The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Xie Lin returned her gaze with a gentle and serious expression.

"Thank you, sir. Now that you are an official of the imperial court, you need to go among the people and issue imperial loans. I think you will definitely get to know a lot of people in the process. If possible, I hope you can take the lead in recruiting more talented people and people with lofty ideals before the Third Prince and his wife, so that when they return, there will be no one left to recruit."

There was a hint of cunning in Chu Heyi's serious tone.

Xie Lin's eyes were filled with a faint smile, and he agreed: "Okay."

"Besides, your Xie family is rich enough to rival a country. You must be very good at making money. I also hope that you can suppress the Third Prince's wife in this matter. If we suppress them in terms of talents and money, they won't be able to stir up any trouble."

Xie Lin smiled: "We?"

Chu Heyi's eyes flashed and her cheeks felt slightly hot, but this did not stop her from "quibbling".

“Think about it, if I hadn’t come to the Xie family’s gate and asked you to severely punish your nephew Xie Shaobai when he harmed my eldest brother, your Xie family would have been implicated because of him.

"There was also the Osmanthus Bureau led by the Third Prince's wife, the Salt and Iron Plan, and this incident. Which time did we not work together to overcome difficulties and win the final victory?

"Our Chu and Xie families have long been tied together. If we join forces, we will surely be invincible. Does Lord Xie want to fight alone? This is not a smart choice."

She spoke in a light-hearted manner, but her palms were slightly sweaty.

"That's right. A smart person should choose to rely on the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to protect himself and his family."

Chu Heyi felt that there was a hint of smile in Xie Lin's tone, but it was not very obvious and it was difficult to confirm.

But she still couldn't help asking, "Is Master Xie making fun of me?"

"No." Xie Lin said seriously: "I am willing to join forces with Miss Heyi. I will pay attention to what you said."

"Then Master Xie, please don't regret it. We will have a very long way to go together in the future."

Xie Lin paused and replied solemnly: "Yes."

Chu Heyi spread his hands: "That's the situation. I've almost finished what I said. Do you have anything to add?"

Chu Ren was the first to answer: "No, my sister has taken care of everything. We will do our best to face the risks in the future together."

The Second Lady also agreed: "What Heyi said is very good. The next step is to pull out the people sent by the Prime Minister and the Queen to see if they are in danger. You must always be on guard against them. After all, the Prime Minister and the Queen are hostile to you, so you must be careful with the people they send."

Chu Heyi laughed: "Second Mother's words make it sound like they are mules or horses. We'll know if they are mules or horses after we take them out for a walk."

Chu Ren also laughed: "It seems that this is not wrong."

The atmosphere was cheerful for a while.

Seeing that it was almost time, the Second Madam invited them to have dinner. Chu Ren naturally couldn't go as he was injured and couldn't get out of bed.

As for Xie Lin, this was his first time eating at someone else's home, something he had never experienced in the past twenty-two years of his life.

There are many members of the Chu family, and those who stay in Shengjing City are basically all women, and they are all young. However, they basically all sit at the table, and it is lively and lively, with people talking and laughing.

Xie Lin sat among them and suddenly realized that although there were many members of the Xie family, there had never been such a harmonious atmosphere.

During the Chinese New Year and other holidays, the whole family always gets together to eat, but everyone has their own thoughts, and even though it’s lively, there is an invisible barrier between them, and they can’t really get close to each other, and there is no love that comes from the heart.

Although the Chu sisters kept a distance from him and seemed a little restrained in front of him, Xie Lin could still feel their gentleness, purity and kindness.

He ate a bit too much at this meal.

When I said goodbye, I felt a little bloated in my stomach, but it wasn't uncomfortable. Instead, I had a vague sense of satisfaction.

It was already late, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Chu Heyi said: "I'll take you there!"

She stood up and walked in front. Xie Lin lagged behind her and looked at her slender back.

He also recalled the scene yesterday when the Queen ordered his execution and Chu Heyi stood in front of him without hesitation. At that time, he looked at her from behind and saw her thin back, which revealed silent determination.

At that moment, he was in a trance.

...Just like now.

Walking out of the front hall door, Chu Heyi slowed down and walked shoulder to shoulder with him.

The night was as dark as ink, with street lights from far and near shining dimly and the surroundings quiet.

If they turned their heads they could see each other, but they never did.

Wangshan was waiting in the carriage.

Chu Heyi saw the carriage in front of him, so he stopped under the eaves and looked up at Xie Lin: "Master Xie, you are going to be an official in the court, can your body bear it?"

Her eyes were concerned and filled with worry that was difficult to conceal.

Xie Lin was stunned for a moment, and answered her: "I will be fine."

This sentence, like wind and snow, blew into Chu Heyi's heart, making her feel that the scene at this moment overlapped with her previous life.

Because in the last three years of his previous life, Xie Lin lied to her, "I will be fine," in order to reassure her.

But he did not get better in the end. In the tenth year, in order to die together with Dongfang Shuo and others, he led his men to the snowy mountains and worked himself to the point of vomiting blood. In the end, in order to protect her, he was pierced by a sword and died in the snow.

At that time she was worried...

She was worried that the endless snow and wind would freeze him to death - even though he was already dead, she still had that worry.

She wanted to hold Xie Lin in her arms and warm him with her body temperature, as if this way his cold body could be warmed up again.

——Uncontrollable delusion.

"I wasn't born with a weak body." Xie Lin's clear voice sounded again.

Chu Heyi stared at him blankly, and suddenly remembered that he had said the same thing to her in his previous life, which overturned what he had said to her in this life - he was born weak and sickly.

"You told me before that you were born weak and sickly. What you said now is completely different."

Xie Lin's eyes seemed to be filled with mist: "When I said that to you, I didn't know that someone wanted to kill me regardless of the consequences."

His voice seemed to come from the distant snow-capped mountains, carrying with it endless pain and coldness. Chu Heyi immediately held his hand.

Xie Lin looked over suddenly.

Chu Heyi was completely unaware of how inappropriate his behavior was, and only cared about comforting him: "Thank you, sir, you always have me."

Xie Lin looked at her steadily and didn't speak for a long time.

Before this, he had never realized how powerful a woman was. Only at this moment did he suddenly realize how powerful a woman was. She could help him avoid risks, block the invisible sword that was coming towards him, and even hold his hand and say "You always have me"!

In an instant, the feeling of desolation in his heart was completely driven away.

On the way back to Xie's house, he was sitting in the carriage with the corners of his lips unconsciously raised. After he realized it, he forced himself to suppress it.

He unconsciously rubbed his palm, as if the soft touch and slight warmth when Chu Heyi held him were still there...

He soon realized what was going on and quickly put his hand aside, lifted the car curtain and pretended to look at the scenery outside.

It was rare for him to be in such a good mood, and his body seemed to be wrapped in a spring breeze.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to Xie's house and entered his own courtyard, he saw Nanny Ji coming out from inside: "Third Master, the old lady has been waiting for you in the house for a long time."

The gentle look on Xie Lin's face disappeared instantly.

He walked inside.

It was already late at night, and his mother, who was still waiting for him in the house, had an expression as dark as the night, and her eyes swept towards him like blades, as if they were not mother and son, but enemies.

"Kneel down!" the old lady scolded.

After a slight pause, Xie Lin did not kneel down, but looked at his mother.

The old lady angrily scolded: "Before your father died, he handed over the huge Xie family to you to manage. You didn't even say hello to me and went straight to the court to serve as an official? Are you going to abandon the Xie family? Are you doing this to your dead father? Kneel down!"

Xie Lin looked at her coldly, without a trace of warmth.

“Whether we are looking at the past dynasty or the present dynasty, everyone regards serving as an official in the court as a way to bring honor to the family and ancestors. If the father is still alive, he will definitely be happy for his son.

"A merchant family is always inferior to a family of power. But when her son cleared all obstacles and rose to prominence, her mother was not proud of her son, but ashamed of him. This was really inconceivable to her son."

Xie Lin walked forward, closing the distance between him and the old lady.

He bent down so that his eyes were level with his mother's, but his gaze was like an icy halberd, pointing directly at his mother.

"May I ask, mother, are you reacting this way because your son is not your biological son?"