After reading the letter, Xie Shuting's expression changed visibly, and even Li Shixian beside her couldn't help but frowned.

She had never seen Xie Shuting so angry before. After taking a curious glance at the letter, she also admired Xie Ningzhi's courage in her heart.

"Hmph!~"

Xie Shuting gnashed her teeth, crumpled up the letter she had just read, threw it on the ground, and said coldly, "He's playing tricks on me. It seems like he's using the word 'brother' to its fullest."

Seeing that Xie Shuting's aura was not right, Li Shixian also hurriedly said: "Hey! What do you want him to do about this matter? Should he confess to Lord Xie, or tell..."

"Why can't he just be honest? He dares to do it but not to admit it. When something goes wrong, he just wants to get me out. He wants to have the best of everything." Xie Shuting slammed the table angrily.

In just a moment, Xie Shuting seemed like a completely different person, and Xiyi subconsciously swallowed the words in her mouth.

Li Shixian knew that Xie Shuting was probably really angry at this moment. After all, the conspiracy in the letter just now was too obvious.

Given Xie Shuting's identity, it was impossible for her not to be angry, and as an outsider, Li Shixian was also worried about Xie Ningzhi who was thousands of miles away.

"Xie Ningzhi! You really think highly of me as your sister. I didn't expect you to let me go."

As Xie Shuting spoke, she frowned and looked at Xiyi, scaring the latter so much that he looked dazed and almost fell to the ground.

At this moment, Xie Shuting's aura was completely unlike that of a girl in the boudoir. She was like an unattainable nobleman standing on the jade steps, which made people speechless.

Li Shixian waved her folding fan awkwardly, as if trying to calm Xie Shuting down, and served her carefully.

At this moment, Xie Shuting realized that she had lost her composure a little. She calmed herself down a little, smoothed her sleeves and said, "Miss Xiyi! My brother is still young and has not experienced the world. Some of his arrogant actions are hard to predict, so you don't have to worry too much."

"Miss Xie is right." Xiyi agreed.

"Yeah!~"

Xie Shuting nodded approvingly, looked at the porcelain on the tea table, and said slowly: "Brewing tea, brewing tea, just one word, brewing. What kind of water makes what kind of tea, what kind of tea will taste like. Miss Xiyi, do you understand what I mean?"

Xiyi looked at Xie Shuting nervously and responded softly: "I...I know what to do now. Thank you very much for your guidance, Miss."

"Hey!~"

Li Shixian sighed and shook her head helplessly. She knew clearly that Xie Shuting would definitely help save Xiyi.

But unfortunately, the mistake was that Xie Ningzhi should not have plotted against Xie Shuting. After all, as the Queen of the Song Dynasty in her previous life, she had to scheme everywhere to survive.

And now, this plot actually came from her own relatives. How could the sensitive Xie Shuting let it go easily?

After Xie Shuting finished speaking, she did not stay any longer and stood up to leave Lanyuan. Just as she reached the door, her steps suddenly paused and she turned around to look at Xiyi.

As a woman, who would be willing to live a life in the dust? Xie Shuting's heart softened after all.

"I won't do what my brother asked me to do, but as compensation I can agree to one condition. Are you willing to leave Huanqing Building?"

"Thanks....."

Xiyi looked at the open middle door and quickly changed her words, "Sir, do you want to redeem me?"

"That's not a bad idea." Xie Shuting responded calmly.

After waiting for a while, Xiyi threw the letter into the stove. As a wisp of green smoke floated up, she bowed calmly and said, "I never wanted to enter the secular world. Now that my heart knot has been untied, I am just a lonely boat in the world of mortals. It's the same everywhere. Thank you very much, young master."

"Then I wish Miss Xiyi good luck in this world and find her true love. Goodbye." After saying this, Xie Shuting stroked her hands and hurriedly left with Li Shixian.

As soon as the two of them left the Celebration Building, they heard a mournful sound of a piano coming from the building, which led to thunderous applause and cheers from the inside.

"Huh!~"

Xie Shuting exhaled a breath, and her face once again showed the tranquility of the past, and she slowly watched the night view of Yizhou.

Li Shixian waved her folding fan, took a half step forward and walked side by side with Xie Shuting, and said calmly, "Did you figure it out?"

"You see it too?"

"Originally not, but you just left the Celebration Building and left behind a feeling of relief, which confirmed my suspicions."

"Oh!~"

Xie Shuting frowned and asked with a hint of doubt: "What did you confirm?"

"Ningzhi's heroic rescue of the beauty back then should have something to do with her. To be more precise, it should be her plan. His purpose was to use Ningzhi's identity to leave Huanqing Building, but..."

"But I just gave her a chance, and she refused it again, right!"

"Yes!" Li Shixian nodded.

Immediately! She waved her folding fan with interest, looked at Xie Shuting with a strange expression and asked, "How did you hear the loophole in her words?"

"What she said was right, and the story she told was true, but she shouldn't have hidden someone."

"Who?" Li Shixian asked hurriedly.

"Forsythia."

"Lian Qiao?" Li Shixian looked puzzled. It was obvious that she knew what role Lian Qiao played in this matter.

"When my brother was traveling, I told Lian Qiao to follow him closely. My brother did this, but Lian Qiao didn't send a message back. He must have received some news. I will know the details after I go back and ask Lian Qiao."

Li Shixian nodded, but at the same time, she suddenly became suspicious and asked, "Since you said what she said was true, why......"

"She is too ambitious. She is not seeking a position other than a concubine. With his talent and knowledge, it shouldn't be difficult for him to become a concubine of a scholar in a place like Huanqing Tower!"

Xie Shuting said this, then changed the subject and said with a smile: "If you were her, wouldn't you be jealous of the position of the legal wife?"

"It seems that she has investigated Brother Ningzhi."

"My brother is traveling to study, and he already has a few good friends in Yizhou. It's not difficult for her to find out some things from them, but the difficulty is that she can make my brother fall in love with her."

After Xie Shuting finished speaking, her eyes changed, revealing an undisguised murderous intent that caused Li Shixian, who was standing beside her, to shudder.

In the Celebration Building, Xiyi looked through the window at the two figures moving further and further away, and the silk handkerchief in her hand was twisted into a hemp rope.

"Miss!~" Cui'er said a little worriedly.

"Hey!~"

Xiyi let out a long breath, calmed herself down and said, "Go and tell Mammy to give me a sign!"

"Miss, aren't you going to wait for Master Ningzhi?"

"Wait, what are you waiting for? Today, Miss Xie has made her words so clear, and she has already taken the position, what am I waiting for?"

Seeing her young lady's slightly angry expression, Cui'er didn't dare to delay and left the Orchid Garden behind Fu Lu. She found the nanny and conveyed Xiyi's request.

That night, news spread from Huanqing Building that the courtesan Miss Xiyi, who had been suspended for three years, was accepting customers, which immediately attracted a large number of literati and elegant guests to flock to the building.

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