C18

The morning of the second day, Xie Wanqing went to pay respects to the old lady as usual, but unexpectedly, she saw Xie Huaixing at the side as he entered the door.

In order to make it up to Xie Wanqing, he got up early and dragged Madame Huang over to pay respects to the old lady, just so that she could help the old lady agree to Xie Wanqing participating in the Luminous Wonder Assembly.

Xie Wanqing would occasionally visit in the morning to pay respects to the old mistress, and occasionally at night. With this matter, Madame Huang would always whisper in his ears, telling him to visit the old mistress more. Although he agreed with him, the child was very playful and might forget about it after a while. She didn't expect that it would be of use this time around.

Xie Wanqing entered the house and paid her respects to the Old Mistress and the Madame Huang: "Xianqing greets Grandmother and Second Aunt."

The madame smiled and gestured for her to sit.

Madame Huang also smiled at her amiably.

Since Xie Huaixing had already come, then it would naturally be more suitable for him to say that he would be participating in the Conclave. All she needed to do was nod his head and agree to be Xie Huaixing's playmate.

As a result, Xie Wanqing told the old lady about how Xie Huaixing went to find her to play yesterday, about the two of them playing chess, and how terrible his chess skills were. It was so funny that the Old Mistress and Madame Huang could not stop laughing.

"You don't need to compare yourself with him. This girl only knows how to read and understand. Don't tell me that you want to compete with him for the Imperial Examinations?" The old lady patted on Xie Wanqing's hand, and smiled at Xie Huaixing: "Don't be arrogant, what's the big deal if we win against the sisters in the house, we'll talk after we win against your father."

Although Xie Heng had been appointed to a casual position in the imperial court, he was also a scout when he was young. He was talented, but his ambitions were not in the imperial court. His favorite occupation was poetry and painting, and his chess skills were even more exquisite.

Xie Huaixing was immediately at a loss for words when he heard this, but he quickly thought of something, and went forward to pull at the old lady's sleeve: "Tomorrow, we will meet at the Ming Ming Dong to ask the Sister Wanqing to accompany me there. Mister said that there will be many capable people in the future, so I believe it won't be long before you catch up to Father."

The madame was amused. Did he think that Xie Heng would be that easy to catch up to? Although she was smart, she did not lose her innocence. She was sincere to her but was not fawning on her, unlike Xie Huaijin, who was calm but lacked his liveliness, and was taciturn like a child. No matter how good his lessons were, she did not like him at all.

Recently, Xie Wanqing came over frequently to pay respects to hshe, and sometimes accompanied her to copy scriptures in the buddhist hall. Not to mention whether she was trying to curry favor with her, for a seven year old child like her to be able to do this, the madame would definitely like it. Nobody wanted to sit alone in the buddhist hall for one day. When she opened her eyes, he saw a child accompanying him. It was impossible to say that she hadn't been touched at all.

Therefore, the old lady did not reject Xie Huaixing's suggestion. He only reminded Xie Wanqing to ask for a leave of absence from the teacher in the academy.

Xie Wanqing nodded obediently.

Seeing that the matter was as it was, Xie Huaixing brought Attendant to the Academy, and the Madame Huang also took her leave.

Just as Xie Wanqing wanted to say that she also wanted to go to the school, she saw Xie Wanyun walking in.

"Greetings to Grandmother." She saluted, and her voice sounded like an oriole.

Xie Wanyun was three years older than Xie Wanqing, and now she was ten years old. Her frame was already beginning to grow, slim and slim. One could vaguely see her beautiful figure in the future.

When the madame saw her enter, her previous happiness vanished as she asked, "Why didn't Yun go to the academy today?"

Xie Wanqing also thought that it was strange. Logically speaking, Xie Wanyun should already be at school warming up.

However, he didn't know that when Xie Wanyun saw her studying hard every day, he couldn't help but to work even harder. He also heard that the servant of the Concubine Fang had come to report that Xie Huaixing had played at Xie Wanqing's place for the entire afternoon yesterday and had even invited her to the Clairvoyant Great Assembly. She quickly tidied up and rushed over to the old lady's place.

Xie Huaixing was the legitimate son of the Second Branch, so being on good terms with him could only be good and not bad. Previously, Xie Wanyun was disdainful to curry favor with a little kid like him. That was because at that time, even if she did not curry favor with the second wife, she was still far more outstanding than Xie Wanqing. But now it was different.

Xie Wanyun lowered her eyes and said: "I heard that Tomorrow is the day that we will be participating in the Great Perfection Assembly with Night Qing. They are young, but Ye Yun is a few years older, so she thought that she could look out for us by the side, thus I came to offer my services to Grandmother."

Xie Huaixing and Xie Wanqing, who were both six years old and seven years old, were indeed too young. Moreover, all four children of the Palace were already gone, there was no reason for Xie Wanyun to not let her go.

As a result, the old lady did not reject her, and turned to Xie Wanqing: "Remember to report this matter to your parents after class."

The two hurriedly acknowledged.

Walking out of the madame's courtyard, the two headed for the academy.

Xie Wanqing was afraid that there was someone who informed the Concubine Fang about him and told him about Xie Huaixing's visit yesterday.

What Xie Wanyun wanted the most was to spread her reputation of being talented, knowledgeable, and rational. They were all sons of nobles and officials of the imperial court. Xie Wanyun had also reached the age to take a liking to them in a few years time, so going there would be good for him.

Xie Wanqing was still thinking whether someone would set a trap for him tomorrow, when Xie Wanyun had already come over and held her hand: "Little sister is already with Brother Huaixing, are you not going to tell big sister anything anymore?"

Tell you what?

Xie Wanqing scoffed in her heart, but she still could not lose decorum with Xie Wanyun, as she did not have the ability to contend with Concubine Fang. Therefore, I had no choice but to accompany him with a smile: "Big sister is speaking nonsense, Brother Huaixing said that we can climb trees to look for birds' nests at the Conference, I usually like to read books, I definitely don't like this. If I told you, you might even be angry."

"Is that so, Huey?"

"That's right! And sugar gourds and sugar men to eat! " Xie Wanqing had a look of yearning. Xie Huaixing did indeed say that, what's wrong with that?

Xie Wanyun didn't know the details of their conversation the day before, so she could only head back to Concubine Fang to verify it. Thinking back to Xie Wanqing's hard work in the past month, maybe it was really just a sudden whim, but it had now returned to its natural state. After all, in the past, Xie Wanqing hated reading books the most.

If that was the case, it was still a good thing for her.

"Brother Huaixin lied to you," she pointed at Xie Wanqing's nose. "The Clairvoyant meeting is not some fun place, it is filled with people like you who are talking about knowledge."

It would be best if Xie Wanqing listened to her and took the initiative to not go. At that time, not only would the Old Mistress be angry, Xie Huaixing would also not get close to her.