Brother Wanfu

Chapter 12 Go Reading

Qin Mansion.

Mrs. Qin dragged her sick body to the Buddhist hall in the backyard, burnt three sticks of incense herself, bowed and bowed before returning to the main courtyard.

When she came back supported by Xiao Yun, she happened to meet Qin Guanzhong who had come to see her.

Qin Guanzhong quickly untied his cloak and wrapped it around her body. He smelled the fragrance of Buddha on her body and asked softly.

"Go to offer incense yourself?"

Mrs. Qin didn't respond in a hurry, and only said a word when the husband and wife returned to the room and there were no other people around.

"We have known Zhichen for more than [-] years. If he has gone, we can't send him off. If we don't even burn incense for him, what kind of old friends are we?"

As Mrs. Qin spoke, her eyes turned red.

Qin Guanzhong knew that his wife must have thought of the tragic situation of Ye Zhichen being arrested and sent to Beijing and sentenced to death, so he also fell silent.

It wasn't until the candles crackled in the silent room that Mrs. Qin opened her mouth in a hoarse voice.

"He didn't escape this catastrophe, but he doesn't know what's going on with Wan Ying?"

She said, looking at her husband.

"You don't have any news about Wan Ying?"

Mrs. Qin's Mrs. Qin said Wanying's surname was Lu, she used to be a maid in charge of food in the palace, because she had a high rank in the palace, when she was released from the palace at the age of 25, many people in Beijing wanted to marry her into the mansion.

It's just that Lu Wanying already has someone in her heart, and that person has been waiting for her for nearly ten years. It just so happened that the year she left the palace, the only blood relative in the family's widowed mother passed away. He had to observe filial piety and could not marry.

That person was none other than Ye Zhichen.

At that time, even the former crown prince said it was a pity that he wanted to marry the two of them, but he couldn't.

Ye and Lu said it's not a pity, they have survived the long ten years, so why do they care about the three years of filial piety?When the filial piety period is over, it will not be too late to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give you a marriage.

However, the day did not fulfill everyone's wish.

The former prince died overnight, and all the assistant officials and guards of the former prince committed the crime of treason.

Ye Zhichen was the prince's personal guard, and Lu Wanying was also unavoidable. The two escaped and wandered the world.

When Mrs. Qin was in Beijing with Qin Guanzhong, she and Lu Wanying met each other for the first time, but it was a pity that one was in the palace and the other was outside the palace.

When Ye and Lu had an accident, Mrs. Qin didn't dare to see her again.

It's not that I'm afraid of being implicated, but that there is no news about those two people, which is the best news.

Unfortunately, three years ago, Ye Zhichen's bad news still came.

Ye Zhichen was gone, and Lu Wanying was wandering outside alone. Mrs. Qin couldn't help but miss her old friend and asked Qin Guanzhong to inquire secretly many times, but there was no news at all.

At that moment, Qin Guanzhong also shook his head, and he glanced at his wife.

"Don't think about it so much. At this juncture, it's best to restrain yourself until there is no news."

indeed.

Today the Lord sent Xing Landong to Shandong, and naturally he also sent other people to various provinces. They are all the sharp arrows of the present Lord. Whoever catches them and shoots them to death, who can say for sure.

Mrs. Qin didn't replace Ye Lu and the two, she brought Xiao Yun in to exchange some tea, looked at her husband, but talked about another matter.

"I've been sick these days, and I haven't been able to see the girl. Today I can go to the Buddhist hall to offer incense. It's time to see her."

When Qin Guanzhong heard this, he waved his hand.

"What are you in such a hurry for? She's at Chaoyunxuan. I'll treat you well. I can see her anytime."

Mrs. Qin snorted softly upon hearing this.

"What do you mean by that? Could it be that I still have trouble with a lonely little girl and can't handle her?"

"That's not what I meant." Qin Guanzhong hurriedly wanted to explain.

Madam Qin shook her head again.

"It's fine if you don't let me see it, but I don't want to treat her harshly."

Due to the lack of strength due to illness, she breathed a sigh of relief before speaking.

"Although she is not from me, she is also the only young lady of the Qin family. If Si Jin has something, if she can give it to her, she shouldn't be stingy, and if she was inconvenient and couldn't have it in the past, she should also be arranged..."

Qin Guanzhong was stunned for a while when Mrs. Qin said something, and he looked at his wife in disbelief.

"You are more thoughtful than I am."

But Mrs. Qin didn't want to ignore his praise.

"No matter who she is, she is your daughter. I just have a clear conscience."

After she finished speaking, she supported her weak body and went to the inner room.

After walking a few steps, I heard a long sigh behind me.

"I'm the one who's sorry for you."

*
Early the next morning, Qin Guanzhong stayed in the main courtyard for a while, waiting for the old man to feel Mrs. Qin's pulse.

Qin Shen also came to pay his respects early in the morning, the father and son said a few things about the army, Qin Guanzhong thought of something else.

"Recently, Heming Academy seems to have invited great Confucian scholars to give lectures. Si Jin should go to the academy more, and leave things in the guards to the fellow prefects and clerks."

Since Qin Shen came down from the Taoist temple and returned to the Qin Mansion at the age of five, all his civil and military studies were from the first-class teachers invited by Qin Guanzhong.Later, he went to study at Heming Academy, which also invited famous teachers to teach at Qin Guanzhong's request.

It's just that he didn't need to take the imperial examination as a serious scholar, so the number of times he went to the academy in the past two years was much less.

But if a great Confucian comes, Qin Guanzhong will probably remind him to go and listen to his teachings.

Qin Shen didn't reject it, and immediately agreed to his father.

From time to time, the old doctor came out of the room.

"Your Excellency and Eldest Young Master, you don't have to worry about it. Madam's treatment has gone smoothly and she recovered very quickly. She will recover in less than a month."

Qin Guanzhong heaved a sigh of relief, but Qin Shen asked the old man again.

"Mother will be recuperating for a month, but are there any other taboos?"

The old doctor said that it was nothing. First he said some things that are not easy to eat during recuperation. This is normal, but he ordered again.

"Madam's two dangers this time all came from her emotional disturbance. Although she has improved a lot, she should avoid getting too angry."

As the old doctor said, his face straightened.

"Especially when it comes to anger, the surge of energy and blood is the most debilitating. Madam has not recovered. If she suddenly becomes angry and vomits blood, I'm afraid it will be troublesome."

Qin Shen frowned.

He didn't speak for a while, and the old man had nothing else to ask, so he said goodbye to the two of them.

Qin Guanzhong also heard the old man's advice just now, so he directly called Xiao Yun's maidservants who often served in front of Mrs. Qin and told them to speak carefully in front of Mrs. Qin, so as not to make her angry again.

All the maids should come down.

Qin Guanzhong was about to leave for Jinan Mansion in the next noon, and returned to the study in the outer courtyard after giving his orders.

Qin Shen didn't give any more instructions to these maids, but just went out of the main courtyard and called Fu Wen.

"Continue to pay attention to Chao Yunxuan, and wait for idlers to avoid contact with Madam."

"Yes!"

*
Chaoyunxuan.

Qin Tian had just had breakfast, and took advantage of the low sun to water the yard.

After Hui Fat had eaten the leaves of grass, he would not gnaw on the herbs in her pot, and rarely jumped around happily in the yard.

But Dumb Rabbit stopped just after taking two steps, and stopped at the stone steps in front of the courtyard, listening carefully with its two big ears.

"What did you hear?" Qin Tian poured some water on a seedling, then turned to ask Dumb Rabbit.

The dumb rabbit ignored it, Qin Tian was about to catch it when he heard the porter call.

"Girl, sister Huang Ling is here."

While speaking, Huang Ling entered Chao Yunxuan, as soon as she stepped in, she saw a bouncing gray ball, which jumped to the bottom of Qin Tian's skirt three times.

Qin Tian: "...it's very timid."

Huang Ling laughed, and didn't pay attention to the gray rabbit again, but saw the girl wearing a neat willow yellow dress, standing by the wall watering the herbs.

She grows herbs in the yard, of course the big maid in the study in the front yard will know about it, but knowing it is one thing, seeing it with her own eyes is another.

Now I saw that in this small flower garden, every plant and every clump stretched out the tender green branches and leaves, and there were as many as a dozen kinds of them when they were full.

She was surprised, "The slave girl was just a girl for fun before, but I didn't expect to plant and take care of these herbs?"

It happened that Tiandong passed by, and said with a smile.

"What is this? The girl really knows how to cook medicinal food. My parents and brothers are all short, but the girl insists on making me taller than them."

Su Ye covered her mouth and smiled, Qin Tian took a look at Tiandong, she was vaguely taller than Su Ye.

"Well, it should be higher, and I'll give you another prescription tomorrow."

"Good girl, please don't, no matter how tall I am, I won't be able to marry!" Tian Dong became anxious.

Su Ye pointed at her, "You don't have to be ashamed to talk nonsense in front of the girl and Sister Huang!"

Tian Dong stuck out her tongue, and everyone laughed.

Huang Ling looked at Qin Tian seriously.

"Young lady, I don't know where you learned the skill of medicinal food? You are so young, so you are very skilled?"

Just as Qin Tian was about to speak, Tian Dong answered for her.

Tian Dong pointed at the window sill.

"Look, the girl's master is basking in the sun!"

Huang Ling didn't see anyone in front of the window sill, and there was no one sunbathing in the courtyard, but there was a book on the window sill.

Seeing Su Ye pursed his lips and smiled, Qin Tian also bent his eyes to understand.

"The girl taught herself from books?"

Qin Tian said no, of course she learned it from her mother, but thinking of her mother's sensitive status in the Qin family, she paused and did not continue.

It was Tiandong who said for her, "Stop joking with my sister, the girl was taught by our wife, and the book was written by my wife."

After saying this, she noticed the eyes of Qin Tian and Su Ye from left to right, and realized that she had joked too much and talked too much.

Their wives' identities are sensitive, so it's better not to mention them.

Su Ye quickly smoothed things over.

"Why did Sister Huang Ling come here so early in the morning?"

Qin Tian also cast a questioning look.

Hearing this, Huang Ling immediately got down to business.

"The master asked the girl to go to the outer study, and the slaves went to the stove to order cakes and fruits for the master to take on the road in the afternoon, so they came all the way."

As she spoke, she called Qin Tian.

"Miss, go to the outer study, the slaves have also gone to the kitchen to give orders."

Qin Tian wondered for a moment, not because Qin Guanzhong was going out again, but because he thought of himself before going out.

She hadn't seen her father for several days.

But she didn't ask any more questions, she changed her clothes and went to the study outside.

Qin Guanzhong was already waiting for her to come. When he saw her coming, he smiled a little and asked her.

"Does Tiantian know about Heming Academy? The best academy in Qingzhou Prefecture. Do you want to go there and study?"

After he finished speaking, he saw the little girl's eyes light up suddenly.

(End of this chapter)