Zhihua laughed out loud, "Everyone thinks that the second master is smart, but you think that the second master has something wrong with him. This is really strange~"

Si Qi glared at Zhi Hua, then turned to Shi Jin, "Why did you say that?"

Then Shi Jin recounted what happened last night, and when she mentioned painting with blood, there was still a little fear left in her eyes.

Si Qi was also a little surprised.

She didn't know that the second master had such a side, so she felt a little worried, so she finally told Shi Jin, "Don't spread these words to anyone else, or you won't make the second master angry."

Shi Jin nodded quickly and hurriedly collected the dewdrops.

And when they were working hard, Cui'er and Bi'er, who were waiting in the pavilion in the distance, saw the eldest lady's palms coming together.

The two of them were startled, kowtowed quickly, and then stepped aside in a deep voice.

Qi Shu is the eldest daughter of the uncle. She is the third child in the family and she has been pampered by thousands of people since she was brought up. Even in the capital, she is quite talented and famous.

Today she was wearing a plain white dark floral brocade dress with a white jade ring around her waist. The ornaments on her head were simple and elegant. She held a silk lady's flower-picking fan in her hand, which made her whole body noble and pure.

The accompanying maid spread a ball of jade and brocade mink fur on the bench in the pavilion, and helped Tingting sit down, and then she had the time to look around.

Qi Shu's eyes fell on the two unfamiliar maids, and she couldn't help but frown, "Which courtyard do you two belong to?"

Cui'er spoke cleverly, "Miss Third, this servant is from the second master's yard. Because Sister Siqi wants to collect dewdrops, I have been specially ordered to wait here..."

"Have you ever seen your second brother?" Qi Shu couldn't bear it and asked directly.

"Miss, the slaves didn't see the second young master when they came," Cui'er replied.

Qi Shu looked at the young man behind her in confusion. The young man was Chang Qing in the second young master's yard. Seeing Qi Shu's confusion, she smiled and said, "I'm afraid the second young master is hiding in the lotus pond again. Miss.

Wait a minute, I will call him out now."

After that, he actually walked onto the long bridge, put his hands to his mouth, and shouted loudly towards the lotus pond, "Second Young Master, Miss is calling you~"

The shouts and shouts in the distance obviously reached the ears of the chess players.

Several people were wondering, when they saw the leaves of a lotus nearby not far away moved. A lazy voice first yawned, and then said with some dissatisfaction, "It's really unlucky. I can't even hide in this lotus pond."

quiet!"

Accompanied by these words, a long mugwort pole stood up from the lotus pond, and then the boat moved, and a young man dressed in moon-white brocade clothes gradually emerged from the lotus pond.

Shi Jin couldn't help but be a little stunned!

It can be seen that it is not appropriate to hide wherever you want to chew the master's tongue...

Zhihua patted his chest, looking frightened, "We probably didn't say anything inappropriate, right?"

Shi Jin covered his face, "I'm afraid I said..."

Si Qi was not afraid, "Second Young Master is not a meddlesome person, so he should be fine."

After that, she twisted Zhihua's mouth again, "Let's see if you dare to talk too much in the future!"

Zhihua looked bitter and pulled the elder, "Sister Si Qi, help me~"

…

In Yan'an Courtyard, the second young master Qi Tianyi and the third young lady Qi Shu walked hurriedly towards the eldest lady's bedroom.

Madam Yao's son was currently sitting at a reunion table covered with jujube branches and decorated with embroidered group flower patterns, sorting out the household's account books.

When she entered the house, the old lady handed over the power of running the house to her, which was a sign of full trust. She was also very grateful, and she held back a strong will to take care of the house in order.

But in recent years, the Marquis Mansion has been deteriorating. It looks luxuriant on the outside, but it is shabby on the inside. Unfortunately, the uncle is not familiar with general affairs, and he only likes to have sex with ordinary guests. If the brother-in-law hadn't paid a part of the money to the family every year, I am afraid that the lintel of the family would have declined long ago.

For the false reputation of Mrs. Hou, she spent a lot of money on it.

Now she was looking at Jinyi at Houfu Silk and Satin Shop, and her brows never relaxed.

Hearing the maid Yanzhi informing Yi'er and Shu'er that they were coming, she relaxed her eyebrows and raised her head from the account book.

His eyes swept over Yi'er and then landed on Shu'er.

She had a headache and rubbed her eyebrows, "Shu'er, please go down first. Your brother and I have something to say."

Qi Shu originally wanted to hear what her mother had to say under the guise of her second brother. But as soon as her mother opened her mouth, she chased her away, and she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"Mother, you are really partial to my brother. Is it possible that your son can hear what you say, but your daughter can't?" She twisted her body and sat on a hexagonal plum sandalwood round table beside the table with her fan in hand.

Hearing her daughter say this, Mrs. Yao couldn't help but sigh.

Her daughter, when she is outside, has a bit of a common demeanor, but when she comes back to her place, she has a bit more of a little daughter's demeanor.

After licking Qi Shu's hair from her temples, Yao's voice became softer and said, "Shu'er, good boy, you can't hear this. Just rest."

Seeing her mother's expression of no change, Qi Shu had no choice but to stand up and walk out reluctantly with her mouth hanging.

As soon as she left the house, she saw Brother Ying who was holding the curtain for her.

Although Brother Ying is his mother's personal maid, he is not as valued by Yanzhi's mother.

As soon as she rolled her eyes, the fan with the white jade Ruyi pendant hanging in her hand was placed on Brother Ying's shoulder.

"Just stay tuned. When you are free, go to my place and bring some fruit wine to mother." Brother Chao Ying nodded, and Qi Shu turned around and left the courtyard of Yan'an Yuan.

After watching Qi Shu leave, Yao asked Qi Tianyi to sit next to him and then started talking.

"Today, Wang Liu, who is on duty in the Kang Mansion, asked his family to come back to me, saying that Mr. Zhang had stuffed two beautiful concubines into Kang Wenxiu's room, and that he wanted to let him know about the affairs. But Mr. Zhang's intentions are not clear to anyone with a discerning eye.

You can tell by looking at it that he is here for Shu'er."

At present, Kang Wenxiu, the legitimate son of Kang Guangwen, a Hanlin scholar, was discussing marriage with his daughter, but this Zhang was Kang Guangwen's stepwife. She was unruly and fierce. When she heard that Kang Wenxiu was discussing a good marriage, she took advantage of it.

Normally, Mr. Zhang wouldn't even be worthy of carrying shoes for Mr. Yao, but Mr. Kang Wenxiu was a talented and talented student of White Deer Academy. Mr. Yao was generally satisfied with this family relationship.

Even if there are any obstacles, after a few years of waiting for Shu'er to get married, the family will be divided over there, and Shu'er will naturally be able to live a comfortable life. But this family name is not a thing. The legitimate son has not yet been married, but there is a family in this house.

He married two people, so he had no choice but to wrong his own girl.

Qi Tianyi pondered for a moment and then said, "What do you think, mother?"

"What can I think!" When this was mentioned, Mrs. Yao became angry, "I told your father about this matter. He was so good. He drank a few drops of Kang Guangwen's cat urine, but he didn't even care about his own daughter.

of!"

Seeing that his mother wanted to set up his father again, Qi Tianyi couldn't help but interrupt, "In my opinion, this matter does not lie with the Zhang family, but with Kang Wenxiu. If he protects his sister, there will be a hundred Zhang families.

We're not afraid either. We're just afraid that his bones are weak and he won't be able to bear the abuse from his stepmother..."

"Since ancient times, which man has not loved his beautiful wife and concubine!" At this point, Yao's anger intensified even more, and he even pulled out his voice, "Look at your father, and your brother! Which one?"

Why don’t you roll around in the pile of makeup?! If Kang Wenxiu can really be like Liu Xiahui like your second uncle, I will admire him!"

"If I really look like my second uncle, I'm afraid my sister will have to cry a lot of tears..." Qi Tianyi couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.

In an instant, Yao's cool eyes stared over, so frightened that Qi Tianyi begged for mercy again and again.

"Seriously! I was thinking about this. You and Kang Wenxiu both came from White Deer Academy. Why don't you prepare a banquet for him, treat him to a pot of wine, and explore the kid's character at the same time?" Yao said.

Returning to the topic, he said.

"This is easy to handle. It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Why don't I just go today..." After Qi Tianyi said this, he wanted to get up, but Yao held him back, "What's the rush? It'll be over in a few days."

.When the time comes, I will take Shu'er next door, just in time for Shu'er to look at each other."

Since ancient times, marriages between men and women have mostly been blind marriages. Of course, Mrs. Yao wanted her daughter to choose someone she liked.

Qi Tianyi nodded, agreeing.

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Chapter completed!