Chapter 67 You don’t want to be my wife? Qi Buchen is sending...
Qi Buchen was in a daze, his eyes unconsciously fixed on the long box that had never moved.
"What are you thinking about?"
The sudden male voice startled Qi Buchen. She turned around and saw it was Yinzhen. Her heart, which had stopped beating, began to pound again. She exhaled, put her right hand on her chest, and said subconsciously, "You scared me to death!"
Only after she finished speaking did she realize she hadn't seen or spoken to Yinzhen in five days. Her tone seemed a little too natural, too intimate, in this context. A little embarrassed, she pursed her lips, lowered her head, and asked unnaturally, "Why are you here?"
Yinzhen said, "Are you scared? Drink a bowl of calming soup before going to sleep."
Then the two men fell silent. Qi Buchen kept his head down and could only see with his peripheral vision that the corner of Yinzhen's robe and boots were standing there motionless.
Damn it, someone come and break this awkward atmosphere!
Yinzhen looked at his wife, who huddled in a ball with her head bowed in frustration, and felt a surge of pity. He couldn't help but wonder if he'd pushed her too far. The wife was young, and suddenly frightened by him, she could only avoid him. Now that he'd barged in, would she think he was up to something awful, and become even more frightened?
This possibility is not impossible. Yinzhen felt a little regretful, but now that he had broken in, he still wanted to get to the bottom of it all at once.
But, you can't ask directly.
Yinzhen shifted his gaze from his wife and saw the familiar box on the dressing table. He had an idea: "Do you like the gift?"
"Ah?" Qi Buchen was caught off guard by the question. She had never seen what the gift was, so she could only vaguely say, "Ah."
Yinzhen frowned. "Don't you like it?" He paused and explained, "I'm...making it for the first time, so it might not look very good. I didn't mean to give you a defective product... Don't mind. If you don't like it, I'll go back and make it again. I'll give it to you when I make a better one."
"Ah?" Qi Buchen then realized that this gift was made by Yinzhen himself. Although he didn't know what it was, he must have put a lot of effort into it. Just think about how much effort she put into making a cake.
"No." Qi Buchen was too embarrassed to spoil the gift made by others. "I... I like it, I like it."
Although it was just a simple word of "like", Yinzhen smiled happily as if he had won a prize: "That's good. If you like it, I will make something else for you in the future. You can choose the style yourself."
"Ah?" Qi Buchen stirred his hands in front of him, "That's not necessary."
The smile on Yinzhen's face instantly disappeared, and he realized something: "You just said you liked me, were you trying to coax me?"
"No..." Qi Buchen was about to explain, but then he felt guilty, as if he had done something wrong.
She took a deep breath, raised her head, looked at Yinzhen, and said in a calm tone, "I haven't opened it before, so I don't know what's inside."
Yinzhen felt as if a knife was stabbing his heart. He asked with hurt eyes, "Why didn't you open it? Do you hate me so much that you don't even want to look at the things I gave you?"
Qi Buchen sighed. He hadn't done anything, so why did he feel like a sinner?
"I don't hate you, I just don't open it because I don't know how to open it."
Yinzhen didn't understand what she meant: "Don't you know how to open it? I didn't lock it. Just unfasten the buckle and it will open."
"What I mean is..." Qi Buchen said to himself, trying to stay calm, "...I don't know with what mood or identity to open it."
"Identity?" Yinzhen replied subconsciously, "You are my wife, what other identity do you need?"
Qi Buchen was silent for a moment, and decided that it was better to say some things as soon as possible: "It's not that I can open it just because I'm your wife."
"What do you mean?" Yinzhen didn't understand. She was his wife, so why couldn't she open the birthday gift he gave her?
Qi Buchen sighed: "She is a concubine in status, but not in heart."
What Yinzhen heard: "You don't want to be my wife?"
"It has nothing to do with whether you want it or not. It depends on..." Qi Buchen paused. She actually didn't know what to look at. "...it depends on the reality."
"The reality is that you are already my wife!" Yinzhen said firmly.
Qi Buchen was silent, knowing that this didn't make sense.
Seeing that she was silent again, Yinzhen paced back and forth in annoyance: "I...what I said the other day...what do you think?"
“…” Qi Buchen pursed his lips and answered honestly, “I don’t know.”
I don’t know how to face this relationship, I don’t know what to do next, and I don’t know where the future lies.
Yinzhen listened, but thought that she didn't know what love was, didn't know how she felt about him, and didn't know how to respond.
He breathed a sigh of relief, squatted down, and met Qi Buchen's eyes: "You are still young, it is normal for you not to understand these things, and I will not force you. But, don't hide from me anymore, get along with me as before, and then you slowly, slowly understand, think clearly, and then answer me, okay, huh?"
Qi Buchen looked at him and saw complete seriousness and sincerity in his eyes. She thought, this is good, let time decide everything.
"good."
Although the process was not satisfactory, the final result still met his expectations. Yinzhen was still in a good mood when he left.
After Yinzhen left, Baozhu and others immediately surrounded him and asked, "Fujin, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Qi Buchen's fingers brushed across the long box, but he didn't open it after all.
Let’s wait and see.
"I need to wash up."
Perhaps it was because he had resolved the knot in his heart, but he slept exceptionally soundly that night. The next day, he woke up refreshed and asked Baozhu, "Have you prepared everything for the trip?"
Although she had been avoiding Yinzhen these past few days, she was also busy with work, wandering the various temples during the day. Unfortunately, she hadn't encountered any masters so far. Identifying a master was simple: just give them her original birth date and let them calculate her lifespan. Her face might be affected by her time travel, but her birth date was fixed, so there was no reason she could change the past.
Anyone who lives a long life does not have any special abilities.
It was another busy day, but without any results. Qi Buchen was not disappointed. He had already planned to search all the temples, Taoist temples and the like in the Qing Dynasty. If he could not go himself, he would send someone to go.
In the evening, Yinzhen walked towards the main courtyard with a nervous mood.
No one stopped him at the second gate, and the main courtyard door was wide open. Yinzhen could hardly suppress the smile on his face.
Qi Buchen still looked casual: "I'm back, let's have dinner."
But Yinzhen felt particularly cordial. God knows how he had been eating supper alone these days. It was simply unbearable to look back.
Although Qi Buchen spoke much less tonight than before, Yinzhen was satisfied and did not dare to ask for more. He took the initiative to find topics to talk about.
"What have you been busy with today?"
Qi Buchen paused in his eating, and Yinzhen's heart skipped a beat. Did he ask something he shouldn't have? Was Fu Jin angry again?
Fortunately, the worst scenario he imagined did not happen. Qi Buchen just paused for a moment and continued eating: "I was not busy at all. I just went to a few temples to worship."
Yinzhen sighed, not daring to ask for anything more: "Let's go to the temple. That's great. Is the incense money enough?"
"Enough." Qi Buchen looked at him in surprise. Did this man forget that she was in charge of all the money in the mansion?
Yinzhen didn't forget, he just asked subconsciously. Seeing the look in Fu Jin's eyes, he felt a little embarrassed. He coughed and ate obediently.
After finishing his meal, Yinzhen reluctantly stood up and said, "Then I... will leave."
"Well, take care." Qi Buchen's words were a little polite.
Yinzhen was a little dissatisfied. He opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. He took Su Peisheng and others back to the front yard.
Su Peisheng accompanied the entire meal. To be honest, he felt really sad. Who could have thought that in just over two years, his master had changed from the aloof Fourth Prince to a henpecked husband who had to be cautious when speaking in front of his wife.
The old saying is true. Women are really tigresses. Even the most heroic men will be conquered by them.
Fortunately, fortunately he doesn't have to suffer this.
Su Peisheng shed tears of sympathy for his master in his heart.
Qi Buchen and Yinzhen continued to get along awkwardly. During this time, they searched all the temples in the city, but found nothing. As for those outside the city, they could not just leave as they pleased, and they had to find a good opportunity to arrange it.
However, Qi Buchen's recent crazy temple-going behavior has also been noticed by many people. After much speculation, they still don't understand what Qi Buchen's intention is. In the end, they can only attribute it to the fact that the Fourth Lady is particularly devout in Buddhism.
This is nonsense. Besides going to the temple, she also went to the Taoist temple, okay? Although there are very few Taoist temples.
Yinzhen came back on time that day, but his expression was different from usual and he looked a little depressed.
It was rare to see him behave like this, so Qi Buchen was a little curious: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." He answered every question from Fu Jin Yin Zhen, holding his breath and said, "It's just that the emperor dismissed Teacher Gu from his post."
Qi Buchen's mind raced for a moment before he realized that this was referring to Gu Badai: "Why? I haven't heard that Lord Gu has committed any crime?"
Because Yinzhen particularly admired Gu Badai, and Gu Badai's family was relatively poor, Qi Buchen always sent people to keep an eye on him, just to help him without making a sound when he was inconvenient.
——If you always give gifts in a high-profile manner, it will hurt people’s self-esteem. You should also be careful about how you help others.
Yinzhen was even more frustrated: "The Emperor said that Mr. Gu is a man without respect for his dignity and is unfit to be the Minister of Rites."
"Ah? This..." This reason is a bit strong, and people don't know how to refute it. Regardless of decency, the scope is too large. If you put in the effort to pick, I'm afraid everyone can pick out something.
"The teacher has always been gentle and polite..." Yinzhen said angrily and couldn't continue. It was his royal father who spoke, and he was questioning the emperor's will.
"Maybe something happened that we don't know about." Qi Buchen advised, thinking that Kangxi should not be the kind of person who acts on his own whim. "If you are worried, I will go to see Madam Gu in person in a few days."
Yinzhen was going to the study, and as a prince, it was not appropriate for him to have close contact with the minister who had just been demoted by Kangxi at this time.
Yinzhen was touched. Fu Jin was still very considerate of him: "Thank you for your hard work."
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