The outer courtyard was lively at this time, and the sound of babbling singing was faintly heard, and there were also servants and maids hurrying by near the lanes and rockeries.

Qin Yining was afraid of colliding with Qin Huaiyuan's distinguished guests, so he hurriedly took a secluded path through the Moon Gate, and turned a corner to the place where Fang Liu Ya had told.

It is also used for visiting visitors in the outer courtyard on weekdays, but the place is narrow and the location is partial, which is obviously used by people with low status.

Qin Yining entered the small courtyard and saw a tall and thin man standing with his back to him, the snow-white armpit hair collar cloak he was wearing was very familiar, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy beside him had already seen her and was busy saluting.

The man turned around, and sure enough, it was the young man Qin Yining had seen in King Ning's Mansion.

She was a little surprised.

According to her guess, this should be the son of King Ning, who once succeeded the emperor as a prince.

Unexpectedly, King Ning would let him do it himself.

This noble status, how can he be wronged in this remote courtyard?

"It turned out to be a respectful driver," Qin Yining curtstook: "The subordinate is reckless, and he is aggrieved and waiting here." Immediately I commanded them to prepare the main hall. ”

The young man chuckled when he heard this, his eyebrows, which were used to crouching into Sichuan characters, stretched a little, and he looked at Qin Yining with bright eyes, and his voice was also very gentle.

"The girl doesn't have to care, I asked them to take me to a remote place, after all, my one was three days later, and there were too many acquaintances at the Taishi banquet today, so it was not good to see me come today."

What do you mean by "my one in three days"?

Qin Yining remembered that the old lady said that the banquet where the prince personally came to invite the teacher was three days later.

Qin Yining was taken aback, knelt down and bowed, "It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Prince, the little woman rushed recklessly, and asked His Highness for forgiveness." ”

When Qiu Lu heard that this was the prince, her hands were cold, and she knelt down with a thud.

"You and I didn't care about each other's identities when we met, why are you nervous now? My real name is Yu Chiyan, and my words are clear, and the girl should only know a friend, or meet your father's apprentice. Yu Chiyan stretched out her hand and helped her.

"The courtiers don't dare." Qin Yining stood up, took two steps back, and said politely: "I misguessed His Highness's identity before, and if I was negligent in my words, I ask Your Highness to forgive me." ”

"Oh? Who do you guess I am? The focus of Wei Chiyan's listening was obviously different from what Qin Yining said.

Qin Yining lowered his head and said, "I thought you were the one who succeeded King Ning."

Yu Chiyan chuckled: "Why do you think I'm the one?" We don't look like each other at all, and he's older than me. ”

Qin Yining replied respectfully: "From your words and deeds, your title to King Ning, and your performance in King Ning's Mansion, it's just that the courtiers never thought that you were His Royal Highness the Prince, and they talked nonsense about your paintings, which is really ashamed." ”

"No, what you said that day was very helpful to me, it can be said to be an enlightenment, which made me understand that a good painting is not skillful, but a real understanding of the world, and the reflection of the most authentic form of the painted thing, so as to give a painting a soul." Speaking of paintings, Yu Chiyan gushed endlessly, her eyes were shining: "If I am not the prince, if I really want to take a walk and take a look at these thousands of miles of mountains and rivers with my own eyes, I must be able to paint a painting with a soul." ”

Qin Yining lowered his eyes when he heard this, hiding the emotions in his eyes.

It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really obsessed with calligraphy and painting.

But the prince is the prince of a country, and now that Dayan is in turmoil, isn't it good that he is still so leisurely?

"Your Highness, why did you send me that Eight Horses Picture?" Qin Yining brought the topic back on track.

Yu Chiyan came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Oh, that painting is not suitable for Ning Wang's Mansion, and it doesn't hurt to give it to the girl to hang up." And in order for this time to be successful, it can be regarded as a thank you to the girl. ”

Qin Yining understood as soon as he heard it.

In that painting, the head horse has no leader, which can be interpreted in several ways.

It can be said that it alludes to the fact that the emperor is in the first place but does not do the right thing.

It can also be explained that the "head horse" who plays a leading role is behind others.

This painting is hung in the homes of people who are qualified to inherit the throne, which will make people with a heart arrange that King Ning has the heart to mock the Son of Heaven, and even more so to think that he has a heart of disobedience. Hanging in a little woman's room doesn't make anyone think much about it.

As for the thanks, it is about the fact that King Ning's successful participation in Cao Taishi lost his official position.

But Qin Yining still didn't want this painting.

"The prince gave the painting, which should not have been shirked. But after all, there is a difference between men and women, and he asked the prince to take back the painting. With that, he asked Qiu Lu to pick up the painting.

Wei Chiyan frowned when he heard this, and the entourage beside him immediately went to stop Qiu Lu.

"Why should the girl be so angry with me? It's just that the girl doesn't do anything, and your father is already a master, and he is tied to my East Palace, maybe even the girl's future will be tied to the East Palace, so what's the point of resigning now? ”

When Qin Yining heard this, his heart was shocked, and he raised his eyes to look at Yu Chiyan uncertainly.

Yu Chiyan was looking at her with a burning look, her eyes were full of deep meaning, and the prince's white skin was slowly reddening, even the neck next to the snow-white armpit collar was red.

Yu Chiyan looked at Qin Yining's clear sight, and before she could hold on for two breaths, she opened her eyes with a warm heartbeat, coughed twice with a disguised mouth, and then said: "Girl, just leave that painting, if you don't want it, you will burn it." I still have something to do, so I won't delay the girl. Leave. ”

When the words fell, he turned around and left.

Qin Yining looked at his back as he left in a hurry with someone, and a word came to mind - "fleeing in the wilderness".

Her mind was a little solemn.

The prince's words have already been made very clear. Could it be that her future will really be tied to the East Palace as everyone speculated?

Looking at the meaning of the prince, he has this thought.

And now that she is the daughter of the Grand Master, her status is also enough.

But for some reason, Qin Yining's heart is not about to become rich, and maybe one day he will be able to honor the joy of the world.

This kind of day is not what she wants.

She just wants her family to live in peace and quiet, live her own small life in peace, not seeking to be rich and rich, but just to be safe and stable.

A woman who is a prince or an emperor will not be stable.

But if that happens, can she refuse?

Now that my father has become a master, it is equivalent to standing in line, not on the sidelines. In order to stabilize the position, marriage is the best way, and if the father really wants to marry the heavenly family, she is the only person to marry the crown prince.

As the daughter of the Qin family, she couldn't refuse this arrangement, and in the eyes of others, this kind of future was already a supreme honor, and it was envied and envied by many people.

All the way back to Sydney Courtyard, Qin Yining was silent.

Qiu Lu witnessed Fang Cai's scene with her own eyes, and she was still blushing, it can be seen that Qin Yining didn't speak, and she didn't dare to say much.

When he returned to the room and looked at the painting again, Qin Yining suddenly felt irritable.

"Put this picture away."

"Yes." As soon as Qiu Lu was about to reach out to clean up, she heard a little girl outside say, "Miss Huining and Miss Six are here." ”

As soon as the words fell, before Qin Yining could speak, he saw the curtain of the main house lifted, Qin Huining and the sixth lady Qin Shuangning came together, and the two of them followed their own big maids.

"If you are idle, come and sit here with the fourth sister, the fourth sister will not mind." As she spoke, the sixth lady had already sat down at the table of the Eight Immortals by herself.

Qin Huining also sat down.

Qin Yining raised her eyebrows, "Naturally, I won't mind, it's just strange, the sixth sister and Miss Huining obviously don't like me, why do they still come to me to please me." Autumn dew, put the painting away, willow buds, tea. ”

Neither Miss Six nor Qin Huining could imagine that Qin Yining didn't even do superficial work, and actually said this directly, and there was a moment of stiffness on his face.

Qiu Lu and Liu Ya did as they were told.

The sixth lady saw that Qiu Lu was about to roll up the picture of the eight horses, so she stepped forward and grabbed it, and said, "I didn't think you would have a painting here, will you appreciate this?" ”

The painting is unfolded, and the inscription of "Qing Banquet Layman" comes into view.

Miss Six laughed when she saw it, threw the painting to the ground, and said breathlessly with a smile: "You still don't admit that you are a savage, and a fake painting is worthy of being put away by someone like you as if it were a treasure." ”

Qin Huining looked down and saw the payment of the painting, and felt a thrill in his heart, this is the painting made by the prince?

Qiu Lu hurriedly put away the painting, for fear that Miss Six would step on the painting.

Qin Yining was already angry, "Naturally, I don't know this, but I grew up in the countryside, could it be that Sixth Miss also grew up in the mountains?" Don't know what politeness is? The sixth lady and the seventh sister are obviously the same mother, why are there such a big difference in temperament? It seems that those who are raised by my mother's side are really more knowledgeable, and these truths are honest and do not deceive me. ”

Miss Six's laughter stopped abruptly and sneered, "Don't be complacent! It's just a fake painting, His Royal Highness the Prince's painting is never easy to give away, you're just a little woman, don't take chicken feathers as an arrow! ”

"What do I have to be proud of? Everything I have is taken for granted, so why should I be complacent? Qin Yining automatically ignored the second half of her words.

Qin Huining listened to it, but the alarm bell sounded loudly in his heart: Could it be that the painting was really given by the prince? How did Qin Yining hook up with the prince? Could it be that Qin Yining will really be the crown princess in the future?

Qin Huining was unwilling, her expression was a little tense, her smile was stiff, and her eyes were resentful:

"Seeing that there are now two big girls missing from Sister Xiaoxi's house, it won't be the same. Why don't we have a bite of hot tea? ”

"If there are fewer people, isn't the upper beam not correct and the lower beam crooked? The wild hooves raised the thief, and stole the old lady's things! The sixth lady laughed out loud as she spoke: "You can also use a fake painting to present a majestic style." ”

Qin Yining clenched his fists.

What to do, she wants to beat people again!

Who knew that at this moment, there was a sudden sound of intricate footsteps in the courtyard, Qin Yining got up to look, and saw two fifteen or sixteen-year-old beautiful maids coming in with a group of stout mothers-in-law.

Seeing Qin Yining standing under the corridor, the two maidservants made a big salute.

"The slave Yaoqin (Yuqi) greets the four girls. In front of the master's banquet, the guests and their relatives gave many gifts to the girl, and the master told the slave maid to bring them to the girl. ”

The two maidservants said to get out of the way, and the rough envoy behind them moved all kinds of gift boxes into the house one by one.

When Qin Huining and Sixth Miss saw so many gifts, their eyes flashed so fast that they couldn't see enough, and their faces suddenly darkened.

What does that mean? Just laughed at her, did this person get so much lily to slap them in the face!