Chapter 980 Losing Face

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the courtyard, covering the flowers and plants with a layer of golden gauze.

After reading the scriptures, Qiu walked out of the house and said to Li's mother, "Send someone to ask if the prince and the prince are coming to have dinner?" If Yunqing and Qihao come to eat, Han Jianming will definitely come too.

After a while, the servant girl came back: "Madam, the prince has something to deal with, so he won't come." When Yun Qing came to the Han Mansion, except for the first day he brought Qi Hao and his brothers to accompany Qiu Shi for a meal, as long as he Han Fu eats in the front yard.

Qiu nodded her head and said, "Let's serve dinner!" A son-in-law is different from a daughter, and this son-in-law has a high status, so she dare not make a fuss if he doesn't come.

Xiang Shi is pregnant, and it is not convenient for her to come here in such a hot day, so Qiu Shi eats alone during this time.

After eating half a bowl of rice and two crystal dumplings, Qiu put down his chopsticks and stopped eating.

Seeing this, Mama Li persuaded her, "Madam, eat more! You will be hungry at night if you only eat this." Qiu Shi also pays great attention to health preservation, and will not eat after dinner.

Qiu shook her head and said, "I don't have an appetite." On weekdays, Han Jianming and Xiang would accompany each other, and Qiu could eat more than half a bowl of rice, plus a bowl of japonica rice porridge. But these few days, Han Jianming was so busy that he didn't have time to come here, and Qiu's desire to eat alone was not very good.

"Old lady, eat more! If you don't let the old man know that you only eat this little food, you should worry." Han Jianming is very filial and cares about Qiu's health. On weekdays, Qiu has a headache. They were all too worried.

Under Li's mother's repeated persuasion, Qiu used another half bowl of japonica rice porridge.

While walking in the yard, Qiu Shi said: "What are the lord and the old man up to lately?" Yun Qing was busy every day, and Han Jianming was also very busy.

Mother Li shook her head and said: "I don't know about this old slave, but recently many officials have come to the mansion." In fact, there are not many, just more than ten people, half of them are generals.

Looking at the clear sky, Qiu Shi sighed: "I don't know when I can go back to the capital?" She spent most of her life in the capital, and her relatives and friends were also there. If you can go back, you can chat with people of the same age when you are bored on weekdays. Unlike here, there is no one to talk to, it is very boring.

In fact, Mother Li really wanted to go back to the capital: "It should be soon!" Although Jiangnan is good, the capital is a place she is familiar with.

"I hope I can return to the capital in my lifetime." The Han family's ancestral grave is still in the capital, and she will also be buried in the Han family's ancestral grave after her death.

Mother Li hurriedly said: "It will definitely. Don't think about it, old lady, let's go to the garden for a walk." Mother Li will also care about the outside affairs, so she knows that the court is at the end of its battle. In a few years, the prince will lead troops to take the capital.

Qiu Shi nodded.

Han Jianming followed Yunqing until dawn the next day. They pried open the mouth of the man who was caught in the teahouse next to Liuxiang Garden, pulled out the radish with holes, and arrested many people.

When Qiyou got up, he heard that all the important personnel of the other party had escaped, which was a pity.

"These people are very cautious, and it's very difficult to catch them all in one go." It's not easy to survive Yang Duo's extensive search tomorrow, and it's pretty good to catch eight people without any loss this time.

Qihao patted Brother You on the shoulder and said, "Ayou, all of this is due to you."

"Without me, that person would not be able to escape." Yu Zhi's credit is also his, not his.

After a pause, Qiyou changed the subject: "It's a pity that Dad won't let us go out, otherwise I'll take you to eat smoked fish shredded chicken noodles and spiced beans."

Qihao laughed and said, "It's really as good as you said?" He and Qiyou's tastes are not quite the same, so he doesn't like half of the delicious snacks that Qiyou said.

"You'll know after you try it." After finishing speaking, Qiyou said with a look of nostalgia: "Unfortunately, I won't be able to eat Yuji's stinky tofu anymore."

Brother Hua interjected: "My lord, that stinky tofu stinks for miles, I feel like throwing up when I smell it."

"It smells bad, but it tastes delicious!" Anyway, he loves it so much.

Qi Hao shuddered, how could something that stinks ten miles be delicious. Even if it was as delicious as Qiyou said, he would not dare to touch it: "Smoked fish silver noodles and five-spice eggs are really as good as you said, you can send someone to buy them and eat them."

Qiyou said: "This food is delicious only if it is made fresh, it's better to invite the cook back to make it."

At noon, the father and son ate the incense noodles. After eating, Qihao said depressedly: "It's not as good as the beef noodles made by Mama Bai."

Yun Qing nodded in agreement: "It's far worse than Mama Bai's beef noodles."

Qiyou almost choked to death, and couldn't find a common language.

After lunch, Yun Qing said: "I'll go to the barracks tomorrow, do you want to go together?"

Qiyou thought he heard it wrong, so he hurriedly asked, "Father, do you mean that I can go too?"

Yun Qing felt that this was a bit strange: "Why can't you go? Or do you mean you don't want to go?"

Qiyou laughed straight: "I've wanted to go for a long time, but it's terrible that you don't want to take me there."

Yun Qing was stunned, then patted Qiyou's head and said, "Your mother and I treat you brothers and sisters equally, but we are all busy so it is inevitable that we have neglected some things. If you think we are doing something wrong, tell it and don't hide it in it." In my heart." Yunqing and Yuxi are still very open-minded.

Qiyou froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Father, where do you want to go? I was afraid that you would think I would make trouble, so I didn't take me there." That's what he said, but his heart was sore and sweet. Because when he was young, he often confronted Yunqing, so he thought that Yunqing disliked him the least among the four brothers.

Yun Qing smiled and said: "Don't think about it, I didn't take you before because I thought you were too young, and you didn't ask for it yourself. If you want to go in the future, just say so."

After breakfast the next day, Yunqing took Qihao and his two brothers out. At the gate, I happened to meet the Xuan family who came to Han's residence. Accompanied by Xuan Shi, there is also a girl as beautiful as a flower. The girl looked at the age of fifteen or sixteen, her skin was as smooth as snow, and there was a small dimple on her oval face, her expression was innocent and lovely.

Although he has never met Yunqing, he can guess his identity by looking at his aura and Qihao and Qiyou beside him. Xuanshi wanted to take the girl forward, but was stopped by the guards.

Xuan Shi hurriedly said to Yun Qing: "My lord, I am the younger sister of Mrs. Han's family, and I am here to visit her."

Yun Qing nodded, ready to take his two sons away. Unexpectedly, the girl next to Xuanshi raised her head to look at Yunqing, and said with a coquettish smile, "Little girl Chulan pays homage to the lord..." She spoke Mandarin, but with the unique softness of Wu dialect, it was very pleasant to listen to.

Disgust flashed in Yunqing's eyes. Under normal circumstances, he would have asked the guards to throw the two women into the street. But considering that these two are Xiang's natal family, he can't do too much.

Qiyou glanced at the woman, then sneered and said, "Just like you, who are inferior to my mother's second-class maids, how dare you come to seduce my father?"

Chu Lan blushed and said, "I didn't..."

Qiyou said impatiently: "Gag his mouth to me, then throw him to the magistrate's yamen, tell Xia Buyun that these two women intend to harm Xiao Wang and me, let him deal with it according to the law."

Seeing that Yun Qing didn't make a sound, Xuan's face changed in fright when he saw the two guards approaching: "My lord, the lady is really the younger sister of Mrs. Han's family, not an assassin. My lord, if you don't believe me, you can ask the Han family about it." concierge."

The two guards didn't move when they heard this, but turned to look at Yunqing. Here, Yunqing still has the final say.

"According to what the Fourth Young Master said." Even if Brother You had gone too far, Yun Qing still chose to protect his son in front of outsiders.

Xuan's face turned pale with horror: "My lord, my lord, please forgive me..." After entering the magistrate's yamen, there is no innocence at all.

Chu Lan was so frightened that she forgot to even beg for mercy.

On the way, Qiyou glanced at Yunqing cautiously, and saw that his expression was normal before he said, "Father, I was just so angry just now." How dare you seduce you in front of our brother? It's really disrespectful to put him and big brother together eyes.

Yun Qing said with a cold face: "Don't bring this matter up after it's over." After Liu Yi's incident, those women saw him like a scourge, and today's incident really made him a little dazed.

Qiyou turned his head to look at Qihao, seeing that Qihao just laughed and didn't make a sound, and he didn't speak anymore.

Xuan Shi and her sister were taken away, and the news spread to the inner court.

Xiang lay on the soft bed, even if the futon fanned her beside her, she still felt hot: "I don't know how long this day will last?" She was covered in sweat if she didn't move around, but she was pregnant and didn't dare to use ice. Do not dare to eat cold things.

The futon smiled and said, "It will be cool next month." Xiang's expected date of delivery is February next year, and it's not too hot or cold at that time, which is good.

Just as he was talking, he saw cattail grass walking in.

Seeing that the cattail grass turned pale, Xiang sat up and asked, "What happened?"

Pu Cao said with a pale face: "Just now my uncle and wife bumped into the prince and the two highnesses at the gate, and the prince got angry and sent her to the magistrate's yamen."

Xiang stood up in shock: "What did you say?" She didn't want to see Xuan and couldn't let her go to court. Once she went to court, the Xiang family would never be able to hold their heads up again.

Pucao was also terrified, but the matter was too big to hide. Pu Cao said with red eyes: "This news is absolutely true. Ma'am, what should I do?" If Xuan Shi is really put in prison, even his wife will be ashamed.

The futon was calmer: "Can you find out clearly, how did my uncle and madam offend the prince? Also, does the prince know the identity of my uncle and madam?" If you don't know the identity of Xuan Shi, it's easy to handle, if you know the matter of sending her to the yamen It's a big hair.

Pu Cao is Han Hao's niece, and it is because of this relationship that the Xiang family will promote her as a first-class maid. The same is true, Xiang Shi can now know the news from the outside world at the first time.

Seeing Pucao looking at him with a hesitant expression, Xiang said: "It's okay, I need to know the whole story before I can go to the master to intercede." This matter was ordered by Yunqing himself, if he wants to save Xuan, he can only ask for help Han Jianming understood.

Pu Cao lowered her head and told what happened.

After Xiang heard this, he was so angry that he almost lost his breath. Xuan's younger brother beat someone to death. Because both parties were at fault, he was not sentenced to death, but was sentenced to twenty years of exile in Xihai. After the case was over, the Xuan family was very honest in Xiang's family, and never made any mistakes. After Xiang knew about it, she was still worried, so she asked Pu Ye to pay attention to Xuan, and if there was anything wrong, someone would tell her immediately. However, the situation was calm during this period of time, so Xiang put the matter aside for the time being. Who expected that such a big incident would be caused to her.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fu Tuan gave Xiang Shi some comfort while saying: "Madam, you can't be angry, it will move the tire gas."

Xiang held her chest and took a deep breath, and it took a while before she calmed down. Gritting her teeth, Xiang scolded: "This bastard, she is trying to kill me and the Xiang family." She dared to bring her sister to the Han residence to seduce the prince. will die.

The futon said: "Ma'am, the most urgent thing is to pick you out. Otherwise, the master may be angry with you."

"Go to the study." If the husband is mistaken for her idea, then there is really no place for him to die.

When he walked out of the house, he said to the futon: "Go to Xia's house quickly and tell aunt about this."

Han Jianming was talking with Mr. Zhao, and he was a little puzzled when he heard Mrs. Xiang coming: "Madam, please come in!"

As soon as Xiang entered the study room, she didn't care about her face anymore, she just knelt on the ground and cried, "Master, it's all concubines, isn't it? My concubine has brought misfortune to the master."

Han Jianming was confused when he heard that Mrs. Xiang had caused her trouble at home: "What happened?" Mrs. Xiang had been raising a baby at home during this time, and she couldn't do anything to harm him.

It's not a shameful thing to do now, if one is not handled well, she and the entire Xiang family will die. So Xiang didn't hide anything, and cried and told all she knew: "Master, I really didn't know that Xuan would bring her sister to the door, and provoke the prince at the door."

Not only the Xiang family, but many people in the officialdom believed that the Liu family was exterminated because of Yuxi's jealousy. As for the evidence of collaborating with the enemy, they don't think it's true. People in the officialdom think so, not to mention the women in the back house.

After hearing this, Han Jianming's face was also a little ugly, but seeing Xiang's pale face kneeling on the ground, his heart softened: "You go back first, and I will take care of this matter." It doesn't matter if you want to hit Yunqing, But he couldn't tolerate doing these things at the gate of the Han family.

Xiang was very scared, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, for fear that Han Jianming would be bored by asking too many questions. On the contrary, Han Jianming saw her worrying about her child so badly, and said, "Don't think about it, I know this matter has nothing to do with you." Don't say that Yuxi has a bad reputation, even ordinary women as long as they have a clear mind Neither would pimp her husband's brother-in-law.

Hearing this, Xiang's heart was half relieved: "Master, I'm afraid the princess will misunderstand."

Han Jianming shook his head and said: "It's just a trivial matter. The princess is very busy, so I don't have time to care about such trivial matters." There are countless women who want to use Yunqing to fly to the branches, but so far no one has succeeded. If Yuxi cares about everyone, she won't be exhausted!

Only then did Xiang go back in peace.

Han Jianming called Han Gao and said to him, "Go and tell Xia Qinghou yourself to deal with these two women strictly." If you have the guts to go to his door to do such a dirty thing, you have to bear his responsibility. anger. (to be continued)