AWB Chapter 118 Gu Insects, Moving House
Chapter 118 Gu Insects, Moving House
Tu Jiaojiao looked at the brocade box in Xie Xiu's hand and subconsciously reached out to take it, asking, "Is this from your father?"
Unexpectedly, Xie Xiu dodged her hand and stopped her from touching the box: "Don't worry, Xie Yi brought this to me specially, and said it was a gift from my mother."
After saying that, he winked at Tu Jiaojiao.
Tu Jiaojiao immediately understood: "Okay, keep it for yourself."
Xie Xiu found a larger box, put the brocade box given by Xie Yi into it personally, and locked it.
"Okay, let's go. Father said there's no need to say goodbye to the old lady."
Tu Jiaojiao had no choice but to go. She snorted when she heard that, turned around to greet people and prepared to set off.
This time they will not only move the things away, but also take the servants away.
As for the beautiful maids that Chen Fang had deliberately sent, as well as the servants arranged by the mansion, Tu Jiaojiao did not take any of them with her, but only let them stay to look after Xiaoxiang Courtyard.
Not only were these people not sad about being abandoned, they were secretly very happy.
Although the Taoist priest was not a legitimate person and had been arrested by the government, they still felt it was better to believe it and no one was willing to continue to serve him in the other courtyard.
What if there really is some evil spirit that brings them bad luck all day long and kills them?
So these people stayed with great joy, and nodded one by one, saying that they would take good care of Xiaoxiang Courtyard.
However, as soon as Xie Xiu and the others left, these people immediately ran out of Xiaoxiang Courtyard and went to beg for help, hoping to be transferred to serve elsewhere.
At the same time, on the carriage.
Tu Jiaojiao hugged Xie Ying and whispered to Xie Xiu, "When you were away earlier, Xie You came and said that the old lady was very angry this time. She also said that she believed Yingying was definitely not an evil star. What do you think she wants to do?"
Xie Xiu smiled, not really caring: "She's just trying to win us over, so we'll just deal with it. We've moved out now, and if she's willing to help pass on information, we can return the favor."
Tu Jiaojiao sighed, "It's not easy for her, but we can't decide her marriage, so I'm afraid there's a limit to what we can do to help her."
Xie Xiu, however, was very open-minded: "Don't worry about it. There's only so much she can do to help us."
Ever since he found out what Xie Jia had done, he no longer had any warmth towards his half-sisters. Instead, he was always on guard against them stabbing him in the back.
Although Xie You is not Xie Jia, he does not want to gamble with the safety of himself and his family.
What's more, Xie You was trapped in the inner house and was a concubine's daughter. She herself had a hard time living and there was really little she could do to help him.
He has his own plans, but he won't count on Xie You, let alone treat him as an ally.
Xie You can only provide limited help, but there is a high probability that she will turn against us. Forming an alliance with her is tantamount to handing over your own handle.
So Xie Xiu simply played dumb, neither taking the initiative to make friends nor offending her. He just pretended that he had lost all his memories and Xie You was just a strange half-sister.
Xie Ying leaned in Tu Jiaojiao's arms, listening to their conversation, her eyes fixed on the bundle in Xie Xiu's hand.
She knew that the bundle contained the brocade box that Xie Xiu had brought back. The brocade box was placed inside a larger brocade box. The larger box was not only locked, but the gaps were also sealed with solidified wax. It could be said that it was quite cautious.
[Luckily, Dad didn't open the box, otherwise I would have been bitten by the poisonous insect.]
Xie Ying asked Xiangxiang to ambush under Chen Fang's bed and eavesdrop, and she indeed discovered the woman's secret!
She actually secretly had someone send the poisonous insects!
The Chen family actually has things like poisonous insects. I don’t know if the death of Concubine Jiang from illness, the sudden death of Emperor Taihe, and the new emperor being weak and sickly since childhood in the original book have anything to do with the poisonous insects.
There is a Southern Xinjiang Gu girl in the stud man's harem, but considering her age, she should still be a little girl now.
Xie Ying fell into deep thought, but Tu Jiaojiao and Xie Xiu were frightened by her inner voice and froze.
Tu Jiaojiao was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat, even her palms were wet with sweat.
It was not until Xie Xiu held her hand and silently comforted her that she was freed from the great fear she had just experienced and felt alive again.
But she also hated Chen Fang.
That woman has harmed Xie Xiu so many times, and today she slandered her daughter as an evil spirit!
But she still felt it was not enough and wanted to put a curse on Xie Xiu!
She really wanted to tear Chen Fang apart and let that vicious woman taste the feeling of being poisoned and having her stomach cut open alive!
Unfortunately, it’s not possible now.
Chen Fang is also Xie Xiu's stepmother. Unless they get evidence and completely expose her true identity, this filial piety will always weigh on them.
If they dare to be disobedient and unfilial, they will be condemned to eternal damnation!
We have to find a way to expose Chen Fang's true face and make her the target of public criticism.
Although Xie Xiu's storybook is useful, it is just a storybook after all. No matter how vicious the stepmother in it is, she is just a character in the storybook.
It must be known that the stepmother in the story is Chen Fang herself.
Tu Jiaojiao was thinking about something and refused to say a word.
It was not until the carriage arrived at the Tu family that Tu Jiaojiao suppressed all her thoughts, adjusted her expression, and prepared to meet her parents.
In the front yard, Tu Yong was teaching his subordinates boxing.
In the backyard, Liu Zhichun was instructing the embroiderer on her embroidery.
When Xie Xiu and Tu Jiaojiao knocked on the door and walked into the front yard with the children, everyone was stunned.
Tu Yong was the most surprised. He almost immediately wiped the sweat off his body with a handkerchief, put on his coat, and hurried forward: "Why did you come here so suddenly? You didn't even send someone to tell us in advance."
Xie Xiu and Tu Jiaojiao exchanged awkward glances, but Xie Rou said crisply, "Mom and Dad wanted to give Grandpa and Grandma a surprise, so they didn't tell us in advance. Grandpa, we're moving in here. Would you be unwelcome?"
"What? You guys want to move in?" Tu Yong was overjoyed, unable to suppress the smile on his face. "Why do you suddenly want to move in? Does that old bastard from the Xie family have any objections?"
Xie Tang immediately stepped forward and said indignantly, "He thinks his sister is a bad guy now and can't wait for us to move out. What can I object to?"
"What!" Tu Yong was immediately furious. "How could such a thing actually happen? When did this happen? Why didn't you send someone to tell us?"
He said the latter sentence while glaring at Xie Xiu and Tu Jiaojiao.
Xie Xiu quickly explained, "I only found out when I returned home this morning that something big happened at the Xie Mansion in the middle of the night yesterday.
The woman my father kept outside was almost burned to death last night when someone broke into their home and set fire to it.
She was terrified and asked the Black Kirin Guards who were patrolling nearby for help to send her and her four children to Xie's house.
Today, after my third and fourth brothers and I returned home from the Imperial College, my fourth brother, for some reason, kicked my five-year-old younger brother, who was born to a concubine, causing him to break his head and making my grandfather so angry that he fainted.
Later, after the imperial physician examined my grandfather, he said that he had suffered a stroke, was paralyzed on one side of his body, and could not speak.
Unexpectedly, the old woman who served my grandmother suddenly shouted loudly, saying that Yingying was an evil spirit, born with bad luck, and would bring misfortune to all relatives... My grandmother believed it, and later my father gave us a villa and asked us to move there to live for a while.
However, that villa was close to the outer city, too far from the Imperial College and Tang'er's private school, which was really inconvenient.
So we decided to move in with my parents-in-law first.”
Tu Yong's eyes widened when he heard this, and he immediately picked up the big sword he used for martial arts training. "How can they believe such nonsense? I'm going to seek justice from them right now!"
Unexpectedly, just as he took a step, he heard Liu Zhichun's stern shout: "Stop right there!"
Tu Yong shrank back in fear, and quickly turned around and smiled apologetically, "Madam, why did you come out?"
"Humph!" Liu Zhichun glared at him warningly, "Go in first!"
On the other side, Xie Yun learned that Xie Xiu had moved out and wrote a long article in the study.
After finishing writing, he felt relieved and was about to go and teach Xie Xin a lesson.
Unexpectedly, a servant suddenly came to report: "Master, bad news! The eldest young master has moved to his father-in-law's house!"
Xie Yunru was struck by lightning, his expression instantly twisted: "What did you say?"