed through the text she had memorized. She calculated how much she had to memorize to be able to catch up to her teacher's progress. Xie Wanyun looked at her with a profound look. When did Xie Wanqing love to read so much? She used to be bored with Mr. Yu and hated carrying things.

Xie Wanqing's memory was not bad, and she could learn things quickly. It was just that she had always loved to play, and the Concubine Fang and Xie Wanyun had indulged her, which caused her to learn even worse. Now, although she was willing to study diligently and recite from memory without any problems, playing chess and playing the zither didn't depend on her memory. She had to start from the beginning.

As a result, in the following days, besides memorizing, Xie Wanqing would diligently study other classes, earnestly and sincerely asking for guidance from Master. Seeing that she was willing to repent, she naturally did not hesitate to instruct her. As a result, after more than a month, although Xie Wanqing could not be considered as number one, but she was already considered to be in the middle of the class.

Seeing her like this, Xie Wanyun worked even harder.

Concubine Fang would often come to find Xie Wanqing, sometimes saying that he would bring her to fly kites and sometimes telling her to make pastries for her. She would always try to coax her to have fun, but Xie Wanqing had always said that she wanted to learn from her due to the excuse of "learning from her elder sister Ye".

Other than studying every day, Xie Wanqing also had to pay respects to the old mistress. Sometimes it was in the morning, sometimes it was at night, even if the old mistress didn't think about her every day, she would definitely show it to her. Holding her hand, she said, "Good child, Grandmother knows that you are filial. However, if you have time, you have to go to your father and mother's to pay respects. Don't think too much about me, an old woman."

This was what Xie Wanqing was waiting for. Thus, she obediently complied.

From the second day onwards, Xie Wanqing would often pay respects to the Madame Ye. Xie Wanqing would feel happy if he talked with her for even a short while, as the mother and daughter pair sat together and chatted. From time to time, she would say some childish words to make her happy, and there would also be some laughter and chatter in Madame Ye's courtyard.

As for Xie Kai, he would head to the morning assembly everyday and would also be busy with government affairs most of the time. As long as Xie Kai remembered his daughter thinking about him, everything would be fine.

Even though she was busy to the point of not touching the ground, Xie Wanqing still hadn't forgotten that the "biological mother" Concubine Fang was here. However, it was impossible for her to treat Concubine Fang well. Xie Wanqing would often go to the kitchen to cook some dishes that tasted strange, saying that it was given to him by her daughter as a form of filial respect.

Concubine Fang originally wanted to reject, but before she could finish, Xie Wanqing blinked her eyes with tears in her eyes: "Does Aunt not like her daughter? "She doesn't even want to eat things that his daughter made herself."

Concubine Fang really suspected that Xie Wanqing did it on purpose, but when she saw that seven year old baby face that was covered in tears and snot, she gave up on this idea.

Even though she was an illegitimate daughter, she would not be able to see the light of day since she was young. However, since she was young, she had always been by the side of the Madame Ye, so her food and clothes weren't bad as well.

Originally, she wanted to ask Xie Wanqing why she went to see the Madame Ye everyday, but Xie Wanqing interrupted her: "Grandmother said that she had to be filial to her parents, so she went to pay respects to her parents frequently. But in her heart, she thought, Aunt is the biological mother of Esteemed Empress, so she should be filial to Aunt Shun. That's why she cooked and fed Aunt. Could it be that Aunt isn't willing to accept my daughter's kind intentions? "

He slowly let out a breath of air and caressed Xie Wanqing's head, then took out a handkerchief to wipe her face: "Aunt naturally would not reject Qing Qing's kind intentions. It's just that Aunt has eaten too much today, and has accumulated a lot of food.

Xie Wanqing knew that the Concubine Fang would not eat them, they were merely an excuse. However, the reason she did all these was to stop the Concubine Fang from questioning her to pay respects to the Madame Ye. If Concubine Fang had eaten that half-cooked thing while she was speaking so softly, she wouldn't be Concubine Fang anymore. She wouldn't die so miserably in her previous life.

Xie Wanqing stopped crying, the Concubine Fang pulled her to sit beside him and asked gently: "Is Sangqing tired? Auntie sees you leave class early and come back late every day, do you want to take a few days off? "

How would Xie Wanqing dare to rest? She only wanted to hurry up and catch up with the lessons she had failed, so she shook her head and said: "No need. Grandmother said that she can't catch a fish every three days or every two days."

She was already used to carrying the Old Mistress out to stop the Concubine Fang. Sure enough, after the Concubine Fang heard her words, she didn't bring up the matter of her taking a leave of absence anymore.

However, the fact that Xie Wanqing was close to the Madame Ye was a sore point in her heart.

Since the Madame Ye didn't have a Direct Daughter, the Concubine Fang originally wanted Xie Wanyun to perform better and put it in her name as the Direct Daughter. At that time, even if she was only an aunt, Madame Ye was still her official wife, so what? But Madame Ye couldn't even protect her one and only daughter.

Just thinking about it made Concubine Fang happy. This was her wish for many years. From the day she seduced Xie Kai to get pregnant, she had been thinking about this ever since. She wanted Madame Ye to return what he owed her.

Therefore, she couldn't allow Xie Wanqing to get close to the Madame Ye. It would be best if the mother and daughter were as far away as possible.

The Concubine Fang caressed the top of Xie Wanqing's hair and said gently: "Since you want to study hard, Aunt will not stop you. She's not as busy as you are, so it's only right for her to be filial in your place. "

He wanted to make Xie Wanyun closer to the Madame Ye.

However, Xie Wanyun and Madame Ye were not mother and daughter. Furthermore, Xie Wanqing could not stop Xie Wanyun from going to see the Madame Ye, as that would only cause the latter to be suspicious. On the contrary, if Xie Wanyun went to pay respects, she could go too. Concubine Fang couldn't stop her from going anyway.

Therefore, Xie Wanqing nodded her head obediently.

Seeing that she had agreed, Concubine Fang felt a little worried, so she casually asked about some trivial matters. Only when she felt that it was enough did she let Xie Wanqing go back.