Chapter 59 Xie Yan is being sued

Chapter 59 Xie Yan is being sued

Xie Yan remained silent.

The three of them walked out of the palace, where the Xue family's carriage was waiting.

Xue Yubai jumped onto the carriage and turned to Xie Yan, saying, "Get on, I'll apply some medicine for you."

"fine."

"He's fine now, but he'll start to feel pain soon." Xue Yubai reached out and forcibly pulled Xie Yan into the carriage.

Inside the carriage, Xue Yubai took out a bottle from a small drawer, and Xie Yan had already taken off his shirt, revealing the scars all over his back.

It was completely at odds with his overly handsome face.

Look closely at the scars; there are whip marks and knife wounds. Only extremely deep wounds would leave indelible scars.

There is a circular scar in the same spot on the chest and upper right back.

That was the hole pierced by a sharp arrow; now only two round, dot-like protrusions remain.

Xue Yubai looked at the scars on his back with pity and sadness in his eyes. "Shen Minghan really went all out. He didn't hold back at all. He really hates you. Let's smear them all over you."

As he spoke, he scooped up a large chunk of the ointment with his finger and applied it to his back, where the texture was uneven.

"You're lucky to be alive. Anyone else would have died countless times over."

Xie Yan listened to his words without saying a word.

He just remembered their first meeting when they were children, when he was bullied by the eldest and second princes.

He curled up on the ground in pain, while the other noble sons watched him as if he were a joke, constantly praising the First Prince and the Second Prince for their might and domineering presence, while also taking the opportunity to trample on him.

Only Xue Yubai said, "Stop hitting him, or he'll be killed."

Everyone scattered, but he stayed. They carried him back and applied medicine to his wounds in the same way.

From then on, every time he entered the palace, the palace would visit him and bring him many things that he didn't have.

At that time, he was the least favored prince in the palace. Even the palace servants could bully him and his mother, and life was very difficult.

Xue Yubai was the second kindest person to him, after his mother.

This friendship has lasted and never ended. No matter how much the outside world doubted him, Xue Yubai stood firmly by his side.

After his mother died, he became the only person in the world who was kind to him.

Xie Yan had long regarded him as family.

"Alright!" Xue Yubai patted him on the shoulder.

Xie Yan pulled himself out of his thoughts, put on his clothes, and felt something fall on his shoulder.

He looked down and saw a golden soft armor.

“This protective armor is for you. It was left to me by my great-grandfather. It’s useless to me. You need it more than I do,” Xue Yubai said from behind. “I just found it a few days ago.”

He turned his head, and Xue Yubai was leaning back in the back seat with his hands behind his head.

"Don't find it troublesome. Wear it every day. Qingning and Hongrui are counting on you."

Xie Yan picked up the soft armor; it felt slightly cool and somewhat heavy. After a moment of silence, he put it on inside his outer robe.

"I will do my best to protect them, but if one day something happens to me..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Shen Nanzi and Xie Chengze, I trouble you to protect them and their child."

Hearing this from outside the carriage, Xue Qingning clenched her sleeves tightly, staring at the carriage window with disbelief in her eyes.

He was actually leaving a way out for Shen Nanzi and her child!?

This isn't like him!

He would never show any pity for Shen Nanzi and her child!

…

Just because of what Shen Nanzi said while drunk?

He didn't even verify it, yet he was so certain that he had wronged her?

Xue Qingning turned around, proudly tilting her head back, refusing to let her tears fall.

This sudden turn of events caught her somewhat off guard.

Inside the carriage, Xue Yubai looked up at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You're so tough, even if I die, you won't."

Xie Yan chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I'm lucky to be alive. Now that I'm powerful, his resentment towards me will only deepen."

Xue Yubai nodded, "If that day ever comes, and Cheng'er is your bloodline, I, Xue Yubai, will do everything in my power to keep them alive."

Hearing his promise, Xie Yan smiled sincerely, "Alright, I'm leaving."

"By the way," Xue Yubai called out to Xie Yan, who was lifting the carriage curtain, "You can help me with Hong'er's riding skills again tomorrow. I have things to take care of and can't find the time."

"Um!"

Xie Yan stepped down from the carriage and met Xue Qingning's gaze.

He didn't speak, but instead headed towards his carriage.

Xue Qingning watched his retreating figure, her expression complex.

"Your Highness Prince Jing!"

An old voice called out to him, and Xie Yan, who was about to get into the carriage, pulled his foot back.

He didn't need to turn around to know it was the renowned Confucian scholar, Dr. Du, who had taught him when he was a child and was still teaching the princes and grandsons in the palace.

Xie Yan turned around and, just like when he was a child, respectfully greeted, "Mr. Du."

Dr. Du, a slender man dressed in a brownish-gray casual suit, nodded with satisfaction, "Although we are both in the palace, it is rare to see His Highness Prince Jing."

"It is my fault that I failed to visit you, sir."

"Your Highness is busy with official duties, it's alright. We met today by chance and wanted to talk about the situation of Prince Chengze."

"Sir, please speak."

"Your Highness failed the last test on horseback archery. His Majesty is very concerned about the young princes' horseback archery skills. He hopes that Your Highness will personally instruct them for more time and practice diligently so that they can pass the test as soon as possible."

This Mr. Du has always been oblivious to what's going on outside his window, so it seems he doesn't know anything about the situation inside Prince Jing's mansion.

Xie Yan was surprised to learn that Xie Chengze's husband was Dr. Du, and said somewhat apologetically, "Thank you for your trouble, sir. I will supervise his practice."

"Your Highness Chengze, I have one more question."

"Sir, please speak."

"He is as intelligent and quick-witted as His Highness was when he was young. It's just a pity that his handwriting is a bit messy, and it's hard to read every time we check his work."

Xie Yan's cheeks flushed; Xie Chengze's handwriting was also not neat.

He remembers being scolded by his teacher when he was a child because of his handwriting.

Unexpectedly, the wheel of fortune turned and fell on Xie Chengze.

Xie Yan never expected that one day he would be stopped by his husband and suffer a complaint.

After bidding farewell to Dr. Du, Xie Yan boarded the carriage.

Back at the manor, he was still thinking about this matter, so he went to Shen Nanzi's courtyard.

Unexpectedly, the mother and son did not return.

Looking at the flowers filling the yard, he couldn't help but cough softly.

He remembered that when she first married into the family, she also brought flowers and plants with her.

Later, under her threat, he was forced to come to her yard to have sex.

He coughed repeatedly and angrily kicked over her flowers.

He vaguely remembered that she looked at him with tears in her eyes, grabbed his collar and demanded compensation.

He shook her off, and she fell to the ground, her hand cut. At that moment, he felt a great sense of satisfaction seeing her injured.

Looking back now, I realize how despicable he was, bullying a defenseless woman.

However, in the years that followed, no flowers or plants appeared in her yard.

Thinking about all this, Xie Yan couldn't forgive himself.

He had always despised men bullying women, but at that time he did not treat her as a woman, but as an enemy.

"Mother, there's a riding and archery lesson tomorrow, why don't you let Liefeng accompany Cheng'er?"

"Yes! Liefeng's riding skills are the best."

"Mommy, would you like to come too?"