Qu Ning spoke like this, and Yuan didn't have much confidence, and she was sure that this taciturn man would give her a direct response. But she is well aware that provocations like today's may only be more in the future.

Maybe it's internal, maybe it's external. Or the temptation of sugar-coated shells, or the threat of violent means.

She just wanted to...... Could it be that if there was a little more trust between them, it would be easier to face those levels?

Tang Shaoshuai just held her hand tightly.

After a long time, he said one word in a dumb voice: "Okay." ”

When the driver came back after drinking the tofu flowers, the male and female hosts sitting in the car were already holding hands and looking at each other, and the atmosphere seemed to melt into the veins. The driver shuddered, almost involuntarily: Did it feel wrong? Sentimental...... That kind of word can also be used on Tang Shaoshuai, who kills people without calculation? He shuddered, not daring to look in the rearview mirror again.

Tang Shaoshuai took his newlywed wife to visit Kyoto on this day, watched the vendors on the Tianjin Bridge make noodles, ate sugar gourds, watched juggling performances, and the two of them wandered outside until the twilight, and then returned to Tang's house leisurely.

As soon as he got home, Tang Dashuai called Tang Shaoshuai - leaving the bride to walk back to the room alone, but halfway through, he faintly heard the soft sound of the piano coming from the depths of the courtyard.

In the twilight that has fallen quiet, the unique crisp tone of the piano is very vivid.

Qu Ning curled her lips slightly, and then walked along the path to the courtyard where the music came from.

She reached out and slammed the door twice, and the sound of the piano suddenly stopped.

After a while, the door was opened from the inside, and the little girl popped out of it: "Who? ”

As soon as she saw her smiling, with an unfamiliar face, and then looked at the clothes on her body, the little maid was startled, and immediately squatted down and bowed: "Her Royal Highness the princess, how can you ......" Before the words fell, she suddenly became fierce towards her, with a faint reproach and dissatisfied look, she immediately reacted and hurriedly changed her words, "The slave has seen the young lady." ”

Xu is voice was slightly raised with a little surprise, and the girl who was originally practicing the piano heard it and hurriedly ran out of it.

"Sister-in-law...... Sister-in-law? Tang Key's voice was full of surprise, she glanced at the sky that was almost completely dark, looked out in some surprise, and asked with a puzzled face, "Why did my sister-in-law come to me at this time?" Didn't you stay with your brother? ”

"......" Qu Ning didn't rush to answer, but smiled at her comfortingly, feeling a little depressed in her heart: children without their mothers are indeed slightly inferior in upbringing. Although Tang Jian is a concubine, according to her current temperament that will not come to business and has no speaking skills, even if she really relies on her brother's shili to set a good marriage and marry, this housekeeper is afraid that it will be a big difficulty. Haode's concubine was taught to do this, and Tang Dashuai was really ruthless. Just listening to her words, if there is a woman with a lot of ideas here, I am afraid that I should be unhappy. After all, there is a faction that doesn't want her to appear here. Qu Ning knew that she was introverted and shy, and she had no speaking skills, but if she changed to someone else, she didn't know...... This enthusiastic come, was treated as a basin of cold water, I am afraid that I have to give birth to mustard.

Qu Ning took her hand and walked inside gently: "Your eldest brother and I just came back." My sister is practicing? I listened to the picturesque sound of the piano, and I couldn't help but come along with the music. Did you disturb my sister's practice? ”

"No, I'm pretty much done." Tang Jian let her hold her hand, lowered his head shyly, shook his head and replied, "But I actually don't play well." Let alone...... Everyone says that the piano is ...... after all I can't see the ...... of the table," she said, her voice lowered, and she gradually lowered her head, showing no self-confidence.

Qu Ning smiled dumbly and shook his head.

In fact, she had already heard it in just a short piece of music, the player was skillful in fingering, and the skill was very high, and the whole piece of music was like flowing water, and there was no condensation and adhesion in the place where it should be broken, and the particles were crisp and decisive. If the bomber is distracted, I am afraid that he will not be able to reach this realm full of pictures. When Tang Jian spoke, she seemed to be solid, not a modest taste at all - she likes the piano, but she has no self-confidence, which is a big taboo. Perhaps, to develop her self-confidence, she should also start with her favorite things?

"Why should my sister be presumptuous?" Qu Ning thought about it left and right, and at the same time pulled her to sit down next to the black and white keys, "No matter what kind of instrument it is, in the final analysis, it is just for people to appreciate, and learning the piano is also to cultivate sentiment." What's more, the piano is a rare thing in our country, and there are very few people who know it, and it is even more rare to be able to play it fluently and completely like my sister. Besides, I listen, my sister is playing very haode......"

She said, glancing around the room.

Most of the maids lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to their eyes, only the one who had just come to open the door for her, and they didn't know what they were probing, and their faces were full of anxiety.

"But my sister-in-law doesn't know how to play the piano, laymen see the excitement, and insiders look at the door......" Tang Jian muttered in a low voice, and only after finishing was he realized what he was talking about, and waved his hand hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, I'm not ...... I didn't mean that. ”

Qu Ning was already dumbfounded: "The third sister is straightforward, of course I won't mind." She paused slightly, "But what the third sister said is not right." I've heard that in Vienna, the best music conductors in Shijie, not all of them can play the piano, but they just know how to make the piano play the most haode and how to conduct the most perfect symphony. Does my sister really think that only people who can play the piano know how to appreciate the piano? ”

"Is that so......" Tang Jian nodded as if he didn't understand, and looked at Qu Ning with a pair of clear black and white eyes, "Does that sister-in-law really think I play well?" ”

"Well, of course, I think my sister is very powerful, like me, I don't know anything about pipa, guzheng, dong flute, etc., let alone Western musical instruments." Qu Ning smiled and said, "I envy my sister and can play the piano." ”

Speaking of this topic, Tang Jian became a little excited, she pointed to the grand piano in the small room, which accounted for nearly a quarter of the area: "It was brought to me by my brother." By the way, if my sister-in-law likes it, I'll teach you another day? ”

"That's a good idea!" Qu Ning clapped her hands, but she suddenly remembered something, and thought about it, and suddenly turned her head and asked her, "That's it, third sister, sister-in-law is a big sister, there is something to ask you." ”

"Sister-in-law just commands." Xu is because the sister-in-law in front of her said some words of encouragement like a big brother, how sincere her affirmation is, and the gentle and friendly image of the woman in front of her and her taciturn eldest brother suddenly overlapped slightly. Tang Key's heart, for some reason, suddenly gave birth to a faint trace of admiration. So she has always been extremely shy, and this sentence was very refreshing.

Qu Ning smiled: "About half a month later, I will hold a dinner party at home." At that time, it is estimated that the guests who come and go are Western, and we just lack a Western musical instrument to accompani, I don't know when the time comes, my sister is willing to come and present a song? ”

"Huh?" Tang Jian was stunned for a moment, and pointed at himself in disbelief, "Me? ”

"How's that going to work?" Before Qu Ning could speak, the reckless little girl next to her had already knelt down hurriedly and spoke, "Your Royal Highness Princess, don't be joking, the master is the daughter of the Tang family, how can he deign to be a musician and grovel in front of those foreigners to entertain them?" Your Highness, how far is this going to be our master! ”

Qu Ning's face sank suddenly, she swallowed the words that had already reached her mouth, and looked at the little girl in front of her with a gloomy expression.

It wasn't until the other party who watched it was so nervous that he finally lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound, Qu Ning walked up to her, stretched out a hand and coldly picked up her chin: "What a big courage, the masters are talking here, what is the identity of your little girl, and you dare to speak out on behalf of the master." Where have you learned the rules? How did your mother, Cui Niangzi, teach you? ”

Although there was no anger on her face, and her eyes were calm, her words were full of killing intent. There is no meaning of saving face at all.

After the little girl finished speaking, she thought that she was just a "kind" reminder, but how could she have expected that this young lady, who was still gentle and friendly, would instantly turn cold, and even her mother said it at this time, obviously knowing her family well, at this time she was so frightened by her murderous aura that she trembled, her legs were weak and trembling, and her eyes for help also fell on Tang Key's face.

Tang Jian sighed and frowned: "Sister-in-law, ......" seemed to call Qu Ning with a little disapproval.

Qu Ning looked at the little girl who never dared to look at her, hooked her lips, smiled coldly, and when she turned to Tang Key, her expression had returned to her usual gentleness: "Third sister, don't you think I'm acting as a substitute, this girl should not be punished according to the rules?" I've already corrected her address before, but she still calls me Her Royal Highness Princess, well, if I was a princess, then why didn't I kneel three times and bow nine times before? What's more, when the masters are talking, they interrupt so unruly, sister, tell me, is this the first time for her? ”

Tang Jian lowered his head when he heard this, sighed long, and sighed with some self-reproach: "I don't have a few girls to use here." Xiuhong has been with me since I was five years old, and it has been almost ten years now. Even if you grew up with me, the rules will be a little looser......" she said and raised her head to look at Qu Ning, and said to her very sincerely, "Sister-in-law, if not, I promise you to accompany the banquet, and you will let Xiuhong go this time, okay?" ”

Qu Ning felt ridiculous in her heart, and nodded with a wry smile while having a great headache about her future responsibilities.

Sure enough, when she was growing up, she didn't have a mother, although she had a big brother who should be able to cover it and have a heart, but there are many things that a man can't teach her the means of a woman.

The more Tang Shaoshuai protected her, the more she suffered a small loss, and she didn't learn anything if it didn't hurt or itch.

Counting it, I really don't know if this kind of pain is good or bad - maybe it's really not as good as letting her fall hard and it hurts, maybe you can see it. It's a pity that if Young Marshal Tang is in one day, he doesn't lose his momentum for a day, this is really ...... I just have to think about it.

Qu Ninggang nodded helplessly in agreement, but he could hear footsteps from far and near in the courtyard.

Immediately, the announcement of the maid guarding the door sounded: "Third Miss, Second Miss has come to see you." ”

Qu Ning squinted, and his gaze was complicated, falling on the pale red face in front of him.

She bent her lips, and before Tang Jian could speak, she had already raised her voice: "The second sister is also here, and it's lively now." Please let her in. ”

***

After seeing Qu Ning in a moment of panic, she walked in steadily with the food box step by step, it was the second lady of the Tang family, Tang Yirou.

She is as good-looking as a weak willow supporting the wind, and her figure is the kind of slender person who likes to blow like a wind blows, and now she walks in step by step, and her gait is particularly elegant and elegant.

When she arrived at the table, she put down the food box in her hand, took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat that did not exist on her forehead, and then smiled and groaned, and blessed Qu Ning with a few thoughtful courtesies: "I've seen my sister-in-law." I happened to be in the kitchen to make soup for my sick aunt, but I happened to see that the meal was coming, and the third sister's meal was also good. ”

The Tang family, there are no rules for morning and dusk. There is no rule that the family has to eat dinner together.

One is because Tang Dashuai and Tang Shaoshuai rarely stay in the backyard at home, and sometimes they don't know how long it will be when they eat, and the other is that the Tang family has no housewife, and even the things in the backyard were taken care of by the second aunt's wife before, and there is no serious master, so there are no rules that cannot be broken.

Individuals eat in their own rooms, and the quality of food depends on Tang Dashuai's degree of concern, and on the other hand, it depends on the abundance at hand.

As Tang Key, her food is, of course, the most haode among the young ladies.