"Why is His Royal Highness here?"
Wang Huaiyu, the magistrate of Yuzhou, strode out from the yamen, pulled up his robe and knelt down, "I pay my respects to Your Highness."
Yan Chi helped Wang Huaiyu up, "Your Majesty Wang, you don't need to be polite, this is for Qingli's case."
Yan Chi was standing outside the carriage. Wang Huaiyu glanced at Fu Ling on one side. He thought that Fu Ling was somewhat familiar, and then a flash of light flashed in his mind. When Yan Chi came to the stage for the second time yesterday, he brought a He saw a girl, and later he knew that that girl was the ninth girl of the Zhongyonghou Mansion, and at that time, the maid who was accompanied by the nine girl was this.
Wang Huaiyu understood in an instant, and took another look at the curtained carriage to calm down.
"Qingli's case? After the trial yesterday, the murderer has been confirmed to be Qinglan."
Wang Huaiyu asked doubtfully, "Could it be that something happened?"
Yan Chi looked down, "Did you know there is an affair between Yang Ying, the deputy head teacher of Shuangqing class, and Qingli's little apprentice?"
Wang Huaiyu had a look of suspicion in his eyes, "The two of them have an affair?"
Yan Chi nodded, "It seems that you don't know yet, and I'm here to tell you because I'm afraid you don't know, so what does Qinglan say? Can you admit it?"
"No." Wang Huaiyu shook his head, "I don't admit it, but the evidence is solid now, and someone in the Shuangqing class said that Qinglan had quarreled with Master Qingli several times for some reason, and that Master Qingli once said that she would be arrested. Expelled from the double-clearance class."
Yan Chi frowned slightly, "Did Qinglan say why?"
Wang Huaiyu shook his head, "Qinglan hasn't said anything yet, and plans to retrial today."
Yan Chi didn't know this, and Qin Wan who was in the carriage was slightly surprised when he heard this. If there was a conflict between Qinglan and Qingli, then her suspicion would indeed be even greater.
As the magistrate of Yuzhou, Wang Huaiyu was naturally as sharp-minded as Huo Huaixin. He saw the seriousness on Yan Chi's face at a glance, so he asked softly, "If His Royal Highness has any doubts, why don't you go and listen together?"
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, but glanced at the carriage, Wang Huaiyu immediately said, "It's too cold outside, since His Royal Highness and Miss Nine are here, it's better to stand outside all the time, why not go into the mansion and have a cup of hot tea together? "
Yan Chi felt a little satisfied in his heart, and Qin Wan walked out from inside the carriage.
Now that he has come to this point, Wang Huaiyu is so sensible for Yan Chi's sake, so Qin Wan naturally accepted the kindness.
The curtain of the car was raised, and Fu Ling hurriedly held up an umbrella for Qin Wan. Outside, the light snow was falling densely. Qin Wan got out of the carriage and blessed Wang Huaiyu, "Master Zhifu—"
Wang Huaiyu turned sideways, "Ninth Miss, you don't need to be polite, it's too cold outside, please come in."
Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi, who strode ahead.
The yamen of the prefect of Yuzhou and the yamen of the prefect of Jinzhou were very similar. Wang Huaiyu directly invited Qin Wan and Yan Chi into his study where he usually entertains guests, ordered his attendants to serve tea, exchanged greetings with Yan Chi, and then ordered the attendants to interrogate Qing Lan. .
The study room was divided into two, and a screen in the middle was pulled to block the figures of Yan Chi and Qin Wan.
Not long after, a heavy footstep slowly entered the study.
With a "plop", Qing Lan presumably knelt down.
The inside of the screen cannot be seen clearly from the outside, but the shadow of the outside can be vaguely seen inside.
Qin Wan squinted her eyes and saw that she hadn't seen her all night. Qinglan's hair was in a mess, she was still wearing the "Cowherd" costume, and some blood stains could be seen faintly. She knelt down on the ground, her head drooping, He didn't speak for half a minute.
"Qinglan, raise your head—"
Wang Huaiyu gave a majestic low drink, Qinglan paused, but still raised his head.
Wang Huaiyu's voice softened a little, "You said you didn't harm your master, so why did a few people say they heard you and your master quarreling with their own ears? Why did your master threaten to expel you from the Shuangqing class? "
Qinglan looked at Wang Huaiyu expressionlessly, and said for a while, "I didn't kill my master."
Qinglan had been saying this all night, and Wang Huaiyu couldn't help but sneered once again, "It's ridiculous, just based on your words, why should I believe you?!"
Seeing that Qinglan was about to bow his head again, Wang Huaiyu threw a booklet in front of Qinglan with a "snap".
"Look carefully, these are other people's confessions."
Not only the interrogation records, but also the first and last names were on top of those confessions. Qinglan could clearly see who said what, and sure enough, Qinglan's stagnant eyes were soon filled with anger.
Wang Huaiyu quickly said, "I want to help you, but you don't hesitate to die, so I have nothing to do. Qingxian and Yang Ying will come to collect your master's body early tomorrow morning, and then they will carry the coffin back to Dingzhou. Within a short period of time, your case will be completely settled, once the case is finalized, no one will listen to you if you want to complain again, have you thought about it?"
Seeing that Qinglan was still silent, Wang Huaiyu sighed, "Come on, take me back—"
"Wait a minute." Qinglan said suddenly.
Behind the screen, Yan Chi and Qin Wan looked at each other, and there was a gleam in their eyes.
Qing Lan raised her head, "Master and I... I quarreled with Master because she asked me to do something I didn't want to do... She said that she would expel me from double clearing class, but it was also because of this incident. I am indeed angry in my heart, but I will not kill her."
Wang Huaiyu narrowed his eyes, "What did she do that made you disapprove?"
Qinglan took a deep breath, lowered her eyes and said, "She wants me... to serve the nobles in Beijing."
With a simple sentence, Wang Huaiyu understood that opera singers are not prostitutes, but opera singers are also low-level slaves. Those who come to listen to operas are not only for the purpose of genuinely liking opera, but also for fun. If young girls like her and Qing Xian, In addition to having a good figure, a good voice, and a good face, although we all know that they don't serve people, the more they are like this, the more they can arouse the minds of those noble people.
"Girl in Shuangqing class, do you still want to do these?"
Wang Huaiyu is not a Beijing official, but he knows that the Shuangqing Class is very famous. In his opinion, the prosperity of the Shuangqing Class does not require his own girl to serve others with sex. When the words settled down, Qing Lan lowered her eyes and said coldly, "Master likes to gamble. Others don't know about it, but Qingxian and I know about it. The Shuangqing troupe seems to be well-known and has gained a firm foothold in the capital, but it is different from those troupes that have taken root in the capital. Not to mention that everyone has to deal with each other up and down, and from time to time there are enemies who make trouble, so after such a turnover, there is not much money left, and Master loses nine out of ten bets, and today's double-clearing class is just superficially glamorous."
"The Shuangqing class has limited income, and someone in Beijing has paid attention to us, so the master asked us to serve those noble people. I... I don't want to serve... the master first coaxed us, and if the coaxing failed, he beat us and even threatened us. I want to kick me out... We quarreled many times, that's how it came about, even if she didn't kick me out, I don't want to stay here anymore, if it wasn't for the fact that she was the master who raised me since childhood, I would have As soon as I left... This time I went south, I thought I would make it clear to Master after returning to the capital, but I didn't expect that she died..."
Qing Lan kept her eyes down, but her back was still straight.
Wang Huaiyu narrowed his eyes, "So you were not forced by your master to serve others?"
Qinglan sneered, and looked up at Wang Huaiyu with sarcasm, as if Wang Huaiyu was also one of those lustful dignitaries, "I told her, if you force me, then let my corpse go to those nobles, she Knowing my temperament, although she was angry, she didn't dare, she was very angry with me for this trip, and she will definitely do something else when she returns to the capital."
Wang Huaiyu raised his eyebrows, "You are afraid that she will try to harm you after returning to Beijing, so you will kill her now?"
Qinglan sneered again, "If I really want to kill her, I can do it in the south. Why wait until now? Not to mention the importance of Prince Yu's birthday banquet, there are not a few people present who are as keen as Mr. Ruo Zhifu, Am I not afraid of showing off?"
After saying this, Qinglan lowered her head again.
"What's with the key?"
When Wang Huaiyu asked coldly, Qinglan immediately laughed.
"Someone wants to kill me, what can I do?"
Wang Huaiyu narrowed his eyes, "Who wants to harm you..."
Qinglan lowered her eyes, "I don't know, I have never had any grudges with anyone in the team." After a short pause, Qinglan suddenly said, "But... although there is no grievance on the surface, there are also some disputes in the dark .”
Wang Huaiyu raised his eyebrows, and Qinglan said, "Since the generation of the master, there has only been one class master in Shuangqing class, and the master has only one apprentice, the master, but the master has two apprentices, me and my sister. Choose between junior and junior sisters."
Having said that, Wang Huaiyu understood.
"anything else?"
Qing Lan shook her head, "Not anymore."
Wang Huaiyu pondered for a moment, "Do you know that the relationship between Leader Yang and your junior sister..."
Qinglan's eyes flickered when she heard the words, she seemed a little surprised that Wang Huaiyu would ask this, she raised her eyes to look at Wang Huaiyu, lowered her eyes and shook her head, "The deputy class leader takes good care of the younger sister, I don't know anything else."
Wang Huaiyu nodded, "Come here, take her back."
The attendant who was guarding outside came in and quickly took Qing Lan out. Wang Huaiyu opened the screen, looked at Yan Chi respectfully and said, "Your Highness, she said today, since this is the reason, do you want to check again?" check?"
Yan Chi nodded, "They're in the same theater troupe, I'm afraid she already has a feeling about the matter between Yang Ying and Qing Xian, but she didn't insist on it when you asked just now..."
Wang Huaiyu nodded, "Exactly, she didn't say the reason for the dispute with Qingli yesterday, presumably she didn't want outsiders to know about the scandal of Shuangqing Class."
After a slight pause, Wang Huaiyu said, "The officer will bring Yang Ying and Qing Xian back for interrogation."
Yan Chi nodded, Qin Wan stood up with him, Wang Huaiyu was going to arrest someone, Qin Wan and Yan Chi naturally couldn't stay in the yamen anymore, Wang Huaiyu was going to arrest someone, Yan Chi and Qin Wan left the Yamen first.
After getting into the carriage, Qin Wan said, "Will your Highness come directly to Prince Yu's Mansion?"
Yan Chi looked at her and said, "Why did you come out?"
Qin Wan's eyes turned slightly, "I just ask Sixth Sister to tell Third Brother that I'm out for a stroll."
Yan Chi lifted the curtain of the carriage and took a look outside, "Since you're out for a stroll, why are you returning empty-handed?"
As he spoke, he knocked on the carriage compartment, "Go east—"
The coachman didn't know the way of Yuzhou City, so Yan Chi directed the coachman to go forward. After a while, the carriage arrived at the most bustling market in Yuzhou City. Yan Chi lifted the curtain to look at it, and said, "You can go and have a look. .”
Even though he is not in the capital, it is still a bit ostentatious for His Royal Highness Prince Rui to accompany him to buy things.
Qin Wan nodded, and was about to go out when Yan Chi suddenly stuffed a money bag into her hand.
"Buy what you like."
Qin Wan's brows were raised high, Yan Chi would pay attention to her preferences, and would save her and protect her, but it was the first time to give her money, Qin Wan raised his hand and pushed back, "I have money with me. "
Yan Chi frowned, and held the money bag together with her hand, "Take it."
Two simple words, but he is unquestionable.
Qin Wan pursed her lips for a moment, then nodded, "That's good."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out. Yan Chi leaned against the wall of the car with his legs outstretched, watching Qin Guan and Fu Ling walking towards a silk shop on the side of the street together. stand up.
The girl's family naturally likes these satin jewellery, but to him they are the same for everything. Yan Chi thought that Qin Wan would have to shop for at least two cups of tea before returning, but unexpectedly, a cup of tea I came back when the time for tea was not enough.
Yan Chi opened the curtain to take a look, only to see a brocade box in Fu Ling's hands.
He frowned slightly, Qin Wan had already lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.
"Why so fast? Just bought this?"
Yan Chi looked at the brocade box and thought Qin Wan had picked some jewelry, but when Qin Wan took the brocade box in and returned the money bag to him, Yan Chi was surprised to find that the weight of the money bag had hardly changed.
"What is this?" Yan Chi took the money bag dissatisfied, Qin Wan opened the brocade box with a smile, Yan Chi leaned over and saw seven or eight brocade bags of different colors, Yan Chi raised his eyebrows , no wonder no money was spent.
"I don't need anything else, but I don't have enough tips for making medicine bags."
Speaking of which, Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi, "Does Your Highness want a medicine bag?"
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, "Why do you need to ask me about this?"
Qin Wan thought for a moment, understood, and nodded immediately.
After shopping, it was too cold outside, Yan Chi didn't want her to stay outside, so he said, "Go back now, back to Qinghui Garden."
"What about Your Highness?" Qin Wan put the brocade box aside and asked hurriedly.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be there halfway."
Qin Wan hesitated to speak, but Yan Chi made a decision but didn't allow her to say no, he knocked on the carriage compartment to order, and the driver quickly let the carriage move.
"When will Your Highness leave?" Qin Wan suddenly asked again.
Yan Chi looked at her with a thin smile, "Don't worry..."
Qin Wan nodded, but he didn't know whether he was not in a hurry because of her or because of other things. Yan Chi seemed to see her thoughts, and said, "Yan Li is going back to the capital too, I'm afraid he will go with me. I'll be a little behind you sometime."
Qin Wan opened his eyes slightly, "Your Highness, you can go back to the capital first."
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan, "I'm worried."
Qin Wan's heart felt sore and soft, but Yan Chi only smiled lightly. After a while, he lifted the curtain and took a look outside. Seeing that the carriage was approaching the street of Qinghui Garden, he knocked on the carriage again, and soon , the carriage stopped.
Yan Chi stepped forward to hug Qin Wan, kissed her on the lips, and got out of the carriage without saying a word.
The carriage started to move again, Qin Wan opened the curtains and saw that Yan Chi was standing upright by the side of the road looking at her, it was just an ordinary parting, Qin Wan felt a little bit disappointed, and waited for the carriage to turn around. It was too late to see Yan Chi, Qin Wan just put down the curtain.
Qin Wan opened the brocade box. When she bought the brocade bag just now, she picked out an ink-colored brocade bag. A small orchid flower appeared on the black silky brocade bag, which added two points of elegance. At first glance, I felt that it was very suitable for Yan Chi.
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As soon as he entered the gate of Qinghui Garden, Qin Wan saw several concierges discussing something in a low voice.
Qin Wan knew that Wang Huaiyu must have been here.
"Miss—is it Wang—"
"Hush." Qin Wan made a silent gesture, "In order to avoid trouble, don't tell Third Brother about this beforehand."
Fu Ling nodded, "Miss trusts His Royal Highness more."
After hearing this, Qin Wan didn't refute, and there was really no way to refute.
The two of them went back to the guest house together, and as soon as they entered, Qin Shuang rushed out from the opposite room, "Where did you go, why did you only come back after a long time, what are you holding in your hand?"
As Qin Shuang said, she came forward and took the brocade box, and opened it with a bit of disappointment on her face.
"What is the kit—"
Qin Wan walked into her room with a smile, "The kit for making medicine bags is gone."
Qin Shuang had no choice but to give the box to Fu Ling, "Why do you still make medicine sachets? You won't need so many medicine sachets after crossing the Yanjiang River?"
Qin Wan smiled but said nothing, Qin Shuang hurriedly followed and said, "You know, just now the prefect of Yuzhou brought people to take Qing Xian and their deputy class leader Yang Ying away, saying that they found new doubts, Now, the double-clearing class will not be able to leave tomorrow."
Qin Wan expected it, "Are there any new doubts?"
Qin Shuang was a little bit surprised to see Qin Wan so calm, but she was a little bit relieved when she thought that Qin Wan had this expression on weekdays, "How can you say that? Anyway, they took people away."
Qin Wan said casually, "Where's third brother?"
Qin Shuang shook her head, "I don't know. When I came back, Third Brother was not in the yard. He said he was invited by Master Pang, so I don't know what to talk about."
Qin Wan said "Yes" and stopped asking, and just fiddled with the sachet.
That's all she can do about Qingli's case. She didn't know that Qingli was fond of gambling, and even forced the girls in her troupe to commit herself to the nobles in Beijing. judgment.
Qin Wan fiddled with the sachet all afternoon, and Qin Yan came over after Haishi, entered the room and asked, "Ninth sister is back?"
Qin Wan stood up, "Well, I went out and bought some kits and came back."
Looking at Qin Yan, Qin Wan was surprised to find that today Qin Wan seems to be slightly frowned and a little irritable.
"Sir, sit down and have a cup of tea?"
Qin Wan greeted Qin Yan and sat down. Qin Wan served Qin Yan a cup of tea, "Third Brother, did you go to talk to Master Pang?"
"And Liu Yuntong..."
Qin Yan took a sip while holding the teacup, and Qin Wan said again, "Third brother looks bad, but what's wrong?"
Qin Yan didn't deny it, but instead glanced at Qin Wan, then shook his head and said, "It's just a small matter, you won't understand it if you talk to a girl like you, it's nothing serious, don't worry."
Having said that, Qin Wan knew that it was a matter of the court.
Since it is the court, it is very likely that it has a direct relationship with Liu Renli...
Qin Wan said casually, "Could it be that Master Pang has caused some problems for the third brother? Isn't Liu Yuntong in the house? The third brother can discuss something with Liu Yuntong."
Qin Wan's words were intentional, and as soon as the words fell, Qin Yan chuckled, "Liu Yuntong...it's because of him..."
Qin Yan's words suddenly stopped, but he didn't intend to continue. Turning his eyes, he saw Qin Wan looking at him with open eyes. Qin Yan's back felt slightly chilled. He almost slipped his mouth just now, but see Seeing Qin Wan's expression, but it didn't look like he was deliberately probing and planning, Qin Yan smiled helplessly, "Liu Yuntong can't do anything about it."
Qin Wan clicked to stop, but understood that Liu Renli and Qin Yan's worries were related.
Could it be that Qin Yan wanted to win over Liu Renli, but was rejected by Liu Renli
Liu Renli's position in the salt fortune is not light, but in the end he is only a fourth-rank official, and he is not from a clan, so he dared to refuse the prince's kindness
Qin Wan couldn't figure it out, but he didn't intend to inquire about these court affairs any more, and Qin Yan also fell silent for a while, the more so, the more it showed that he was unhappy, and after sitting for a while, Qin Yan said goodbye and went back to his yard.
After dinner, Qin Wan continued to make medicine sachets. After making the medicine sachets, he washed and rested. He slept soundly all night. The next morning, Qin Wan didn't wake up until the sun was bright...
Qin Wan got up to wash up, and just after washing up, Qin Shuang rushed into the room.
"Guess what I saw?"
Qin Wan was drinking water. Turning his eyes, he saw that Qin Shuang was neatly dressed, and his face was flushed, as if he had just come back from outside. When he asked this question, Qin Shuang said, "Qinghui Garden is here again. Guests!"
"There are guests again?" Qin Wan was not surprised, but just wanted to cooperate with Qin Shuang.
"And there came an old lady—"
Qin Wan was slightly surprised when he heard this, an old lady came
After thinking about it, Qin Wan said, "It's nothing strange, I'm afraid it's a relative of the Pang family."
Qin Shuang shrugged, "I went to the pavilion yesterday and heard a few servants talking about it. I don't know who it is." Then he said, "Let's go to Third Brother's for breakfast."
Qin Wan went out with Qin Shuang to Qin Yan's yard, but saw that Qin Yan was still frowning after a night.
Seeing the two of them coming, Qin Yan said, "Let's leave here and return to the capital tomorrow."
Qin Shuang was naturally happy to finally return to the capital, but Qin Wan felt something unusual.
It can be seen that Qin Yan looked serious, so she didn't want to ask more questions. When Qin Xiang arrived, the four brothers and sisters began to eat.
After breakfast, Qin Shuang grabbed Qin Yan and asked, "Third brother, haven't Qingxian and Yang Ying come back yet?"
Qin Yan nodded, "Not yet, it seems that Qingli's case is not that simple, and it is uncertain who is responsible."
Qin Shuang rolled his eyes and didn't think clearly for a while, "Whatever he is, anyway, we're leaving early tomorrow morning, so we only need to go to the capital for four or five days, right?"
Qin Yan nodded, "If it is fast, it will take four days, if it is slow, it will only take five or six days."
Qin Shuang clapped her hands happily, and saw Qin Yan dragging Qin Wan out the door with a look of reluctance to talk, "What's wrong with the third brother? It seems that something bothered me."
Even Qin Shuang found out, so it was no small matter.
Qin Wan shook his head, "Mostly it's a matter of the upper court, it's not easy for us to get involved."
Qin Shuang nodded, "Mmm", then took Qin Wan's arm and said, "Let's go, let me show you something."
While talking, Qin Shuang dragged Qin Wan along the road yesterday morning to the east. Qin Wan didn't know what Qin Shuang was going to show her, and when she was at the pavilion yesterday, she realized that there was a big wooden door standing outside the pavilion. snowman.
Qin Wan was slightly surprised, "This... you piled it up?"
The snowman that Qin Wan saw was different from the little snowman that Pang Jiayan made yesterday. The snowman now is as tall as a person, with a huge belly, two palm leaves inserted on both sides, and stones as the nose, eyes and mouth on the head. Qin Wan laughed unconsciously. It turned out that Qin Shuang woke up early in the morning to make a snowman.
"Am I amazing?! Me and Wan Qingxiuyun are three of us!"
"This looks better than the little snowman from yesterday, doesn't it?"
Qin Shuang happily walked towards the snowman, and just as he finished speaking, a soft voice with some atmosphere suddenly rang out.
"I'm pretty—"
The sudden sound made Qin Shuang and the two startled. Qi Qi raised his eyes and saw Pang Jiayan standing there for some reason at the intersection ahead. Qin Shuang and Qin Wan were taken aback, quite embarrassed.
Pang Jiayan strode forward with short legs, walked up to Qin Shuang's snowman and pointed, "Huh, ugly—"
Qin Shuang was annoyed, but he couldn't care less about a child, so he couldn't help but look at Qingniang who followed Qin Shuang in embarrassment, and Qingniang blessed her embarrassedly, "See you two young ladies."
Then he looked at Qin Shuang, "Miss Six, don't blame me, the third young master is showing his temper."
As soon as the words fell, Pang Jiayan snorted again, and then he squatted down abruptly, picked up a handful of snow from the ground, turned around and entered the pavilion, Qing Niang sighed, and walked in with the snow, Qing Niang piled a pile of snow on the stone table, and came out to apologize while Pang Jiayan was pinching the snowman.
"It's really rude. Just now, the master is in a bad mood and said something to the third young master. Although the third young master didn't cry, he was not happy."
Both Qin Wan and Qin Shuang were surprised, Qin Shuang said, "Master Pang loves the young master so much, how could he say so?"
Qingniang turned around and took a look, as if to see if anyone was coming from behind, and then said in a low voice, "Master is sometimes moody, even the third young master will be scolded."
Qin Shuang opened her mouth, but it was inconvenient to talk about Pang Fuliang, and said with a smile, "No wonder, it's because I made a mistake just now, the snowman made by the third young master is the most beautiful..."
The last sentence of Qin Shuang's voice was loud, as if she wanted Pang Jiayan to hear it on purpose.
Qingniang also walked into the pavilion with a smile, "Don't be angry, young master, the master was also angry with that lady, not for you, young master..."
Qin Shuang and Qin Wan looked at each other again, did the host get angry when the new guest arrived
Pang Jiayan snorted softly, "I heard that, that man asked his father for money..."
Qingniang smiled wryly, looked at Qin Wan and the two and said, "The Pang family is prosperous, and relatives who come to play Qiufeng are indispensable."
This is not difficult to understand, Pang Jiayan snorted, "That man wants father's inn..."
As soon as these words came out, both Qin Wan and Qin Shuang were startled. The first thing they said was the inn. How could this be a poor relative who came to play the autumn wind? Qin Wan felt that she heard something she shouldn't have heard, so she pulled Qin Shuang to leave first.
Qin Shuang said reluctantly while walking, "Why are you in a hurry? Don't you find it strange? I'm still waiting for him to say something."
It's strange, of course it's strange, Qingniang's "relatives who beat the autumn wind" dare to ask for the inn, even Pang Yiwen and Pang Yiwu dare not say such a thing, who is that person? !
"We're leaving tomorrow, not to mention it's someone else's privacy, how can you listen so much?"
Qin Shuang pouted, "It's because I'm leaving tomorrow that I need to listen more. A big family like the Pang family must have hidden a lot of secrets. Tell me, did that person know something about Master Pang? That's why you dare to speak like this? There are everywhere in the west of Shifang Inn, and every business is booming. Let alone how many that person wants, even one is enough for the whole family to eat and drink for a lifetime... "
"Don't see evil and don't listen to evil." Qin Wan confessed solemnly, but he felt a little suspicious and uneasy in his heart.
As Qin Shuang said, among the rich and powerful families, which family has no secrets? Qin Wan is not surprised that the Pang family has a secret, she just cares about the right and wrong in the world, but she doesn't want to explore every secret.
Pulling Qin Shuang back to the courtyard, Qin Wan stuffed Qin Shuang with a miscellaneous journal, forcing her to read while thinking about how to send the news to Yan Chi. It might not be appropriate to go out today.
After thinking about it, Qin Wan came to Bai Ying's warm pavilion. For the past two days, Bai Ying was mostly bedridden. Seeing Qin Wan coming, Bai Ying hurriedly got up.
Qin Wan pressed her down, checked that Fu Ling hadn't come in, and said in a low voice, "Can you send him a message?"
Bai Ying understood in an instant and nodded immediately.
Qin Wan said conveniently, "We are leaving for the capital tomorrow morning, just tell him this."
Bai Ying nodded, got up and took out something from her bag, she didn't avoid Qin Wan, she went to the back window and let it go to the sky, Qin Wan only heard a "swoosh" , a faintly invisible bright light went up into the sky, Qin Wan felt a sense of illusion, and saw Bai Ying standing motionless by the window, and soon, a figure fell outside the rear window in broad daylight.
After Bai Ying explained a few words, that person disappeared without a sound.
After closing the window, Bai Ying turned around and said, "His Highness left someone outside this garden."
Qin Wan couldn't help thinking of Yan Chi's words "don't worry", she nodded, and told Bai Ying to continue her practice, and then returned to her warm pavilion, where Qin Shuang was dozing off with the book in her arms.
"Nine Small Streets—"
Halfway through Haishi, Zhou Huai suddenly appeared outside the door.
Fu Ling opened the door, Zhou Huai bowed and said, "Miss Nine, Master Pang said that we are leaving tomorrow morning, and there is a banquet to see us off in the evening, you and Miss Fifth and Miss Six make preparations, let's go there now."
The news was a bit sudden, but the Pang family was already prepared, so it was naturally difficult to refuse.
Qin Wan asked Fu Ling to call Qin Xiang, and put on cloaks with Qin Shuang. When they came out, Qin Yan was already waiting for them at the intersection, and the four brothers and sisters walked towards Chaohui Hall together.
Not long after, they arrived outside Zhaohui Hall.
But Liu Renli was waiting outside the door. When he saw Qin Yan coming, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Meet your son..."
"Meet the three girls..."
Liu Renli was much more enthusiastic and attentive than the last time Qin Wan saw him. Qin Wan seemed to feel that it was not Qin Yan who wanted to win Liu Renli over, but that Liu Renli wanted something from Qin Yan. A little cold, "They are women, without titles, you are an official of the imperial court, how can you salute them?"
Qin Yan said coldly, and immediately wiped Liu Renli's face, but Liu Renli was not at all unhappy, he just said, "What you said is right to you, I just respect everyone in the Marquis's House, please..."
Qin Yan was in front, Liu Renli was half a step behind, followed by Qin Wan and others, and they entered the room of Zhaohuitang together.
As soon as he entered the house, Pang Fuliang was teasing Pang Jiayan again, and Pang Jiayan was holding the glittering golden carriage in his hand to play with again. Hearing the movement, Pang Fuliang turned his head, "The prince is here?"
Qin Yan nodded, turned around and said, "Hey, I heard that there are guests coming to the house, why don't you see them?"
Pang Fuliang laughed and said, "Today is to see the son off, so we can do it."
Qin Yan said, "How good is that? Wouldn't it be neglecting the guests? Let's invite the lady to the banquet together."
Pang Fuliang hesitated for a while, and Liu Ren encouraged, "That's fine."
As soon as these words came out, Pang Fuliang's eyes darkened, and after a moment of silence, Pang Fuliang directed towards the door of the house, "Go to someone, and call Mrs. Tan..."
Pang Youde responded outside, and went to invite the lady.
Pang Fuliang patted Pang Jiayan on the shoulder and stood up, "Let's have a banquet first..."
As he said, he raised his hand and said, "My son, please, Liu Yuntong..."
Qin Yan naturally brought the three of Qin Wan to the banquet. Unlike the night he came, only Pang Yiwu did not see Pang Yiwen today, and the Pang family came to visit Qin Wan in the past two days. Pang Yiwen was already much better.
"It's really a pity this time. I wanted the son to listen to the two-day drama to have a good time, but I didn't want such a thing to happen." Pang Fuliang said helplessly, and poured wine for Qin Yan himself while talking, "Farewell this time , I really don’t know when I will see the son again, the next time the son comes to Yuzhou, you must let me know.”
Facing Pang Fuliang, Qin Yan seemed to have lost the kindness he had when he first came here, but compared to Liu Renli, his expression was much more kind. "Don't worry, Mr. Pang, if you come again, you will have to bother me."
Pang Fuliang nodded, poured wine for Liu Renli again, and after several people poured it, he said, "Everyone use your chopsticks..."
"Pang Gong's guests haven't come yet, don't worry."
Qin Yan glanced outside, the etiquette was very considerate, and when the guest was mentioned, the smile on Pang Fuliang's face faded by two points, but Qin Yan said so, it is even more difficult for him as the host to say anything.
There was silence in the room, everyone was waiting for the lady, Pang Youde had been gone for a while, how could people still come
Seeing this, Liu Renli smiled and said, "The next official will enter Beijing one day later, and he will visit Lord Hou and his son as soon as he returns."
Qin Yan was very optimistic about this salt envoy, but at this moment, his expression was indifferent, "Master Liu has just returned to Beijing, and naturally the first task is to report on his duties. Why should we go to the Marquis's Mansion first? This is a success in the eyes of others. what?"
Liu Renli's face froze slightly, "You are still a wise son, the next official didn't think carefully, I didn't think carefully."
After the words fell, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Liu Renli hurriedly said, "Here we come—"
Having said that, everyone looked towards the door, and saw Pang Youde walking in with a pale complexion, and tremblingly said, "Master, something happened..."