Noble Lady

today.

He Minzhi and Sun Ping'an made an appointment to meet at the bookstore.

That place is where many scholars go, whether they are students from other places or local scholars from Shengjing. It is a good place to study and will not arouse suspicion from others.

He Minzhi is now much more cautious in his actions. He is afraid that if he rashly meets Sun Ping'an, it will attract the attention of the Marquis' Mansion. So he waits until Sun Ping'an has lived in the capital for a few days and has not aroused suspicion from others before making an appointment to meet him.

However, they didn't know that their whereabouts had long been secretly monitored, and their every move was under surveillance.

Sun Ping'an saw a young man dressed in gold and silver sitting in the agreed position. He was arrogant and looked down on others.

He then knew that the other person was He Hanlin, He Minzhi, whom he wanted to kill on the street.

"Sir He, I've heard a lot about you." Sun Ping'an walked over warmly and bowed to the other party.

"You have to say something, but don't say it." The other person just glanced at him lightly from the corner of his eye without even looking at him.

Sun Pingan: "Uh..."

It was He Minzhi himself who wrote the letter asking him to come to Beijing, so why did he have this attitude?

But then I thought, the other party is a Hanlin, and his father and grandfather are also Hanlin. There are three Hanlin in one family, and the family has a scholarly tradition and a clean family. It is natural for him to be a little arrogant.

Don’t those people in the Marquis’ Mansion also have their eyes on top of their heads and order him around like a servant?

After convincing himself, Sun Ping'an put on a little smile and went to greet him.

"Master He, is this the place to talk?"

He felt that if he acted more cautiously, the other party would recognize that he was a cautious person.

Unexpectedly, the other party only glanced at him and said coldly: "If you are afraid of trouble, you can turn around and leave now. I guarantee that nothing will be implicated on your head."

How can that work?

He came all the way back to Shengjing just to pull the daughter of the marquis's family down from the altar and let the world know that she was just a fickle slut and not at all the chaste and innocent woman she claimed to be.

If he returns empty-handed, then his trip would have been in vain.

Sun Pingan said decisively, "I was overthinking it, Lord He, please don't blame me."

"Ah."

Although the other party's attitude towards him was cold, and there was some contempt in his words, they finally reached a consensus -

"We must not let Xue Chenyu live too comfortably. We must make sure the world knows her true identity as a slut."

……

The carriage entered the city and parted ways with Du Jingyuan at the intersection, and Xue Chenyu returned to the Marquis' Mansion.

The winter solstice has passed and the days are getting longer, so it is not dark yet at this time.

But Mrs. Xue had already sent someone to inform her to have dinner.

Xue Chenyu agreed and went to take a shower and change clothes.

After running around outside all day, I was exhausted. Taking a hot bath, all the fatigue disappeared and I felt like I was finally alive.

Yuzhu helped her change clothes and comb her hair, then went out.

"Miss, Suying sent a message that He Minzhi went to see Sun Ping'an." Xia He came back from outside in a hurry.

Xue Chenyu was talking to Yuzhu. When she heard what she said, she squatted down and asked, "Where is Su Ying?"

"Still waiting in the annex."

Xue Chenyu: "Let her come over."

Soon, Xia He brought Su Ying over, and Xue Chenyu was already seated.

"This servant has seen the young lady."

"No need to be so polite." Xue Chenyu raised her hand. "What's going on with He Minzhi and Sun Ping'an? Please be brief."

Su Ying obviously also thought that Xue Chenyu would have such an idea, so she said concisely, "He Minzhi went to see Sun Ping'an, but he went down according to your instructions."

As she spoke, Su Ying's expression grew serious again. "They all plan to find a few storytellers and spread the news about the girl and Sun Ping'an's relationship during the New Year."

"I see...."

Xue Chenyu pondered for a moment, "Chinese New Year is coming soon. It's so hard for our family to get together and celebrate the New Year. I don't want a stink bug to ruin my mood."

Then he looked at Xia He and asked, "Is there any legal and compliant method to make him stay quiet for a few days?"

"Yes, of course!" Xia He blurted out without thinking, "Leave this matter to me."

"Then please."

Xia He happily agreed. ...

Afterwards, Xue Chenyu went to the front to have dinner with Madam Xue, Xue Luoyan and Xue Huai.

Marquis Xue came back halfway through the meal.

He didn't even have time to go back to his room to tidy up. He just washed his face and sat down at the table.

"Father."

Xue Chenyu and her two siblings all stood up to greet him.

Marquis Xue quickly put down his hand and said, "We don't have to be so polite when we eat together."

Madam Xue also smiled and pushed a bowl of hot soup in front of Marquis Xue. "My Lord, this is the pork belly and black chicken soup I just made today. It's good for your stomach. Drink it while it's hot."

"Thank you, madam." Marquis Xue said in a loud voice, then picked up the hot soup prepared by Madam Xue for him and drank it all in a few gulps.

"Lord, please go slowly. There is still plenty of soup."

"It's okay, it's okay. Hot soup tastes good, and after drinking it, I feel warm all over." Xue Hou smacked his lips, still savoring the taste.

In fact, he drank it too quickly and couldn't taste anything at all.

Mrs. Xue saw through it but didn't say anything, and gave him some more soup.

Xue Chenyu couldn't help but expose him, "Father, you are just like a cow chewing a peony. You are wasting my mother's kindness."

Luoluo added, "That's right. In order to make this pot of soup, mother personally went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients in the morning, and she personally watched the fire all day, for fear that the servants wouldn't be diligent enough and wouldn't let you taste such an authentic soup."

Xue Huai added weakly, "That's right, a cow chewing a peony."

Marquis Xue glanced at Xue Huai, then turned to Madam Xue and apologized, "I'm sorry, Madam. I know you have good intentions, but next time, please let the servants do this kind of hard work."

"You're the only one doing all the housework. What if you get exhausted?"

Xue Chenyu's three siblings: Hey, the sour smell of an old couple~~~

Only Madam Xue pushed the soup bowl back towards him without changing her expression. "I didn't make this soup just for you, but the way you're drinking it, I'm afraid you might not be able to taste it, at least not the flavor, but get sick from the burns."

Marquis Xue scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

Who could have known that this victorious general who had been dominating the border for twenty years would be like this at home?

The family chatted and laughed, and then continued to eat.

"By the way, Dad, isn't it the Little New Year? At this time of year in previous years, Your Majesty should have stopped writing. Why is he still so busy this year?" Xue Chenyu asked puzzledly.

Marquis Xue swallowed the large piece of meat in his mouth and then said, "The drought in the south this year is quite serious. If the prince had not gone to Lingnan early and intervened early, and if you had not taken timely action, I am afraid tens of thousands of people would have died."

"News has arrived these past two days about the snowstorm in the north. Therefore, Your Majesty dares not postpone some matters until next year, and has therefore postponed the closing of this article."

"Snowstorm?"

This was something Xue Chenyu had never heard of in her previous life.

Before she was reborn, she had never heard of any snow disaster in the north.

Marquis Xue briefly explained that the two northernmost counties of Dasheng had experienced a sudden and unprecedented heavy snowfall, which had frozen countless cattle, sheep and livestock to death. The Northern Di took the opportunity to harass the border, and the commander-in-chief of the northern border had already led his troops to fight the enemy.

"Ah?" Luo Luo said dejectedly, "Doesn't that mean many more people will die?"

This time she accompanied her elder sister to the south and had witnessed many separations and deaths.

I still feel sad when I think about it.

"Don't worry, Luoluo, the court will find a way." Xue Huai comforted her.

Xue Luoyan puffed out her cheeks and said, "They have no rice to eat, I want to give them all my rice. As for clothes, I don't need to make new clothes, can I give them my clothes?"

The adults present were all moved by the little girl's sincerity.

"Luoluo, be good. Now that we know about this, sister and mother will definitely take care of it." Xue Chenyu patted her head, "But you can definitely make one less new dress."

Luoluo nodded repeatedly. Seeing that she was about to cry, she would agree to not make one less new dress, let alone not making new clothes next year.