I made a fortune by marrying a sickly woman!

Helian Mian naturally knew about Qin Chi’s background.

My father was from a remote village in Yi County, my mother was a refugee, and my grandfather and my great-grandfather were both natives. I was frail and sickly since childhood, but I had an extraordinary talent for studying.

If he had not heard the rumor, Helian Mian would not have contacted Qin Chi so early in order to avoid suspicion, for fear that the rumor would reach the ears of Emperor Mingcheng and make him think that he was trying to win over court officials.

Even if he wanted to win people over, he couldn't do it openly.

Stayed a little longer.

Helian Mian asked Qin Chi to retreat.

After Qin Chi left, two middle-aged scholars came out of the room. They should be Helian Mian's staff.

To be honest, Helian Mian's performance was not very good.

The two of them stayed by the prince's side to assist the emperor's eldest grandson at his request. It can be said that Helian Mian's good reputation outside is almost entirely due to the two of them.

"What do you think? Is that rumor credible?" Helian Mian urgently needed to seek confirmation from others.

One of the scholars said, "Mr. Fang, please speak first."

They both looked at another middle-aged scholar at the same time.

Mr. Fang said: "Qin Qi'an is generous and frank, and he clearly doesn't worry about others investigating. He has not been an official for a long time, but he has made many enemies, and often affects the interests of certain people. It is normal for someone to plot against him behind the scenes and want to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and Your Highness may be the knife chosen by the other party."

"Mr. Fang's point makes sense, but the premise is that Qin Qian'an is not of royal blood. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Why would the person behind the scenes spread such rumors?" said the other scholar.

Mr. Fang turned to look at Helian Mian again, "This matter requires your Highness to make the judgment."

Helian Mian was overwhelmed after hearing this.

Here we go again, here we go again!

These two gentlemen often do this.

Each person has his own reasoning, and then let him make the decision.

Helian Mian said, "Let's put that aside for now and wait until the people sent to Huizhou to investigate come back."

"That's right." The two gentlemen agreed.

Only a fool would allow himself to be used as a knife.

Even if Qin Qi'an is the emperor's illegitimate son, the emperor must acknowledge it first, and it will not be too late to make a decision then.

Helian Mian didn't do much.

Qin Chi's side was not peaceful. Just after he separated from Helian Mian, he ran into a girl who was dressed up. She almost fell into his arms, but he reacted quickly enough.

Qin Chi pulled Qin Ba over and stood in front of him.

Considering the other person's reputation, Qin Ba kicked him away to avoid physical contact.

"boom!"

The girl hit her back against the corridor pillar. "Ah, it hurts so much!"

"Miss? Are you okay, Miss?"

A little maid ran out from the bushes where she was hiding nearby and hurried to help her girl.

Qin Chi was confused when he saw it.

The other party had been hiding here for a long time, waiting for him to come out and create an accident. He winked at Qin Ba, walked past the master and servant, and left straight away. When the young lady came back to her senses from the pain, there was no trace of Qin Chi and Qin Ba.

Wait until you walk a distance away.

Qin Ba looked back and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no one following him. "Sir, that girl is from the second house of the Ningguo Mansion, a concubine's daughter."

"You know all this?" Qin Chi was surprised.

How did Qin Ba recognize a girl in the boudoir?

Qin Ba straightened his chest and said, "Young Master, you have been very popular with women recently. I will have to investigate the place you are going to first."

Before coming to the Duke's Mansion, Old Man Hong had reminded him.

Don't let the young master be tricked by the women in the back house.

Qin Chi glanced at him calmly and said disdainfully: "Your reaction just now was not as fast as mine."

Qin Ba's expression froze.

The next moment it wilted, like an eggplant hit by frost.

"I didn't expect that there would be someone hiding in the flowers. Besides, this is the front yard and the girls are all in the back house." Qin Bayi was fixed in this thought for a moment.

The front yard is where men gather, especially when there is a wedding at home and many men from outside the family are invited to the banquet. Unmarried girls will be confined to the backyard to avoid running into men from outside the family and losing their reputation.

The rules in the homes of the powerful and wealthy are even stricter.

Therefore, Qin Bayi didn't think about it for a moment, and almost let the girl succeed. In this world, when a stranger hugs a man and a woman, the woman's innocence is gone.

Will his son marry her or not then?

The two of them just turned two paths and returned to their home.

I saw a man dressed as a butler coming towards me. "Is that Qin Shaoqing? My Duke wants to see you."

"Please lead the way, butler." Qin Chi replied politely.

This time, the butler brought Qin Chi to the courtyard where Duke Ningguo lived. When they arrived, they found that not only Duke Ningguo was present, but also one of his military generals.

Qin Chi stepped forward and performed the etiquette of a junior: "Qi'an greets Duke Ningguo and Lord Lingding."

"Ha, no need to be polite, we are all family. But, Ling boy would like you to call him General Ling." Duke Ningguo said with a smile.

The middle-aged general sitting next to him was quite majestic.

It was Ling Dinghou, General Ling, and also Ling Yuanhao's father.

Marquis Ling Ding looked at Qin Chi as if he was looking at his own junior, "Don't listen to Duke Ning's nonsense, you don't have to call me Lord Marquis or General, just call me Uncle Ling. My third son always misses you in the northwest, and he should be grateful to you. I didn't plan to let him join the army, but he actually joined the army without telling his family."

Duke Ningguo was happy to interrupt, "Okay, the third boy is born to be a general, but you insisted on sending him to the Imperial Academy. You almost made him stupid because of his studies."

Ling Dinghou smiled helplessly, "At least we can live a stable life in the capital. We live a life of war, isn't it just to hope that our descendants can live well?"

"Okay, okay, I can't tell you anything."

Duke Ningguo clarified in his mind, wasn't it because he was afraid of Emperor Ming Cheng that he didn't allow his own son to come forward?

Duke Ning then looked at Qin Chi and said, "You are a good boy."

Qin Chi said modestly: "My Lord, you are too kind."

As soon as the polite words fell, Duke Ning's beard curled up and he said something infuriating again, "Alas, without Qin's instigation, the third kid from the Ling family would still be living in the capital. Look at the generals in the northwest, they are all quite old, and there are very few promising young men. Our Great Xia Dynasty is running out of generals."

"My Lord, be careful with your words!"

Ling Dinghou quickly stopped him from saying anything further, "I can still fight for another twenty years."

Duke Ningguo curled his lips.

Qin Chi acted as a quail, saying nothing, but silently adding tea to the bowls of Duke Ningguo and Marquis Lingding.

The two of them teased each other for a while, and then it seemed that they just noticed Qin Chi.

Ling Dinghou said: "I came back to Beijing this time to transport military supplies."

"No matter how you look at it, this job shouldn't fall on you." Duke Ningguo didn't quite understand this.

Ling Dinghou added: "Without someone of importance returning to the capital, will the civil officials in the court approve the military funds?"

These words left Duke Ningguo speechless.