Chapter 80: Life and Death
Qin Huai dragged her tired body back to her courtyard, and smelled a burst of aroma at the door, she suddenly came to the momentum, and returned to the courtyard, only to see that the original stone table was full of hot dishes, and there was a jade slave wearing brocade standing on the side.
"The slave maid has seen Miss Table, my master said that Miss Cousin is tired today, and she has nothing to do to thank Miss Table, so she can only make a table of dishes with gratitude, and specially ask the slave and maid to send it over."
Yunu leaned over and saluted, it seemed that she was doing well with the Qiu family.
The Qiu clan really wanted to thank her, if it weren't for her, how could the Bai clan be uprooted so quickly.
Qin Huai couldn't wait to look at today's dishes, and just turned around and was about to sit down, he suddenly found a rabbit lamp and lay quietly on the stone bench.
She picked it up and looked at it, but saw that this rabbit lamp was broken on the day Qin Huai was taken captive last time, but now she sees that its broken places have been repaired, and the patterns on its body are also newly painted, and it looks even more than before.
"Gu Baixiu has been here?" She asked the guy at the door.
The jade slave caught a glimpse of the rabbit lamp in Qin Huai's hand, so he grabbed the words and replied: "When the slave came to deliver the food, Mr. Gu had just left. ”
Gu Baixiu helped her so much, it is estimated that she has not rested for a long time, and because she was stumped by the affairs of the Yan family, she didn't thank him properly.
She made up her mind temporarily and ordered: "Mingyue, go and call Gu Baixiu over, and say that I will invite him to have dinner together." ”
"Yes."
The jade slave had already passed the word, and it was not good to disturb it again, so he leaned over and retreated: "Then the jade slave will retire first." ”
Qin Huai nodded, put the rabbit lamp on his lap, and couldn't wait to take the wooden chopsticks.
The Jiangmi stuffed duck, assorted tofu, beeswax elbow, and West Lake beef soup in front of him are all Qin Huai's favorite dishes, and I don't know where Qiu's got it.
She didn't care much, she picked up the nearest pork knuckle with chopsticks, the soup was greasy, and pulled out a long slurry of rock sugar, which was fat and tender, and there was a star anise aroma.
Through the moonlight, you can see the slippery layer of belly soup mixed with clear oil on the side, there are not many green onions, the white is mixed with fungus, and there are a lot of belly shreds cut into thin slices, which is the northern dish that Qin Huai is used to eating.
She put down the beeswax elbow, took a mouthful of soup with a spoon and took a sip into her mouth, it turned out to be a hint of spicy, and she didn't know whether there was pepper or spicy seeds hidden in it, which hooked Qin Huai's good appetite at once.
There is another southern dish, Qin Huai has never seen it, it is like a sweet that southerners love to eat, the shrimp is fried and wrapped in a layer of golden and crispy things, which is cut into several portions with lotus root slices, and the cooked rice fills the hollow of the lotus root slices, and the whole dish is soaked in the aroma of wine.
"Whew-"
Qiu's craftsmanship is really good, the twelve dishes are all colorful, fragrant, and the characteristics of each state are put on the table from south to north, no wonder her uncle favors her alone.
Just thinking about it, Mingyue pushed Gu Baixiu into the courtyard.
Gu Baixiu seems to have changed his clothes today, although it is also white, but the dark lines of this one have changed from green pine to plants and trees that Qin Huai has never seen, but it is a bit of a Chu style.
I don't have time to take care of so much, today the moon is like a hook, Hyosung is gone, there are delicious foods and beautiful men.
"Princess ......"
Gu Baixiu looked at the table full of dishes, and hesitated.
Qin Huai picked up the chopsticks for him, put them in his tiger's mouth with his own hands, and said calmly: "You have worked hard in the past two days, I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha for this meal, which can be regarded as a reward for you." ”
"Thank you, princess." He abides by etiquette, no matter what Qin Huai says or how he relates to her, he always remembers her status as a princess.
However, Qin Huai was also accustomed to his courtesy, and praised him indifferently: "In addition, I like this rabbit lamp very much, and it looks better with your processing." ”
"The princess doesn't complain about me, if only I drew snakes and added enough."
Qin Huai hadn't eaten the delicacies of the imperial kitchen in the palace for a long time, but now that the Qiu clan had great powers, she was very comfortable, and she let Mingyue arrange everything for her, and she had to put it into Gu Baixiu's bowl with her own hands.
The good times lasted for a long time, and another emerald figure hurried in.
"Qin Huai! I want to see you, let me in! ”
It's Yan Biyu.
She drank a lot, and the strength of the wine was very impressive, and it was estimated that she was shocked to hear the bad news not long after she woke up.
"Let her come."
Qin Huai didn't consider her feelings about this matter, she really didn't think about it, so she should naturally make it clear.
Yan Biyu didn't freshen up, and her stunned appearance was the same as Qin Huai in the afternoon.
She first looked at Gu Baixiu beside Qin Huai, and then at the table full of dishes, and she was embarrassed and unbearable.
"For the sake of us drinking and talking happily in the morning, can you not let my mother be abandoned."
Her voice was extremely small, and it contained tangled and sentimental, a feeling that Qin Huai could empathize with.
"Biyu, it's not up to me to have the final say in this matter, it's my grandfather who ordered Yan Mo to write a letter of resignation, and the three patriarchs drew and signed it together, which is a sure thing."
Qin Huai put down his chopsticks, walked to her side, and conveyed the meaning of the patriarch and grandfather again.
"But aren't you a princess, grandfather will definitely listen to you, as long as you are willing to intercede for my mother!"
This is the first time that Yan Biyu has admitted her status as a princess.
Qin Huai sighed, "I am indeed a princess, but your mother has been making small moves since she entered the mansion, and I have repeatedly endured her without repentance, and now she is to blame, why should I intercede for her." ”
Why plead for her.
This sentence seemed to poke a hole in Yan Biyu's heart, shattering her last hope.
Her grandfather has not been close to her since she was a child, and her father does not dare to disobey the meaning of the clan, even if the Bai family really comes, it is also a shame hinder, what can she do except take her mother away......
"No, it's not, I beg you, I kneel down and beg you if you're okay, all the mistakes are the fault of the woman who made up her face, tomorrow you will go to court, please open up to my mother!"
Yan Biyu did not hesitate, took Qin Huai's hand and knelt down, she used her last dignity to order herself not to cry, not to act like a weak person.
Mingyue looked at this scene and sighed, there were some things that the princess couldn't say, but she couldn't help but say it.
"Miss, we know that you are simple-minded and easy to be deceived by others, so our princess has tried not to implicate you in this matter, but you don't have to be strong."
She knew that makeup was a crime that could not be punished, but her mother was just deceived by her, and besides...... Now that my grandfather is fine, Qin Huai is also fine, why can't I be accommodating?
Between this family, do you have to make a lot of trouble in the city to be regarded as not owing each other?
"Is it difficult to be strong? If you don't come, our Yan family is still the same as before, it is because you came, my mother and sister have changed, I am not angry that you treat me as a monkey, I just ask you for the sake of my cousins...... Is it so difficult to open the net? ”
Breaking her thoughts, Yan Biyu no longer pulled Qin Huai hard, turned her head to look at Mingyue, and actually questioned Qin Huai.
Qin Huai knew what it was like to be left behind, and he also understood that even if the Bai family and Yan Xiangcheng were extremely evil, for Yan Biyu, they were also close relatives, and out of the last tolerance of family affection, she also had to come to beg for each other.
"I do my best......"
Qin Huai put down these words and turned around, seeing that the dishes on the table that hadn't moved much had lost his appetite.
Mingyue knew that she didn't want to listen to Yan Biyu's words anymore, so she coldly ordered the eviction: "Miss, please go back, it is up to people to make things happen, although our princess agreed, what the final result is, you should also be prepared." ”
Yan Biyu knew that Qin Huai had backed down, she didn't say anything more, and she didn't pay attention to the support of the woman, and went back by herself.
Mingyue followed and closed the door, and when she turned around, she couldn't help but ask.
"The princess helped the eldest lady remove obstacles, she is the eldest daughter of the Yan family, why do you want to mention those two intercedes."
She knew that Mingyue had no brothers and sisters, and she didn't get along with her parents and relatives, so she couldn't understand Yan Biyu's feelings at this time, so she could only compare her with Yan Mo.
"Look at Yan Mo, he is obviously the only son of the Yan family, the sister-in-law of the first lady, and he also lost his mother in his early years, how do you think he is doing now?"
Gu Baixiu was still sitting motionless on the stone bench, he just listened when she was talking to Yan Biyu, Qin Huai refused to eat anymore, and he didn't continue.
"Does Bai Xiu think I'm doing the right thing?"
Qin Huai didn't want Gu Bai Xiu to feel sudden because of himself, so he asked with a smile.
In fact, from the moment Gu Baixiu began to think about learning the emotions of ordinary people, he began to consciously or unconsciously observe the changes of the people around him after encountering things.
Yan Biyu's emotions, he seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand it.
"In fact, people's feelings are sometimes a benefit, and sometimes they are also a drag, because this love makes people have a bond and a limitation."
Qin Huai thought he was right, but he was still trapped by emotions and had nothing to comment on.
"And how will the princess of tomorrow hold on?"
Gu Baixiu saw that she was silent, because he had misunderstood, so he opened his mouth to ask about tomorrow.
Before the Bai clan was detained, Qin Huai had already agreed with Yan Mo that whether it was karma or according to the clan system, this yamen would have to go through.
"Yan Mo and I have already agreed, and after Yan Zhengcheng brought it back, he directly sued the Bai family in court, and Yan Mo came forward on his behalf. As the male son of the Yan family and the object of his grandfather's attention, he should have something to do. Even if he doesn't want to inherit the position of city lord in the future, he has to make his own choice. ”
Speaking of this, Qin Huai remembered what Mu Guanqing said when she left, and asked her not to make a big fuss......
But she has always been an arrogant and perverse person, Mu Guanqing just knew that she couldn't keep a low profile, so she said that.
I don't know what she will say after this matter is reported back to Xunyang.
But since Qin Huai caused this matter, she didn't regret it, even if she had to face punishment, she still had to make it happen.
I just don't know how I will defend myself when I am there tomorrow, and how I will reverse right and wrong.
"Everything depends on tomorrow, I hope that when my uncle comes back, he won't blame me for turning the Yan family upside down."