The matter was thoroughly investigated and the dust settled.
The emperor asked: "Now that the child is back, what are your next plans?"
Xu Jingxi cannot be left wandering outside.
Fang Qingdai and Mr. Xie looked at Xu Jingxi at the same time: "Are you willing to go home with me?"
The two of them said almost in unison. They did not expect that when they looked at each other, they could see the embarrassment in each other's eyes.
Fang Qingdai hated Xie Dizhi's situation in 1989. She hated him for being unable to control himself and for a moment letting the bad guys get his hands on her and having a child with someone else.
She had originally agreed to stay away from each other until we die, but now she realizes that it was a mistake. She doesn't know what kind of attitude she should use to face Xie Dizhi anymore.
Xie Dizhi pursed his thin lips and looked at Xu Jingxi: "My child, this choice is left to you. We all owe you a debt. No matter who you choose, we will do our best to take care of you."
Shen Ningning clenched her little hands in private. She fisted her fist and quietly cheered: "Choose my second uncle, be my third brother, be my third brother~"
Listening to her soft little milky voice, Mo Lingwei couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He looked sideways at Shen Ningning and said, "I don't think Xu Jingxi will choose anyone."
Sure enough, the next second after Mo Lingwei finished speaking, Xu Jingxi handed over to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, no one wants to choose. "
Fang Qingdai and Xie Dizhi fell into astonishment at the same time.
The emperor frowned: "Xu Jingxi, you are talented, smart and alert. You are a good seedling. If you return to the aristocratic family, it will be of great benefit to your growth."
However, Xu Jingxi shook his head: "The common people have become accustomed to it. I want to live a life of dependence on my grandfather."
As he said that, he turned to Fang Qingdai and Xie Dizhi.
"If you really want to make up for me, make up for it to Grandpa Xu. He has worked hard all his life and never left me behind in the most difficult times. He is the person I need to be grateful and take care of the most."
Fang Qingdai blushed. Eyes: "Okay, okay, I'll follow you."
Xie Dizhi looked a little gloomy, Xie Suzhi patted him on the shoulder: "Give the child some time."
This is how he came.
Thinking about it this way, it's really strange. The Xie family has been in trouble since the third child, as if they were being targeted by someone. The children after the third child had a very bad life.
Xie Suzhi keenly noticed something was wrong, secretly noted it down, and waited for investigation.
After the incident was over, Shen Ningning was pulled by her father to thank her and then left the palace.
Mo Lingwei knew that she wanted to deal with the aftermath, so he did not keep her and sent Shen Ningning and the others outside the palace gate together.
After getting on the carriage, Shen Ningning looked at Xu Jingxi eagerly.
"Are you really not going to be my third brother? The family is doing well now. My brother is calm and the second brother is a punching bag. All I need is a very good one, you, to be my third brother!"
Xie Suzhi smiled and touched his daughter. head of.
Xu Jingxi looked calm and had a warm smile.
"Actually, this choice is not up to me at all."
Shen Ningning tilted her head in confusion.
Xu Jingxi didn't say much. When they were sent to Grandpa Xu's village, he said goodbye and left.
Looking at his tall and tall figure like a green pine, Xie Suzhi sighed with a look in his eyes.
"Dad, what did he mean? Didn't the second uncle let him choose?"
"Xu Jingxi is still thinking about his parents." Xie Suzhi looked at his daughter and explained patiently.
It was never a question of who he wanted to choose. If it were that easy, he wouldn't be homeless back then.
But, how should his identity be announced to the world? How can I face those Liang Jiajun and people from all over the world if I follow Fang Qingdai?
General Liang's body is still cold. If the world knows that the children he raised are not his own, how will the world blame Fang Qingdai?
If Xie Dizhi is chosen, how can one explain whose son he is?
The Second Lady Xie had just been convicted and imprisoned, and was sentenced to divorce by the emperor. Now that he appeared, how would the world speculate about Xie Dizhi?
Xu Jingxi just thought too much. He thought about everyone's feelings but ignored his own.
Shen Ningning finally understood after hearing her father's explanation.
The round face looked a little lonely and gloomy.
"Xu Jingxi must also want to have a family." It's really hard to live without parents!
Xie Suzhi patted the little guy's hand: "Don't worry about the follow-up of this matter. Dad will go find your second uncle to discuss it."
Shen Ningning nodded.
After Xie Yuanjiu was executed, many people in the capital were in an uproar.
Everyone speculated on the reason, but they only heard that Xie Yuanjiu had offended the emperor and did something that was not allowed by heaven.
Even her mother, Mrs. Xie Er, was imprisoned for five years. Mr. Xie also asked for a paper and a letter of departure.
People in the capital speculated a lot.
Sure enough, many people think that now that Fang Qingdai is back, Mr. Xie must be looking for an opportunity to leave his wife and daughter behind and rekindle the warmth with his old love.
On this day, after having a secret conversation with Xie Suzhi, Mr. Xie mustered up the courage and asked someone to send a message to Fang Qingdai, hoping to meet her.
Under the drizzle of rain, the two came to the national temple again.
In the Zen room, it was extremely quiet. There was a square table between the two of them, and a piece of smoky sandalwood was lit on it.
The lingering smoke blurred the faces of Xie Dizhi and Fang Qingdai.
"...Qingdai," Xie Dizhi took the initiative to speak: "The truth of the matter is revealed. We have misunderstood for so many years. I invited you here today to discuss with you what to do with the two children in the future. Since they are my blood, I won't ignore it, but I still have to listen to your decision in everything."
Fang Qingdai's expression looked much more haggard than in the past few days, and the two circles of darkness were particularly obvious now.
Xie Dizhi heard that she had been going to Grandpa Xu's house these days to chat and get along with Xu Jingxi. The child was very good, but unfortunately, she was not close to her at all and did not want to leave her.
Except for the gifts that Fang Qingdai brought that Grandpa Xu could use, he rejected all the rest for Xu Jingxi.
Thinking of this, she closed her eyes in pain.
"Erlang," she called him as he used to be called: "Do you know why, after I was disheartened by you, I was still willing to give birth to the child?"
Xie Di looked at her closely with a pair of thin eyes: "I don't know. "
Fang Qingdai opened her eyes again: "Because I want to admit that when I left, I thought I had given up on you, but when I found out that I was pregnant, I suddenly had ridiculous thoughts, thinking that giving birth to our child would not be complete. Cut off contact with you."
At this point, she smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"The first few months after I went to Lionhead City, I lived a very painful life. On the one hand, I had a severe pregnancy reaction, and I had to hide it from the soldiers in the army so that they could not find out. On the other hand, I hated and needed you. How I wished you could be by my side at that time."
"We agreed to go to Lionhead City together and expand the territory of Cangyun Kingdom to a hundred miles away. I remember these promises, but when I stood in Lionhead. When we were in the city, I found out that it was you who made a mistake."
Xie Dizhi's thin eyes turned red. He wanted to hold Fang Qingdai's hand, but she ducked back.
"I'm sorry." What he finally said could only be a feeble apology.
Fang Qingdai's tears came lightly. After nine years, she saw that the boy she loved in the past was tortured by time and lost his arrogant youthful spirit.
She smiled bitterly and shook her head: "We all have a bad life, maybe this is our fate."
"But I have made a decision about the two children, Erlang, I hope you can keep the secret for me, these two children, Externally, he is still Liang Shi's child.
"Liang Shi is very good to me. He knows that these two children are yours, and he still takes good care of me and the children without any complaints. He is dead now, and I can't let him down."
When Xie Dizhi heard this, he was shocked. The rain curtain outside the window stirred up water vapor and stained his black temples. (End of chapter)