Chapter 64 Children
Qi Huan leaned forward, a look of curiosity on his face: "Have you told Miss Lin Er?"
Qi Shuo stretched out his hand to push away the handsome face that suddenly enlarged, and said with a faint warning: "No. Don't make any irresponsible remarks on your own initiative."
"Brother, how would the girl know if you don't tell her? You can't be so passive."
Qi Shuo glanced at his brother and said calmly, "My mother asked for marriage on my behalf."
"How come I don't know?" Qi Huan couldn't help but look at Qi Qiong and saw his sister's calm face.
He was incredulous: "So I'm the only one who doesn't know?"
Qi Qiong smiled and said, "It's only my second brother."
Qi Huan covered his chest with his hands, trying to pull out the small knife that had stabbed into his chest.
This is too much. Could it be that he was picked up?
The twins' tacit understanding made Qi Qiong comfort them perfunctorily: "Maybe mother forgot."
Qi Huan: It’s better not to comfort you.
"So...it didn't work?"
"Mrs. Lin refused." Qi Shuo said calmly.
Qi Huan reacted: "It is said that Mrs. Lin loves her daughter very much. Mrs. Lin did not agree. Could it be that Miss Lin was unwilling?"
Qi Qiong pulled Qi Huan.
It's such an obvious thing, but you have to ask it and make your elder brother sad.
Qi Shuo's expression didn't change much: "So don't scare her."
"Miss Lin Er has no taste." Looking at his brother's face which was somewhat similar to his own, Qi Huan shook his head.
You don’t even like a handsome young man like big brother?
Qi Shuo stood up and said, "It's getting late. Go back to sleep. You don't have to worry about me."
Seeing their brother striding away, Qi Huan and Qi Qiong looked at each other.
"Little sister, what do you think big brother is thinking? He doesn't seem anxious at all."
"I don't know either."
Qi Huan suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Could it be that Big Brother was behind the idle guy teasing Qin Wenyuan today?"
"Impossible." Qi Qiong denied without hesitation, "Brother is a man of good character. Does he look like someone who would associate with thugs?"
"That's right." Qi Huan nodded and dispelled his doubts.
Facts have proven that relying on luck is not a good idea. The next day, the news of what happened on Qixi Festival spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Qin Yunchuan, the Prince's Junior Tutor, went to a nearby teahouse with his colleagues to have tea and heard some gossip about his nephew.
In the end, colleagues couldn't sit still anymore and understood for the first time what it meant to feel embarrassed for someone else.
There was a soft thud, and Qin Yunchuan put down the teacup: "Sorry, I have something to deal with at home, I have to leave first."
The colleague also stood up, trying not to show any strangeness: "Master Qin, take care."
Qin Yunchuan nodded and walked away quickly.
The colleague turned around silently and went back to the teahouse.
Since he was the only one left, he would listen again.
I definitely don't mean to laugh at you, I just want to understand the situation.
Qin Yunchuan returned to the mansion and asked the servant, "Has the eldest young master gone out?"
"The eldest son didn't go out."
Knowing that Qin Wenyuan was at home, Qin Yunchuan went straight to his yard.
At this time, Qin Wenyuan was lying on the low couch in the study, staring at the beams in a daze.
He was worried, so he sent Qing Yan out to investigate secretly, but it turned out that people were talking about him everywhere.
Qin Wenyuan was stunned for a moment, and all he could think about was what to do if his uncle found out.
"Sir, the master is here!" Qing Yan rushed in, looking like he was about to cry.
Qin Wenyuan sat up suddenly.
Qin Yunchuan lifted the door curtain and walked in with a sullen face.
"Second uncle." Qin Wenyuan lowered his head, not daring to look at his uncle's angry face.
Qingyan leaned against the corner, trembling with fear.
The dead silence in the room lasted for an unknown amount of time before Qin Yunchuan slowly spoke, "Have you forgotten what I said?"
"Second Uncle, I didn't—"
"No?" Qin Yunchuan's face grew darker. "Now everyone in the capital knows that you, for the sake of Marquis Pingjia's son, harassed the girl who broke off her engagement with him. They say you and Marquis Pingjia have an affair."
"Second Uncle, those people are talking nonsense."
Qin Yunchuan sneered: "If you hadn't gone looking for trouble with the intention of speaking up for the Prince of Pingjia, would you have gotten yourself into trouble?"
Qin Wenyuan's face turned pale and blue, and he was unable to argue.
"What about those idle guys?"
"I don't know how my nephew got into trouble with them..."
"Wenyuan, you still haven't told your uncle the truth?" Qin Yunchuan shook his head. "You disappoint me so much."
"Second Uncle——"
"Do you think it's just bad luck that those idlers picked on you? It's obvious that someone is plotting against you. You're still trying to hide it, and even if Second Uncle wanted to find out, he's powerless."
Qin Wenyuan struggled internally for a moment, but still didn't dare to tell the truth: "My nephew also knows that there is something fishy about those idlers. Maybe the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Huai'an and the second daughter of the General's Mansion bribed those idlers to harm my nephew."
"I heard that those two girls were always with the young princess of Prince Jing's mansion and others. How did they bribe people to harm you?"
Qin Wenyuan was stunned by the question.
Qin Yunchuan looked at Qing Yan and said, "As the eldest master's personal servant, you should have stopped your master's inappropriate behavior in a timely manner, but you allowed it to happen. Go and receive fifty sticks on your own."
Qing Yan's legs softened and he knelt down: "Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me!"
Qin Yunchuan looked away and ignored the servant's pleading.
Although Qin Wenyuan was annoyed by Qing Yan's incompetence, he had followed him since childhood and could not help but plead: "Second Uncle, fifty sticks is too much——"
Qin Yunchuan glanced at him coldly: "Wenyuan, you should think about your future. The emperor will definitely ask about your affairs."
Qin Wenyuan's body swayed and he fell back onto the couch.
Seeing Qingyan didn't move, Qin Yunchuan gave an order and soon a servant came in and dragged him out.
"Sir, save me, Sir, save me—"
Qin Wenyuan's mind was full of his own affairs, so he had no time to plead for the servant.
Qing Yan said he was a servant, but he had never done any rough work. He even had someone to serve him in his daily life. He was delicate and delicate, but he would cry and confess after being beaten with twenty sticks.
"It was the young master who asked me to go find those idlers..."
After listening to Qing Yan's explanation, Qin Yunchuan ordered expressionlessly: "Give him a hundred blows."
After a hundred blows, Qing Yan died as expected.
Qin Wenyuan burst into tears upon learning the news of Qing Yan's death.
"Feeling sad?"
Qin Wenyuan burst into tears: "Qing Yan has been with me since he was a child..."
"This is the price. Think carefully before you act next time." Qin Yunchuan looked at his nephew, feeling very disappointed. "Wenyuan, focus on the right things and don't do such shameful calculations."
He actually ordered a loaf of ass to molest the little girl. It makes me so angry just thinking about it.
Qin Yunchuan was right. Two days later, Emperor Tai'an, upon hearing about this, summoned him to the palace.
"Qin Qing, I heard that your nephew has a good relationship with the Prince of Pingjiahou?"
Qin Yunchuan knew that he couldn't hide the truth from Emperor Tai'an, so he explained, "Wenyuan was saved by the Prince of Pingjia when he was a child. He is a grateful child, so he has always been in contact with the Prince of Pingjia."
"But he is not a child now." Emperor Tai'an stroked the white jade paperweight on the dragon table with an unfathomable expression.
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