After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

There were soft whispers coming from the tent; the whispers between lovers always make people blush and their hearts beat faster.

After the Valley of Love, she seemed a little tired. She didn't say anything, but her tears silently wet his chest.

Xie Yunji lowered his head and heard her mutter: "How could you do this to me..."

"How could you lie to me and be so intimate with another woman?"

He hugged her tighter in the dark, listening to her suppressed crying, feeling heartbroken beyond words, and just kept saying, "I'm sorry, I will never do that again."

Even though he tried his best to keep his distance from Le Yi, he still hurt her.

He didn't expect her to be so sad and heartbroken.

When he first met her, she looked at him provocatively, cold and beautiful. Now she huddled into a small ball, crying and trembling in his arms.

He could feel Song Nihuan's love and attachment to him. This tender side of hers should have been reserved for Xie Tan, but was taken away by him.

He took a deep breath and told himself in his heart that he should cherish her more and not let her be so sad again.

When the east was already bright, Xie Yunji stood up, put on his still damp clothes, and kissed her forehead. "I have something to do at the Supervisory Office today, so I have to go there. When I'm done, I'll pick you up and take you back home later, okay?"

She thought about it and shook her head, "I don't want to go back yet."

He was startled, but did not force it, and said, "Okay, come back when you want to."

Song Nihuan didn't know why she didn't want to go back. In fact, she was no longer angry with Xie Yunji.

Looking back on the days in Xie's house now, it was a busy and uneasy feeling. It is hard to explain this feeling.

I don’t know if it’s because I feel uneasy that I keep myself busy, or if it’s because being busy gives me a false sense of security.

Madam Wei handed over the household affairs to her at that time because she was afraid that Xie Yunji would have nothing to do in the mansion when he went to Danzhou. Now that Xie Yunji is back and Madam Wei is young, it is a bit awkward to have two ladies in charge of the same mansion.

Although the Xie family had delicious food, it was not as comfortable as living in the mountains.

The petition submitted by Xiao Xuan was quickly approved by the emperor. He rode at full speed and returned to Yunjing just as the weather began to cool down.

After being away from Yunjing for nearly four years, the once wealthy and dazzling Yunjing has inexplicably become more solemn and murderous, with eunuchs riding tall horses and hurrying by on the streets.

Xiao Xuan's staff had been waiting outside the city early in the morning. After picking up their master, they informed him on the way about the great changes that had taken place in Yunjing in the past few days.

"Why are there so many Dongchang thugs?" Xiao Xuan asked as he looked at the group of people rushing past him, "What happened?"

Just as he finished speaking, many people were escorted out of the high gate beside the street. They were dressed in luxurious clothes and were obviously from official families, but now their faces were pale and they looked miserable.

“Your Highness, you don’t know that after the Second Prince got into trouble, the Emperor was furious and appointed the Supervisory Council to investigate many people who were involved in the incident. The East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard have been arresting people for several days and haven’t caught all of them yet…” the aide reined in his horse and whispered.

Before Xiao Xuan came back, he had thought that his father would be furious about this and that many people would be implicated, but he did not expect it to escalate to such an extent.

"Many of the officials who have been dismissed were related to the Wang family of Langya, and some are even relatives of the Wang family," said the aide.

Xiao Xuan looked solemn, and was stunned in his heart. Was this... using this incident to weaken the family and carry out a major reshuffle of officials?

It is paving the way for the crown prince.

He wanted to give the future new emperor a clear and bright world without being constrained by the entrenched descendants.

Xiao Xuan knew that his father had always been a decisive and ruthless person, but as time went by, everyone had forgotten how ruthless he was in the past. After he seized the throne, he implicated all the powerful officials who had supported him.

Although the emperor is old now, he is more ruthless than when he was young.

He even did not let go of the Wang family of Langya, who had supported him for twenty or thirty years.

This means that the candidate for the crown prince does not have a maternal family that can compete with the Wang family of Langya.

They are afraid that the Queen will become the Queen Mother and her own power will be the only one in power, so it is better to take advantage of this incident to suppress and weaken her now.

"Your Highness, someone has sent a gift to our mansion. The engagement letter of Lord Wang's second daughter was delivered to the mansion a few days ago." said the aide.

In recent years, Xiao Xuan's name has been linked with the Northern Frontier Army, and the Northern Frontier Army has become famous. Now that Xiao Huang has been demoted to a commoner and the Wang family of Langya has declined, it depends on the wind direction. Xiao Xuan, who has military merits, and Xiao Shen, the Sixth Prince who has been active in the imperial court in recent years, have become the popular candidates for the crown prince.

Everyone wants to have the merit of following the dragon.

Even the Prime Minister is no exception.

"Which Lord Wang? Lord Prime Minister Wang?" Xiao Xuan asked.

"Yes, Lord Wang's legitimate daughter was married to the then Second Prince Xiao Huang not long ago. She is so miserable now. She lives with Xiao Huang in the Lishan Palace... Every day I see them inseparable." The aide sighed, "Lord Wang is also a smart person. Since there was no hope for his eldest daughter, he sent his second daughter to you, Your Highness."

The Jinyiwei escorted a group of people past them. Some of the female relatives were crying, while others stood straight and behaved neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The people seemed to be used to it and watched and discussed it calmly.

Seeing the people's expressions of secrecy, Xiao Xuan asked, "Is the thing you mentioned in the secret letter true? My second brother actually has... a relationship with the hostage of the Poli Kingdom?"

Xiao Xuan was an honest man, and he couldn't bring himself to talk about the facts between men. He looked a little embarrassed and asked in confusion, "Why did it suddenly become like this? Isn't Pingjia Fuyu a playboy who gets along with everyone? And didn't Sister Leyi insist on marrying Xie Hanlin?"

The staff said, "Who can explain clearly what's going on between men and women? I really don't know the inside story. The palace keeps it very secret. Oh, by the way, Xie Hanlin is now also the Left Jindu Censor of the Supervisory Council, and he handles cases together with the East Factory. Many of the families investigated on this street were handled by him."

The noble figure of Xie Yunji flashed through Xiao Xuan's mind. He did not have a good impression of civil servants, thinking that they were sharp-tongued and always impeaching this and that. However, he felt that Xie Hanlin, who had won the top three places in the imperial examination, was a pretty good civil servant among the younger generation.

"Master Xie, can you still do the work of the Supervisory Council?" Xiao Xuan asked.

Such a gentle and gentle person.

His men were able to clean up and investigate the Wang family of Langya, who had been entrenched in Dazhao for hundreds of years.

You have to know that the relationships of Wang family of Langya are complicated and intertwined, and the officials of the same court are connected to each other. If you want to shake off this network of relationships, it requires extraordinary wisdom and decisiveness.

"Master Xie is no longer the same today." The staff sighed, "We all thought he was the Sixth Prince's man before, but Master Xie directly impeached the Sixth Prince for embezzling public funds from the canal, and he was jailed for several months to investigate the matter. He is truly a man of character."

Xiao Xuan recalled that in the past, Xie Yunji did have a very good relationship with Xiao Shen. When Princess Qinghe was still alive, Xie Yunji often followed his mother into the palace and would play in the palace of Xiao Shen's mother for the entire day.

Would such a friendship be like this?

If he is truly so selfless, then he can be called a loyal and pure minister.

At this time, the two of them happened to pass by Xie's mansion. A green carriage was parked outside the mansion. The coachman whipped the horse's butt and drove hurriedly away.

The staff sneered, "Your Highness, look, the person in the car is Xiao Xie. He is off duty now and is in a hurry to go up the mountain."

"Go up the mountain?" Xiao Xuan asked.

People always love to hear gossip like this and want to spread it by word of mouth. The staff quickly synchronized the information with Xiao Xuan:

"Your Highness, Master Xie went to Yuquan Mountain to look for his wife. Master Xie was locked up for several months a while ago and no one cared about him. It was his wife who beat the drum to report the matter to the emperor. Later, no one knew what happened, but his wife went to the mountain to practice. This made Master Xie very anxious. He ran between the Hanlin Academy, the Supervisory Council, and Yuquan Mountain every day, and he was getting tired and thin."

I just met Xie Yunji a few days ago. He has lost a lot of weight and looks quite pitiful. There is a bit of blue stubble on his chin from not having had time to shave, but he is still very elegant.

Xiao Xuan grew up in Yunjing and had seen all kinds of strange things. After hearing the report from his staff, he couldn't help but be surprised and exclaimed, "He is truly the most infatuated person."

The staff laughed loudly and said, "Who says it's not true? The noble ladies in Yunjing are regretting and slapping their thighs, hating themselves for not becoming Mrs. Xie."