Take a bath that day.
Chu Yu couldn't remember how she fell asleep last night. Qin Zheng's hand was very hot, like a fire burning all the way from his fingertips to his heart. He stayed stiff for most of the night, and finally he couldn't bear the drowsiness. When he opened his eyes again, there was already a ray of dawn light in the sky outside the window.
Zhen'er was still asleep, with her little face buried in her arms, this was a nostalgic attachment she had cultivated since childhood.
Before Chu Yu's gaze on her daughter softened, she caught sight of Lord Qin Hou unexpectedly.
Qin Zheng's chin rested on Zhen'er's small head, and he was sleeping deeply with his eyes closed. His long and sparse eyelashes remained motionless, and his thin lips were lightly pursed. His originally extremely handsome face looked a little calm and gentle.
Chu Yu stared at Qin Zheng blankly for a while, and then quietly got up.
He never asked the servants to bother the senior and junior, after he finished washing alone, seeing that it was still early, he went to the study to arrange trivial matters such as the ceremony of favors in the mansion this month.
The steward of the Qin family has long been familiar with the second master's temperament, and he dare not fool around in such matters, so he hurried to find Miss Yao before the second master could speak.
Qin Yao is Qin Zheng's only direct sister, who has just passed Jiji's age and is still in her boudoir.
"Second brother just got up earlier than the chicken, why bother to torment people like this for no reason." Qin Yao said coldly with a sleepy look on his face.
Chu Yu ignored Qin Yao's harsh tone, and said, "From today onwards, whenever I sleep at home, you get up at this hour every day, and follow me to learn how to take care of the house."
Qin Yao suddenly became angry, and raised the sharp chin that had just faded from the child's fat and limp, and said, "Why?"
Chu Yu stroked the jade abacus with her fingertips, and said calmly: "You have reached the age of Jiji, and you are about to get married, so it's time to calm down. Go out less on weekdays and stay at home to learn these things. "
Qin Yao tightened her pale pink lips, and said coldly: "The Hou's family is still surnamed Qin, so it's not for Second Master Chu to point fingers, and my friendship with friends is still in the way of Second Master Chu's affairs?"
Chu Yu didn't want to break up with the young lady in front of her, so she said bluntly: "Miss Qin, you have only grown up in the past few years, but you haven't grown up in your brain at all. Make friends? Those noble girls treat you as a friend? Are you here?" Are you lying to me or are you lying to yourself?"
Chu Yu's words were like a vicious hand, tearing away the last bit of decency from Qin Yao. The Marquis of Zhenbei's mansion was in decline, and those noble ladies looked down on Qin Yao at all, and never asked her to come with them every time they played together, let alone make friends.
But how can Qin Yao be reconciled, she is the daughter of the Zhenbei Houfu, and her grandfather was a famous general before his death, so she was loved by thousands of people. When grandfather was alive, who among those noble daughters rushed to curry favor with her!
"Chu Yu! You... who do you think you are! What right do you have to say about me?" Qin Yao was furious.
Chu Yu snapped aside a cold jade abacus: "Because I am the current master of the Hou Mansion, and I am your brother who welcomed you in with three teas and six salutes."
Qin Yao laughed back angrily: "My brother doesn't love you at all. I'm afraid you are the person I hate the most in my heart. My brother can't wait for you to die..."
Chu Yu paused, raised her eyebrows, and said, "From today on, Miss Yao can't leave the house."
The chief steward of the Hou Mansion hurriedly leaned over and replied, "Yes, Second Master."
Qin Yao's face turned pale: "You... how dare you!" After saying that, she cursed at the chief steward, "You are the steward of my marquis's mansion, and you are so picky!"
The head steward's face was not good-looking, Miss Yao was really spoiled when she was a child, and now she can't see the situation clearly at all. The second master is the real head of the Hou Mansion, and she was asked to study Zhongfu in the hope that she can manage the back house well after she gets married. Only a smart and well-meaning mistress can control the entire big family well. Let her stay away from those noble girls because it is an indisputable fact that the Hou Mansion has lost power, and if you deliberately approach the upper class circle, you will only be ridiculed.
But in Qin Yao's eyes, it was Chu Yu who made things difficult for her, tortured her in a disguised form, and mocked her for not being worthy of touching the lintel of nobles.
There was frost in Chu Yu's eyes, and he still spoke ruthlessly: "You'd better study hard, you should also understand the situation of the Hou Mansion now."
Qin Yao sneered: "The situation of the Hou's mansion? All of this is not thanks to you. If you, the second master of Chu, hadn't obstructed it, my brother would have already been an important minister in the court. It was you who ruined my brother's official career and ruined us. government."
Chu Yu hooked the corners of her lips: "That's why you should understand that I have the final say here."
The smile on the corner of his lips was a bit cold, and when he raised his eyes and glanced at Qin Yao, Qin Yao felt a bone-chilling chill, and couldn't help shivering all over.
Chu Yu suddenly felt that Qin Yao was still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and even if she was a little domineering, she was not hopeless. As long as she let go of her prejudice against herself and is willing to calm down and study with him for two years, she might be able to calm down and become a real lady. At that time, it is better to find her a noble and proper husband's family.
However, the most important thing right now is to kill Qin Yao's arrogant and restless heart.
Chu Yu approached Qin Yao step by step, stopped in front of her, looked at her condescendingly, and said coldly: "If you listen to me well and don't disobey me, I will never treat you badly in the future. But if you insist on going your own way... "
He suddenly raised his voice, with sternness and coldness, and said: "I will marry you into a small household from a mud-legged family, and be the mistress of a husband's family with a lot of concubines. Do you think it's okay? It's time to see if it was your useless elder brother Hou who saved you, or your grandfather who has been dead for many years saved you."
Qin Yao staggered back two steps, her legs gave way and she fell to the ground, her face pale. How vicious this person is in front of her, she has seen it before, right? As long as he can say it, he will definitely do it.
Seeing that it was almost done, Chu Yu didn't want to teach Qin Yao to take stock of her income and expenses today, and let her reflect on it for a day.
It's already bright outside, and I think it's time for Zhen'er to wake up.
He raised his hand and opened the hanging flower door.
Qin Zheng stood outside the door with Zhen'er in his arms...
The heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment, and the air was eerily silent.
Chu Yu almost exhausted all his strength to meet Qin Zheng's eyes. Unsurprisingly, those eyes were full of anger, hatred, loathing...
Following a loud slap, Chu Yu turned his face to the side, staggered, and held onto the door frame at hand.
Qin Zheng felt that there was a fire hidden in his heart, which made his limbs ache. When he got up in the morning, he played with Zhen'er for a while, and Zhen'er insisted on having breakfast with his father. He didn't want to spoil his daughter's favor, so he brought Zhen'er to the study to find Chu Yu.
It's just that he never thought that at the moment when he opened the door, he heard Chu Yu threatening his own sister with such vicious words.
"Daddy!" Zhen'er cried out loudly, struggling to hug Chu Yu with both arms.
The cry of his daughter brought Chu Yu back to his senses. His face was burning with pain, and his vision was a little blurred, but he still slowly straightened his spine, concealed the pain in his eyes, and looked at it with calm eyes. To Qin Zheng.
Qin Yao also recalled the memory, couldn't help throwing herself into Qin Zheng's arms, crying out of breath: "Brother! Brother..."
Qin Zheng hugged the two girls of the Qin family, one big and one small, and said coldly to Chu Yu, "I, Qin Zheng, are not dead yet, so the Zhenbeihou's residence is up to me."
Chu Yu wanted to sneer, and pulled the corner of his lips, bringing out a sharp pain.
What does he say? What does he say? He has been drunk and dreamed and died for so many years, if he hadn't led the Hou's mansion to retreat bravely and bowed his head to be a man, there would be no scum left in the Hou's mansion now. The silly younger sister who gave birth to him was stupid enough to provoke a high school out of vanity.
Qin Zheng held Zhen'er in one hand and Qin Yao in the other, and the moment he turned his head to leave, he finally couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Chu Yu, did you... use such a vicious face to force Han Yi away? …”
Chu Yu's head buzzed, and she suddenly raised her head to look at Qin Zheng, her heart was like ice, her lips gradually turned white. After a long time, he heard his own voice that seemed to be mixed with tears: "No..."
Qin Zheng looked at him without any warmth in his eyes.
Chu Yu felt that every breath became long and difficult. He slowly lifted his sharp chin, the corners of his lips gradually raised, and suddenly revealed an extremely charming smile, and said like a poisonous snake spitting out a snake letter: " Dealing with Meng Hanyi is much more vicious than this."
Qin Zheng's finger bones creaked as if they were about to shatter, and there was an undisguised killing intent in his eyes.
Chu Yu put away her smile, and said casually: "Tomorrow, I will go to court, Lord Hou will have to weigh it carefully, if His Majesty asks about the injury on my face, the whole family of the Hou Mansion will not be able to bear the wrath of the emperor." After all, this Hou Mansion is still up to Lord Hou, and it has nothing to do with me, Chu Yu, right."
Qin Zheng suddenly lost his strength. The poisonous snake in front of him had always been like this. He hated it to the core, but he couldn't touch the poisonous fangs.
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