The first ray of sunlight shone through the diamond-shaped window onto Song Nihuan's sleeping face.

Song Nihuan woke up and the burning sensation on her body had disappeared.

The young man sitting next to the bed fell asleep against the wall. Song Nihuan looked at him. He was still wearing his nightgown and there was a faint smell of earth on his body.

Did he go up the mountain to pick herbs for her?

Looking at the table again, the porcelain bottle had fallen over and was empty.

She didn't know that Xie Tan lost his mother when he was young and had no one to protect him. Although he was the son of Mr. Xie, he was not well received. Everyone in the mansion flattered the powerful and bullied the weak. Naturally, no one was willing to treat him when he was sick. Everyone pushed the blame on each other. As time went by, no one from the higher-ups investigated the matter, so it was fine. After all, it was common for a child to be lost due to a headache.

Over time, Xie Tan began to study medicine on his own. When he was sick, he would see a doctor by himself. He was not talkative to begin with, and he would plunge headfirst into the pharmacy. He often felt that touching the medicine was more effective than taking it.

Until now, he still has a bitter medicinal fragrance on his body.

Xie Tan's even breathing diluted the uneasiness in her heart.

After a night of tossing and turning, you must be extremely tired.

Song Nihuan got up quietly and carefully covered Xie Tan with a quilt. Then she closed the door and returned to her own yard before dawn.

The next day, in the Shuyushan room.

Shuyushanfang is Xie Yunji's inner study, located on a piece of Taihu stone. It is very quiet and elegant.

In Xie Yunji's jade-like hand was a coral-adorned earring. The coral was bright in color and the jade was smooth, and it was obviously a top-quality item at first glance.

This was selected by him personally for Song Nihuan.

"It was found on the path in front of the Tanyuan gate. The snow stopped early last night, so it wasn't buried. The maid picked it up and wanted to keep it for herself, but when she saw that it was not an ordinary item, and she was afraid that it would bring bad luck since it was in front of the Tanyuan gate, she handed it over." Xie Ming said in a low voice.

He has been with Xie Yunji since he was a child and understands his husband's feelings best.

This coral earring was carefully selected by my husband as a gift for my cousin, but he found it at the gate of the Tanyuan Courtyard... Let's not talk about whether my cousin was secretly having an affair with the second young master, just the fact that she locked the key and left the inner courtyard was already overstepping the boundaries.

The man in front of me is like the gentle breeze and bright moon, but his eyes are deep and turbulent.

After a moment, Xie Yunji's clear voice came: "Put it back in her dressing table, and don't mention it to anyone."

When I looked again, he had thrown the earring on the desk, holding the book in his hand, looking normal, as if the gloomy look just now was just an illusion.

On the other side, Wei Lianhua wiped her tears, changed her clothes, and walked out of the upper room.

The old woman beside her looked at her with pity but dared not say a word.

Yes, what can be said? The young lady has already married someone else. For a young lady born out of wedlock to marry into a prominent family like the Xie family and become the mistress of the household is already the best fate for her.

It's a pity that she married Mr. Xie instead of the handsome and elegant Young Master Xie.

Mr. Xie is old, but no matter how old a man is, he likes women in their twenties. Mr. Xie has many concubines in his room, and countless maids who have no title in the room.

However, she was just a maid after all. How could she be as pleasing to the eye as the young lady from Duke Wei’s mansion?

But the young lady is a concubine's daughter after all. If she were a real legitimate daughter, how could Master Xie let her do such a despicable thing.

It is quite interesting to see the usually dignified ladies from noble families acting seductively in brothels.

Wei Lianhua rinsed her mouth many times, but there was still a fishy smell of heather. She retched in nausea by the water.

He told her to swallow it, but she couldn't vomit anymore after vomiting for a long time.

She raised her eyes and saw candles lit in the night. Through the rippling lake waves, she saw Xie Yunji in the mountain house.

Perhaps it was because the heater was too hot, his shirt was slightly open, revealing half of his cold white chest. He was leaning his head to one side, drinking alone.

There seems to be a trace of sorrow between his brows, and his handsomeness is endearing.

Across the lake, his dashing and elegant posture is eye-catching.

The young second wife was stunned. She took a deep breath, her teeth seemed to be about to break. She lowered her voice and asked, "Doesn't the woman surnamed Jiang come to see him at night?"

"My cousin has never been to the young master's study," the old woman replied. She had grown up with the young lady since she was a child, so she could naturally see that her young lady was unwilling to accept it, so she comforted her, "Young lady, don't have any other thoughts. He is the eldest son of the Xie family and your son in name."

"How much older am I than him? How can he be my son?" Wei Lianhua said angrily, "That old man is not a human being, not a human being at all! Why should I be tortured by him? Why can that woman marry such a man!?"

The old woman wanted to persuade her again, but she saw a bright light in her eyes, the same light as that of her mother, the concubine who had established a firm foothold in the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Human nature is like this. What we worry about is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth.

If Xie Yunji could still maintain his noble demeanor, she wouldn't have felt so resentful for no reason.

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