Qian Yeban lowered his head, his back tensed and stood straight, as if no one or anything outside him existed.
When he and Song Zining parted, they were in the growth period of teenagers. Now their height and shape are different, even if their appearance is still a third of their original appearance, but with the identity of a woman and the fundamental changes brought about by blood physique, I don't believe that Song Zining can make a difference just by meeting each other. recognize him.
Qiqi's smile froze slightly, and her face immediately turned cold.
The seventh son of the Song Clan has a bad reputation in women's sex, and there are rumors that he is unruly and merciless. It would be rude to stare at her female companion in front of her face, but Qiqi and Song Zining have been cousins for more than 20 years, and they never believe that this guy who has become a habit of pretending will really do it for a woman The gaffe was clearly embarrassing her face to face.
At this time, a chuckle sounded from the side, Ye Mulan took two steps and stood beside Song Zining, stretched out her hand to hold his sleeve, and then said in a brisk tone: "You look so cute, no wonder my family Zining is so cute for a while. Forgot etiquette." She was obviously praising Qianye, but she stared at Qiqi when she was speaking, "Such a beautiful woman who looks like a flower is not thoughtful enough to be raised in a conservatory, but Qiqi, you are willing to bring it out to eat and sleep in the open."
Qiqi's face immediately sank. The meaning behind Ye Mulan's words was extremely mean and vicious, she just pointed at Qiqi and said that she brought her pet to the public. One after another, people around discovered that the atmosphere here was not right. Hearing this, they immediately became excited and prepared to watch a good show.
Although the Yin family and the Song family were related by marriage, and Qiqi's mother was from the Song family, it was an open secret that she and Song Zining were at odds. Every time the two of them were together, Qiqi would constantly express her dislike for Song Zining, but the seventh son of the Song family would never be rude, every time he was polite, warm and thoughtful, even though he would always be ridiculed by Qiqi.
After being stabbed by Ye Mulan inexplicably, Qiqi is not the kind of person who would suffer in person. She gave Ye Mulan a cold sideways look, and said indifferently: "When can a mere noble woman speak first? You Haven't you been taught etiquette at home, wild girl!"
Ye Mulan grasped Song Zining's sleeve tightly, her exquisite and beautiful face turned livid with anger, it seemed that she was more skillful than her mouth, Qiqi was not weaker than her in the slightest. Moreover, Ye Mulan's family background is a big taboo, but Qiqi is the kind of person who puts salt on the wound that hurts the most, every time she steps on her biggest unwillingness and hidden hatred.
Only then did Song Zining come to his senses, and he raised his hand to prevent Ye Mulan from continuing.
Ye Mulan had an aggrieved face. When she stared at Song Zining, her usual cold pride disappeared like ice melted away. With a bit of childlike coquettishness, she said softly, "Zining, she...she humiliate me..."
Song Zining glanced at her with a smile, eyes as gentle as spring water, Ye Mulan immediately stopped saying anything, she could be coquettish once, but she wouldn't know what to do next time, she wouldn't make such a mistake.
Song Zining then turned to Qiqi and nodded, saying, "Qiqi, long time no see, how have you been?"
Qiqi narrowed her charming phoenix eyes slightly, and said with a half-smile: "I heard that Cousin Qi has more affairs to take care of recently, so he won't be as boring as I was in that rural place in Yongye Continent. It’s good to have Xiaoye with me.” She turned sideways slightly, stretched out her hand to pick up a strand of hair hanging from Qianye’s shoulder, and curled it twice between her fingers.
"Xiaoye?" Song Zining was slightly taken aback.
Qiqi was looking at Ye Mulan beside him. Although Ye Mulan tried her best to keep her face expressionless, the burning anger in her eyes couldn't be suppressed no matter what.
Qiqi raised her eyebrows inexplicably at first, and then suddenly realized what they had heard wrong, and laughed, "No, no, no, my dawn is the dawn of dawn, the night of eternal night." Then she looked happily Not only did Ye Mulan not realize, but she became even more angry. Obviously, she had decided that the name "Ye" and "Ye" of Qiqi's pet were the same as "Ye", and it was just to humiliate her.
Qiqi blinked her eyes, and suddenly said something fierce: "Cousin Qi, if you really like Xiaoye, I can let you give her too! I haven't used her yet!"
As soon as these words came out, Qianye immediately felt that the gazes from all around him were countless times more scorching. He could no longer control himself, and his murderous aura was overwhelming.
And Song Zining involuntarily turned his eyes to Qianye again, and his expression became a little dazed again. Qianye stood motionless like a pillar, never raised his eyes to look at him from the beginning to the end, but his heart was already extremely agitated, and he really wanted to kick Song Zining in the stomach. Although Qianye knew that this was venting his anger, it was all because of Song Zining.
Ye Mulan couldn't bear it anymore, and said coldly: "Miss Qiqi, at least you should have some respect for Zining, right? Wouldn't Lord Tianxing be disappointed if you act like this?"
Qiqi glanced at her and said, "I'm just talking about family affairs with my cousin Qi, what are you talking about next to me? You keep saying "Master Tian Xing", so you think that cousin Qi is determined to win the position of the lord. Only when adults come to speak?"
As soon as these words came out, Ye Mulan was covered in cold sweat immediately! And most of the onlookers who were watching with relish turned pale, and some nobles and children of small aristocratic families even started to retreat into the distance. The battle of the lords, not only can't be mixed, you can't even listen to it.
Ye Mulan's face was pale, and her heart was full of hatred. She didn't expect Yin Qiqi to grab the beginning of a sentence, and abruptly turned the topic to an extremely dangerous direction.
The overall style of the Song Dynasty seems to be rare and gentle, but in fact, the battle for the right of inheritance of the powerful family is not weak, and it is not much less than the battle for the temple. Needless to say, it is cruel and ruthless.
Song Zining's succession to the line of successors was surprising enough, and neither he nor the house he was in had ever shown any desire to win the position of lord. If Ye Mulan was pushed into the vortex because of Ye Mulan's words, if Song Zining's family would directly divorce the engagement, it would be a disaster for Ye Mulan.
Ye Mulan clenched her fists tightly, her nails pierced deeply into her palms, letting the pain prompt her thoughts to run quickly, and said in a deep voice, "Zining never had such an idea. But Qiqi, you seem to be determined to win the exam of the successor of the Yin family. This spring Hunting is the key, you have to perform well."
Unexpectedly, Qiqi glanced at her with the eyes of an idiot, and said with a light smile: "What's so difficult about a mere heir's big exam? You can win with just a little effort, so it needs to be taken seriously." The Yin family and Song The situation is different, Qiqi has already entered the list of the final four people in the final exam, and it is meaningless to pretend to be indifferent at this time.
Ye Mulan gritted her teeth secretly, turned her eyes, and said, "But how did I hear that someone made a mistake in the big exam, causing heavy losses to the expeditionary army. This incident has caused a lot of trouble, and many people know about it!"
Qiqi said nonchalantly: "Yeah, the blood clans have been bored recently, and even the descendants of the princes have gone to the backcountry of the bottom continent. Once I led a raid, the elite Monroe guards of the thirteen clans happened to intercept me on the road." This matter is indeed quite big, but it is not big enough in my opinion. No matter who sells news to vampires, I will investigate to the end, and this matter will never end. Can't escape my Yin family's pursuit! Don't you think so, Miss Ye?"
Ye Mulan's face turned cold, and she said, "What do you mean by that? It's better to be clear!"
Qiqi glanced at her, and said lightly: "Let me be clear? You are not worthy!" This sentence was merciless, like a slap in the face of Ye Mulan.
At this time, Qianye, who had been installing the pillars, heard this, and his heart moved slightly. When Qiqi said those words, he felt Ye Mulan's heartbeat and blood flow sped up a little bit. It seemed that the intrigue behind the Battle of Tucheng Castle was more complicated than expected, and Ji Yuanjia didn't tell him everything.
A murderous intent appeared in Qianye's heart. Then he felt Song Zining's gaze turn again, he could hardly bear to swear, so he could only resolutely not look up.
"Qiqi, you are so domineering in your actions and words, if you were in charge of the Yin family, who else would you care about?" Ye Mulan gritted her teeth.
Qiqi said coldly: "No matter whether the Yin family is overbearing or not, they will not let a little Ye family step on their heads!"
There was silence in this corner of Wu'an Hall at this moment, those who dared not meddle in the internal affairs of the aristocratic family had excused themselves to stay away, and those who dared to stay to watch the excitement didn't even dare to discuss it. Everyone did not expect that the two girls would be so at war with each other in the blink of an eye, and even the last dignity was completely torn apart.
The confusion in Song Zining's eyes suddenly dissipated, revealing a frightening light. Just as he was about to say something, there was another protracted voice from the courtyard gate: "Second son of the Zhao Clan, Zhao Junhong is here!"
Song Zining's awe-inspiring expression disappeared immediately, and he returned to his gentle and smiling appearance like spring water, and said, "It's rare that Jun Hong is here too, Third Cousin, we should go and greet him."
Qiqi also nodded, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard side by side with Song Zining. Ye Mulan had also calmed down at this time, she took two steps back as if nothing had happened, and followed Song Zining, but the eyes she occasionally cast on Qiqi were full of resentment and disdain.
A group of noble youths climbed up the stairs at the door, surrounded one person like stars holding the moon and walked in. That man was about twenty-four or five years old, very handsome, even better than Song Zining by half a point. He has short light-colored hair, and his eyes are dark and deep with a little purple in them.
As soon as he showed up, there was a lot of discussion in the crowd.
"It turned out to be the second son of the Zhao Clan! This man is as handsome as the rumors say."
"I have long heard that the handsome men and beautiful women of the direct descendants of the Zhao Clan are famous all over the world. There are four young men of the younger generation who are the most outstanding, and Zhao Junhong is one of them!"
Someone was fascinated by it and asked, "I wonder if this Mr. Junhong is married?"
Immediately someone beside him laughed at him and said, "Just because you want to climb up to the Zhao Clan? Stop dreaming!"
The man blushed immediately, and said angrily: "What's impossible? The high-ranking and noble families all have the tradition of intermarrying with noble families. There is a young girl in my family who has grown up, talented, intelligent, and unparalleled in beauty. How do you know the second son of Zhao? Surely you can't see her?"
Another person patted him on the shoulder kindly, and said in a regretful tone: "Among the four clans, only the Zhao clan never intermarried with the gentry. The people in the Zhao clan are the most proud and arrogant, and indeed generations of talented people come forth in large numbers. For thousands of years, the reputation of the family has been at the peak of the sky, and there has never been any worry about falling, so I have the capital to say such things."
The man was immediately dejected and stopped talking.
When Zhao Junhong crossed the threshold, he stopped for a moment, he had already seen the situation in the hall, and the attendants did not need to order, they stopped all the people who wanted to surround him, and he himself strode up to Song Zining and Qiqi, He hugged Song Zining with open arms, and said with a smile, "Zining, it's been a long time since you hunted down the dam last time. Your strength has improved even further."
Song Zining smiled and said, "It's still a bit worse than Brother Jun Hong."
Zhao Junhong shook his head and laughed at himself: "It's just that the medicine is too much, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning! It's not as good as Shang Zining's every step is solid without external force."
Song Zining sighed: "Brother Jun Hong is too modest, who doesn't know that the four sons of the Zhao family are all destined to be warriors, and it makes no difference whether they use medicine or not."
"The Fourth Young Master is just calling him jokingly. I'm ashamed. I'm the one with the worst talent."
Song Zining immediately said: "Where, Brother Jun Hong is too modest. If you are considered to be poor in talent, then there are not many people in today's world who dare to call themselves talented."
The two of you come and go, there is no end at all.
Qiqi rolled her eyes at the side, and shouted: "Okay, you two can't stop talking, and if you brag about each other, it's almost dawn!"
Zhao Junhong and Song Zining looked at each other without any shame and smiled, which stopped the cycle of self-effacing and flattering each other.
Zhao Junhong greeted Qiqi with a smile, and said: "Long time no see, Qiqi, you have become beautiful again. I heard that you have encountered a little trouble in the lower continent? Is there anything I can do for you?"
Qiqi seemed to have a headache, she immediately shook her head and said, "No need! I can handle it myself!"
Next, the three of them talked about their relatives and friends from their respective families, and from the social activities they had participated in together to their future schedules. The arrogance in Zhao Junhong's bones gradually emerged. He didn't even look at it.
At this moment, the sound of drums and music suddenly sounded. Surrounded by the crowd, a calm middle-aged man walked out from behind the screen, dressed in the color of the imperial military uniform. He wore two huge emerald ring rings on his second finger, and the inscribed Wei character was engraved on the ring surface.
This is Wei Guogong, the organizer of this spring hunt.
Wei Guogong's gaze swept across the audience slowly, and when his gaze passed by, Qianye felt as if he had been wiped by lightning! He immediately knew that Wei Guogong was an extremely terrifying master.
Qianye immediately restrained his mind, kept his qi and blood stable, and hid the blood qi and runes that had long been retracted deep in his heart, for fear that Duke Wei would see through the details. Fortunately, Duke Wei's gaze swept over Qianye as if he were looking at other people, without stopping at all, which made him heave a sigh of relief.
At this time, a maid served wine, Duke Wei held the cup in his hand, and said loudly: "Everyone is a pillar of the empire, we are already old, this endless star road, the vast world, will belong to you sooner or later. However, the black blood races are still tyrannical, and you still need to work hard. One day, we will completely wipe out the dark races from this world! The empire will last forever!"
Everyone toasted together and said in unison: "The empire will last forever!"
After the dinner was over, Qianye followed Qiqi back to the courtyard, and then hesitated before stepping into the bedroom. Qiqi pulled him in, and then closed the door.
"I'm going to take a shower, so you can too! Then go to bed earlier."
Qiqi pointed to a door on the right side of the hall, and she walked into the room to take a shower after speaking. She seemed to have something on her mind, and she was not in the mood to tease Qianye anymore.
Qianye also heaved a sigh of relief, the master bedroom has its own separate bathroom and dressing room for both inside and outside.
This dinner was really exhausting, Qianye took a bath, changed clothes, went to bed, and fell into a deep sleep. Before falling asleep, he suddenly had sudden palpitations, as if something bad was about to happen.
On the east side of Yin's hospital, across a bluestone path and two rows of sparse flower trees is another courtyard, which is larger in scale, and it is the residence of the Song Clan.
At this moment, the study room was brightly lit, and Song Zining was painting with a brush, and a picture of a lady on the raw rice paper already had a general shape. He writes without rush or slowness, but his brushwork is extremely agile, with thickness, cadence, setbacks, and shades changing without any direction.
This is a combination of fine brushwork and freehand brushwork. The posture and clothes are full of freehand brushwork. Although it is just the simplest standing posture, it has an astonishing momentum, and the murderous intent seems to come out through the paper. But the face is outlined with light lines, and even a small frown between the eyebrows is lifelike. The face of the person in the painting is actually three points similar to Qianye in women's clothing.
Song Zining stood with a pen in his hand, his lips pursed into a sharp arc, his expression was solemn, he didn't have the gentle and gentle temperament in front of others at all, his whole person was like an ancient magic soldier who drank blood, his danger was just like the murderous aura revealed in the painting .
He suddenly shook his head, threw the unfinished painting aside, laid a new piece of paper, and started a new painting. It's still the same lady's picture, with the same body and clothing, but the facial expression and appearance are slightly different from the previous one. At first glance, it still looks three points similar to Qianye in women's clothing.
On the side of the desk, there are already five or six scrapped drawings, each of which is a picture of a lady with a slightly different face. They are all three points similar to Qianye, and the differences are in different places such as the eyebrows, cheeks and lips. If you let Qianye look at it by yourself, you will definitely be surprised, those places are all parts that he has modified to soften the edges and corners of the face.
Song Zining's eyes suddenly flashed a frightening cold light, and the fierce aura around him dissipated instantly.
Someone knocked lightly on the study door, but Song Zining didn't hear it, and silently stared at the drawing paper with a pen in his hand.
The door was gently pushed open, and Ye Mulan walked in, holding a tray in her hand, with teapots, cups and a steaming pot on it. She put the things on the outermost corner of the large desk, and then quietly stood behind Song Zining, quietly watching him paint.
Song Zining's stroke suddenly became heavy, leaving a thick ink mark. He sighed, and threw the waste drawing aside again.
Ye Mulan's soft voice sounded faintly at this moment, "Zining, do you like this Xiaoye very much?"