Qin Yining wept and suppressed his sadness.

She has returned to the Qin family for five years and has experienced many ups and downs, although she has been separated from her parents less and more, she can be separated from the past, and she still has a hope for the future, knowing that even if she goes through more hardships, she will eventually have the opportunity to go home.

This time, the road ahead is bleak.

Such a life-and-death parting is really a heart-wrenching pain, parents, relatives, and her child, who is only two years old...... These are the most important people to her, but she may withdraw from their lives from now on.

Qin Yining rarely has such a fragile time, and her restrained crying appearance is even more distressing than crying in the eyes of Xiao Xiao. He really hoped that Qin Yining was an arrogant and arrogant person, if he couldn't be so sensible, why would he suffer so much?

"Father-in-law, all this is the fault of the son-in-law." Xiao Xiao kowtowed three times, "Father-in-law, don't worry, this trip is not to send death, but to keep important people alive, I will not throw all the jade and stone to burn." Even if there is danger one day, as long as I am here, no one will hurt Sister Yi'er, even if it is really time for life and death, I will protect her with my life, and I will never walk behind her, father-in-law, please rest assured! ”

Qin Huaiyuan nodded, held back his tears, and helped the two of them up.

"Alright. Well, your mind is understood by the Father. We are not parting from life and death, although it is difficult at the moment, things have not come to such a point, this separation, there will be a day of goodbye in the future, you and I don't have to be so pessimistic. ”

"Yes." Qin Yining and Xiao Xiao spoke in unison.

Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi couldn't help but feel compassion when they were watching, and assured Qin Huaiyuan: "Don't worry, Duke Qin, the two of us will do our best to assist the prince, and there will never be any slackness!" ”

"I believe in two gentlemen, and I will have to work more for two from now on."

"Don't dare to be. That's what both of me should do. ”

The family agreed on a strategy, and Xiao Xiao first arranged for someone to send Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi back.

Qin Yining followed Qin Huai back to the inner house.

There was no one on the road, Qin Yining took the opportunity to ask: "Father, is Aunt Cao still going with you this time?" ”

Qin Yining wanted to care about her father, but because she was the daughter of a foreign marriage, it was not good to ask her father directly about taking a concubine, so she could only ask so tactfully.

Qin Huaiyuan naturally understood what Qin Yining meant, and said bitterly: "I wanted to ask her what she meant, but she avoided me. I've been living in the guest house, and I don't want to come to the house to walk around, so I don't want to bother her anymore. ”

Qin Yining heard Qin Huaiyuan take the initiative to talk about the details, and knew that he was really confused.

This kind of thing, even if Qin Huaiyuan has any difficulties, he won't discuss it with the Sun family, right? It's okay for brothers to say this, but with Qin Huaiyuan's character, he will definitely not fall into the majesty of being a brother in front of the second and third uncles, otherwise how will the family serve the public in the future?

So when my father encountered such troubles, he didn't even have a place to speak.

"Aunt Cao's sincerity to you is unquestionable, this can be known from her chasing over the years. At the beginning of the Dayan Capital City, when the Xi soldiers were in the city, and the capital suffered from drought and lack of water and food, with Aunt Cao's skills, we could actually leave us and walk away. But she is willing to follow you and lead for you.

"Although my mother and I are both good wives, and we don't want our husbands to take concubines, we are moved by Aunt Cao's sincerity and dedication. My mother told me that even her heart was moved when she was willing to give up her life to protect the important people around you because she loved you, and saved the lives of our family several times.

"Father, such a woman who is willing to give her all her heart, I think you accept her, it is not an insult to you, if you can't take the initiative, you are also a little sorry for her affection."

Qin Huaiyuan lowered his eyes, according to reason, these things should not be said to his daughter.

But he was really confused.

"I know what you said in my heart, and I am not hard-hearted, and I will be moved. I also appreciate her. But now I mentioned it to her, and she refused. I broke your mother's heart when I took a concubine for the sake of my heirs. Your mother was born in a famous family, and she has suffered a lot with me in this life, and now that I have an excellent daughter like you, I am no longer obsessed with having a son, so I naturally refuse to take a concubine for the sake of the heir to make your mother sad, but I am not for the sake of the Cao family......

Qin Yi listened to Qin Huaiyuan's words quietly, she knew that her father had always spoken clearly on weekdays, but this time it was a little chaotic.

This is enough to prove that Cao Yuqing's matter made her resourceful father confused.

Since her father was willing to analyze her thoughts, she was not rigid, and asked: "Daughter understands, you really appreciate Aunt Cao and are pleased with her, so you want to hire her as a good concubine?" ”

Qin Huaiyuan nodded, looking a little uncomfortable.

Qin Yining asked the question hidden in his heart: "But father, Aunt Cao once expressed her feelings for you in front of you in the past, she is a straightforward person, and she has never hidden it, why did you refuse to accept her when she was so active?"

"She came to the palace as a concubine, but you would rather accept the other four concubines than get close to her, and put her on the shelf...... If I were Aunt Cao, I would also have resentment in my heart. I won't nod your head as soon as you open your mouth, wouldn't that become a call that comes and a wave goes? ”

Qin Huaiyuan listened to Qin Yining's analysis, and his footsteps gradually stopped.

The father and daughter were walking to the small lake in the back garden, to the right was Shuorenzhai where Qin Yining lived, on the left was the old lady's Cixiao Garden, and to the inside was Xingning Garden.

In winter, the night is dark and the wind is high, there are no stars and no moon, only relying on the light of Shuorenzhai to illuminate the road in front of you, and the lake is pitch black, as if a lake of dark ink has gathered.

Qin Huaiyuan pursed his lips and stood in place, looking at the dark lake, and didn't know what to say for a while.

After a while, he said a little hoarsely: "I see." That's what she thought. But I didn't mean to despise her. ”

Qin Yining nodded and sighed: "If my father has any ideas, you can also tell Aunt Cao directly, Aunt Cao is not an unreasonable person." ”

"I know. At the beginning, she came by order, and we were colleagues, so naturally we could only stay away. Later, I didn't want to delay her, she had the heart to be my bodyguard, no longer a concubine, of course I agreed, it doesn't make sense that people don't want to, I have to force people to stay around.

"Even later, when Dayan perished, how many tribulations did our family go through to get to Da Zhou, I knew that the future was bleak, and it was very likely that she would become a victim of the struggle between the three factions at any time, how could I pull her into the quagmire? She is not my concubine, only a guard, and she can leave at any time.

"She could have been free, but because of my own selfishness, let her be buried with her? It was also now, when I was about to live in seclusion, and I didn't want to get involved in the world anymore, and my life became more stable, so I wanted to mention it to her, but she didn't want to.

"That's it, that's it. This kind of thing can't be forced, and I don't have a reason to force people to be concubines. Besides, your mother has lived with me all her life, and I really can't help her. ”

Qin Huaiyuan seemed to be talking to himself, as if it was a kind of emotional catharsis. He couldn't find anyone to tell these thoughtful words, so he could only say them in front of his daughter, who seemed to be a confidant.

Qin Huaiyuan turned around a little embarrassed, "Sister Yi'er, you ......"

But before he finished speaking, he saw the unexpected person behind Qin Yining.

Qin Yining saw that her father's eyes were wrong, so she hurriedly turned her head, and saw Cao Yuqing wearing a royal blue cloak with a gray squirrel fur collar, standing two feet behind her, her fair skin was like fine porcelain in the night, but her expression was not real, and she didn't know how long she followed them and how much she listened to their conversation.

Cao Yuqing looked at Qin Huaiyuan silently.

Qin Huaiyuan stood with his hands in his hands, his hand behind his back slowly clenched, and the two looked at each other speechlessly for a while.

Qin Yining really had mixed feelings at this time.

She knew there was a couple of lovers in front of her.

But when she thought of her mother, she felt that it was a betrayal.

From Cao Yuqing's point of view, she has been trained to be a killing machine as a secret agent since she was a child, and her heart was tied to a man when she was young, she paid her heart for him, waited, and was even ready to give her life for him at any time. Now that she has finally been able to see the moon, she doesn't want to snatch the position of her wife, all she asks for is the identity of a concubine, what's wrong with her?

From the father's point of view, there is nothing wrong with a man taking a concubine, with his father's identity and talent, he likes as many women as he likes to carry into the door, this is all right, and no one can blame the fault.

But from the mother's point of view, the husband who treats him wholeheartedly, while loving himself in his heart, also shares his feelings with other women, he can only smile and nod, promise him to have other women at the same time, promise to share his husband with others, if he doesn't nod, it is not virtuous, it is jealous, and it is guilty of seven outs. In order to maintain this family, maintain the relationship between husband and wife, and fulfill another hard-working woman, she could only pretend to be generous against her will, nodding and agreeing.

None of them are wrong, and they all have their own hardships and grievances.

But Qin Yining was more distressed by his mother.

Qin Yining knew that her thoughts were difficult to tolerate in the current world, but she was full of emotion, this world has never been fair to women.

Qin Yining curtsied and quietly retreated, leaving the space to the two of them.

She didn't go back to Sydney Courtyard immediately, and went directly to Xingning Garden.

Sun is taking Jin's mother and the girl in the house to count their bags. Seeing Qin Yining coming, Sun smiled and said, "Sister Yi'er is here, have you talked to your father about business?" ”

"It's settled." Qin Yining smiled and pulled Sun's arm, "Mother's outfit is ready?" ”