Wishful Things

Thinking like this, Zhan Yunjiao hesitated and nodded lightly, and asked, "Then... how can I get to Xia's Mansion?"

Just now Zhou Wei seems to be saying that he wants to go there quietly, why is that? Why did Xia Xi want to see her?

And if she went secretly, if no one else knew that she had been there, would it be the same as... Even if something happened to her in the Xia family, no one would know?

Thinking of this, Zhan Yunjiao couldn't help shrinking back again.

Fortunately, Zhou Wei's next words barely convinced her——

"I've already thought about this when I came here, so I wronged Jiaojiao and you pretended to be my maidservant and accompanied me there."

The worst possibility that Zhan Yunjiao could think of, she naturally also imagined it. If Xia Xi really just wanted to vent her anger on someone, then she must not just watch Xia Xi go crazy - it's not that she has good intentions, but she just doesn't want to get involved in any trouble.

She is very clear about her purpose of getting close to Xia Xi, and she will not do things that are not worth the loss.

Zhan Yunjiao was relieved a lot.

Pretend to be a servant girl, let's pretend to be a servant girl, at least if you walk into the gate of Xia's family openly, you won't be unable to walk out under the blue sky and broad daylight.

Seeing her nodding, Zhou Wei asked the maid beside him to exchange dresses with Zhan Yunjiao.

Zhou Wei ordered the servant girl to stay here temporarily to take care of Zhan Yunjiao's sick mother.

On the way, seeing Zhan Yunjiao's uneasy expression, fearing that others might see it as too obvious, Zhou Wei comforted her again: "Don't worry, Fourth Miss Xia is actually a sensible person."

sensible?

What is clear is the truth of the underworld.

Thinking of what she saw the day before yesterday, Zhan Yunjiao couldn't help thinking.

But he could only nod, trying to make himself look relatively calm.

The carriage slowly drove towards the Xia Mansion.

After Zhan Yunjiao helped Zhou Kuo get off the carriage, she lowered her head all the way and followed Zhou Kuo to Xia Xi's courtyard.

Although Xia Xi was restrained, the guests were still able to see her.

Hearing that Zhou Wei was coming, she asked the servant girl to invite him in.

"Ah Xi, I specially brought you the hibiscus cake that you like to eat today." Zhou Wei said with a smile as soon as she came in.

Zhan Yunjiao, who was pretending to be a maid, stepped forward a little slowly, and put the food box on the small table beside Xia Xi.

Xia Xi looked up at her, and after a brief accident, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

Zhou Wei looked at the gentle and slow, but he was fast enough to get down to business.

"You all go out and guard." Xia Xi dismissed the servants who were waiting in the house.

Zhou Wei hurriedly said, "Ah Xi, I just saw that many flowers are blooming in your yard, why don't I fold some for you and put them in vases?"

It was because she vaguely guessed some of Xia Xi's plans that she didn't want to be involved - she didn't want to offend the girl from the Xu family, after all, the girl from the Xu family was not more kind than Xia Xi.

It is also useful to cover one's ears and steal one's bell sometimes. She doesn't listen to some things, and she can pretend she didn't know anything afterwards.

Xia Xi originally just wanted to find someone through her, but when she heard this, she nodded and sent someone to go.

As soon as Zhou Wei left, Zhan Yunjiao became more and more nervous, and the look of uneasiness was almost written on his face.

"You must be very curious, why would I want to see you?" Xia Xi sat in the chair, looking at the nervous girl standing there.

"Back then... I didn't know anything about my father and brother, but if Fourth Miss Xia still blames me, I will apologize to Miss Xia here." Zhan Yunjiao said in a low voice.

How can you blame her father and brother for that matter?

However, who made Xia's family remain the same as before? Even when her father was still there, she could only do so in front of Xia Xi.

The only difference is that at this time, she has more fear in her heart, and it can be said that she has no confidence at all.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Xia Xi sneered.

"Do you really think that I want to embarrass you for this matter? I don't have such a leisurely heart."

really not?

She vaguely remembered that Xu Mingyi said that this Miss Xia was like a person who was sick with idle mind, as long as she had some serious work to do, she would not be so sick.

But of course this cannot be said.

"Then I don't know why Miss Xia is looking for me?"

"I came here because I wanted to ask you something." Xia Xi took out two banknotes from the box beside her, put them on the tea table, tapped them lightly with her fingers, and said, "If I am satisfied with your answer, the banknotes will belong to you."

She was indeed annoyed by the Zhan family, but she could crush this kind of people to death with a flick of a finger, so she was not in a hurry.

Looking at the two bank notes, Zhan Yunjiao was a little moved.

She is really... very short of money.

"Miss Xia, but it's okay to ask."

Xia Xi looked at her: "I heard that you and Xu Mingyi have lived next to each other for many years, grew up together, and have a very good relationship?"

Hearing that she actually asked this, Zhan Yunjiao's eyes dodged for a moment.

These words are just big words she let out...

Seeing her expression, Xia Xi frowned slightly, and said in an unhappy tone, "What's wrong?"

Did she find the wrong person?

Zhan Yunjiao immediately sensed the key point of this problem, and immediately said: "It's nothing...but, that's all in the past."

She realized that she could never say that she was not familiar with Xu Ming.

And in addition to this, it is generally necessary to express a position in time——

Therefore, she then gritted her teeth and said, "I really treat her as a good friend, but who knows that adversity can tell the truth... After the accident in my family, the tribe took the opportunity to invade our house and drive my mother and I out. I begged her in front of her, but she refused to say a word for me and my mother... I think back when she was poisoned and fell ill, my mother copied scriptures for her and burned incense for her every day. But my mother has never seen her since she was ill. Showed more than half a time!"

Seeing that her demeanor did not seem to be fake, Xia Xi narrowed her eyes slightly.

It seems that Xu Mingyi has offended many people.

"According to this, you should also hate her, right?"

Hate it?

Zhan Yunjiao felt that there were indeed.

Especially now that she is down to this point, but the other party is still aloof and favored by others, Miss Xu from the Zhen Guogong Mansion——

Zhan Yunjiao didn't answer, but the expression on his face and his tightly pursed lips said everything.

Xia Xi sneered and asked: "Since that's the case, why don't you vent your anger for yourself and publicize her true face? Wouldn't it be a disadvantage to keep it in your heart?"

Zhan Yunjiao also smiled.

It's just that the smile is full of self-deprecation.

"I look like this now, what can I use to vent my anger?"

"That's true." Xia Xi looked at her and said, "However, I can give you a chance—"

The opportunity came too suddenly, Zhan Yunjiao's expression froze.

She also... doesn't really want this opportunity...

She said that these were not because she wanted to take revenge on Xu Mingyi, but to express her position. In the final analysis, they were all for making a living.

If you can't get enough to eat, how can you even think about it?

Besides, Xu Mingyi is not so easy to deal with, if not done well, this so-called opportunity will become a chance of reincarnation.

Zhan Yunjiao took another look at the two bank notes.

...can't do it.

Seeing her expression, Xia Xi's heart twitched.

What does it mean? Do you think she is not generous enough?

"Don't worry, after the matter is done, there will be more than that waiting for you." She added the bargaining chip temporarily without any trace, "And how can money alone be enough? You are no different from an orphan now. The most important thing is to find a good marriage, so that you can have someone to rely on for the rest of your life."

Zhan Yunjiao was stunned.

Marriage is her biggest concern now...

My sister and mother are hopeless, and those devoid of conscience, who came here a few days ago, deliberately forced her to be a concubine for an old man...

Sadly, after crying for a while, she actually had the idea of ​​​​compromising.

She really had enough of the life she had now, as long as she could live better than now, it didn't matter who she married, after all, she had no choice.

But Xia Xi's words at this time rekindled hope in her heart.

She was also a proud and arrogant person in the past, and she used to look down on the family her sister married into in every possible way——

"You don't have to worry about my breaking my promise." Xia Xi said: "My second brother did it all by himself, and my father has always been sensible. You might as well think about it, have you and your mother ever been embarrassed by my Xia family?"

Zhan Yunjiao shook her head slightly.

This is indeed not the case.

The people in the city were also preaching Xia Shoufu's righteousness to kill relatives at the beginning, and they never protected their parents and children.

"Since that's the case, it's not impossible for me to persuade my father to point out a marriage for you. Besides, your brother also left a good name after he threw himself into the river. You are also educated, good-looking, and understand filial piety. If my Xia family comes forward to act as a matchmaker for you, will you still worry about not being able to find a decent marriage? In this way, it can also achieve a good reputation for my Xia family. Why not do it?" Xia Xi tempted.

She is not a complete fool, but she has always been impulsive and irritable. In addition, she has developed an arrogant temperament since she was a child.

Zhan Yunjiao was obviously moved.

A good relationship...

And if the Xia family came forward, the other party would certainly not despise her in the future...

In just a short moment, she was about to fall into this beautiful fantasy.

She almost asked out of nowhere: "Then... what can I do?"

Xu Mingyi has always been defiant, even if he tells about his indifference to their mother and daughter, it probably won't stir up any splashes at all - after all, Xu Mingyi is not following the path of a moral model, and such a moral attack is tantamount to ineffective for her.

Xia Xi said, "Tell me about Xu Mingyi's weaknesses—"

Is it Xu Mingyi's weakness?

Zhan Yunjiao thought about it intently.

There was a long silence in the house.

"..."

Xia Xi secretly gritted her teeth.

"Why, is it hard to think?"

Could it be that she Xu Mingyi is an impregnable wall, so she doesn't have the slightest weakness?

Zhan Yunjiao's expression was a bit complicated.

She really couldn't think of Xu Mingyi's weakness for a while.

Moral attacks are ineffective, and you can't beat them...

but……

Thinking of something, Zhan Yunjiao's eyes suddenly flickered.

"I thought of one... In the past two years, there have been rumors in Beijing that Xu Mingyi is the number one beauty in the capital."

Xia Xi's eyes twitched.

She also heard this sentence from a maid in the mansion, so she slapped her across the face on the spot.

Xu Mingyi is the number one beauty? Why didn't she know that there were so many blind people in Beijing?

Besides, what kind of weakness is this? !

She frowned and looked at Zhan Yunjiao: "...you think you're very funny, don't you?"

"Miss Xia misunderstood..." Zhan Yunjiao said in a low voice, "It's just that Xu Mingyi is really famous now."

Xia Xi's eyes darkened when she heard the words "the good name is outside" she deliberately emphasized.

...

Four or five days passed in a blink of an eye.

It rained in the city last night, but it didn’t add too much coolness. The sun broke out this morning, and the branches and leaves soaked by the rain became greener, and the flowers bloomed more delicately and vigorously.

Cai Jin carried the food box in his hand, stepped on the wet path with embroidered shoes, and headed for Xu Yun's residence.

On the way, he met Xu Mingshi head-on.

The young boy was accompanied by a servant, who was still holding a book and a pencil case in his hand, obviously going to the study hall.

only--

Cai Jin looked at the big bird behind Xu Mingshi with complicated eyes.

Not long ago, she found out that this bird was domesticated, and most of the time it was with Mr. Xu, and when she thought about the fact that this bird had thrown bird feces into her room, she felt a little unable to look directly at this gentle-looking Mr. Xu.

Xu Mingshi already knew about this matter.

He was really wronged.

Who made Tianmu a bird with its own thoughts?

This is also the reason why he now goes to study together with his third eye - he doesn't want to delay the child.

After saluting with Cai Jin and parting, Xu Mingshi met another visitor in the front yard.

Seeing the wine in the hands of the maid behind the guest, Xu Mingshi sighed in his heart—did Princess Yufeng come to drink with Xu Mingyi again?

In this regard, he had some opinions in his mind before.

Once in a letter, he couldn't help mentioning something to Wu Shisun, but Wu Shisun replied roughly like this: If you want to drink some, drinking at home is better than drinking outside.

The moment he saw the reply, he couldn't help being a little surprised.

Is Wu Shisun, who seems to be arrogant, so good at comforting himself?

But he had to admit that thinking about it this way, he did feel comforted.

It even went a step further on this basis-it's okay to get drunk at home, so you don't have to go out and mess around.

Princess Yufeng came with wine and naturally stayed in Xiyuan for lunch.

After dinner, the two went to the garden to feed the fish.

The two girls were leaning against the vermilion corridor of the water pavilion, both wearing light gowns, one blue and the other white, with bright wrists and jade hands under the wide sleeves throwing fish food. The sunlight slantedly reflected in the pool water, sprinkled a piece of shimmering gold, hazy, and there was a breeze from time to time, making this world seem to be stained with drunkenness.

"Xu Zhaozhao, you look good with that Wu, do you still have correspondence now?"

Princess Yufeng asked in a low voice with a gossipy face.

During this period of time, she was only concerned with helping the victims, and when she got home, she had to deal with Xie Dingning and those restless men. She didn't spare her hands to care about her family's Xu Zhaozhao's relationship progress.

"This..." Xu Mingyi rested his chin in one hand and threw food into the pool with the other, with a bright smile in his slightly drunk eyes: "Of course there is."

Princess Yufeng was taken aback.

This situation is not right...

When she didn't know, did something happen that she didn't know?

Two chapters in one, thank you for your monthly pass, October is coming to an end, thank you for your company and support, in this book, we have been together from early summer to early winter, and now we have written 300 chapters.

May you all have a smooth new January.

Good night.

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