Book with Emperor

Chapter 164: Hide and Seek

"The son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Household Department, the grandson of Zhongshulang, the daughter of the Prime Minister... what else?"

"……And I."

He Sheng stood in the front hall in shame, not even daring to lift his head, not wanting to look at the woman in front of him at all.

"Oh, and you."

Qin Guanyue asked leisurely while sipping tea, "Young Master He, I have been at the mansion for a few days, why haven't I seen you?"

He Sheng's face froze again, "...I'm in the study."

"That's right, Mr. He is really hardworking. I thought Mr. He was avoiding me on purpose."

"..."

Qin Guanyue saw that he wanted to get into the cracks in the ground, so he changed the subject, "Did Mr. He come to ask me to open the back door?"

He Sheng bit the bullet and replied, "It's not about opening the back door, Zhao Xian and the others want to ask you to... give me some advice."

Zhao Xian is one of the students outside, and one of the best friends he usually plays with He Sheng. This time he was kicked here by his father at home.

"Oh, okay, go and call them in." Qin Guanyue wrote lightly.

He Sheng stared at her with wide eyes, unable to react for a while, "...Really?"

"Well, let's go."

"..."

He Sheng ran outside without saying a word.

There was a huge group of people standing in the courtyard of the Duke's Mansion. Looking around, they were all the sons and daughters of the capital. Any father or grandfather was an important figure in the court, but now they are all crowded in this courtyard. , feeling uneasy.

As soon as He Sheng came out, Feng Jinci, the prime minister's daughter, couldn't help asking first, "How is it? What did the emperor say?"

Before He Sheng could speak, Han Zhengwei, who was dragged here by force, said lazily, "What can I say, she has hid in the Duke's mansion, will she agree, don't you know?"

"Can you shut up?"

Feng Jinci turned her head and stared at him, "Are you ashamed to say, if you hadn't offended the emperor by running to the emperor's mansion without authorization, would the emperor have been able to hide here?"

Whether Qin Guanyue was offended by him or not Han Zhengwei knew very well in his heart, but he didn't refute, and he replied casually, "Am I doing it for myself? Am I venting my anger for our big guys? Crazy girl, what do you say? Are you guilty?"

Feng Jinci's almond eyes widened, "I said that if you call me a crazy girl again, I'll beat you up. Don't you believe that I dare to beat you up?"

"Xinxin, you dare to wear men's clothes to visit brothels, what else can I not believe?"

"you!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Feng Jinci blushed with anger, "I said I was here to discuss business, why are you talking so badly?"

Han Zhengwei pretended not to hear.

The others are used to seeing these two bickering, and usually enjoy it, but today no one laughs, and they really can't laugh.

"okay."

Zou Lezhi frowned and scolded in a low voice, "Now that the imperial decree has been issued, it is no longer a topic, but a matter related to the community. If I have no idea, I'm afraid it will involve the family. Why are you so noisy?"

Feng Jinci glared at Han Zhengwei and said nothing.

Han Zhengwei snorted disdainfully.

Over there, He Sheng also looked at these classmates with a speechless face, only thinking that if he really wanted to let these people in, if he really angered that woman Qin Guanyue, he would be in trouble again.

He frowned and warned, "Go in later and be respectful, don't offend her, lest you hurt me."

He offended Qin Guanyue before, and later almost died in the prison. Everyone knew about it, but no one dared to laugh at it, and they all nodded nervously.

However, when they entered the front hall with trepidation, they saw no one.

"Where's the person?" He Sheng asked the servant in a hurry.

The servant was not in a hurry, "Master Emperor said that she can't take the initiative to cheat, so I can only choose three people. As for who these three people are, it depends on who finds her first."

He Sheng thought there was something wrong with his ears, "...you say it again?"

The servant then repeated it unhurriedly, adding by the way, "Only before noon today."

As soon as these words came out, a group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, while Han Zhengwei turned around and ran out.

Feng Jinci's eyes widened, and immediately ran out, and the others reacted, and ran out.

"I'm sorry." Zou Lezhi cupped his hands to He Sheng, turned around and trotted out.

He Sheng: "..."

He looked at the empty front hall in a blink of an eye, turned his head and asked the servant, "Do you know where Qin Guanyue went?"

The servant nodded, "I know."

He Sheng was overjoyed, "Where?"

"My lord has said it, but I can't disclose the small ones."

"..."

He Sheng glared at her angrily, then took a silver ingot from his purse and handed it over, "Can't you say that?"

The servant took the money in a calm manner, "My lord has gone to the West Wing."

He Sheng: "..."

When the people in the Duke's Mansion woke up and were about to have breakfast, the entire Duke's Mansion was turned upside down and in chaos.

The second lady looked at the chicken droppings in her greenhouse and the flying chicken feathers, thinking she was dreaming.

"...Who did it?!"

"It's the young master's classmate in the Imperial College..."

The servant told the story tremblingly, "They have already found the kitchen, these chickens were scared out."

He Lin also knew about this, but she didn't go to the Imperial College, so she didn't need it, but she had a better understanding of Qin Guanyue's character.

"Master Emperor is quite childlike." She laughed.

Mrs. He Er didn't like Qin Guanyue in her heart, and she was anxious that it was the emperor's master who almost made her son die in the prison.

But she also knew that her family could not afford to offend others, and this matter was also beneficial to her son.

She turned to look at her daughter, "You have been trying to curry favor with that Qin Guanyue these days, do you know where she will hide?"

He Lin shook her head, "Master Emperor spends all day drawing pictures and reading books in his study, and has never been to any other place."

The second lady looked at her suspiciously, "Don't lie to me, if your brother can win, he won't almost die in the sky prison like last time when he gets the iron coupon of the Danshu, you are not allowed to help that Qin Guanyue kept it from her mother, let alone helping her brother."

He Lin had no choice but to say, "Mom, I really don't know."

There was nothing she could do about the second lady saying that, and she said, "Then you can help your brother find it too."

He Lin complied, and wandered around the Duke's mansion with her maid to find someone.

What He Mian got up to watch was this scene, and after understanding what had happened, he didn't say anything, but told the housekeeper to watch the gate of the bamboo garden in the backyard so that no one could approach it.

At the same time, on the roof of the Duke's Mansion, Xiao Sheng held his dagger and looked down at the group of noble children flying about in the Duke's Mansion, then turned his head to look at the people sitting behind him.

In the place covered by the eaves, Qin Guanyue was wrapped in a thick cloak, and slowly sipped the hot tea in his hand, his eyes fell in the direction of the bamboo garden.

"Bring people over."

"Ah."

Xiao Sheng nodded, jumped down, and disappeared.

Of course, Qin Guanyue didn't want to play hide-and-seek on a whim, but to fish in troubled waters.

She was the one who deliberately attracted people to the Duke's Mansion. He Mian, who claims to be popular and good-natured, naturally wouldn't keep those kids out. She just needs to let them muddy the water.

As for the fish, it is naturally the people in the bamboo garden.

(End of this chapter)