Daming: From the end of Hongwu

359 Chapter 357 - Love Debt Confusion and Growth

The hearts of teenagers and girls are all floating. Their hearts are seldom overwhelmed by firewood, rice, oil, salt, and all kinds of mundane things on the ground. Therefore, their feelings are sweet, the joy of cheering, the sudden burst of joy, and the joy that lasts all night. miss.

From that day on, while thinking about writing a letter to Zhen Wu, Xiao Qi began to linger around Su Lanlan.

The two of them were always in love with each other, and after breaking through the simple strangeness, their fiery emotions quickly entered the period of passionate love.

I deliberately teased you, talking about interesting things in the school.

You looked at me shyly and talked about your family's gossip.

In the end, the two walked by the river, under the weeping willows, and in the breeze, talking to each other about their expectations for the future. Like most young lovers, at the beginning of their relationship, they seemed to be able to travel through time and dreamed of joining hands for a lifetime until their gray hair The old appearance surrounded by Cang Cang's children and grandchildren.

The hardships and dangers of time seemed unable to stop them at all.

The people above seemed to be able to plan out how much spirits they drank, and how many children they had.

Not far away, the two attendants who had been secretly following were chatting in low voices.

One person was still young, and asked with some uncertainty: "Brother Song, we really don't want to talk to the old lady or madam about Qiye? I always feel that this is a bit inappropriate. Grandpa has something to do with Qiye's marriage." Arranged."

This brother Song is older, he squinted and raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is it for you?"

"Master Seven."

"Then what are you talking about?" Brother Song snorted.

"But... but this matter... the uncle will punish Qiye when he finds out." The younger one said in a tangled voice.

Song Ge looked at the young man, looked at his loyal Qi Ye's face, sighed and said: "Yes, I will read to you carefully today, I ask you, if you are the entourage of His Royal Highness, go to the emperor Complaint, do you think the emperor would like this entourage who complained? Even if this entourage is for the benefit of His Royal Highness."

The young man instantly shook his head like a rattle: "No, who would like a servant who doesn't have the same heart with the master."

"That's not enough."

Brother Song said: "We are Qiye's followers, we are Qiye's most trusted people, the most important thing is to be loyal to Qiye, if you think this is inappropriate, you can rely on Qiye's favor and privately persuade Qiye , but you absolutely must not file a complaint, or the uncle will send you away from Qi Ye when he comes back, believe it or not? If we don't have one heart with Qi Ye, who will have one heart with Qi Ye? Do you think you are for Qi Ye Okay, but there is a teacher who teaches Qiye, there is Wu Guanshi, and there are uncles. Is it our turn to talk? We need to be clear about our identities. If you are really worried about Qiye, when the uncle punishes Qiye later, you go Please, sir, let us be punished for Lord Qi, this is what we should do."

"As for the other thing..." Brother Song grinned and said, "Qiye is still young, so he can't cause any big trouble. Even if there are some mistakes, uncle can take care of it. When Qiye gets married in the future, if uncle doesn't worry about Qiye , and will definitely arrange for someone to come over and fill in the gaps for Qi Ye, so you don't have to worry about anything, the uncle and madam are much more considerate than you think."

The young follower let out an oh and nodded in understanding.

Wanting to be a favored and capable servant is a technical job, and he still needs to learn a lot.

Brother Song looked at the sky at this time, he smiled and said: "It's getting late, I have to remind Master Qi to go back." After speaking, Brother Song grinned and trotted to Xiao Qi like a dog leg. He muttered a few words in a low voice.

Xiao Qi also looked at the sky, reluctantly just wanted to say stay later.

Brother Song leaned over and whispered in Xiao Qi's ear: "Maybe the old lady will call Master Qi over at this hour. If Master Qi is not at home, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate."

Xiao Qi thought for a while, sighed, and then turned to look at Su Lanlan.

"I want to go back."

Su Lanlan had some reluctance in her eyes, but she forced a smile on her face: "I...I should go back too." But after finishing speaking, she raised her head anxiously and said, "Then will you come tomorrow?"

Xiao Qi smiled brightly, then nodded heavily.

Su Lanlan also laughed immediately, but when she smiled, seeing Xiao Qi's bright eyes, she suddenly became a little shy again, she retracted her smile, then turned around and ran away with her waist twisted.

Wait until Su Lanlan's figure disappears.

Brother Song was only next to Xiao Qi at this time, pretending to be conflicted and said: "Master Qi, there is no room for me to talk about this matter, but I am afraid that Master Qi's future will be damaged because of this matter, will Master Qi think about it again?" ?”

Xiao Qi shook his head and said: "You don't need to say much about this matter, I think about it myself." After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Brother Song and joked: "Why? You also have to learn from those ancient civil servants and be the one who is loyal and dies. thing?"

"That can't be."

Brother Song grinned at Xiaoqi and said, "Young master Qi also understands what kind of temperament you are, and it is a great blessing to be Qiye's companion and follower for the rest of your life. I just hope that Qiye will not get tired of the young one in the future. Even if you go to beg with Qi Ye, the little one will definitely be the first to ask Qi Ye for something warm."

"Fuck you, is there anyone who curses our family so badly? What's wrong with me, I can't beg for food in this life." Xiao Qi scolded with a smile.

Song Ge slapped his mouth lightly: "Qi Ye, look at my mouth that can't speak, I really can't live without Qi Ye that day."

Xiao Qi laughed and said: "Okay, I won't get tired of you, let's go, go home."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Qi turned around and strode towards the house, the attendants hurriedly followed, chatting and teasing Xiao Qi beside her.

……

When Xiaoqi arrived at home, after thinking about it, he went to the study first and wrote out the letter to Zhen Wu. In the letter, he described in detail how he damaged Su Lanlan's reputation because of a misunderstanding, and then talked about special Talking about the need for him to be brave enough to take responsibility, and even the ancients said a lot of words in order to get Zhen Wu to support his ideas, and without a trace, he brought out the matter of the third child marrying Shi Nuan.

In the end, Xiao Qi dried the ink with satisfaction, then folded it into an envelope, got up and went to find Zhu Yuying, intending to ask Zhu Yuying when to send the family letter to Zhen Wu, and send this letter from him along the way.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuying just sent a letter from home a few days ago.

Xiao Qi was stunned.

Zhu Yuying smiled and said: "Is there something important? If you are not in a hurry, you can wait and send it together next time. If you are in a hurry, then the sister-in-law will call someone over and send it to you first."

Xiao Qi instinctively felt a little guilty, he shook his head and said with a sneer: "No... don't worry, I just have some doubts and want to ask my brother."

"Then wait for the next time to give it together." Zhu Yuying decided.

"Okay… okay."

But when Xiao Qi turned around and was about to leave, Zhu Yuying suddenly stopped him again, and Zhu Yuying asked the newly promoted maid Xiaoying to fetch something while saying: "I sent someone to call you over a while ago, Unexpectedly, you didn't come back, and I wanted to call you after dinner, but now it's a coincidence that you just came over."

After speaking, Xiaoying took a purse and handed it to Zhu Yuying.

Holding the purse, Zhu Yuying looked at Xiaoqi and sighed: "In a blink of an eye, Xiaoqi has become a man in the family. Today, that girl Chen Yuer and her mother came to talk with me at home. She wanted to give you this purse with her own hands. , but you haven’t returned for a long time, so I had to hand it over to you.”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuying burst out laughing: "Speaking of which, this girl is really a girl from Jiangmen's family. She is not at all ashamed to give the purse to me, even my sister-in-law handed it over to me, but I think that girl is also a sweetheart." My girl, look at this embroiderer, if it is not for the ingenuity, it will not be able to embroider."

Zhu Yuying handed the purse to Xiaoqi: "Hold it and have a look, my sister-in-law has told you, you have to be nicer to others in the future."

Xiao Qi was dumbfounded, and took the purse in a daze.

This purse is more beautiful and delicate than the one Su Lanlan gave him, and the material is also better, but...

For a while, Xiao Qi even had an urge to tell Zhu Yuying his true thoughts.

But before he opened his mouth, Zhu Yuying spoke again. She sighed and said, "There are some things you don't know, but now that you have accepted other girls' purses, my sister-in-law will talk to you. Speaking of which, the Chen family There is kindness to our family. If the Jingguo government hadn’t given up the high-ranking officials and generous salaries given by the imperial court, and brought [-] soldiers and horses from Daning to accompany your elder brother and them to Jingnan, what our family will be like now is still unknown, and it is important Yes, back then your third brother almost died in the battle, thanks to Jing Guogong who led his men to the battle regardless of his sixty years old, that saved your third brother, otherwise your third brother might have died in the battlefield long ago..."

"Ah?!" Xiao Qi was surprised when he heard this.

Zhu Yuying was not surprised by Xiaoqi's expression, she smiled and said: "You don't know about this, neither does our mother, your eldest brother and third brother never talk about these dangerous things at home, I know , or when your eldest brother talked to me about your marriage, I was also surprised at the time, but it's over, it's just in the future, even if you look at your third brother's sake, Be nice to that girl Chen Yuer, do you hear me?"

Xiaoqi's head seemed to have turned into a paste at some point, he said a few words, and escaped in a panic.

Zhu Yuying was surprised by Xiaoqi's weirdness, so what's the matter if they had a good chat?
For a moment, Zhu Yuying's eyes flickered with thoughtful light.

And Xiao Qi was thinking about Zhu Yuying's words all the way along the way. He never thought that there would be such a secret in his marriage, and he became a little confused for a while.

Her grandfather saved the third brother.

that…

How else could he get back this relative?
For the third brother.

He doesn't seem to be able to retreat.

Xiao Qi was thinking about these things in a mess.

Unknowingly, Xiao Qi came to Xiao Liu's yard, several servant girls of Xiao Liu greeted Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi asked after regaining consciousness: "Where is my sister?"

Just as the maids looked towards the kitchen, Xiao Qi raised her legs and walked over.

In the kitchen, Xiao Liu was making smoothies, making milk bean smoothies to eat, she just took a sip, and she shook her head and became intoxicated.

Xiao Qi saw this scene as soon as she entered the kitchen.

"It's cold, if you still eat this, you won't be afraid of spoiling your stomach." Xiao Qi said angrily.

Xiao Liu raised his eyes to look at Xiao Qi, ignored Xiao Qi, then took another bite and became intoxicated.

Xiao Qi frowned and asked, "Why are you messing with this?"

When Xiao Liu heard this, she immediately became happy. She smiled and said, "My sister-in-law asked me to learn a dish in ten days. What do you think of me?"

Xiaoqi was startled: "Are you fooling our sister-in-law with this?"

"What is fooling around?" Xiao Liu glared at Xiao Qi dissatisfied, "I've been learning this for a few days, okay?"

Xiaoqi wanted to refute, but then felt that it was meaningless, found a place to sit down, sighed and said: "It's up to you, anyway, it's not that I am being talked about by my sister-in-law."

Seeing Xiao Qi's sudden depression, Xiao Liu wondered, "What's the matter with you? Hey, it's really weird to talk about it today. In the past, you always hid from me, but today you came here on your own initiative. Is my sister getting into trouble by borrowing money? Let me tell you, if I get into trouble, I can’t help you. As for money...you don’t want to think about me!"

Xiao Qi glared at Xiao Liu angrily, but Xiao Liu didn't care about it with a playful smile.

In the end, Xiao Qi sighed and looked away.

He didn't know why, when he was upset, he somehow wanted to talk to Sixth Sister, even though Sixth Sister always bullied him, but he still believed in Sixth Sister.

After being silent for a while, Xiaoqi asked in a low voice, "Sixth sister, do you think I can marry a girl from an ordinary family?"

"What?"

Xiao Liu jumped in front of Xiao Qi, stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Qi's forehead: "You are not sick, what are you dreaming about?"

Xiao Qi irritatedly knocked off Xiao Liu's hand: "Why is this just a dream, the third brother can marry the third sister-in-law, why should I not?"

Xiao Liu laughed haha.

After laughing, he pointed at Xiao Qi and said, "Third brother and third sister-in-law met at the end of Wei, and they have been fighting in the battlefield for many years. It is rare for Jing to seal Ning Anbo. What do you have? How dare you compare with third brother."

Xiao Qi's face turned red all of a sudden.

Xiao Liu still said bluntly: "Don't say that you don't know your future path, you have to be blinded by your elder brother and third brother, and you will definitely join the guard in the future. The guards are all the children of the Lord's family. Our family is weak. Except you Brother from the old man’s family, who can help you in the Xunwei? You want to marry a girl from an ordinary family, don’t you want to laugh at me to death.”

"I... I don't need help." Xiao Qi stretched his neck and said.

Ok?
Xiao Liu looked at Xiao Qi suspiciously, and asked, "You don't like Chen Yu'er? Then why don't you marry Zhu Xiuxiu?"

Xiao Qi shuddered instantly.

Zhu Xiuxiu?

Zhu Neng's sister, and Xiao Liu are famous for their freedom from anything.

Xiao Liu laughed unconscionably: "I knew that my brother didn't like Zhu Xiuxiu, do you think Chen Yu'er is very good after such a comparison?"

Xiao Qi rolled his eyes, he really couldn't stand Xiao Liu's heartless energy.

But he didn't expect that Xiao Liu, who was not heartless just now, would become more serious the next moment.

Xiao Liu took a deep look at Xiao Qi and said, "I'm not qualified to say some things, but seeing you like this, I can't complain. Let's not talk about your marriage. Eldest brother has made a verbal agreement with someone. You If you go back on your word, you still need the elder brother to apologize to others to resolve the resentment. As far as you are concerned, don't tell me that you don't need other people's help or anything. Among the guards are all the sons of the lord. Do you think it's a joke? Many people want to inherit the duke and marquis, how about you? No one will help you, and after ten or twenty years, you will naturally be shorter when you meet them again?"

"Even if you don't care about fame and fortune, have you really never thought about helping your elder brother after your early career? Do you think it's easy for elder brother to take care of the family business and support the family?
My father left early, you didn’t remember anything at that time, but I have some impressions, all the things in Beiping city, here, are all earned by the eldest brother bit by bit, you wear, eat, go in and out with entourage , there is a maid at home, and everyone who comes and goes is polite to you, how do you think it came about?You must know that you are only the younger brother of the eldest brother, not a son, but since then, how are we brothers and sisters different from sons and daughters in the heart of the eldest brother?How much effort did the elder brother put in on us? "

Speaking of this, Xiao Liu took a deep breath and became emotional for a while: "To be honest, I only hate that I am not a man. I am willing to die for my elder brother. Now you are only asked to marry a girl, but you are here Feeling awkward and sad, not only didn't want to repay the kindness of the eldest brother, and shoulder the responsibility of the Zhen family's children, but instead thought about something, you can really do it, Zhen Xiaoqi, just like you, don't say it in the future It's my brother, I don't have a brother like you."

After all, Xiao Liu got up angrily, took the milk bean ice cream he made and left without looking back.

Xiao Qi was stunned.

In fact, he understands these things, and he is willing to die for his elder brother. He was brought up by his elder brother himself, so how can his feelings for his elder brother be small.

only…

He just wants to pursue a future life that he expects.

Is this really wrong?
night.

Xiao Qi was in a daze in the room with a purse in one hand.

The night passed.

On the second day, when Xiaoqi came out of the room, her eyes were red, she hadn't slept all night, and she seemed to have cried deeply.

After class in the afternoon, Zhen Song asked Xiao Qi if he wanted to go to Miss Su's place. Xiao Qi was in a daze for a long time, but when he thought of Miss Su's gentle smile like the morning breeze, he felt colic in his heart for the first time.

But he still raised his head firmly.

He murmured softly: "Some things must be made clear. Since you made a mistake, it's... the big deal, try to make it up to her, even if you want to beat or kill her, it's up to her. It's just that I am ashamed of my elder brother and my sister-in-law in this life. I am also ashamed of Chen Yuer and Su...no...it seems that I have been ashamed of everyone in this life."

Xiao Qi muttered, unknowingly, her cheeks were filled with tears again.

At the same time, Zhu Yuying was listening to the servant's report.

Yesterday, she saw that Xiaoqi looked a little bit wrong, and she was worried, so she sent someone to check Xiaoqi's recent situation.

She is the hostess of the Duke's Mansion, and she is very busy on weekdays. It is impossible to take care of everything, and it is impossible to understand everything, especially after she is pregnant, the attention of everyone in the family will naturally decrease. Quite a lot, that's why Xiao Qi was able to hide it from Zhu Yuying, but as long as Zhu Yuying wanted to know something, as long as she went to check and ask, it would definitely not be able to hide it from her.

After the presenter finished reporting, Zhu Yuying was absent-minded for a long time, and finally shook her head and smiled wryly.

"This Xiaoqi, who was so cute when he was young, why did he start to get into trouble when he got older? Neither his eldest brother nor the third brother have seen him with such a flamboyant heart. How dare he provoke other girls? ..."

Zhu Yuying sighed: "At the end of the day, it was negligence. This Xiaoqi should have another person watching over him. Steward Wu is also blind. Xiaoqi led someone to do such a big thing without telling him. I don't know what's going on, if Xiao Qi goes on like this, he might cause some big trouble."

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(End of this chapter)