"I heard that she is a beautiful woman with great talents."

"Has the third prince seen her?"

"No, I was too young to set foot here, so I only heard about it, and I didn't have the privilege of seeing it."

Peony continued his words: "Then the son left home for a few years, and now when he returns, he can't see Mei Niang, and the head of the Manfang Court has replaced me with a peony, isn't it?" ”

"So Miss Mei?"

"Dead." After Peony exited, he seemed to feel that he was talking about life and death a little lightly, so he smiled and added, "To be exact, he married someone first and then died, and he married the husband of the troublesome mother-in-law outside, what Lord Bao." At the beginning, this Lord Bao and Mei Niang were a good honey oil blend, you have affection, I have intentions, Mei Niang is willing to give him as a concubine, the sisters are also Mei Niang is looking for a good home, more is envious, who knows that the surname Bao is a dog outside, and when he returns home, he is afraid of his wife's master, Mei Niang was tortured to death by this Mrs. Bao not long after she married. ”

"Who is the Bao family?"

"Childe doesn't know? Also, Childe just came back not long ago. Peony said, "Three years ago, the new official Langzhong Bao Fuquan is now a servant of the Ministry of Officials after three years. Three years ago, when the new official took office, he acted a little bit of a big talk, but since he married Mei Niang, he was beaten by his father-in-law's family, and he was a lot more honest. Peony raised a slender finger and nodded to the palm of the other hand, "I forgot to tell the son, Bao Fuquan's wife, that is, Mrs. Bao outside the door, is the daughter of the Zuo Xiang family, although she is a concubine, but there are many sons of the Zuo Xiang family, but she is the only one daughter, so she is pampered, no, she only got married at the age of thirty, and it was in order to marry her three years ago that she helped her son-in-law Bao Fuquan, otherwise Bao Fuquan's half of his brain is filled with feminine things, how can he worship the official as soon as he enters Chang'an, As for why he, a young man who was just and weakly crowned, married Miss Yan, who was ten years older than him, there is no need for Peony and Gongzi to elaborate. ”

In this way, Qin Xun can also roughly sort it out, Bao Fuquan is naturally Miss Yan who married for nepotism, that is, Mrs. Bao, but in the end, she is still young, and she can't help but move her mind when she meets a talented and beautiful Man Fangting Mei Niang, but unfortunately his wife can't tolerate it after marrying home, and he doesn't dare to go against his wife's wishes, so he has to toss the concubine to death by his wife. Zuo Xiang's family originally turned a blind eye to Bao Fuquan's concubine, and it was also because it was not easy to marry a daughter, and they couldn't help but have a lot of flattery for this cheap son-in-law, but since the person died, he also came to knock on the way, and he mentioned that in the future, he would still settle down and make his wife unhappy.

Qin Xun listened to her with a smile, and didn't ask why no one helped Na Mei Niang. In Chang'an, the imperial capital where the five marquis of Qili live, who would care about the life or death of a Qinglou woman, at most, the sons of those families who admired Mei Niang's talent regretted it, but no one would quarrel with her colleagues who dealt with officialdom for her to stand out.

In other words, it was him Qin Xun, who had no relatives and no reason, and he would also ignore this matter, he had never been a zealous and righteous person.

Peony said what was in his heart for him: "Originally, the world looked at us Qinglou women as cheap, not to mention the powerful. Therefore, people like us are the most untrustworthy men. ”

"Then now, Bao Fuquan is unchangeable in nature, and he has the idea of a peony girl again?"

"He didn't dare." Peony suddenly covered her mouth and laughed twice, her eyes were like silk, "The third prince thinks, why did I stay in this Manfang Court for a short time, but everything was settled, and even the bustard's mother let me have a few points?" Everyone in Chang'an City knows that I am the eldest son, at most I have the itch to ask me for a few words, but no one really dares to touch me. ”

Qin Zichang, this guy is coquettish enough, and he has such a confidant in the Fengyue Field. Qin Xun sneered silently on his face.

Peony saw his expression and knew that he was wrong, and said with a smile: "Childe misunderstood, everyone else said that my peony quilt was wrapped by the eldest son, however," she leaned closer and lowered her voice, and her expression was straightened, and she no longer had the frivolity of a dusty woman, "Third son, I am a subordinate of the eldest son, if there is anything that can help in the future, Childe will command." ”

Qin Xun chuckled: "So the peony girl called me in to say these words, but it was actually Qin Zichang's own laziness?" ”

It's not an accident, otherwise, how could a woman in a Qinglou know so much about officialdom, and how could she confide in a young man who knew her for the first time.

Peony smiled: "Originally, I planned to have a small gathering with the third prince one day and then follow the instructions of the eldest son of the son to go with the third prince of the road to the current situation in Chang'an, and it happened that I met today, look at the appearance of the son, waiting by the side of the road is also waiting, you might as well be invited by the peony to come into the house to rest, drink coarse tea, and talk a few words by the way." ”

Peony is actually still Qing, and although it is described as charming, in fact, it is not very old, twenty-eight years old, and Qin Xun is the same age, a few days before Mei Niang married Bao Fuquan because of the death of her mother was sold into the Qinglou by her stepfather, and was bought by Qin Huai on the first night, but instead of having fun with her, she was accepted as a subordinate, not only to protect her from being touched by the lustful disciples, but also to listen to the news of the most prosperous land in this imperial capital.

Later, Mei Niang married and passed away, and Peony became the head of the Manfang Court with her young beauty and the famous son Qin Zichang. Qin Huai does not hide that Peony is his own person, sometimes he deliberately conceals it but is full of loopholes, it is better to spread it out openly to act conveniently, but he can't clearly show that Peony is his intelligence agent, and he only describes it as a confidant in the Qinglou under his wallet.

Peony does not accept customers, only occasionally plays the piano and sings a song to offer a skill, hooking a group of lustful disciples who come here to seek pleasure all stretch their necks to swallow saliva, and can not eat their mouths, more is itchy and unbearable, and the competition is generally desperate to reward money and hope for a smile from the beauty.

"This is the bad root of those lustful men, if you can't eat it, you can hook their souls even more." Peony resumed her dusty description again, and smiled coquettishly, "Don't hide it from my son, Mrs. Bao is not the first lady to come to smash my field, but I don't feel guilty at all." I have a clear conscience and have never taken the initiative to say half a seductive word to any man, of course, it is only intentional to bring the third prince into the door today," she smiled as if embarrassed, "I have been in the Manfang Court for so many years, and I was covered by the eldest son of the son on the first night, and I have always lived in the attic room since then, occasionally performing, but only playing my song and singing mine, and leaving after singing, I haven't said a word of nonsense." Men love my beauty skills, I accept men's rewards, I don't steal, I don't rob, I don't steal, I don't rob, a woman in a green house, I collect some money by singing some songs, this is my way of living. These men, many of them have wives and children, and they can't control their lustful eyes, so they come to the party to have fun, and I endure their disgusting oily noodles to sing songs to them, and make some money to treat myself, which is very fair. As for these women who come to find fault with me, they think that their husbands are seduced by me, hate me and hate me, and it is understandable, I don't blame them for scolding me with shitty words; However, I laughed at them in my heart for being stupid, I didn't go out of the door, her man came to the door by himself, it was her man who was cheaper than me, and it was her man who should be disciplined. Without my peony, those men will also look for flowers and plants next to them, and dogs can't change their. ”

Qin Xun patiently listened to her slightly frowning and chattering, drank the tea in the cup and smiled.

After all, she is still a sixteen-year-old girl, and she can't help but complain a few words when she talks about it.

After Peony Wu finished speaking, he seemed to feel that he was a little gossy, smiled apologetically at Qin Xun, and said: "But the son of a family like Qin Sangongzi, I am afraid that he will feel that a person like me who wronged himself to beg for money in order to make a living is contemptible, and he is not able to agree with our vulgar words in the market. ”

"The peony girl can see through." In the end, the identity and experience are different, Qin Xun really can't completely agree with his thoughts, but he really admires the heart of this Qinglou girl.

"Childe is different from me, if anyone is like me who grew up in the market and was sold into this kind of place, all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have seen it, and these things may have the same mind as me. I prefer to gossip with a prince like you, you make me look comfortable, here," Peony reached out to the corner of Qin Xun's eyes and made a finger tapping motion, but he didn't really touch his skin in a measured way, "There is neither greed and obscenity, nor contempt and self-restraint, I like it very much." ”

When the sunset had set when he came out of Manfangting, the twilight was light, and the chaos had dispersed, but he could still hear the fruit seller who was broken up and scolded and said that he was unlucky today, Qin Xun went back to the general's mansion leisurely, and the housekeeper Abel was standing at the door folding his hands and looking anxiously, and when he saw Qin Xun coming back, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said busily: "The third prince is back, you don't know where you went when you went out, and now you are all in the hour of Zhang Luo's dinner and have not returned, the general is anxious, if you don't return, I'm afraid that the house will send someone out to find it." ”

Late at this hour, it was also a little outside of Qin Xun's own estimate, he showed a pleasing smile and apologized to the housekeeper Abel to comfort a few words, and before he had time to return to Xun Garden, he went to the dining room with the package, fortunately, the dinner was still on the plate, and he did not ask everyone to sit and wait for him to move the chopsticks.

Qin Xun sat in the empty seat on Qin Zhenhai's right hand, and called a servant to send the package to Xun Garden.

"What did you buy?" Qin Zhenhaiguan looked at the package as if it was wrapped in a square brocade box, but he didn't know what was inside.

"Aren't you going to visit the old man, I chose a tea set for my grandfather, he is a good old man." Qin Xun picked up the chopsticks and put them in the empty bowl, and said to Qin Zhenhai, "You eat, I'm starving to death, and you can't eat first if you don't move the chopsticks as Lao Tzu." ”

How could this kid talk to his father like that? Mrs. Gu frowned, and when she saw that her husband didn't say anything, her brows furrowed a little deeper.

"Eat." Qin Zhenhai took a chopstick dish into Qin Xun's bowl, paused and asked, "What about your grandfather?" ”

"He doesn't like me, what should I do to please him?" Qin Xun said casually, and unceremoniously responded to be the first person to move chopsticks at the dinner table, ate the dish that Qin Zhenhai put into the bowl, and looked up to see Qin Xiao beside him, and the young woman who was sitting on Qin Shang's lap today was looking at him.

The woman was dressed in a goose yellow skirt and looked beautiful, it was Qin Xiao's wife Gu Shi.

Seeing Qin Xun looking at him, Gu Shi smiled at him, and gently picked the lowered little head of his son in his arms twice: "Shang'er, haven't you said hello to the third uncle yet?" ”