Chapter 323: Secret Merchant
When he was about to go out, Zhou Lou's foot was tripped by the threshold and fell into a.
Huo Yuan gave Han Guang a look, and Han Guang immediately helped Zhou Lou up.
Zhou Lou shook off Han Guang's hand, pursed his lips and staggered away from the Huo family's territory.
Huo Zhou's eyes were sad, this nephew and daughter-in-law were hiding from her about Zhou Zhiqing's secret fetus, but she was still the old aunt and grandmother of Viscount Zhou's mansion, how could she watch her mother's family decline? couldn't help but glared at his grandson fiercely, why was he so ruthless?
Huo Yuan was unimpressed by his grandmother's glare, and turned his head to look at Lin Qi, "I'll send you back......"
Before Lin Qi could answer, Quan Meihuan hurriedly said, "What are you doing here so late?" What's the big thing, it's the same tomorrow, it's not that my mother wants to count you, you can't run around before you get out of the cabinet......"
The implication is that even if it is the future husband's family, it is not polite to come here so late, and it will make people say that they are not self-respecting or something, thinking of this, her eyes looked at Huo Yuan dissatisfiedly, and she brought her daughter back so late, and she didn't think about her reputation?
With just one glance, Lin Qi knew what her biological mother's mind was thinking, she pulled her biological mother's arm and explained: "I didn't come with General Huo, but I happened to meet him when I arrived at the gate of Huo's house......"
"Then what are you doing at this time at the Huo family?" Kwon Mi-hwan hurriedly asked.
Lin Qi's eyes looked at Huo Zhou's, "It was Old Madam Huo who insisted that someone invite me, what can I do?" Otherwise, Mrs. Huo wants me to look good. β
In fact, she is also selfish, she is in her youth, and for the first time she knows what it is like to like someone, because of the number of etiquette, she has not seen Huo Yuan for a while, so she will naturally be concerned, and her temperament has always been bold, otherwise Lin Long would not have invited a female teacher to teach her the rules.
So after rejecting the slave sent by Huo Zhou's family, the other party repeatedly insisted that she must go over this time, otherwise she would regret Yunyun, so she came to Huo's house along the way.
Her own second mother didn't agree with her going out so late, but she couldn't resist her insistence, so she only sent a few of the best guards in the Lin Mansion to escort her, for fear that this Huo Zhou clan was secretly playing some tricks, after all, this old woman had always opposed Lin Qi marrying into the Huo family.
Lin Qi is not worried about this, her marriage has the holy decree of the Holy Gift, unless Huo Zhou's head is clamped, otherwise he will know that there is no benefit in moving her, and having a granddaughter-in-law who is given by the Emperor can still make Huo Zhou's face shine, even if she doesn't like her.
So she didn't worry about the turmoil on this trip, of course, she could take the opportunity to see her sweetheart, and her heart still jumped a little.
Huo Yuan frowned and looked at his grandmother, "Grandmother, why are you doing this?" It's so late to let a girl come over, who is responsible if something happens? β
Huo Zhoushi said angrily: "What kind of attitude do you have? I'm your grandmother, that's how you talk to me? Brother Yuan, I am an elder, I will see a junior if I want to, how can I still have so many concerns? β
"Since you have seen her now, and she should go home, I will send her back." Huo Yuan glanced at Lin Qi and asked her to go with him.
Quan Meihuan was also worried that her daughter would return home so late, Huo Yuan's words were in her arms, and she was busy urging her daughter to go back quickly.
"Wait." Huo Zhoushi spoke, "Lin Qi stays, I have something to say to her." β
"What are you going to tell her?" Quan Meihuan stood in front of her daughter with the posture of a hen protecting her chickens, and watched what tricks this old woman played, "It's the same with me." β
"Get out of here, I'm not looking for you." Huo Zhou's was still a little worried about this daughter-in-law's ridicule of Zhou Lou's.
Quan Meihuan didn't give in at all, she just had a fight with Zhou Lou's, and now she can even give up her life for her daughter.
Huo Yuan sank his face and said, "Grandmother, what do you want to say?" Can't you just stop and let everyone have a peaceful birthday? β
"Why don't I stop? I can't talk to my future granddaughter-in-law anymore? Brother Yuan, you really disappointed me, I am your grandmother, not a flood beast. Huo Zhou's face was full of anger, and her grandson's defensive eyes made her feel hurt.
"Yuan'er, are you going to be angry with your grandmother?" Huo Yan no longer watched from the wall, and pressed one hand on his son's shoulder.
Seeing that the Huo family was about to conflict again, Lin Qi looked at Huo Yuan with some distress, his eyes were still bloodshot, obviously he had not rested well in the past few days when he was busy with business, and now he had to quarrel with his family again for her, and suddenly his heart became more and more uncomfortable.
Seeing that Huo Yuan was about to go crazy again, she hurriedly took a step forward, "Old Madam Huo, what do you want to tell me?" β
"Second Miss Lin?" Huo Yuan called her puzzled.
Lin Qi smiled at him, saying that he had a sense of proportion in his heart, and he would not let the old pious woman in front of him hurt her.
Only then did Huo Yuan put away the worry in his eyes.
"You all go out, I want to discuss with Lin Qi in private." Huo Zhou's Dao.
Huo Yuan frowned, Quan Meihuan looked vigilant, Huo Yan took the lead in pulling his son out, but he didn't know that his son was standing like a rock, and he couldn't move at all.
Lin Qi also wanted to know what kind of medicine was sold in Huo Zhou's gourd, looked at the two people who were worried about her, and said, "You go out first, and I'll talk to Old Madam Huo." Seeing that both of them looked at her disapprovingly, she stomped her feet like a little girl, "Okay, I promise nothing will happen, let's get out quickly." β
Huo Zhou's head was turned to the side, she didn't expect her grandson to distrust herself so much, she didn't like Lin Qi anymore, and she wouldn't lose this person before marriage, she also hoped that the marriage would make the family make a comeback and restore its former glory, so she was willing to reconcile with Ye Xuyao and his wife, and temporarily buried the resentment in her heart.
Huo Yuan knows his grandmother's temperament very well, her current concession does not mean that she will retreat in the future, this old grandmother's temperament is quite stubborn, otherwise she would not have taught his own sister to be like that, and in the end, she harmed others and herself and harmed the whole family.
Now that I saw my fiancΓ©e's assurance, I was a little relieved, "Then I'll wait for you outside." Uneasy, he whispered, "If there is any accident, you shout, and I will come in immediately to save you." β
Lin Qi nodded, she was not a fool, how could she let Huo Zhou's bully in vain?
Quan Meihuan's lips moved and she wanted to persuade her, but in the end she was pushed out of the door by Lin Qi, and she also told the maid to give Quan Meihuan medicine.
After the idlers and others had retreated, Lin Qi approached Huo Zhou's family, picked a chair not far from her and sat down, and tidied up her dress, "Say, what are you going to say if you want me to come over so late." β
She made a deaf look.
Huo Zhoushi looked at her like this, and secretly grinded his teeth again, and finally said expressionlessly: "I won't go around in circles with you, let my Zhou family go, I can guarantee that they won't trouble you again......
Lin Qi looked at her with a strange expression, and plucked his ears with his hand, "I heard you right, right?" You asked me to let the Zhou family go? I couldn't help laughing, "I have no power and no power, how can I let go of the Zhou family?" This is not something for me to say, and whether to pardon Viscount Zhou, who is a traitor, is only what the saint says. Are you getting water in your head and saying such nonsense? β
She thought that the old woman was in such a hurry to come to her to say something, but it turned out that she was talking to her about such a funny thing.
Huo Zhoushi half-raised his chin to look at her, "You have no power and no power, but you have a good sister, your brother-in-law is a celebrity in front of the saint, as long as he is willing to say a few good words, with the ancestral dragon skills, the saint will open the net." I'm old, but the situation can still be seen clearly, I know better than anyone whether your brother-in-law assassinated the Zhou family, you dare to say that you are useless? "It's actually quite difficult to say the words of asking for someone, but this opening makes the words that follow easy to say," and besides...... Brother Yuan believes you, your words work for him, he is a relative, why do you have to live or die? β
In fact, in a nutshell, I hope that Lin Qi can persuade Ye Xuyao and his wife, including Huo Yuan, to let go of Viscount Zhou's Mansion.
After Zhou Lou's crying with her for a long time, she could understand that this was the reason why people had to invite Lin Qi, but she didn't expect her grandson to come back first and provoke Zhou Lou's away, but what should be done still has to be done.
Lin Qi turned these words in her mind a few times, and only then did she completely digest the few messages expressed by Huo Zhou, her hand lightly buckled the chair handle, and her eyes looked directly at Huo Zhou, "Old Madam Huo thinks too highly of me, I don't have such great ability." β
"Lin Qi, don't give me Qiao, I can talk to you in such a low voice, I can afford you, don't you give face, do you want to be embarrassed?" Huo Zhoushi scolded angrily, "Don't forget, you still have to marry into our Huo family, no matter how bad I am, I am still your elder, do you dare not take me in your eyes?" β
"Don't be so loud, I'm not deaf yet." Lin Qi glanced at her, "Which eye of yours saw that I didn't see you in my eyes?" As the saying goes, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and even the children of the royal family like Duan Wang Ye have been demoted to concubines, do you still expect the Zhou family to go unpunished? Isn't this whimsical? β
Huo Zhou pointed at her with his finger, "I know better than you know about this officialdom, human favor is greater than legal reason, you yellow-haired girl don't do it in front of me?" I've eaten more salt than you've ever eaten rice......"
"In this case, you should know that to exonerate such a criminal officer, you will get into trouble at any time." Lin Qi's expression was extremely stern, "No matter how high the title of my brother-in-law's family is, it is not blowing from the wind, and besides, General Huo's family is backward, do you know how difficult it is to turn over?" He worked so hard to establish military merits, didn't he just want the Huo family to get up early, you are good, but he has been dragging him back. Speaking of excitement, her little face was still a little red, "The Zhou family designed him to be a cuckold like this, in case it really happens, do you want him to talk in front of people anymore?" Now that the evidence of the Zhou family's guilt is conclusive, the saint is angry, and all his temperament is fast, at this time, what do you make the saint think? And how should the people scold? You're not ruining their future? β
It is impossible for her to go stupidly for Huo Zhou's few innocuous words to defend Viscount Zhou's Mansion?
Being taught a lesson by such a yellow-haired girl as Lin Qi, Huo Zhou's chest fell together in anger, his bulging hands tightly grasped the chair handle, and his eyes stared at Lin Qi with wide eyes, eager to bite off a piece of meat under her. "You damn ...... Stinky girl...... I will never admit that you are mine...... Granddaughter-in-law ......"
"I have the will of God to marry General Huo, and it has nothing to do with me whether you admit it or not." Lin Qi stood up and looked at her, and saw that she seemed to be about to have another stroke, so he shouted out, "Someone-"
As soon as she said this, Huo Yuan was the first to knock the door open and enter, looking Lin Qi up and down, "Are you okay?" β
Lin Qi shook his head and pointed at Huo Zhou's with his finger, "Old Madam Huo seems to be going to have a stroke again." β
Because of this sentence, Huo Fu's soldiers were in chaos, and as a man, Huo Yuan was busy inviting the doctor.
Lin Qi did not pretend to be filial to stay by Huo Zhou's side, there was Huo Yan's old horseman, she was more worried about her own mother.
Holding the egg and gently rubbing the blood on Quan Meihuan's face, the broken skin had been broken with Jinchuang Medicine, and she had a slight accusation on her face, "What can you do?" What do you do to fight someone like her? It's all right now, I'm sorry for myself......"
"I can't get mad at her for talking about you." Quan Meihuan grinned her teeth, and was very helpful to the concern in her daughter's words, "You don't believe anything that the old pious woman said, in my opinion, it's good that the family will collapse this week." β
"I'm not that stupid, this week, the Viscount's Mansion is full of evil, and it will be retribution to collapse." Lin Qi pouted and said, "It's you, you're not young anymore, don't be so stupid in the future." After a pause, "After I get married, if you want to move in with me, it's okay, anyway, I've seen it in the past, the mansion is quite big, it's not difficult for you to draw a yard to live in, so that you don't have to see the old pious woman and the old horseman." β
How many times have I ruthlessly warned myself not to pay attention to this mother-in-law anymore, after all, it is still blood and family affection that is doing the trick, watching her being bullied, this anger can't stop rising.
Quan Meihuan didn't expect her little daughter to invite her to live with her, her face was full of flattery, but she was afraid that she would move over alone, and leaving Huo's mother and son would give someone a handle, so she suppressed the excitement in her heart and said: "Let's talk about it then, you still don't want to see me swaying there at the beginning of your marriage, and besides, this Huo Zhou is still my mother-in-law, don't pretend to take care of her, I'm afraid I'm going to gossip, with me here, she doesn't dare to take this to belittle you." β
"I'm not afraid of her......" Lin Qi said with a wrinkled face.
"It's not the reason why I'm not afraid," Quan Meihuan patted her daughter's hand, "Huo Yuan is always her own grandson, you will be embarrassed if you are caught in the middle for a long time, or after getting married, hurry up and give birth to a boy and half a girl, first, to gain a firm foothold, and second, to have this excuse, she has to weigh one or two if she wants to trouble you." β
When it came to pregnancy, Lin Qi's face was flushed, and he lowered his head slightly to hide his embarrassment.
Seeing this, Quan Meihuan sighed secretly, this daughter will have to be someone else's daughter-in-law when she grows up, she really hates why she used to be so desperate to identify Huo Yan, so she missed her daughter's growth.
Reaching out and pulling the hair on her daughter's sideburns behind her ears, her eyes were full of her daughter.
After the situation on Huo Zhou's side stabilized, Huo Yuan freed his hand to send Lin Qi home, but was told that Lin Lu's family had sent someone to urge, and Lin Qi had already returned home first.
He was worried for a while, missed this time, and didn't know if he could see each other again a year ago, so he couldn't wait for Ming'er to get married.
Quan Meihuan took the opportunity to say: "Next door to your mansion to choose a servant, I have a list here for you to take back and see which suitable ......"
"It's up to you." Huo Yuan is impatient to deal with these chores, anyway, Quan Meihuan is Lin Qi's mother-in-law, and he will not pit her in this matter, so he simply leaves it all to her.
This answer is in the heart of Quan Meihuan, and she hurriedly agreed, she must firmly grasp this right, and she must not let Huo Zhou's family get involved in half a point, if she takes the opportunity to install henchmen or buy people's hearts, she will definitely make a stumbling block for her daughter in the future.
It was late at night, and all sides had finally stopped.
On the fourth watch, Lin Long was still sleeping soundly, and suddenly felt the movement of the people around her getting up, she opened her confused eyes, "It's dawn?" β
"Not yet, you can sleep a little longer." Ye Xuyao said softly, tucked the quilt for her, turned over and got out of bed.
Lin Long finally opened her eyes, and at this time she saw her husband dressed through the curtain, she lifted the curtain with her bare hands, got out of bed with her clothes and shoes, walked over and hugged her husband's waist from behind, and said in a muffled voice: "Are you going back?" β
Ye Xuyao didn't want to wake her up, so he didn't even light the lamp, but now that he felt her body temperature, he turned to look at her with a sigh, helped her put on her coat, pulled over the heavy coat and wrapped her, and then raised his voice to let the maid outside come in and light the lamp.
Holding his wife and sitting down, he kissed her lightly on the lips, "I still have to rush back to the city to go to the morning court, you go and sleep again......"
"I'll send you." Lin Long didn't feel sleepy at this time, "I ordered them to prepare breakfast yesterday, let's go and bring it, you eat something first, otherwise you will be guilty of rushing back to the city in such a cold weather?" β
In and out of the words, I still feel sorry for my man.
Ye Xuyao saw that she was awake at this moment, and did not urge her to go back to bed and lie down, knowing that she must not be sleepy, so he nodded lightly.
After a simple freshening, Lin Long and her husband had breakfast, and then sent him to the porch, Ye Xuyao saw that the still dark sky had fallen lightly, and the temperature had dropped, so he asked her to stand at the door for a while, so as not to hurt the fetus in her womb from the cold.
A kiss fell on her forehead, "I'm leaving." β
Lin Long looked at him reluctantly and nodded lightly.
Watching his back gradually melt into the black curtain, she stroked her lower abdomen, began to miss him, missed her two sons, and seemed to urge her mother-in-law to wait for dawn to pick up Ye Qin's family, and then go home.
A heart has gone back to the city with him.