Song Qing and Qin Zhihui got off the sedan chair, Yang Qiuchi gave a brief introduction, and then walked into the door side by side with Li Chengming. Nangong Xiong and the other six personal guards did not leave an inch. Li Chengming's wife, Long, stepped forward with the concubines, and hugged Qin Zhihui and Song Qing affectionately and followed them into the door. Xia Ping and the female guards are also inseparable.

The maid who knelt in the courtyard, it seems that this Li Chengming has mobilized the whole family for this family banquet.

The group first came to the living room to talk and greet them.

Li Chengming first introduced his wife and concubines and children, and asked them to officially give Yang Qiuchi a gift. Then, Yang Qiuchi also introduced Qin Zhihui and Song Qing.

When Song Qing was introduced, Yang Qiuchi found that Li Chengming's eldest son Li Ying and second son Li Jie both had bright eyes, staring at Song Qing, slightly strange, and looked at the two of them, only to find that Li Ying and Li Jie were staring at the little girl Hongya standing behind Song Qing.

Yang Qiuchi smiled slightly, Hong Aya is indeed very beautiful, no wonder this Li Ying looks like a pig brother, and can't help but remember the first time he saw Hong Aya, I'm afraid it's not much better than them.

can't help but think of Liu Ruobing, Liu Ruobing and Hong Aya have their own merits, but Yang Qiuchi is sure that if Liu Ruobing comes, her cold expression, like electric eyes, these pig buddies will never dare to look directly, and they will be afraid for a long time if they look at it secretly.

After introducing and greeting each other, they were officially seated.

Yang Qiuchi sat in the first seat, Li Chengming accompanied him in the main seat, and his two sons Li Ying, Li Jie and other children sat in turn. Li Chengming's wife and several concubines accompanied Qin Zhihui and Song Qing.

At the banquet, Li Chengming deliberately flattered, and his wife, concubines, and children were also very good at talking, and the atmosphere soon became harmonious.

At the banquet, Li Chengming mentioned the political envoy Qian Bu, and specially asked Yang Qiuchi for the fact that the porter Wang Ke had a wife and another wife, and let his disabled niece meet Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi had a good impression of this Li Chengming, but he was a little disgusted with the two brothers Li Ying and Li Jie who secretly looked at the pig brother of Hongyan from time to time.

Steward Xiao arranged singing and dancing. The band played Miao Jiang music, tactful and melodious dance music, a team of girls dressed in Miao costumes came to the field to dance, two of the leading girls not only danced, but also dressed exactly the same, obviously to the twins, beautiful and gentle, eyes wave expectation, pulse affection.

Yang Qiuchi, Qin Zhihui, and Song Qing had never seen this kind of folk dance, and they were so drunk that they applauded.

At the end of the song and dance, Li Chengming said: "Lord Yang, you and I hit it off at first sight, I admire Lord Yang's character and talent, and I want to send a few decent gifts to Lord Yang as a meeting gift, but I heard the political envoy Lord Qian say that Lord Yang is rich and rich, so I'm afraid that there is nothing in our poor countryside that can make Lord Yang look at it." After thinking about it, I thought of a small gift for Lord Yang, so don't push it off. ”

Yang Qiuchi was a little dizzy from drinking, and said with a smile: "Li Yuanwai, since we hit it off at first sight, we don't have to be polite." Thanks to your kindness, you want to give me gifts, I am a thick-skinned person, and I have never refused to be given something by others. Hey, hey, hey. ”

"That's great!" Li Chengming stroked his palms and smiled, and beckoned to the two beautiful Miao-dressed girls who led the dance just now, and the two girls lowered their heads and knelt down in small steps.

Li Chengming said: "Lord Yang, these two sisters are named Shuang'er and Xue'er, they are twins, they are sixteen years old this year, and they are Miao people I bought from Miao Village, but their Chinese is not bad. What do you think? ”

Yang Qiuchi looked at the twin sisters with a smile and said, "The pink carvings are so cute, the dancing posture is swaying, and the singing voice is tactful, which is breathtaking." ”

Li Chengming smiled and said: "Since this is the case, the contemptible people will give this pair of lovely people to Lord Yang as a meeting gift." ”

Yang Qiuchi didn't expect that Li Chengming's gift to him was actually two little girls, seeing that they were really cute, he also liked it very much, and he could let them participate in the Yang family's private song and dance troupe led by Ke'er, which was the icing on the cake.

Yang Qiuchi smiled and said, "This, how embarrassing is this." ”

Li Chengming said with a smile: "These two sisters can sing and dance well, and they understand Miao language, which can not only watch them sing and dance to relieve boredom and adjust their spirits in their spare time from the heavy official duties of adults, but also help Lord Yang to go to the countryside for business in the future." So I thought about it with the ladies and thought, I'm afraid that only this gift can please Lord Yang. After a pause, he leaned over and said mysteriously: "Lord Yang, they are all still yellow flower girls." ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled dumbly, and thought to himself, who do you think of Lao Tzu as this fat winter melon? There are now groups of beauties around Lao Tzu, except for his wife and concubine, no other beauties have ever touched him. However, as soon as he thought of this, Liu Ruobing's resentful eyes resurfaced in front of him.

Quickly shook his head, retrieved his thoughts, turned his head to look at Qin Zhihui and Song Qing, and saw that although the two of them were also looking at themselves with a smile, there was a warning in their eyes: You yourself said that you will no longer take concubines, don't see other little girls beautiful, and you have moved your mind again.

Yang Qiuchi blinked, meaning to reassure them. Only then did he arch his hand and say: "Since this is the case, then thank you Li Yuanwai." ”

Li Chengming returned the salute and said to the twin sisters Shuang'er and Xue'er who were kneeling on the ground: "You will be the people of Lord Yang of Zhixian County in the future, and you will serve the Lord with all your heart and soul in the future." ”

The two sisters agreed crisply, kowtowed to Yang Qiuchi, Qin Zhihui, and Song Qing, and then got up and stood behind them. Steward Xiao handed over the deed of sale of the two to Yang Qiuchi. Yang Qiuchi handed it to Qin Zhihui and asked her to keep it.

Li Chengming thought about it, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Yang, the dog Li Ying is in his thirties this year, but their husband and wife have not yet given birth to a son and a half daughter, and the old man is very anxious, and he doesn't know what to do." ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "Isn't that still easy?" The son is a talent, and the house is full of wealth, so it's not easy to accept a concubine? ”

"Yes, the old man also has this idea, but there has never been a suitable candidate." Raising his eyes and secretly looking at Yang Qiuchi's expression, he continued: "I heard that Lord Yang has a little maid named Hong Aya, who is charming and charming, the country is beautiful and fragrant, and it is rare to have excellent cooking skills, but there is such a person?" ”

Yang Qiuchi was stunned, turned his head to look at Hong Aya, and saw that she was also looking at herself in surprise. An ominous premonition rose in Yang Qiuchi's heart, could this fat winter melon be the idea of playing red silk and want to accept her as Li Ying's concubine?

Song Qing preemptively said: "Thank you for your old compliment, Hong Aya is the little girl behind me." ”

"Alas~! Look at my old dizzy eyes, I should have seen it a long time ago," Li Chengming smiled and looked up and down at the red silk, and sighed a few times in admiration, "It's really the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, and the appearance of a shy flower and a closed moon!" Sure enough, it lives up to its name! After a pause, he asked again, "I wonder if the red girl is married?" ”

Song Qing replied with a smile: "Not married yet, our master is baby." ”

"Oh? Yes, such a handsome girl, no wonder Lord Yang loves her. Li Chengming looked at Hong Aya carefully up and down again, and asked, "Old and presumptuous, may I ask Lord Yang, how old is Miss Hong Aya this year?" ”

Yang Qiuchi replied lightly: "Sixteen." ”

"Oh, hehe~! It's very good," Li Chengming rubbed his chubby palms, thought about it, and then mustered up the courage to say: "Lord Yang, hehe, the so-called men should marry and women should get married, since the red silk girl is not yet married, the old man has an idea, but it is a little abrupt, and he is embarrassed to say it." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Yang Qiuchi had already guessed what this fat winter melon was going to say.

Sure enough, Li Chengming's fat face narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he said respectfully: "The old man took the liberty to propose to Lord Yang, and wanted to ask Lord Yang to give the red silk girl to the dog as a concubine, I don't know what the adult wants?" ”

Yang Qiuchi scolded secretly in his heart, it turns out that you, the old boy, gave me two little maids with ulterior motives.

Without waiting for Yang Qiuchi to open his mouth to refuse, Song Qing had already preemptively said, "Okay!" This is really a family affair that is right for everyone! He turned his head to Yang Qiuchi and said, "Husband, Hong Aya is sixteen this year, and she is not a small boss, we can't keep her by her side for a lifetime, we have to find a good family for her, right?" Now Li Yuanwai has proposed his relatives, Li Yuanwai is a dignified person, and the Li Mansion is also a large family with the number of numbers, and the eldest son of the Li family is another talent, and it is just right to match our red silk. You tell me? ”

Yang Qiuchi's heart was on fire, Song Qing didn't ask Hong Aya and agreed to this family affair, without even asking himself in advance, Yang Qiuchi glared at Song Qing fiercely and snorted, but on this occasion, he was not good at getting angry with his concubine, so he turned his head to look at Hong Aya, only to see her look desolate, bowing her head and saying nothing.

Qin Zhihui looked at Yang Qiuchi, and then looked at Hong Aya with pity, wanting to say something, but she still didn't say anything.

Yang Qiuchi suppressed the fire in his heart, and then thought to himself, he had decided not to take a concubine, he couldn't let Hong Aya be his slave for the rest of his life, she would marry sooner or later, and now the rich man Li Chengming proposed to marry Hong Aya to be their family's concubine, which should be regarded as a good home for a maid. I can't delay her future just because I like her. What's worse is that this Song Qing has already said it, Hong Aya is her maid, she is the master, even if she is reluctant, how can she say it?

Yang Qiuchi hoped that Hong Aya could overturn this decision, as long as Hong Aya was unwilling, then he would be able to speak, coughed, and said, "Hong Aya, you come here." ”

Hong Aya lowered her head, slowly walked in front of Yang Qiuchi, and knelt down.

Yang Qiuchi asked: "Hong Aya, I said before, you are in charge of your own affairs, and now Li Yuanwai proposes marriage for her son-in-law, and wants to accept you as the concubine of the eldest son of his family, are you willing?" After a pause, he emphasized: "It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want." It doesn't matter if you don't want to, I'm here with the young master. ”

Hong Aya squinted at Li Ying slightly, only to see him looking at himself ecstatically, his eyes lit up, and the hara was about to flow down, as if he wanted to swallow himself with water immediately.

Seeing a lot of red silk with such eyes, she smiled sadly, turned around, kowtowed to Yang Qiuchi, and said, "Young master, no one has ever been so kind to Hong Aya as young master." Red Aya was determined to serve the young master wholeheartedly for the rest of her life......"

Speaking of this, a teardrop slowly rolled down her cheeks, and she continued in a low voice: "But Hong Aya knows that the young master has difficulties, and Hong Aya understands the ...... very well in her heart, so ...... Hong Aya is willing to marry into the Li family. Crawling on the ground, his emaciated shoulders shrugged slightly, and he wept lowly.

After listening to Hong Aya's words, Yang Qiuchi was dumbfounded, thinking that Hong Aya would refuse, but she didn't expect that she had already seen that Song Qing would not let her have the opportunity to become her concubine, and she was unwilling to embarrass herself.

Since Hong Aya herself agreed to marry into the Li family in person, what else could Yang Qiuchi say, she could only glare at Song Qing fiercely.

Li Chengming's eyes lit up with joy, and he said with joy: "Great! Miss Hongyan, don't worry, if you marry into our Li family, we will treat you as well as Lord Yang, and treat you as our own daughter. Hey, hey, hey."

Li Ying was even more overjoyed, and stepped forward to kneel down and kowtow to express her gratitude to Yang Qiuchi. Li Ying's younger brother Li Jie stood in the distance, although he was happy, there was a hint of jealousy at the corner of his mouth.

Yang Qiuchi raised his hand to let Li Ying get up, feeling very uncomfortable, and said: "The red silk girl's slave maid Wenqi is still in my inner office, it is getting late today, let's send it again tomorrow morning." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll send Steward Xiao to the Yamen Mansion tomorrow morning to get it." Li Chengming smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit. Instructed Steward Xiao to take the red silk girl down to arrange accommodation.

Hong Aya kowtowed to Yang Qiuchi, Song Qing and Qin Zhihui a few times, then got up, lowered her head and followed Steward Xiao.

Li Chengming couldn't stop expressing his gratitude, Yang Qiuchi was already interested, he had no intention of drinking, he excused himself to be drunk, got up to say goodbye, and the group returned to the county office.

It was late at night, and after Yang Qiuchi asked Qin Zhihui to arrange the residence of the two sisters, Shuang'er and Xue'er, he ignored Song Qing and returned to the room alone.

Song Qing knew that she was in trouble, so she cowered into the room, looked at Yang Qiuchi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with a blue face, and asked in a low voice, "Angry?" ”

Yang Qiuchi glanced at him and didn't speak.

Song Qing sat beside Yang Qiuchi cautiously and pulled his sleeve: "I'm sorry, it's Qing'er, it's not right, I promised to marry Hong Aya to their family without asking for your opinion, can't Qing'er apologize to you?" ”

Yang Qiuchi finally broke out and roared, "It's not this problem! You're not just doing this without respect for me, but also for Aya! Ask yourself, do you see her as a human being in your heart? In your eyes, is she a human being or an animal? ”

Song Qing had never seen Yang Qiuchi make such a big fire, she was stunned, tears rolling in her eyes: "It was Li Yuanwai's wife and concubine who quietly told me that they were going to propose marriage and let Hong Aya be the concubine of the eldest young master, begging me to agree, I ...... I'm also doing this for her good, she's going to get married sooner or later! ”

"Marry? Get married! If she wants to get married, that's also someone else's business, what's your business? Why are you so concerned? Who do people like and tell us, let's do marriage for others again, this is what serious people should do, what are you doing now? "Yang Qiuchi doesn't get angry easily, but once he starts a fire, it's scary.

Song Qing cried: "I...... Am I doing something wrong...... Woo."

Yang Qiuchi glared at her and shouted, "You made a mistake for not treating others as human beings!" This is the problem that the eldest lady of your official family is used to! Yang Qiuchi stood up and walked out.

Song Qing panicked, hurriedly chased after her, and grabbed Yang Qiuchi: "Brother Qiuchi, where are you going?" ”

"I'll go sleep in the study!" Yang Qiuchi shook off her hand.

Song Qing grabbed him again, and knelt on the ground with a grunt: "Husband, please, don't, Qing'er is wrong, Qing'er is wrong, please don't leave Qing'er here alone, woo woo woo"

"I'm upset, I want to be alone! Let go! ”

Song Qing didn't let go, but grabbed it tighter: "Husband, Qing'er is wrong, Qing'er knows that you like Hong Aya in your heart, but Qing'er is jealous, for fear that you will one day take her in, so I promised them to marry Hong Aya, and Qing'er is also a woman...... Qing'er just wants to guard you, husband, and hopes that you are just my husband! Every time I think about you in another woman's bed, my heart feels like a knife, you know? Woowoowoo......"

Yang Qiuchi didn't expect Song Qing, who was giggling all day long, to have so much suffering in her heart, yes, love is selfish, what woman wants her husband to love herself and love others at the same time? Song Qing thought like this, how could Qin Zhihui not think like this? Even the kind and virtuous Xiaoxue thought so.

Every time I take a concubine, one more person will be hurt, and one more time will hurt the three of them!

Song Qing did this, in the final analysis, it was also out of the maintenance of her own emotional marriage, of course the man hopes that when he finds another woman, his wife and concubine just smile and say it doesn't matter, if the wife and concubine are jealous, they will suddenly burst into a thunderstorm, but they can compare their hearts to their hearts, what if their women fall in love with other men? Can you smile and say it's okay?

Knowing Song Qing's thoughts, Yang Qiuchi softened, he turned around, helped her up, wiped her tears, slowed down his voice and said, "Qing'er, I know your thoughts, I said that I won't take concubines, you don't have to worry about this." Don't cry. ”

Song Qing nodded with sobs.

After a pause, Yang Qiuchi continued: "No matter what your reason is, it's not right for you to agree to marry Hong Aya to them without authorization today, at least you didn't respect Hong Aya. Although Hongya is our slave, she is also a person, a living person, we should respect her, even if we want to find her a home, we should ask her for advice in advance, right? ”

Song Qing sobbed and cried, "Didn't you ask her, and she agreed." ”

"Promise? What do you let her do in that situation? You are her master, you said you were going to marry her off, can she say a word? ”

Song Qing wiped her tears, sobbed, and said, "Then, let's get her back tomorrow, anyway, the deed of sale hasn't been given to them yet." ”

Yang Qiuchi couldn't cry or laugh: "This is not a child's house." ”

Song Qing didn't know what to do for a while, and couldn't help crying again.

Yang Qiuchi patted her on the shoulder and said, "Okay, maybe this is really a good home for the red silk girl, she has no name and no place to follow me, what hope is there." ”

Song Qing nodded and said, "I thought so too, so I agreed." ”

Yang Qiuchi said again: "That's it, I'll go to Li Yuanwai's house early tomorrow morning, ask Hong Aya in private, see how she is doing, if she is satisfied, then it is the best, if she is not satisfied, let's take her back." ”

"Hmm~!" Song Qing nodded with tears in her eyes, "I'll go with you tomorrow morning." ”

The next morning, when the genius was hazy, and Yang Qiuchi and Song Qing hadn't woken up yet, Qin Zhihui suddenly rushed into the room, opened the tent, and shouted urgently: "Husband...... Incredible! Get up...... Something is wrong! The voice trembled, and the heart was clenched at once.

(To be continued)