Ning Shenzhi was not polite, he took the sunspot first, and the two of them had not finished a game, the child's unique brisk footsteps on the wooden board sounded, and the child's sweet voice came from far and near, "Uncle Ning, Uncle Ning!" ”

Ning Shenzhi and Qiu Zhengshen both got up, lowered their hands and waited, and when the child arrived, they leaned over and waved their hands, "Second Prince".

Xiao Qi waved his hand again and again, "Uncle Ning, uncle and grandfather don't have to be polite, Uncle Ning, sit down."

Ning Shenzhi's cold and hard eyebrows softened, he sat down and stretched out his hand to hug Xiao Qi on his knees, and asked, "Your Highness is here, does the queen know?" ”

"I said that I came to find Uncle Ning Wang, and the queen mother agreed," Xiao Qi looked at the chessboard in front of him with a pair of big cat eyes, and asked, "Uncle and grandfather, who is better at chess between you and Uncle Ning Wang?" ”

"A game has not been played, and the outcome has not yet been known."

Xiao Qi blinked his big eyes slyly, "I guess Uncle Ning is amazing!" The queen mother said that the chess game is like a battlefield, Uncle Ning Wang is very good at fighting, and he must be good at chess! ”

Qiu Zheng smiled deeply, "What His Highness said is very reasonable."

At the end of a game of chess, Qiu Zhengshen really lost, Xiao Qi laughed proudly, Ning Shenzhi patted him, "Go to your uncle and grandfather and ask him to teach you how to play."

Xiao Qi said coquettishly, "Obviously, Uncle Ning Wang is a little more powerful, I want to learn from Uncle Ning Wang."

The little child was well raised by the queen, smart and clever, with a fat and tender face, and when the cat's eyes were almost exactly the same as his twin sister's blinking like this, Ning Shenzhi always unconsciously remembered when Qiu Xiyin was also so small and soft.

Ning Shen's eyes were unconscious, "Your uncle and grandfather are young masters, and they are the best at teaching children, but I can't."

Xiao Qi blinked as if he understood or not, but Qiu Zhengshen's heart beat violently when he heard it, Ning Shenzhi, what does it mean?

Ning Shenzhi put down Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi was tired of Qiu Zheng's deep knees, climbed his arm and said, "Then uncle and grandfather, you teach me, I don't like the scholar that my father found for me at all!" ”

Qiu Zheng smiled deeply, and sure enough, while playing chess with Ning Shen, he taught him at the same time.

In the second game, Qiu Zhengshen won, and Xiao Qi happily shouted that his uncle and grandfather are really young masters, so powerful!

Qiu Zhengshen has always liked children, so he sat down firmly with Xiao Qi, who was squirming non-stop, and fed him tea with a teacup in one hand, and fed him two pieces of snacks.

In the third game, Qiu Zhengshen won again, Xiao Qi applauded again and again, and his happy little face was red.

Ning Shenzhi got up and saluted, "Young Master Qiu has superb chess skills, Ning lost."

Qiu Zheng hurriedly put down Xiao Qi and returned the salute, "Qiu is lucky, the king of the county smiled."

He has never had much talent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he didn't have much time to learn, until he intersected with Xie Tanwei, because he was afraid that he would have nothing to say to Xie Tanwei, so he reluctantly started to learn, which was not as good as Qiu Zhengshen, who had been immersed in it for decades.

Speaking of which, he can still win one game, which is really called a fluke.

Ning Shenzhi looked at the sun setting in the west, stretched out his hand and folded a lotus leaf to cover Xiao Qi's head, "Isn't it too early, let's go out of the palace together?" ”

Qiu Zhengshen nodded, Xiao Qi grabbed his hand tightly, walked out of the pavilion with Ning Shenyi, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is very similar to Yinyin when he was a child, not only his eyes are similar, but his temperament is also very similar.

Ning Shenzhi's footsteps paused slightly, paused for a moment, and said, "I can't see this."

Qiu Zheng sighed deeply, "Yinyin's temperament has changed a lot since he came to the capital, and he was still -"

When he said this, he suddenly woke up, and snorted, "The lower officials are talkative, and the county king is not strange."

As soon as Ning Shenzhi woke up, he received the news that the old lady Hua was closing the door to worship the Buddha, but what was the inside story, the Gaomen compound of the Qiu Mansion was not easy to inquire.

Ning Shenzhi didn't ask, and it wasn't easy to inquire didn't mean that he couldn't inquire, but it just took time.

He then said another thing, "Speaking of which, the four girls of the Lingfu came to my house as a guest yesterday, and somehow did not leave halfway, thinking that my house was not well entertained, and my grandmother was very ashamed, and told me to sue the four girls of your house."

Qiu Zhengshen didn't know about this, so he could only accuse Ning Shenzhi of his words, not to mention that since Rong and the eldest princess invited their grandmother as guests, they would never snub the guests, even if they were negligent, it would be a big rude for Qiu Buyi not to leave like that.

Ning Shen's name is to make amends, but I am afraid that the element of asking for guilt is greater.

Ning Shen said, "Young Master Qiu doesn't have to be polite, Mrs. Zun has a lot of misunderstandings about Ning, and when it comes to it, I have to bother Young Master Qiu to explain his original situation clearly."

Why did it get to Ah Miao again?

Qiu Zhengshen knew that there must be something that he didn't know about happening, and Ning Shenzhi would probably not say it explicitly, so he could only make amends again and again.

Ning Shenzhi waved his hand at him, "It's Ning who is tired of the young master, Your Highness, go with the ministers to find the emperor, right?" ”

Just now, he also said that he was going to leave the palace with him-

What is worth a trip to him and an afternoon of chess with him?

Qiu Zhengshen's palms suddenly sweated, sticky and greasy, just like his nervous mood at this time, but his face was not exposed at all, and he leaned over and waved his hands.

Xiao Qi happily let go of Qiu Zhengshen's hand, grabbed Ning Shenzhi's sleeve, and nodded again and again, "I haven't seen my father for a few days, the queen mother said that my father is busy, isn't my father busy now?" ”

Ning Shenzhi hummed gently, nodded to Qiu Zhengshen, led Xiao Qi to turn around, and saw Xiao Yin standing at the end of the cobblestone path, looking at this side inexplicably, and the two little eunuchs waiting behind him bowed down, not daring to raise their heads.

Qiu Zhengshen also saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward with Ning Shenzhi to salute.

Xiao Yin gently exempted a few people, and said with a smile, "This has always been a rare second emperor brother, and I don't want to meet it here."

Xiao Qi was taught by the queen to stay away from Concubine Su and the crown prince since he was a child, and replied in a proper manner, "The master has left a lot of homework."

Xiao Yin raised his eyes to look at Ning Shenzhi, "Uncle Ning really loves the second emperor's brother."

Ning Shenzhi said lightly, "The status of the second prince is noble, how dare the minister talk about the word love?" ”

Xiao Yin nodded, his gaze swept over him, and fell on Qiu Zhengshen's face, but he didn't say anything, "Second Emperor Brother, Uncle Ning Wang, Young Master is at your own convenience."

Ning Shenzhi took Xiao Qi to say goodbye, Qiu Zhengshen sent them away, bowed deeply to Xiao Yin, turned around and left the palace unhurriedly.

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After Qiu Zhengshen returned to Qiu's mansion, he went straight to Baopu Courtyard, found Xie Shi, waved away the people who were waiting, told her about the afternoon, and asked her if she knew what Ning Shenzhi was talking about. Jiangsu Literature Network

Xie Shi went out unhurriedly and ordered to call Qiu Buyan over, and then Rong and the eldest princess Tuo Huai'an were the big matchmakers, intending to marry Qiu Xiyin for Ning Shenzhi, but she told her about sending them away.

Qiu Zhengshen was speechless for a long time, and Fang Dao, "Ah Miao, we don't have to be afraid of King Ningjun, but there are many ways to refuse a family matter, why use such an excuse?" No matter how broad-minded King Ningjun is, he is afraid that he will never tolerate someone slandering him for having a habit of breaking his sleeves."

Xie Shi asked rhetorically, "Didn't he?" ”

Qiu Zheng choked, "I don't know where you saw it, that's impossible!" ”

"Why is it impossible? Can you still find out about the dirty things in the private affairs of the high-ranking families? ”

"Anyway, it's impossible, I vouch for it with my personality!"

Xie Shi glanced at him, Qiu Zhengshen couldn't help laughing, "Ah Miao, if I am not completely sure of such a thing, can I use my personality to vouch for an outsider?" ”

Xie Shi thought for a while, "That's what I saw wrong, I always thought that he had a bad idea of Chonghua, and now Chonghua is going to get married, and he is still married to Princess Chiyang, he broke off his thoughts, so he will think about marrying Chonghua's most beloved Yinyin."

Qiu Zhengshen, "......"

He is convinced of his family's Miao Miao's smart head!

"But speaking of Yin, my grandfather just sent me a letter today, saying that he wants to settle the relationship between Yinyin and Brother Shu'er——"

Xie Shi interrupted him sharply, "Yinyin and Brother Shu'er's family affairs, why don't I know?" ”

Qiu Zhengshen smiled bitterly, "Ah Miao, for so many years, you have also seen it in your eyes, Brother Shu is a good boy, and he has been close to Yinyin since childhood, you can no longer find a better one than Brother Shu in this capital, don't be angry with Brother Mu because of Brother Mu'er, he was only eleven years old at the time, but I am afraid that I didn't even hear a little rumor."

"I have nothing to do with Brother Shu, my daughter Xie Tanmiao will never marry back to the Xie family and marry the son of the Feng family!"

Xie's tone was cold and non-negotiable, "Even if I ask Yinyin to marry that broken sleeve, I will never let her marry back to the Xie family!" ”

Qiu Zhengshen subconsciously retorted, "King Ning Jun is not a broken sleeve-"

Saying that, he remembered it again, and said with a wry smile, "Ah Miao, don't be willful, my grandfather said in the letter that I have already negotiated the matter with my father-in-law, and Brother Shu'er's Geng post has been handed over to my grandfather, and I want us to send Yinyin's Geng post over tomorrow."

Xie Shi didn't look at him, and only threw him four words, "Impossible!" ”

"Ah Miao, Yinyin, I'm afraid that I also want to marry Brother Shu'er, if you don't look at anything else, you can't tell Yinyin to be unwilling to show her face for the rest of your life, right?"

Xie Shi went to serve the wine glass, and a strange smile appeared on his porcelain white jade face, "Let's go to Xie's house together tomorrow."

Qiu Zhengshen's intuition was wrong, and he asked again, but Xie refused to say, and after a while, Mama Xie's voice sounded outside, "Madam, the fourth girl is here."

Qiu Buyan came in with his head down, Qiu Zhengshen saw that she didn't look right, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab her and forced her to raise her head, but saw that Qiu Buyan's eyes were swollen walnuts, and he almost couldn't open his eyes, and he was suddenly shocked, "Sister Tan, what's wrong with you?" ”

Qiu Buyan was barely able to endure it, but when Qiu Zhengshen asked this, where could she still hold back, covering her face and crying.

Xie Shi scolded coldly, "What are you crying about? Something to talk about! ”

Qiu Buyan was so frightened that he trembled all over, didn't dare to cry anymore, and choked up, "Yesterday, the third sister told me that Concubine Su rewarded the prince's brother with two beautiful palace maids, and if I didn't believe it, I went to the East Palace to ask the prince's brother, and the prince's brother asked me about fainting that day——"

Qiu Buyan sobbed uncontrollably when he said this, "It's obviously the third sister!" It was the third sister who first said that she couldn't stand it and wanted to pretend to be dizzy, so I followed and pretended to be dizzy!

But the prince's brother only scolded me, saying that I didn't forget it if I didn't face him, and he also collaborated with the third sister to kill Concubine Su!

How could I explain to him that it was really the third sister who pretended to be dizzy first, and I just couldn't stand the sun so I learned from the third sister, and he didn't believe it! ”

The more Qiu Buyan spoke, the more aggrieved he became, and tears poured out like money, Xie shouted, "Don't cry!" ”

Qiu Buwei cried for a while, inhaled a big breath of cold wind coldly, and hiccups uncontrollably.

Qiu Zheng caressed her back in deep distress, poured another glass of water and fed her to drink, and barely stopped it.

Xie Shi's face was cold, "Idiot! ”

Qiu Zhengshen glanced at her disapprovingly, and patiently coaxed, "Sister Don't cry, tell your father carefully about the day when you went to ask Concubine Su for peace."

Qiu Buyan sold Qiu Xiyin without hesitation, and carefully told the events of that day, and even Qiu Xiyin's words to persuade her were said one by one.

Qiu Zhengshen was speechless for a long time, and Xie Shi's face was gloomy, "You also told the prince these words?" ”

Qiu Buyi nodded timidly, she also knew in her heart that it was wrong to betray Qiu Xiyin like this, so she hurriedly remedied, "As soon as I lie, the prince's brother will know, I don't dare to lie, so I have to say everything."

Xie Shi was so angry that he raised his voice violently, "You can't lie, will you shut up?" ”

Qiu Buyan had never seen Xie Shi make such a big fire, and after being stunned for a while, he was aggrieved and scared, and he cried again.

Qiu Zhengshen let out a long sigh, "Ah Miao, Sister Yan'er's temperament is really not suitable to be the crown princess, see if you can discuss it with the emperor-"

Qiu Bu panicked, and hurriedly rushed to Qiu Zhengshen's side and grabbed his sleeve, "Dad, don't!" I'm going to marry the prince's brother! I won't dare in the future! Daddy don't! ”

Qiu Zheng sighed deeply and stroked her black hair, "Sister Yan, I have taught you many times, the most important thing in dealing with the world is not to do wrong things and always want to blame all the faults on others, even if you and your third sister calculate Concubine Su, what if she loses the position of concubine?"

It was Concubine Su's misbehavior that would be caught, the prince asked you, you just said you don't know, what if he guessed the truth?

If you don't know, you don't know! You can even ask him, you have been wronged in the Yuqing Palace, does he know about it? ”

When he said this, his face became gloomy, "Your third sister is right, you haven't married into the East Palace yet, Concubine Su dares to treat you like this, if you really marry over, how can you have a good life?" ”

Qiu Buyi hurriedly said, "Brother Prince is very good to me!" ”

Qiu Zheng sneered, "Being kind to you is just turning a blind eye to what happened to you in the Yuqing Palace?" Is it the sister who forced you to confess to your relatives? ”

Xie Shi was impatient, "She followed your mother's stupid and blunt nature, what's the use of you teaching again?" ”

Qiu Buwei choked back tears in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry, Qiu Zheng sighed deeply, and stood up with her, "Come, I'll send you back, sleep well, and leave these things to me and your mother."

Qiu Zhengshen sent Qiu Buyan back to the courtyard, comforted her for a long time, and saw her crying tired and falling asleep, so she got up and left, and went to Sangyu Courtyard.

Qiu Xiyin was painting, the manuscript paper and drawings were spread all over the table, and Qiu Zhengshen had almost nowhere to put his feet.

Qiu Xiyin said happily when he saw him coming, "Father came just in time, King Ningjun asked me to draw a phoenix crown pattern for Princess Chiyang, I feel unsatisfactory no matter how I paint, father, you can help me refer to it."