Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

The second batch of relief grain would not arrive for another month, but Xie Junyi said that the court had an urgent summons and he had to rush back to the capital first.

He left behind a guard to wait for relief food and then left early.

Meng Xiyue naturally followed him and left.

With his consent, Meng Xiyue took Qianxiang with her. The two of them grew up together. Although they were master and servant, they were no different from sisters.

Asaka had also said that if she wanted to travel around the world with him, she would of course take him with her.

On the day she left Qingyun City, she couldn't help crying as she looked at all the Meng family members who came to see her off.

I don’t know when we will meet again after this separation.

"If you don't want to follow me..."

Before Xie Junyi could finish his words, Meng Xiyue interrupted him, "Let's go."

As the carriage gradually moved away from Qingyun City, her mood slowly calmed down.

Thinking about the sea and mountains that she was about to see, she couldn't help but look forward to it.

But in the end, she didn't see what she expected. Xie Junyi had the emperor's order and was in a hurry to go to the capital, without stopping along the way.

Finally, Meng Xiyue was kept in a farm ten miles away from the capital.

"I have to go to the palace first. You stay here and wait for me."

After leaving these words, he headed towards the capital.

Meng Xiyue looked in the direction of the capital not far away, frowned slightly, and couldn't help but wonder why he left her outside the city.

It can't be that he has a wife and doesn't dare to bring himself to Beijing.

If this was true, she would go to the capital and ask that man for 20,000 taels of silver to redeem herself, and she would never have any more entanglement with him.

Thinking about the half-month journey from Qingyun City to the capital, although he was busy on the road, he took good care of her and did not let her suffer at all.

The two of them rode on the same horse, and he had never ordered her around, nor had he ever treated her as a maid. Thinking of this, Meng Xiyue blushed.

She tried to sober herself up and not be fooled by his appearance.

If he ignores his lovely wife at home and has affairs with me outside, then he is a scumbag.

What’s the difference between him and her father in her previous life? If he likes her today, he will like someone else tomorrow.

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.

Meng Xiyue didn't wait for Xie Junyi until she fell asleep.

In a daze, she suddenly fell into a warm embrace.

She was about to scream when a familiar cold fragrance entered her nose and she relaxed all over.

"Why are you back so late?"

"The one who embezzled the relief grain from Qingyun City was the Minister of Personnel. He took half of the relief grain for himself. He knew that I had found out about Li Youtian in Qingyun City, and was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he wanted to make a complaint first, and he entangled with him in front of the emperor for a long time."

He said it lightly, but Meng Xiyue knew that this would definitely be a thrilling debate.

The Minister of Personnel is the head of the six ministries. It is not easy to bring him down.

He didn't let himself go to Beijing, probably because he was afraid that if he failed, he would be implicated.

"Is that all resolved?"

"It's solved. The evidence is irrefutable. He can't deny it."

What he didn't say was that the Shangshu was just a scapegoat, and the one who was truly corrupt and committed abuse of power was the eldest prince, but he couldn't touch that man.

"I'll take you to Beijing tomorrow, okay?"

Feeling the warmth in his arms, Xie Junyi felt very relieved.

"Do you have any wives or concubines in your house?"

Meng Xiyue pulled the quilt and looked at him anxiously with her watery eyes.

Xie Junyi felt a burning sensation in his heart and couldn't help but kiss her on the forehead.

"No, I... am a clean official. I don't even have a concubine."

After saying this, Xie Junyi couldn't help but blushing. Because of this incident, he was often teased by his friends. Everyone said that he was living the life of a monk.

"Then is there any wife who is already engaged but not married yet?"

"No."

A dark light flashed through Xie Junyi's heart, but he deliberately ignored it.

He teased, "Why, now to be a maid I have to investigate the master's situation first?"

Meng Xiyue blushed and retorted, "How can a master not stay in her own room and come to my maid's room?"

The two of them did not express their thoughts, but they both understood that after all, no one would really spend 20,000 taels to buy a maid for themselves.

"You don't look like a maid at all. It's obvious that I'm the one serving you along the way."

Xie Junyi felt that the maid he bought was really spoiled, like a proud kitten, who would throw tantrums at him whenever she was not satisfied.

He still needs to be coaxed, but he is willing to be coaxed.

"Then I can't be a maid, you can teach me in the future, and we can serve each other."

Meng Xiyue thought, as the governor, he would travel to many places, and the two of them would be traveling together in the future, so wouldn't they have to take care of each other?

"I can't bear to let you take care of me."

Xie Junyi hugged Meng Xiyue tightly and fell asleep unknowingly.

The next morning, when Meng Xiyue woke up, Xie Junyi was gone.

"Asaka?"

"Miss, wake up. Breakfast is ready. The master is waiting for you."

She was relieved to hear that Xie Junyi did not leave.

After dinner, Xie Junyi took Meng Xiyue into the capital.

As the carriage slowly drove into the capital, the voices of the people talking and hawking could be heard.

Meng Xiyue couldn't help but open the curtain and wanted to look outside, but Xie Junyi grabbed her hand fiercely.

"what happened?"

“Be aware of the impact.”

She just wanted to look outside, what was the impact? Meng Xiyue didn't know why he reacted so strongly.

But she still said coquettishly, "This is my first time in the capital, I want to have a good look, but I can't see anything sitting in this sedan."

"No."

"My Lord, that's the best. Let's go down and take a walk. I'll buy you something delicious."

Does he need her to spend money? Xie Junyi was speechless, but facing Meng Xiyue's coquettishness, he finally chose to compromise.

"Then you wear a veil."

"it is good."

Meng Xiyue nodded hurriedly.

I got off the carriage and looked at the pavilions and buildings on the street, as well as the various hawking stalls along the street. It was much more lively than Qingyun City.

“There are sugar paintings.”

Meng Xiyue likes painting and has a special liking for sugar painting. She even specially learned this craft in the past.

But she didn't see it in Qingyun City, and thought it didn't exist in this world.

"What do you want?"

Meng Xiyue looked at the old man at the stall, who was making sugar paintings seriously.

But the craftsmanship is really average, and the paintings are just simple patterns.

"Old man, can I draw one myself?"

"what?"

The old man looked up and saw that it was a young girl. He smiled and said, "This sugar painting is not as simple as you think. It is different from your usual calligraphy and painting."

"Yue'er, just ask the boss to draw whatever you want."

Xie Junyi said that he had tried sugar painting before, but the result was horrible.

As the old man said, this is a skill that requires long-term practice.

"Just let me try."

Meng Xiyue hasn't tried it for a long time and she's really itching to try it.