Chapter 9: Scheming
Guo Baoyun interjected: "Baoyun too, I miss the days when I used to play with my sister. β
Guo Chang was helpless and said in a low voice: "Qin Sheren said that he had found someone, and he must get married this year." Madame don't have to be sad, after they get married, you can't get along. "Everything was arranged by Qin Sheren, how could he call the shots? He could only keep it in his heart, caught between the two sides, and try all kinds of reasons to deal with it.
Yao took Yu Mingzhi's hand, rubbed it gently, and sighed: "Before getting married, our mother and daughter must get along more. β
"Huh. Guo Changsheng was afraid that they would get along for too long, so that Yu Mingzhi showed his feet and hurriedly stopped: "Baozhi has been away for many years, and it is really hard to rush back all the way, it is better to let her rest quietly for a few days before catching up with the old days." β
When they have rested enough, they are almost ready to prepare for various matters before marriage, learn the rules of being a wife, embroider pillows, choose wedding dresses, etc., so that their feet do not touch the ground, so that they have no extra chance to contact.
Yao didn't understand what Xiang Gong meant, but since she had said so, she couldn't refute it in front of her children, "Okay, let Baozhi rest first." β
In the midst of small talk, it was soon time for dinner. The nurse brought the little young master Baoqian, and the sister and brother cried and laughed for a while when they met, Yao's Zhang Luo had a table of good dishes, and asked Yu Mingzhi to sit between her and Guo Baoyun, saying that it was a good topic to talk about between girls, Guo Chang saw that Yu Mingzhi was a clever person, so he only listened to it from the sidelines, and if there was anything to help him, it would be remedied in time.
"Sister, where have you been all these years? Guo Baoyun's pretty face showed a bit of pity and pity, and she pulled Yu Mingzhi's left hand, rubbing it non-stop but refused to let go.
Yao kept serving Yu Mingzhi vegetables and persuaded: "What's the matter, it's not good to talk about it after eating?"
Guo Baoyun pouted, "Baoyun cares about my sister." Guo Chang and Yao smiled, and she shook Yu Mingzhi's hand and asked.
Yu Mingzhi reported a few place names according to what Qin Ji said before, "...... After pretending to be crazy and stupid and tossing and turning with people's teeth, he escaped from the gap, and barely survived with a female worker, thinking about saving enough money to return to the capital to reunite with his father as soon as possible. After that, she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, looking very sad.
Guo Chang pounded the table angrily, "These damn things, when I pull them out, I have to peel them and cramp." β
Yu Mingzhi hurriedly went to comfort his "father" again: "These things are over, Daddy must stop being angry with this kind of person, it's not worth it." β
When Yao and Guo Baoyun heard this, they looked at each other unwillingly.
"Okay, don't be angry. Guo Chang patted his daughter's hand gently, and gave her a big chicken leg, "Eat quickly, you must make up for all the hardships you have suffered over the years." β
"Daddy eats it too. Yu Mingzhi said obediently.
Guo Chang inexplicably felt warm in his heart, "Okay, good." β
The family continued to talk and laugh, and the meal was extremely pleasant and warm. After chatting for a while after dinner, Yao personally took Yu Mingzhi to Chengyun Courtyard, where she originally lived, introduced the newly arranged maid and mother-in-law, and asked her to see if the objects and furnishings were satisfactory, until Yu Mingzhi repeatedly expressed her satisfaction, she asked her to rest early, and then took her daughter out.
"Mother, what do you think?" Guo Baoyun handed over a small note.
Yao glanced at a few place names on the paper and sneered: "Naturally, I want to check it carefully." β
After bathing, Yu Mingzhi lay on the soft bed, the bed tent embroidered hibiscus flowers shrouded her in this world, and the maids on duty at night, Chun Tao and Qun Lan, muttered outside, her voice was too low, she couldn't hear what she was saying, and she didn't care about their words.
After acting for most of the day, she was not tired at all.
Something seems to be missing. Yu Mingzhi tossed and turned for a while, and then estimated the Guo family.
Guo Chang is obedient to Qin Sheren and is very good to her. Because he depended on Qin Ji to become an imperial merchant and was responsible for the purchase of cloth in the inner garden of the palace, he had strong financial resources and wide connections.
She used to come to the capital three or four times with her father, and returned to visit the mountains and rivers, eat and drink food, and never made friends with a noble girl in Beijing. This time, with the identities of Miss Guo and Qin Ji's fiancΓ©e, he can begin to get to know all the people in Beijing, and gradually get closer to the forces of Liwangshan, so as to find out the news.
Yu Mingzhi turned over again, and the faint sound of the flute came.
Unlike listening to it from a close distance, the same music becomes more hazy and ethereal, as if a light veil caress the skin, which is soft and comfortable, and reassuring.
Is it Qin Ji?
Yu Mingzhi lay on the bed and didn't move, he didn't expect that in the middle of the night, Qin Ji still had such thoughts.
The maid outside opened the door to check, and came back muttering, "I didn't see anyone."
The hypnotic effect of this flute sound is really amazing, as soon as Yu Mingzhi closes his eyes, sleepiness swept over, and he quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, Yao knocked on the door of Chengyun Courtyard with the nurse and mother, and instructed the maids to prepare hot water and serve the eldest lady to change clothes and makeup.
"Baozhi, do you still know Qi's mother?" Yao asked with a smile as he pressed his hands on his eldest daughter's shoulders.
Yu Mingzhi was embarrassed and said, "It's not big...... I remember. "Guo Baozhi was only eleven years old when he was abducted by Yazi, and he was a child in the end, so some of his memories are blurred, which is quite reasonable, and the person was personally sent back by Qin Ji, how could the Guo family have objections.
Yao smiled: "It's okay. Mother Qi has taken care of you since she was a child, and she will continue to serve you in the future, and when you arrive at the Qin family, I am also relieved. β
"Thank you for your mother's ......"
"Mother, sister!" a cheerful voice like a yellow warbler interjected, interrupting the conversation between Yu Mingzhi and Yao.
Then, Guo Baoyun jumped in, holding her mother's arm with one hand and putting the other on her sister's shoulder, "I'm here to talk to my sister today, and my mother is not allowed to stop me." β
Yao's smiling eyes narrowed, "Okay, okay, I won't stop you." β
"Hee-hee. Guo Baoyun bent down and rubbed Yu Mingzhi's cheek affectionately, "Sister, let's go to the garden to play, okay?" I asked someone to prepare peach blossom wine, because we wanted to eat it when we were children, but our father and mother didn't give me a bite to taste, and we thought about it for a long time. There are also a variety of sweets. β
wants to rely on the Guo family's father and daughter to make more people, Yu Mingzhi did not refuse, "Okay." β
Yao glared at him and said with a smile: "I won't let your sister rest well." β
Yu Mingzhi took the initiative to speak: "Baozhi also wants to catch up with her mother and sister more. β
Yao laughed, took the comb from Qi's mother's hand, and combed her hair himself.
Guo Baoyun was talking while playing with the jewelry on the dresser, and when the same delicate hair ornament came into view, her brows furrowed rapidly.
She remembered the hairpin.