During the second half of the spring banquet, Tan Ting invited Miao to accompany Xiang Yi.

Miao has a happy temperament, but is also timid and not very scheming. Although she doesn't look like a qualified clan wife, she can't help but feel good about her.

Like most people at the Spring Banquet, she didn't know Mrs. Lin's plan, and naturally she didn't know what happened to Xiang Yi. She just chatted and laughed with Xiang Yi, talking about the first time she met Miss Cheng. Thinking of such outstanding temperament, he also said that the two ladies of the Li family in Huaichuan looked very unhappy for some reason and returned home in the middle of the banquet.

Leaving early at a crowded banquet will inevitably attract attention and speculation.

It was precisely because of this that Tan Ting endured his displeasure and Tong Xiangyi said that they would go home as soon as the banquet was over.

Miao chatted some words with Xiang Yi. Seeing that Xiang Yi had a gentle and approachable temperament and that, like herself, she was the daughter of a noble family, she couldn't help but talk to her about some of her own affairs.

"If my eldest uncle hadn't said that there is no way to repay him for saving his life, and he must give his life to me, I think the family would not agree with him marrying me. However, my parents were also very worried about me marrying far away at the time, but fortunately my eldest brother treated me well. ..."

Xiang Yi has heard about her.

She single-handedly saved the seriously injured eldest son of the Li family, Li Chengxu, from the tiger's mouth.

She was originally a timid girl, but with her fearless bravery in the face of danger, even a woman from a wealthy family might not be able to match her.

But the way the world is, when people look at people, they always look at their background first, or even only their background.

As soon as the banquet was over, Tan Ting sent someone to pick up Xiang Yi from the female relatives. He didn't even say farewell to Mrs. Lin in person. He only asked the maid to inform him before returning home.

The carriage creaked and drove toward home.

In the car, Xiang Yi thought about today's events and quietly looked at the people around him several times.

But he didn't say anything, he just held her hand with a sullen face.

Xiang Yi sighed secretly.

In fact, she agreed to Mrs. Lin's wishes today, but for some reason, he didn't seem to know that she had agreed.

Xiang Yi thought for a while and looked at him again.

He suddenly turned his head and looked over.

His eyes were still slightly gloomy, and he asked Xiang Yi in a low voice.

"Does Yizhen have anything to say?"

These words reminded Xiang Yi of what he had asked in the library.

"Yizhen won't...don't want me anymore, right?"

Xiang Yi's words just fell on the tip of his tongue, and fell back again.

She said no. Seeing that the man seemed relieved, he looked at her, thought of something again, and spoke.

"I met the eldest lady of the Cheng family today."

Miss Cheng...

Miss Cheng also came to today's flower banquet, so she must have come to see her.

Xiang Yi didn't say anything. He didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this, but he suddenly took out a book from his arms.

It turned out to be a seal-engraved atlas.

He said, "Miss Cheng gave it to Yizhen as a gift."

Xiang Yi took the book in his hand and said nothing for a long time.

There is still a faint fragrance in the book.

How could Miss Cheng mean to give her a book? He must have mentioned him in front of Miss Cheng, and Miss Cheng had no choice but to give her the book.

But Xiang Yi looked at him and saw that he was honest and said something.

"I wonder if it is the original copy of the previous dynasty." It is

a thin book, but Xiang Yi feels heavy in his hand.

He also mentioned that he had collected several books for her, and said that he would arrive in the capital in two days.

Xiang Yi held the heavy book, his words echoing in his ears over and over again, and all the messy thoughts in his heart came out again.

She was going to tell him that she actually agreed to Mrs. Lin's matter, but she couldn't bear to say it.

Her eyes gently fell on the old man next to her, and he spoke to her again.

"My aunt took it upon herself to do this."

Tan Ting couldn't help but think about how his aunt could do such a thing without telling him beforehand.

"The Lin family is considered the head of the family, and my aunt is the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Perhaps she has been in power for a long time, so she feels that everything should be handled according to her own ideas."

Tan Ting still found it incredible, and sighed again as he spoke .

"My aunt has always had a tough temperament, but speaking of it, her temperament is quite valued in the Lin family. My uncle never seems to have any disagreements with her. Perhaps because of this, my aunt prefers to make her own decisions in everything."

He also He didn't want to excuse his aunt, but when he thought about what his aunt said to Xiang Yi, he still felt a little panicked. After explaining this, he looked at Xiang Yi again.

"Yizhen, please don't take it to heart, okay?"

Xiang Yi sighed silently and nodded.

"Okay."

...

It wasn't until the evening, when Xiang Yi was changing Tan Ting's dressing, that he discovered that his injury, which had been recovering well in the past few days, was slightly torn.

"Why did you open the wound?"

The wound that finally healed started to bleed again and was stained on the white gauze.

Tan Ting pursed his lips, glanced at Xiang Yi, and then said.

"Involved by unrelated people."

When he said this, Xiang Yi guessed something.

She didn't say anything, she just took off the bloody bandage for him, wiped it carefully, applied medicine and bandaged it again.

Neither husband nor wife spoke.

It was a quiet spring night, with newly born summer insects chirping softly in the courtyard outside the window.

Xiang Yi changed his medicine and cleaned his hands. It was getting late.

But as soon as she sat on the edge of the bed and prepared to sleep, someone suddenly hugged her from behind.

She paused, and the man's strong arms picked her up and placed her on him.

Xiang Yi did not sit firmly and leaned forward, almost touching the tip of his nose.

She quickly turned her head, but when she wanted to get off him, he grabbed her waist.

His palms were hot, and they were pressed against her waist through only a thin layer of shirt. Xiang Yi couldn't help but straighten up, but he touched her ear.

His breath was thick and moist, and he whispered something in her ear.

"Yizhen, it's tenth day today."

Xiang Yi didn't know how he could remember this kind of thing so clearly.

She was about to remind him that the wound hadn't healed yet.

Unexpectedly, he whispered something in her ear before her.

"Yizhen took the medicine, and my injury was healed."

Xiang Yi: "..."

There were insects chirping outside, and the warm spring wind squeezed in from the window.

The man's breath was by Xiang Yi's ear, and the hot and humid breath made her whole body weak, but he raised his head slightly and kissed her ear.

The moment warm lips kissed her ear, Xiang Yi's whole body trembled.

His uninjured arm wrapped around her waist, lifted her up half-suspended, then gently placed her on the brocade quilt, and lowered himself in front of her.

This was not the first time that the two of them were intimate, but when he came closer, Xiang Yi still turned his face slightly unaccustomed.

But warm lips fell on the corners of her lips.

She heard him speak with a hoarse voice.

"Yizhen, I want..."

Xiang Yi paused slightly.

He wants kids again?

She was silent for a moment.

But after a slight pause, he said these words to her.

"Yizhen, I want...you."

...

In the dead of night, the gauze tent dragged on the ground, and the hot and humid air swirled inside the tent.

Different from the past, after cleaning and changing, Xiang Yi was so tired that he couldn't open his eyes and entered the dark land in a daze.

Tonight, Xiang Yi didn't feel sleepy for some reason. He lay in bed for two quarters of an hour and was still awake.

However, the drums were ringing. Tomorrow was Tan Ting's first day on the job, so he had to rest first.

Long breaths rose and fell in his ears. Seeing that he was fast asleep, Xiang Yi slowly sat up, walked around him and got out of bed.

The weather was gradually getting warmer. Xiang Yi poured himself some tea, took the cup and walked softly to the door. He was wearing single clothes and didn't feel the cold wind outside.

Everyone in the Tan family's old house in the capital was fast asleep, except for the newborn summer insects that were still chirping.

Xiang Yi sat on the red painted fence under the porch, looking up at the lush flowers and plants in the courtyard, looking up at the sharp corners and curved eaves, and at the bright moon in the sky.

What happened today flashed before my eyes like a file.

When Mrs. Lin proposed that idea, she was not surprised at all. She had always known that she and Tan Ting would not last long.

She agreed and avoided the blind date Mrs. Lin arranged for him.

At that time, she thought that they should be able to slowly separate like this.

She will leave at a suitable time. She will leave the capital and will not go to Qinghan again. She will return to her hometown to live with her younger brothers and sisters.

And he will remarry after she leaves, marrying a woman of similar status to him from a wealthy family. He wants children, and they will definitely have children soon.

Now we are at peace with each other, and we will never see each other again in this life...

But he broke into the bookstore.

He threw the pen in her hand and held her hand all the way downstairs. In front of Mrs. Lin and others, he told them and her without any hesitation.

He only has her as his wife, and he will not divorce her, let alone marry another.

Those words made her head become confused, but they also made her heart beat fast for a long time.

She knew that he felt guilty and attentive to her, and even had some feelings for her. He also said that he would not divorce his wife.

But today, in front of everyone, he held her hand and said these words, which suddenly shattered all the scenes she had thought they would get together and break up in the future.

It turned out that his affection was more than what she thought...

She suddenly didn't know where to go with him.

However, they did have different family backgrounds. Her reputation as a corrupt official's daughter did hinder his career, and he was the eldest son of the same family, but she died with a cold and had difficulty raising children.

What should we do if we can't get together easily?

A gust of wind blew from the trees deep in the garden, making the leaves rustle and blowing on Xiang Yi's thin clothes, making people feel cold.

She didn't know what to do.

When he asked her if she had anything to say, when he looked at her, she couldn't say what she wanted to say.

The cool wind became stronger again, and there was silence in and around the courtyard.

Xiang Yi picked up the tea cup and drank some warm tea.

She wanted to tell him about her cold syndrome.

But tell her now, Xiang Yi can guess his answer without him responding.

If he can say that he will not divorce his wife or marry her again, then it is impossible for him to get back together with her immediately because of the children.

A star hanging on the south eaves twinkled.

Xiang Yi suddenly felt a little sore in his nose.

So many years.

When her mother died of illness, when her father was convicted and exiled and died, when her younger brother failed to take the imperial examination and was bullied, when her younger sister was sick in bed and hanging on by a thread, even when she went to Tan's house for the first time, she didn't see anyone. When the success came back...

so many times, she was at a loss.

But right now, he definitely refused to let her go, and she couldn't leave a letter and walk away, but what could they do in this situation?

The cold wind deep in the trees kept blowing on people.

Xiang Yi took out the handkerchief and rubbed his nose. After a long while, he felt better.

Perhaps, she could only wait a moment, wait until both of them calmed down a bit, then spread these things out and make a good decision.

Thinking of this, Xiang Yi took a deep breath and slowly spit it out.

The wind became much lighter, blowing from the trees through the bamboo forest, carrying with it the fragrance of bamboo.

There was no one or anything to disturb her. Xiang Yi leaned lightly on the wooden pillar with her head lowered. She folded her arms and slowly closed her eyes.

I don't know how many breaths passed, but suddenly a piece of clothing was draped on her shoulders.

Xiang Yi was startled, turned her head and looked behind her, only to find that the sleeping uncle had somehow arrived behind her.

Tan Ting just woke up, but he didn't find his wife on the pillow. He got up to look for her and saw her on the porch outside the door.

She sat alone with her eyes closed, wondering what she was thinking.

At this moment, she looked over in surprise, and Tan Ting looked at her face and asked.

"Why are you sitting here? Isn't it cold?"

He said and saw her getting up.

She said it wasn't cold, "I just couldn't sleep."

Why couldn't she sleep?

Tan Ting looked at her questioningly, but she said no more.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, he noticed a slightly cold hand touching his fingers.

Tan Ting was startled and looked down to see his hand being held by a slender hand.

Even if it was just a weak squeeze, he felt his heartbeat had stopped.

He opened his eyes and looked at his wife beside him. She cleared her throat as if she was embarrassed, and gently pulled his hand.

"Uncle, I have to go to the office tomorrow, go back to sleep."

The stars in the sky shone brightly for a moment, and the night wind turned into countless soft love threads, which entangled themselves in Tan Ting's heart.

At this moment, all the doubts in his mind receded.

He lowered his head to look at his wife, and saw her gently lowering her eyes, but there was a gentle smile at the corner of her mouth.

He immediately held her hand in his palm.

"What about Yizhen?"

"I also went back to sleep."

Tan Ting laughed.

"Okay."

The next day, it was windy and rainy in the West Cross Courtyard.

Tan Jian must follow his eldest brother's order and go to Boyun Academy to study today. He cannot return without Xiu Mu.

He made some minor moves and asked to have dinner alone with Yang Zhen in the Xikua Courtyard in the morning.

Tan Ting ignored him at all and happened to have breakfast alone with Xiang Yi.

Today was his first day to go to the Yamen, and he wore the crimson embroidered Yunyan official robe of a fourth-grade civil servant.

Xiang Yi personally put his arm around his waist and girded his belt.

He stood tall and tall, with a heroic appearance and a radiant look.

The general government official communicates with all the people and reaches the heaven. He is a small but important government office.

Before he took office, Tan Ting got a lot of news. During the meal, he told Xiang Yi that the Jiangxi fraud case had almost been investigated, and the Chen family in Fengling could not escape the blame this time, even if there were officials in the border area. Even in court, he will be severely punished.

It's just that Spring Palace is only in these two days, and the court wants to wait until Spring Palace to deal with it together.

This is a great good thing for the poor people.

Xiang Yi all wrote it down.

It was getting late, and Tan Jian and Yang Zhen from Xikuoyuan also came over after dinner, and together they saw Tan Ting off to the office.

Tan Ting glanced at his younger brother and gave him a rare word of relief without scolding him.

"Work hard, and this scarlet robe will naturally wear on you in the future."

Tan Jianben was still a little depressed, but after hearing these words, the lazy depression was gone.

He looked at the eye-catching scarlet robe on his elder brother and responded seriously.

"Yes! The younger brother took note of what the elder brother said."

Tan Ting nodded towards him and said "hmm".

But when Xiang Yi sent him to the door, he remembered something and gave him an instruction.

"Yizhen doesn't have to wait for me tonight. She will probably have a drink with her colleagues tonight."

On the first day of entering the Yamen, there is indeed such a rule in Beijing.

Xiang Yi said yes, but looked at him and reminded him.

"Sir, drink less."

Tan Ting laughed.

"Don't Yizhen know my drinking capacity?"

Xiang Yi knew, but still said helplessly.

"Then drink less."

Her voice was soft and gentle. After hearing this, Tan Ting could not say anything else.

He also responded to her gently.

"Okay, I'll listen to Yizhen."

After saying this, Zhengji began to urge him anxiously. He then left the house, got on his horse, waved to everyone, and went to the Yamen.

Xiang Yi stood in front of the door and paused for a while. He turned around and was about to ask Tan Jian when he was going to leave, but he didn't want someone to rush to the door.

Xiang Yi didn't know the man, but he saw that he was wearing the clothes of a secret guard of Tan Mansion like Xiao Guan.

She was slightly startled when the man stepped forward and saluted her.

"Madam, this subordinate is the person who was ordered by the uncle to stay with Master Yu and Miss Ning."

Xiang Yi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

"What's wrong?"

the man asked.

"Something happened to Miss Ning, you should go and take a look."