The smile on her face was almost unbearable, but Bai Wan finally endured it.

She laughed embarrassedly: "Look at your anxious appearance, my mother will be reluctant to let the two people not succeed, come and find out the deed of sale of the winter flower and the winter lotus root, and give it to the second lady."

"Yes."

After collecting the deed of sale of the two, Qin Chaojiu once again curtsied to Old Madam Qin, Bai Wan and Qin Jiang's elders: "My daughter has been tired all the way, and now she is really tired, so she will go back first."

Qin Jiang waved his hand: "Go, go, go, have a good rest."

Zhujie helped up the kneeling winter lotus root on the ground, and hurriedly followed Qin Chaojiu to leave Changbai Courtyard.

Wen Ting, who was behind him, couldn't help but chase forward two steps, shouted twice, and seeing that Qin Chaojiu didn't stop at all, Wen Ting had to turn his head and look at Bai Wan: "Madam Hou, why did you give her the deed of sale of the winter lotus?" You've got to give it to me!"

Bai Wan frowned, sighed and sat down: "Chaojiu, this child is short, Winter Lotus can't marry your son, otherwise you can look at the others."

"Other people can't do it, the girl in the winter lotus has a wide hip and a big buttocks, and she can give birth to a son at a glance, and you can't find a second one like this up and down the Hou Mansion."

Wen Ting subconsciously spoke.

Qin Guanrui slapped the table and stood up: "Do you think that the women of our Hou Mansion are at your discretion?"

"I'm just talking about maids." Wen Ting argued.

"Neither can a maid!"

Qin Guanrui took a deep breath, glared at Wen Ting's mother and son fiercely, and turned around and left.

Qin Jingxi called, "Third brother!"

Seeing no response from the other party, Qin Jingxi immediately lowered her head, her face sad and sad.

Qin Guanjin patted her lightly on the shoulder and comforted, "It's okay."

Qin Jingxi directly cried and said, "It's obviously a happy reunion dinner for our family, why did it become like this? Aunt and brother of the Cheng family were just reluctant to come over with their sister, even if the aunt and brother of the Cheng family had never seen the world, spoke more directly, and behaved rudely, but that was also the family that raised their sister, how could my sister leave them like this?"

When the words fell, she suddenly raised her hand to cover her mouth, as if she suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing, and panicked to make up for it: "No, no, my sister must just be too tired, and she must not be a person who hates the poor and loves the rich." Chinese Net

Qin Guanjin snorted coldly: "You don't have to speak for her, you just always think about people for the better, but you don't know that there are many people in this world who have dark hearts."

"But I think...... My sister can be forgiven for doing all this, she is now the princess of Beimu, don't be bad to the aunt and brother of the Cheng family, even if it is us, we will have to bow and see my sister in the future." Qin Chaojiu's voice was gentle and soft, and he spoke weakly.

On the contrary, it made Qin Guanjin's disdain even worse.

Qin Jiang got up and said, "I've eaten well, you eat slowly."

When the words fell, he didn't want to stay at the dinner table for a moment longer, so he got up and left.

The old lady of the Qin family sighed, and stopped eating, and Bai Wan helped the old lady of the Qin family to leave.

In a few moments, all the people dispersed.

Only Wen Ting and Cheng Qiang's mother and son remained.

Without anyone else here, the two of them could just let go of eating without any scruples.

"It's a pity, I can't marry the winter lotus back, this little *** will be bad!" Cheng Qiang ate with a mouth full of oil, and did not forget to scold.

Wen Ting called his subordinates to pack up all the delicacies on the dinner table that couldn't finish eating the chopsticks, and muttered: "Rich people are wasting food, so many good things, they don't eat us, take our son."

I don't know that Changbai Courtyard is in a mess now, Qin Chaojiu just returned to Xinxiang Courtyard with people, and asked the bamboo to lock the gate.

Chinese New Year's Eve has always had the custom of lighting up all night, and now the entire Hou Mansion and even the entire capital are brightly lit.

Under the flickering lights, everyone's shadows were swaying, as if they were jumping for something, and as if they were afraid of something.

"Miss, your great kindness to the slave maid, the slave maid will never forget it in her life, the slave and maid kowtow to you!"

Qin Chaojiu had just sat down, and the winter lotus root knelt on the ground with a "plop" and kowtowed three times towards Qin Chaojiu.

After following Qin Chaojiu like this, this is the first time she has kowtowed to Qin Chaojiu so heartily.

Bamboo and Hollyhock stood aside, silently watching the situation in front of them, and neither of them spoke.

Qin Chaojiu put one hand on the table, and her eyes fell on the body of the winter lotus, with a faint scrutiny.

I don't know if it's because she's been with Xiao Changwan for a long time, or because she has stayed in the barracks, her clear eyes faintly reveal a bit of majesty and oppression that people dare not despise.

"Since you have shown your loyalty, Miss Ben has chosen to believe in you once, and from this day on, as long as you are dedicated to me, I can be blameless for everything I have ever had."

"The slave swears that she will be a cow and a horse for the young lady." Dong Lotus knelt on the ground, and as soon as she finished speaking, she was already out of breath and crying into tears.

Qin Chaojiu glanced at Zhujie, and Zhujie got up to help her up.

"Tell me first, what happened to the Hou Mansion and the capital during my absence for more than a month?"

Qin Chaojiu found the most comfortable way to do things and leaned back in the chair, and there were melon seeds in his hand that Dong Lyhock had just handed over.

Speaking of this, Zhujie and the others instantly wanted to say something.

It turned out that when she had just left the Hou Mansion, Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou were very anxious and sent people everywhere to find her.

Winter Lotus arrived at Wenting's mother and son's residence in the evening, and seeing that Qin Chaojiu was not there, they didn't know where Qin Chaojiu had gone, so Winter Lotus was ready to come back.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Qiang saw that he was coming alone, and it was a little late, so he closed the door and stopped her from going back for various reasons. After Dong Lotus noticed the abnormality, she went to open the door, and Cheng Qiang directly did something to her, trying to force her to comply.

Qin Chaojiu couldn't help but clench his hand when he heard this.

Then I heard Dong Lotus say, "I was so anxious that I hit him with a vase and ran away, and I didn't expect him to want to marry me today. If I had been married, he would have taken revenge, miss, and thank you for saving me."

Qin Chaojiu nodded: "This matter is in the past, there is no need to thank me repeatedly. If I had known about this earlier, I wouldn't have let go so easily today, but don't worry, Miss Ben will one day get back for you for the grievances you suffered that day."

Winter Lotus's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and after a while, she was crying out of breath.

She didn't know that the second miss was so good until today.

Bamboo and Dong Kui talked about the affairs of the Hou Mansion for more than a month.

It turned out that since the heart she left for Shen Yajun was sent back to the Hou Mansion, the people of the Hou Mansion announced to the outside world that she had a serious illness and could only go back to Zhuangzi in the countryside to recuperate, and it was not suitable to see people. And in this way, he denied many inquiries and visits.

"The third prince was locked up by the Hou Ye in order to find you, and the third prince couldn't escape, so he lit the house with a fire."

When Zhujie said this, his voice was lowered a little, as if he was saying something unseemly secret: "While everyone was fighting the fire, the third prince ran over the wall, and it was the eldest prince who brought many people to catch the third prince back."

Qin Chaojiu's eyes widened in surprise: "He ordered the elegant second residence where he lived?"

Bamboo nod head.

"And where does he live now?"

"I live in the second house with my second son."

Qin Chaojiu immediately opened his mouth, and then asked in confusion, "Third brother escaped to find me?"

Zhujie hesitated for a moment: "That's what the third prince said, it should be."

Dong Lotus snorted and interjected, "No, I know why the third prince is locked up alone, because the third prince is worried that something will happen to the young lady on the road, and he wants to write a letter to the king of Beimu and ask the king of Beimu to send someone to pick up the young lady. But Hou Ye is worried that if something really happens to Miss, Bei Mu

Therefore the king is angry with the marquis."

Zhujie's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "So the Hou Ye is going to hide from King Beimu and ignore the safety of the young lady? Winter lotus, you can't talk nonsense!"

Dong Lotus hurriedly explained: "Naturally, I don't talk nonsense, I have a good relationship with Chunyu next to my wife, can she still be fake?"

The eyes of several maids immediately fell on Qin Chaojiu's body.

Looking at the worry and pity in the eyes of several little girls, Qin Chaojiu suddenly pouted: "Why do you look like you have been stolen eight hundred taels? Go on, 'What else?'

Seeing that Qin Chaojiu didn't seem to take the Hou Mansion's indifference to her to heart, a few people continued.

"The second son doesn't know where he went, and he hasn't come back for more than half a month." Bamboo Road.

Dong Lotus added: "It's still Shen Fourth Prince who sent the news back, saying that after you arrived at the Northwest Military Camp, the Second Prince only came back, and when he came back, it seemed like he had a serious illness, and his complexion has only improved in recent days."

"Oh yes, the third prince was also released at this time."

"By the way, Miss, the big courtyard where Wen Ting's mother and son originally lived was taken back by General Shen's Mansion, and the eldest prince saw that they had nowhere to go and was pitiful, so he paid for them to buy a small courtyard. It's right next to the Seongnam Market."

Qin Chaojiu raised his eyebrows slightly, Qin Guanjin will buy a yard for the Wen family's mother and son? Nine times out of ten, Qin Jingxi let it.

"Miss, there's one more thing......

Bamboo suddenly looked a little hesitant.

"You say." Qin Chaojiu said.

But Zhujie still refused to speak, and even the winter lotus root on the side avoided Qin Chaojiu's gaze.

What kind of thing is it that makes it difficult for them to talk about it?

"Hollyho, you say." Qin Chaojiu named Dong Kui, who has always been the most honest person, to speak.

Dong Kui first saluted Qin Chaojiu, and then spoke: "Because Shen Sigongzi researched the trebuchet with you, and now there are many rumors about you and Shen Sigongzi in the capital, those with rotten mouths, speak very ugly, and some people say that you and Shen Sigongzi are going to the northwest together, and the slave maid will definitely tear their mouths when they hear it."

Hollyhock is a real one, and when he said these words, he naturally didn't even understand a euphemism.

This news was unexpected by Qin Chaojiu.

And on the second day, when Qin Chaojiu asked Qin Guanrui about this matter, she learned something even more unexpected to her.

It was Shen Ci who did not respond to such rumors.