When Hu's complexion returned to the Hou's mansion, Qin Shu had already come out of the palace. When the two met, Hu was slightly surprised, "Why did Hou come back so early? What do the crown prince and empress say?"
Qin Shu sighed, "The prince should know that this is a way to become king, so he didn't say anything, but I haven't seen the empress, so I don't know what the empress means."
As he said that, Qin Shu thought of Yan Che's cold eyes for a few moments, and sighed, "After all, this matter has disgraced His Royal Highness the Prince, but if they quarreled with the Hou's because of this, they will hit King Cheng right in the face. His Royal Highness swallowed this breath, when and where he made it, we have to continue to read."
"What does Hou Ye mean to say that His Royal Highness may also take his anger on us?"
Thinking of Qin Xiang, Qin Shu felt annoyed, "Qin Xiang provoked the matter, and we also had some lapses in our oversight. It makes sense for the crown prince to blame us, so it's not a matter of anger. Next, we can't go wrong again. any step."
Mrs. Hu nodded hurriedly, and Qin Shu asked her again, "How about going to Xue's residence?"
Although Qin Shu asked this question, he understood that going to Xue's mansion this time could not be wrong. How could he dare to be dissatisfied with them due to the status of Xue's mansion? What's more, it was Cheng Wang who robbed people, they could only suffer from this boring loss.
Qin Shu was thinking like this, but seeing Hu's expression hesitated, Qin Shu raised his eyebrows, "Did they say something nasty?"
Mrs. Hu quickly shook her head, "That's not true. I haven't met Mr. and Mrs. Xue's family before. When I met them today, they are both honest and friendly. Then Mr. Xue handled things very well. After knowing this, I didn't blame him. Saying that they have no blessings, we were talking in the middle of the class, but a young man came out and said a few words to Master Xue. The marriage has been decided, and their relatives and friends over there have also notified us, and asked us if there is another Tang lady in the Qin residence, which means, anyway, we didn't say which Tang lady we were married to at the beginning anyway. , now that Qin Xiang has gone to Prince Cheng's mansion, why not marry Qin Shuang there..."
Qin Shuang's eyes flickered, "What do you mean... Is this what the Xue family boy meant?"
Mrs. Hu nodded, "I think it is, the boy sent tea to spread the word, and at that time Master Xue was still a little embarrassed."
Qin Shu was a little surprised, he thought for a moment in silence, then suddenly smiled, "This Xue family boy is clever, he works in the patrol battalion with Ye Er, I want Ye Er to take him to the mansion to see What kind of person is he."
Hu's eyes lighted up slightly, "What does Hou Ye mean, promise him?"
Qin Shu smiled, "Why didn't you agree? We took the trouble to show Xiangxiang Qin this family, and we will show Xiangxiang Qin Shuang later on. It's not certain whether we can find such a suitable person by then. The Xue family boy thinks Not to mention the embarrassment of the two families, it can also find a good home for Qin Shuang, and besides, this kid also has plans for himself."
The Xue family is married to the Hou Mansion, and Xue Qingshan's achievements will naturally be assisted by the Hou Mansion in the future, but without the Hou Mansion, he will have some difficulties. Qin Shu doesn't think that Xue Qingshan is just for clinging, "This matter is very important to both of you." Everyone is fine, but don’t promise too quickly, I’ll talk to him after I meet him, if he’s really ambitious, I’ll get to know him better.”
Hu felt relieved, "Okay, let's not give Shuang'er a thorough explanation—"
"I came back tonight and told Ye'er that you don't need to worry about it."
After Qin Shu finished speaking, he glanced at the sky outside, "Get ready, take Yu'er and Shuang'er, let's go to Anyang Hou Mansion together."
After tidying up and bringing generous gifts, it was not yet time for Qin Shu, Hu Shi and others to arrive at Anyang Hou's Mansion.
Qin Wan came to the Hou's Mansion early in the morning, and was a little surprised to see Qin Wan coming alone to Princess Taichang and Marquis Anyang, but after Qin Wan finished speaking, Princess Taichang also understood, and what Qin Wan said was naturally not like that There are many details, but Princess Taichang and Marquis Anyang can understand it immediately, and sooner or later Princess Taichang will know about it, so it's better to say it now.
And because of Princess Taichang's love for Qin Wan, she will naturally love Wu and Wu Gu's house.
After Qin Wan finished speaking, the Taichang Princess really reprimanded King Cheng. The matter went deeper and naturally involved seizing the heir. The Taichang Princess sighed deeply for a while, and then pulled Qin Wan to talk privately. At half past noon, Qin Shu and his wife came to the door.
When Princess Taichang left the capital, Qin Chaoyu was still a child, so she naturally didn't recognize Qin Shuang, and she didn't know Qin Shuang very well when she was in Jinzhou, so it's just now that the ceremony was officially held. Qin Shu and Anyang Hou Shaoshi belonged to the same generation, but The old Marquis of Anyang is a military general, while the old Marquis of Zhongyong is a civil servant, so the relationship is not deep. Now because of Qin Wan, Marquis of Anyang treats Marquis Zhongyong very warmly. The princess is too long.
The Hu family is as good as a human being, and they will soon be like a fish in water. Although Qin Chaoyu doesn't want to see Qin Wan, he dare not belittle the Taichang Princess. Now in the palace, apart from the Queen Mother, it is the Taichang Princess who speaks the most. The queen mother is the queen's biological mother, but this too long princess is the highest seniority in the royal blood!
Speaking, naturally talking about Qin Xiang, Hu said, "I didn't expect this to happen. I went to the Xue Mansion this morning to plead guilty. Fortunately, Mr. Xue was very understanding and didn't blame me. Otherwise, our Hou Mansion would never be blamed. I have never done anything so dishonest.”
Princess Taichang sighed softly, "That kid Yanqi is really crazy!"
Princess Taichang is an elder of the royal family, no matter how jealous Hu Shi is to hate Cheng Wang, she can't speak ill of Cheng Wang, Hu said with a smile, "It's not fate, Qin Xiang himself is willing, and we don't want to." What to say."
The Taichang Princess knew the difficulties of the Zhongyonghou Mansion, so she said, "You are in trouble too, but it is not your fault. I believe the Queen and the Crown Prince understand that the Eighth Miss is going to be the Crown Princess. At this time, everything depends on stability. How should I say it?" Well, everyone has their own destiny, and the fifth girl's choice is also her destiny."
The Taichang Princess is in her sixtieth year, she sees all this very clearly, Hu hurriedly responded, and then talked about other things, Yue Ning pulled Qin Wan to talk, seeing that Qin Shuang was a bit reserved but was very intimate with Qin Wan , and pulled Qin Shuang to talk again. Although Qin Chaoyu was very respectful to Princess Taichang and the Jiang family, he seemed a bit arrogant among the juniors.
Yue Ning sat in front of Princess Taichang for a long time, then pulled Qin Wan and said, "Oh, by the way, Mr. Wei came to give gifts yesterday, and also brought a little pony, you and I go and see—"
Wei Qizhi? Qin Wan was slightly surprised, and stood up. Seeing that Qin Wan was about to leave, Qin Shuang subconsciously followed suit, but Qin Chaoyu's expression was calm. She was going to be a princess, and she was only interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting on weekdays. Foal? She wasn't interested, so Yue Ning pulled Qin Wan and Qin Shuang out, and Princess Taichang smiled and said, "Miss Eight is still quiet, my family is like a boy like her two brothers..."
Mrs. Hu didn't dare to answer these words, "The princess has the demeanor of yours back then, heroic and heroic, not inferior to a man, how can the little girls today have such pride? All of them are very delicate and very..."
On the other side, Yue Ning looked at Qin Wan and said, "This Miss Eighth of the Hou's Mansion doesn't seem to care much about people?"
Qin Wan smiled and said, "That's her temperament, it's okay."
Qin Shuang said, "Bamei is very arrogant, and she is going to be the princess."
Yue Ning finally understood, and snorted softly, "Arrogance, who is not arrogance? Even though she has the title of the most talented woman in the capital, she is too self-righteous. Being independent and out of gregarious, it is conceivable that I will not say a word to you on weekdays."
Yue Ning guessed it right, and Qin Wan smiled wryly, "After all, she didn't grow up in the same place, and she won't be staying in the Hou Mansion for long, so you don't have to worry about me."
Yue Ning looked at her, "You and her didn't count as growing up together?"
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat. She had forgotten about Miss Jiu's childhood for a while. With a light cough, Qin Wan said, "Where is the little pony? Why did Wei Qizhi give a gift to the Marquis of Anyang?"
Knowing that Qin Wan didn't want to talk about Qin Chaoyu behind his back, Yue Ning shook her head and gave up, "Not only did Wei's mansion send a gift, but Song Guogong's mansion also gave it. Song Guogong's mansion originally wanted to become in-laws with us, but we didn't expect such a thing to happen. Things, they are not as sudden as the Zhongyonghou Mansion, and they came to the door to apologize early, they are simply swindlers, their own daughter got married without telling the truth, and they took us for nothing."
Yue Ning sighed, "Song Rou is innocent, but Song Guogong is not a good person. Although the incident of coming to the door to apologize is over, grandma and parents will not let it go so easily in their hearts. They think that we will not come back. Now that I am back, I will naturally come to make peace, we accepted the gift, but grandma didn't let anyone return it."
Yue Jia was going to get married last year, but because of Song Rou's incident, the marriage failed, but a murder was committed. Yue Jia didn't even think about getting married, so she went to the Shuoxi Army. , Song Guogong asked Song Rou to marry to Jinzhou after knowing that Song Rou was broken by someone. This clearly did not pay attention to Princess Taichang. Although this matter is not enmity, Princess Taichang will not Tolerate the Duke of Song's government insulting the Marquis of Anyang like this!
"This matter is indeed the fault of Duke Song's government."
Qin Wan's voice was low, and Yue Ning also said, "Grandmother is not that good-natured. They were the ones who did that at the beginning. Now they think we can forget about it by giving a little gift? How can there be such a thing in the world?" Such a good thing?! Eldest brother will be away for two or three years, and his marriage will definitely be delayed."
Qin Wan sighed inwardly, feeling that Duke Song's mansion was very shameless, and asked, "What about Wei Qizhi?"
Yue Ning said, "Wei Qizhi's mother is only from the Duke of Wei's mansion. Hearing that this happened, his mother also blamed the Duke of Wei's mansion. This time he sent the gift to thank him for his care in Jinzhou, but he Parents don't have the face to come to our house. These gifts are also a part of his heart. The second brother went to the Yamen these days, and I heard that he met him once. He is dealing with many Yamen now, and he doesn't know what to do. do what."
Thinking of Wei Qizhi, Qin Wan thought of him being a horse supplier for the imperial merchant, "Could it be that you want to do other business?"
Wei Qi's heart is not in the court, but the family always has to support it, and the Wei family started out as a businessman, but he went this way again. Yue Ning bluntly said that he didn't know, and then went to the stables in the mansion. Qin Wan must have seen a horse with a particularly shiny coat The maroon-colored pony's eyes lit up, and he smiled again, "This Wei Qizhi, I saw him last time, why didn't he send the horse here!"
Qin Wan's words were teasing, Yue Ning raised her eyebrows, "I'll give you a horse, but you won't ride..."
Yue Ning mostly rode horses when she went out, and it would be good to give her the horse. Yue Ning ignored Qin Wan's teasing gaze, went to the stable and led the pony out. Qin Shuang didn't understand horses, but also sighed, "It's so beautiful. The little horse is really cute."
Yue Ning smiled, "This horse is called Chiluan. I heard that he was hunting in the northwest, so his temper is very..."
As soon as the words fell, the little pony with its nose snorted and snorted immediately neighed. Yue Ning let out a soft drink, quickly pulled the rein closer, and then stepped forward to touch the top of the little pony's head, which made her quiet down.
"When it was delivered yesterday, several of the servants couldn't be locked up in the stables. It took me a long time to train her to listen to me. I have some fate with her."
After looking at the horse, the sun had already set to the west, Princess Taichang ordered someone to set up a meal, and everyone gathered together to eat again. Although Marquis Anyang led the army, he was like a fish in water in the officialdom, and Qin Shu had long been used to this Waiting for the scene, and because of Qin Wan, the two chatted very happily. When they arrived at the banquet, they drank a few glasses together. After finishing the meal, Qin Shu led Hu to leave.
The Jiang family and Yue Qiong sent Qin Wan and his party away, and when they returned, they heard Yue Ning talking to Princess Taichang, "Look, granddaughter, the Eighth Miss is too arrogant, and I don't know if she will embarrass the fourth sister." .”
Princess Taichang nodded Yue Ning's forehead, "You usually don't care about these things, but now you care about them?"
Yue Ning snorted softly, "Usually, Jinzhou doesn't have those eyes that would stare into the sky..."
Princess Taichang laughed, "Arrogance also has its benefits. Some people call themselves noble and may not be easy to get along with, but they won't do dirty things. Don't worry, she can't bully girl Xi."
On the carriage back, Mrs. Hu was also pointing Qin Chaoyu, "Yu'er, when they go out today, you should go with them. In front of Princess Taichang, you should pretend to be closer to Guan'er."
Qin Chaoyu pursed his lips, "There's nothing to pretend. She and I are not sisters in the same room. It's normal for us to not be close. It would be really strange if I became warm."
Hu smiled wryly, "That's what you said, but you have to be more tactful, you can't let everything fall on your face, and later entered the Eastern Palace, and later became a queen. There are three thousand people in the harem. You have to be virtuous and virtuous.”
Qin Chaoyu's complexion sank all of a sudden, but he didn't refute Hu. That day was far away in the past, but now, that day is very close, and she doesn't seem to understand it thoroughly. If she doesn't understand it, she will definitely pain.
"Mother, I know, I don't show it, I understand this truth."
Hu sighed, "Your father said that both the queen and the crown prince want to set your wedding date earlier. I'm afraid your wedding will be before July. Mother really can't bear you..."
Qin Chaoyu didn't speak, but held Hu's hand tightly.
After returning to the Hou Mansion, Qin Shu heard that Qin Ye was back, and immediately called him into the study. After a while of ordering, Qin Ye saw that it was getting late, but said, "Why don't I go to the Xue Mansion right now? I'm not familiar with him, but knowing that he will be my brother-in-law in the future, I have met him a few times, my child, this person is not simple."
Qin Shu became interested, "How do you say it?"
Qin Ye thought for a while, but said, "I can't tell, but I have been helping the family in the past few years, and I have been traveling all over the world. There are very few people who are about the same age as I can't see through. Brother Xue sometimes Let the child not see through, he is only more than one year older than the child, but he is much more stable when he can do things."
Qin Shu became even more interested when he heard that, "Okay, then you go to Xue's mansion now, let him come over tomorrow, and let him know what he thinks, I have a high probability of agreeing."
Qin Ye responded, and brought two guards out of the Marquis' Mansion at night, turned left, and headed straight to the south of the city.
The night fell like an ink net. Xue's mansion is located in Mingdefang, south of Xing'anfang. It is a place where nobles and rich people live together. Qin Ye took the auxiliary road, riding his horse and whipping towards Xue's mansion along the way. Go, the sound of horseshoes sounded from Xinglefang to Xing'anfang, and in the dark alley at the junction of Xing'anfang and Mingdefang, a dying shadow suddenly opened his eyes wide when he heard the sound of horseshoes, and his throat uttered There was a chirping sound, but seeing the hoofbeats getting farther and farther away, he couldn't move an inch. Soon, his eyes trembled, and he just looked at the dark sky like that, and would never blink again...