When Mrs. Xu got off the steps, she smiled and said, "You, you two sisters are the same. As a sister, it is true that you should be a role model, but you can't be too serious, or you will scare your younger brothers and sisters."
Although Xie Mingdai had no feelings for Xie Mingrong, she still knew how to respect her elders, so she took the lead in catering a few words. The atmosphere became heated, and Mrs. Xu breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her table.
As soon as she left, the atmosphere on the table had not dissipated, and someone began to toast Xie Mingrong. Although the latter was serious, he always respected the etiquette and family rules. In this way, she would not be too dissatisfied with others on this grand day of family harmony, so she also gave
responded.
Xie Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her chopsticks and prepared to pick up a piece of meat and put it into her mouth. Ming Jin toasted Xie Mingrong as an eldest sister.
Xie Mingrong looked at her for a long time, and finally picked up the wine glass, but did not clink the glasses. He just said lightly: "Are you also a person who makes mistakes?"
Ming Jin lowered his eyes, "Everyone makes mistakes."
"That's right. Only if you are wrong can you prove that my choice is right."
Xie Mingrong's words were cold.
Everyone who was eating didn't dare to move their chopsticks for a while. Ming Jin squeezed the wine glass tightly and said softly: "Sometimes, right or wrong is not so important. I just hope that my sister will have an open mind and live a happy life."
"It's not important whether it's right or wrong, but at least it has to be proven. Four years ago, since I married into Zhongqin's house, there have been rumors that I, Xie Mingrong, covet your position in the Xie family and take advantage of you to leave the capital.
Stealing your fiance, do you think this is right or wrong?"
With a click, the chopsticks fell on the porcelain bowl. Xie Mingyue stared at the two women sitting facing each other in front of her with her mouth open.
Xie Mingdai raised her eyebrows fiercely.
Sure enough, she knew that these two women were not economical, and since the eldest brother-in-law came, Xie Mingjin and Xie Mingrong's reactions were different from ordinary people.
But when did Xie Mingjin get a fiancé again? Then he sent away a poor, grassroots, white-faced scholar who lived in a storybook!
Is this woman so popular?
But the atmosphere is really... hard to swallow.
Ever since he met Zhang Yong, Ming Jin knew that this would happen sooner or later, but he didn't expect Xie Mingrong to reveal it so directly, as if he didn't bother to spend more time to grudge her.
Looking at Xie Mingrong, Ming Jin said softly: "I think, if I had not left the capital and was the one who married certain people, then they would later say that I was obsessed with power, and that I had only set my sights on these years in order to win over the power of the court for my father.
The new talents who returned to Qinbo Mansion must be from the same group as the ones who talked about you, sister."
Xie Mingrong: “It’s not your style to just blame others.”
Ming Jin: "Even a saint would not first say that he is wrong when others say he is right or wrong."
Xie Mingrong: "You can blame others, like me."
Ming Jin: "First of all, I have no interest in this kind of natural match that others think is natural. It doesn't belong to me, and it can't be said to be taken away. Secondly, I don't think this is of any benefit to you."
Xie Mingrong: "Yes."
Ming Jin was startled, but saw Xie Mingrong take the initiative to touch the cup, "Four years ago you left, abandoned everything and left the Xie family. At that time, I told myself that I would become the most valuable daughter of the Xie family, which you were not willing to bear.
Yes, I can do it."
She drank it all in one gulp, then stared at Ming Jin with cold eyes, "But you are back again, as if nothing happened and everything is still there."
The cup fell on the table, and Xie Mingrong gave a rare smile, but his skin and flesh were like glacier relief.
"Xie Mingjin, I really envy you. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. There is always room for you."
"And I'm looking forward to whether you will choose to avoid or endure the family interests this time."
At that moment, Xie Mingyue felt that she had been too childish towards Xie Mingjin's attempts to compete for status.
Look at me, this eldest sister is a cruel person.
However... the atmosphere was so tense that Xie Mingyue almost couldn't help but want to spit out the braised pork stuck in her throat.
Finally, Ming Jin stood up, took the initiative to touch Xie Mingrong's empty glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Whatever Sister Rong wants me to do, I will do it naturally."
"In this way, sister Rong can finally forgive me."
"Although I don't know where I went wrong and I was asked to choose again, I still dare."
She came forward, her green silk shawl blew off, she spoke softly, and lowered her posture, just like when she was a child and took her to fly a kite in the yard, she couldn't fly, please, I can't fly, I don't want to fly, but I beg you, with such eager eyes
Such a pitiful appearance, even though as time goes by and everyone changes, she can still change her face when she needs to.
There is one trait in the Xie family that will never change - to achieve their goals, they will never give up, even if they may not resort to any means.
He is able to maintain a high profile while also being able to lower his head and stir up dust. This is Xie Mingjin.
And Xie Mingrong...she had the same reaction at that time.
Dark face, stiff body, glare.
He also glanced coldly at Xie Mingyue and the others who were looking at him like "three wild dogs looking at another wild dog eating meat buns."
Oh, there is also Xie Zhixiu who was just as angry as Mingjin and insisted on leaving the Xie family and abandoning everything without telling him the reason.
They are all affiliated with the Xie family. Mingjin's abandonment of the Xie family is the same as abandoning them.
But even if he decided to break off the relationship, he still couldn't calm down after seeing the scene before him.
Letters from home for many years are worth ten thousand yuan, but not as good as the big sister next door?
Xie Mingjin, you are too selfish in your treatment of others!
Xie Mingyue, who always thought she was Xie Mingjin's favorite and showed off to Xie Mingdai and Xie Zhipur every day, finally couldn't take it anymore.
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"Girl, the hangover soup is here, take a sip."
Ming Jin came back to her senses and took the decoction. The pungent smell made her feel less drunk. Usually Shaoyao would be concerned about what she had experienced, but she never mentioned what happened tonight. She probably understood that for the Xie family
Among these close relatives, my girl's mentality has always been tangled.
Since it's so confusing, why bring it up.
Anyway, I have bowed my head and coaxed my sister, can I still regret it?
Shaoyao couldn't help but want to laugh when she thought of the upright and stern Xie Mingrong, who was forced to overturn her wine glass by being so sweet and soft-spoken by her own girl after he took the initiative to break up in public.
Actually, girl
After drinking the decoction, the charming and intoxicating blush on her face seemed to be gone. Her eyebrows were half drunk and half awake, and she said softly: "Are the arrangements at Hua Xianglou ready?"
"Okay, the Tengu has released the surveillance and sent Huang's spies into Xiaoyu Pavilion."
Ming Jin nodded slightly and took off his thin nightgown, revealing the green gauze underneath that covered his ice-cold skin. He sat on the soft couch and looked at Shaoyao through the warm light from the golden crane lanterns on both sides.
"You said, for a person who has been fond of prostitutes since he was a child and killed many young girls of the common people, I let him go to the Supervisory Yuan on charges of treason out of thin air. If I am so bad, will I be punished by God?"
Shaoyao thought for a moment and replied: "God's punishment will not kill a fairy."
Ming Jin was startled, then he laughed, his laughter was like a silver bell, and he lay down on the warm quilt with the half-smoked smell of alcohol. Like a child, he blinked at Shaoyao and said, "Little Shaoyao, the fairy is going to sleep."
..."
She was drunk, and her drinking capacity was not good to begin with, but it had nothing to do with who or what happened tonight.
Strangely enough, before entering the capital, she was depressed, but when she came back, her mentality calmed down.
Perhaps this marriage contract gave her a little reminder, guiding her to pursue the secret that had been unknown four years ago - who her father was fighting with.
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The next day, invitations like snowflakes piled up on the desk. News of the confrontation between the two cavalrymen in Wuling County had already reached the capital. Xie Mingjin was both the still elegant daughter of the Xie family and the future princess. Now Xie Mingjin seemed to have returned to the peak of the past.
...
Of course it's not even close, like today's invitation.
Chapter completed!