Wishful Things

"Oh? Why go to the yamen?"

Xia Han looked at her, his tone was still patient, but the smile in his eyes faded a lot.

Faced with such a pair of eyes that seemed to be the same as usual, for some reason, Mrs. Lu suddenly regretted mentioning this matter.

But it's already started, so I can only go on.

Moreover, her husband, who was determined to be considerate in her heart, would definitely not blame her - she would occasionally do something wrong on weekdays, and her husband would never be angry, not to mention that she was thinking of him this time.

Thinking in this way, Mrs. Lu gained enough confidence in her heart, looked at her husband and said, "I went to see that Xu Ying, and I wanted to persuade her to change her words in front of others, and return the second master's innocence... But who knows that she doesn't know how to repent. , refused to listen to advice."

Although the public opinion outside has changed, many people still hold a wait-and-see attitude because of Xu Ying's persistence.

She thought that the sooner Xu Ying could come forward to clarify the matter, the sooner she could eliminate the negative speculation in everyone's mouth.

"You went to see Xu Ying?"

Xia Han's tone was unconsciously a little cold, and he looked at her mockingly and puzzled.

Why didn't he usually notice that his wife likes to make her own decisions so much?

Besides, to persuade Xu Ying to change her mind?

Fortunately, she can think of such a stupid idea.

Seeing his eyes, Lu's heart felt uneasy, but she could only nod her head: "Yes..."

"Who allowed you to see her?"

Xia Han smiled inexplicably: "This matter will only be reviewed after the review, and everything will be revealed. How is it different from being a guilty conscience when you go to see her with so many things? In the eyes of outsiders, how will you view this matter? Have you ever thought about the troubles these might cause?"

"Second Master, I..."

Startled by his aggressive questioning, Mrs. Lu opened her mouth, unable to speak for a while, subconsciously took two steps back.

Xia Han approached her, her tall figure cast a shadow over her.

Lu grasped his sleeves slightly, feeling as if someone had strangled his throat.

Xia Han looked at her for a moment, and asked in a low voice with unclear emotions: "What did Xu Ying say to you?"

He has always been intolerable if someone dares to step beyond his boundaries to inquire about things that he doesn't want others to know.

"Wh... didn't say anything, she just said... wanted justice..." Lu's body was tense, and she didn't dare to mention Xu Su's matter with her husband at all.

Xia Han stared at her steadfastly, with condescending scrutiny in her eyes.

Lu Shi almost didn't dare to move.

She couldn't explain why she was so frightened, she knew that her husband was calm and not angry...

But it made her feel... the man in front of her at this moment was like two completely different people from the husband she knew!

"Second Master, what's the matter..."

Feeling that she was about to suffocate, Lu forced a smile, and mustered up the courage to ask.

The scrutiny in Xia Han's eyes slowly disappeared.

"It's nothing, it's just that I've been too tired for the past two days."

He originally thought that Xu Ying was rescued, and this incident could be easily corrected. As long as everything went according to his plan, this matter would not affect his life.

But today in the Hanlin Academy, he still endured too many veiled gazes.

For a long time, he divided his life into two, and on the surface, he did everything that the second son of the Xia family should do well. With no flaws, he has always received the respect and envy of everyone.

But secretly, he just wants to do what he really wants to do.

But now, this clear boundary was suddenly broken and confused!

This feeling of being out of control made him very irritable, and he couldn't even calm down and continue to do what the "Second Young Master of the Xia family" should do.

Especially now that he suddenly learned that even his always obedient wife started to make trouble for him out of cleverness, and she might even hear something from Xu Ying that she shouldn't know——

Everything seems to be spiraling out of control.

Xia Han's heart was full of emotions, but she seemed a little frightened when she saw the wife in front of her. She moved her gaze down and stayed for a moment on her swollen abdomen, then raised her hand to gently hold her shoulder, and smiled at her.

The smile is far from reaching the bottom of the eyes.

"Yao'er, these matters are handled by the government. You are still pregnant, why don't you just relax and take care of your body—be more obedient, okay?"

Lu Shi nodded as naturally as possible, as if everything would go on as usual.

She forced a smile, stretched out her hand to gently hold an arm of her husband: "Since the second master is tired, why don't I take care of the second master to rest earlier?"

Xia Han withdrew her arm and said, "Leave these things to the servant girl."

Lu Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly called the personal servant girl to come in and wait for him to change clothes.

After Xia Han took a rest, she went to sit outside and took the warm tea from the maid, only to realize that her fingers were trembling slightly.

After drinking all the tea, Lu's face gradually returned to normal.

But my heart became more and more confused, and Xu Ying's words kept echoing in my mind.

Why is her husband so upset because she went to see Xu Ying?

Do you just think she is troublesome?

Or...does he not want her to know about Xu Su?

She is not a person who can't rub the sand in her eyes, but her husband's abnormality is too obvious, not to mention... her husband's reaction tonight made her fully realize that she is most likely just Xu Su's substitute.

Can a substitute really last long?

Xu Su... Will he come back?

More and more thoughts caused Lu Shi to fall into great unwillingness and uneasiness.

No, she can't passively accept everything like this...

She must find out the cause and effect of Xu Su's matter before she can deal with it!

Mrs. Lu sat in the hall for a long time, and did not get up and leave the front hall until she was sure that her husband had fallen asleep.

The personal servant girl hurriedly followed, and said in a low voice: "Whenever young mistress will order the servants to do it..."

"No need, I can't sleep, go pick a few books to read in the second master's study."

Hearing this, the servant girl quickly stepped into the study and lit the lamp.

It was windy outside the room, and the maid closed the door.

Lu Shi pretended to pick up a few books and hugged them in his arms, but with the other hand, he quietly pushed open the hidden compartment behind the bookshelf.

This secret compartment was discovered by her earlier.

There is a box in there.

She thought that the box contained some secret letters and other things, but after opening it, she found that it was not the case...

At this time, she opened the box again with hands that were trembling because of nervousness.

Sure enough, that thing is still there...

After confirming, Mrs. Lu quickly closed the box and put it back to its original place.

She sat in the study and read the history books for half an hour, but there were very few words that she actually read.

Get up and put the book back to the original place, after Lu left the study, he confessed to the servant girl: "Don't mention to the second master that I have been to the study."

The servant girl didn't know why, but she immediately nodded in response.

The light in the study room behind him was extinguished, Lu looked back, and made up his mind.

Tomorrow, she is going to a place.

...

It was late at night.

Listening to the even snoring of the woman outside, Xu Ying closed her eyes and was about to fall asleep.

At this time, the sound of extremely light and fast footsteps came to his ears.

She opened her eyes suddenly, and subconsciously fumbled for the copper hairpin under the pillow.

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