These court relatives and nobles, if they are not offended, try not to offend

Since it was a birthday, Qin Mo went alone, it happened that this time was spring ploughing, and there were a lot of things, and Qin Mo also took time out of his busy schedule.

Brought a piece of pearl woven with the word Shou, more than 150 beads strung together, inlaid on the red silk with needle and thread, not to mention how illustrious, Qin Mo was originally a rich businessman, and he did not rely on the salary of the imperial court, of course, there were meritorious achievements before, and the emperor rewarded a lot of things, and her money was already rich and rivaled the country.

The richness of the gifts prepared is more important to natural people.

It just so happened that Qin Mo went that day, and on the fifth day of May, the carriages in front of the Changyuan Marquis Mansion were full, one after another.

Many court ministers came with their families.

The mansion of the Marquis of Changyuan is not the same as the structure of the Qin Mo Mansion, at first glance it is also that kind of family, all kinds of decoration, design, is magnificent, the garden rockery is connected to the rockery, there is a long corridor in the inner hall, the corridor is full of flowers, just in April, it happens that the wisteria falls from the stone pillar overhead, such as a little purple rain, the sun hangs down from a stack of flower vines, and falls on the ground with mottled light and shadow.

Beside the creek, there are also large poppies.

The guests could walk around the courtyard at will before the banquet was opened, enjoying the scenery there, and Qin Mo stood under the corridor, looking at the wisteria flowers like a waterfall, I don't know why, but my heart was suddenly a little moved.

followed by Gui'er, the little girl, and the little peach is generally in charge of things at home, so she won't follow today.

It was originally a dinner party, but Qin Mo came earlier.

Ben was standing behind the porch when he suddenly heard bursts of women's laughter from the backyard room next to the hole window in the side room.

You can hear a room full of women.

The voice at the head, Qin Mo could hear it, it was the county lord of Huai'an, as if he was talking about something interesting.

Everyone burst into laughter.

Qin Mo listened to the excitement, so he looked for the sound, and then passed through the moon gate, and then looked at a house on the side, the door was in front, Qin Mo went around in a circle, and then he saw it.

"When a distinguished guest came, he never went out of the door to greet him personally, but he was disrespectful and disrespectful!"

Qin Mo just appeared at the door, and Huai'an saw it at a glance, so he frolicked towards Qin Mo from a distance.

Qin Mo put his hand in front of him, covered his lower abdomen, and smiled

"Listening to the laughter of this room, I was so happy that I came over!"

Qin Mo looked at it, and sure enough, there were a few women sitting around the county lord on the ground.

The county lord specially gave Qin Mo a place and asked the maid to carry a stool and pour tea.

Then he said to the women around him, "Come and see, this is the national teacher!" ”

The county lord said to those women, Qin Mo only looked, and those women came to Qin Mo, but they all bowed their heads as if they were a little shy.

They all saluted each other.

The county lord introduced them one by one on the side, "This is the wife of the scholar Zhang of the Hanlin Academy, and this is the wife of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Guo, this is...!" ”

Qin Mo saw the salute one by one, and there were a total of four or five ladies sitting around.

"Today, the National Teacher is also here, I can tell you a clever story, the sister of the National Teacher's family, that is, the second miss, but the girl in my family looks very the same, it just so happens that the young lady is out of school today, Hui Xiang Ruxiang, you go and bring the second miss-!"

The two girls beside him saluted and went out.

Then, I saw that the face of the county lord of Huai'an was a little heavy, and there were two women behind her who had been sitting behind her, sitting behind her, and had been silent since just now.

"You all go down, there are a lot of guests here today, so you don't have to serve me, go to your respective courtyards to rest, and the dinner will start soon!"

The two mothers-in-law, when they heard what the county lord said, they still buried their heads and were unknown, just like the situation when Qin Mo came in and saw them just now, they saluted the county lord, and then retreated.

Qin Mo was a little curious.

"They-!"

"Oh!" The county lord raised his head and explained to Qin Mo, "The two of them are the concubines of the Hou Mansion—"

After a sentence, I will not mention it again.

Qin Mo didn't mention it, since ancient times, this wife and concubine have been the most sensitive topic.

It's just that this county lord is still virtuous, and he was originally married, and he actually allowed this marquis to take a concubine.

Thinking about it again, this ancient woman, no matter how noble your status was before you got married, and being a wife after marriage, you have to obey your husband, and whatever your husband says, her interests cannot be violated, and she is quite aggrieved to think about it.

After talking for a while, the two girls who had gone out before came in.

After the two girls came in, they blessed the county lord, "Mrs. Hui, the second lady has arrived-!" ”

Qin Mo also felt that it was rare, in fact, he kept saying that she looked like Xiangxiang, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

It's time to raise your eyes and take a closer look.

Suddenly, a sweet voice said, "Mother-!" "Look closely, behind the maid, there is a girl about ten years old, tied with the little daughter's bun, a few pigtails on her head, round, goose egg face, big eyes, laughing The flesh of the cheeks on both sides is squeezed together, sweet, lovely, I look at it at a glance, it is not similar to Xiangxiang's good life.

It's like twins.

The little girl smiled and said in a sweet voice, so she ran over, and regardless of others, she ran to the county lord and played with her hand on her mother's knee.

is not only the appearance, but this naughty, coquettish temperament is also the same as Xiangxiang.

"How-!"

Seeing this little girl like this, the county lord just smiled, and then turned his head to look at Qin Modao.

Qin Mo pursed his lips, smiled, and bowed his chin.

Like, indeed like.

Qin Mo was thinking about it, when he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a cool breeze blowing behind him, and he suddenly felt cool on his back.

There seemed to be something in my heart, and I couldn't breathe, but for a while, I felt that I couldn't seem to find anything. Why is it that I suddenly feel uncomfortable?

That little girl, her eyes are as translucent and clear as pearls, she only looks at Qin Mo, and her little mouth is happy.

He smiled at Qin Mo, with a sense of wit in his expression.

It seems that the personality is like Xiangxiang, but it doesn't seem to be like it, there seems to be a little difference.

"The emperor summoned you to the palace to accompany you, you can get along with the second princess well-!"

"Listen to my mother's words, Ying'er didn't do anything wrong, the princess likes me very much with her-!"

The lord sighed, "That's it!" ”

And Qin Mo asked about the others, "I've seen Mrs. many faces, but I don't know if Master Hou is in the house, I want to visit together!" ”

The county lord smiled, "Master Hou must be going to the horse farm to practice archery at this moment, he will always go to the horse farm for a while every day!" ”

Qin Mo's hand carelessly stroked the woven flowers on his cuffs

"Master Hou is a brave man, and he must like the person who runs horses and shoots arrows-!"

The county lord's expression froze, and he used a hosta next to him to disturb his head, he didn't seem to be as interested as before, and only replied lightly, "Hou Ye is not that kind of person, he just likes to dance with sticks and guns on weekdays, and he is not a brave martial arts practitioner——!" ”

Qin Mo saw that she didn't seem to want to talk more about this topic, so he didn't continue.

After some more words, the group dispersed

The result is a feast,

Eat and drink, and the sky gets dark.

Then the Hou Ye came out and said thank you to everyone.

"Today, all the distinguished guests came to participate in the dog's birthday banquet, Ben Hou is very grateful here, everyone has come from afar...!"

Qin Mo had never seen this Hou Ye before, so he was a little curious, and he only listened to the commotion of the crowd, and he seemed to be very happy.

After a moment, Qin Mo suddenly heard someone talking in the lower corner of his clothes.

Behind the back of someone else's whisper.

"I heard that this son is not his own-!"

"What does it matter if it is biological or not, the county lord of Huai'an has married a second husband, and this child also calls the current man his father-!"

"What a sin, good Li family lintel, the loyal and obedient marquis before, a good person, died on the battlefield, leaving this lone seedling-!"

"I heard that in this life, his surname is still Li, but he just followed his mother, and after he got married, he still inherited the Li family!"

"In this way, it can be regarded as the queen of the Li family, and the good girls don't marry their second husbands-!"

"She is the daughter of the eldest princess and the emperor's niece, if she doesn't marry, can the emperor watch his niece widow until she is old!"

"That's the reason, too!"

Qin Mo listened to the whispers around him, and looked at the people above, and saw this Hou Ye, who was tall, more than seven feet, wearing a bat-patterned brown robe, a golden crown on his head, and a dark brown jade belt around his waist, standing there, with a majesty flowing out of his body.

Because under the lamp, the candlelight was too dim, there was a distance, the distance was relatively far, Qin Mo looked at him carefully, and saw nothing, except for a mole at the end of his eye that could be seen on one side of his head when he was facing him.

The face of the national character, the square forehead.

Qin Mo watched it for a long time, and suddenly her head was a little faint, and she had a splitting headache, and she pressed her hand against her temple.

Then the other hand rubbed the green shawl on his wrist vigorously.

What kind of figure, what kind of person's shadow, it seems to be dangling in front of him, a series of scenes, clearly interpreted in the head, the face in the memory, originally engraved in the depths of memory, as if it was buried deep by the previous owner, Qin Mo did not give this part of the memory at all after crossing over, at this moment, as if the imprint was triggered, he had to scramble out of Qin Mo's head.

Pain. Headache...

In order to suppress this pain, Qin Mo picked up the jade pot in front of him and desperately poured himself wine.

She didn't know how to drink.

Because it's the same father, this girl looks the same as Xiangxiang, is that-!

After a few glasses of wine, his body was slightly drunk, Qin Mo looked down at the jade cup until things overlapped in his eyes.

Once, the two sisters were still suffering in the village, so he went to the capital early in the morning, an ancient metropolis where merchants gathered, took away all the family's savings, saying that they came back to let their mother and daughter live a good life, but as a result, there was no one to live again, and the mother starved to death, when she and Xiangxiang were dying, and he finally became a marquis in the capital.

Oh, the famous marquis, the marquis with titles and honorable titles.

It's ironic to think about.

And it just so happened that he was unlucky, but he gave birth to this daughter, which was exactly the same as Xiangxiang, so he recruited the daughter's mother.

also married Xiangxiang to be his daughter-in-law.

That county lord is just a novelty, why do the two children look so similar, but they don't want to have such a relationship behind this.

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Qin Mo sat at the table, holding the teapot in her hand, drinking cup by cup, when she was drinking the wine, she was a little dizzy now.

Seeing that the lights in the courtyard were up, the guests were not dispersed, and the bright red lanterns under the corridor were hung all the way, Qin Mo had already seen the marquis turn around, and the posture seemed to be about to enter the inner courtyard of the mansion.

Qin Mo took advantage of the fact that the people around him were not paying attention, and quietly followed.

She came in white today, which was particularly eye-catching, and it happened that the water-green shawl helped her cover it up.

That Hou Ye was in front of him, but he didn't find Qin Mo, Qin Mo saw that he was walking steadily, and the direction he was walking in was not the inner courtyard, could it be that he was not resting now.

Qin Mo followed all the way, and found that his direction was east, and then he entered an inner courtyard, and Qin Mo knew that he was going to the study.

The lights in the attic were not so bright, and the Hou Ye was in front and took the initiative to disperse the guards around the study.

Qin Mo followed, only to hear the door of the study creak open, and then saw an open fire in the study.

Qin Mo's footsteps seemed to alarm people.

"Who-!" A frightened voice came from not far away, and the man turned his head to see a woman standing in the study.

The woman is only ten ** years old, still a young age, a thin veil, from a distance, it seems to be a little mysterious, but also illusion is real, the jade bracelet carried by the woman's hand, the silver bell, are very exquisite ornaments, a white silk like water, how to look at it is also a rich and noble person.

Moreover, under the woman's veil, it could be seen that she had a delicate complexion, but Qin Zhun believed that he had never seen her before.

"Hello Master Hou!"

Qin Mo stepped forward and bowed down.

The lamp on the bookcase had been lit by this person just now, and at this moment, the lights were sprinkled all over the room, and they could naturally see each other clearly.

"Who are you-!" The man in front of him looked guarded, and the so-called uninvited would not be too popular.

Qin Mo smiled, from a distance, Qin Zhun couldn't see Qin Mo's face clearly.

"My name is Qin Mo, I came today to congratulate Hou Ye's little son's birthday, in fact, I came to ask, does Hou Ye know that there is a place in Chishui Village-!"

The man's face changed abruptly, Qin Mo had never seen a person's face suddenly change so quickly, that complexion, like white wax, suddenly turned sallow, Qin Mo's voice fell, the man's body did not stand, he staggered half a step towards the bookcase, and the last hand was supported by the bookcase, and he stopped.

"Qin Mo. Qin Mo....! ”

In the man's mouth, he read these words vigorously at this moment.

Judging from his reaction, Qin Mo firmly believed that there must be something to do with it

Qin Mo raised his head slightly proudly, and raised half of his face, "Does Master Hou still remember this name...!" ”

"Master Hou is here to celebrate the birthday of other people's children in front of a full house, but think about the child he once had with a married couple, in that poor mountain and bad water place, almost starved to death-!"

The Hou Ye's hand Qin Mo kept talking, and he kept shaking, and half of his body trembled.

Looking at Qin Mo again, his eyes were full of crystals, like tears, he shook his head, and his voice trembled.

"You really are Qin Mo. You are Xiaomo...! ”

Qin Mo stood firmly in place, "I'm Qin Mo-!" ”

"You don't understand. You don't know... Over the years, what you have seen, the glamour on the surface, behind the scenes, how did I get to where I am today? ”

Qin Mo tilted his head, "So, you admit that you are Qin Zhun, the second eldest of the Qin family in Chishui Village back then, the father of Qin Mo and Qin Xiangxiang-!" ”

The man's expression seemed to be a little flustered, and he looked left and right with a wobble of interest

"Xiangxiang. Where's Xiangxiang? ”

Qin Mo said in a cold tone, just hateful and hateful, "Don't worry, Xiangxiang is very good-!" ”

"Alas...!" The man raised his head and sighed, and when he lowered his head again, his eyes were full of tears, and the crystal tears trembled, "Back then, I couldn't stand you, my mother, and your sisters, but now, I can't turn back, I don't dare to look back!" ”

Qin Mo listened to his tone, crying, and stood in place, sighing, "I understand, you are now the husband of the county lord, and the marquis of Changyuan, no one wants to mention his past in Chishui Village, you are afraid that everyone will look down on you and your past!" ”

The man closed his eyes, tears squeezed out, and nodded hurriedly.

"I didn't expect that your sisters would come to this capital one day, I didn't expect you to survive from that barren place in Chishui Village to the present, I thought you were already dead, all dead-!"

"In that place in Chishui Village, there is no water, natural disasters, **, people can't live at all-!"

Qin Mo said angrily, "So all these years, you don't care about your pair of daughters!" ”

She sees parents who have to be responsible.

"What do you want me to do-!" The man replied angrily

"When I first came to this capital, I also worked as a small worker, as a restaurant junior, it was myself, step by step to today's status, I did a qiē, or rely on myself, others only say skirt relationship, you know, this skirt relationship is so easy to tie up-!"

Qin Mo was silent, watching the light fall on the man's face, the man who had passed the age of not being confused, the deep and shallow lines on his face, but he couldn't hide the obsession and struggle on his body.

"It turns out that my father has not had a good time all these years-!"

The man waved his sleeve impatiently, "Don't say any of this!" ”

"Qin Mo, I think at the beginning, your name was taken by me in the thatched hut in Chishui Village, at that time, your mother gave birth to you, only a few days, asked me for my name, I think I haven't read since I was young, so I can't use it everywhere, and I suffer a loss, so I'll give you one' Ink', is to hope that you grow up, have the opportunity to read and write, know the ink and literature, and do not dislike you are a daughter, and call you a man's name, but at that time, Chishui Village natural disasters continued, the land is poor and water is scarce, I only look at that place, I want to do business, and then hope to go out to make some money, take your mother and daughter out, that know, I went out, that year, there were disasters everywhere in the southwest, some droughts, some floods, I only went to the boundary of Suizhou, that happened to be Suizhou City flooded, half of the city was flooded, I originally wanted to go north, I couldn't cross the river, all the clothes, money and food, were washed away by the flood, I don't want to go back, I was afraid to tell your mother that I couldn't accomplish anything outside, so I gritted my teeth and went north and held this breath down-! ”

I thought about it again, just during this time, Qin Min also bought a house in the capital, and the emperor first gave him the position of a waiter in the Hanlin Academy, and now he has become a waiter, and he shows his face a lot in front of the emperor.

I might even be able to get a bachelor's degree in the future.

He doesn't need to spend it himself.