Chapter 354: Good Romance

Helian Mian naturally knew something about Qin Chi's background.

His father was from a remote village in Yi County, his mother was a refugee, and his grandparents were both native locals. Qin Chi was frail and sickly since childhood, but he 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 you want to win them over, you can't do it openly.

Stayed a little longer.

Helian Mian asked Qin Chi to retreat.

After Qin Chi left, two scholars came out from the inner compartment. They were Helian Mian's staff. They came to assist the emperor's eldest grandson at the request of the crown prince. They were responsible for most of Helian Mian's good reputation outside.

"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."

Suddenly, Helian Mian looked at another scholar.

Mr. Fang stroked his beard and said, "Qin Qi'an's tone is unfaithful. He clearly doesn't worry about others investigating. He has made quite a few enemies in the court during this period, and often affects the interests of some people. It is normal for someone to plot against him behind his back and want to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and Your Highness may be the knife chosen by the other party."

"Mr. Fang's words make sense, but the premise is that Qin Qi'an is not of royal blood. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Why would the people behind this spread such rumors?"

The other scribe said.

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

Helian Mian was overwhelmed after hearing this.

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 waved his hand and said, "Let's put this 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. It will not be too late to make a decision when the time comes.

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. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and pulled Qin Ba over and blocked her in front of him.

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

"Bang!"

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

"Miss? Are you okay, Miss?"

A maidservant in green ran out from the bushes where she was hiding nearby and hurried to help her girl.

What else did Qin Chi not understand? 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, passed the master and servant, and left directly. When the young lady came to her senses from the pain, there was no trace of Qin Chi and Qin Ba. Wait for a distance.

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 temporarily limited by his inherent thinking.

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 more stringent.

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 more Qin Ba thought about it, the more frightened he became.

The two of them just passed through the corridor.

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.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

This time, the butler brought Qin Chi to the courtyard where Duke Ningguo lived. When they arrived, they found that there was not only Duke Ningguo, but also a military general.

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

"Haha, no need to be polite, we are all family, come and sit down. However, this guy would rather you call him General Ling." Duke Ningguo said with a smile.

The middle-aged general sitting next to him was quite impressive. He was Ling Dinghou, Ling Yuanhao's father.

Ling Dinghou looked at Qin Chi as if he was looking at his own junior. "Don't listen to the Duke's nonsense. You don't have to call him Marquis or General. Just call him Uncle Ling. My third son is always thinking about you in the northwest. This is all thanks to you. Who would have thought that he would dare to go to the northwest to join the army under an assumed name?"

Qin Chi stood up and apologized to Ling Dinghou. It was indeed his instigation that Ling Yuanhao went to the northwest to join the army.

Ling Dinghou didn't really blame Qin Chi.

In fact, he was very conflicted inside. He wanted his son to succeed, but he was also worried that his son would be too successful and make Emperor Mingcheng wary of the Marquis' Mansion.

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 argue with you."

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 prepare military supplies."

"This job shouldn't have fallen on you."

Duke Ningguo didn't quite understand this.

Ling Dinghou added: "Without someone of importance returning to the capital, the civil officials in the court will not approve the military funds."

These words left Duke Ningguo speechless.