Qiao ruoyi saw the excitement on the face of master xie and said, “Leave that small portrait in my study.”


  Xie Yun lowered her voice and said, “You can’t tell anyone about that small portrait. No, you have to burn that small portrait quickly.”


  Qiao ruoyi said, “But I think that small portrait is very good, and I think that Miss Xie Yun also cherishes that portrait very much. Now that Miss Xie Yun has passed away, this is her little remaining ink treasure. It would be a pity to burn it.”


  At this moment, eunuch Gu came over to invite Xie Yun in.

  Xie Yun only warned Qiao ruoyi in her ear, “If you don’t want your sister to be implicated by this portrait, then hurry up and burn that portrait.”


  Qiao Ruoyi didn’t understand what patriarch Xie meant, but she caught a glimpse of the red mole beside his ear. It seemed that Xie Yun also had a red mole.

  Even if the two of them were twins, didn’t they look too similar?

  Xie Yun bowed and said, “Greetings, your majesty. I hurried over, but I still couldn’t make it in time to give you a birthday gift. The retired emperor and the Empress Dowager entrusted me to bring you a birthday gift.”


  The Chamberlain at the side carried the wooden box Xie Yun brought.

  Lu Chen opened it and saw that the wooden box was filled with strange things and some sea goods. His parents must have gone to Yinzhou to visit the seaside.

  They were in a good mood.

  Lu Chen closed the lid of the box and said, “Thank you for escorting them all the way to Chang ‘an. Is there anything else important besides celebrating my birthday? Why did you go to the palace to see the Empress so early in the morning?”


  Xie Yun looked at Lu Chen and remembered what those people at the breakfast stall were talking about. She was afraid that Lu Chen would blame Lady Qiao more for this, so she said,

  “It’s nothing important. It’s just that the Empress entrusted me to find a marriage for glutinous rice. There’s no one in my Xie family who is fated to marry glutinous rice, so I specially came to the palace to speak to the Empress.”


  Lu Chen didn’t believe that Xie Yun would want to see Lady Qiao for such a small matter. He said, “Glutinous Rice’s marriage will naturally have money to worry about.”


  Xie Yun then talked about the new business tax and the fact that the Xie family also wanted to go to the western region to do business.

  After discussing for about an hour, Xie Yun finally left the palace.

  He had a small image in his heart. As soon as he left the palace, he went to the marquis an Yuan’s residence to look for Qiao ruoyi. Only when he arrived at the marquis an Yuan’s residence did he find out that Qiao Ruoyi had gone to the yamen of the Ministry of appointments.

  Zheng Xiao ordered someone to invite him into the house. Since it was almost lunchtime, Qiao Ruoyi should be back soon.

  Xie Yun then waited for Qiao Ruoyi to return in the hall.

  This was the first time Zheng Xiao had seen a man come to the manor to look for Qiao Ruoyi. He sized up the man in front of him and actually felt that his looks were not inferior to his majesty’s. He was as handsome as his majesty.

  He looked a little familiar, but for a moment, he could not remember where he had seen him before.

  Princess Fu Lu came over and saw Xie Yun. She was shocked and said, “Xie Yun, so you’re not dead? To think that I cried for you the whole night after I learned of your death. It’s great that you’re not dead!”


  Xie Yun lowered her eyes and looked at Fu Lu’s stomach. In the end, she did not push her away for a moment. She only frowned and took a step back:

  “Princess, you’ve mistaken me for someone else. Xie Yun is my sister. I’m Xie Yun’s twin brother.”


  Zheng Xiao also smiled lightly and said to Fu Lu, “Fu Lu, you have to be careful of the child in your stomach.”


  He then said to Xie Yun, “No wonder you look so familiar. It turns out that you’re Xie Yun’s twin brother. I wonder when did young master Xie Meet My Ruoyi?”


  Zheng Xiao saw that Xie Yun’s looks were extremely good. She knew Qiao Ruoyi, except that she was a little older……

  However, her family background and looks were extremely compatible with Ruoyi’s. It would be great if they could get married.

  Xie Yun said, “I didn’t know Miss Qiao. It’s just that my sister left a relic with Miss Qiao. I want to take it back.”


  Zheng Xiao was a little disappointed when she heard that. So it was only because of this that they got to know each other. However, it didn’t matter. The more she looked at Xie Yun, the more she felt that she looked like a son-in-law. She said, “I’ve never heard Xie Yun mention having a biological brother before.”


  Xie Yun pursed her lips and took a sip of tea. She said, “I’ve been weak and sickly since I was young. In order to protect me, my sister never told anyone that she had a sick brother. It wasn’t until recently that the Xie family’s second son passed away that my illness gradually recovered. It’s a pity that my sister has already passed away.”


  At the mention of Xie Yun, Zheng Xiao could not help but sigh at the poor fate of a beautiful woman. “When is the Xie family head’s Birthday?”


  Xie Yun frowned slightly. However, on account of the fact that she was Lady Qiao’s biological mother, she still took out her birth date.

  Zheng Xiao smiled slightly and said, “So young master Xie is a pig. Good, good, very good!”


  If it was a sheep, this pig and sheep were the most compatible among the Zodiacs. Although the difference in age was a little much, older men would dote on people.

  Xie Yun did not know what was good about his zodiac sign. When he saw Zheng Xiao’s gaze, he actually felt a hint of fear for no reason.

  Zheng Xiao’s extreme enthusiasm made Fu Lu wonder if her mother-in-law had taken a liking to Xie Yun’s brother and wanted to be her stepfather-in-law? This was not impossible.

  Marquis an Yuan was handsome when he was young, but now he was getting older……

  Just as Xie Yun was about to give in to Zheng Xiao’s warm hospitality, Qiao Ruoyi finally returned.

  Qiao ruoyi saw Xie Yun and bowed. “Family head Xie.”


  Xie Yun said to Qiao ruoyi, “My Sister’s relic. Where’s that small portrait? Did You Burn It?”


  Qiao ruoyi said, “No, I remember now. That small portrait is not in an Yuan Hou’s mansion, but in West Mountain Academy.”


  There were many people in the West Mountain Academy, and it was hard to say when someone would enter Qiao Ruoyi’s room and take that small portrait. Xie Yun was anxious, but he still said calmly on the surface, “Let’s go, to the West Mountain Academy.”


  “Oh?”Qiao ruoyi said, “That’s not a rush, right? When I go to the West Mountain Academy in a few days……”


  “I’m in a hurry,”Xie Yun said to Qiao ruoyi. Thinking of Qiao Ruoyi’s love of books, he said, “Go to West Mountain Academy now. I’ll let you choose two of the rare books that His Majesty originally intended to return to the Xie family……”


  Hearing this, Qiao Ruoyi knew that this was an extremely good deal. The rare books that the Xie family left behind were all priceless, and the Xie family head let her choose two of them. This was a family heirloom.

  Qiao ruoyi asked the servant girl to apply for leave from the yamen. After having lunch, she and Xie Yun each took a carriage to West Mountain Academy.

  Ever since the girl became a scholar, there had been quite a number of girls who came to West Mountain Academy to study.

  After Xie Yun followed Qiao Ruoyi to West Mountain, they saw that the mountain peak, which had been abandoned two years ago, was now very lively.

  There were also many shops at the foot of the mountain. Vegetables and fruits were also planted in the mountain. At this time, hundreds of flowers were in full bloom on the back of the mountain, and the Azalea and peony flowers were blooming.

  Entering Qiao Ruoyi’s courtyard in the West Mountain Academy, Xie Yun’s eyes lit up. Her courtyard was relatively quiet, and the only flowers in it were orchids.

  The climate in Chang ‘an was not suitable for raising orchids. Orchids had already bloomed in Jiangnan, but there were not even flower buds here.