Let’s have dinner.
When Luo Qingzhou was about to leave with Miss Qin Er, Song Ruyue called him, "Qingzhou, wait a moment. I have something to ask you."
Luo Qingzhou stayed.
Miss Qin, Miss Qin II, and Nangong Meijiao, who stayed here overnight, all left.
Qin Wen Zheng also left.
After the maids and servants cleaned up the table, they all left.
Mei'er closed the door and walked out.
Luo Qingzhou and Song Ruyue were the only two people left in the dining room.
Seeing that she was frowning and worried, Luo Qingzhou secretly guessed that it must be about Miss Qin.
As expected.
Song Ruyue was silent for a while, then looked at him and asked, "Qingzhou, after you married Jianjia, did you touch her?"
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and said, "No."
Song Ruyue stared into his eyes and asked, "You've never touched me before?"
Luo Qingzhou shook his head.
Song Ruyue asked again: "What about her hand? Have you never even touched her hand?"
Luo Qingzhou shook his head again.
Song Ruyue's expression suddenly became even uglier, and she asked, "Did she not let you touch her, or did you not take the initiative to touch her?"
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "Both."
Song Ruyue opened her mouth, stared at him for a while, and said, "When you usually go to pay your respects to her, does she let you get close to her?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "The eldest lady and I have always been respectful to each other. The eldest lady has a cold personality and rarely speaks. I have never dared to get close to her."
Song Ruyue lowered her head and was stunned for a long while. She asked with an unpleasant expression, "Qingzhou, do you think Jianjia... really doesn't like men?"
Luo Qingzhou thought for a moment, looked at her and said, "Mother-in-law, I can't be sure about this. However, if the young lady really has a problem with her sexual orientation, there is nothing we can do about it, and you don't have to worry too much. We will just pretend we don't know about this, and no one will spread it. I think it's good for the young lady to live in the Qin Mansion for the rest of her life. There's no need to force her to get married."
Hearing this, Song Ruyue narrowed her eyes, stared at him and asked, "Why is it so good?"
Luo Qingzhou bowed and said, "With you, the Second Miss, Bailing and Xia Chan accompanying her, so many people caring about her, it's better than her getting married and living in a strange place, isn't it?"
Song Ruyue narrowed her eyes and said, "I can find another son-in-law for her."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her, locked eyes with her and said, "Of course you can, but didn't mother-in-law try it before? The young lady didn't react at all, which means it won't work. The purpose of life is nothing more than happiness, and all efforts are for living happily. Since the young lady doesn't like it, why should mother-in-law force it? I think respecting the young lady's ideas, letting her have her own freedom and live happily is better than anything else."
After listening to this, Song Ruyue was silent for a while and said, "Then do you think she is happy now?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "As long as there is no pain, then there is happiness. A peaceful and simple life is better than anything else. I think the young lady should like such a peaceful life. Too much noise will make her feel at a loss. From every time I call her out for dinner, it can be seen that she likes to be alone and doesn't like to communicate with others."
Song Ruyue sighed and said, "But it hurts to see this. That girl obviously has so many family members who love her, but she is still so lonely and doesn't talk to anyone. It makes me sad to see her like this."
Luo Qingzhou said: "The second young lady has been going there often to talk to the eldest young lady recently. Mother-in-law can ask the second young lady, maybe she knows something."
Song Ruyue sighed for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask Weimo then. Qingzhou, you're such a good storyteller, you can often go over and tell stories to Jianjia. Whether she likes it or not, your storytelling will always make her life more lively. Although you and her have divorced, you have been married after all. People say that a husband and wife are bound by love for a hundred days, so you can't blame her and be too cold to her."
Luo Qingzhou said: "I will go there often."
Song Ruyue sighed again and said, "Okay, you go back first. I'll think about it for a while."
Luo Qingzhou bowed his head and said, "Then Qingzhou will take his leave first. Mother-in-law, please have a rest early and don't work too hard."
Song Ruyue forced a smile on her face and said, "You too, don't be too tired from studying. If your mother-in-law has time, she will make you some chicken soup."
Luo Qingzhou thanked him and walked out.
Return to Meixiang Garden.
Zhu'er was practicing flying knives in the courtyard. When she saw him coming back, she hurriedly said, "Sir, you can't go in for the time being. The young lady and Princess Meijiao are taking a bath in the room."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at the closed window and said, "Wash together?"
Zhu Er nodded and said, "Yes, in a bathtub."
Then he blinked and whispered, "Why, do you want to take a shower too?"
Luo Qingzhou immediately said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense, I'll go somewhere else first."
Qiu'er came out of the room quickly and said, "Son-in-law, do you want to take a shower? You can go to Xiaodie's room."
Luo Qingzhou said: "I'll come back to wash later."
After saying that, he turned and walked out.
After hesitating for a while, he walked towards Lingchan Moon Palace.
He decided to go and take a look at the situation. It would be even better if he could find out something from Bailing and Xia Chan.
His mother-in-law is so worried, he has to share some of her worries.
Thinking about something, he just walked to the gate of the courtyard when he suddenly heard Bai Ling's crisp voice coming from the courtyard: "Chanchan, Miss doesn't seem to be in a good mood these two days. Is it because the son-in-law didn't come to tell us stories?"
Xia Chan didn't answer.
Luo Qingzhou listened at the door for a while before raising his hand and knocking on the door.
Bailing immediately ran over to open the door. When she saw him, she immediately became angry and said, "Son-in-law, you haven't told us a story for a long time. Miss is angry."
Luo Qingzhou entered the courtyard, looked around, and asked in confusion: "Where is Chanchan?"
Bailing immediately snorted, "Chanchan is practicing swordplay in the back, is your uncle trying to abduct Chanchan again?"
Luo Qingzhou asked doubtfully: "Didn't I hear you and Chanchan talking outside just now?"
Bai Ling pouted immediately and said, "Well, son-in-law, you actually eavesdropped on other people's conversations. Humph, you are unworthy of being a scholar!"
Then he said proudly: "I was just talking to myself."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at her, approached her, and asked in a low voice: "Bai Ling, I want to ask you something."
Bai Ling immediately stepped back alertly, crossed her arms and said, "Sir, don't tremble."
Luo Qingzhou said: "Don't be shy, I just want to ask you one thing."
When Bai Ling heard this, she turned around and walked away, snorting, "I won't tell you."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her pink back which looked back every few steps, sighed, and had no choice but to catch up with her, picked her up, and walked into the house.
Bailing immediately struggled: "Son-in-law, don't... don't..."
Luo Qingzhou held her in his arms, entered her room, closed the door, and then put her on the bed. He asked in a low voice, "Miss, do you really not like men?"
Bai Ling lay there, with her mouth tightly closed, not saying a word.
Luo Qingzhou had no choice but to lower his head and kiss her little mouth.
Bailing struggled for a while, then her body began to go limp and she could no longer move.
After a moment.
Luo Qingzhou let go of her and whispered, "It's not me who wants to ask. It's Madam who wants to know. Madam is very worried about the eldest lady. I guess she won't be able to sleep well tonight."
Bai Ling's lips were moist, and she looked at him with blurred eyes for a while, then she said in a delicate voice, "I don't know either, the young lady didn't tell me."
Luo Qingzhou pressed on her body and asked in a low voice: "Do you usually serve the young lady when she takes a bath?"
Bailing immediately looked at him warily and said, "Sir, what do you want to do? I won't tell you about the young lady's figure."
Luo Qingzhou kissed her pink lips again and said, "If the young lady likes girls, she would be shy or have other strange behaviors and emotions when you take her to bathe. Have you noticed?"
Bailing closed her mouth, looked at him with watery eyes, and said nothing.
Luo Qingzhou waited for a while, and seeing that she still didn't speak, he said, "Then let's play with rabbits for a while."
When Bai Ling heard this, she immediately said, "Son-in-law, can Dabao and Erbao be returned to me and Chanchan? I miss Tutu, you... um..."
Before she could finish, Luo Qingzhou kissed her little mouth again, then slowly took the rabbit out and played with it by himself.
After a long time, Fang let her go and said, "Speak."
Bai Ling blushed and panted, "I... I didn't see... Miss didn't let anyone in when she was taking a bath..."
Luo Qingzhou asked again: "Is the eldest lady usually normal to you and Chanchan?"
Bai Ling said: "Hmm..."
Luo Qingzhou was confused.
Bai Ling looked at him pitifully and begged weakly, "Uncle, please don't... don't bully my rabbit... ok?"
Luo Qingzhou continued: "Every time I see the young lady, she is in a daze. I want to know if there is something wrong with her body?"
Bai Ling was silent for a moment, then frowned and said, "There may be something wrong with the young lady's brain. She can't even count to ten, so she always likes to be alone and daydream..."
After hearing this, Luo Qingzhou fell silent.
After a moment, Fang released the rabbit in her arms, stood up and said, "I'm going to the back garden to see the young lady."
When you reach the door.
He took Dabao out again, threw it on the bed, and said, "Bai Ling, your rabbit is much cuter than Dabao, and it won't bite people. Put it away quickly, be careful that Dabao bites it."
After saying that, he left the room.
Bai Ling was stunned for a while, looking at Dabao's eager eyes on the bed, and immediately put her rabbit away. She clenched her little pink fist and said, "Dabao, you can't learn from your bad uncle. You can't bully it."
Dabao seemed to understand. He jumped into her arms, rubbed his hands against her chest, squinted his eyes, and began to snore.
Bai Ling stroked its snow-white fur, pouted and muttered, "Dabao won't bite it. It's obviously the bad son-in-law who wanted to bite it, hum."
In the back garden.
The wind was cold and the snowflakes were falling slowly.
A young girl in a light green dress was practicing swordplay in the snow, her speed increasing faster and faster, and her frail figure was almost invisible.
And in the pavilion.
Miss Qin, wearing a white dress and a snow-white fox fur coat, sat there quietly, staring at the snowflakes outside the railing in a daze.
Luo Qingzhou watched silently from a distance for a while, then walked over, entered the pavilion, bowed, and said softly, "Miss."
Qin Jianjia came back to her senses, slowly turned her head and looked at him.
Luo Qingzhou met her gaze. He was stunned for a moment as he looked at the absolutely beautiful and flawless face in front of him. He asked softly, "Miss, do you want to hear a story? The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai."
He decided to test the waters with this tragic love story.
Miss Qin looked at him quietly, her extremely beautiful face still showing no other emotions. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "It's not that I don't like men..."
After hearing this, Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and asked, "During dinner tonight, the young lady said..."
Miss Qin continued to look at him quietly, and there seemed to be a flash of light in her dark and deep eyes.
She was silent for a while, looked at him, and said calmly: "I just don't like... philandering men..."