Qin Yining looked at Qin Huaiyuan's calm face, and could only read bitterness and helplessness in accepting his fate.

Just as a person cannot choose the family from which he is born, he cannot choose the country he is born in, whether the country is strong or weak, whether it is peaceful or war, and it is also impossible to choose.

A person, even if he has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, can be dragged by a faint monarch like Emperor Dayan, and he is helpless. In Qin Yining's opinion, this is even more tragic than a woman marrying the wrong person.

"Father, don't be too sad, as a courtier, you have done your best for the emperor, and you are already loyal. The emperor himself is obstinately unwilling to move forward, and he doesn't blame others for grabbing the handle. The dispute between the two countries has different positions, although we are affected by the emperor, but that is also our fate. ”

The war broke out again, this time the other party's soldiers and horses were even more directed at the capital, if it was an ordinary woman, I am afraid that she would have been scared to tears, but his daughter was able to see the situation so calmly, and she could come to comfort him.

Qin Huaiyuan couldn't help asking, "Sister Yi'er, aren't you afraid?" ”

Qin Yining raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you afraid of?" ”

"You are the daughter of the Qin family, with my identity, you can't even escape. If the little prince's men and horses really come to Kyoto, we will swear to defend the capital to the death, if you succeed, it's okay, if you fail, you will be implicated. I'm afraid that the men of our Qin family won't survive, and the women will probably be like your grandmother and the daughters of their family. And this time, no one will come to save our daughters like you did when you saved your grandmother. ”

"Father, I know all of what you said. But it's too early to start worrying and being afraid, aren't we not dead yet? If the country really dies, and the day comes, I still have the courage to die. I'm not even afraid of death, what else do I have to fear? Just let go of the fight now. ”

Qin Yining's words, the rock candy and Jiyun standing behind her were all in tears. Qitai behind Qin Huaiyuan was also moved.

Qin Huaiyuan took two deep breaths before ignoring the feverish eye sockets, and suddenly smiled, "That's right." There is always death, and there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

Qin Yining pursed her lips and smiled, and the two shallow pear vortices on the side of her cheeks made her smile extremely sweet.

Qin Huaiyuan sighed and said: "Let's go, let's go to Cixiao Garden first, there will be news from outside later, I'm afraid that the next time will be very busy for my father, and the family must not be messed up." ”

"Yes. I ran out to walk the horse again today, the old lady was not allowed, saying that it was too unladylike, and I lost the face of our Qin family, if the old lady reprimanded me later, the father would intercede with his daughter. ”

"I didn't do less to intercede with you, so I didn't see you learn to behave." Qin Huaiyuan laughed.

Qin Yining raised her eyebrows proudly, some little girls' arrogance was also the greatest trust and dependence on Qin Huaiyuan's father. In the past, she would not be like this, surviving outside, she had to be careful and cautious in everything, if it wasn't for someone to love and protect her, she wouldn't be so relieved to "cause trouble".

It's just that I don't know how long these protections can last in the face of war, in the face of strong and unreasonable imperial power.

The father and daughter went back to the inner house together, and as soon as they arrived at the weeping flower gate, they heard the "crackling" sound of hitting the board inside, and the mother-in-law screaming for mercy.

Qin Huaiyuan and Qin Yining entered the Weeping Flower Gate one after the other, and when the mother-in-law in charge saw it, they all stopped and saluted the two.

Qin Huaiyuan frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, it was the old lady who ordered these people to be beaten out of fifty boards."

Qin Yining looked carefully and saw that it was Mother Jin and Cai Tang and Cai Lan who were beaten by Sun's side.

She just went out for a while, why did the Sun people get beaten!

Qin Huaiyuan naturally saw that it was Sun's nurse and maidservant who were being beaten, and said unhappily: "After beating fifty boards, my life is gone, and it is better to say that I am throwing out the corpse." ”

On weekdays, Qin Huaiyuan would not say this to his face and make the old lady faceless, but now that the war outside has started again, the court will face chaos again, not to mention the next person, even these masters are in danger, the more he can't see these ruthless killings, and he feels that the outside is so chaotic, and the inner house is still so unsettled and rising, which is really annoying.

Qin Huaiyuan walked towards Cixiao Garden.

When he said this, the mother-in-law in charge of the punishment didn't know whether to continue to beat him, so he just stood there dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Qin Yining reminded: "Can't you understand my father's words?" Don't fight, order the doctor to take a look. ”

The woman had the backbone of the heart and answered.

Mother Jin, Cai Tang and Cai Lan were all relieved, as long as Qin Yining was there, they would be saved. Lying on the ground, he kowtowed to Qin Huaiyuan and Qin Yining again and again, "Thank you Master Hou, thank you Fourth Miss for not killing." ”

Qin Yining squatted down and went to help Jin's mother: "How can this be?" I've only been out for a while, why are you being beaten? ”

Mother Jin gritted her teeth, her face was painfully green, and cold sweat continued to flow down.

"Yes, it's the old lady, saying that Mrs. deducted the monthly money of the Huining girl on the grange, but Mrs. didn't do it, so she naturally didn't recognize it, and the old lady found out, yes, it was us who did it. And he was angry. ”

Mother Jin's words were intermittent, which shows that she has been beaten hard.

Qin Yining knew that it was the old lady who was looking for fault with the Sun family, and he didn't dare to touch the Sun family, so he took someone to make a raft, and didn't ask any more, and hurriedly urged the rock candy to come and take a look.

In the courtyard, Qin Huaiyuan had already walked to the bottom of the corridor.

The maidservant replied: "Master Hou is back." He respectfully lifted the curtain of the door.

Qin Huaiyuan calmly walked to the side of the old lady's weekday banquet, and saw the old lady sitting cross-legged on the Luohan bed, Sun was kneeling on the ground sobbing and crying, the third lady knelt beside Sun, and was softly comforting, and the second lady was bowing her head beside the old lady to plead, Qin Huaiyuan came in and only heard the last sentence: "...... After all, it was the person brought by the sister-in-law, and there was no one in the Dingguo Mansion, so the old lady should always leave the accompanying room for the sister-in-law! ”

The old lady slapped the table: "There is no one in the Dingguo Mansion, is there no one in our Qin family?" I can't connive at that group of slaves to treat me harshly! ”

Qin Huai came in from afar, did not salute, sat down in the armchair on the side, pushed away the tea bowl brought by Mama Qin, and said coldly: "If it continues like this, the Qin family will not be far from no one." ”

The old lady was choked with such a sentence, and glared at Qin Huaiyuan in disbelief.

Qin Huaiyuan rubbed his eyebrows and said tiredly: "Mother, things are in chaos in the inner house, I know that my mother is working hard, and it is right to deal with the corrupt compradors, but how can innocent people be involved?" Now that the war is going on again, the army is coming to the city immediately, and we don't know where the future of our family is, why can't the mother be considerate and considerate of her son and have less things. Where does the mother put her son in this way? ”

The old lady was stunned when she heard this, and then she trembled, and said with a pale face: "Meng Ge'er, what are you talking about, what soldiers are coming to the city?" ”

All the female dependents also fell silent and looked at Qin Huaiyuan in horror.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Qitai forgot all the reports, ran to the porch quickly, knelt behind the screen in the outer room with a curtain of the door, and said in a trembling voice:

"Master Hou! Xiao Wang Ye led 10,000 people of the Tiger Ben Army to attack the right outpost camp of the five military camps in the suburbs of Beijing, and all the grain and grass supplies were robbed, and the right outpost camp was ...... The whole army is annihilated! ”

When Qin Huaiyuan heard this, he closed his eyes tiredly.

The old lady exclaimed, "Oh my God! Isn't the capital ......" and then burst into tears, "What should we do, the people of the Zhou Dynasty have called, they don't talk about credit, these bastards!" ”

When the ladies heard this, they were so frightened that their bones went soft, and they collapsed on the ground and hugged their heads and cried.

Qin Huaiyuan stood up and went outside, ignoring the cries of the ladies inside, and said, "You get up and talk back." ”

"Yes." Qitai stood up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"What is the specific situation, where did the people of the Tiger Ben Army go after robbing the camp? Did you come straight to Kyoto? ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, we found out that the Tiger Ben army went straight to Xi Hua City after robbing the camp, they this time they were 10,000 cavalry surprise attack, robbed the grain and grass and left, now the grain road between Xi Hua City and Kyoto City has been occupied, the surprise cavalry attacked directly from the rear of Xi Hua City, and the front straight to the south gate of Xi Hua City outside the Tiger Ben Army front and back attack. Without supplies from the rear, presumably Xi Huacheng will fall soon, and the next one will be the capital! ”

Qitai lowered his head, anxious and sad, and tears almost flowed down his eyes.

Qin Huaiyuan sighed, "That Zhixi will fight...... Are there displaced people in the city? ”

"Yes, the emperor already knows these things, and he also knows that the displaced people are running to the capital, and now he has ordered the outer city gate to be opened, and the streets are full of displaced people. The emperor arranged for Jing Zhaoyin to set up a resettlement point with the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and now it is ......"

Before Qitai finished speaking, someone outside hurriedly ran in, "Master Hou, Master Hou!" ”

"What's the matter?" Qin Huaiyuan stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the door with a calm face.

The little servant saluted and said: "Someone from the palace, the emperor will enter the palace immediately!" ”

"Got it."

Qin Huaiyuan pursed his lips and instructed Qitai: "You go and get my official uniform." ”

"Yes." Qitai saluted and galloped to get the official uniform and prepare the carriage and horses.

Qin Huaiyuan turned around and entered the house, looked at the women who were crying in fright all over the house, and said in a deep voice: "From now on, nothing is allowed in the family." Presumably what Qitai said, everyone heard it clearly, if Xihua City is lost, the next one will be Kyoto City, the displaced people have poured into the capital, you all take care of your own people, from now on, strengthen the defense of the palace, even if you want to go out, you must be careful. ”

He turned to the old lady again and said, "Mother, you are old, and you shouldn't work for these things. From now on, everything in the inner house will be handed over to Sister Yi'er to deal with. ”

Qin Huaiyuan turned around and called Qin Yining, who had been standing at the door.

"Come here."

Qin Yining walked quickly to Qin Huaiyuan: "Father." ”

"Hmm. Your grandmother, mother, and aunts are kind-hearted and soft-hearted, and they are easy to panic when things happen, and if you go for your father, you don't know when you will be able to come back, and you are afraid that the emperor will be angry, so it will be more auspicious...... If your father doesn't come back, you have to take care of your father in the inner house, and discuss the outside affairs with your second and third uncles, don't mess up, don't panic, you know? ”