Sorry, My Wife Has a Hole in Her Brain Chapter 9 Part 2

"Coo." The pigeon's cry was interrupted.

Su Wenqing turned around and saw a tall and handsome man in light blue wide-sleeved brocade casual clothes standing next to the moon gate with a faint smile on his lips. His clear starry eyes were smiling even before he spoke, which made people feel like it was very easy to get close to him.

And the white dove was held in his arms very obediently.

"I'm sorry, Pigeon is ignorant and rude to you, miss." The visitor nodded apologetically, his clean voice sounding like the clear mountain spring water.

Su Wenqing hurriedly shook his head, "Don't blame it. I was the one who was abrupt. I teased it without permission."

Xie Shian calmly touched the secret message tied to the pigeon's foot to confirm it. His smile was warm and friendly, "Miss, why are you here alone? Are you lost?"

Su Wenqing saw that this man had a gentle and elegant temperament and had a bit of the feeling of a modest gentleman and did not seem like a bad person.

"I guess so. I wonder if you know where the Wen family is?"

Xie Shian touched the white feathers of the carrier pigeon. Although he was not familiar with the third young miss of the Su family, he had seen her several times. The strange look that flashed across her eyes when she turned back just now seemed to be his mistake.

Xie Shian's expression remained unchanged, still with that elegant smile on his face, "The residences in Beishan Spring Banquet are divided into four parts: east, west, south, and north. The Wen family is in the west. Go west from here and you will see them through the woods."

He deliberately tried to test her: "I wonder what the young lady wants to do with the Wen family? Do you need me to take you there? I know the young master of the Wen family, so maybe I can help you."

Through the woods?? Su Wenqing's mind was completely occupied by these four words, and she didn't pay any attention to what Xie Shian said afterwards. It's not that she didn't see the woods, but she always turned back when she saw it. How can there be a woods in the middle of a residential area! The author is too thoughtful to make it easier for the hero and heroine to meet!!

Su Wenqing was crying in her heart, but she could only keep smiling on the surface, "Thank you for your kindness, sir."

Xie Shian sized up Su Wenqing without leaving any trace, and smiled politely and gently, "In this case, I will not delay you, miss. Be careful on your way."

After Su Wenqing bowed and thanked him using the new etiquette she had learned in the past few days, she walked towards the right path that she had passed by countless times with sad steps.

"Isn't that the third miss of the Su family?" An idle young man in a tea-white robe with silver thread trim came over. He had black hair tied casually behind his back, and his lazy eyes followed Xie Shian's gaze.

Xie Shian withdrew his thoughtful gaze and took the secret report off the pigeon's foot. "I didn't expect that the Fifth Prince, who has always been interested in prostitutes, also knows these ladies."

Xiao Yun didn't care about his teasing at all and laughed, "The Su family is one of the five great families in the Southern Dynasty. They have three daughters, and each of them is very popular. Even if I have no intention of becoming the emperor, I still have to know this common knowledge. Besides, that little girl has loved to follow my third brother since she was a child. It's hard for me not to know her."

"That's a pity." Xie Shian said calmly without any expression after releasing the pigeon.

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment, then he skillfully put his arm around Xie Shian's shoulders and exclaimed, "No way, our Master Xie has fallen in love? Oh! I can already imagine the scene of Anjing City being drowned in the tears of the girls."

Xie Shian took his hand off his shoulder indifferently, "The Su family is a support that the Third Prince must fight for, but if the Third Prince wants to get all the support from the Su family, he can only choose the Su family's di daughter."

"Tsk, what if my third brother is willing to give up the world for a beautiful woman?"

Xie Shian opened the secret report and said, "Don't go to the teahouse to listen to those ridiculous plays about princes and beauties. If you give up your power, you can't even protect yourself, let alone your family. Given the Third Prince's current situation, if he fails to ascend the throne, the only thing waiting for him is to be beheaded."

Xiao Yun said with disdain, "If those ladies from noble families knew that Mr. Xie's elegant and humorous appearance concealed such a rational and boring heart, I wonder how many ladies would be heartbroken."

"It doesn't matter. As long as I am the di son of the Xie family, I’m not worried about being alone for the rest of my life." Xie Shi'an added, "But it's a little hard to say for you. Most people wouldn't be willing to marry their daughters to a powerless prince. Not only is there no investment value, but it may also cause resentment from other princes."

Xiao Yun: ...

In order to continue the conversation, Xiao Yun chose to change the subject. He glanced at the note in Xie Shian's hand and said, "Is this a secret report from the north? Didn't the emperor suppress the proposal to use military force against the north? Are you still paying attention to this matter?"

Without even looking up, Xie Shian said, "The barbarians have been making more and more moves in the past two years. Sooner or later, the North and the South will go to war. It's better to be prepared in advance than to be caught off guard."

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "You passed the imperial examination and won the first place. After you left, the emperor once said to us that the Southern Dynasty could last for another hundred years with you. At that time, I was happy for you, but I thought that old man was blind. Now, you have been in the court for less than four years, and you have actually done something like this."

Xie Shian could hear the slight melancholy in Xiao Yun's joking tone. He put away the secret report and said seriously, "In terms of civil and military affairs, you are not inferior to anyone. If the Southern Dynasty was ruled by you, it would last for more than a hundred years."

Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly. "I am different from you. The Xie family is the first among the five great families in the Southern Dynasty. You are the di son of the Xie family. Even if you don't take sides, you are still the target of the princes' flattery and wooing. No matter which prince ascends to the throne in the end, you will be able to hold a high position and realize your ambitions."

"I was born into the royal family, and my mother was a princess of the previous dynasty, which put me in an awkward position. My status meant that I had no chance of becoming an emperor. Do you think any of my brothers would be able to tolerate a brother who was a threat to them?"

Every family has its own problems. Xie Shian did not offer any comfort but said pointedly: "If I met a wise ruler, I would be able to realize my ambitions. Now I am just muddling along."

Xiao Yun looked at Xie Shian deeply. They had known each other since childhood, and many things could be understood without being said explicitly. He patted Xie Shian on the shoulder and joked, "In fact, if I hadn't disguised myself so well over the years, based on our relationship, the Xie family would definitely be the primary target that the other royal brothers would want to eliminate."

Xie Shian was not interested in accompanying him in making meaningless assumptions. He asked, "Why did you come to see me?"

Xiao Yun then remembered the important matter, "Oh, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it. They said they wanted to go to the horse farm together and asked me to come and call you. Quick, quick, they must be scolding me. How did we get into this conversation? Yes, Third Miss Su, why were you two together?"

"I ran into her when I was looking for the pigeon. She asked how to get to the Wen family."

Xiao Yun looked at Xie Shian suspiciously, "It's not like you to talk for so long just to answer a direction."

 

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