Chapter Twenty-Three: The Favorite Person
Hearing this, Concubine Lin nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, I'm talking about this." ”
Mrs. Ming thought about it when she heard this, and said thoughtfully, "My mother-in-law is not here, and I haven't discussed it with my husband, should I wait for some time and talk about it slowly?" ”
Concubine Lin looked at Mrs. Ming with a smile, "Although it is said that marriage, the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker." But also consider what the children mean. It's not like it's going to be settled at this time, it's just that today, Qin Tian and Shay are here, and we'll help you get through it. ”
Mrs. Ming glanced at Shay, and seeing that she was still hanging her head, she didn't know how to answer for a while.
Seeing that Mrs. Ming didn't speak, Concubine Lin said again, "The Eighth Prince has long liked Shay, but this kid has a boring idea in his heart and hasn't mentioned it to me." When I found out today, I was shocked. Thinking about it, no wonder he didn't like any girl to show him these days. It turns out that even I don't know when he fell in love with your Shay. ”
Qin tilted his head with a red face, but couldn't help but look up at Shay.
Shay still hung his head, his eyelids not lifted.
Concubine Lin said with a smile, "How about the Eighth Prince, Madame has always been in Beijing, and she also knows his character. I've never seen anyone he likes to be so anxious, and he doesn't even wait for a moment, he has to grind me to propose. I was also pestered by him. I can only come to disturb the situation of this cherry blossom viewing party. ”
Mrs. Ming glanced at Qin Tian, his face was flushed, and he seemed to be a little nervous.
Concubine Lin smiled again and said, "I have long looked good at this girl, but I just didn't think about her at the beginning, I didn't want the eighth prince to like it, so I kept it hidden, I was really old and confused, and I didn't see that he actually let go of your second girl in his heart." Your second girl is smart and lively, and she also likes me. If they can marry Qin and Jin, I will be happy. After the words fell, she looked at Mrs. Ming, "If Mrs. has no objections, let's take advantage of this to talk, anyway, the two children are here, so we don't have to stick to the etiquette." ”
Mrs. Ming thought for a while and said, "I was also shocked that the Eighth Prince suddenly asked me to marry today, and I didn't know that she liked Yi'er, this happened too suddenly. After all, marriage is a big deal, so the concubine doesn't have to worry, how about we discuss it another day? After all, the two children are still young, and the emperor's filial piety period has not yet passed, even if it is agreed, they will not be able to get married until the next year. There's a lot of time. ”
Concubine Lin shook her head, "I'm getting older, and I feel more and more powerless, and when I can move, I want to agree on the marriage of the Eighth Prince as soon as possible, and it will be done as soon as possible." There are no outsiders here today, and this child has already proposed his marriage first, so he is not afraid of causing jokes again. When the words fell, she smiled and said, "I know that Madame is unwilling to marry her daughter into the royal family, but what, don't look at the royal family, just look at this child, if you can live your eyes, you nod, and I will beg you and your mother-in-law with a thick old face." ”
Concubine Lin has said everything to this point, Mrs. Ming obviously can't push it back, and she secretly touched Shay, but Shay didn't respond, she couldn't get an idea for a while, and looked at Xie Fanghua.
Xie Fanghua didn't know what expression to give her, let alone what to say, originally marriage was a happy event, if Xie Yi liked Qin Tian, everything would be easy, but now she actually likes Qin Yu, this is a mess that can't be opened.
Especially Concubine Lin didn't know if she was too entangled by Qin Tian or because when she and the old lady in the sixth room said Xiang Xie, she was blocked by Mrs. Ming's idea of not wanting her daughter to marry into the royal family, although in the end Qin Tian didn't like Xie Xie, but after all, Mrs. Ming made a statement before Qin Tian didn't express her position. Therefore, so that Xie Yi was implicated, Concubine Lin felt that she should take advantage of the fact that the Queen Mother, Princess Ying and all the ladies were here today, and asked Mrs. Ming to have an attitude, so that she could talk about it later, presumably taking advantage of Qin Tian's proposal to marry, and make the idea of striking while the iron is hot.
Although it is reasonable to say, Concubine Lin must also be helpless, forced by Qin Tian not to like her sister, but to like her sister, which makes her feel embarrassed, afraid that Liufang will not agree, so she can only be stronger in attitude, but because of this, she seems a little aggressive.
But based on the fact that Concubine Lin treated her well in the past, and the things left by the Empress Dowager Deci were entrusted to her, she was not good at this time to help Mrs. Ming refuse. After all, Shay's marriage is not yet her turn as a cousin to intervene in person.
Shay ran back first, also to keep her from dragging her into the water.
Xie Fanghua could only shake his head at Mrs. Ming slightly, and glanced at Xie Yi again.
Mrs. Ming was already smart, and she suddenly realized, she quietly withdrew her gaze, glanced at Shay, sighed, and said to Concubine Lin, "Concubine, it's not that I don't like to marry the royal family, it's just that the marriage of children is a big matter, I want to be cautious, after all, I can't do child's play." After the words fell, she added, "But the concubine has said it to this point, so let's ask Yi'er what she means." If she also likes the Eighth Prince, then I, a mother, can't really stop it. ”
Concubine Lin was immediately happy when she heard this, "That's what I want from you." After the words fell, he smiled again, "The second girl of your family is the same age as Qin Tian, they are sitting here, and even I look like a match." The Eighth Emperor has a good character, he was not raised crooked by me, his talent and appearance are not my boasts, anyone can nod, but now the difference is that he is young and needs to be sharpened for a few more years. If the second girl can't even look down on him, what kind of husband should she find in the future? ”
Mrs. Ming also laughed.
Concubine Lin looked at Xie Yi, and asked with a kind and kind smile, "Sister Yi, now that your mother and I have talked about it here, you can also say a word, or, if you are shy, nod your head, make a statement, if you think the Eighth Prince is feasible, we will go to your mansion together to find your father and your grandmother later, and settle down." After a pause, he added, "Why was I so confused before, I didn't think you were ......?"
Shay's face changed.
Xie Fanghua also frowned when she saw Concubine Lin say this, although her words sounded nothing, but her tone was a little different.
can't help but make sensitive people wonder what Concubine Lin means by this? What do you mean you don't even think they ...... Suitable? What about the general match? Or are they interested in each other? Did she misunderstand? Think Shay seduced Qin Tian? Qin Qian didn't want her sister?
She raised her eyes and glanced at Concubine Lin.
Qin Tian immediately opened his mouth to interrupt Concubine Lin at this time, "Concubine, it's my ......"
Before he finished speaking, Xie Yi stood up, raised his head that had been lowered, looked at Concubine Lin calmly, and said seriously, "Concubine, I don't like Qin Tian." ”
Concubine Lin was stunned.
Qin Tian's face suddenly turned white.
The Queen Mother, Prince Ying and Princess Ying and other ladies all looked at Shay, and some people carefully looked at the little girl's expression, a pair of bright eyes, the bottom of the eyes was clear, and the little face was tense, and she couldn't look more serious.
At this time, some people felt that she was courageous to refuse Concubine Lin and the Eighth Prince in person.
even felt that being favored by the Eighth Prince was a blessing that others could hardly find. Recently, because of Concubine Lin's choice of relatives for the Eighth Prince, many mansions in the capital have been alarmed, and they can't wait to think of all kinds of ways to let their girls enter the eyes of the Eighth Prince. This Shay is really a little girl's family, and if she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it, it's too willful.
Mrs. Ming looked at Shay and was silent.
After Concubine Lin was stunned for a moment, she smiled kindly, "Miss Yi, is there any misunderstanding, or is there something my wife said that is inappropriate and annoys you?" I'm here to accompany you, people are old, but they are confused. ”
Shay shook his head and said seriously, "There is no misunderstanding, I have been listening to what the concubine said." The Eighth Prince wanted to marry me because he said he liked me. But I don't like the Eighth Prince, and since you ask me what I mean, I just don't like him, for no other reason. ”
Qin Tian's face was a little discouraged all of a sudden.
Concubine Lin was speechless for a moment, although she had lived in the palace for many years and was used to talking about Xiang Xiang, at this time, she didn't know what to say for a while in the face of the serious and straightforward Shay's refusal.
The Queen Mother suddenly smiled, came out and opened her mouth to relieve the siege, "It's good for the two to be happy, but it also depends on whether it's a marriage." The second girl is still young, and if she likes it or not, she can slow down, how many people have never seen each other before marriage, and if they get along more after marriage, they like each other. ”
Concubine Lin hurriedly said, "Yes, it's this reason." ”
Shay looked at the Queen Mother, and seeing that she was also smiling kindly, she bit her lip and suddenly looked not far away.
At this time, because Shay suddenly stood up and said that he didn't like Qin Tian, his voice was relatively loud, and there was a silence here, followed by the tables of the male guests and the tables of the ladies not far away, and several pairs of eyes looked at her.
Among them is Qin Yu's.
Seeing Qin Yu's appearance, Xie Yi suddenly became a little nervous, and lowered her head again, after the Queen Mother and Concubine Lin talked, she didn't speak immediately.
On Qin Yu's table, Yan Ting suddenly smiled and whispered, "It turned out that Qin Tian shaved his head and picked his head hot, and his sister liked him, but he didn't like it, he had to like his sister, this time he was stupid." After a pause, he said, "The concubine has screened all the girls in the mansions in the capital for Qin Tian these days, and there are countless people who are eager to do it, and the concubine's eyes are picky, and she feels that no one is worthy of Qin Tian." It's good now, and it also gives the concubine a taste of dislike. ”
"Don't talk nonsense." Qin Yu scolded, "The concubine can't hear it, but other people's ears are not deaf." ”
Yan Ting flattened his mouth and stopped talking.
Xie Fanghua glanced over and felt that what Yan Ting said was not unreasonable. But whether you like it or not, there is no certainty. Who dictates who must like whom? I can't complain about Qin Tian.
After being quiet for a moment, Xie Yi raised his head again and said seriously to Concubine Lin and the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are both reasonable, but I really don't like Qin Tian." She paused and took a deep breath, "I have someone I like." The words fell, and he added in one go, "I've liked it for four years." ”
There was a sudden silence around, and a needle could be heard falling to the ground.
Qin Tian suddenly stood up and asked her in a trembling voice, "Do you have someone you like?" Who do you like? ”
Shay didn't answer.
Qin Tian stared at her, "Are you fooling me?" In the past two years, I have always paid attention to you secretly, and I haven't seen anyone you like. After a pause, he said openly, "Are you not accepting me because of your sister, and find a reason to prevaricate me?" ”
Although everyone knew in private that Concubine Lin and Xie Liufang had made peace with Qin Tian and Xie Xi's marriage, but it didn't work out in the end, but no one said it in public, and they all thought they didn't know.
Shay looked at Qin Tian angrily, "Is it necessary for me to prevaricate you?" To like is to like, and not to like is not to like. After a pause, she looked at Lu Xueying, "Today, Sister Lu took me to the Bauhinia Garden to enjoy the flowers, and when you told me about it, I told you clearly." I don't like you, you still have to ask my mother for marriage. Are you kidding me? ”
Qin Tian looked at him, his face showing an uncomfortable expression, "But I really like you." ”
Hearing this, Shay's anger dissipated a little, his tone calmed down, and he said apologetically to him, "I'm sorry Eighth Prince, I don't like you." After a pause, she added, "It's like you don't like your sister, if you don't like it, you don't like it, there's no reason." ”
Qin Tian's face was gloomy, seeing that she couldn't be more serious, he closed his eyes and asked with difficulty, "Then you tell me, who do you like, if it's really as you said, I'm so happy." If you don't say it, if you don't have someone you like, I won't give up. ”
Shay slowly walked away from his seat.
Mrs. Ming didn't know what she meant, so she grabbed her, "Yi'er, where are you going?" ”
"Mother, you once said that as long as we don't nod our sisters' marriage, you won't agree. Isn't it? Shay asked Mrs. Ming.
Mrs. Ming nodded.
"I've had someone I like for a long time, but it's just too high and too far away, and I haven't dared to tell you." After the words fell, Shay broke free of Mrs. Ming's hand, "Today has reached this point, it's already like this, I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, I'll tell you." ”
Although Mrs. Ming was not at ease when she heard this, she still slowly let go of her hand, she vaguely felt that the matter was afraid that it would be more serious, but in front of so many people, it had reached this point, but there was no way to stop it.
Shay left the place and walked straight to the men's seat.
Everyone immediately followed her footsteps and looked at the men's seat, thinking that the person that the second girl in the sixth room of the Xie family liked was sitting in the men's seat? There are so many sons here today, but there is no doubt that they are among the best in the capital of Southern Qin.
Could it be Li Muqing, the son of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?
Could it be the Marquis Yan of the Yongkang Marquis Mansion?
Could it be Cheng Gongzi of Cheng Shilang's Mansion?
Or is it Song Gongzi?
Or maybe this second lady of the Xie family's sixth room went to Bauhinia Garden to enjoy the flowers earlier, could it be that she likes the eldest son of Prince Ying's mansion?
Everyone secretly speculated.
Xie Fanghua glanced around, and saw that everyone's eyes were revolving around those few people, but it didn't fall on Qin Yu's body, she sighed and felt that if Xie Yi said it, today's incident would be really dramatic.
Qin Tian doesn't like his sister and likes his sister.
And the sister she likes, but she likes his brother.
What a difficult ledger to pull off.
Shay came to the men's guest seat, didn't look at others, and went straight to Qin Yufu.
Qin Yu waved his hand at her with a smile and said gently, "Miss Yi is exempt." ”
Xie Yi straightened up and didn't thank him, but looked at Qin Yu and said seriously, "Your Majesty, the person I like is you." ”
Qin Yu was stunned.
Yan Ting's eyes suddenly widened, looked at Shay carefully, and after a while, he stabbed Li Muqing, "I heard you right." ”
Li Muqing shook his head with a smile, "You heard it right, Miss Yi said that she likes the emperor." ”
Yan Ting let out an "ah" and said jokingly, "I thought Miss Yi liked me, and she was amorous in vain." ”
Li Muqing coughed.
In the women's guest seat, Yan Lan let out an "ah". Cheng Ming and Song Fang pushed Yanting left and right, "You talk nonsense again, be careful to spread the word out of the house, your mother should come over and rob people." ”
Yan Ting coughed violently.
Qin Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shay with a smile, "It's too simple to like, Miss Yi is afraid she doesn't understand it very well." ”
Shay pursed his lips and said seriously, "I don't really understand, but isn't it good to simply like it?" Why do you have to complicate everything? To like is to like. I like you, it's really simple. ”
Qin Yu smiled again, and said warmly and peacefully, "I am the Son of Heaven, at the foot of Southern Qin, and the four universes in the sea are all my people. It's normal for someone to like me. But this kind of liking is not about marriage. ”
Shay shook his head, "When I liked the emperor, you were not the emperor, nor the crown prince, but the fourth prince, but I didn't know that you were the fourth prince at that time, I just liked you as a person." ”
Qin Yu raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean ......?"
Shay said seriously, "Four years ago, in the mountain behind the Dharma Buddha Temple, did you save a little girl who was bitten by a snake, you asked me who I was, and I said that I was Shay from the sixth room of the Xie family. You didn't have an entourage by your side, so after helping me squeeze out the poisonous blood, you sent me back to the temple. It was from that time that I remembered you, and later I learned that you were the fourth prince, and I didn't know that I liked you before, but I often thought of you, and I really didn't understand that when I liked you, it was also a recent thing. ”
Qin Yu was stunned when he heard this.
Yan Ting looked at Qin Yu, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, "Your Majesty, is there really such a thing?" When you were the fourth prince, did you still help others? Saved a teenage girl? Carrying someone back in person? ”
Li Muqing laughed "poof".
Qin Yu coughed and was speechless for a while.
Shay looked at him, "You are the high-ranking Ninety-Five, I am just a drop in the dust, but if you like it, you like it, I naturally want to stand up and tell you, you treat me as a child, and you think I am not qualified enough." However, it can't be said that I don't like you. I've loved you for four years! ”
The last sentence, Shay said very softly.
I've liked you for four years~
This sentence contains the innocence of the girl, the sincerity of her feelings, such as the unadulterated lake water, clear and pure, and the courage to stand up from the ship.
Qin Yu smiled for a moment and looked at Shay.