The sky is clear in spring, the air conditioning has subsided, and Kyoto has ushered in a lively season of red flowers and willows.

But Mrs. Qi's whole person seemed to be soaked in ice water, the biting cold seeped into the bone marrow, and the tense heartstrings were plucked by a pair of invisible hands, making a sad and mournful echo.

She was sick, sick with gas.

The gray-haired old doctor was giving her a needle, and the slender gold needle was twisted into the back of her head and neck, and her eyes were still closed and motionless.

It wasn't until Qi Tanying came from Yan's house that Mrs. Qi opened her eyes and felt sad from her heart, "Ah Tan, what a sin!" ”

Qi Tanying didn't know what was going on, and said comfortingly: "Mother, don't talk yet, let the doctor prick the needle well." ”

Mrs. Qi closed her mouth, but her tears couldn't stop gargling down, and the old doctor who pricked the needle finished the needle blindly, and said, "Madame, drink a bowl of tranquilizing decoction before going to bed, and have a good night's sleep." ”

Qi Tanying tugged at the corners of her mouth, barely smiling a little, "There's Dr. Lao." ”

The old doctor shook his head, packed up his medicine box and withdrew.

Qi Tanying sat in front of her mother's bed, "Mother, what happened?" ”

When she heard that her mother was sick at Yan's house, she hurried back and asked the people who were serving her mother, only to say that Mrs. Qi and Qi Yukun had a big quarrel in the study, but no one knew the specific reason.

Mrs. Qi's eyes were dilated, and her mouth kept saying: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault." ”

"Mother, tell me, what happened?" Qi Tanying couldn't understand it, so she asked again.

Only then did Mrs. Qi look at her, "Let them all go out." ”

They are the servants of the house.

Qi Tanying did so and withdrew everyone, leaving only Mama Zhu and Tinglan to guard at the door.

When only the mother and daughter were left in the house, Mrs. Qi pinched her daughter's hand and used all her strength to speak: "Ah Tan, Brother Kun, he actually learned badly with Jiang Zhenyu, and he wrapped up a dusty woman in Mingyue Tower." ”

These few words are fluttering, but they are shocking to listen to.

Qi Tanying opened her mouth and couldn't speak for a long time, and it took a while for her to hear her own voice: "Mother, this joke can't be made. ”

"Yesterday during the day, the Li family came to Qi's house to look for Jiang Zhenyu, and Brother Kun said that he had not come, so I believed it. Who knows, he actually hid people. ”

Even after the Li family left, the two secretly ran to the courtyard where the woman was secretly hidden, and they didn't return home until the second watch.

Mrs. Qi didn't believe it, if she hadn't heard the conversation between her son and Jiang Zhenyu with her own ears, she wouldn't have known that her son, who had always been well-behaved and sensible, was fascinated by a Qinglou woman.

He is the son she has high hopes for, and he is the hope of revitalizing the five rooms of the Qi family! How can you do such a thing that disgraces your ancestors?

Mrs. Qi couldn't figure it out, and Qi Tanying couldn't figure it out.

The mother's pale face and desperate tone confirmed that what she said was true.

"What about others?"

Mrs. Qi said, "I asked him to kneel under your father's tablet and reflect." ”

Qi Tanying turned around and went to the small Buddha hall.

In the small Buddha hall, a thin young man was kneeling upright on the futon, and he didn't look back when he heard the footsteps behind him.

Qi Tanying stood quietly behind him, speechless.

After a long time, the young man took the initiative to break the silence, "Mother... Are you okay? ”

Qi Tanying asked him rhetorically, "What do you think?" Any mother in the world will not feel good when she encounters such a thing. ”

Hearing this, the young man's back shook for a moment, and then there was a long silence.

Qi Tanying's heart sank suddenly, "Why?" "Why is this happening?

Qi Yukun lowered his head and said nothing. Qi Tanying couldn't help but be angry, "Did that woman seduce you?" ”

"No, it's not." Qi Yukun shook his head again and again, "It's none of her business, it's all my own will." ”

Qi Tanying couldn't believe her ears, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and it was like someone poured a basin of cold water from head to toe in the cold winter, and the cold chill enveloped her whole body.

"You... You're just—" She was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Obviously, when he was in Wuzhou, he was still a young man who would be shy and blushing when he saw a girl, why did he become like this after only one year in Kyoto?

His mother was deeply stimulated and lay sick in bed, but he did not have the slightest remorse, and he was still defending the Qinglou woman who seduced him between his words.

"Do you know how much this affects you? Your marriage, your future, your reputation will be ruined. Not only that, as your family, in the future, my mother and I will go out, and we will be criticized wherever we go. And father, if you know that you and the Qinglou woman are not clear, you will not be able to rest in peace under Jiuquan. ”

Don't you care?

Qi Yukun listened to these words, his face turned pale, and he suddenly lost the strength to support his body, and only said a dry "I'm sorry" for a long time. ”

Qi Tanying shook her head, "What I want is not your sorry, but I hope you can really repent and don't make decisions that hurt yourself and your relatives." ”

Qi Yukun lowered his head again.

Qi Tanying didn't force him, turned around and left the small Buddha Hall.

She went back to the main courtyard and took a look at Mrs. Qi, who drank the tranquilizer and fell asleep, and Mama Zhu was guarding her. After leaving the main courtyard, she asked people to hand over a letter to Jiang Zhenyu and asked him to meet him at Juxian Teahouse.

Qi Tanying waited in the Juxian Teahouse for almost an hour, and Jiang Zhenyu was late. Seeing her, he called "Cousin Qi" with a weak heart.

Qi Tanying looked at him coldly, "You are the wrong person, I only have a cousin and a cousin, where did I come from?" ”

"Cousin Qi, I..."

Qi Tanying gave Tinglan a look, and Tinglan consciously retreated outside the door.

"Third Prince Jiang, today I am here for my younger brother." Qi Tanying didn't beat around the bush, "For Brother Kun'er's future and reputation, for the in-laws between the Qi family and the Jiang family, there are some things I have to say." ”

"I hope you will have less contact with Brother Kun in the future, and never take him to those places where the fence is hooked. Brother Kun is a scholar, if his affair with a woman in the Qinglou is discovered by the academy, his life will be ruined. ”

Jiang Zhenyu blurted out when she heard this, "Lian'er is placed in a very secret place, and no one will know about it." Besides, Cousin Zhen is true to her..."

Before the last few words could be spoken, he was interrupted by Qi Tanying, "You shut up for me, if you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it." ”

She looked at him coldly, "The fact that I am standing here with you today to talk has already shown that you are self-righteous and safe, but in fact, you can't hide it from people at all. ”

Jiang Zhenyu was not convinced, "Brother Kun just fell in love with a poor woman, and he didn't do anything hurtful, why did Cousin Qi have to hold on to this matter?" ”

Qi Tanying walked quickly in front of him: "Yes, I just want to hold on to this matter." I can't watch my younger brother go astray, Danfeng Academy pays the most attention to the conduct of students, once the matter of Brother Kun and that woman reaches the academy, it will be a self-digging grave. And you are an accomplice in aiding and abetting. ”

The more Qi Tanying spoke, the more excited she became, and Jiang Zhenyu looked at her stunned.

Seeing this, Qi Tanying slowed down her tone, "I know that you regard Brother Kun as your own brother, if it is really for his good, you should not act like this." I hope you can help me persuade him to break off with that woman as soon as possible. ”

Jiang Zhenyu was silent.

Qi Tanying didn't think that she could convince him once, and sat quietly for a quarter of an hour before getting up and leaving.