Chapter 17: Cousin Min'er

On the second day, the people of the Qi family started to set up stalls early, because many people made reservations in advance yesterday, and those of them went to work early, so the pastries had to be picked up early.

Qi Zhenzhen yawned a little sleepily, and after she went back to her room yesterday, she had a good talk with Yao for a while.

Because Yao was embarrassed to come out to set up a stall, he just stayed in the inn to do some embroidery, or make clothes for Qi Zhenzhen, Concubine Rou basically stayed with her, but the two of them liked to be quiet, and they usually just sat silently.

And Uncle Qi took Qi Sanye to go out to see the house with the tooth people, and now they all have some money in their hands, so they are very eager to buy a residence of their own.

Although today's inn is also fine, it is not as good as the sense of belonging in your hands.

And Qi Sanye's pregnant aunt stayed in the room to raise the fetus, although Yao had tried to go out of the room a few times, but occasionally he would still meet a pregnant aunt.

Somehow in her heart, she felt depressed when she saw this, she and Qi Sanye were young couples after all, even if they were tired of each other, but occasionally they were upset when they saw him have other children.

Yao didn't know what was going on, but she had obviously made up her mind to pay attention to it at the beginning, so if she was a little worried these days, and even her appetite was much smaller, the fairy was a little sullen.

Concubine Rou saw this scene, although she also wanted to comfort Yao, but the two did not have a deep friendship, so it was a bit out of the ordinary to speak so deeply. So Concubine Rou could only whisper to Qi Zhenzhen that she knew that the other party was not an ignorant child, but on the contrary, she was very clever.

So tonight, Qi Zhenzhen specially told Yao about the good situation of their business, and sure enough, Yao's mood was much better.

Qi Zhenzhen actually understood in her heart that this was mainly because of Yao's fear of the unknown West Hammer, so she always couldn't help but think about what would happen if she stayed in Nanding Town?

And Qi Zhenzhen naturally won't let this emotion spread, and if she wants Yao to stand up, the first step is to help her get rid of this cowardly habit and the psychology of relying on others.

But said that in front of the pastry shop at this time, although the number of onlookers was not as many as when it opened yesterday, the number of pastries sold was much more, and some people came to admire it.

At first, they didn't buy it, but they were curious to ask about the taste of each pastry, as well as the story of the genius cake, etc., and no matter what the purpose of the person who came, the Qi family was well entertained.

Some people asked a lot of questions, and seeing the surprisingly friendly attitude of the Qi family, especially the little girl's crisp voice, they were a little embarrassed, so they also bought a few pastries to try.

At first, it was better not to taste it, but when they tasted it, they thought that the pastry was far more delicious than the others they had eaten before, so they couldn't help but buy more.

So although I made a lot more pastries than yesterday, I still sold out at about the same time.

After promising the residents of Nanding Town who had not bought the pastries to say that they would do more tomorrow and determining the time for setting up the stall tomorrow, Qi Zhenzhen and the others collected the stall and returned to the inn.

I saw that in the room of the inn, only Master Qi was left practicing calligraphy on the side, while Concubine Rou and Yao were doing some embroidery in the room.

Seeing that Qi Zhenzhen and they were back, Master Qi didn't say much, just smiled and beckoned to Qi Zhenzhen, and asked it to continue to write the big characters that were not written yesterday, Qi Zhenzhen should be.

At the same time, I was slightly depressed in my heart, I knew that I wouldn't come back so soon, and it would be better to go out to play than to stay in this room to practice calligraphy.

Although Qi Zhenzhen is not a real child, but practicing calligraphy is not so happy for her, if it is not for the importance of Master Qi, it will not be like this, not to mention anything else, deliberately hiding it when practicing calligraphy, it is already very tired.

However, in this way, the speed at which it can slow down is enough to make Master Qi happy enough, he only thinks that Qi Zhenzhen really has some talent in this regard, so he is even more attentive in his upbringing.

I saw that Qi Zhenzhen had already begun to sharpen ink and write in desperation, and Qi Erye and Li couldn't help but look at each other and smile when they saw the cute appearance of the child pouting like this, and then they were a little sad.

I don't know how Min'er is doing in the palace, now Nanding Town is quite far away from the capital, and some news can't be spread, and their group of people are hiding in Tibet, and it's not easy to inquire blatantly, Li and Second Master Qi can only silently hope that their daughter can be well.

And at this time in the palace......

In the Hongzhi Palace, the eunuchs and palace maids all knelt in a pile tremblingly, and the emperor on it had a heroic face, but it was full of anger, and it was the new emperor who had just ascended the throne.

After these days of his thunderous methods, many ministers in the court have already surrendered, there is no way, the example of the Marquis of Mingyuan Mansion is still in front of him, and the big family that has been inherited for so many years has collapsed like this, not to mention the queen and the abolished prince in the past.

They don't have the background of the Marquis of Mingyuan's mansion, and the hairpin family that used to be so prosperous has been exiled, and when it is their turn, they are afraid that they will have already sharpened their knives.

At this time, the new emperor was also worried about the affairs of the Marquis of Mingyuan's Mansion, but not because of other people, but because of the person in his heart, Qi Min'er, the second lady of the Marquis of Mingyuan's Mansion in the past.

The new emperor just sent the Mingyuan Marquis Mansion a few days ago, although he was anxious to welcome Qi Min'er back to the palace, but the other party was the daughter of the criminal minister he had just decided, and it was impossible to enter the palace as a palace maid with such an identity, let alone be a concubine.

The new emperor didn't want to take the Mingyuan Marquis Mansion lightly, if they were ordinary lords, but they were still the queen's mother's family and the prince's uncle's family, such an identity must be removed, not to mention that he has other thoughts.

In desperation, the new emperor could only discuss wanting to change the identity of his beloved and call him the daughter of a certain minister, but this was categorically rejected by Qi Min'er, he still remembered the other party's crying expression and the coldness he had never had:

"Your Majesty, I have already done too much for you, why would the prince drink the wine inconveniently, and you didn't borrow my hand in the first place?

I know you have great ambitions, I don't want to blame you, but you exiled my whole family, my grandfather is already old, and my mother was born in a high family, and I grew up in a deep boudoir, and my father is from a family, and I have never been tortured like this, have you ever taken care of me for a moment, Your Majesty?

Now you want me to change my face, let me change my surname and become someone else's daughter, I will never do this, I made all this, and I deserve to bear it. ”

Thinking of her lover's crying expression and crumbling body, how could the new emperor blame her? It is true that he is cold to everyone, but this person is the only one who makes him unable to harden his heart.

And the people who exiled the Marquis of Mingyuan Mansion at the beginning, and secretly laid out a lot of killing moves, he really didn't want Qi Min'er to have so many people he cared about, he wanted the other party to only have himself in his eyes, just like he did to Qi Min'er.

They are the only people in this world who can be interdependent and snuggle up to each other for warmth.

Maybe it's the psychological shadow brought about by not being pampered since childhood, when my mother was from a humble background, she was lucky enough to get her father's overnight luck, but afterwards, my father refused to even give her the lowest position to take a girl.

Even if his mother was pregnant later, she begged to see her father, but she was indifferently sent away by the eunuchs beside him.

Since then, my mother is just a half-slave and half-master, saying that she is a slave, and she is favored by the emperor, saying that she is a master, but where is there such a master? Even his identity as a prince is so embarrassing.

He never forgot the humiliation of the past, and even some eunuchs and palace maids even let him learn to bark as a dog, otherwise they would not give him food and drink.

So he hated it very much, hated everyone, hated his father's affection, since he spoiled his mother, why didn't he canonize her? Why should she be allowed to raise herself in such a lowly status?

It's just that his father doesn't want the queen to know, it's really ridiculous, but his feelings for the queen have to be borne by another woman.

He also hated all those who humiliated him, he was a prince, but they teased him like a cat and a dog.

Even he hated his mother, hated her cowardice and uselessness, hated her for taking advantage of his father's drunkenness to cling to Ronghua, deliberately seducing him, but he didn't want to be abandoned by the other party, but he had to bear the consequences.

If he was born in the womb of Concubine Rou, he would have been one of the four concubines since he was pregnant, but he was born in the belly of such a humble person.

Until the appearance of Qi Min'er that year, the other party was the granddaughter of the Marquis of Mingyuan, born in the queen's mother's family, her father was an official in the court, and her mother was born in a scholarly family, she was so dazzling, but so gentle.

She didn't bully him like those people, but took him to eat delicious food, taught him to read and read, and encouraged him from time to time.

From her, the new emperor felt respect, and later because of the other party, he was valued by the queen and the prince, but he only liked the former, and wanted to be with her all the time, but felt that the latter was coy.

So over the years, he has been secretly cultivating his own power, for this day he has endured for many years, poisoned the prince through Qi Min'er's hand, and charged him with rebellion, and the queen of the palace was also eliminated by him by sending his henchmen and eunuchs.

But who knows, after ascending the throne, the first joy in his heart is not that he can finally dispose of all the people who bully him, but that he can finally be with Qi Min'er forever without worrying about any obstacles.

However, today the other party rejected him, but the new emperor didn't want to blame Qi Min'er, no matter what the other party did, the new emperor would bless her, he would only deal with the people next to him, so that Qi Min'er only had himself in his eyes and heart.

So the new emperor ordered Qi Min'er's personal maid to be killed with a cane, even though the other party helped the relationship between the two many times, but the new emperor still didn't blink his eyes when he dealt with it, even under Qi Min'er's bitter pleading.

He knew that he was a cold-hearted person, and in the same way, he asked Qi Min'er to be the same as himself, and he was not allowed to have anyone else in his heart except him, even if it was someone from the Marquis of Mingyuan's mansion.