Chapter 29 Years Later
We can talk and talk in the car, and if we are in the mood on the way back, we can find a place to eat supper or something
before going to bed. The result is that the two of us couldn't sleep for a while. Fortunately, Xiaozhang boiled the noodles so badly that they were easily digested, so Chu Qin fell asleep in a daze when he approached Zi Shi. My last thought before going to bed: Fortunately, Pei Yan will be fine tomorrow morning.
His entertainment tomorrow will be in the afternoon. If he is fine in the morning, he can sleep in late. However, in fact, only Chu Qin was the only one who slept late. When she woke up in the morning, she took out her pocket watch and saw that it was past eight o'clock, and Pei Yan was no longer with her. She called Qingqiu to ask, and Qingqiu said, "Young master goes to the backyard to plant peaches when she wakes up. The tree is gone."
"..."
Chu Qin was somewhat speechless. Because he planted trees from early winter to early spring, when the weather was cold, not only was it not easy to plant fire, but the soil was frozen hard when planting, and it took a lot of effort to dig the soil.
But she thought about it, but didn't plan to say anything. After all, he didn't bring her to work with him, he just did it himself if he was interested, just as he pleased.
So she got up to wash up and eat, and then went to the East Court to take a look.
There are three members of the An family living in the small courtyard of the east courtyard. Two of the three are in bed to recover, and only An's sister plays with pine branches under the pine tree in the courtyard.
The place where she picked up the pine branches was not far from the gate of the courtyard. As soon as Chu Qin entered the courtyard, she noticed it, ran over immediately, raised her head and said, "Hello Mrs. Chu!"
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Chu Qin smiled and said four Looking down, she said, "I don't know what your name is." The
little girl said crisply, "My name is An Yingdi."
Chu Qin couldn't help frowning at the name, but she quickly calmed down. , asked again: "Has your sister got up yet?"
"Get up!" Yingdi said as she ran into the house, shouting "Sister, Madam Chu is here!". Chu Qin smiled and walked into the house. As soon as he entered the main room, he heard a voice in the bedroom with clear dissatisfaction, saying: "This is the mansion of the prince's mansion, not the girl's home in the countryside. The girl should be well. Learn the rules, no one will take the blame and cause trouble for your concubine."
Chu Qin did not stop, stepped on the threshold of the bedroom and went around the screen, raising his eyes just in time to see the speaker. She had a vague impression of this person. Knowing that he was in charge of Mrs An, she couldn't help but glance at her, but without saying anything, she walked towards Mrs An's bed.
When Mrs An saw her coming in, she was about to stand up and greet her. Chu Qin stretched out her hand to block it and sat down beside the bed: "How are you?"
"It's okay." Mrs An lowered her head, "The doctor said don't get angry, take care of yourself. It's alright." After a pause, he added, "Thank you, Madam."
"You're welcome." Chu Qin nodded and pondered a little, telling her frankly and honestly, "I didn't plan to marry your mother. My sister stays in this yard. I don't hide the truth from you - you are your aunt, they are servants, if they stay here, even if your family doesn't care, others will be somewhat embarrassed, because of your face, It's not good for them to do anything."
An's face suddenly became nervous: "The lady wants them to..."
"Don't panic, since I keep people, I naturally won't sell them again." When she heard the movement, she turned around to see that it was An Yingdi who brought Gao Shi. Yesterday, Mr. Gao nearly cut his throat with broken porcelain pieces. He bleed a lot. He was still pale now, but he was about to kneel when he saw Chu Qin: "Miss Chu..."
"Forget it." Chu Qin hurriedly handed him a With a wink, Qing Qiu quickly supported the person with her eyes and hands.
Chu Qin continued on the topic just now: "I'm just telling my aunt about where you will be going in the future. If you stay here, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient. Fortunately, there is a village in our name, the old lady of Dingguo's mansion. What was given to Saburo is not considered the property of the Duke’s government, it is unique to Saburo. When you recover from your injury, take Yingdi over there, there are not many errands and the people are simple, you mother and daughter live a good life.”
When she said this, her tone was so indifferent that it was a little deliberate, because she didn't want to give them room for bargaining. Mrs An looked at her dumbfounded and didn't say anything, Mrs Gao nodded again and again: "Listen to the lady."
Chu Qin lowered his eyes and pulled out two pages of paper from his sleeve, which was the IOU written by the official of the Ministry of Punishment yesterday. She told Gao's family in a hurry: "I won't really ask you for money with an IOU. You can keep your monthly money every month. But if An Chengren comes to you, you don't have to be afraid. I will keep this IOU for a long time. He knows that you can't do anything until the money is paid off. Besides, there are people on duty at the Grange, if he really dares to make a fool of himself, you can ask someone to take him away."
Gao Shi still nodded again and again, his eyes full of gratitude: "Thank you madam!"
Chu Qin smiled.
In fact, she kept this IOU for two reasons, one of which was for the sake of their mother and daughter, to prevent An Chengren from committing trouble again. The other half is also to guard against An shi-because of the various encounters in the past two lives, although she is willing to save An shi once, she really doesn't like her much, let alone trust her. Therefore, she had to guard against An Shi's kindness and revenge. With such a huge IOU in her hand, she was equivalent to holding the lives of their family. ponder.
After she made it clear, she didn't plan to stay in the East Court any longer, she got up and went out. When she came to the door, she remembered something, stopped and said, "Wang Yu will come over with the body deed in a while. After you sign it, you can take it to the household registration department. Besides—" Her eyes fell on Yingdi's face, "If you want to Change the name, the documents are also ready-made, you can change them and send them together to avoid trouble in the future."
Gao and An Yingdi didn't respond for a while, but An was startled. Chu Qin didn't care about their reactions, and simply walked away neatly.
Back in the main courtyard, Chu Qin went to the courtyard behind the house to see how Pei Yan's trees were doing. As a result, he was really tired from the permafrost, sitting under the eaves gasping for breath, blowing out white mist after another in the cool air.
Chu Qin couldn't help laughing: "Wait until it's warm before planting, what's the hurry?"
Pei Yan looked at her when he heard the sound, and laughed, but said, "It's okay, I'll take it slow. If the planting is good now, maybe wait for the day. When it's warm, you can see the flowers blooming."
So he was really busy all morning, after lunch and slept in the afternoon, he went back to socializing energetically.
Chu Qin couldn't help but sigh that he was in good health - even if he was so busy, he would probably be able to toss her twice in the evening. In comparison, she was too wasteful. Even if she didn't do anything all day, she would still be so tired that she couldn't get out of bed the next day after being tossed by him at night.
God, you are so unfair!
Wang Yu was still left at home today, because Pei Yan was frightened by what happened yesterday, worried that An Chengren, the bastard, couldn't figure out what ordinary people think, and he was afraid that he would go back after thinking about it and regret it, and come to the door to make trouble again.
Fortunately, it turned out that An Chengren was not that stupid, and Wang Yu, who stayed in the house, helped Chu Qin to do errands, and went to the Ministry of Housing to arrange for the mother and daughter to sell their bodies. With the new household registration, he turned back to Chu Qin: "Madam, the little girl from the An family said she wanted to change her name to Fuyu, and said that she asked a girl in the yard who knew some poetry and books to get it, and when the slave went to the household department, it was done for her directly. But..."
He hesitated, Chu Qin asked directly, "But what?"
Wang Yu lowered his eyes: "Auntie An also said that she also wanted to change her name, so I have to come and ask you."
Chu Qin sighed and said yes. This result is not surprising.
In fact, in these two lives, she had never seen Aunt An's name. Everyone in the house called her "Aunt An" or "An's." Just now, she still heard Fuyu talk about her name as Yingdi, and then vaguely remembered that Concubine An's boudoir's name was Yingnan -- she originally thought it was a good name, because nanmu, especially golden nanmu, is extremely rare and precious. thing. But putting it together with Yingdi was enough to let her know that the name was not what she thought it meant.
Welcome man, welcome brother. This kind of name seems to be very common on girls, but which girl would really like it?
No one wants to be born with parents thinking about being a boy.
Chu Qin then said: "What she wants to change, you can do it for her. The mansion has to keep records according to the rules, and send someone to answer Mrs. Hu."
Wang Yu smiled apologetically: "My aunt said that she didn't study much, I don't know. What are you doing, I want to ask my wife to help you think about it."
Chu Qin raised her eyebrows: "She is embarrassing me, how difficult it is to name me."
She complained like this, but did not refuse. Because An Shi's request like this is actually a gesture of goodwill, and she can't help but help her.
She thought about it and said, "Since her sister's name is Fuyu, she will also be called Guyu from the word for jade."
Guyu, which means beautiful jade. She hopes that An Shi will be really "beautiful" in the future, not to mention how noble her character is, at least not to cause trouble everywhere.
Wang Yu smiled and bowed: "This name is not bad, I will tell Aunt An."
"Well, if she doesn't like it, you can let her think about it for herself. You don't have to listen to me." He was so generous, Wang Yu went back and forth just a moment after he withdrew, saying that Aunt An liked the name and would call him Gu Yu in the future.
The name was sent to the Ministry of Household on the same day, and a change was made in An's household registration. In the early morning of the next day, Gui Yan, who was beside An's family, returned to the Dingguo Gong's mansion to report. One was that when An's left the mansion that day, he just said that he was going to "please say hello" to Chu Qin, but now he never returns. If it is reasonable, I should reply; the second is that the government must know about the name change. I can't see the name "An Guyu" in various new files in the future. Who.
When Gui Yan arrived, Madam Hu was having breakfast. Although she manages the family strictly, she treats the servants leniently. When she heard that the chief in front of An shi was coming, she met her directly.
Gui Yan went into the house to meet Li and told her one by one, first of all, she gave an overview of the An family's entanglements, saying that Chu Qin not only helped An Yiniang settle the matter, but also caused An Yiniang to owe her more than three thousand taels. Silver, Auntie An is also grateful to Dade.
Madam Hu scoffed lightly: "She will pinch people's hearts. I used to underestimate her."
Then Gui Yan talked about Auntie An's name change. Madam Hu didn't remember the original name of An's, so she didn't know. Because of the name change, I just laughed: "It's good to think about changing the name. Okay, I see."
Gui Yan took a look at Madam Hu's expression and seized the opportunity to say, "Miss Hu doesn't know anything, I asked Madam Chu to take the new name of Auntie. Don't think that Auntie has only been there for seven or eight days. But with Madam Chu, you are like sisters."
Madam Hu's brows twitched.
She looked at Gui Yan lightly, and naturally Gui Yan had other plans in her heart when she said these words. The person who has been in charge of the inner house for so many years will not be casually used as a spearman, so Mrs. Hu was not in a hurry to say anything, nor was she angry, she just wrote down this matter in her heart, and said nothing on her face: "I see. , you retire."
"...Nuo." Gui Yan didn't get the result he wanted, so he sullenly retired. Madam Cui next to Madam Hu watched her leave, waited for her figure to completely withdraw, and stepped forward two steps: "Madam, although Guiyan has a lot of heart, it is towards you. Mrs An eats inside and out like this, It's not a solution."
Madam Hu looked indifferent: "It's the people in Saburo's yard, I don't want to interfere too much, let's wait and see, take a step by step."
She said this, but she felt a little bit in her heart . upset. In fact, what Gui Yan said was "like sisters", she didn't believe it, but Chu arranged things so that she had no room to intervene.
In the main courtyard of the house, Chu Qin went to the backyard for a walk, looking at the unfinished yard, and imagined the beauty of the garden full of peach blossoms.
Qingqiu knew that Gui Yan had gone back to report the words, so he hesitated next to Chu Qin, but still said: "My lady, why bother to let Gui Yan run away? It would be great to let Aunt An go back directly. This servant knows that she is grateful to you recently, But in the end, it’s an auntie, or it’s better to stick it farther away.”
Chu Qin is reaching out to touch a twig on a peach tree. .
Hearing Qingqiu's words, she smiled: "You also know that she is very grateful to me recently. If she is allowed to go back at this moment, as soon as Mrs. Hu scare her, her mind may change again. I will make trouble later. What happened, isn't it still our trouble?"
Qingqiu dismissed the idea when she heard the words, but still frowned: "Then what if Aunt An was to go to Zhuangzi as well? Let the three of them be together, she can't say anything, she's far away from Mrs. Hu, Madam Hu is beyond her reach!"
"It's simple." Chu Qin shook his head, "don't forget, she is a noble concubine, and her family doesn't look like it, but she is closely related to Saburo's uncle. We don't look at the monk's face. He also has to look at the Buddha's face, and if he is not careful, he will give Mrs. Hu a chance to talk to his aunt and uncle. Although his uncle has not seen much regard for the An family, Mrs. Hu makes him feel that we are hitting him in the face, It’s not good at all, I’ll be happy when the time comes, and all the troubles left behind will be Saburo’s.”
Qingqiu was dumbfounded, and lowered his head with a bated breath: “This servant really forgot about this kind of thing, madam, don’t blame the servant for being too talkative.”
Chu Qin smiled nonchalantly. In fact, at this age in her previous life, she might not have been able to think so thoroughly. But decades are not always in vain. She learns while exploring, and she has learned how to say in her life.
Now her arrangement, while protecting An's mother and sister, did not leave any hidden dangers for herself. Madam Hu was unhappy when she saw that Mrs. An was getting close to her. She had to make arrangements so that Madam Hu could not get involved, or else she would find trouble for herself.
At the end of January, Gao, who had recovered from the injury, took Fu Yu to Zhuangzi. Gu Yu didn’t think much about Chu Qin’s concerns, so she came to ask Chu Qin if she should go back to the Duke’s Mansion, but Chu Qin asked her to Anxin stayed for a while, she didn't say anything.
After more than half a month, Chu Qin became more and more at ease with Gu Yu, because even though she never said anything deliberately, Gu Yu was consciously avoiding Pei Yan.
Chu Qin was stunned for a long time when he realized that he was at ease.
She privately always thought that she didn't care that Pei Yan had a concubine. Even when Pei Yan chatted with her about family affairs a while ago, during which he mentioned "if he disappoints her in the future", she did not think that "letting down" included taking a concubine.
With his status, taking a concubine is a matter of course. She felt that as long as he didn't do things like Dingguo Gong, she wouldn't care about him.
But now the "relief" that was born because of An Guyu made her realize that she seemed to have become greedy.
She will be at ease because the concubine avoids him, she is just happy that he does not go to see the concubine. Then if he takes another concubine, how can she bear it?
Chu Qin was bored by this for a long time. First, he felt that he had become bad, and then he felt that he would suffer. Because regardless of gender, age, or age, it is not always good to be distracted by a person, and even joy, anger, sorrow and joy will be influenced by others.
But she couldn't worry about it for too long, because before Pei Yan came back from the East Palace that day, there was news from Dingguo's mansion: Dingguo, who had been wandering outside for a long time, had returned.
Chu Qin didn't take this matter seriously, mainly because she had never met Ding Guo Gong in her two lifetimes. Now that Ding Guo Gong returned to the house, she could only vaguely remember this time in her previous life. It seems to have come back, but it has nothing to do with her.
Pei Yan came back very late that night. At that time, Chu Qin had just come out of the bath and was sitting in front of the dressing table in the bedroom, while Qingqiu combed her hair.
Out of the corner of the mirror, she saw Pei Yan entering the room. She didn't think much about it, and said casually, "I heard that father-in-law is back, should we go back and say hello?" As
she said, she saw Pei Yan sitting on the tea couch. . But after waiting for a long time, he didn't hear back.
"Pei Yan?" She looked back, he was listless. She couldn't help but startled, and looked at Qingqiu.
Perhaps because of Pei Yan's usual good temper, people don't see him angry much, and occasionally they get more nervous when they see him. Qingqiu looked like she didn't dare to let out the air. Seeing Chu Qin get up, she quickly put down her comb and stood beside her with her head lowered.
Chu Qin walked over and sat next to Pei Yan, staring at him intently: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Pei Yan said.
After he finished speaking, he took a deep breath, and then she noticed that he smelled of alcohol.
He suddenly laughed: "The last time my father returned to Beijing was when the second brother got married."
Chu Qin was stunned.
In fact, she had already received a post, saying that Pei Yan's fourth brother Pei Ye got married at the end of February, and he married the Queen's niece Xie Shi. But because there was still some time left, she put it aside after reading the post, and didn't worry too much, anyway, someone would remind her when the day was approaching.
So listening to her say this, she connected the two things. Then he realized that when the two of them got married, Duke Dingguo had never returned to Beijing.
And when Pei Feng, the eldest son born to the original spouse, married the Yu family, Duke Ding had not yet started to travel around, so he was naturally in the mansion.
In other words, among the four sons who are getting married one after another, only Pei Yan has been "forgotten".
Chu Qin felt distressed for a while, and stretched out his hand to hug him: "Don't be sad, you see... We're not doing well now."
This kind of relief is very weak. She then thought that this was actually the case in her previous life, but because the two were not close enough and he never complained to her, she felt even more uncomfortable.
Pei Yan sat there blankly, as if all his strength was drained. After listening to her words, he put her arms around her listlessly: "I don't want to go back and say hello."
There was a bit of negotiation in these words, and Chu Qin simply said: "Then don't go! The East Palace is also busy. Um... If you are afraid of others talking, just stay in the East Palace for more time every day, and come back when it gets dark."
After she finished, she felt that this idea could not be better. Because this dynasty attached great importance to filial piety, the only things that can make people not talk about filial piety are "official affairs" and "state affairs", because behind these two words means "loyalty to the king and patriotism", which is more important than filial piety.
However, after listening to her words, Pei Yan froze for a long time, then turned around slowly, raised his hand to embrace her, still with a listless appearance, the whole person hung on her at once: "No... ..."
he sighed.
Chu Qin stroked his back: "Why not? Just talk about it, we'll think of other ways."
Pei Yan lowered his head, rubbing his face on her shoulders, her hairpin hanging down He didn't care if the tassel was swayed by him, and his voice was filled with deeper grievances: "If you come back so late and get up early, you won't be able to talk to you for a day."
"..." Chu Qin froze, "But...but this is a serious business! Now we can't do anything about it. If you stay idle all day and don't go home, won't you let others know that we are showing our faces to the family? Then say more. It doesn't sound good."
Pei Yan stopped talking, but he was still reluctant, because Chu Qin heard him start humming.
He was humming!
Chu Qin's scalp was numb from his humming for a while, and suddenly there was an illusion that he had a big dog - that kind of big dog likes this when he is aggrieved. The prestige disappeared.
This thought made Chu Qin want to laugh, but thinking that he was really uncomfortable, she just held back the laughter that came to her lips.
She patted him on the back and persuaded softly: "Okay, I'll just say that, don't worry if you don't want to. Otherwise... let's go home and say hello? Anyway, it's just a passing scene, and the etiquette is enough. Now, you don't have to talk to anyone."
Pei Yan still squatted on her shoulder and hummed: "No..."
"Okay, if you don't go, you don't go..." Chu Qin got goosebumps, and the man behind him He stroked his hands vigorously twice, and a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he said, "Then I'll give you another idea."
Pei Yanweng said in a stern voice, "You say it."
Chu Qin smiled and said: "How about you, you should stay in the East Palace for a while, and come back when it gets dark. But I will accompany you to the palace gate in the morning, and I will go to the palace gate in the evening to wait for you to come out. We can talk in the car and come back. If you are in the mood on the road, you can also find a place to have a late-night snack or something..."
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