The heat flushed Qin Yunuan's cheeks, and Leng Changxi's tone was grinding in his ears: "It's not a gesture, I heard that it was you who was embarrassed, and you came from the carriage on purpose." ”

Leng Changxi straightened up, in his opinion, how could the woman he fancy be bullied by others, it was normal for him to protect her, he told her that he was protecting her, and it was also normal, let her know that in the future, there was no need to give a good face to people like Lord Shuhua.

In Qin Yunuan's opinion, it meant something else, she subconsciously retreated, giving herself a buffer distance from Leng Changxi, her family background and identity were there, she couldn't be too unruly, even if she was surrounded by her own people.

Sensing Qin Yunuan's intentional alienation, Leng Changxi just stood in place quietly, watching the shop being cleaned up, and really asked the shopkeeper to take out a list of smashed things, and really prepared to hand it over to the county lord Shuhua. He also reassured the treasurer: "Within seven days, someone will definitely pay off these accounts." ”

Seeing Leng Changxi turn around and get into the carriage in a dashing manner, the reins of the black carriage tightened, and slowly left from the front of the shop, Qin Yunuan collected his thoughts, lifted the curtain and returned to the inner hall.

Sure enough, in less than five days, someone was sent from the shop to inform Qin Yunuan that all the destroyed things had been paid off by a father-in-law from the palace.

Now it has been several days since Shangguan Rang's death, and the rumors in Beijing have gradually subsided because of Li Mengming's suicide in fear of crime.

The seemingly calm surface was stirred up by a news that Shen Xun brought back from Jiangnan.

When she was in prison, Li Mengmeng once said very excitedly that the Su Chenghai she saw now was not the real Su Chenghai. The result that Qin Yunuan said at the time was actually all speculation, Li Mengmeng loved Su Chenghai so desperately, with him to Su's house, and with him to study medicine, when Su Chenghai was a military doctor disappeared in the Battle of Eastern Qin, Li Mengmeng returned to Jianzhou to continue to wait for him.

Such an infatuated person, but because of Qin's quality, she willingly entered the Qin family as an aunt because of Qin's last Jiangnan, there is probably only one reason, the person she was waiting for is no longer there.

Shen Xun's letter described in detail the situation that he went to Jianzhou to find out for Qin Yunuan, as early as four months ago, Su Chenghai's ashes had entered the Su family ancestral hall, because Su Chenghai insisted on studying medicine at that time and was driven out of the Su family tree by Su Ri'an in a fit of anger, so this time the ancestral hall was also carried out in secret, and few people knew.

Four months ago, it was before the Flower Dynasty Festival banquet, from beginning to end, Su Chenghai, who lived by Qin Yunuan's side and cared for him to be elegant and tender, had always been fake.

Qin Yunuan's heart seemed to fall hard, although he had probably guessed the ins and outs, but when the truth hit like a tsunami, it still made people shudder, like standing on the shore wet by the rain, and the sea breeze was still blowing the swaying and restless heart.

He sat on the Zen chair for a long time, until Tong'er came into the room and added a cup of hot tea and handed over an invitation.

"What is this?" Qin Yunuan said as she opened the invitation card with gold edges.

Tong'er: "It's the post of Ning Wangfu that says it's a birthday celebration for Princess Ning, I heard that the young masters and girls of the official eunuchs in Beijing have them, and even the four girls have received them, and it looks like a lot of pomp." ”

Princess Ning is forty and eight this year, which is a rare natal year, so this birthday is also extraordinarily grand, plus Princess Ning is kind and kind, housekeeping, gentle and virtuous, and is good friends with people in Beijing, and there is an endless stream of people who come to celebrate her birthday, and even the old princess who was originally recuperating in Guoan Temple rushed back to celebrate this daughter-in-law.

Coincidentally, the birthday of this Ning Wangfu happened to be May 24, the day before Qin Yunuan's birthday.

On the day of May 24, the outside of King Ning's Mansion was already full of all kinds of luxuriously decorated carriages, and the entire Ning Wang's Mansion was full of lights, so lively.

Qin Yunxiang, who had been frustrated for a long time, finally had a chance to go out, she sat alone in a troika, and walked off the wooden couch with the support of the maid, the long brocade skirt mixed with ivory white and goose yellow was slightly swaying to the ground, the skirt and cuffs were rolled with silver edges, very dazzling, the long hair was curled into a fallen horse bun, the milky white hosta and a few ink-colored flowers on the placket complemented each other, gentle and noble, like a lotus flower that came out of the mud and was not stained.

Her advent has unintentionally attracted the attention of many people, no matter how many rumors and rumors there are, she is also the first beauty of Daqi, and she has never been married, which will inevitably lead to reverie.

When Qin Yunuan got down from the carriage behind, he happened to see a boy and brother offering courtesy to Qin Yunxiang, smiling flatteringly, and Qin Yunxiang had been hiding his veil with a faceless face and bowing his head and smiling, the broken pupils were circulating, as if he was about to hook people's souls.

According to the rules, Qin Yunuan and Qin Yuwan and Qin Yuzhao sat in a carriage together, and Qin Yuwan, a stupid sister, was also coming to attend Princess Ning's birthday banquet, Qin Yuwan was a little disgusted, didn't this add a drag oil bottle to her?

"Oh, hurry up, isn't it the next carriage? What is there to be afraid of? Qin Yuwan impatiently tugged at Qin Yuzhao's sleeve, and with a bang, Qin Yuzhao's cuff was immediately pulled out of a finger-long opening, and the person stumbled several times, almost falling to the ground.

Qin Yuzhao's embroidered skirt was originally worn by Qin Yuwan, although the clothes were half-old, but Qin Yuzhao liked it tightly, and when he saw that it was broken, he shouted wow-wow-wow, blocking the intersection, attracting many onlookers.

"Oh, it's okay," Qin Yuwan said impatiently, "Isn't it just a torn skirt?" I still have it in my suitcase, and if you want it, I'll go back and give you all the stuff at the bottom of the box. ”

Qin Yuwan just wanted Qin Yuzhao not to make a noise, but who knew that these words fell into the ears of those women who loved to chew their tongues, but they became a handle, look at the life of this lady in the Taiwei Mansion, it turns out that this little sister still has to pick up the rest of her sister.

Qin Yuzhao has always been raised in the yard by Aunt Liu, rarely communicates with people, and stammers a little when he speaks: "But ...... But I ...... This one is broken. ”

"You're so eventful." Qin Yuwan dragged Qin Yuzhao's body, wanting to check how big the tear was, but she heard Qin Yunxiang urging in front of her: "Second sister, third sister, fourth sister, father and eldest brother are already at the banquet, we have to hurry over." ”

Qin Yuwan's hand loosened, looking at Qin Yuzhao, who would be dragged down by light, and an idea arose in his heart to simply leave her alone, but he heard Qin Yunuan on the side take the initiative to speak: "Okay, Tong'er, you go to the carriage and take out my feather fan." ”

As soon as Tong'er went up and down, she handed the white fan to Qin Yunuan's hand very quickly, but Qin Yunuan turned her hand but handed it to Qin Yuzhao's palm, and said softly: "Like me, cover your sleeves with a fan, and if you don't pay attention to it, you can't see that the cuffs are torn." ”

Qin Yuzhao did the same, and when he looked like Qin Yunuan, he saw that the effect was good, and he really opened his mouth and laughed.

As the family leader entered the gate of the palace, it seemed that people could faintly hear the sound of people's discussions, including the whispers of those beautiful women.

"Did you hear that? I heard that Qin Yunxiang actually had a lot to do with the death of Shangguan Gongzi, but Lord Zuo Xiang did not pursue it because of the face of the Qin family. ”

"I'll just say, Qin Yunxiang has always relied on her beautiful face to play with men everywhere, and I have long seen the commotion in her group."

"In the final analysis, the three girls of the Qin family are easier to get along with, with a low background, self-knowledge, and a more modest personality."

Qin Yunuan listened to the whispers of the ladies word for word, she looked at the corners of Qin Yunxiang's slightly pulled mouth, and knew that she had also heard a lot, but she wanted to continue to maintain her generosity and nobility in the crowd, so she could only endure it.

However, Qin Linfeng, who was already seated, stepped forward directly after hearing these rumors, although he lowered his voice, Qin Yunuan still heard it clearly.

"If you talk nonsense again, be careful and I'll break your neck." Qin Linfeng threatened those talkative ladies, glared at them fiercely again, and then returned to his seat.

Qin Linfeng's protection and love for Qin Yunxiang is meticulous, but at some times, Qin Yunuan feels that it seems to be a little too much, it is far beyond the simple brother-sister relationship, more like a possessive lion protecting his territory and the prey on the territory.

The banquet was about to start, Qin Yunuan was pulled by Fang Ziying to sit down, separated from Qin Yunxiang and Qin Yuwan, so that she could whisper and not be too rude.

Fang Ziying sipped tea while introducing Qin Yunuan to the young masters and ladies in King Ning's mansion today's host.

"That's a pair of sword eyebrows that look heroic is King Ning's eldest son Leng Chang'an, married to King Gaoyang's concubine, and the one over there is Leng Changxuan, the second son of the concubine, everything is good, but the ears are soft," Fang Ziying's tone was originally a little warm and excited, but it was a little colder, and she just casually walked towards a cold beauty in plain white clothes opposite, with a delicate appearance but a cold temperament, "This is Leng Suxin, the young lady of Ning Wangfu's family, she is arrogant and not easy to get close to, and anyone who talks to her will touch a nail." ”

Qin Yunuan knew that Fang Ziying didn't like her, so she smiled and diverted the topic, and pointed at a brightly dressed and pretty beauty on the other side who was chatting with others: "What about that?" ”

Fang Ziying's tone was even more disdainful: "She? She is just a relative of Ning Wangfu's poor family, in the final analysis, she is a fox who wants to fly on the branches and become a phoenix. ”

And Xie Ruying, who was evaluated by Fang Ziying as a fox, looked in the direction of Qin Yunuan almost at the same time, originally thought that it was just the usual glance between strangers meeting, who would have expected that the next moment, Xie Ruying suddenly stood up and walked directly in the direction of Qin Yunuan.