The middle-aged man smiled politely at her, his eyes were faint, and he couldn't detect the emotion, although he was polite, but he always looked a little rusty.

Although he didn't know where the other party came from, Kaoru Yutai still saluted respectfully: "Lord Ye will be back soon, you can go to the mansion to rest for a while." ”

The man hesitated for a moment when he heard this, looked at her suspiciously, as if he wondered why she had the key to the governor's mansion, and after thinking about it, he smiled and waved his hand and said, "No, it's getting late today, and the old man won't ......."

He stopped halfway through his speech and looked behind Kaoru Tadai with some surprise. She looked back puzzled, only to see Ye Chi coming over at some point, and when she saw this situation, she said, "Lord Luo, since you are here, let's go to the mansion and sit down." ”

Luo Wen nodded awkwardly, so he had to wave his hand to let the two people carrying the sedan chair leave first, and followed them into the house after a few words.

Kaoru Yutai followed behind, looking at Ye Chi's back, with some indescribable subtlety in his heart. She inexplicably felt that no matter what they were discussing, Ye Chi's attitude towards it was not very positive.

The three of them stepped into the small hall, and Ye Chi summoned Changsu to make tea for Luo Wen. The two seem to have known each other for a long time, and they don't seem very reserved, and Luo Wen's way of talking is not like being an elder, but more like a friend.

Kaoru was still curious about what they would say, but she knew that it was not suitable to stay, so she said goodbye to Ye Chi and went back to her room. She involuntarily rubbed for a moment before leaving, and heard some words, such as "Your Highness", "Takizhou", "Water Conservancy", etc., but she didn't know what she was talking about.

She remembered that Chu He had said before that Ye Chi was a person next to King Lian, and being demoted to Qinzhou was just an expedient measure, and he would return to the capital soon. At first, she thought Chu He was joking, but no matter how small the official position is, the experience of being an official in the court for decades is true - what he said is exactly right.

Kaoru Yutai ate dinner and stood in front of the window for more than half an hour, but there was still no movement in the small hall, except for Changsu who occasionally went to add tea once or twice. She shrunk her arms, only to realize that the air she exhaled was like a white mist, and it turned out that it was so cold.

Ye Chi is actually leaving, and it feels strange like this.

Although Qinzhou is chaotic, it is not a very primitive place, and the merchants should make money, and there are not a few big households with three thousand taels of sleeves. The change after Ye Chi came was subtle, perhaps because he didn't want to listen to his tirade after the fight, these people have been as harmonious as they should have been recently, and they can't say how happy they are.

Kaoru Tandai smiled involuntarily and closed his eyes, a little unable to imagine the days after he left.

The next morning, the cold wind was biting, and the cool air after opening the window could almost freeze people. Kaoru Tai made a cup of hot tea after putting on her coat, not sure when Luo Wen left, and when she came to the courtyard, she saw Ye Chi basking in the sun, and she woke up earlier than her. The warm morning light shone on his crescent-white robe, his black hair was like silk, and the whole person looked golden and like a painting.

"Is that Lord Luo gone?"

Ye Chi turned around when he heard the sound, smiled and nodded: "Well, let's go." He wasn't going to stay here for much longer. ”

Kaoru Tantai was bored for a while, wanting to say something but never spoke. Ye Chi didn't know why her expression was suddenly a little strict, and asked with a light smile, "Do you have anything to say?"

"Do you have a good relationship with King Lian?"

Xu didn't expect her to ask this suddenly, Ye Chi was stunned for a moment, smiled and nodded: "Well, he is my benefactor." ”

Kaoru Tantai clenched his fist, bit his lip and said, "Then why...... Lord Luo will say, he is ashamed of you?"

Ye Chi was silent for a moment, but it was not as strict as before, his eyes were gentle and calm, and he smiled warmly: "It's just some misunderstanding." ”

Yutai Kaoru nodded, knowing that he wouldn't reveal what he didn't want to say, so he went to a distant street to find a steamed bun shop for breakfast, and as soon as Fang sat down, he saw Yuan Ziling coming out of the next door, so he waved to him.

The grocery store next door is not so much the Yuan family's store as Yuan Ziling's private warehouse, they also came here to explore the danger when they were children, but in the end, Yuan Ziling scared her and was slapped into a dry well by her.

He sat down unhurriedly, also called for a steamed bun, took out a key from his sleeve, put it on the table and pushed it over: "The house you want has been found for you, it is very close to the yamen, and the rent is about the same as before." He paused and said, "Are you really not considering living in the Yuan family......?"

"Thank you. Kaoru Tantai looked at him expressionlessly, "Why did you say you told me to stay away from Ye Chi before?"

Yuan Ziling stared at her for a moment, picked up the chopsticks slowly, and said without sadness or joy: "You also know that the capital is a complicated place, although you have always wanted to go there, but it is not so simple. Now the emperor is only ten years old, but if he is twenty years old, the situation of the regent's faction will be completely different. ”

The implication is that Ye Chi's future situation will also be very bad.

"That'...... What does Ye Chi's demotion have to do with King Lian?"

"I don't know about that. Yuan Ziling shrugged and said, "I heard from the people in the capital that when the project in Luzhou had an accident, a large number of people from the Ministry of Industry were held accountable, and Ye Chi took all the responsibility as the prime minister at that time; ”

Kaoru Tantai silently picked up a small bun and put it in the bowl, and did not speak for a while.

"Everything I can know comes from the Imperial City, and most of them are half-truths after they are passed around outside. Yuan Ziling suddenly wanted to reach out and rub her head, but after hesitating for a moment, she put her hand down, "Since you want to know the truth, why don't you ask him personally?"

Kaoru Tandai still didn't answer, just stared at the bun intently.

I couldn't tell what she was thinking, but Yuan Ziling was still happy that she was willing to move out of the state pastor's mansion. When he saw Kaoru Tantai in the trading house that day, he thought he was dazzled, and when he asked, he realized that she was actually looking for a house, so he excitedly wanted to help her find a place to live.

He knew Kaoru's temper, and after her mother Ruan Hong took over the position of state pastor, she was expected to be sent to the capital within a year or two, but unfortunately the fire shattered her expectations.

It was the first time he could remember seeing Kaoru Tandai cry, but it wasn't sad tears, and if it were, he could still go up and hug her. She didn't make a sound at all, just shed tears, more like she was angry, and then took over the position of Zhou Cheng, with the goal of going to the capital to be an official in the future.

At first, he disagreed. First, because Ah Yao is not in good health, the Tantai family may still have to be managed by her, and second, because he doesn't want his daughter to go to a place so far away from the capital. It's a pity that Kaoru Tai is hard-hearted, and the two discussed it and felt that it was not good for the father and daughter to fight, so they made an agreement that if she could sit in the position of state priest before the age of eighteen on her own, she would be allowed to go to the capital.

Yuan Ziling felt that this was not a difficult thing at first, he often traveled around because of the Yuan family's business, and he also had a house in the capital, but the response that Kaoru gave him was: She didn't go to the capital to play.

Since Kaoru moved out of the house, he often asked him about his daughter's condition. He really wanted to help her, and he couldn't say it, just like when he was a child, he made the decision to marry her later.

"Why did you suddenly want to move out of Ye Chi?"

Yuan Ziling looked at her with a smile, even the ordinary buns that she usually thinks are very delicious and fragrant, how can they be so delicious, why didn't she notice it before.

Kaoru Yutai frowned and said, "Because I feel very annoyed when I see him." ”

“…… Huh?" he almost thought he had misheard.

He used to think that Kaoru Tantai refused to move out because he liked Ye Chi, but then he thought that it was impossible, but when he heard this, he was unspeakably happy.

Kaoru noticed the smile on his face, and wondered which tendon he had made a mistake, but she was really upset.

She used to think that she was very irritable when Ye Chi was trapped in the fire, but after Luo Wen said that she was going to take Ye Chi away yesterday, she was even more irritable for some reason;

Kaoru took a bite of the bun, and inadvertently turned his head to look out the window, only to realize that it was snowing heavily at some point, and many children ran out to reach out to catch the snow, and their eyes were a little white.

***

At the end of the year, the yamen was really busy. Ye Chi goes out early and returns late every day, so busy that he hardly has time to go out, and the situation of Kaoru Tai is not much better, and he has to make a summary of the year's expenses and affairs, and he has not even had time to propose to Ye Chi about moving.

In the blink of an eye, the spring came, the grass grew and the warbler flew, and it felt like spring returning to the earth. The catchers came to inquire about the situation of last year's annual review, and after learning that they were still at the bottom, they all sighed melancholy.

Kaoru Tandai looked at them incredulously: this group of people was actually disappointed.

The competition between the states of the country is fierce, so the ranking in the middle stream fluctuates greatly, except for the first and last almost permanent. Qinzhou, as the bottom of the 10,000-year-old base, was originally a topic for them to use for after-dinner pastime, but now it seems to be very Chinese and Australian to them.

Facts have proved that people go to high places and water flows to low places, no one is really willing to fall, once they work hard, they hope to have some achievements, and if they have achievements, they hope to go further; after all, life is short, and how high you can climb is up to you.

After the people left, Kaoru finally calmed down, sat on the chair and stretched, saw Ye Chi smiling beside her, and called her: "Kaoru, let's go to the play together." ”

"Don't. Kaoru Tandai shook her head without thinking, "I don't understand." ”

"It's not an ordinary play, it's a juggling ......" Ye Chi didn't show a disappointed expression strongly, "The kind of big stone in the chest." ”

After hearing this, Kaoru Yutai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded slightly: "That's good." ”

The idea of taking her to the play was Su Yu's idea, saying that she should treat women to her liking, since she didn't want the child's surname Ye, then she didn't mention it first, took her to eat and drink tea, pretended to be a sandbag and was beaten by her, maybe one day she would be tempted.

Although he felt that Su Yu was unreliable, Ye Chi still had no other way in the end, so he adopted this proposal.

The juggling troupe was invited by him from Nanzhou, and he was originally reluctant to come to Qinzhou, but Ye Chi gave enough commission, so he agreed to come to perform for half a month in the first month.

This team is well-known in these states, and many people in Qinzhou are curious to come to watch. Ye Chi and Kaoru sat in the middle of the open-air building, although she was very interested at first, but soon her attention was not so concentrated, and she looked down at her toes from time to time.

Ye Chi asked, "Don't you like it?"

Kaoru Yutai didn't answer, but asked, "Are you going back to the capital?"

"Oh, no. ”

Yutai Kaoru turned his head to look at him, his eyes widened in surprise, "Isn't Lord Luo going to take you back?"

I don't know why she was suddenly so surprised, Ye Chi shrugged and smiled: "But I don't want to go back yet, I like this place." ”

Kaoru Tandai stared at him for a moment, then looked down at his toes again. She suddenly became less irritable, but she still put her hand in her pocket, touched the key that Yuan Ziling gave her, curled the corners of her lips, and showed a shallow smile: "Thank you for taking care of me lately, I want to move out." ”

Ye Chi's hand suddenly froze in mid-air.