Beautiful woman

Chapter 23 Chapter 23: Repaying a favor
The Zhong family really valued her, and almost all the Qin family's remaining personnel were used to guard her.

Hongxiu and Tianxiang were confused for a moment and just watched Mrs. Wang arrogantly closing the courtyard door.

Qin Xiangxiang walked back to the room without seeming to be in a hurry.

Hong Xiu thought about it again and again, then went over and asked cautiously: "Madam, what's going on?"

Qin Xiangxiang sat down on the couch and said, "That aunt from the Zhong family has chosen another marriage for me."

Hongxiu said in shock: "How is this possible? The eldest lady's parents are not in Kyoto, how can she have rights?"

Qin Xiangxiang half-smiled: "That's why I have to be put under house arrest."

Tianxiang asked: "But this marriage is not as expected?"

Qin Xiang thought about it and told the two maids: "My husband's family is Sizhi, the eighth grade official of Dali Temple. He seems to be much older than me."

Hongxiu took a breath, covered her mouth and asked, "But your surname is Ma?"

Qin Xiangxiang was surprised: "My father also said Ma Sizhi?" Before Hongxiu could respond, he nodded again, "My father is a royal censor and an official in the court, so he will naturally make judgments."

But her father really trusted Hongxiu and Tianxiang and didn't avoid them.

Hongxiu said: "Madam, that's not the case. The master rarely talks about court affairs in front of the two of us. The reason why the slaves are familiar with Ma Sizhi is that he has a very good reputation for being a wife. When the slaves went out to buy, they heard The shopkeeper in the shop said it. He said that Ma Sizhi had a fiancée when he was young, but before they could get married, the fiancée passed away. The first wife successfully married into the Ma family, and she became pregnant the following year and gave birth to a child. A baby boy, but he passed away before the baby boy was one month old. The second wife was not married until five years after the death of Ma Sizhi's deceased wife. But like the previous wife, she died as soon as the child was born. No more. Several years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Ma Sizhi has never been able to marry again. It's really because people secretly say that he is wife-suppressing, and no one is willing to marry their daughter to him. "

No wonder she saw that Mrs. Ma was not too old, but she was so old that there was only a piece of skin left.She was probably worried about her son's marriage.

Hongxiu said with some resentment: "The daughters of good families in Kyoto don't want to marry Ma Sizhi, so the Wu family wants to marry the eldest lady to that Ma Sizhi, she is really evil-hearted."

Qin Xiangxiang nodded: "It is indeed vicious."

Hongxiu looked at her longingly: "Is it possible for the lady to sit back and wait for death like this?" The two days of getting along made her feel that Qin Xiangxiang was so calm, so he must have a countermeasure.

Qin Xiangxiang said, "I won't hide it from you. Not long after the Zhou family broke off the engagement, Zhou Xu died. Today, the Zhou family wanted to break into the foot shop and kidnap me, in an attempt to set up a secret marriage for Zhou Xu. Later. It was Ma Sizhi who passed by and saved my life." Of course, she had to hide the fact that Mu Ting saved her.

Hongxiu was surprised, and even Tianxiang was dumbfounded.How come the lady experienced such a strong wind and waves when she went out?

Hongxiu couldn't help but think to herself, the eldest lady has a really hard life. Although there are peach blossoms, they are all rotten peach blossoms that can kill people.

Tianxiang said coquettishly: "Madam, is it possible that because Ma Sizhi saved your life, you feel that you want to commit yourself to me?"

Hongxiu glared at Tianxiang: "Ma Sizhi is an official of Dali Temple, and it is his duty to save the people. If everyone wants to marry him, then Ma Sizhi will not be able to marry him, and there is no need to come to the Qin family to propose marriage. .”

Tian Xiang was very unconvinced: "But this time, the Ma family proposed marriage to the eldest lady. Maybe they are repaying a favor."

Qin Xiangxiang allowed the two maids to argue and did not stop them.

Hongxiu looked at Qin Xiangxiang and realized that the lady was supporting her head with her hands, her eyes were blurry, and she had dozed off!

Hongxiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The two of them were arguing endlessly, but the eldest lady seemed to be staying out of it.

Well, maybe when Ma Sizhi rescued the eldest lady, his brave and handsome appearance fascinated the eldest lady who had not seen much!After all, women always marry, either into a wolf's den or a tiger's den. They must have a destination.As for her and Tianxiang, no matter who the lady marries, they will still run a foot shop.

After the second maid quietly left, Qin Xiangxiang opened his eyes and actually lay back on the bed and fell asleep.

In fact, she was really tired after what she had gone through today. Since she couldn't go out, she wanted to have a solid sleep.When I woke up, it was already the lights were on and the night was dark.

Hongxiu and Tianxiang had been waiting for Qin Xiangxiang to wake up, and they didn't dare to have dinner. However, the ingredients were all ready and they were making flat food as usual.There's nothing you can do about it. Hongxiu Tianxiang can't do anything else except cooking flat food.

Seeing Qin Xiangxiang wake up, Hongxiu wanted to make Bianshi, but Qin Xiangxiang said that he would do it himself.

Qin Xiangxiang cooks in person, so Tianxiang is certainly happy and free.

But when Qin Xiangxiang took out his treasured ham, diced it carefully, cut various ingredients, and carefully made five bowls of delicious food.

Hongxiu couldn't help but said: "Madam, slaves can't eat so much." She and Tianxiang are both very self-disciplined people. They always eat only six cents full, and they don't eat much at night.After following Qin Xiangxiang for the past two days, the eating routine has become messy.

Qin Xiangxiang said, "Let's eat the three smaller bowls and keep the other two bowls."

Qin Xiangxiang didn't say what he was doing with the two bowls, and Hongxiu and Tianxiang didn't ask again.

Qin Xiangxiang's small courtyard is very small, and the kitchen is not far from the courtyard gate.The delicious aroma that Qin Xiangxiang made drifted out of the kitchen on a cold rainy night in late spring.

The two women guarding the gate couldn't help but peek in a few times.I saw the bamboo curtain of the kitchen in the small courtyard hung high, and three beauties were chewing with their heads down.

One of the women couldn't help but whisper to the other woman: "Madam, you can keep your composure, and you still have the brains to make delicious food."

The other woman couldn't help but swallowed her saliva: "I've heard before that the first lady has good cooking skills. Could it be that she passed it on to the eldest lady?"

The first lady left too early. At that time, Qin Guanlan was not the imperial censor, and there were not so many servants in the family. The only person who had seen the first lady was the eldest lady's wet nurse, Mama Xu.

The fact that the first wife was good at cooking was just a legend.

But the real aroma in front of me tempted the greedy worm in the mother-in-law's belly.

Although the two of them are old servants in the house, their positions are low, and it is really not their turn to have anything delicious in the kitchen.Especially after the Zhong family moved into the Qin family, the food standards were greatly reduced.The Zhong family just asked the cook to cook delicious food for them, but they were made to eat like pig food.It is impossible to say that there are no complaints.

Fragrant, really fragrant.There was a smell of ham in the air, and the two women couldn't help but wonder, what on earth did the eldest woman cook that was so fragrant?
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a voice saying softly: "Thank you for your hard work, two mothers-in-law. This is a flat dish made with ham specially made by the lady. I don't know if the two mothers-in-law like to eat it."

What caught the mother-in-law's eyes were two bowls of hot flat food on a small red lacquered plate.

The light was dim and the old woman's eyes were dim, so she couldn't really see what the toppings on the flat food were.But they can really feel the aroma coming straight into their noses.

Moreover, the two beauties who served them in the master's study were the ones who brought them the delicious food.The two maids who were once out of reach are now showing flattering smiles, and - warm little hands stuffing purses into their hands.

This is to bribe them.

The two wives suddenly remembered that the eldest lady was the serious master of the Qin family.Although the eldest lady is not favored, she wants to live in a separate courtyard and have a separate kitchen, and the master allows her.After all, blood is thicker than water.

The two women collected their purses and ate some flat food.

Hongxiu and Tianxiang thought that the lady was going to take the opportunity to escape, but Qin Xiangxiang made no move at all. He only asked Tianxiang to wash up with water, then climbed into bed and started to sleep again.

Hongxiu and Tianxiang looked at each other in confusion, but their master was not in a hurry. It was useless for them to be anxious, so they had to wash up and lie down.

Everything around him became quiet. Qin Xiangxiang was sleeping drowsily when someone from the Ma family came.

(End of this chapter)