The one hundred and forty-sixth round
Compared with the tension of An Yuanbo's mansion, Cai Wei is practicing calligraphy in her room at this time.
In the past two days, her mother-in-law was tired and busy helping her check the dowry, but she hid in the house and lived a comfortable life quietly. Even Mama Du and the others felt that the punishment of King Linchuan's grounding was really not a punishment, didn't they just not be able to get out of this courtyard? It just so happened that I didn't have to say hello to the bad Concubine Jin and serve this unobtrusive mother-in-law! Even the diet sent every day is a little lighter, and they don't care much about it.
Cai Wei finished writing another page of hairpins, and moved her wrist, thinking that Uncle Anyuan's Mansion was going to the door of Concubine Jin's mother and son to make trouble today, and she didn't know what the situation was now.
She was in a trance, and a woman's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "The slave maid flower scroll is see the princess Niangniang, and His Royal Highness ordered the slave maid to invite the maid to the back garden to drink and enjoy the flowers." β
Cai Wei was suspicious in her heart, didn't Qin Fei accompany his mother to Anyuanbo's Mansion today to ask for her dowry, why did she suddenly come out again and send someone to invite her to enjoy the flowers? And the name of this maid is too weird, it's called Hanamai, could it be that the other maids around him are called buns, steamed buns, and flatbreads?
Basho took a few steps forward and whispered to Cai Wei: "Girl, there is indeed a maid named Hanamaki next to His Highness, I heard that he was waiting by His Highness's side when he was young." β
Although Basho said this, Cai Wei was still a little uneasy, she was now in this Linchuan Palace, which was not as good as An Yuanbo's Mansion, and the people in that mansion were at most greedy for her dowry, but the people in this mansion, she naturally had to be careful in everything, so she said: "I am a little uncomfortable, I want to take a nap, I only thank His Highness for his kindness." β
As a result, I heard that the maid still said in a flat tone: "Your Highness said that if the princess finds an excuse and refuses to say that she is not feeling well, she will order someone to invite the imperial doctor to come and take a look at the princess, so that she can prescribe dozens of Chinese medicines, put a lot of yellow lotus, and boil bitter medicine juice for the mother to drink every day." If the lady just doesn't want to go, then His Royal Highness will personally invite you, but at that time, His Highness will not invite you to drink a toast but a punishment wine. β
This really seems like a threat that Qin Fei's demon king can speak!
Cai Wei believed what the maid said at this time, and was hesitating, so she heard the maid say again: "Your Royal Highness also said that if the princess is still suspicious, you might as well bring your two grandmothers and four maids to the back garden together." β
Since everyone talked about this, Cai Wei took her six loyal servants to follow the head of the maid named Hanamai, and she led her to the back garden of the Linchuan Palace.
Cai Wei used to think that the Yingchuan Mansion was very small, but now it seems that this Linchuan Mansion is not big, and before walking a few steps, she arrived at the so-called back garden, which is just a pool, with a few piles of rockeries piled up on the side, and then planted some green trees and red flowers, even if it is the back garden of the dignified county palace.
This garden is not only carelessly arranged, but also not very carefully maintained, compared with the exquisite garden of Yingchuan Palace, which was cleaned up by the princess of Yingchuan herself, it is simply a difference between cloud and mud. Cai Wei even had a whim, this Qin Fei flew to his brother's house next door at every turn, could it be because his small broken garden really didn't have any interest in wandering?
Qin Fei was sitting in a pavilion on the edge of the pool, pouring himself a drink, but Hua Juan stopped at this time and turned around and said, "Your Highness instructed that only the princess should be invited to go over alone, and Mama and a few sisters should also invite them to sit under the tree over there and eat some wine and food." β
Cai Wei saw that although the tree was a little far away from the pavilion, they could see each other, so she nodded slightly at Mama Du, she took a deep breath herself, turned around and walked towards the pavilion alone.
Qin Fei waited for a long time, and his heart was already impatient, seeing that she had finally come over, he didn't look at her, so he sneered first: "My palace is just a palm-sized place, why does it take so long to invite you over, are you a snail?" Even if the king invited a snail, people would have already crawled over! β
Cai Wei pursed the corners of her lips, she was too lazy to go around in circles with this strange-tempered master, and said directly: "Because I'm not sure that His Highness is really inviting me." I thought His Royal Highness had already gone to Uncle Anyuan's Mansion with the concubine? And I don't know what the maid next to His Highness is called or what it looks like, I'm afraid that someone will cheat me. β
Qin Fei touched his chin, and suddenly laughed, "This king invited you to eat wine and not be jealous, there were a few servants around me, but when I ran out of the capital alone and didn't go home for three years, they all ran away, and only this one was still willing to stay by my side." In fact, I later preferred to let the eunuch come and wait for me, and wanted to give her some silver to let her out of the house, but she resolutely refused, and it was rare that someone could not leave me, and she looked quite pleasing to the eye, so I kept her. β
Cai Wei just said it casually, but she didn't expect Qin Fei to tell her such a big list, and said a little sullenly: "Then how could His Royal Highness be in the mansion, could it be that he just came back from Uncle Anyuan's mansion?" β
"You guessed it wrong, this king didn't go to Uncle Anyuan's Mansion at all today."
Seeing Cai Wei's puzzled face, Qin Fei said in a good mood: "This king thought about it all night yesterday, and felt that this kind of behavior of going to the door to collect debts with an old lady is really damaging to the wise image of this king, and this kind of debt and errand work is more appropriate to hand over to my mother." β
"What's moreβ", Qin Fei deliberately dragged out his tone, put his lips to Cai Wei's ear and whispered: "If this king goes out and immediately gets back the dowry and silver owed to you by Uncle Anyuan's mansion, wouldn't someone be very disappointed?" β
"This king is reluctant to let my daughter-in-law down, so I had to let my mother go out in person, her biggest ability in life is to look powerful, can make a thing known to everyone, the momentum is huge, but in the end it is she who suffers, so let her do this matter, it is the most appropriate, not only to make everyone in the capital know, but also to get the silver."
Cai Wei felt that she was confused by this person again, and when she heard his tone, she didn't seem to care whether she could get her dowry silver at all, and couldn't help asking, "Doesn't Your Highness want to get back my dowry silver from Bofu?" β
Didn't he say that he snatched her from Qin Min's name just because of her rich dowry? And in the past few days, she has worked so hard to help Concubine Jin check her various dowries, and make all kinds of suggestions, such as choosing to go to Bofu on the day of returning to the Three Dynasties, the idea was Qin Fei's idea, and he also specially ordered someone to send a message asking Anyuan Bofu to invite more relatives and friends.
After making trouble for a long time, he planned and arranged a qiΔ behind the scenes, but pushed his mother out to be his pawn and charged him into battle!
This person is really a chicken thief and slippery, after all, in terms of generation, he went to ask his wife's foreign family for a dowry as a son-in-law, which is not very good-looking, and his mother is not too bad in terms of seniority, and when he turns around, he will only be talked about, and he will only say that his mother is greedy for his daughter-in-law's dowry, and he is hiding cleanly. This person is really, even his own mother is pitted!
Qin Fei's gaze never took off her face, and when she saw a faint look of disdain in her eyes, she laughed at herself: "Why, do you think I am even a pit for my own mother?" Anyway, I've grown so big, she has never hurt me, and she has never done anything for me, and her reputation is already rotten, even if she adds an extra dowry for her daughter-in-law, it's nothing! β
Although he didn't care, Cai Wei still heard a trace of resentment and helplessness in his heart, and even a little bitterness. Cai Wei remembered what Mama Du told her about the King of Linchuan when he was a child, maybe this person was making trouble and acting wantonly all day long, just because there was such a mother who didn't know what to say.
But even if this man has that pitifulness, she will not sympathize with him, and her father's words are so true, "But all poor people have hateful things!" "Compared to Qin Fei's kind of hatefulness, his pitiful idea is nothing at all.
Cai Wei cleared her throat, "Your Highness hasn't answered my question yet, don't you want the concubine to help you get the debt successful and recover the tens of thousands of taels of silver?" β
Qin Fei stared at her for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "If my mother really wants to get back those dowries, then your wishful thinking will not be in vain!" β
He was satisfied to see Cai Wei's eyelashes twitch, and he smiled even more happily, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and said proudly: "It's just a few tens of thousands of taels of silver, how can this king take it seriously, if this king wants to make a move, but he has to use the princess's tens of thousands of taels of dowry to make a big deal, so that it is worth it several times the profit." Besides, if you can use this money to break off the relationship with some relatives, and everyone will not communicate with each other again, it will be a good deal! β
"You-" Cai Wei didn't realize that her thoughts were all seen by him, and in addition to being shocked, there was also a trace of panic in her heart.
Qin Fei slowly walked up to her, picked her chin and said, "Why, once again shocked by how this king knows your mind?" β
"In fact, it is not difficult to guess your thoughts, but it is better for the princess to guess the thoughts of this king, for example, why does this king invite you to come to this back garden to drink and enjoy the flowers? If you guessed, the king will tell you how I know your thoughts, if you don't guess, then the king will have a good reason to punish you! β
Cai Wei was threatened by him again, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Isn't Your Highness's intention to invite me over just to play the trick of catching cats and rats, and if you are bored, you will tease me for fun!" β
"Tut-tut!" Qin Fei shook his head and sighed: "I can't imagine that this king is this virtue in the princess's heart, which really makes this king sad." What if I say, I went to great lengths to invite you out, just because you haven't been at home for the past two days, and I want you to come out and walk around and breathe? β
"I don't believe that His Highness would have such kindness?"
Qin Fei saw that she answered so simply, and the boss in her heart was not happy, and said angrily: "Yes, this king is naturally not so kind, the reason why you let you come out first to let go of the wind is because when my mother comes back from the Bofu to ask for the dowry, your good days in the past few days will come to an end, just wait to be tossed by my mother!" β
"That's why this king specially prepared this table of banquets, but they are all your favorite dishes, so you can enjoy them first." Qin Fei smiled and said, looking at her as if he was looking at some prey to be slaughtered, waiting to eat and drink to feed her for the last meal, so that she could be sent on her way.