Chapter 205
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
At the moment when Shen Yanhan blurted out an angry rebuke to him, Qin Yuehuai's lowered gaze had clearly captured the look of the invitation in her hand——
"Presenting the banquet to everyone."
The sudden realization only occurred in an instant. When he opened his eyes to look at the person again, the coolness in his eyes had completely disappeared, leaving only a trace of obvious loss.
He said quietly: "Everyone can easily get married, but I can't."
Listening to his aggrieved and self-pitying words, if Shen Yanhan could remain indifferent, would she still love him?
After he finished speaking, Shen Yanhan clenched the post in her hand, so anxious that her words stumbled: "But, but my father didn't promise you today?"
Qin Qilang just looked at her silently and did not respond.
He didn't say a word, which made Shen Yanhan even more nervous than the faint resentment in his mouth. Shen Yanhan quickly held his hand: "He found out that your identity is suspicious, didn't he? Don't worry, I'll talk to him later. He will definitely agree to our marriage. If he doesn't agree, I will force him until he agrees."
Her eyes were sincere, and her face was as determined as death. Qin Yuehuai looked at her, his Adam's apple sliding up and down, and asked: "Then can we get married in the twelfth lunar month?"
Shen Yanhan was about to ask if she was too hasty when she saw Qin Yuehuai's eyes looking into her eyes so seriously.
His eyes were scorching, seeming to heat up her heart.
Shen Yanhan couldn't stand him looking like this.
Thinking of the scenes last night, her heart ached. She wanted to marry him earlier, so Xu Nuo said loudly: "Yes!"
At this point, finally receiving Shen Yanhan's personal promise, Qin Yuehuai's uneasy heart finally settled. He took a deep breath, spread a warm smile on his face, and led her to his residence.
Qin Yuehuai: "We will choose the wedding date of Meng Zijian and the others on the same day. What do you think?"
Shen Yanhan nodded, but still felt rushed: "But we only have less than a month to complete the ceremony? I still want my uncle and aunt to come. Even if they set off now, I'm afraid they won't be able to make it in time. "
Qin Yuehuai then frankly explained the matter of sending letters to Chengzhou and Fuzhou in the name of Shen Guci, and then said: "They must have set off now. As long as they can make it, our wedding can go ahead as scheduled."
Shen Yanhan's breath was stagnant: "When did you write the letter? Did you write the date next month? Did you know that I would agree to the marriage? You...you have been plotting against me since the beginning!"
Seeing that she was so impatient and was about to throw away his hand angrily as she spoke, Qin Yuehuai held her finger tightly and said helplessly: "How could I have plotted against you? Of course I only wrote the letter after we reconciled. .”
Shen Yanhan: "You didn't lie to me? How long have we been reconciled, and your letter can arrive so soon?"
Qin Yuehuai: "I used some special methods to make the letters arrive earlier."
Shen Yanhan was shocked and naturally curious: "What kind of solution?"
Qin Yuehuai smiled and said jokingly: "We're not even married yet, does Madam Shen want me to give up everything? Then don't I have no secrets from now on?"
Shen Yanhan's beautiful eyes stared at him: "What do you have that I don't know? I already know your biggest secret. Why is there any need to hide the little secrets? Please tell me how you delivered the letter."
Qin Yuehuai's words were concise and concise: "I spent money to support a group of people. They often go around secretly to find out news and just send a few letters. It's not difficult."
Shen Yanhan spent a lot of money to go out in the past few days. Hearing this, he couldn't help but frowned and sighed: "A group of people? Are they going to various places? How much money will it cost to support them?"
Almost immediately, Qin Yuehuai heard that Shen Yanhan was short of money.
He understood her temper and did not say anything to support her. He only said: "It's not much, and it won't affect the family's wealth."
Shen Yanhan didn't care how much money he spent on raising people, she was just glad that he took action so that she could meet her maternal ancestor Qi's relatives sooner.
She patted her chest and vowed: "Even if you lose your family and have nothing, I can still support you."
The words with the same meaning came from her mouth. When she was in Qingshui Village and now, when she heard them in his ears, she felt a completely different state of mind——
At that time, she didn't know his real name, and her love for him was groundless. To him, her good feelings were like rootless duckweeds, and everything she did was more like a kindness to him; now the two of them People treat each other honestly and understand each other, and her words are an oath of alliance that is more important than the mountains.
Qin Yuehuai smiled sincerely: "Then Qin Yu will have to rely on Madam Shen for the rest of his life."
He said his real name, and Shen Yanhan naturally understood what he meant: he was not talking about relying on her for money, but something else.
Shen Yanhan's heart was filled with soreness for him: his own experience and what he knew about his parents' experiences were a level of pain that she could not imagine.
At the same time, she felt how lucky she was to meet him: even though he encountered such ups and downs in life, he did not show mercy to others. Instead, he developed a strong mind, unique intellectual abilities, and was kind and upright.
She secretly thought that since he was about to become her husband, she would make up for him in other ways for what he couldn't get openly.
Even though Qin Yuehuai's future is now much better than that of the "poor scholar" she originally imagined, Shen Yanhan still deliberately encouraged him: "You must also not forget what you promised me back then, to bring glory to our family. "
Qin Yuehuai narrowed his eyes: "Oh, the wife of a fourth-grade official is not satisfied. Madam Shen is really greedy."
When he listened to "Madam" again, his mood was different after all. Shen Yanhan raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes were bright, and gave him a slap. He did not hide his greed: "What is the fourth grade? Of course, a first-grade life is better!"
Qin Yuehuai couldn't help but smile.
He immediately pulled her hand to his lips and pecked the back of her hand gently.
His lips were moist, warm and soft, and his eyes were bright when he kissed her. He raised his eyelids and stared directly into her eyes, but he didn't say a word. Under his long eyelashes, a pair of affectionate eyes attracted her inch by inch. , just to throw a stifling fire into her heart.
Today's Shen Yanhan can easily be defeated by his demeanor.
The itching spread from my fingers, through my arms, to my heart.She had completely lost her care about him misunderstanding that she wanted to go to Liang Yifei's wedding and privately wrote to her relatives. Her cheeks could not help but feel hot, and she was unwilling to admit that she was attracted by him. She whispered softly: "Stop kissing me." , it’s endless, it’s so itchy.”
It is indeed a very interesting complaint.
Seeing that she was playing hard to get, Qin Yuehuai chuckled, squeezed his fingers into hers, and pushed the invitation card that she originally held in her hand away. The invitation flew to the ground in the wind, and no one had the intention to care about it. .
He opened his mouth and lightly bit her skin.
A feeling that seemed to be painful but not painful suddenly came, and Shen Yanhan's heart skipped a beat. She trembled slightly and snorted delicately: "Oh!"
Upon hearing this sound, Qin Yuehuai's convex Adam's apple slid up and down, and he could no longer kiss her fingers.
Their eyes met, and both of them felt that no one else was good in the house.
The two faces couldn't help but get closer and closer, and soon, their lips touched and were inseparable.
The clear snow covered the branches in the courtyard, and the sky and the earth were all white. This cold color was dotted with two colorful dots, one green and one red, that were clinging to each other, spreading into the beautiful world with unlimited hope, lively and powerful vitality.
It was clearly the middle of winter, but at this moment, Qin Qilang felt the warmth of the spring sun.
*
When he went on duty again, he was filled with joy about getting married. Although Qin Yuehuai tried his best to restrain it, there was still a bit of pride on his face that could not be concealed.
The first person to notice this subtle change in him was Judge Yang Po.
Yang Po had already begun to climb into power and status, and he reported all affairs of the Lin'an Prefecture to Wang Qiong from time to time.Since Qin Yuehuai joined the Lin'an government office and implemented the "Three Gardens" policy in a drastic manner, which was greatly appreciated by the people and attracted more and more attention from Wang Qiongchu, Yang Bo, the person in the government office who was most conveniently close to Qin Yuehuai, , and even more carefully observed his every word and deed.
Seeing that Qin Yuehuai usually spoke coldly and looked solemnly, but today he was a little happy. Yang Po said to Qin Yuehuai, seemingly true or false: "Master Qi is in a happy mood, but is it because he is about to meet with an official?"
Everyone knows that the opportunity to meet a saint is rare, but after he finished speaking, he saw the other person put down the wolf hair he was about to write in his hand, leaned back on the chair behind him, and stared at him with his bottomless eyes. Silent.
It's so powerful that people dare not look directly at it.
Yang Po's heart tightened, and under Qin Yuehuai's eyes as deep as the deep sea, he began to say complimentary words: "Young Master Qi are smart and capable, and you must be promoted again soon."
Qin Yuehuai looked at him for a long time, and then replied with a half-smile, "I wish you good luck."
Seeing that he finally answered, Yang Po breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yesterday, a noble man from the palace came to our government office to invite you. It's a pity that Mr. Qi, you were not there at the time."
Qin Yuehuai's sharp-jointed fingers tapped twice on the document.
He was worried that he happened to avoid meeting his uncle by taking a day off, but he would have to meet his uncle sooner or later. He was somewhat worried that his appearance would reveal his identity, so he remained calm in the face of Yang Po's probing, and said: " The words have been brought to me, I guess the noble man doesn’t insist on seeing me.”
After discussing the matter in this way, Yang Po smiled awkwardly and said, "Exactly. Mr. Qi certainly has more opportunities to meet officials."
It’s okay not to take this opportunity.
Qin Yuehuai nodded casually, but he didn't expect it. The more he resisted the opportunity to meet Zhao You, the faster it came.
The tenth day of the twelfth lunar month was the birthday of Empress Dowager Wei, and it was also the first birthday of Empress Dowager Wei after returning to Dazhou from Dajin. To show her filial piety, Zhao You set up a palace in the palace and invited officials of the fifth rank and above of Lin'an Prefecture, their families, and royal relatives. The relatives of the country entered the palace, and the whole world celebrated together.
Qin Yuehuai was among those invited.
Similarly, Shen Guci was also invited.
Given such a rare opportunity, he plans to take his children to the university to gain more knowledge.In this way, Shen Yanhan followed suit.
This is also the first time she has left the Shen family since she returned to Shen's house on the day she was coerced and lured by Qin Yuehuai.
Shen Guci ordered Shen Yanhan to embroider the wedding handkerchief at home on the pretext that "it is unlucky for a man and a woman to meet their close relatives after the marriage is set."
Shen Yanhan originally dismissed this statement, thinking that she and him were actually married once, but after all, Qin Yuehuai had a rough life, and the word "auspicious" always made her taboo, so she accepted Shen Gu's words. It means that she can stay at home and wait for her to get married, and even the unimportant matters in business have been handed over.
On this day, Shen Yanhan got up early and dressed up.
She was naturally gorgeous and slender, and with the addition of beautiful clothes, she was even more indescribably dazzling.
Shen Hui, who was waiting for her by the car, saw her looking like a goddess who had fallen into the mortal world, and cast a teasing look. When Shen Yu praised Shen Yanhan, "Eldest sister is so beautiful," she couldn't help but said, "Eldest sister, isn't she happy?" Are you married? Why are you dressing so ostentatiously?"
After not seeing the husband for several days, she could finally see him openly today. Shen Yanhan raised the corners of her lips, unfolded her sleeves, and lowered her head to look at the clothes she had carefully selected.
When she looked up again, facing Shen Hui's jealousy, she said very seriously: "I'm about to get married, but I'm not really married yet. There are so many gentlemen present today, so I naturally want to seize the opportunity to express myself. If this one doesn’t work out, you can still take the opportunity to find another one, don’t you think?”
Shen Hui was dumbfounded.If one doesn't work, then try another one?
She...she is about to get married again. If she changes again, wouldn't it be a third marriage?How incredible!
Seeing Shen Hui's colorful face after hearing this, Shen Yanhan looked at her leisurely.
Shen Guci, who had just come out and heard Shen Yanhan's words, coughed and exposed Shen Yanhan's nonsense: "Isn't marriage a child's play? What nonsense are you talking about? Get in the car quickly and stop talking nonsense. Lead your younger brothers and sisters astray."
Shen Yanhan was in a very good mood and was not affected at all by Shen Gu Ci's words. Then she calmed down Shen Hui's thoughts, smiled brightly, said "ok" happily, and got into the car with her skirt lifted.
Shen Hui finally realized that Shen Yanhan was coaxing her, and glared angrily behind Shen Yanhan.
*
The hardest thing to deal with is lovesickness.
It snows all the time in Lin'an Mansion, and people from Zheng Mansion use horse-drawn carriages to go in and out. They often come and go in the tavern on the street of Zheng Mansion, but they still haven't seen the concerned woman once.
Because Secretary Qin Xi had been promoted a few days ago, and several of his subordinates had been promoted to varying degrees, Tang You's position happened to be promoted to the fifth rank. Therefore, Empress Dowager Wei's birthday banquet became a day that he looked forward to extremely. He set out early in the morning and went to Da Nei to wait for people to come.
There are countless fifth-grade officials in Beijing, and they can also bring their families to attend. You can imagine how lively it is today.
Tang You came early, and after greeting everyone he knew, he sat down at his seat, his eyes constantly looking around.I met Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Yu, his wife, and the eldest son Zheng Shilin, but I never saw Zheng Shiyan and his family.
When I was extremely anxious, just as the banquet was about to begin, several familiar faces came into view.
Tang You frowned.
Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing were side by side, both arriving late.
Meng Changqing waved his folding fan ostentatiously. He always did this. Tang You didn't find it strange. What surprised him was Qin Yuehuai.
The last time I saw him in Ouchi, he was hunched over and looking low-key, but today it was different. He straightened his back and was much taller. Someone came up to communicate with him. His speech and behavior were neither humble nor overbearing, and he was personable. There is a lot of ease between the eyebrows that stirs up the storm.
Although the lights at the banquet hit everyone's face equally, he could be seen at a glance in the crowded crowd.
——A gentleman is like a pine or a crane, standing in the world, extraordinary and refined.
Tang You's heart suddenly trembled, and he clearly felt that Qin Yuehuai's sharp edge that he wanted to hide when he moved forward could no longer be hidden. He was born to be so eye-catching.
His mood is more complicated.
Not only was he wondering why Qin Yuehuai was now called Qi Yan, but he also thought again that if Qin Yuehuai hadn't taken the scientific examination at the same time as him this year and Qin Yuehuai had won the first place, then he would have been able to advance one place and become Tanhualang. .There is only one ranking difference between him and Tanhua, but their reputations are very different. While people in Lin'an Prefecture are talking about the top three, no one knows his identity.
Thinking of this, Tang You felt a thick sourness in his throat.
He has two regrets in life: one is divorcing his wife; the other is not being listed on the list.
Tang Youyou hesitated whether to go forward to say hello. After a long while, he finally thought of the three people's forward feelings, stood up, and walked towards Qin Yuehuai.
However, when he was about to walk up to the two of them, Meng Changqing smiled and tapped Qin Yuehuai's arm with a folding fan. The next moment, Qin Yuehuai, who was polite but distant, had a real smile on his lips, calm and calm. There is obvious tenderness flowing in his eyes.
Tang You watched as the two of them left his eyes and took a step in the other direction. His eyes followed the direction they were going, and his eyes suddenly trembled.
Who is the person coming in that direction if not the person he misses day and night?
He had never thought that Lu Yuan would marry someone who would continue the Lu family lineage. But when he saw Lu Yuan's obviously pregnant belly with his own eyes and knew that A Yuan was pregnant not long after they got married, he felt that it was in his heart. It was as if there were thousands of arrows poking hard at it.
Tang You couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He thought that it would take some time for A Yuan to accept others, but he didn't expect that what he thought turned out to be just what he thought.
Memories of past scenes of loving each other with Lu Yuan came to mind. Tang You clenched his fists and half of his body was hidden behind a slanting cedar tree. His eyes were scarlet and the muscles on both sides of his cheeks clenched tightly because of him. His teeth were trembling slightly.
His forward gaze was filled with pain, resentment and unwillingness.
Tang Youben was not in the line of sight of Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing. His body was mostly blocked by cedar trees. The two of them were unaware of his broken mood and slightly ferocious face. At that moment, the gazes of these two people They are all on their respective fiancées coming towards them.
Shen Yanhan held Lu Yuan's arm, and the two walked side by side, walking slowly.
Seeing someone who was specially dressed up, Qin Yuehuai lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes covering his eyes full of joy.
——A woman wants to please her own appearance. She is so beautiful and attractive. This eye-catching thought is really cute.
Unlike Qin Yuehuai's enthusiasm, Shen Yanhan felt extremely chilled at this moment.
I don't know how many times it was, but as she walked forward, she turned her head to look behind her.
Cai Xizhu changed from the state where she was looking around most curiously. She lowered her head and her ears were red. She had not looked directly into her eyes since she first bumped into her. Shen Yanhan frowned suspiciously.
Second time!
The same was true for her when she was in Ankang Hall!
Shen Yanhan looked at Cai Xizhu one by one, thinking that Cai Xizhu was about to get married and enter a new stage of life. Not only did he not come to see her for several days, but he avoided her like this. In addition to being chilled, she felt extremely sour in her heart.
She prides herself on treating Zhuzhu well, but she really doesn't understand how she can make her "abandon" her.
But she didn't know that because she was looking at her so intensively, Cai Xizhu felt more and more guilty and dared not look at her face to face. Shen Yanhan was the person she cared about most in the world, and she was most afraid of having her image ruined in Shen Yanhan's eyes.
The two young ladies had their own thoughts, and neither of them even gave their fiancés a glance.
Qin Yuehuai looked at Shen Yanhan and couldn't help but turn around and look back. She and Lu Yuan were in front of them to block the dejected Cai Xizhu who was following them. Instead, a few steps away were Zheng Yuting and other female family members of the Zheng family. He couldn't help but frown - she was , could it be that you are looking for a certain husband?
Shen Yanhan didn't know that the husband she had longed for was walking towards her. When they finally reached a brightly lit place, a female envoy from the eldest wife came to pick up Lu Yuan. She immediately pulled away and turned around to grab Cai Xizhu. .
"You come with me!"
She couldn't help but drag Cai Xizhu to a remote place in the dark.
When Lu Yuan came to the banquet, Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing wanted to greet her.
But in the blink of an eye, when the two sides greeted each other, Shen Yanhan and Cai Xizhu disappeared, and Qin Yuehuai couldn't help but stop in his tracks.
Meng Changqing was also confused: "Where are the people?"
Similarly, Shen Hui, who followed Shen Yanhan closely, was also confused about her behavior.But when Shen Yanhan turned around and walked away, it was the first time for her to face such a big scene as a palace banquet. She firmly remembered that she had to follow Shen Yanhan. When Shen Yanhan went to a remote place, she also took Shen Yu and Xiaolangjun with her. Followed.
As soon as the two siblings followed, they heard Shen Yanhan say angrily: "Zhuzhu, you have changed! Now that your identity has changed, you will immediately be completely different from your former bad friends!"
Cai Xizhu was shocked and waved her hands repeatedly: "I didn't, no!"
Shen Yanhan snorted, deliberately crossed his arms in front of him, and asked her: "Then tell me, why are you ignoring me?"
Cai Xizhu: "I have something to tell you."
Shen Yanhan: "What's the matter?"
Cai Xizhu wanted to confess her story, but she was facing not only Shen Yanhan at this moment, but also her younger brothers and sisters who were following behind her. Her ears and cheeks were rosy, and she could not help but hesitate: "I, me……"
Seeing how nervous she was, Shen Yanhan lowered his arms and asked her, "Is it possible that you did something wrong behind my back?"
Cai Xizhu's eyes widened.
Shen Yanhan was familiar with her, and Shen Yanhan immediately saw the answer from her expression, and said in disbelief: "Are you really?!"
Cai Xizhu quickly said: "It's not a shame!"
Shen Yanhan asked back: "It's not a matter of regret. Why are you feeling guilty?"
The situation was getting darker and darker, and Cai Xizhu felt like crying without tears.
As she hesitated, the impatient Shen Yanhan began to make various guesses: "What on earth did you do? You haven't given me any news these days, so I knew you were hiding something from me!"
She suddenly became serious and lowered her voice: "Are you... betraying him?"
Cai Xizhu knows Qin Yuehuai's true identity. Now that she is the daughter of the Yu family, if she reveals the secrets of the Qin family in Bianjing, the world will definitely believe her.
Just think about it, the Qin family's Qilang who was unsuccessfully hunted reappeared in the world, took the scientific examination and became an official under the guise of someone else's identity, and now became the Qi Shaofu Yin of Lin'an Prefecture. Those who planned to kill him knew this. What a crisis this matter must be for Qin Yuehuai.
There was a buzz in Shen Yanhan's head, and he felt chills running down his spine.
Seeing the sudden change in her expression, Cai Xizhu shook her head like a rattle: "No, no!"
Shen Yanhan looked at her with a pale face.
Cai Xizhu was already feeling unwell, but this shake made her dizzy.
Behind Shen Yanhan, Shen Hui's mind was rarely smart. Although she didn't know who "he" was from the conversation between Shen Yanhan and Cai Xizhu, she did notice something fishy.
Shen Hui was very curious and stretched her ears to listen.
However, after hearing Shen Yanhan ask "what's the matter" seriously again, what struck her ears the next moment was not Cai Xizhu's reply, but an extremely loud "wow".
A sound of retching pierced the air.
Cai Xizhu bent down and vomited on her feet. Acting on instinct, Shen Yanhan was so shocked that she immediately jumped sideways and took a step back. The direction she retreated was a clump of dead grass covered with ice and snow. When she stepped up, the grass was slippery. , Shen Yanhan said "Ah" and fell to the ground and sat down.
What followed was two male voices that sounded together——
"Jiaojiao!"
"Beads!"
almost over
(End of this chapter)
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
At the moment when Shen Yanhan blurted out an angry rebuke to him, Qin Yuehuai's lowered gaze had clearly captured the look of the invitation in her hand——
"Presenting the banquet to everyone."
The sudden realization only occurred in an instant. When he opened his eyes to look at the person again, the coolness in his eyes had completely disappeared, leaving only a trace of obvious loss.
He said quietly: "Everyone can easily get married, but I can't."
Listening to his aggrieved and self-pitying words, if Shen Yanhan could remain indifferent, would she still love him?
After he finished speaking, Shen Yanhan clenched the post in her hand, so anxious that her words stumbled: "But, but my father didn't promise you today?"
Qin Qilang just looked at her silently and did not respond.
He didn't say a word, which made Shen Yanhan even more nervous than the faint resentment in his mouth. Shen Yanhan quickly held his hand: "He found out that your identity is suspicious, didn't he? Don't worry, I'll talk to him later. He will definitely agree to our marriage. If he doesn't agree, I will force him until he agrees."
Her eyes were sincere, and her face was as determined as death. Qin Yuehuai looked at her, his Adam's apple sliding up and down, and asked: "Then can we get married in the twelfth lunar month?"
Shen Yanhan was about to ask if she was too hasty when she saw Qin Yuehuai's eyes looking into her eyes so seriously.
His eyes were scorching, seeming to heat up her heart.
Shen Yanhan couldn't stand him looking like this.
Thinking of the scenes last night, her heart ached. She wanted to marry him earlier, so Xu Nuo said loudly: "Yes!"
At this point, finally receiving Shen Yanhan's personal promise, Qin Yuehuai's uneasy heart finally settled. He took a deep breath, spread a warm smile on his face, and led her to his residence.
Qin Yuehuai: "We will choose the wedding date of Meng Zijian and the others on the same day. What do you think?"
Shen Yanhan nodded, but still felt rushed: "But we only have less than a month to complete the ceremony? I still want my uncle and aunt to come. Even if they set off now, I'm afraid they won't be able to make it in time. "
Qin Yuehuai then frankly explained the matter of sending letters to Chengzhou and Fuzhou in the name of Shen Guci, and then said: "They must have set off now. As long as they can make it, our wedding can go ahead as scheduled."
Shen Yanhan's breath was stagnant: "When did you write the letter? Did you write the date next month? Did you know that I would agree to the marriage? You...you have been plotting against me since the beginning!"
Seeing that she was so impatient and was about to throw away his hand angrily as she spoke, Qin Yuehuai held her finger tightly and said helplessly: "How could I have plotted against you? Of course I only wrote the letter after we reconciled. .”
Shen Yanhan: "You didn't lie to me? How long have we been reconciled, and your letter can arrive so soon?"
Qin Yuehuai: "I used some special methods to make the letters arrive earlier."
Shen Yanhan was shocked and naturally curious: "What kind of solution?"
Qin Yuehuai smiled and said jokingly: "We're not even married yet, does Madam Shen want me to give up everything? Then don't I have no secrets from now on?"
Shen Yanhan's beautiful eyes stared at him: "What do you have that I don't know? I already know your biggest secret. Why is there any need to hide the little secrets? Please tell me how you delivered the letter."
Qin Yuehuai's words were concise and concise: "I spent money to support a group of people. They often go around secretly to find out news and just send a few letters. It's not difficult."
Shen Yanhan spent a lot of money to go out in the past few days. Hearing this, he couldn't help but frowned and sighed: "A group of people? Are they going to various places? How much money will it cost to support them?"
Almost immediately, Qin Yuehuai heard that Shen Yanhan was short of money.
He understood her temper and did not say anything to support her. He only said: "It's not much, and it won't affect the family's wealth."
Shen Yanhan didn't care how much money he spent on raising people, she was just glad that he took action so that she could meet her maternal ancestor Qi's relatives sooner.
She patted her chest and vowed: "Even if you lose your family and have nothing, I can still support you."
The words with the same meaning came from her mouth. When she was in Qingshui Village and now, when she heard them in his ears, she felt a completely different state of mind——
At that time, she didn't know his real name, and her love for him was groundless. To him, her good feelings were like rootless duckweeds, and everything she did was more like a kindness to him; now the two of them People treat each other honestly and understand each other, and her words are an oath of alliance that is more important than the mountains.
Qin Yuehuai smiled sincerely: "Then Qin Yu will have to rely on Madam Shen for the rest of his life."
He said his real name, and Shen Yanhan naturally understood what he meant: he was not talking about relying on her for money, but something else.
Shen Yanhan's heart was filled with soreness for him: his own experience and what he knew about his parents' experiences were a level of pain that she could not imagine.
At the same time, she felt how lucky she was to meet him: even though he encountered such ups and downs in life, he did not show mercy to others. Instead, he developed a strong mind, unique intellectual abilities, and was kind and upright.
She secretly thought that since he was about to become her husband, she would make up for him in other ways for what he couldn't get openly.
Even though Qin Yuehuai's future is now much better than that of the "poor scholar" she originally imagined, Shen Yanhan still deliberately encouraged him: "You must also not forget what you promised me back then, to bring glory to our family. "
Qin Yuehuai narrowed his eyes: "Oh, the wife of a fourth-grade official is not satisfied. Madam Shen is really greedy."
When he listened to "Madam" again, his mood was different after all. Shen Yanhan raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes were bright, and gave him a slap. He did not hide his greed: "What is the fourth grade? Of course, a first-grade life is better!"
Qin Yuehuai couldn't help but smile.
He immediately pulled her hand to his lips and pecked the back of her hand gently.
His lips were moist, warm and soft, and his eyes were bright when he kissed her. He raised his eyelids and stared directly into her eyes, but he didn't say a word. Under his long eyelashes, a pair of affectionate eyes attracted her inch by inch. , just to throw a stifling fire into her heart.
Today's Shen Yanhan can easily be defeated by his demeanor.
The itching spread from my fingers, through my arms, to my heart.She had completely lost her care about him misunderstanding that she wanted to go to Liang Yifei's wedding and privately wrote to her relatives. Her cheeks could not help but feel hot, and she was unwilling to admit that she was attracted by him. She whispered softly: "Stop kissing me." , it’s endless, it’s so itchy.”
It is indeed a very interesting complaint.
Seeing that she was playing hard to get, Qin Yuehuai chuckled, squeezed his fingers into hers, and pushed the invitation card that she originally held in her hand away. The invitation flew to the ground in the wind, and no one had the intention to care about it. .
He opened his mouth and lightly bit her skin.
A feeling that seemed to be painful but not painful suddenly came, and Shen Yanhan's heart skipped a beat. She trembled slightly and snorted delicately: "Oh!"
Upon hearing this sound, Qin Yuehuai's convex Adam's apple slid up and down, and he could no longer kiss her fingers.
Their eyes met, and both of them felt that no one else was good in the house.
The two faces couldn't help but get closer and closer, and soon, their lips touched and were inseparable.
The clear snow covered the branches in the courtyard, and the sky and the earth were all white. This cold color was dotted with two colorful dots, one green and one red, that were clinging to each other, spreading into the beautiful world with unlimited hope, lively and powerful vitality.
It was clearly the middle of winter, but at this moment, Qin Qilang felt the warmth of the spring sun.
*
When he went on duty again, he was filled with joy about getting married. Although Qin Yuehuai tried his best to restrain it, there was still a bit of pride on his face that could not be concealed.
The first person to notice this subtle change in him was Judge Yang Po.
Yang Po had already begun to climb into power and status, and he reported all affairs of the Lin'an Prefecture to Wang Qiong from time to time.Since Qin Yuehuai joined the Lin'an government office and implemented the "Three Gardens" policy in a drastic manner, which was greatly appreciated by the people and attracted more and more attention from Wang Qiongchu, Yang Bo, the person in the government office who was most conveniently close to Qin Yuehuai, , and even more carefully observed his every word and deed.
Seeing that Qin Yuehuai usually spoke coldly and looked solemnly, but today he was a little happy. Yang Po said to Qin Yuehuai, seemingly true or false: "Master Qi is in a happy mood, but is it because he is about to meet with an official?"
Everyone knows that the opportunity to meet a saint is rare, but after he finished speaking, he saw the other person put down the wolf hair he was about to write in his hand, leaned back on the chair behind him, and stared at him with his bottomless eyes. Silent.
It's so powerful that people dare not look directly at it.
Yang Po's heart tightened, and under Qin Yuehuai's eyes as deep as the deep sea, he began to say complimentary words: "Young Master Qi are smart and capable, and you must be promoted again soon."
Qin Yuehuai looked at him for a long time, and then replied with a half-smile, "I wish you good luck."
Seeing that he finally answered, Yang Po breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yesterday, a noble man from the palace came to our government office to invite you. It's a pity that Mr. Qi, you were not there at the time."
Qin Yuehuai's sharp-jointed fingers tapped twice on the document.
He was worried that he happened to avoid meeting his uncle by taking a day off, but he would have to meet his uncle sooner or later. He was somewhat worried that his appearance would reveal his identity, so he remained calm in the face of Yang Po's probing, and said: " The words have been brought to me, I guess the noble man doesn’t insist on seeing me.”
After discussing the matter in this way, Yang Po smiled awkwardly and said, "Exactly. Mr. Qi certainly has more opportunities to meet officials."
It’s okay not to take this opportunity.
Qin Yuehuai nodded casually, but he didn't expect it. The more he resisted the opportunity to meet Zhao You, the faster it came.
The tenth day of the twelfth lunar month was the birthday of Empress Dowager Wei, and it was also the first birthday of Empress Dowager Wei after returning to Dazhou from Dajin. To show her filial piety, Zhao You set up a palace in the palace and invited officials of the fifth rank and above of Lin'an Prefecture, their families, and royal relatives. The relatives of the country entered the palace, and the whole world celebrated together.
Qin Yuehuai was among those invited.
Similarly, Shen Guci was also invited.
Given such a rare opportunity, he plans to take his children to the university to gain more knowledge.In this way, Shen Yanhan followed suit.
This is also the first time she has left the Shen family since she returned to Shen's house on the day she was coerced and lured by Qin Yuehuai.
Shen Guci ordered Shen Yanhan to embroider the wedding handkerchief at home on the pretext that "it is unlucky for a man and a woman to meet their close relatives after the marriage is set."
Shen Yanhan originally dismissed this statement, thinking that she and him were actually married once, but after all, Qin Yuehuai had a rough life, and the word "auspicious" always made her taboo, so she accepted Shen Gu's words. It means that she can stay at home and wait for her to get married, and even the unimportant matters in business have been handed over.
On this day, Shen Yanhan got up early and dressed up.
She was naturally gorgeous and slender, and with the addition of beautiful clothes, she was even more indescribably dazzling.
Shen Hui, who was waiting for her by the car, saw her looking like a goddess who had fallen into the mortal world, and cast a teasing look. When Shen Yu praised Shen Yanhan, "Eldest sister is so beautiful," she couldn't help but said, "Eldest sister, isn't she happy?" Are you married? Why are you dressing so ostentatiously?"
After not seeing the husband for several days, she could finally see him openly today. Shen Yanhan raised the corners of her lips, unfolded her sleeves, and lowered her head to look at the clothes she had carefully selected.
When she looked up again, facing Shen Hui's jealousy, she said very seriously: "I'm about to get married, but I'm not really married yet. There are so many gentlemen present today, so I naturally want to seize the opportunity to express myself. If this one doesn’t work out, you can still take the opportunity to find another one, don’t you think?”
Shen Hui was dumbfounded.If one doesn't work, then try another one?
She...she is about to get married again. If she changes again, wouldn't it be a third marriage?How incredible!
Seeing Shen Hui's colorful face after hearing this, Shen Yanhan looked at her leisurely.
Shen Guci, who had just come out and heard Shen Yanhan's words, coughed and exposed Shen Yanhan's nonsense: "Isn't marriage a child's play? What nonsense are you talking about? Get in the car quickly and stop talking nonsense. Lead your younger brothers and sisters astray."
Shen Yanhan was in a very good mood and was not affected at all by Shen Gu Ci's words. Then she calmed down Shen Hui's thoughts, smiled brightly, said "ok" happily, and got into the car with her skirt lifted.
Shen Hui finally realized that Shen Yanhan was coaxing her, and glared angrily behind Shen Yanhan.
*
The hardest thing to deal with is lovesickness.
It snows all the time in Lin'an Mansion, and people from Zheng Mansion use horse-drawn carriages to go in and out. They often come and go in the tavern on the street of Zheng Mansion, but they still haven't seen the concerned woman once.
Because Secretary Qin Xi had been promoted a few days ago, and several of his subordinates had been promoted to varying degrees, Tang You's position happened to be promoted to the fifth rank. Therefore, Empress Dowager Wei's birthday banquet became a day that he looked forward to extremely. He set out early in the morning and went to Da Nei to wait for people to come.
There are countless fifth-grade officials in Beijing, and they can also bring their families to attend. You can imagine how lively it is today.
Tang You came early, and after greeting everyone he knew, he sat down at his seat, his eyes constantly looking around.I met Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Yu, his wife, and the eldest son Zheng Shilin, but I never saw Zheng Shiyan and his family.
When I was extremely anxious, just as the banquet was about to begin, several familiar faces came into view.
Tang You frowned.
Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing were side by side, both arriving late.
Meng Changqing waved his folding fan ostentatiously. He always did this. Tang You didn't find it strange. What surprised him was Qin Yuehuai.
The last time I saw him in Ouchi, he was hunched over and looking low-key, but today it was different. He straightened his back and was much taller. Someone came up to communicate with him. His speech and behavior were neither humble nor overbearing, and he was personable. There is a lot of ease between the eyebrows that stirs up the storm.
Although the lights at the banquet hit everyone's face equally, he could be seen at a glance in the crowded crowd.
——A gentleman is like a pine or a crane, standing in the world, extraordinary and refined.
Tang You's heart suddenly trembled, and he clearly felt that Qin Yuehuai's sharp edge that he wanted to hide when he moved forward could no longer be hidden. He was born to be so eye-catching.
His mood is more complicated.
Not only was he wondering why Qin Yuehuai was now called Qi Yan, but he also thought again that if Qin Yuehuai hadn't taken the scientific examination at the same time as him this year and Qin Yuehuai had won the first place, then he would have been able to advance one place and become Tanhualang. .There is only one ranking difference between him and Tanhua, but their reputations are very different. While people in Lin'an Prefecture are talking about the top three, no one knows his identity.
Thinking of this, Tang You felt a thick sourness in his throat.
He has two regrets in life: one is divorcing his wife; the other is not being listed on the list.
Tang Youyou hesitated whether to go forward to say hello. After a long while, he finally thought of the three people's forward feelings, stood up, and walked towards Qin Yuehuai.
However, when he was about to walk up to the two of them, Meng Changqing smiled and tapped Qin Yuehuai's arm with a folding fan. The next moment, Qin Yuehuai, who was polite but distant, had a real smile on his lips, calm and calm. There is obvious tenderness flowing in his eyes.
Tang You watched as the two of them left his eyes and took a step in the other direction. His eyes followed the direction they were going, and his eyes suddenly trembled.
Who is the person coming in that direction if not the person he misses day and night?
He had never thought that Lu Yuan would marry someone who would continue the Lu family lineage. But when he saw Lu Yuan's obviously pregnant belly with his own eyes and knew that A Yuan was pregnant not long after they got married, he felt that it was in his heart. It was as if there were thousands of arrows poking hard at it.
Tang You couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He thought that it would take some time for A Yuan to accept others, but he didn't expect that what he thought turned out to be just what he thought.
Memories of past scenes of loving each other with Lu Yuan came to mind. Tang You clenched his fists and half of his body was hidden behind a slanting cedar tree. His eyes were scarlet and the muscles on both sides of his cheeks clenched tightly because of him. His teeth were trembling slightly.
His forward gaze was filled with pain, resentment and unwillingness.
Tang Youben was not in the line of sight of Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing. His body was mostly blocked by cedar trees. The two of them were unaware of his broken mood and slightly ferocious face. At that moment, the gazes of these two people They are all on their respective fiancées coming towards them.
Shen Yanhan held Lu Yuan's arm, and the two walked side by side, walking slowly.
Seeing someone who was specially dressed up, Qin Yuehuai lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes covering his eyes full of joy.
——A woman wants to please her own appearance. She is so beautiful and attractive. This eye-catching thought is really cute.
Unlike Qin Yuehuai's enthusiasm, Shen Yanhan felt extremely chilled at this moment.
I don't know how many times it was, but as she walked forward, she turned her head to look behind her.
Cai Xizhu changed from the state where she was looking around most curiously. She lowered her head and her ears were red. She had not looked directly into her eyes since she first bumped into her. Shen Yanhan frowned suspiciously.
Second time!
The same was true for her when she was in Ankang Hall!
Shen Yanhan looked at Cai Xizhu one by one, thinking that Cai Xizhu was about to get married and enter a new stage of life. Not only did he not come to see her for several days, but he avoided her like this. In addition to being chilled, she felt extremely sour in her heart.
She prides herself on treating Zhuzhu well, but she really doesn't understand how she can make her "abandon" her.
But she didn't know that because she was looking at her so intensively, Cai Xizhu felt more and more guilty and dared not look at her face to face. Shen Yanhan was the person she cared about most in the world, and she was most afraid of having her image ruined in Shen Yanhan's eyes.
The two young ladies had their own thoughts, and neither of them even gave their fiancés a glance.
Qin Yuehuai looked at Shen Yanhan and couldn't help but turn around and look back. She and Lu Yuan were in front of them to block the dejected Cai Xizhu who was following them. Instead, a few steps away were Zheng Yuting and other female family members of the Zheng family. He couldn't help but frown - she was , could it be that you are looking for a certain husband?
Shen Yanhan didn't know that the husband she had longed for was walking towards her. When they finally reached a brightly lit place, a female envoy from the eldest wife came to pick up Lu Yuan. She immediately pulled away and turned around to grab Cai Xizhu. .
"You come with me!"
She couldn't help but drag Cai Xizhu to a remote place in the dark.
When Lu Yuan came to the banquet, Qin Yuehuai and Meng Changqing wanted to greet her.
But in the blink of an eye, when the two sides greeted each other, Shen Yanhan and Cai Xizhu disappeared, and Qin Yuehuai couldn't help but stop in his tracks.
Meng Changqing was also confused: "Where are the people?"
Similarly, Shen Hui, who followed Shen Yanhan closely, was also confused about her behavior.But when Shen Yanhan turned around and walked away, it was the first time for her to face such a big scene as a palace banquet. She firmly remembered that she had to follow Shen Yanhan. When Shen Yanhan went to a remote place, she also took Shen Yu and Xiaolangjun with her. Followed.
As soon as the two siblings followed, they heard Shen Yanhan say angrily: "Zhuzhu, you have changed! Now that your identity has changed, you will immediately be completely different from your former bad friends!"
Cai Xizhu was shocked and waved her hands repeatedly: "I didn't, no!"
Shen Yanhan snorted, deliberately crossed his arms in front of him, and asked her: "Then tell me, why are you ignoring me?"
Cai Xizhu: "I have something to tell you."
Shen Yanhan: "What's the matter?"
Cai Xizhu wanted to confess her story, but she was facing not only Shen Yanhan at this moment, but also her younger brothers and sisters who were following behind her. Her ears and cheeks were rosy, and she could not help but hesitate: "I, me……"
Seeing how nervous she was, Shen Yanhan lowered his arms and asked her, "Is it possible that you did something wrong behind my back?"
Cai Xizhu's eyes widened.
Shen Yanhan was familiar with her, and Shen Yanhan immediately saw the answer from her expression, and said in disbelief: "Are you really?!"
Cai Xizhu quickly said: "It's not a shame!"
Shen Yanhan asked back: "It's not a matter of regret. Why are you feeling guilty?"
The situation was getting darker and darker, and Cai Xizhu felt like crying without tears.
As she hesitated, the impatient Shen Yanhan began to make various guesses: "What on earth did you do? You haven't given me any news these days, so I knew you were hiding something from me!"
She suddenly became serious and lowered her voice: "Are you... betraying him?"
Cai Xizhu knows Qin Yuehuai's true identity. Now that she is the daughter of the Yu family, if she reveals the secrets of the Qin family in Bianjing, the world will definitely believe her.
Just think about it, the Qin family's Qilang who was unsuccessfully hunted reappeared in the world, took the scientific examination and became an official under the guise of someone else's identity, and now became the Qi Shaofu Yin of Lin'an Prefecture. Those who planned to kill him knew this. What a crisis this matter must be for Qin Yuehuai.
There was a buzz in Shen Yanhan's head, and he felt chills running down his spine.
Seeing the sudden change in her expression, Cai Xizhu shook her head like a rattle: "No, no!"
Shen Yanhan looked at her with a pale face.
Cai Xizhu was already feeling unwell, but this shake made her dizzy.
Behind Shen Yanhan, Shen Hui's mind was rarely smart. Although she didn't know who "he" was from the conversation between Shen Yanhan and Cai Xizhu, she did notice something fishy.
Shen Hui was very curious and stretched her ears to listen.
However, after hearing Shen Yanhan ask "what's the matter" seriously again, what struck her ears the next moment was not Cai Xizhu's reply, but an extremely loud "wow".
A sound of retching pierced the air.
Cai Xizhu bent down and vomited on her feet. Acting on instinct, Shen Yanhan was so shocked that she immediately jumped sideways and took a step back. The direction she retreated was a clump of dead grass covered with ice and snow. When she stepped up, the grass was slippery. , Shen Yanhan said "Ah" and fell to the ground and sat down.
What followed was two male voices that sounded together——
"Jiaojiao!"
"Beads!"
almost over
(End of this chapter)
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