I was reborn before the divorce

In the palace, Shen Lingyi's originally happy mood suddenly fell to the bottom after listening to a group of plays.

……

Noon, but not yet You hour.

The couple left the palace together. In the sedan chair, Shen Lingyi's worried gaze seemed to fall on the face of the person next to him.

Xie Yun's whole body temperament was calm and composed, as if nothing had happened. He looked straight ahead with his eyes and his hands on his knees.

It seemed to be raining outside the carriage. There was a sound of rain falling on the ground, and big raindrops rolled down from the roof of the carriage.

Xie Yun held up a sixteen-rib bamboo umbrella and returned to the Xie family with Shen Lingyi.

In the evening, Xie Yun was going out to Jeju.

Shen Lingyi grabbed his sleeve tightly, and said with a nasal voice, as if crying: "You are not allowed to leave."

Xie Yun couldn't get angry at the woman in front of him who had risked her life to give birth to a pair of children for him: "Be obedient, I'll be back in three or four days."

He advised that he understood very well why his wife was so abnormal after returning from the palace.

Thinking of this, Xie Yun rubbed his tired brows helplessly. Today in the palace, he and Shen Lingyi listened to a troupe of operas.

Today is the Lantern Festival. The palace troupe performed a play called "The Story of Huayue Giving the Ring". The king in the play was on the stage, singing a line from "Zuo Zhuan" with great regret: "Governance is in the hands of Ning family, and sacrifices are performed by me."

The long tail tone made everyone present fall into a moment of dead silence and deep thought.

This sentence means that all important political affairs are handled by Ning, and as the monarch, he can only preside over ceremonies such as sacrifices. Those who served the little emperor and the queen mother to watch the play that day could see his reaction, and you can imagine how uncomfortable the emperor was in the audience.

So although the wife's expression remained unchanged at the time, she must have been extremely worried about herself.

Since ancient times, has there been any powerful official who was able to retire after achieving success?

……

Shen Lingyi half coaxed and half forced, and said again: "You are not allowed to leave."

Xie Yun still has to deal with the affairs of Jeju. He has already delayed his departure for a day today because he was accompanying Shen Lingyi. Tonight! He has to leave no matter what!

"Don't worry about me. Don't worry. I understand all those things. I won't..."

As he was talking, Xie Yun didn't know what to say.

"Anyway, I won't put Heng'er, Yan'er, and the three of you in danger."

He said solemnly.

Shen Lingyi hugged him, as if to prevent him from moving a step, and buried her head under his armpits, saying, "I worry about you every day you're not by my side."

"Don't be afraid. I said I would protect the three of you for the rest of your lives, and I will definitely do it."

……

Xie Yun still left.

Shen Lingyi leaned silently on a sandalwood chair, his eyes filled with tears that were about to fall.

……

"Madam, what's wrong with you?"

After Zhao's death, Shen Lingyi's position in the Xie family naturally became that of a wife.

Chunniang was a little plumper than last year. She waited until the second master left, then walked in.

Shen Lingyi blinked her eyes, raised her hand and quickly wiped away the tears, and said: "I'm fine, but my husband is going on a long journey, and I'm a little worried."

……

Chunniang swallowed hard, and looked at Shen Lingyi with a smile without saying a word. Before her death, her wife had told her to warn Shen Lingyi in a timely and appropriate manner, and told her not to rely on a man for her whole life, but...

Over the years, she had seen that the Second Master and she were indeed in harmony. Therefore, she had no chance to advise the young lady about the mistress's last wish before her death.

Chunniang covered her mouth with a smile and asked, "Madam, what happened when you went to the palace today? Why are you so reluctant to leave the master after returning?"

Shen Lingyi shook her head. She certainly would not tell Chunniang that she was worried that Xie Yun would be feared by the royal family in the future. She said, "Nothing. It's just that my husband has to go out for a few days. He has no one to take care of him in terms of food, clothing, shelter and transportation. I am a little worried that he will catch a cold."

Chunniang comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Madam. Madam, you have packed two layers of quilted snow coats and ermine knee pads for the Second Master in his bag. I have inquired and the weather in Jeju is about the same as in the capital. I think he won't be cold...Okay, put it here."

While Chunniang comforted her, she brought the stewed snow pear and snow clam brought by the maid to the kang table near the window. In Chunjing Hall, a kang was built last year, and in winter, firewood was filled in, so the whole room was warm.

Shen Lingyi was absent-minded, stirring the snow pear and snow clam with soup. Somehow, he was preoccupied, and the Queen Mother's face kept appearing in his mind uncontrollably. As he thought about it, he connected something Xie Yun had said once with Queen Mother Zhang. I still remember that it was the second night of my daughter's enlightenment.

After Xie Yun had his fill, he lay down with his hands behind his head and suddenly asked, "What kind of books do you usually read?"

"I haven't read much. I just recognize a few words and try not to be a blind man." Shen Lingyi replied in a tender voice.

Xie Yun raised his eyebrows, not believing it.

Xie Yun laughed and said with some emotion: "Have you ever read Ban Zhao's "Nujie", "Mengqiu", "Xiaojing", "Shi", "Shu", "Analects", "Mencius", "Spring and Autumn Annals" and other Confucian classics?"

Shen Lingyi said: "I have read some."

Xie Yun added: "Do you know that there are many women who can recite all the ancient and modern articles in the biographies of hundreds of scholars and the books of Laozi and Buddha. Even the Confucian scholars cannot reach their level."

"Yes, I believe it. Who is she?" Shen Lingyi thought for a while, nodded and said, and suddenly remembered that since Xie Yun said so, he must have seen her.

Xie Yun didn't want to mention his affairs with other women to him, but when he mentioned it just now and saw that she didn't feel jealous at all,

"I'm in Bailudong Academy, and there's a female student there, and that's this person."

Shen Lingyi was surprised: "There are female students in the academy?"

Xie Yun groaned: "She is different from other women. She disguised herself as a man to get by."

"What's her name? How did your husband meet her? Are you still in contact with her now?"

Xie Yun chuckled, staring at her pink cheeks and said, "Her current identity is different from before, so it's inconvenient to tell you about it."

Shen Lingyi pursed her lips and said nothing, suppressing her curiosity and not thinking too much about it. Seeing that Xie Yun was unwilling to say more, she thought that he would not say anything more even if she asked him, so she did not ask him. She packed up the unfinished embroidery and put the needle and thread back into the basket.

After washing, she went to the inner room to feed her son and check her daughter's homework.

……

Shen Lingyi held his cheek and looked out into the night, wondering what he was thinking about.

She was not indifferent to what Xie Yun said. Xie Yun was unwilling to say that the woman should be Xie Yun's former lover.

Given Xie Yun's character of not giving up until he achieves his goal, why didn't the two of them get married? Xie Yun's words implied that the woman was of noble status. It must be because of her family background.

There was someone in his heart. Shen Lingyi vaguely realized this and felt very uncomfortable. It was like drinking a bowl of soup. It was like there was a bug in it.

She wanted to ask Xie Yun in person.