While pouring the tea, he kept muttering to himself, "So what if you're pouring it? I want to see if you can even taste the alcohol... It's just a marriage fortune slip, what's there to worry about... I've been sitting here all night and still haven't figured it out. I really don't know what the point of drinking this tea is. The shopkeeper even said that drinking this tea would enlighten you, but I don't see any change..."
Lu Huai's head was throbbing from his nagging, and he growled in a low voice, "Shut up!"
Ah Yu reluctantly shut his incessant chatter.
After finishing his tea and exhaling a breath of stale air, Lu Huai glanced at Qin Qi, who was sleeping peacefully below, and then put the tile back on.
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A gentle breeze was blowing that day, but the sky was overcast.
Qin Qi looked at the storybook in his hand with a bored expression and pressed his temples.
Lu Huai had heard from somewhere that women liked to read this kind of thing, so he bought her more than ten copies from a shop outside.
Seeing his expression, she flipped through a few pages, but found them unbearable to look at. It would have been better if she had looked at the account book instead.
Lu Huai brought in a freshly boiled teapot, and while pouring her tea, he glanced at the storybook in her hand: "How is it? Does it help you pass the time?"
It was all out of good intentions. Qin Xi forced a smile: "Not...not bad."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huai burst out laughing.
Qin Qi frowned and glared at him: "What are you laughing at?"
He stopped speaking, but his eyes were filled with a bright smile: "It's nothing. I just didn't expect you to be such a hypocrite."
Qin Xi was annoyed by his words, and with a soft snort, she tried to get up.
Just then, Lele walked in and curtsied to the two of them: "Reporting to Miss, Princess Zhaoyang's maid Chi Cui has arrived."
Lu Huai waved his hand dismissively: "What Chi Cui? Never even heard of her. No way, kick her out."
Chi Cui?
Qin Xi put down her teacup and remembered the name.
On the day she argued with Princess Zhaoyang, Princess Zhaoyang ordered Chi Cui to slap Bao Bao in the face. If she hadn't acted quickly and cleverly, she probably would have received a beating. Fortunately, Lu Huai arrived in time.
Qin Xi pursed her lips, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "What is she doing here?"
Lele glanced at Lu Huai, who was being ignored, and touched her nose: "It seems to be an invitation."
Qin Qi frowned: "I'll go take a look."
Seeing her like this, Lu Huai immediately put down the teapot: "I'll go too! I'll go too!"
The weather was gradually warming up, and it hadn't snowed for several days. The two walked side by side into the yard.
Upon seeing them arrive, Chi Cui bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Young Master Changjue, and Miss Qin."
Alright, this is just someone echoing Princess Zhaoyang's style.
He calls Lu Huai more affectionately than anyone else, but he always addresses her, his wife, as "Miss," which makes people feel uncomfortable no matter how they hear it.
Qin Xi was a little annoyed when she heard Lu Huai say impatiently, "How can you talk like that? You're supposed to be from the palace, and you don't even know how to bow properly. What kind of palace maid are you?"
Chi Cui stared at him with a hint of grievance: "But the princess..."
"What boar and sow? If you don't bow properly, get out of here!" Even though she brought up Princess Zhaoyang, Lu Huai didn't buy it at all.
Seeing that he was unmoved by either soft or hard approaches, Chi Cui had no choice but to bow again under his gaze: "Greetings, Second Young Master Lu, greetings, Young Madam Lu."
Qin Qi's displeasure vanished, replaced by a gentle warmth.
Lu Huai then helped her stand up, looked at Qin Xi, and gestured for her to ask.
"What brings you to the Minister's residence?" Qin Xi asked, noticing his gaze.
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