EBE Chapter 135 Things are not simple
Chapter 135 Things are not simple
The rear residence of Prince Yan's Mansion.
After Xia Xiaoying coaxed her two daughters to sleep, she came to talk to Xia Xiaorou.
She told Xia Xiaorou the news she heard.
"Xiao Rou, King Yan doesn't look like what the legend says. He wants to help our family become ordinary!" Xia Xiaoying said excitedly.
Xia Xiaorou frowned slightly, "Sister, do you feel that things are not simple?"
"What's not simple?" Xia Xiaoying couldn't figure it out.
"The reason why the Duke of Anguo is so powerful is because the Queen Mother secretly supports him. But this time, the Queen Mother's favorite Wen Xiashu was imprisoned and was about to be beheaded, but the Queen Mother did not save her. She only arranged for someone to attend the trial at the Dali Temple, and then there was no follow-up. This is totally unreasonable."
Xia Xiaoying opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Ah? Is there another reason? What could it be?"
"I don't know either, let's wait and see." Xia Xiaorou said.
Xia Xiaoying sighed, "No matter what, King Yan helped our family, we have to thank him." She took Xia Xiaorou's hand, "Don't be so cold and indifferent."
Xia Xiaorou curled the corners of her lips, "I know."
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In the evening, Yan Heng came to the back hall to see Xia Xiaorou.
Xia Xiaorou was holding the child and talking to two wet nurses.
When the wet nurses saw Yan Heng coming, they immediately stood up and bowed, wanting to take the child away.
Yan Heng waved his hand and asked them to leave. He took the child from Xia Xiaorou and held him in his arms.
Holding the child in one hand and Xia Xiaorou in the other, "It's a nice day today, let's go out for a walk."
Xia Xiaorou glanced at the child and said, "The child is still young. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to carry him out."
"Isn't he asleep? Is there any inconvenience?" Yan Heng didn't allow them to separate. She freed one hand and took Xia Xiaorou out.
Xia Xiaorou also discovered that Yan Heng did not bring her wet nurse and Zhu Yun.
Her scalp tightened. Was she asked to take care of the child?
Of course she would take care of her own child, but what if Yan Heng discovered the flaw?
Yan Heng took Xia Xiaorou and her son to an old house in a carriage.
When she saw the words "Xia Mansion" written on the shabby door lintel, she became excited.
This is……
Her real home is the residence of her father, Xia Hanlin.
Yan Heng nodded to Tian Zhen who was driving the coach.
Tian Zhen opened the door of the mansion, and Xia Xiaorou couldn't wait to walk in.
Same as the Duke of Wei’s Mansion.
In the Xia Mansion, apart from the fact that the house was a little older, there were no weeds on the ground, and the windows and doors were not dilapidated.
In the flower beds, osmanthus and chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and the dilapidated house is filled with the fragrance of flowers.
"Sheng'er, come and get to know your grandparents." Yan Heng held the sleeping Yan Sheng in his arms and pointed to various places in the Xia Mansion.
Xia Xiaorou's heart was in her throat. What did Yan Heng mean by this?
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After Wen Xiashu was convicted by the Dali Temple, Duke Anguo hurried into the palace.
Queen Mother Ji did not allow anyone to stop him and let him enter the palace.
"Empress Dowager, you have to save Xia Shu. She was framed. She didn't kill anyone, nor did she harm anyone. Prince Yan actually threw a noble lady from the Duke's Mansion into jail for a country woman. This is unreasonable and a contempt of the law, Empress Dowager." Duke Anguo cried sadly.
Queen Mother Ji suppressed her disdain and looked at Duke Anguo, "I can save Xia Shu, but she has to die."
Duke Anguo opened his eyes wide, "Empress Dowager..., what do you mean? I don't understand."
Empress Dowager Ji said calmly, "Find a death row prisoner to take the punishment for Xia Shu, and then find her another identity and send her out of the capital."
Duke Anguo felt sorry for his daughter losing her status as the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion, but he had no choice but to agree to this arrangement in order to save his life. "Thank you, Queen Mother."
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After Xia Xiaorou came to the capital, she had to do almost nothing. She just looked after the children and talked to Xia Xiaoying at home every day. Just half a month later, Yan Heng told her that the grievances of Weiguo Mansion and Xia Hanlin had been cleared.
Her and Xia Xiaoying's identities were restored.
Xia Xiaorou opened her eyes wide, not knowing how to express her feelings for a moment.
That made it clear, and she didn't do anything about it.
"My dear..." Xia Xiaorou looked at Yan Heng, "Thank you very much."
Yan Heng embraced her and said, "I hope you can call me husband."
In the past, Xia Xiaorou always felt inferior and thought she was not worthy of Yan Heng. She was afraid that people in the capital would despise and look down on her just because she was a village woman.
However, after she came to the capital, she never saw anyone looking down on her, because she had always lived in Yan Heng's mansion. Even if people in the capital wanted to look down on her, they could not find her.
"Husband." Xia Xiaorou took the initiative to hold her hand.
Yan Heng sneered, "Not enthusiastic at all."
Xia Xiaorou looked embarrassed, "In broad daylight..."
Yan Heng's voice was hoarse, and he pulled her into the back hall, "We are an old couple, why are you still so reserved?"
Xia Xiaorou, "..."
Are they already an old married couple?
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That afternoon, someone from the palace came and read out the imperial edict, restoring the honorary status of the Weiguo Mansion and the Xia Mansion.
Xia Xiaorou held the imperial edict in her hand, laughing silently in her heart. It had been nineteen years, and the person was dead, and the imperial edict was only issued after that?
However, Xia Xiaoying was very excited and hugged Xia Xiaorou and cried, "Xiaorou, we are finally innocent."
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Two days later, Wen Xiashu was pushed to the execution ground.
Many high-ranking officials in the capital sent their servants to watch.
Xia Xiaorou personally took a carriage and rushed to the execution ground.
But when she arrived, the execution had already been completed.
The Wen family sent people to the execution ground to carry away Wen Xiashu's body.
Xia Xiaorou only saw a pool of blood.
"Madam Xia, the person has been punished. No young lady from the Wen family will come to trouble you anymore." Zhu Yun said, looking at the bloodstains on the ground.
Xia Xiaorou looked around the execution ground and said, "Zhu Yun, I always thought that the Anguo Mansion could hold up the sky with one hand, but I didn't expect that they were just a paper tiger."
Zhu Yun smiled and said, "That's because of the prince. With our prince here, the Yun Ruwen family will never bully Xia Zi."
Xia Xiaorou glanced at her and said nothing, just nodded, "Go back."
Zhuyun's performance is not as smart as before.
Could there be something else that she didn't know?
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A month later, Yan Heng and Xia Xiaorou held their wedding.
Another month later, Yansheng had been alive for a hundred days.
Yan Heng held a lively hundred-day banquet for Yan Sheng in the mansion.
Although the room was full of guests and everyone was flattering and trying to please Betty, they were talking about Xia Xiaorou and the child.
"Is the prince crazy? He actually held a hundred-day banquet for his adopted son and even designated him as the eldest son!"
"What's this? Didn't you see how the prince treated that village woman as his sweetheart? The child was picked up by the village woman, and the prince of Yan loved the woman so much that he designated the child as his eldest son."
"Shh, stop calling her a village woman. She is the granddaughter of Duke Weiguo and the daughter of Hanlin Xia!" someone said.
"So what? She grew up in the village and married a man once. How can she compare with those of us who grew up in the capital?"
Everyone looked at each other, becoming more and more jealous of Xia Xiaorou's good luck.
"In a few days, she will probably cry and beg us for help." Someone said with a smile.
"Oh? Is something going to happen?" Everyone looked at the young woman. The war in the north was tense and on the verge of breaking out. The emperor wanted to appoint the Prince of Yan as the commander-in-chief. If he was the commander-in-chief, Xia would have to help stabilize the morale of the army and raise military supplies. Did she have the ability to do so?