Chapter 123 Men's Fight
If the Queen was implicated, there must be a reason, otherwise the Queen would not have chosen to sacrifice the help of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion in exchange for his father's life.
Xie Lingxiao pulled her to sit down: "Don't get excited, I'm still investigating. I was afraid you would get anxious, so I informed you in advance."
"Okay." Shen Jingxuan responded and stopped talking.
Xie Lingxiao told her that when the secret guards were gathering information, they heard the Queen talking to others about what happened that year, and they only vaguely heard them talking about the confrontation and Shen Jianan's name.
When he wanted to continue probing, a noise came from the side hall, interrupting their conversation. The secret guard had no choice but to leave early.
The night is quiet, the night sky is clear, the stars are shining, and the moon rises slowly, moving forward in the blue sky, like a small boat floating on the calm water.
Xie Lingxiao pulled the dazed Shen Jingxuan and walked slowly in the night. The shadows of the two people were stretched very long, as if they were about to merge together.
After he sent Shen Jingxuan back to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, he watched the candles in the room go out, then turned around and hurried back to the Regent's Mansion.
Tonight's meals must be carefully checked. If Shen Jingxuan didn't know about poisons, the consequences would be disastrous.
He will never let the person who poisoned him go, and will make him pay the price.
In the early morning, heavy rain poured down. The sky was filled with moist mist, which set off the morning light and shrouded the entire yard in a veil. The raindrops hit the window tirelessly, making a dull sound.
Shen Jingxuan gently opened the window, and cool, moist air immediately poured into the room, filled with the scent of flowers and plants.
The rain seemed to be tireless and continued to fall without stopping for a moment, but even so, it did not affect some people's travel.
Shen Jinghuan had been staying at home these days. Today, she finally got the chance to leave the house. Despite the heavy rain outside, she got on the carriage and returned to Shen Jiande's house.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Shen Jiande holding his only son and coaxing him softly. Liu Xue was sitting beside him with a gentle smile on her face.
Only Sun sat next to them with a bad look on her face. She seemed like an outsider, disrupting the warm life of the family.
"Mom, I'm back." Shen Jinghuan walked lightly to sit next to Sun.
Sun's eyes were red: "Huan'er, you are back."
Before she could finish her next words, Shen Jiande glanced at the two of them angrily, pulled Liu Xue away.
Ever since he witnessed the ruthlessness of Shen Jinghuan and Sun in the yamen, Shen Jiande has never shown any good face to them.
Since they didn't care about his life or death that day, he was too lazy to pay attention to them anymore. If they really didn't want to, they could leave and he would never stop them.
But Shen Jiande didn't know that no matter how he tried to drive Sun away, she would not agree, even if it meant divorce.
"Mom, where is my sister?" Shen Jinghuan ignored Shen Jiande's question.
The reason she went out this time was to seek Shen Jingyue's help, so she had to come back to see her.
Sun saw what she was thinking and said quickly, "In her room."
Knowing that Shen Jingyue was in the room, Shen Jinghuan no longer paid attention to Sun and got up to look for Shen Jingyue.
"Sister, why don't you go out for a walk? Why are you staying in the house?" Shen Jinghuan said.
Shen Jingyue was doing what she was doing, and she smiled softly, "Where can we go in this weather?"
She also wanted to go out, but it was raining so hard that even if she went out, she couldn't go far before her clothes got soaked.
Shen Jinghuan took Shen Jingyue's hand and walked out: "Sister, I'll take you somewhere."
Shen Jingyue had no choice but to drop what she was holding and follow her out. The two of them walked all the way to the private room in Zuiyue Tower.
She stood by the window of the private room on the second floor, watching the pedestrians hurrying by outside and the raindrops splashing on the ground.
At this time, a carriage stopped in front of Zuiyue Tower. A man got off the carriage. He was wrapped tightly. Shen Jingyue recognized him as the Regent Xie Lingxiao at a glance.
As soon as Xie Lingxiao's feet touched the ground, he turned around and helped a woman land. He carefully pulled the hem of her skirt, as if he was afraid that the rain would wet her clothes.
"Shen Jingxuan?" Shen Jinghuan stood next to Shen Jingyue and spoke.
Shen Jingyue looked at Shen Jinghuan in disbelief: "You said she is Shen Jingxuan?"
Her brows were tightly furrowed, not understanding why Xie Lingxiao, who was not interested in women, would be so nice to Shen Jingxuan.
Not only can you get close to him, but you can also receive his considerate care.
Shen Jinghuan was not mistaken, this person was Shen Jingxuan.
At noon, the rain still hadn't stopped. She was anxious to give the silver to Yun Qingmo as soon as possible, so she sent someone to the Regent's Palace to ask whether Xie Lingxiao was coming.
She wanted to bring Yun Qingmo to thank him in person. After all, he had helped her and Yun Qingmo a lot.
To her surprise, the messenger brought back Xie Lingxiao's words, asking her to wait for him in the mansion and he would come to pick her up later.
It was still the private room from last night. When they arrived at the room, Yun Qingmo was already waiting there.
Shen Jingxuan broke free from Xie Lingxiao's hand and walked quickly towards Yun Qingmo: "Amo."
When Xie Lingxiao heard her affectionate address, he felt a little uncomfortable. He thought it was just the two of them, but he didn't expect her to call Yun Qingmo.
"Axuan, it's raining so hard, why do you have to go out today?" Yun Qingmo said, bending down and patting Shen Jingxuan's clothes.
"Look at you, your clothes are all wet, what should you do if you catch a cold?"
Shen Jingxuan hurriedly pulled him up: "Okay, it's not that wet, I'll let you see someone."
She took Yun Qingmo's arm and came to sit next to Xie Lingxiao, and Yun Qingmo sat next to her.
"This is Regent Xie Lingxiao. I called you here so that you can thank him with me." Shen Jingxuan said.
She told Yun Qingmo about how Xie Lingxiao helped sell gold and silver jewelry in exchange for silver. Yun Qingmo was shocked for a moment after hearing this.
He stood up and bowed to Xie Lingxiao: "Thank you, Regent."
Yun Qingmo found it hard to imagine how powerful one could be to sell all the gold, silver and jewelry in just one day.
"It's okay," Xie Lingxiao said calmly.
The room full of gold, silver and jewelry was actually still in the Regent's Palace, and the banknotes given to Shen Jingxuan were all the banknotes in the palace.
He was worried that Shen Jingxuan would be anxious, so he sent it in a hurry, but he never expected that Shen Jingxuan actually gave the banknote to Yun Qingmo.
The three of them could have chatted freely when they met each other, but they didn't expect to have nothing to say when they got together. It was not until the steward brought the dishes that the awkwardness was broken. Shen Jingxuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
What she didn't expect was that the things that would embarrass her were still to come and had just begun.
After the steward left, everyone started to eat. Yun Qingmo picked up the chopsticks, picked up Shen Jingxuan's favorite dishes and put them into her bowl.
Xie Lingxiao was a step slower in handing over the dish. When he saw the dish in Shen Jingxuan's bowl, his chopsticks stopped in front of her for a moment, not knowing what to do.
But his expression was surprisingly ugly. Only close people would pass food to each other, but Yun Qingmo didn't care about that at all.