The empty antechamber fell into silence again.

Wen Qiao is not in a hurry to ask for Zhao Qingyan's answer at this time, he still has someone tonight, and it is not too late for Zhao Qingyan to give him an answer when he leaves tomorrow morning.

The front hall of Huai'en Houfu was very large, and Zhao Qingyan sat in the same position as when Wang Xueqing came last time, and Wen Qiao was sitting next to him. Neither of them spoke again, and Zhao Qinghao lowered his eyebrows, not knowing if he was thinking about how to decide.

In the gap where she was thinking about things, Uncle Zhong had already returned, but this time there were a few maids behind her, each with a desk in their hands, and one or two dishes on each of them.

Uncle Zhong beckoned the little servant to the outside of the front hall like a table, and then showed a kind smile to invite Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan.

The two went to the dinner table, and several maids were called down by Uncle Zhong. When Uncle Zhong was about to walk out, Wen Qiao stopped him in time and ordered: "Uncle Zhong, you go and call all the subordinates in the whole mansion to the backyard, and I will have something to tell later."

Uncle Zhong was stunned by Wen Qiao's words, in recent days, Mrs. Cheng and the old marquis have returned to their hometowns and returned to their old mansions, and Wen Qiao is the only one left in charge of the house.

But Wen Qiao held an important position in the army, was always busy with official business, and had not returned for many days.

There was no master in Huai'en Houfu during this period of time, and the little maids in the whole house didn't have much to do, so that at night, Uncle Zhong made the decision to let them rest.

However, Wen Qiao is the master, and Uncle Zhong was only stunned for a moment before agreeing, and he nodded in response: "Yes."

Zhao Qingyan clearly heard Wen Qiao's words, although she was a little puzzled why Wen Qiao did this, she didn't ask, and still ate her own food silently.

Zhao Qingyan didn't ask, but Wen Qiao took the initiative to talk to her very leisurely, "You think about it tonight, I will leave early tomorrow morning, and you still have a whole night to think about it." ”

These seemingly considerate words made Zhao Qingyan choke, her throat subconsciously twitched, and she asked instead, "So fast?"

"Nature." Wen Qiao didn't look at her, and said: "The flood happened suddenly, and now the whole south is in chaos, I could have left tonight, but I just decided to go tomorrow."

Wen Qiao has never been good at words, and he doesn't want to say that it was because of Zhao Qingyan that he decided to leave tomorrow morning.

He thought that it might not be useful to say it, it was just to add trouble to Zhao Qingyan. In that case, it's better not to say it in the first place.

After eating, Wen Qiao was about to go to the backyard first, Zhao Qingyan looked at his back and felt inexplicably sour, almost subconsciously, she followed behind Wen Qiao.

"Are you going with me?" Wen Qiao turned around and asked her.

Zhao Qingyan was distracted, thinking that he was asking about whether to go to the south with him, but after such a long time, she gradually thought clearly, so she shook her head and said, "I'd better stay here, you go to the south alone to pay attention to safety."

I was asked something else, but I got an unexpected answer.

Wen Qiao originally thought that Zhao Qingyan was unwilling to stay in Huai'en Houfu or go to the south with him, but as soon as he got the answer, he was a little excited.

But he was still moody and didn't show any emotion, and said, "Okay."

When the two walked side by side to the backyard, the backyard was already neatly filled with people.

Candles are lit on both sides of the courtyard wall, illuminating the entire courtyard.

There are almost a hundred people in the whole mansion of Huai'en Houfu, and at this time they are divided into two teams, on the left side of the door are the old and young maids and women in the house, and on the right are a group of small maids.

The atmosphere around Wen Qiao was extremely quiet after the maids saw Wen Qiao, but Zhao Qingyan, who was following Wen Qiao, also appeared in front of everyone.

At this moment, the courtyard was boiling violently as if a pot of cold water had been suddenly boiled.

These maids naturally knew Zhao Qingyan, and there were many people who had bullied Zhao Qingyan with Mrs. Cheng before.

A person who had been kicked out by Mrs. Cheng suddenly came back again, which made everyone feel uncomfortable.

In a noisy voice, Wen Qiao calmly walked through the crowd with Zhao Qingyan without saying a word.

Zhong Bo, who was standing at the forefront, took the lead in saluting Wen Qiao, and then the maids behind him also shouted intermittently: "Shizi."

Wen Qiao saw Zhao Qingyan's reaction just now, and Wen Qiao saw it in his eyes, this kind of atmosphere had been formed when Mrs. Cheng was still there.

Mrs. Cheng has never been accustomed to Zhao Qingyan, and these subordinates will look at the master's mood and anger, Mrs. Cheng doesn't like Zhao Qingyan, and even these subordinates are not good to Zhao Qingyan openly and secretly.

It's just that Zhao Qingyan is also half the master of Huai'en Houfu, and the identity of these maids is very different from her, so nothing more outrageous happened.

After Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan stood still, Zhong Bo immediately turned around and scolded, "What else are you talking about!"

He could naturally feel that Wen Qiao was in a very bad mood at this time, for fear that if he continued to let this group of maids make trouble, it would be completely bad.

Soon no one spoke in the inner courtyard, and everyone lowered their heads, not daring to make another noise. A chair had been placed at the front of the inner courtyard in advance, and Wen Qiao didn't sit on it, but signaled to Zhao Qingyan.

Now in this situation, Zhao Qing is even more unlikely to sit down, Wen Qiao saw that she didn't move, so he stretched out his hand and half-pulled and half-pulled to let her sit down, and at the same time leaned close to her ear and reminded: "Don't move, so many people are watching now."

After saying this, Zhao Qingyan really didn't refuse anymore. Wen Qiao stood beside her upright, swept around the inner courtyard with an expressionless face, and said, "You all know who this is, right?"

At first, no one spoke, but under the pressure of Wen Qiao's eyes, someone said the answer intermittently, "Concubine Shizi." ”

The first person spoke, and then everyone was forced or took the initiative to shout Zhao Qingyan. "You've been in the house for so long, and that's how you learned such rules?"

There was no emotion in his tone, but everyone immediately knelt down towards Zhao Qingyan and shouted, "The slave has seen the princess."

At this time, Zhao Qingyan also understood what Wen Qiao meant, and she said calmly: "Get up."

It was clear that Zhao Qingyan had already spoken, but no one dared to get up, until Wen Qiao said with a calm face again: "Didn't you hear what the princess said!"

The timid man was already trembling with fear from Wen Qiao at this time, and everyone finally listened and stood up.

First of all, he gave Zhao Qingyan a prestige, Wen Qiao's first plan was achieved, and then said: "The princess was not in the house a few days ago because of something, but she will come back from today."

"You all know who is in charge of the whole house now, right?" Wen Qiao asked.

"Yes!" The subordinates hastened to answer.