After Wu Chen left, Xie Yuantang was still thinking about his last words.

A person who appears friendly on the outside but has poisonous fangs behind his back...

There are so many, which one is he talking about?

"Husband..."

Xie Yuantang turned around and was about to say something when he saw Situ Yan still holding the evidence, looking at it with difficulty.

Xie Yuantang smiled and moved closer to squeeze into a chair with him: "Husband, how can you not understand? I will explain it to you."

Situ Yan raised his head aggrievedly, his peach blossom eyes full of pity: "My wife, you should ask me how I can understand it..."

"Pfft~"

Xie Yuantang couldn't help laughing, took the thing from his hand and said, "What does it matter? I'll read it to my husband, and it will be considered as learning to read."

She read to him slowly and calmly in a soft voice, teaching him bit by bit what each word meant and what each piece of evidence was useful for.

It was not until Yan Mo came in that Xie Yuantang realized that it had darkened and she had only finished half of the "lesson" in her hand.

"What's wrong? Have Xie Kui and his men confessed?" Xie Yuantang asked.

Yan Mo nodded.

He had actually been standing outside for a while, and no one could have known how shocked he was when he saw the scene in the hall just now.

The only person who would do this in the past was Yan Guanqing, but that was a long, long time ago.

Yan Mo regained his composure, took a deep breath, and spoke in an increasingly respectful tone: "Princess Consort, Xie Kui and the other three have confessed that they came in the name of Madam Xie to steal the dowry back."

"Ah."

Xie Yuantang sneered, not surprised at all: "They are really smart to steal things in broad daylight."

"About this point..."

Yan Mo touched his nose and said, "Xie Kui said he did the opposite. He thought that everyone would think there would be thieves at night, so we must be on high alert at night. On the contrary, no one would notice during the day, so he came during the day."

When these words came out, Situ Yan was shocked: "Has he never thought about why thieves choose to act at night?"

Xie Yuantang shrugged, kicked his shoes and said, "I guess with his brain, he can't think of it."

Yan Mo asked: "What about now? Xie Kui said he has to be on duty tomorrow and begged us to let him go."

Xie Yuantang didn't care about Xie Kui's life or death. She smiled and turned to ask Situ Yan: "It's up to my husband to decide."

Situ Yan stroked his chin, thinking hard: "If I keep him, my wife's bad father will cause trouble, right? What if he goes to my father and my father is angry with me?"

"But I'm a little unhappy after letting it go."

He thought about it, and looked at Xie Yuantang and Yan Mo tentatively: "How about we tie him up and send him to the government? Just like Xie Xueyao, he did something bad, so he must be punished."

Yan Mo was stunned for a moment, and then his nose felt a little sour with surprise: "Your Highness is right, it's good to send the official, it's good to send the official!"

Xie Yuantang raised her little hand and rubbed his hair: "My husband is awesome!"

Situ Yan lowered her head shyly, her cheeks flushed.

Xie Yuantang smiled and told Yan Mo: "Go ahead and do it. By the way, remember to put big-character posters on them. It would be best if it could let people know at a glance what stupid things they have done."

"Yes."

After Yan Mo left, Xie Yuantang lowered his head and sniffed his clothes, and his nose wrinkled immediately: "Sister Hongqiu, I want to take a bath."

Hong Qi smiled and said, "I know your habits, Princess, and I have prepared them for you and His Highness."

Xie Yuantang stood up and went back to his room with Situ Yan to take a shower.

Half an hour later, when Xie Yuantang came out again, he saw Hong Qi coming over with an invitation. He couldn't help but ask in confusion, "What is this?"

Hong Qi said, "It was sent by someone from the Grand Princess's residence, saying that the residence will hold a lotus viewing banquet tomorrow and invites you and His Highness to go together."

"Sister Royal?"

Situ Yan, who just came in, heard this and frowned, saying, "I'm not going."

Xie Yuantang looked at him with amusement: "Why not go?"

Situ Yan frowned and said, "I don't like it. She asked me to go to those banquets before, but every time I went, many people looked at me. I didn't like it there."

Xie Yuantang took the invitation and turned it over in his hands, seeming to be thinking about something.

When the eldest princess Situ Qing came back from hunting, Xie Yuantang actually thought about visiting her.

After all, from what Situ Ya heard, Situ Qing was very caring towards her husband, and the two siblings were very close.

But what she didn't expect was that when she submitted the invitation, the other party actually rejected it.

He said that he was not fully recovered yet and it was not good to pass on the illness to them, so he disappeared.

Although this excuse was reasonable, Xie Yuantang always felt that something was odd.

Combining what Wu Chen said before he left today and Situ Yan's attitude, she now looked at the invitation in her hand and felt that the invitation somehow had some bad intentions.

Situ Yan turned around and asked, "Madam, shall we go tomorrow?"

Xie Yuantang raised his eyebrows: "Go, she has invited so many people. If we don't go, others might think that you are really seriously ill."

What a coincidence! Situ Yan fell ill yesterday, so she started posting invitations in a hurry today and deliberately invited so many people.

Xie Yuantang had a cold smile on his face and threw the invitation on the table: "No matter what her plan is, we'll know tomorrow."

She is now only afraid that the enemy will not show up, and she is so happy that she cannot contain herself when the enemy comes to her on their own initiative.

The next day.

Because Xie Yuantang and Situ Yan were both overexerted, they woke up late.

Fortunately, when the emperor came yesterday, Xie Yuantang asked for leave in advance, so they don’t have to go to school for the next few days.

After dinner, Xie Yuantang and Situ Yan went into the study.

This study was originally used by Situ Yan. Although he could not read or write, there were many necessary study tools and books in the study.

However, ever since Xie Yuantang moved into the prince's mansion, the layout of the study has changed.

It is divided into two parts in the middle and separated by a screen.

On one side is where Situ Yan practices calligraphy and reads, and on the other side is where Xie Yuantang "does research".

At this moment, Xie Yuantang was tinkering in his own small cubicle.

When Hongqiu came to call them, she just stretched herself and put all the test tubes on the table into the space research room before Situ Yan came over.

"Ma'am, we're leaving."

Situ Yan came over and saw the warm jade in Xie Yuantang's hand. He blinked and said, "Isn't this the one given by my sixth brother?"

"Yes."

Xie Yuantang smiled and handed the jade to him: "I did something with it, you can smell it, smell the small hole on it."

Situ Yan obediently followed her instructions and moved closer to Wen Yu's front and took a deep breath.

then--

"yue!"

"It stinks... Ugh!"

Situ Yan almost threw Wen Yu out, and while retching, he asked Xie Yuantang: "Madam, did you add rotten eggs? Or did you pour shit into it?"

How can it be so smelly...unprecedented in history?

Xie Yuantang rolled his eyes at him and tied the jade pendant around his waist: "What do you know? Wear it well. Next time you have a headache, smell it hard and you won't get it again."

Situ Yan stared at her movements in a daze. There were some blood spots on her little hands. He knew without hesitation that she was injured while making this for him.

Suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, Situ Yan pursed his lips and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you, my lady."

Xie Yuantang smiled and held him back: "Let's go, if I'm not mistaken, we'll have fun again today."

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