A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 33 Silver Note
It wasn't until they watched Qi Wenyan turn around the screen wall and disappear that the two girls dared to straighten their backs and breathe freely.

Xing Luo clutched his chest and murmured: "It seems that the third master hasn't come back after the new year, right?"

What she asked was Mu Xiang.

Mu Xiang also had a look of lingering fear, "It should be. Whenever the third master comes back, the old lady must make some noise. It should be because he didn't come back."

The second courtyard of the Qi family's house is the guest room and the residence of the unmarried boys in the family. Boys are raised in the back house and stop living with their parents when they are ten years old. So not only Qi Wenyan, Qi Huan's elder brother Qi Yuanxu and the second bedroom's Cousin Qi Yuanming also lives here, but the two of them are now studying in Taixue, and they have been studying hard to prepare for this year's imperial examination, so they haven't come back during this period of time.

The Second Courtyard is far away from Qixia Garden, and because this is the residence of the sons and gentlemen, girls from other courtyards are usually not allowed to go here casually, and Xingluo and the others are relatively closed to news about this.

However, whenever Qi Wenyan stayed home for more than a day, out of filial piety, he would go to greet Mrs. Yu, and there would always be some rumors in Fulin Garden.

Qi Huan smiled, looked away and greeted them: "Let's go. I'm going back."

She didn't want to see Shi Yu, so she turned around and went back directly through the big garden.

In the garden, apart from the gardeners coming to tend the flowers and clean the garden in the morning and evening, Mrs. Yang also forbids the servants to come and hang out casually during the day.

There was no one around on the way back, so Qi Huan asked Xing Luo and the others with a smile: "Third Uncle is not too young, is there no arrangement for a marriage for him at home?"

The two of Xingluo were very afraid of Qi Wenyan, and they were extremely guilty of talking behind their backs. They glanced around again to make sure that no one dared to speak: "Miss, you have also seen that the third master usually doesn't stay at home, except for the holidays... I'm afraid that the old Hou Ye saw him most in the court. How to mention this matter? Besides, the relationship between father and son is not close enough. If the third master doesn't take the initiative to subdue, the old Hou Ye cares about face, let alone look for it first. He. Besides, with the third master's temper, even if the old Hou master is willing to show his kindness first, he may not be willing to listen..."

Qi Wenyan started his official career and gained fame by himself, so he never relied on his family connections, so he knew that his marriage would never be at the mercy of the Qi family.

This point, Qi Huan can also think of it, and deeply agrees: "It is also."

Seeing her get excited, Mu Xiang came up and said, "Your servant has heard some other news."

Qi Huan and Xing Luo turned their heads to look at her at the same time.

Mu Xiang said: "Old Lord Hou really didn't mention the matter of marrying the third master, but there was news from Fulin Garden that Aunt Yu had made an idea before, and wanted the old lady to match a cousin girl from the Yu family... "

Qi Huan immediately understood: "As a result, the old lady scolded you back, right?"

Mu Xiang's eyes showed surprise: "Miss, how do you know? Could it be that you have heard of this too?"

Qi Huan couldn't help laughing: "Grandmother is so defensive, she never forgets to favor her natal family. The existence of the third uncle is a hurdle in her heart. The more promising she is, the more unhappy she will feel, and how can she let her natal family marry third uncle."

After only one interaction, Qi Huan saw through the old lady's selfishness, shortsightedness, and nonsense.

She is short-sighted, she can't see the glory that Qi Wenyan will surely have in his official career, and she will only be entangled in the little thing about the rivalry between wives and concubines in the back house.

Although Qi Huan couldn't agree with the ancient system of three wives and four concubines, he had to admit that the Qi family's ancestral grave was definitely buried in the wrong place with a first wife like Mrs. Yu.

The two little girls imagined the appearance of the old lady pointing at her nose and scolding Aunt Yu, and both pursed their lips and laughed: "Miss is right."

After laughing, Xing Luo was very emotional: "But having said that, the relationship between the third master and his family is so tense, it will damage his reputation, and the others are so difficult to get along with, and he doesn't know what kind of person he will marry in the future. The third lady is back."

At first glance, Qi Wenyan is indeed not an approachable person.

But Qi Huan unexpectedly thought of the back of him rushing away with the pastry, and couldn't help but smile: "Indifference is a little indifference, third uncle's temper may not be as bad as it looks."

"Anyway, it's scary." The two little girls curled their lips, disapproving.

Qi Huan then lowered his head and asked Qi Yuanchen: "Do you also think Uncle San has a bad temper?"

Qi Yuanchen looked up at him.

A small child with pure and ignorant eyes.

When he didn't speak, Qi Huan laughed again and stopped discussing this issue.

Back in Qixia Garden, she first sent Qi Yuanchen back to Yang Shi, and reported her whereabouts to Yang Shi.

Because of her going out without authorization, Mrs. Yang felt very upset all morning and couldn't do anything, so she just waited anxiously for his siblings to come back.

Although there was no danger, it was necessary to drag Qi Huan for a good meal.

Qi Huan had a good temper and waited for her to finish nagging, then sincerely admitted his mistake, and then returned to his side.

When she left, Qi Yuanchen was already tired and fell asleep on the couch beside him.

Qi Huan left two packs of pastries at Yang's, and when he returned to Chunyu Zhai, he asked someone to deliver one to each of the other houses and courtyards.

Xing Luo is careful and capable, except for strange people like Qi Wenyan, she probably knows the tastes and preferences of the other masters in the house, so when packing the cakes, Qi Huan carefully divided the tastes according to what she said.

The things were sent to Qi Zhengyu's study and Yu's.

The two children of the second room were not at home for the time being, so she only gave Cen and Qi Wenang a share.

Then Aunt Yu and Qi Yunge, Aunt Lu and Qi Changge in the big house also got a share each.

After that, she waited to see the reactions of the various houses.

It is worth mentioning that the most immediate effect here is——

Xing Luo went to the second room to deliver snacks, and Cen returned the gift with a round fan embroidered with Suzhou on the spot.

It is said that Qi Wenang's colleague just gave it to Qi Huan in the past few days, and the other will be reserved for Qi Xin, the third girl in the second room.

Fans are very exquisite, and the hand-embroidered ones by top embroiderers can be called handicrafts. They are priceless good things in the market through the ages.

This gift is a bit heavy, but Qi Huan likes it from the bottom of his heart, and he can't put it down.

Although it's not the season to use fans yet, she played with them with great interest for a long time.

On the second room side, Mama Xu, Cen's confidant, went out and came back with a visibly grim expression: "I just went to the account to pay our yard's monthly money for this month, and I heard that everyone has a share of the pastry." , the eldest lady went out for a trip, and when she came back, she sent cakes to all the courtyards. There was no reason, and there was no reason, why did she make such a big fuss? Could it be that this girl has been locked up in the mansion since she was a child? The cakes are also worth it. Send it everywhere? Fortunately, Madam, you returned her such a heavy gift."

"You also said that she has been locked up in the mansion since she was a child. Maybe it's the first time she goes out, and she finds it new. Just as long as she is happy, it's all out of her heart." Cen didn't mind, and continued without raising her head. Make a plan, "And I don't give her back gifts for the snacks, it's for the sister-in-law and the big house. Even if Sister Huan doesn't give me the snacks, I have to have her share of the good things."

Qi Xin's grandmother fell ill around New Year's Eve, so Qi Xin stayed at Cen's house after accompanying Qi Wenang and his wife to visit relatives in the second year of junior high school.

In fact, the Cen family also has a niece and daughter whom the Cen family has always loved very much. Mother Xu was a dowry with the Cen family, so she naturally favored that side more.

After she left, Cen raised his head to look at the plate of snacks on the corner of the table again, with an unpredictable expression.

Qi Huan played fan here for a long time, and after dinner, he received news feedback from each room one after another.

"Or it's not that the whole family doesn't enter the house, and the servant girl came in the afternoon, the old lady lifted the plate on the spot, and said that at her age, the young lady brought her sweets out of intention to harm her. Xia Yuexuan's mother and daughter are also worthy She and she belong to the same family, without a single thank you, and even changed hands and rewarded the people below." There was no outsider in his yard, and Xing Luo cursed, "Aunt Lu and Second Miss are quite sensible, thank you. Mr. Lord Hou has a social event tonight, but he hasn't come back yet. Today, our son is living in the front yard again, and we have some snacks after dinner, and praise you for being sensible."

Yunxi was cleaning the dishes and chopsticks beside her, and she couldn't understand: "Miss, what do you want to see? What can you try with pastries?"

Qi Huan just smiled indifferently: "It's nothing, just being idle and boring."

What kind of people this family is, she used to hear it from hearsay, just to be cautious, she had to find an opportunity to observe carefully to know for sure.

Yun Xi packed up the food box and sent it out, Xing Luo washed her hands and went to make the bed.

Yun Xi turned around after leaving for a while, but came in happily holding a small sandalwood box: "Miss, this is from my aunt just now, and she said it was given by my wife. You can use it as much as you want, and go if you don't have enough." Find her to take it."

Yang has never been stingy with her daughter, this time the box is very small, it should not be jewelry.

Qi Huan opened it suspiciously, but saw that the palm-sized box was full of stacks of bank notes.

Fifty taels of face value, at least a hundred or so sheets by visual inspection.

Qi Huan held it in his hand and looked at it, but his expression gradually turned cold inch by inch.

　What kind of experience is it to have a rich and powerful mother who is also a doting girl?Miss Qi said... It's so cool!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)