I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

At this time, Qin Yue was still chattering with the system, not knowing that all their conversation had been heard by everyone.

System: [Don’t worry, you can only see it when you get close.]

Qin Yue: [That makes a lot of sense! ]

System: [Hey! Look, that's the tall and thin boy standing next to your grandfather.]

Qin Yue looked up and saw that the young man was tall and slender, wearing a green robe, a jade pendant with tassels hanging around his waist, a long robe with wide sleeves, and a straight back, with the demeanor of a scholar.

Qin Yue turned around and looked at his burly grandfather and father next to him. After comparing the two, he couldn't help but exclaimed: [Tsk tsk tsk, so he is Qin Zhao. He is indeed a scholar. He has a scholar's unique temperament. That's right, he and grandfather don't look alike! It's obvious that they are not biological children. Has no one doubted it for so many years? ]

The four members of the Qin family: !!!

Qin Zhao:! ! ! !

Everyone: Surprise! Qin Zhao? Isn't he Mr. Qin's son? What's going on? How can this Qin family girl speak without moving her mouth? And she's only one month old! Who's the other voice? That old sister...?

Everyone was waiting for what was to come, their eyes flicking towards Master Qin and Qin Zhao intentionally or unintentionally. Even the maids and servants slowed down their service.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, even though Mr. Qin was a business genius, he felt unusually embarrassed at the moment. Although he still didn't understand the situation, he still remained calm on the surface. Qin Zhao, on the other hand, had a deep look in his eyes and lowered his head without saying a word.

System: [There is nothing we can do about this. The Qin family is all honest and trustworthy. They believe whatever others say. Although Mr. Qin is a good businessman and Mrs. Qin is also capable of managing the family, they are very easy to trust others, especially those they know.]

Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin: ...

Everyone: This is really surprising!

Seeing that everyone was listening with an expression of "I want to listen, I want to listen", Master Qin coughed loudly, trying to divert everyone's attention.

"Everyone, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend my 40th birthday and the full moon banquet of my granddaughter Qin Yue. I have prepared a little wine and simple food. If the hospitality is not good enough, I hope you will forgive me. I would like to offer you a toast first. Please!"

Everyone was speechless when they saw the exquisite and rare delicacies on the table. This luxury was probably even better than the imperial kitchen. If this was considered a simple meal, then what was the food we usually ate? Pig food?

Mr. Qin is not being modest at all, he is clearly showing off!

After Mr. Qin finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass at hand and gestured to everyone at the table.

"Master Qin, you are welcome!"

"Congratulations, Master Qin, please!"

……

Everyone raised their glasses in response.

After a glass of wine, everyone returned to the banquet and began to toast each other. However, it was not difficult to find that everyone lowered their voices intentionally or unintentionally, for fear of missing a single word.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a scarlet official uniform walked up to Master Qin, glanced at Qin Zhao casually, and said meaningfully, "Master Qin, this must be the Second Young Master, right? I've heard that he is quite talented in studying and ranks among the top three in the Imperial College's Class A. This is not like you."

"After all, the Qin family has been a martial arts family, and only turned to business in the past hundred years. However, most of the Qin family's children are martial arts geniuses, such as you and the eldest son. Moreover, the Qin family has been a single-generation family for the past two hundred years, but I didn't expect that your generation would be an exception."

Qin Yue was surprised and said: [This gentleman has a really sharp eye. He can smell something unusual just from his talents. Tsk tsk tsk tsk…]

The system explained: [He is the Minister Lin who is in charge of the Dali Temple. Lin Gengzhi, born in a poor family, is the top scholar in the 29th year of Jinkang. He is good at unraveling the details.]

[Although he is very smart, he is very straightforward and often speaks without considering the occasion. This is very consistent with his name. I probably didn't pay attention to him in the past. After all, the Qin family is far away from the court, and it is difficult to have any intersection except for this grand banquet. ]

Qin Yue: [I am very curious, by saying this in public, is he trying to remind my grandfather? Or is he trying the case in public?]

Everyone: You don’t need him to remind you, you’ve already revealed the secret…

Minister Lin: I don’t have the intention of trying the case in public, so please don’t put the blame on me!

The system said faintly: [Is there a possibility that Minister Lin wants to use this incident to remind your grandfather, so as to achieve the purpose of making friends with your grandfather, because of his straightforwardness and lack of tact, he has really been short of friends in recent years...]

The sentence "He really lacks friends" hit everyone's funny bones, and they had to lower their heads and try hard to suppress the corners of their mouths in order not to laugh out loud.

Qin Yue: [Emm, this is hard to comment, but I really want to laugh...]

Thus, Qin Yue's childish laughter seemed to have its own stereo sound effects, surrounding everyone's ears.

Minister Lin, whose ears were already burning, said: I just couldn’t hold back my words…

Master Qin patted Qin Zhao's shoulder in a soothing manner, turned to look at Minister Lin, and said in a calm tone: "Zhao'er is indeed quite talented in studying. It is Zhao'er's own ability that he was able to enter the Imperial College."

"Now that Sister Yue has been born, the day when the Qin family returns to the imperial court is not far away. By then, if Zhao'er works hard, he can become a colleague of Minister Lin. I hope Minister Lin will take good care of him."

After he finished speaking, Mr. Qin bowed slightly towards Minister Lin.

“Of course, of course.” Minister Lin bowed in return, his face flushed, and he turned around and sat back in his seat.

[Grandfather seems to love Qin Zhao very much. Look at how he made Minister Lin blush. This time, Minister Lin's idea of ​​making friends with grandfather probably failed again.]

Everyone: Minister Lin is not blushing because of the retort, he is embarrassed by you and my sister!

Minister Lin: It’s really hard to make friends, woooo…

[Sister, please continue to tell me in detail. You haven't told me yet how Aunt Liu made Grandfather a fool. It's not good to keep people in suspense when eating melons!] Qin Yue urged.

Everyone except the Qin family nodded silently in their hearts to show their agreement.

The four members of the Qin family: ...Should we end the banquet early? But I really can't find a good reason (waiting online, very urgent...)

Qin Zhao glanced at the shoulder that Master Qin had patted, a little stunned, then looked at Qin Yue with a complicated expression, frowned and thought for a while, when he raised his eyes again, his expression was slightly relaxed, he waved and whispered to his personal servant Xiao Liuzi, Xiao Liuzi nodded and left.

After the system sorted out the course of events, it began to speak: [Madam Liu, whose real name is Liu Ruyan, her father joined the army when she was one year old. Two years later, he was discharged from the army and returned home because his right arm was broken on the battlefield.]

[Although Liu's father had his right arm broken, he was a determined man and practiced swinging a knife with his left hand every day. In the end, he was able to enter the escort agency with his kung fu skills and was responsible for protecting the caravans.]

[Liu's mother died of overwork when she was six years old, and she has been dependent on her father ever since. She is responsible for managing the household and tending the fields, while her father is responsible for going out to earn money.]

[At that time, although she was young, she was very sensible and hardworking. In addition to her own chores, she often helped the villagers with their work. She was a good girl praised by people in the surrounding area.]

Qin Yue couldn't help but wonder: [It seems that Aunt Liu is an honest person. How did she get involved with my grandfather later? ]

System: [This matter had nothing to do with your grandfather at first, but...]