In the Xinxiang Courtyard, Qin Chaojiu listened to Dong Lotus's words, and his expression was a little surprised: "Are you sure you are not mistaken?"

Winter Lotus carefully approached Qin Chaojiu's ear, lowered his voice, and had a look on his face that was eager to ask for credit.

"Naturally it's true, where does the slave maid dare to deceive the young lady, the slave maid happened to have a fake to go home to visit relatives that day, and she was thinking about buying some gifts to go back, but she happened to see the Wen family on the road, and the slave maid thought that the Wen family had not been driven out of the capital? Could it be that the slave maid is mistaken?"

"So the slave and maid stared at it for a while, but unexpectedly, they saw the people around the Second Highness, didn't the Second Highness come to the Hou Mansion today? If you don't believe me, miss, you can ask."

Instead, Zhujie asked in surprise, "Winter Lotus, how did you recognize that the person who followed the Wen family was the person of the Second Highness?"

Dong Lotus raised his head: "Naturally, I recognize it, I used to be a second-class maid by my wife's side, and in the past, His Royal Highness brought that person to our Hou Mansion, and I also talked to him."

"Second Highness, can you speak to Wen Ting?"

Dong Lotus's words couldn't help but remind Qin Chaojiu of the picture she saw by chance on the street not long ago.

"Nope. The man just kept following behind, and the slave didn't continue to follow for fear of being found out and offending His Royal Highness." Winter Lotus said.

Just following behind?

Could it be that His Royal Highness has anything else to covet or use in the Wen family?

"Come here."

Qin Chaojiu beckoned to the winter lotus, the winter lotus bent down for some reason, Qin Chaojiu found a silver plum blossom hairpin from the dresser on the table, and inserted it into the bun of the winter lotus root with his own hands.

"This matter is about my adoptive mother, except for the people in our Xinxiang Courtyard, don't tell anyone else, my wife is my biological mother, I don't want her to know that I still think about my adoptive mother, so as not to make her sad."

The corners of Qin Chaojiu's lips curled, and he looked at the winter lotus root and said.

Dong Lotus immediately expressed her loyalty: "The slave maid is a person from the Heart Fragrance Courtyard, and the heart is also towards the young lady, young lady, you can rest assured, the slave and the maid will be tight-lipped."

"Hmm."

Qin Chaojiu nodded lightly, got up and sat down at the desk, and began to open the books he had borrowed from Qin Guanrui.

The book is in my hand, and I turn it quickly.

Zhujie secretly sighed on the side, their young lady has the ability to never forget, if they let their young lady go to participate in the imperial examination, they will definitely take the female champion and come back, which is much stronger than the eldest son and the second son.

In any case, the Wen family should not have a relationship with the Second Highness.

It is the Marquis of Yongchang who has a marriage contract with the Second Highness, why did Xiao Zhen go to Wen Ting?

After thinking about it, Qin Chaojiu only thought of one possibility......

Wen Ting was originally invited back to the capital by Xiao Zhen.

Qin Chaojiu once again retraced all the details of the memories of the original owner before returning to the capital, and soon discovered some things that puzzled her.

For example, Wen, who has always been poor and thrifty, why is he suddenly willing to take their brother and sister to live in a good inn?

It seems that all the way out of the village, their life has gone up a notch, going out to take a carriage, and staying at an inn at night.

All the way to the capital safely.

But before arriving in the capital, Wen Ting never said that they were going to come to the capital to recognize their relatives, and they didn't mention "Yongchang Marquis Mansion" at all.

After arriving in the capital, they only stayed for two nights, and they found the Yongchang Marquis Mansion all the way to recognize their relatives.

And I happened to meet an imperial doctor who was consulting in the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, and confirmed on the spot that she was actually the real daughter of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.

The original owner was shocked by his true identity at that time, and he didn't even think about it carefully.

But now......

Qin Chaojiu had to think.

There are many inconsistencies and inexplicacies in these things from the beginning, but what if all the money was spent by someone else, and things are going smoothly because someone has already arranged everything in advance?

And the person in the shadows, at this time, has been...

… Revealed his true colors.

"Second Miss, Madame, please come over for dinner, and Your Royal Highness is also here."

Outside the door, Tomhock knocked on the door and stood outside the door to speak.

Qin Chaojiu closed the book with a "snap", she raised her head and said, "I'll be here soon."

What kind of medicine is sold in Xiao Zhen's gourd, just let her see.

"I've seen the Second Highness, please say hello to the Second Highness."

Qin Chaojiu bowed respectfully, and today she applied a little powder, mainly to match the clothes on her body, and the bamboo section said, it looks better with rouge.

But people who have always been elegant and cold, once they put on makeup, they are enough to amaze everyone.

Xiao Zhen stared at Qin Chaojiu's face in a daze, and it was difficult to recover for a while.

Qin Jingxi couldn't help but redden her eyes on the side.

"Second Miss Qin is exempt, this palace just came here today to send some tea to Hou Ye, Hou Ye is hospitable, please stay in this palace. Besides, Miss Qin Er will marry Prince Beimu in the near future and become the imperial aunt of this palace, and this palace will not dare to accept Miss Qin Er's gift again."

Qin Jingxi grabbed in front of Xiao Zhen, helped Qin Chaojiu up, and enthusiastically took Qin Chaojiu's hand and walked around to the side: "Sister, sit down, you have your favorite dried bamboo shoots today."

Originally, Qin Chao sat in the last position for a long time, but today because Xiao Zhen was sitting in the main seat, the others could only move down, and the last position was just facing Xiao Zhen.

Qin Jingxi thought a little carefully, and arranged Qin Chaojiu in the position of the second end.

Qin Guanming watched Qin Chaojiu sit in his place for a long time, and now he couldn't make a noise, so he could only switch places with Qin Chaojiu to sit.

"What's wrong with the second brother, why doesn't he look very good lately?"

Qin Chaojiu suddenly opened his mouth to care about Qin Guanming, which really surprised the whole family.

Qin Guanming glanced at Qin Chaojiu angrily, he was not happy, the entire Yongchang Marquis Mansion knew it, why did she have to ask so knowingly?

But because Xiao Zhen was sitting here, Qin Guanming could only hold back his breath and said, "It's okay, it's just that I didn't sleep well yesterday."

Qin Chao sighed for a long time, and then began to eat her own food with her head bowed and muffled, as if she had just asked casually.

Xiao Zhen followed Qin Chaojiu's words, and then asked: "This palace heard that the second son of Qin and the daughter of the Dongping Hou family have been married, I don't know if it's true or not?"

When Qin Jiang heard this, he immediately showed a flattered expression: "It's true, I didn't expect such a trivial matter, His Royal Highness actually knew about it, it's really troublesome."

"Naturally, the second son of Qin is Jingxi's brother, and in the future, he will be the uncle of this palace, and this palace naturally has to be taken to heart. When it comes to getting married, this palace will definitely prepare a heavy gift, and today I will first congratulate Hou Ye and Qin Ergong."

Xiao Zhen raised his wine glass and said polite words in his mouth.

Qin Jiang immediately raised his glass: "Thank you, Second Highness, this cup of old ministers respects you."

Everyone else at the table raised their glasses, and everyone's faces were filled with joy. Only Qin Chaojiu's face was expressionless, and she still remembered that Xiao Zhen conspired with that liar immortal master to frame herself.

He has never been kind to himself.

The same is true for the Hou Mansion.

Today's time is deliberate and contrived.

"By the way, speaking of which, there don't seem to be many daughters in the capital who are still waiting for their daughters."

Xiao Zhen said, his gaze deliberately crossed Qin Guanming's face, taking the trance under his eyes into his eyes.

His gaze finally fell on Qin Jingxi's body, with a little apology in his eyes: "Jingxi just complained to the palace, saying that if the palace continues to delay, she will become the second Miss Shen Wu, and she will be ridiculed by the nobles of the entire Kyoto, hehehe......

"Don't worry, this palace has already discussed with the queen mother, before the New Year, if there is a suitable good day and auspicious day, the people from the Ministry of Rites will come to propose."

This news was like a bombshell, blowing up the entire Yongchang Marquis Mansion.

Qin Jiang excitedly immediately praised again and again: "Okay, good

Very good, very good!"

Bai Wan was also so excited that she took Qin Jingxi's hand, her good daughter finally got the response she deserved, and finally she was no longer enthusiastic and put it down.

Qin Jingxi cried with joy because of this news.

"Silent Tide!" Qin Guanrui was also very excited, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Qin Jingxi.

"I also hope that His Royal Highness can contact my little sister in the future, this glass of wine, Your Majesty respects you." Qin Guanjin got up and personally poured a glass of wine for Xiao Zhen.

Only Qin Guanjin seemed to be stupid, and was stunned for a long time before whispering to Qin Jingxi: "This is a good thing, sister, why are you still crying, you should be happy."

"Isn't the second brother also unhappy because he can't bear me?"

Looking at Qin Guanming's forced smile, Qin Jingxi deliberately said coquettishly.

But in fact, she is not the only one who understands why Qin Guanming is unhappy.

Because of Miss Shen Wu.

Because Xiao Zhen deliberately stepped on one by one, he mentioned Miss Shen Wu, who is now seventeen but has not yet decided on a marriage.

This unspeakable internal reason, Qin Jingxi knows, and Qin Chaojiu also knows.

After the meal, Qin Chaojiu found a reason for his physical discomfort and left Changbai Courtyard.

Today, she can be sure of two things.

First, Xiao Zhen knows everything.

Second, Xiao Zhen must have wanted to borrow the things of his second brother and Miss Shen Wu to do something.

"Asahyu!"

Qin Guanrui's voice suddenly came from behind him.

Qin Guanrui walked over quickly, with a faint worried look in his clear eyes: "What's wrong? But did you eat something bad? Why are you unwell?"

I just heard Qin Chaojiu say that he was unwell and wanted to leave first, and no one in the room had a word of concern, which made Qin Guanming, who had already woken up, very uncomfortable.

In the end, he couldn't help but catch up.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, I just want to sleep when I'm full, I deliberately made an excuse, hehehe."

Qin Chaojiu grinned at Qin Guanming, smiling playfully and cutely.

As soon as these words came out, it made Qin Guanrui angry: "You, how can you be so ignorant of etiquette, Your Royal Highness is in our Hou Mansion, and you deliberately pretend to be sick and retreat first, what if it is known?"

Qin Chaojiu's eyes were shining brightly, she looked at Qin Guanrui and said, "Third brother is angry? It's because I'm afraid of offending His Royal Highness and I'm angry, and I'm angry because I deliberately pretended to be sick and worried about you in vain?"

The anger on Qin Guanrui's face froze instantly, revealing a trace of embarrassment.

"It's not that I'm worried about you, it's my mother who asked me to come out and see." Qin Guanrui said with a dead duck's mouth.

Qin Chaojiu smiled, touched it from his arms, clenched his fists and said, "Third brother stretch out his hand and give you a good thing."

"What?"

Qin Chaojiu carefully put a handful of air into Qin Guanrui's palm, and said to the air: "Hold it up, this is my third brother's fake anger, and if it is broken, it will be gone."

Qin Guanrui: "......"

Qin Guanrui's face sank, and he immediately shook off his hand.

"Oops, the anger is gone!" Qin Chaojiu shouted, and smiled at Qin Guanrui again: "Then the third brother, I'll go back first, and the third brother will see you again."

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