Chapter 389 My name is Maomao, I am here to see your master

Officials of Daxia have three days off during the Lantern Festival.

Although many officials take three days off and do not deal with office work, they do not really stay at home doing nothing. They just read books, sleep with their families, or go shopping.

The vast majority of officials need to deal with personal relationships.

In other words.

Whether I can move up in position this year, or whether my children and nephews can move up to a higher level.

It is during these few days that people go around under the pretext of New Year's greetings.

In the past two years, the Yang Mansion and the residences of several officials under Li Nishang were crowded with people since the beginning of the New Year, not to mention the three days of the Lantern Festival. It was so exaggerated.

Even the residences of other high-ranking officials, although not as exaggerated as this, still had a constant stream of guests, and numerous exchanges of gifts and courtesies.

But this year

After all, the political situation has completely changed. On the surface, it seems to be just some simple interpersonal relationships, and there are no longer such exaggerated scenes as before. But as for what is happening behind the scenes, no one knows.

But at least.

Like the Cui Mansion today, only one family came, which is normal.

The person who came was the old man of the Qi family, and he brought his grandson Qi Min with him.

Qi Min was the one who pursued Cui Yuer some time ago, but was so frightened by a decree from the Queen Mother that she dared not leave the house.

Now he has become a joke in Luoan market.

They had made such a fuss before, but now seeing Qi Liang become like that, they dared not even fart.

In the lobby of the Cui family, the old man of the Cui family, Cui Yan, the former Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was very old. He was over eighty years old and his hair had already turned white. However, perhaps it was because he had read books all his life, but he looked quite elegant as he sat there.

This elegance makes him even more elegant than the old man from the Qi family next to him.

Cui Yuer sat at the end of the lobby, looking nonchalant. She really wanted to go back or go out to play with Su Linhan and the others. She also heard that Gu Chiyu was in a very good mood these days, so if she said a few nice words, he would even treat her to a meal!

Sitting on Cui Yuer's right, accompanying Qi Min, was Cui Buning, who was Cui Yuer's cousin.

Now

Qi Wen, the old man of the Qi family, looked at a piece of calligraphy hanging in the lobby and sighed: "What good luck! This piece of Water Melody Song of the Empress is worthy of being a family heirloom. I heard that after your Yu'er won the lottery, Mu Xu kept pestering Cui Yu and refused to let go?"

Old Master Cui smiled and said, "This kid got it by sheer luck, it's not that exaggerated. And Mu Xu has several pieces of calligraphy from the Empress."

After Qi Wen sighed, he turned to look at Cui Yuer: "That's amazing."

Although Cui Yuer didn't like the Qi family and was even disgusted by Qi Min, her upbringing made her stand up and bow immediately when she saw the old man of the Qi family looking at her first.

Qi Wen smiled and said, "I came here today because I haven't seen your grandfather for a long time, and I brought Qi Min with me to apologize to you. I rarely pay attention to these things. Not long ago, the imperial edict of the queen arrived at the mansion, and I knew that he did such a ridiculous thing. Don't you look at your own character? Is Yu'er a girl you can marry? Why don't you stand up and apologize! And you say such nonsense to the outside world! You are shameless, and others don't want you?"

After saying this, Qi Wen started scolding Qi Min directly.

Qi Min looks okay, but she is a little short, even a little shorter than Cui Yuer.

At that moment, Qi Min hurriedly stood up and bowed to Cui Yuer: "Ms. Yuer, it was my fault a few days ago, please forgive me."

Having said that, Qi Min bowed deeply, then looked at Cui Yuer and said, "But I really like you, Miss Yuer, so I was a little too radical before, but I also hope that Miss Yuer can give me a chance."

After saying this, he bowed deeply again.

Bang!

Just as Qi Min finished speaking, the old man of the Qi family slammed the table and said, "You bastard, what are you talking about!"

Qi Min looked at her grandfather: "Grandpa, I really like Yu'er."

Cui Yuer glanced at Qi Min. She really didn't like to look at this person, especially when she thought about all the things he had done before, such as declaring to the public that he would not marry anyone but Cui Yuer in his life and saying such and such things about Cui Yuer, which made her a laughing stock. She was very disgusted.

Especially these words, even after Cui Yuer had clearly rejected him, this man still did it so shamelessly.

And now.

Hearing Qi Min's expression, Cui Yu'er smiled, and then said bluntly, "You've only met me twice, and you said you like me. Master Qi really likes me very quickly. And Master Qi, what do you mean by liking to attack my Cui family? Do you have to tell me everything? If I tell you, Grandpa Qi will be embarrassed, right? Besides, you have insulted my reputation so much, and now you have the nerve to come to my house and say you like me, you..."

When Cui Yan heard this, he said, "Yu'er."

Cui Yuer looked at her grandfather and stopped talking.

Cui Yu saw Cui Yu'er's expression, but he didn't blame her. Instead, he looked at Qi Wen and said, "Please forgive me, Lord Qi. My niece is naughty and outspoken. Although she passed the imperial examination by chance, she still doesn't change her temper. What happened before is always the business of young people, and since it's in the past, it doesn't matter anymore."

Qi Wen smiled, then sighed: "It's also my fault. I didn't discipline this child well."

After saying that, he looked at Qi Min and said, "I brought you here to apologize, but you are still talking nonsense here! Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? And you still say you like it!"

Qi Min lowered his head and said nothing, but clenched his fists. He didn't know whether he was angry about what Cui Yuer had just said, or something else. But looking at Qi Wen, Qi Min still said, "Grandpa, I am sincere."

Bang!!

Just as Qi Min said this, Qi Wen slapped Qi Min in the face.

This really caught everyone off guard, including Qi Min, who was covering his face with a look of disbelief, because this had not been told to him in advance, and he was saying it according to what his grandfather had taught him.

Cui Yu saw this scene and sat in his seat without saying anything.

Cui Zheng wanted to speak, but was stopped by Cui Yu.

Cui Buning, who was next to Qi Min, saw this and subconsciously looked at his grandfather, Mr. Cui.

But seeing that Mr. Cui was smiling without saying anything, I didn’t say much.

Just looking at Qi Wen, Cui Buning seemed to be thinking about something, and felt that this old man came to sell his grandson on purpose.

At this time.

Bang!!

Qi Wen slapped Qi Min on the other side of the face again.

Then, Qi Wen looked at Cui Yuer and said with a smile: "I, an old man, came here to apologize sincerely today. You should know this, Yuer. I hit him twice because of what he just said. If you are still not satisfied, you can hit him directly. Qi Min dared to say such nonsense to others, so he deserves to be beaten!"

…

Right now.

Right outside Cui’s house.

Maomao and Xiangluo were standing at the gate of Cui's house, carrying a lot of bags.

Looking at the magnificent gate in front of her, Xiangluo felt a little timid.

Maomao, on the other hand, looked at the two servants of the Cui family standing at the door nonchalantly and said, "My name is Maomao. Please help me inform them. I'm here to look for Cui Yan."

(End of this chapter)