Qin Tingxue said with a smile, "I met Second Aunt once, and I didn't expect us to be sisters-in-law now."
Xie Zhilan was very happy to hear this and urged Xie Chen, "Brother Achen, quickly take your wife to meet the elders. After the meeting, don't delay, come to my house quickly, we'll be waiting for you."
Xie Chen responded and took Qin Tingxue to meet the Xie family elders.
The reception hall was empty.
Qin Tingxue gave Xie Chen a questioning look.
Xie Chen's face darkened, and he said to a maid waiting outside the hall, "Since the elders haven't come, I'll leave now."
The elders of the Xie family had agreed to put on a show of authority in front of Xie Chen and Qin Tingxue, to let them know how dissatisfied they were with this marriage.
After Xie Chen said this, he pulled Qin Tingxue and was about to leave.
The servants were anxious. If they really left, the elders' anger would surely be directed at them.
"Master Xie, the elders are old and move slowly. I'll go and urge them," the servant said in a low voice, with a fawning smile.
"A quarter of an hour. If they don't come in a quarter of an hour, we won't wait," Xie Chen said.
"Master Xie, don't worry, they'll come, they'll come."
After speaking, he hurried away to invite them.
"No need to wait a quarter of an hour. If they don't come soon, we'll go to Xie Zhilan's place," Xie Chen said.
Qin Tingxue pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay to wait a little longer."
"To put on airs of seniority in front of me, they have to see if I'll buy it. All along, father has been too amiable to them, so they always feel that I'm easy to handle. It's also good to let them know what kind of person I am," Xie Chen squeezed Qin Tingxue's hand. "Originally, meeting them wasn't absolutely necessary!"
Qin Tingxue smiled and said nothing.
Since she was married to Xie Chen, whatever Xie Chen said was what she would follow.
It wasn't even half a quarter of an hour before the Xie family elders appeared in the reception hall.
Their expressions were all rather unpleasant.
Xie Chen acted as if he didn't see them and gave them a perfunctory bow.
Qin Tingxue, however, bowed properly, leaving no room for criticism.
But they still looked down on her.
A woman who had been divorced was not good enough for the most promising young man of the Xie family.
"Achen, we are one family, so let's not speak as if we were two families," said the Second Elder Master Xie, stroking his goatee with a smile.
"Second Elder Master, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I've always disliked beating around the bush," Xie Chen said.
"Achen, in officialdom, you must change this temperament of yours, otherwise, you might suffer losses at any time. As a person, you should be more tactful," the Second Elder Master Xie said earnestly.
"That won't do. His Majesty has always appreciated my straightforward nature. If I were to be circuitous, I might not have gained His Majesty's favor," Xie Chen said.
The Second Elder Master Xie was speechless.
This brat Xie Chen, as expected, was still so unlikable even after getting married.
If he weren't the most promising in the Xie family now, would he have received him so reluctantly?
"You child..." The Second Elder Master Xie spoke with an air of helplessness yet intimacy.
"Is Old Master trying to teach me the way of officialdom?" Xie Chen feigned sudden realization.
"Achen, what you're saying, I've never been an official in my life," the Second Elder Master Xie said somewhat awkwardly.
"Then what exactly does Second Elder Master want to tell me?" Xie Chen asked.
"Didn't we talk about it before? Your second uncle's wife's niece... Now that Madam Qin has entered the family, it's not good to drag this matter on like this, is it? Lian'er, though she doesn't say it, she wishes to serve you and the Xie family." The Second Elder Master Xie said.