The boy is hard to handle

"You kneel down for me!"

Qi Pingnan had never been so angry before, even Luo Xunlin's maid in the same room, Hu Lai, never saw her have such a big fight.

At this moment, she retreated all the servants, fastened the door of the house, and held a thick and long cane in her hand. With red eyes, she seemed to be about to breathe fire and eat people in the next moment.

"Mother, mother—"

Although Luo Xunlin is a reader of sage books, but he doesn't have a strong bone. Now he was reprimanded by Qi Pingnan, and he knelt down on the ground, stammering as if he was about to cry. He probably wanted to use pity to win I beg my mother to show mercy.

"You bastard! I didn't know you had such a thought in secret!" Qi Pingnan raised the cane in his hand and slammed it on Luo Xunlin's shoulder.

Luo Xunlin, who was in pain suddenly, howled——

"Mother! Mother, don't hit me! Don't hit—"

"Do you know it hurts now? I usually hit less. If I knew you had this intention, I would have hit it long ago!"

After saying that, another cane was pulled out.

"Ah!" Luo Xunlin hugged Qi Pingnan's leg and begged for mercy while shedding tears: "Mother, I was wrong! I will never dare again! Please forgive me!"

Seeing her son crying bitterly, Qi Pingnan finally let go of her raised hand, threw the cane in her hand on the table, and asked in a calm voice——

"Did you really know that you were wrong?"

"Wrong, wrong, my son really knows his mistake."

Qi Pingnan nodded——

"Then tell me, where did you go wrong?"

"Because, because—I peeked at my cousin."

"wrong."

Luo Xunlin raised his eyes and saw his mother shaking her head again and again——

"I beat you because you are worthless!"

Luo Xunlin didn't seem to understand what Qi Pingnan said, and just stared at her blankly.

Qi Pingnan took a deep breath——

"It's not easy for you to be a scholar who just passed the exam. After ten years of studying hard, how much effort and how many nights have you spent? The triennial provincial examination is coming. At this juncture, don't you put your mind on it?" When reading, but thinking about these messy things, do you know that it will hurt your mother's heart?"

"Mother! The son is wrong! But the son really likes his cousin—"

"What do you like about her?!" Qi Pingnan pushed away Luo Xunlin's outstretched hand, "You were born to me, I know what you look like best, but you just think that Youqing looks good, what about the rest?"

"Mother, I—"

"A good-looking skin will eventually grow old. What you covet are the youthful years of the past few years, and then—" Qi Pingnan said earnestly: "My son, you are still young. Things in this marriage, It's not as simple as you think."

Luo Xunlin blinked half understandingly——

"Mother, don't you like your cousin?"

"She is my niece. I like her naturally, but she is not suitable for you. Youqing's parents died since she was a child, and her family background is inferior. We are also a merchant family. Although the family background is good, we are not high-class after all , when you get a good name in the future, how many obstacles will you encounter in the officialdom? How can she help you as a white man?"

"But——if I marry my cousin, then the dowry left by her, father and mother, don't worry—"

"No promise!"

Before he could say anything, Luo Xunlin got another shudder from Qi Pingnan——

"How much money do you have?! It's worth your life's work?! If you work harder and win the first prize in the exam, you still care about this little money!"

Qi Pingnan took her son's hand——

"My son, a man must have lofty ambitions, and he must not only focus on the present. If you work hard, why worry about not having wealth, glory, beauty and concubines in the future?! Then what will you care about?!"

Luo Xunlin was stunned, he never thought that his mother's plan was so far-reaching——

"Xunlin, you are mother's only hope, and you are also the eldest son of the family. Your words and deeds represent not only your own family, but also the Luo family. Mother beat you today so that you can be more promising in the future!"

Luo Xunlin looked at Qi Pingnan's eyes full of anticipation, and listened to the earnest and profound words, even if he felt unwilling at this moment, he could only nod his head in response——

"Mother, if my son knows about it, he will definitely work hard."

"This is my mother's good son!"

Qi Pingnan's anger immediately dissipated, and she raised her hand to caress Luo Xunlin's cheek, "Promise mother, don't think about You Qing anymore, remember why a man has no wife."

"understood."

After this beating, Luo Xunlin really didn't think about Jiang Youqing anymore, he studied hard in the room every day, and never went to bed until the third watch.

Qi Pingnan saw it in her eyes, felt relieved in her heart, and told the servants in the yard——

"Take care of young master, you are not allowed to go anywhere these days, or I will break your leg!"

"Yes, yes, the little one understands."

On the surface, this matter seemed to be over, but Qi Pingnan knew in her heart that once the seeds of anxiety were planted, they would quickly take root and germinate, and could never be pulled out——

Whenever I see Jiang Youqing, panic always jumps out of my heart involuntarily.

This day, when having lunch at noon, Luo Xunlin was sitting beside Qi Pingnan, but his eyes were fixed on Jiang Youqing who was facing him from time to time. He thought he was hiding it well, but he didn't know that Qi Pingnan saw his little movements clearly.

Because Luo Zhengbei and Luo Eryi were still there, Qi Pingnan could only pretend not to see it at the moment, and then glared at Luo Xunlin after the meal was over——

"What are you looking at! Hurry up!"

Luo Xunlin quickly retracted his gaze, lowered his head——

"Mother, I, I went back to the house to study."

Qi Pingnan stood where she was, looking at Jiang Youqing who had gone away, and then at her son's flustered appearance——

The frown in my heart deepened——

Luo Xunlin's temperament is weak and he dare not confront him, but it doesn't mean that the thought in his heart can be dispelled——

At the age of sixteen or seventeen, the more you can't get it, the more important it is to miss.

Qi Pingnan took a long breath——

It can't go on like this anymore, the son who has been cultivated so hard, how much effort has been spent, must not fall on this, his own child deserves better!

Immediately, his expression tightened, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he thought to himself——

'Youqing, don't blame your aunt, she can't do anything about it. '

One day, Luo Zhengbei was fiddling with his calligraphy in the study, when Qi Pingnan opened the door and walked in.

"You're here, what's the matter?"

After 20 years of husband and wife, the former passion has long been lost. Now, apart from the concerns of a pair of children, there is only a plain and watery family relationship left.

Qi Pingnan nodded——

"In the past two days, I have always dreamed about my poor sister. She said that it was cold in the underworld and that she couldn't find peace all the time. She also said that she missed Youqing very much. I wonder if I should go back to Jinling to see—"

Luo Zhengbei didn't care, he was still fiddling with the calligraphy in his hand——

"Then go back and have a look."

Qi Pingnan pursed her lips——

"Then just give me some silver, sir."

At the mention of silver, Luo Zhengbei's hand stopped——

"It's good, what money do you want?"

Qi Pingnan didn't beat around the bush, and said bluntly, "I want to renovate the graves of my sister and brother-in-law."

Luo Zhengbei has always been a master who can only get in and out, and asking him to spend money is tantamount to cutting his flesh. Besides, the reconstruction of the tomb is far away in Jinling, and the cost must be not small.

"Go back and have a look. Just burn more paper. There's no need to renovate it. Besides, it's not auspicious."

Qi Pingnan knew that Luo Zhengbei would be of this virtue, and the expression on his face immediately became serious——

"My sister left a lot of money back then, plus those land rents, these years have also made the Luo family rich. Now I just want to renovate their cemetery. Do you want to bother the master like this? ?”

"What are you talking about?! Didn't you agree to it at the beginning! Now you come out to ask for money! What? You want me to raise her for nothing!"

Luo Zhengbei's face turned as soon as he said it, without leaving a trace of affection.

Qi Pingnan was so angry with him, her chest heaved non-stop, and she pressed herself on the black inkstone——

"At the beginning, I only promised you money, whether it was Tian Qi or Youqing's dowry! Now you are so domineering! Why? You have to make trouble to the point of tearing your face!"

"you!"

"I'm not afraid of making trouble! The name of the farm is still my sister's name!"

Luo Zhengbei was seized in one fell swoop, and his arrogance was immediately defeated——

"I didn't refuse to give it to you, look at you, what do you look like with your nose and eyes upright, how can I say that you are also Youqing's uncle, can you still dominate her dowry?

I'm just afraid that she is young and doesn't know how to take care of it, so I'll keep it for her first, isn't it just to renovate the cemetery, you can go to the bank to pay as much as you want. "

He took the key he had with him and put it on the table.

"Then thank you, sir."

Qi Pingnan had no extra words with him, took the key and left.

After the person left, Luo Zhengbei's eyes narrowed, and he slammed his fist on the table——

"Eating and drinking for nothing for so many years, what's the matter with getting some money? You talk about these things with me! Okay! Do you want a dowry? I won't give you a dime! Hmph!!"

----

Let’s go back to Xue Yanrong’s side——

The horse race in the palace was held as scheduled, Xue Yanrong successfully entered the palace and became one of the jockeys because of Wendu's recommendation before——

At this moment, she is under the stage and Xue Yinyao is on the stage, but it is only a few hundred meters away, but she can only look into the distance and cannot approach.

Xue Yinyao picked up the teacup, sipped it lightly, and said a few words to the concubines around her from time to time, her demeanor was dignified, and her gestures were all ladylike.

On the surface, it looks harmonious.

"Your Majesty—" Cai Yue is Xue Yinyao's maid brought from the Xue family, and she is also the person she trusts most in the palace.

"What's wrong?" Xue Yinyao asked.

Caiyue lowered her body and looked at the jockeys below the stage——

"Look at the one on the far right, isn't it—Second Master?"

Xue Yinyao was startled for a moment, and immediately followed Caiyue's gaze——

With just one glance, Xue Yinyao recognized Xue Yanrong.

My heart tightened, and my hands shook, and the tea I was holding shook out of the cup immediately.

"Mother--"

Cai Yue hurriedly wiped it with a brocade handkerchief, but was stopped by Xue Yinyao——

Looking at the wet place on the dress, he thought for a moment, then raised his arm again, and poured the remaining half cup of tea on his body——

In an instant, the dress was completely wet.

"Reporting to the Empress, the concubine accidentally knocked over the teacup and wet her dress—"

Before she finished speaking, the queen waved her hand——

"Then go and change your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold in the cold spring."

"Yes, thank you Empress."

Holding the brocade handkerchief in her hand, Xue Yinyao walked quickly towards the sleeping hall, and when she reached a hidden rockery, she stopped, turned her head and lowered her voice, and said to Caiyue beside her——

"It is indeed Brother Rong, you go and bring him here, be careful—don't let anyone see you."

"Yes, the servant knows."

Xue Yanrong came to see her sister, and not really came to the horse race, so she didn't care if she came second to last——

At this moment, he returned the horse to the eunuch in charge, and was about to take another look at his sister, but found that the place where the table was originally sitting was empty?

'Why is it gone? '

Just when Xue Yanrong was at a loss, Caiyue walked up to her face, and when she passed by, she only heard her whisper——

"Second Master, please follow me."

Xue Yanrong naturally recognized Caiyue, and followed behind her knowingly.

The distance is not too far, but he walked very carefully. Fortunately, this place is remote and surrounded by rockery, which has become the safest protection barrier.

"Ma'am, the second master is here."

Cai Yue was guarding outside, Xue Yinyao and Xue Yanrong were talking in the fake cave——

"elder sister!"

Counting, the siblings have not seen each other for seven or eight years.

"You have grown up, and you are taller and more handsome than I thought." Xue Yinyao's eyes were moist.

"My sister is still as beautiful as before, and hasn't changed." Xue Yanrong took Xue Yinyao's hand and held it tightly.

"How is mother?" Xue Yinyao wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes.

"Okay, everything is fine at home, sister, don't worry." Xue Yanrong paused, and then said: "I won't leave when I come back this time. The business outside the customs is on the right track, and I only use trustworthy people. arranged."

"Is this what mother meant?" Xue Yinyao asked.

"En." Xue Yanrong nodded.

"It's fine if you don't leave. You should take care of the family affairs. It's just that grandma and second uncle are going to find something for you again."

Speaking of this, Xue Yanrong frowned, Xue Yinyao looked at her brother's silent look, and blinked——

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Xue Yanrong sighed——

"Sister, my grandmother gave me the Benshan Hall and the cloth shop on West Street to my second uncle."

Immediately, she told Xue Yinyao everything that happened these days.

"So that's the way it is. Grandma and Second Uncle really haven't changed at all."

"Sister, I've done the math. As long as this year's imperial medicine is still there, Ben Shantang will not die. I didn't want to trouble my sister, but this year Ruibeile seems to want to get involved. Right now, there is really no other way—— "

"What are you talking about!" Xue Yinyao frowned and interrupted him, "We are a family, if you encounter difficulties, if you don't tell me, who will you talk to?"

Xue Yinyao sighed, pondered for a moment, then spoke again——

"The cloth village will give it to you. Please tell your mother to rest assured. I will find a way to deal with the imperial medicine. Don't worry, I will definitely keep it for you."

After finishing speaking, Xue Yinyao took out the sachet from her arms——

"I came here in a hurry, and I didn't bring anything with me. This is for you. I embroidered it a few days ago. You go back and give it to your mother. Just tell her that everything is fine, and let her not worry."

Xue Yanrong took the sachet, and looked at her sister reluctantly——

"It would be great if my sister could hand it over to my mother herself."

As soon as she entered the palace, Xue Yinyao was no longer the free body she used to be.

Now that I miss home again, I can only express relief——

"There will always be opportunities in the future."

After all, the two brothers and sisters are about to separate——

At the end, Xue Yinyao turned around again——

"Yan Rong, since we won't leave in the future, let's start a family. Let mother embrace the grandson as soon as possible, and spread the branches and leaves for our house."

Xue Yanrong's expression froze on his face, a little dull and helpless, but in Xue Yinyao's eyes, he thought he was shy, and smiled——

"You are still the same as before, with low face."

Xue Yanrong didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. After Xue Yinyao left, she sighed deeply——

Branches and leaves?How to open?How to disperse?

Unless you beat it back to your mother's womb and reshape it again.

After returning to the mansion, Xue Yanrong didn't even bother to take a sip of water, so he went to Qingyin Pavilion——

"mother!"

Seeing her running in a hurry, Zheng Junqing quickly handed her the tea in her hand——

"What are you doing in such a hurry? Speak slowly."

Xue Yanrong took a big gulp, and when he was out of breath, he lowered his head and took out the sachet from his bosom——

"Mom, I saw my sister!"

Zheng Junqing's face was startled for a moment, and his eyes widened suddenly——

"What did you say?!"

"I said, I saw my sister."

"How did you meet? Your sister is out of the palace?"

Xue Yanrong paused, and only now did he tell the story of his entry into the palace.

But what she didn't expect was that Zheng Junqing's first reaction was not to take the sachet, nor was it to ask Xue Yinyao how it was?Instead, he raised his hand and hit himself——

Neither light nor heavy, he slapped Xue Yanrong on the side of his face.

"Did you eat leopard gall!!"

Xue Yanrong lowered his head, not daring to speak.

"What a big deal! If someone finds out, you know what the consequences will be! I'd rather not see your sister than let you take this risk!"

Xue Yanrong knew that Zheng Junqing was worried about her own safety, so she lowered her head and obediently admitted her mistake.

Zheng Junqing, on the other hand, was moved by her filial piety, so naturally she didn't really blame her, and reached out to touch the place where she was beaten just now——

"Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

Zheng Junqing took Xue Yanrong's hand and sat on the chair. At this moment, she took the sachet and looked at it seriously——

"Your sister's embroidery is better than before, how is she?"

"Everything is fine, sister."

"That's good."

Xue Yanrong looked at his mother, who kept stroking the embroidery on the sachet, and then said——

"My sister told my mother to rest assured that she will find a way to save the imperial medicine for us."

Zheng Junqing's eyes were suddenly covered with mist, and she patted Xue Yanrong's shoulder——

"It's really embarrassing for you two sisters."

Inevitably, Zheng Junqing cried again.

Xue Yanrong kept guard until it was getting late, and she didn't leave until she watched Zheng Junqing drink the calming soup and almost fell asleep.

As soon as he returned to Qizitang, Xue Yanrong fell heavily on the bed, clenched his fist and kept knocking on his forehead——

"Headache?" Yao Shichu asked.

"It's a little bit." Xue Yanrong said weakly: "Mother cried again, I feel uncomfortable watching it."

"Ma'am, I miss you." Yao Shichu sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing Xue Yanrong's temples.

"Ugh--"

"Why are you sighing again?"

"At the beginning of tenth, what do you think I should do?"

Yao Shichu heard Xue Yanrong speak in such a low tone for the first time, he paused, and looked up——

"What's the matter with you?"

Xue Yanrong propped himself up, hugging the pillow in his arms, his face full of exhaustion——

"My sister said that she wants me to start a family and let my mother embrace her grandson as soon as possible. I, I—"

Yao Shichu understood that this was Xue Yanrong's weak point, her weakness, and the place where she was the most helpless. Looking at the bloodshot and tired look in her eyes at this moment, she couldn't help feeling sad——

Can't marry early, keep filial piety for three years, what reason can the rest use?

Not to mention Beijing, even outside the customs, there is no man who has reached the age of 25 and has not yet married.

"Second Master, don't worry, there will be a way."

"You don't need to comfort me, I know there is nothing I can do." Xue Yanrong scratched his cheek, "At worst, in a few years, I will return to Foguang Temple to become a monk."

Yao Shichu was taken aback by these words, and said anxiously——

"How can I do that?! Second master! Don't talk nonsense!"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either!" Xue Yanrong shook his head, "Then I can't really marry one, can I?"

Speaking of which, Xue Yanrong suddenly sat up and looked at Yao Shichu seriously——

"If you don't go to inquire and see if there is any daughter who is stupid, it's a big deal to raise her for a lifetime!"

"My second master, what kind of demon did you fall into today? Just say something scary." Yao Shichu frowned, "I don't know which daughter is stupid, so don't ask me."

Xue Yanrong waved his hand——

"Look how frightened you are. I'm joking with you. Even if I am willing to marry, my mother is afraid that she won't. Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about it—"

Xue Yanrong jumped out of bed, took a piece of snack with bare feet, and said while eating——

"Tomorrow, let's go horseback riding together. I'm in the palace today, and I don't dare to let go. I always feel that my hands and feet are bound and I can't enjoy myself."

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is what you say." Yao Shichu quickly walked over with the shoes in hand, "Let's put on the shoes first, bare feet will catch cold."

"You are really troublesome—" Xue Yanrong said so, but his feet still stepped into the shoes.

Yao Shichu squatted down and pulled out his shoes. When he stood up, he stared at Xue Yanrong with both eyes——

"Actually, instead of you looking for some stupid young lady, this servant feels that Miss Yu Er——"

"Stop it!"

Xue Yanrong jumped up from the chair as if his butt was burned when he stepped on it——

"I won't talk to you anymore! How dare you mention such nonsense! Where's Xu Yu! Call Xu Yu!"

"What did you ask him to do? What time is it? I won't mention it, and it won't work if I don't mention it!"

----

Qi Pingnan took 1000 taels of silver from the bank, and led Jiang Youqing to Jinling.

Although it was said on the surface that she was going back to renovate the tomb, in fact, she knew why even without mentioning it.

But Jiang Youqing sees it through but doesn't say it. Thinking about it from another angle, his cousin's temperament is best known to his aunt, and what he likes is only his appearance at this time. I will get tired, and then I will not even have a place to cry. From this point of view, this is actually a good thing.

"Miss, let's go." Sui Mo said.

Jiang Youqing nodded and got into the carriage.

A gust of wind blew, and the curtain of the carriage was blown up, and then a figure flashed in front of my eyes——

Jiang Youqing quickly opened the curtains, turned to look——

I saw Xue Yanrong wearing a purple robe, his torch-like eyes exuded a different brilliance, riding on a steed, his expression was handsome and elegant, his every move was so different, the jade crown on his head shone brightly under the sun, There is a bit of the feeling of the moon and the breeze, talking and laughing with the people in the same company from time to time.

Jiang Youqing looked at him, but his mind jumped to the scene of that day——

He squatted on the ground and cried, and he bought a whole stick of candied haws to comfort himself.

They only met a few times, but Jiang Youqing felt the warmth and kindness in it, she thought—if he smiled more, maybe it would be better.

Jiang Youqing couldn't help but glanced a few more times——

Miss Yu Er?

Jiang Youqing opened his eyes wide, and his fingers tightened unconsciously——

"Young Qing—"

"what?"

Qi Pingnan stretched her head and glanced outside——

"What are you looking at?"

Only then did Jiang Youqing put down the curtain, and sat back——

"No, I didn't see anything, let's blow some air."

"It's cold in the spring, don't blow the wind, and catch a cold carefully."

As Qi Pingnan said, she handed over the hot tea in her hand——

"Thank you, aunt."

"This time repairing your parents' graves, I may have to stay longer. Originally, I thought about going to do it by myself, but at night I always dreamed that your mother would give me dreams, saying that I miss you so much, so I put you all together." And take it there, let's stay here for more than half a year, and come back before next year, just in time for you and Jiji, then we will take care of it."

Jiang Youqing nodded obediently——

In fact, there is no need for Qi Pingnan to say more, she also understands in her heart, whether it is a dream or a grave, but she just wants to keep herself away from Luo Xunlin——

But no matter what, it is good for me to be able to return to Jinling this time and to be able to repair my parents' graves.

"It's all up to my aunt's arrangement, so please don't worry about it."

"Well, my aunt knows that you are a sensible and good boy."

Qi Pingnan smiled in satisfaction, and then said no more.

And Jiang Youqing lowered his eyes, holding the teacup in his hand, thinking of Xue Yanrong and Miss Yu Er who he saw just now——

Feeling down for some reason——

When she came back, they might just get married.

He is a talented man and a beautiful woman, and he is also very good.

The author says:

Xue Yanrong: "Is Miss Jiang jealous?"

Jiang Youqing: "How many good sisters do you have?!"

感谢在2022-02-0223:04:44~2022-02-0400:31:15期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: there are only one idler, Xingchen, and Yanlang;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 563197235 bottles;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!