Qu Moying didn't say anything, just lowered her head and held the handkerchief in her hand.
"It's almost spring, and you have to come back to prepare for the exam. You're not one of those families whose families are not in the capital." Seeing that his brother was still hesitating, Qu Zhilin advised, "Look at what the other people in the Qu family are planning today. If our brothers had more descendants, they would never dare to do such a thing."
Qu Zhilin is the Censor. Although he is not as high an official as his younger brother, he still has a sharp vision. As soon as the incident happened, he knew there was something fishy going on. The reason is that because his family moved in from outside and are not close to the other members of the Qu family, they are afraid that in the end they will not get any benefits from him.
Regardless of whether what happened before was premeditated or something else, the subsequent behavior of the other members of the Qu family clearly showed their intentions.
The lack of offspring is indeed a pain in the hearts of the two brothers of the Qu family.
"Then let him go back home to study!" Qu Zhizhen seemed to be persuaded and agreed after a long time.
"Since he has been asked to come back, he shouldn't leave today. He has been coming and going during the New Year. There may be things happening in the mansion later, so he has to be entertained." Qu Zhilin added, "He has lived in the East Mansion most of the time before. After he comes back, let him continue to live in the East Mansion. He and Minghui will have a companion and can study together."
Over the years, Qu Zhizhen has always been unwilling for Qu Mingcheng to get closer to the Yu family, and he is indeed kept in the East Palace.
Although Yu is no longer around, Qu Zhilin knows something about the bad relationship between the two siblings in the West Mansion.
Although he wanted his nephew to come back, he didn't want to cause trouble in the West Mansion again, so he made this suggestion.
"Okay, let him live back in his original courtyard. As for the West Palace, he can come here if he has something to do, and study hard in the East Palace if he has nothing to do." Qu Zhilin thought about it and nodded.
Since the two brothers had made up their minds, Madam Qu looked at them and said nothing in the end. It was New Year's Day and everyone was thinking about happy things. Besides, even if her grandson came back, he would live in the East Palace, so she would not let him come back at other times. Once Ying got married, it wouldn't be long before she came back.
The lady did not say anything, and Luo certainly would not say anything either. As for Qu Moying and Qu Minghui, they were even less likely to speak.
It's rare for the family to sit together. They talked about unhappy things before, so now they naturally have to talk about some happy things, the most important of which is Qu Moying's marriage.
"Second brother, Ying will marry into the Prince of Ying's palace in the future..." Qu Zhilin glanced at his obedient niece and sighed in his heart. He was not optimistic about this marriage. No matter how he looked at it, his niece seemed to have a good fate to enter the Prince of Ying's palace. If she was not favored at all in the future, her life would probably not be easy. "You have to take better care of her in the future!"
Qu Zhilin reminded Qu Zhizhen that, in fact, the "look after" in this sentence really just meant looking after. One's own people knew one's own affairs, and the Qu family alone was not even a bit inferior to the Ying Palace.
To take care of someone more simply means to take care of them as much as you can.
As for Qu Moying being angry and coming to Pei Yuanjun to vent her anger, it was just a thought. Who would dare to rush to the door of Prince Ying's mansion and make trouble for Pei Yuanjun
“Brother, since the King of England is willing to marry Ying, he must naturally care about her. Now he is proposing to marry her in advance, when the Crown Prince returns home three days after his marriage. At this time…” Qu Zhizhen did not have so many thoughts and only cared about the benefits of this marriage.
"The King of England is getting married, and the Prince is still
The ceremony should be over. The Crown Princess' return is also a big deal. The two places... may overlap." Qu Zhilin understood what his brother meant. He had thought about it before and was really worried. But after marking the place on the paper, he was sure that not only would the two places overlap, but even the roads of the two places would overlap.
If people take the main road from Minister Liu's residence to the Prince's residence, Qu's residence and Prince Ying's residence, they will bump into each other somewhere. And there is a stretch of road that everyone has to walk on, so someone will need to give way.
In their opinion, Qu Moying's flower bridge was definitely for the taking.
But would the King of England agree? The auspicious time was set, the route was set, and on the wedding day, the newlyweds were the most important, so it seemed unlikely that they would give way to the Crown Prince who was returning home.
But we can't ask the prince to give way, can we
The auspicious time for that morning had already been set. The Qu brothers could not find out the auspicious time for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return home, but the possibility of them bumping into each other was actually very high.
The prince also needs an auspicious time to return home!
"Girl Ying... do you want to propose this matter to King Ying?" Qu Zhizhen suddenly turned around and looked at Qu Moying.
Qu Moying looked confused when asked. She looked at Qu Zhizhen with a slightly red face, but didn't know where to start.
"Second brother, what's the point of telling Ying about this? What can she know? Besides, even if we want to tell the King of England, we have to tell him ourselves." Qu Zhilin frowned, not understanding what his second brother meant.
"Ying girl, what do you think?" Qu Zhizhen still looked at Qu Moying and continued to ask.
"Everything is subject to my father's instructions." Qu Moying said softly, then lowered her head obediently, as if she really didn't understand the meaning of Qu Zhizhen's words.
"Second brother, even if we really run into him, there is nothing we can do. It's useless for Ying girl to say anything. It all depends on what His Royal Highness the King of England wants."
Qu Zhilin thought that Qu Zhizhen didn't understand, so he simply explained it more clearly. There was no one else in the room except the two brothers, their parents, their wives and their children, so he said it bluntly, "If the King of England is willing to give way, there will be no problem. But if the King of England is not willing to give way..."
Qu Zhilin paused here, smacked his lips, and felt that he really didn't know what to say. If the King of England was unwilling to give way, should the Crown Prince give way? Wouldn't this be against etiquette
But if we ask the newcomer to give way, especially the prince's uncle, it seems to be against etiquette, right
After thinking about it, there is really no way to deal with this matter: "Second brother, do you want to tell the King of England and let His Royal Highness make a decision?"
Qu Zhilin felt that this matter must have been caused by the Imperial Observatory, and without even looking carefully, he just casually set a date. The two of them clashed with each other, which was not good for anyone.
"Second brother, if you feel something is wrong, just tell the King of England, not Ying girl. As for whether to tell it or not, it's up to you." Madam Qu finally spoke, defending Qu Moying, and then paused, "In fact, in my opinion, it's better not to say anything. What we can think of, the Prince of England's Mansion can also think of."
Since it can be thought of, but there are no other arrangements, it seems that there should be a way to deal with it.
The words of the lady reminded the two brothers. They looked at each other and became thoughtful...
The next thing everyone talked about was Qu Moying's marriage. Luo also expressed some opinions on Qu Moying's dowry. This time when she married the King of Ying, Qu Moying's dowry would be absolutely
Yes, it cannot be less. Luo meant that we could add a little more, as the gift sent by the Queen Mother was too valuable.
This is the honor given to Her Majesty the Queen.
Of course the two brothers would not object and agreed to everything. By the time the matter was settled, it was already dark.
Seeing that the lady was not feeling well and could not bear it any longer, everyone went back.
Qu Moying was stopped by Qu Zhizhen at the gate of the courtyard.
"Father!" Qu Moying turned sideways and bowed.
By this time, everyone else had left, and Qu Mingcheng also left with everyone from the East Palace. Only the father and daughter were left in the West Palace.
"Don't mind your second brother's return today. We have too few descendants in our family." Qu Zhizhen sighed and said helplessly.
Because he had few descendants, he sometimes felt aggrieved in the Qu family. Even if they plotted against him, he could not do anything to them.
Few brothers, no strength!
"Father, I don't care." Qu Moying smiled slightly. She knew the meaning of Qu Zhizhen's words.
"It's the best that you think this way. Don't worry, at least your second brother will live in the East Palace during this period of time." Qu Zhizhen was relieved to see her calm attitude and assured her.
"Father, you're worrying too much. From now on, the mansion belongs to my second brother. How can we not let him come back to live?" Qu Moying's smile was light and a little cold under the moonlight.
The moonlight is nice today!
"This mansion is mine, so it's also your home. If you suffer any grievances in the Prince of Ying's mansion in the future, just come to me. At the very least, I am the Minister of Works!" Qu Zhizhen acted like a loving father, looking at Qu Moying gently, with a bit of guilt in his eyes, "Back then, I was deceived by Yu's family, so your mother went to a nunnery, and in the end... something like this happened. It's all my fault..."
When Qu Zhizhen said this, his face darkened and for a moment he didn't know how to continue.
After a long while, he continued the previous topic: "No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future... I will protect you even if it costs me my old bones... I will never let you be blamed in the British palace."
"Thank you, father!" Qu Moying bowed sideways again.
I mocked in my heart, but Qu Zhizhen didn't look "old" at all, so he said it so lightly.
Qu Zhizhen shook his hand, as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped talking in the end and sighed heavily: "Go back, the weather is cold now, and you are not in good health to begin with, go back and rest early!"
"Daughter, I'm leaving!" Qu Moying said softly.
"Okay, go back and have a good rest." Qu Zhizhen nodded and watched his little daughter leave with a somewhat gentle look. Under the moonlight, the night was dark and difficult to see.
Yu Dong walked forward with the lantern in hand. After walking for a distance, he could no longer see the light of Qu Zhizhen behind him. He then asked in surprise, "Miss, what does the Second Master want to do today?"
These words sounded too kind and caring, and Yudong inexplicably felt unconvinced...
My second master is obviously not that kind of person...
"He feels that his official position is not high enough and he cannot protect my rights too much, so..." Qu Moying curled his lips sarcastically, "It can be higher!"
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped and looked ahead in astonishment...