Chapter 227: Clearing the relationship
Shen Jingxuan and Xie Lingxiao stood side by side in front of the door of Chen Mansion.
There were lanterns and decorations in front of Chen's house, and it was full of joy.
Looking at the people coming and going in front of the mansion, it seemed as if some festive occasion was being celebrated there.
Shen Jingxuan and Xie Lingxiao looked at each other and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.
The message clearly said that Xie Lingxiao's grandmother didn't have much time left, so why was the whole family celebrating now?
Xie Lingxiao pulled Shen Jingxuan towards the mansion gate.
The doorman smiled from ear to ear: "Do you two have an invitation?"
Shen Jingxuan was surprised: "Is there any happy event in the mansion?"
"Our master's birthday is, of course, a happy day." The doorman said proudly.
Hearing his words, Shen Jingxuan looked puzzled.
If this happened in other mansions, since the old lady was seriously ill, there would be no birthday party.
This not only made others laugh at it, but was also extremely disrespectful to the old lady.
Even the emperor in the capital city puts filial piety first, but I didn’t expect the Chen family to not care at all.
Xie Lingxiao looked grim, and pulled Shen Jingxuan forward.
The doorman stopped him and said, "You can't come in without an invitation."
"Why? Is it reasonable to refuse guests on your master's birthday?" Shen Jingxuan said.
"No, I just think you two are unfamiliar, so you are not allowed to enter the mansion."
Shen Jingxuan looked at Xie Lingxiao, wondering how he wanted to enter the mansion.
"Go and tell Xie Lingxiao to come to the mansion to pay his respects to the old lady." Xie Lingxiao said coldly.
Seeing the current situation, Xie Lingxiao was not sure whether the contents of the letter were true.
I don’t know if it was because the Chen family was holding a birthday party and they deliberately tricked him into attending.
If he was really deceived, the Chen family’s good days would be over.
There were hurried footsteps coming from the front. Looking ahead, I saw a group of people rushing towards the gate of the mansion.
They came to Xie Lingxiao and bowed, "Greetings, Lord Regent."
Shen Jingxuan looked at the people in front of her, whether they were family members from the mansion or those who came to attend the birthday banquet, they were all paying their respects here. She suddenly felt that this matter was definitely not as the letter said.
The old lady is seriously ill?
Maybe the old lady was really seriously ill, but other people’s minds were not on her.
I'm afraid she invited Xie Lingxiao to attend the birthday banquet in the name of the old lady to win face for the Chen family?
Xie Lingxiao had a gloomy face. He didn't look at the person in front of him and pulled Shen Jingxuan into the mansion.
Seeing his unfriendly expression, the people who were saluting behind him began to back off.
But there are always some exceptions in such a large crowd.
Just like a woman in the crowd, when she saw the faces of Shen Jingxuan and Xie Lingxiao, her soft and boneless hands clenched tighter and tighter.
If Shen Jingxuan looked back, she would recognize that this woman was the girl in purple who had just snatched the hairpin from her.
She looked at the two people holding hands tightly and walking away side by side. She bit her lower lip hard and her eyes gradually turned red.
After not seeing each other for several years, she did not recognize Xie Lingxiao in the jewelry shop.
Her tall figure flashed through her mind, and the purple-clothed girl felt secretly annoyed. Thinking of Shen Jingxuan, jealousy spread wildly in her heart.
Shen Jingxuan didn't know that she was hated again.
At this time, she and Xie Lingxiao had already arrived at the old lady's yard.
He ignored the guests attending the birthday banquet behind him, nor the maids and servants in front of him, and pulled Shen Jingxuan to the door.
The moment the door opened, a strong smell of medicine hit me in the face.
Shen Jingxuan smelled the smell of medicine in the room and frowned unconsciously.
It has been a long time since I opened the windows to let in some air. The smell of medicine in the room is even stronger than that in the pharmacy.
Xie Lingxiao came to the old lady and saw that she was pale and her eyes were closed.
There were so many maids in the yard just now, but no one was serving her.
He turned his head to look at Shen Jingxuan, and before he could speak, Shen Jingxuan stepped forward to take the old lady's pulse.
After a long time, Shen Jingxuan looked at Xie Lingxiao and shook her head slightly.
If it were any other illness, she could still help diagnose and treat it, but not the old lady.
She had been abused for who knows how long and her entire body became extremely skinny, like skin and bones.
Most importantly, her organs had stopped functioning and she was clearly at the end of her rope and wouldn't live for many more days.
Shen Jingxuan stood aside silently and swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
There were so many guests standing outside the door, she didn't know how to talk to Xie Lingxiao.
Seeing Shen Jingxuan's strangeness, Xie Lingxiao turned around and said, "Everyone, go away. The affairs of the Chen Mansion have nothing to do with me. You can continue to attend the birthday banquet in the front yard."
Such straightforward words made everyone suddenly realize that they seemed to have been deceived by the Chen family.
This was not what I said when I invited them to the birthday party.
They clearly said that they had a very good relationship with the Regent, which was why they were willing to bring expensive gifts to the banquet.
A group of people looked at the current Master Chen, but saw that he was evasive and didn't dare to look them in the eye.
People of high status and bad temper walked away in anger.
Seeing someone taking the lead, the others followed.
The Chen Mansion is no longer what it used to be.
In the past, when a queen emerged from their palace, they would naturally look up to her and come to curry favor with her.
Now there is no queen, and none of the younger generation in the Chen family is up to the task, and the family has long been in decline.
If they hadn't been deceived, they would never have had anything to do with the Chen Mansion.
The more they thought about it, the angrier they became. They all went to the place where the birthday gifts were placed, dug out their own gifts, and took them back.
The servant guarding the birthday gifts stepped forward to stop them, but was unable to do anything. He did not dare to force them to keep the gifts, so he had to let them leave.
When the servant saw that all the birthday gifts had been taken away, he hurried to the old lady's yard.
At this time, the old lady's yard was silent.
Mr. Chen stood there in fear without saying a word.
Xie Lingxiao looked around the house and saw that no one cared about his grandmother, which made him even more furious.
After my grandmother got married, she only had one child, my mother. The ones standing in front of me now were all born to other concubines.
"Just leave on your own and don't be an eyesore here." Xie Lingxiao said indifferently.
Looking at the group of profit-seeking villains in front of him, Xie Lingxiao didn't want to look at them any more.
They are really brave to want to use his name to help the Chen family turn things around and stop their decline.
If his grandmother had not become like this now, he wouldn't mind letting the Chen family become even more decadent.
When Mr. Chen heard what Xie Lingxiao said, his legs couldn't help but tremble.
He thought that Xie Lingxiao would take the old lady's presence into consideration and give him some face and complete the birthday banquet.
Even if the Chen family does not get support from other families at that time, at least the birthday gifts they send will be enough for the Chen family to splurge for a while.
Now, not only has he angered Xie Lingxiao, but he has also offended all the nobles in Ningcheng.
"Your Highness, you must be exhausted from the long journey. I'll have someone arrange a yard for you to rest." Mr. Chen tried hard to suppress the fear in his heart.
Xie Lingxiao looked at the bed and said, "No need, I have my own place to stay."
He didn't want to live in such a den of snakes and wolves, let alone with Shen Jingxuan.
He was even more unwilling to let Shen Jingxuan see their dirty side.
Shen Jingxuan looked outside the door and saw the person outside lowering his head, looking timid and frowning secretly.
If they were really so scared, they would not have used Xie Lingxiao's reputation to do such a thing.
If they were really afraid, how could they dare to treat the old lady so harshly.
Could it be that because they saw that Xie Lingxiao hadn't come for a long time, they thought the old lady was no longer important?
Shen Jingxuan looked at the people outside the door one by one, and a figure came into her sight.
Looking at the person who couldn't dodge in front of her, Shen Jingxuan became more and more confused.