Sister Hui knew that she couldn't throw away the ink chess, so she didn't say much, just took her to the pantry next to the living room. Mo Qi was about to ask strangely, so Sister Hui made a silent gesture and pointed to the curtain near the main hall, Mo Qi understood after a little thought, and lowered his head to the door to stand, there are some things that Sister Hui can listen to but she can't hear.

"Master, if the concubine didn't guess wrong, according to what she heard outside during this time, I'm afraid that the emperor is preparing to use troops against the Tartars." I only heard Qin's Dao

"The saint is old, and he didn't want to send troops, but the Tartars attacked, the courtiers were not angry, and the queen's faction felt that it was an opportunity, and the people of the three princes also felt that it was an opportunity to make military merits. Chu Jinmin said lightly.

"Then what does this have to do with the master?" Qin Shi seemed to be a little tired, and coughed again after speaking.

Chu Jinmin helped Shunqi, and then said slowly, "I'm afraid I'm really sorry for you this time, let's go back to Beijing." ”

Hearing this, the Qin family was not as shocked as Sister Hui expected, but there was some lightness in his tone, "It's okay, I always have to go back, but I don't know what kind of official position the master is?" ”

"Hey, I'm afraid I'm going to go to war."

The Qin clan seemed to be in too much of a hurry, smashed the tea bowl beside him, and panicked, "The lord is a civil official, how can His Royal Highness let the lord go to the battlefield." ”

"The rear of the battlefield also needs to be taken care of by civilian officials, and now everyone knows that the emperor has no intention of using troops for a long time, but he wants to drive the Tartars out of the pass, and the Tartars are in internal strife, and small-scale looting is not a climate, so this time on the battlefield is a military merit, and it is indeed much faster than my qualifications every year."

Only then did the Qin family calm down, and then he muttered a lot before nodding slowly, "The old lady has done enough to be a loving mother in front of the emperor over the years, don't worry about our children, even if she returns to Beijing, she is just clear, cold inside, and there is not much danger." ”

Chu Jinmin didn't think so, he knew this stepmother too well, once the holy decree came down, the Qin family and several children would be taken into the Hou Mansion by her to live, but he didn't believe that he would treat his wife and children well.

"Don't worry, I have to protect your mother and son wherever I go." Chu Jinmin hugged the Qin clan and comforted him.

Sister Hui maintained an eavesdropping posture, motionless, and waited for Chu Jinmin and the Qin family to leave, then slowly moved her arms and legs, and took Moqi to another way back to her yard.

Her thoughts were surging all the way, and Mo Qi faintly listened to it a few times, knowing that this matter could not be discussed, and she kept her mouth shut.

The master and servant returned to the courtyard, and Mother Wang brought someone to greet her, "Second Miss can see Mr.?" Sir, when will classes resume, and the slave and maid will have all the things ready for you. ”

Sister Hui was silent for a while, Mother Wang couldn't help but look up at her in confusion, Mo Qi saw that Sister Hui still didn't answer, for fear of being noticed by Mother Wang, and then let Mrs. know about what they were overhearing, so she said: "Mr. Li has told the second miss a lot of truths, and the second miss is understanding this time, as for re-attending classes, it must be a matter of the past few days, Mr. Li lives in front of him, and it is also very convenient." ”

Mother Wang nodded, and then instructed the little maid and Moqi to sort out the four treasures of the study that Sister Hui needed to go to school, and asked Moqin to light mint incense for Sister Hui to smell and wake up.

No matter how uncalm Sister Hui'er was in her heart, she had to digest things by herself, so she couldn't sleep well at night, and today happened to be the night of Moqi, and she was also tossing and turning, and it was difficult to sleep.

"Moqi, let's talk." In the dark night, Sister Hui suddenly spoke.

Moqi slept next to her feet, so she knew that Moqi was not asleep.

"Do you want the slave to light the lamp?" Moqi learned that Suosuo was about to lift the quilt and get up

"No, you sleep, let's just talk like this, I can't sleep."

The ink chess should be, turn again, and lie down.

"Moqi, why did you come to our house to be a girl? Where's your mom and dad? ”

"At that time, I was too young, I only remember that my hometown was hit by drought, the whole family fled, my father and mother died, and the slave and maid followed the refugees to a place called Yangjia Village, and later another woman took away the four or five year-old children in the refugees, and then they were sold to the Anning Hou Mansion."

"And how old were you sold?" Sister Hui asked again

"About seven years old, when I entered the Hou Mansion, I was sent by my mother to do sprinkling and sweeping, once I swept the floor and broke the peony pot that the old lady loved, and was beaten by the housekeeper's mother, but it was Qin's mother and Mrs. Qin who happened to meet and rewarded a few taels of silver for healing, which left a life."

Therefore, Moqi never resented that she had broken a leg in the hands of the Qin family, because if it weren't for the Qin family, she wouldn't even have a chance to live.

"In the future, you can treat the Chu family as your home."

Sister Hui thought that it was really a child from a poor family who was in charge early, and it was not easy for Moqi to be in Chu Mansion in those years, so he had today's stability.

"Hey, Miss Meng doesn't dislike it, and the slave has always taken this place as her home in her heart." Mo Qi was a little excited when he heard this, and his voice was slightly choked.

"Sister Moqi, I'm afraid." After a long time, Sister Hui said again.

Sister Hui'er's soft child's voice hit Moqi's heart hard, and after serving Sister Hui'er for four or five years, she watched her grow up, and she really felt the girl's panic for the first time.

"Second Miss, don't be afraid, the slave has watched you grow up since childhood, and knows that you are a person with big ideas in your heart, no matter how difficult it is, you can get through it safely, and there is still a wife in everything." Mo Qi got up, took Sister Hui'er's hand, and comforted her over and over again with her soft voice as she did when she was a child, and didn't care if Sister Hui understood whether she could understand or not.

Sister Hui nodded in the direction of Moqi, and nodded to the timid self in her heart, pulled the quilt with a smile and said, "Sleep, we have to go to Mr. Li tomorrow to collude with each other." ”

"Miss, how do you know that Mr. Li is back?" Moqi thought it was just an excuse, but he didn't expect Mr. Li to really come back.

"I have another correspondence with my husband, and he said that he was in the city yesterday, presumably with his distinguished guests."

Moqi nodded, helped Sister Hui fold the quilt, and then went back to sleep.

On the second day, Sister Hui first went to greet the Qin family as usual, and then played with Brother Xuan. Now Brother Xuan can already say some simple words, for example, when he heard the Qin family call her Sister Hui'er, he also wanted to call Sister Hui'er, but he could only make a superimposed sound Huihui, and when he saw Sister Lian'er, he would obediently call his sister, which made Chu Zhenhui angry, but the Qin family only laughed on the side when he saw it.

"Mother, you are partial to your younger brother, where is there a younger brother who calls his sister by his name, and you don't talk about him." Sister Hui pouted and pointed at Brother Xuan

"You want Brother Xuan to call you, but you look at where you have a sister, grab toys with him and pull him in the face."

"I'm kidding him."

"Then he's teasing you, too." Qin Shi pinched Sister Hui'er's puffed up smile and smiled.

Sister Hui turned her head and stared at Huihui's younger brother with a smirk, the two stared at each other, but as if they had a feeling, and after a while, the two of them fluttered, laughed together, and the Qin family also laughed beside them.

Until Sister Hui walked out of the Qin family's courtyard, she was still thinking, how good it is, the family is sharing a family in this small courtyard, why should they get involved in the affairs of the capital.