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Chapter 163 Master Shanda Makes a Decision Early (Ask for a Monthly Pass!!!)

Originally, the weekly banquet was held when he was one year old, but considering that Qin Hao would leave after the next year, he held it earlier.

On this day, Dongchanghou Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and there was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages at the gate.

The reason why the nobles in Bianjing City gave so much face is mainly because Shen Congxin returned to Beijing, and Qin Hao was named General Jinghai, and at the same time he took the post of Mingzhou Economic and Strategic Envoy.

The combination of these two news signals is already obvious. The officials want to re-activate Qin Hao. I am afraid that he, the Marquis of Jinghai, will have the final say on matters at sea in the future.

The nobles in Bianjing City want military power and military power, and they want to be decent and decent. What are they lacking?It's money, those top nobles are okay, with the rich family background accumulated by their ancestors, they can still live a life of spending money like dirt.

But those nobles in the middle and lower classes have two or three generations of prodigal sons in a row, and basically ruined their family fortunes. Qin Junye is a good example.

The nobles are all very greedy for the huge wealth overseas, and they all want a piece of the action. If they want to get a share of the benefits from the sea, they naturally have to establish a good relationship with Qin Hao.

Giving gifts also needs a reason, otherwise people may not be willing to accept them.

So this time, with the help of the pair of dragon and phoenix twins to catch the Zhou banquet, many nobles sent generous gifts.

Wang Ruofu brought the three daughters into the front yard, her eyes were shining brightly, Rulan couldn't help but exclaimed: "I'm so obedient, I'm just catching the Zhou banquet, the presents are like mountains and seas. Don't you want to let go of the banquet?"

When Wang Ruofu heard this, he became very angry. At first, Qin Hao was studying at her home, but in the end, he made Yu Yanran cheaper. If Qin Hao married her daughter Rulan, such a rich man would be so rich. She can also shine.

The last time Mo Lan was punished, she had just lifted her foot restraint. Seeing this scene now, she secretly swore in her heart that she must marry a high family, at least not worse than Ming Lan.

At this time, Minglan was also secretly stunned: Is this the influence of the top nobles?

Before the group reached the main hall, Yu Yanran's personal maid, Fei Cui, came over.

"I have met Mrs. Wang and the three girls. My wife wants to invite Miss Minglan to the backyard to talk."

Wang Ruofu glanced at Minglan: "You go, Madam Yu is not yet confinement, don't make her work too hard."

"Yes, mother, Minglan will leave." After bowing respectfully, Minglan followed Fei Cui to the backyard.

Wang Ruofu brought Ru Lan and Mo Lan to the main hall, and chatted with a few acquainted noble family members.

In the backyard, Ming Lan and Fei Cui came to the small courtyard where Qin Hao lived, and asked doubtfully, "Sister Yanran hasn't given birth yet, shouldn't she be in the delivery room?"

Fei Cui said with a smile: "Master Hou said that the delivery room smells too strong, which is not conducive to recovery, so I asked Madam to move back."

Ming Lan's eyes widened: "Is it okay?"

In ancient times, childbirth was considered a disaster of blood and light, and it was unknown, so she would stay in the delivery room before confinement, and her husband would not step into the delivery room.

Of course, such a low-level superstition would not work in Qin Hao's place. On the second day after Yu Yanran gave birth, Qin Hao asked her to move back to the room for recuperation.

"Minglan, are you here? Sit down quickly." Yu Yanran was beside a rocking chair, coaxing the two little guys to sleep. Seeing Minglan come in, she was overjoyed.

Seeing that she was in good spirits except for her pale complexion, Ming Lan was also secretly relieved, walked up to Yu Yanran and sat down.

Looking at the two little meatballs sleeping soundly in the rocking chair, my heart melted.

"Sister Yanran, was this really born by you?"

Listening to Ming Lan's childlike words, Yu Yanran laughed so hard that her stomach ached: "My silly sister was not born by me, so could it be born by Master Hou?"

Minglan's eyes widened, she sized up Yu Yanran for a long time, and asked softly, "Sister Yanran, where did they come from? Did they really come out of the belly button?"

"Pfft." Yu Yanran held her stomach and kept waving her hands: "No, I'm dying of laughing, Ming Lan is too funny."

Living with Qin Hao, Yu Yanran often had some modern vocabulary in her mouth, which made Minglan a little confused.

It was not easy for Yu Yanran to laugh enough, she leaned into Minglan's ear and said something, whispering a few words about science.

Ming Lan blushed, she didn't dare to look at Yu Yanran anymore, and quickly changed the subject: "Sister Yanran, I didn't prepare anything for the Zhou banquet of my two nephews and nieces, so I embroidered two tiger-head hats for them."

Yu Yanran took it over and couldn't put it down, admiring: "Minglan's craftsmanship is indeed so exquisite, it is not inferior to the embroiderers in the palace."

As he said that, he put them on for the two little guys, not to mention it was quite suitable. The two little guys looked even cuter with their red tiger hats on.

"Sister Yanran, as long as she likes it."

Yu Yanran saw that Minglan seemed to like the two little guys very much, but she didn't dare to touch them, so she smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? It's not made of mud, but it can be crushed?"

Encouraged by Yu Yanran, Minglan finally reached out and touched the smooth faces of the two little guys. The QQ bouncing felt very good, and she became addicted immediately.

As a result, the little guy cried out with a "wow", one little guy cried and woke up the other, and started crying too, which startled Minglan and quickly retracted her hand.

Yu Yanran smiled and said, "It's okay, maybe I woke up hungry."

The two nannies picked up the two little ones and put them in their arms to nurse them. Sure enough, the two little ones calmed down very quickly.

At this moment, Qin Hao walked in, and the two nurses took the child to the outside room after pleading guilty.

"Minglan is here too, in the future you should spend more time to accompany Yanran, she is almost sick at home alone." Qin Hao laughed.

Yu Yanran held Minglan's hand with a full smile: "Master Hou is right, you don't know how boring confinement is, you can't even leave the house, you come to talk with me, this day will be easy to pass."

Minglan hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Yu Yanran asked curiously: "Why isn't Lord Hou greeting guests in the front yard at this time?"

Qin Hao pampered Yu Yanran's cheeks: "I'm not afraid that you will be bored in the backyard by yourself. If I knew that Minglan was with you, I wouldn't come here."

Yu Yanran hadn't passed confinement yet, and she was not allowed to go out during the Zhou banquet. The front yard was bustling with activity, but this side was deserted, and Qin Hao was afraid that she might have a gap in her heart.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. It's more important. I won't get in the way here." Yu Yanran's eyes were full of tenderness. With such a husband, what else would he be demanding in his life?
"Okay then, I won't bother you little sisters." Seeing that she was in a good state of mind, Qin Hao got up and left.

Minglan looked at Qin Hao's back, and couldn't help but sighed, "Master Hou is really a rare good man in the world, sister Yanran is so happy."

Yu Yanran grabbed Minglan's hand, and jokingly said, "I think Gu Tingye is also good, and he will definitely treat you well in the future."

Minglan's face turned red immediately, and she said coquettishly, "Sister Yanran, how can you talk nonsense, what relationship do I have with Gu Hou?"

It's a pity that the voice in the second half of the sentence is getting weaker and weaker, which is enough to show her guilty conscience.

Yu Yanran said sternly: "Okay, here are just us sisters, what's so embarrassing, a woman's marriage is like a second reincarnation, before I married Lord Hou, you also know my situation in Yufu, you Look at my life now, Minglan, Gu Tingye is really a good marriage, don't miss it."

Ming Lan has no confidence: "But I hope that Lord Hou is half considerate, and Ming Lan will be content."

In the front yard, the banquet has not yet started, some honorable family members are chatting in groups, there are much more small groups among women than men, Wang Ruofu also has her own daily social circle, but according to her status, You can only come into contact with honorable families with relatively low grades.

As for those family members of civil servants, she couldn't talk about it at all. Her education level was worse than Bilan's. From time to time, the wives of those family members of civil servants would say something about it, and she was blinded.

While chatting vigorously, Wang Ruofu found that Mo Lan was gone, and hurriedly asked Mother Liu beside him in a low voice: "Where is that girl Mo Lan?"

Mother Liu didn't pay attention either: "Perhaps you're at odds with some talented women reciting poems?"

Wang Ruofu suddenly felt a little stuffy in his heart: "I'd better look for it, don't make mistakes in such a scene!"

"No." Mother Liu hurriedly took someone to look for her, but she didn't see Mo Lan after searching around the women's family, so she panicked.

At this time, Minglan also came back, and asked curiously upon seeing this: "Miss, what's the matter?"

Mother Liu explained the situation again, and Minglan covered her mouth pretending to be surprised: "I'm not with the female relatives, so I went?"

Wang Ruofu gritted his teeth and said, "If this Mo Lan dares to do something like the style of the Sheng family, I will..."

Minglan suggested: "Why don't I go and talk to Lord Hou and ask him to help find it, so that I won't disturb other guests and make things worse."

"Okay, it's better for Minglan to be thoughtful." Wang Ruofu was already panicked at this moment, and couldn't think of a better way.

Qin Hao came to Minglan's side when he heard the servant's report, and frowned upon hearing it. If something really happened, it would have an impact on the reputation of the Marquis of Dongchang.

"No weapon, ask someone to look for it quietly, don't alarm others."

"promise."

A quarter of an hour later, Qin Hao came to a side room in the corner of the backyard with a gloomy face, and Wang Ruofu's face was so gloomy that he could kill a fly.

Qi Heng was ashamed, sitting in front of a table with disheveled clothes, while Mo Lan, who was also disheveled and had a messy bun, was leaning on the bed, crying.

When Qi Heng saw Wang Ruofu, his face was ashen. Fortunately, he was concerned about the reputation of Ming Lan and Ru Lan, and Wang Ruofu didn't bring them here, otherwise Qi Heng would have to find a crack in the ground to get in.

Qin Hao asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Qi Heng lowered his head, and said with ashen face: "I just had some wine with some friends, but I didn't think I was drunk, so I wanted to find a place to rest for a while, and the maid put me here, so I went to sleep. I fell asleep, I never thought that I would see this scene when I opened my eyes."

Qin Hao immediately understood that this was a fairy dance, and there must be something wrong with the wine and the maid. When he thought that one of the parties involved was Mo Lan, Qin Hao guessed it halfway.

"Go, dig three feet and find this maid!" Qin Hao said coldly.

A maid who can serve at such an important banquet in Dongchanghou's Mansion must have signed a contract of prostitution, and it is impossible to disappear out of thin air.

"promise."

Without taking anyone with him, he called several managers to compare them one by one, and found out the maids serving at Qi Heng's table.

Mo Lan's face changed instantly, Qin Hao looked at the several maids kneeling on the ground, and asked in a deep voice.

"To be honest now, I can still be punished lightly. If this Marquis finds out, I can only deal with it according to the family rules. At that time, not only her own life will be in danger, but even her parents and relatives will be implicated!"

A maid tremblingly crawled in front of Qin Hao, and said in panic: "Master Hou, I just took other people's money and asked me to help the little master to rest in a side courtyard, and I don't know the rest!"

The matter became very clear at this point, Wang Ruofu pointed at Mo Lan with trembling hands and cursed: "You lowly maidservant, how dare you act like this, don't you even care about your reputation?"

Mo Lan simply stopped pretending, and said with a wry smile: "Famous festival? Anyway, it's not my famous festival alone. At worst, they will die together. They are all born by the same father. Why should I have to marry lowly, but Minglan can marry?" Into the Marquis Mansion?"

Wang Ruofu was about to go mad: "It's Minglan's own good fortune, you are not loved by others, who is to blame?"

Mo Lan said like crazy: "I don't care, anyway, I have a physical relationship with the young man. Either the young man marries me, or we all die together. I am still a girl from the Sheng family. If my reputation is ruined, look at me." Who dares to marry Minglan and Rulan! I'm afraid Hualan will be divorced by her husband's family!"

"You, you have such a vicious heart!" Wang Ruofu's eyes darkened and he almost fell down. Mother Liu quickly helped her up.

Qi Heng's face was also extremely ugly, he really didn't want Ming Lan to marry Gu Tingye, but he didn't want to see Ming Lan get implicated.

Mo Lan's resentful eyes swept around the room: "You guys forced me to do this. In terms of appearance, how can I not compare to Ming Lan? In terms of talent and learning, I am far superior to her. You are the ones who are blind! "

Qin Hao sneered for a while: "You really have a good plan!"

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your compliment." Mo Lan said proudly.

However, Qin Hao slapped the table hard: "But you should never do such mediocre things in this Marquis' mansion. Is it true that Benhou can let you do whatever you want?"

"Come on, tie her up for me! Take good care of her, don't lose a single hair! The rest of the insiders are all isolated separately, and the news leaked out. Don't blame me for not being sympathetic!"

The two rough envoys stepped forward and immediately tied up Mo Lan.

Mo Lan struggled and said: "I am a girl from the Sheng family, you have no right to tie me up, I am a member of the official family, you lowly maidservants, woo~~~"

Qin Hao cupped his hands at Wang Ruofu, who was still in shock, and said, "Miss Wang, it's about the reputation of our three families, so I can only do something wrong."

Wang Ruofu also reacted at this time: "Master Hou did the right thing, but what should we do now?"

Qin Hao said sternly: "I'm afraid I have to tell Shanda about this matter, and we will discuss it together after the weekly feast."

"Yes, that's the only way to go." Until now, Wang Ruofu's hands and feet were still numb, and he was terrified.

Qi Heng looked at Qin Hao in shock: "Could it be that Zihan wants to."

Qin Hao patted Qi Heng on the shoulder: "Everything is still for Mr. Sheng to decide himself!"

When the group came to the front yard, Ru Lan asked curiously, "Where's Mo Lan? Why didn't you come?"

Wang Ruofu gave her a hard look: "Mo Lan is not feeling well, let's go back and rest."

Ru Lan thought it was true, so she didn't ask any more questions, but Ming Lan sensed something was wrong.

But at this time, the catch-and-catch banquet had already begun, and the two little guys were placed on a blanket with all kinds of messy items placed on it.

There are gold and silver jewelry, daggers, writing brushes, books, all kinds of things, and what the children catch means where they will develop in the future. There is no scientific basis, it can only be regarded as a beautiful vision.

The two little guys were not afraid of strangers at all, and they didn't cry when they were surrounded by people. They lay on the blanket, waving their chubby little hands in the air.

"Look at this young master who looks like a tiger, and he will definitely be a tiger in the future."

"Master Hou is the number one scholar, and Master Hou must also be talented in the future."

The surrounding guests complimented that the two little guys had already grabbed their favorite items, but what was more interesting was that what Qin Hao's daughter grabbed was a small dagger, while what his son grabbed was a writing brush.

Qin Liushi hugged his grandson very happily: "My good grandson."

The surrounding guests also sent blessings one after another, which made Qin Liushi smile, and even Qin Junye was pushed aside.

Qin Hao shook his head, hugged his daughter and removed the dagger from her hand. Although she had never cut the knife, the little girl's skin was delicate, and if she was scratched, it would be him who would feel distressed.

At the end of the banquet, it was Haishi, and the night was already dark, but Sheng Hong got into the carriage and hurried to Dongchanghou's mansion.

In a secluded courtyard in the backyard, when Sheng Hong saw Mo Lan whose hands and feet were bound and gagged, he felt distressed and questioned Qin Hao.

"Master Hou, what exactly did my little girl do to be treated like this?"

Wang Ruofu hurriedly grabbed Sheng Hong: "Officer, it's thanks to Lord Hou, otherwise if the news leaked out, our Sheng family's face will be completely lost!"

Princess Pingning also came at this time, first looked at Qi Heng, and was relieved to see that he was fine except for his complexion.

Qin Hao saw that everyone was here, so he said to him, "Bring everyone here."

In addition to the maids in the mansion, there are also the middlemen who contact her, as well as Lin Sushuang's mother, Zhou Xueniang, who is beneficial to Lin Sushuang.

Princess Pingning glared at Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu angrily, gritted her teeth and said, "You really taught a good daughter!"

Sheng Hong blushed with embarrassment, walked up to Mo Lan, pulled out the cloth that was stuffed in her mouth, and said sadly, "How could you do such a thing?"

Mo Lan pretended to be cute and pitiful: "Father, they wronged me."

With a "slap", Sheng Hong slapped Mo Lan on the face, and pointed at her with trembling fingers: "You are not telling the truth, the maid of the Hou's mansion wronged you, and the middleman wronged you. Man, can she wrong you too?"

Mo Lan was directly stunned, and then she smiled at Sheng Hong like a maniac, "Father forced you to do this. If my father promised to find me a rich family, why would I make such a bad plan?"

Sheng Hong looked at Mo Lan in disbelief, stomped his feet, and said heartbroken, "How did you become like this?"

Wang Ruofu couldn't help but interjected: "Their mother and daughter have always been like this, it's just that you can't see it, husband!"

Qin Hao saw that Sheng Hong still couldn't make up his mind, so he said coldly: "Master Sheng, at this time, the reputation of our three families is at stake. If it is not handled well, I will at most just be negligent for a while, and the Duke of Qi's government will just lose it." Save face, the Sheng family will do it."

"Master Shan, let's make a decision early!"

Sheng Hong fell down and sat on the chair.

(End of this chapter)