Chapter 708: Friendship
"Have you seen Master Lu?"
Yao Jingwan came forward, took off his cloak, and asked intimately.
"Lu Yanshu won the top three places in the imperial examination and is a close minister to the emperor. He is very busy with official duties, so it is not easy to see him."
"If we hadn't been friends since childhood, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to send in a visiting card."
Yao Jingwan smiled and ordered people to serve the meal.
"My husband has worked hard. Fortunately, everything is going well for us in Wenxi. Now we are students of the Girls' School."
Qin Jiayan's eyes were filled with smiles, and her face was full of praise: "Good! You are worthy of being my Qin family's daughter! Has Wenxi returned home after school?"
Yao Jingwan shook her head: "Wenxi is the most hardworking and has not returned home yet."
She looked at Qin Jiayan carefully. The young and handsome boy back then was now middle-aged and had become more elegant.
"Husband...I might as well go and admit my fault to my sister."
"After all, I owe my sister."
"I...as a biological sister, I touched my brother-in-law. It's all Jingwan's fault..."
"My husband and my sister also had a relationship. If it were my sister..."
"If my sister were still alive, she would definitely marry into the Qin family. If she wants everything to return to its original state, Jingwan is willing to ask to leave the family and ask her husband to make my sister his legal wife."
"I just hope that my sister can treat Wenxi as her own child, and then I will feel relieved."
Yao Jingwan burst into tears, and Qin Jiayan frowned: "Who do you think I am?"
"With this experience, how can she enter my Qin family?"
Qin Jiayan frowned in disgust: "Wen Xi and Wen Tan's mother can only be you."
"Don't say such nonsense. What is Yao Jingyi's current status? The door of my Qin family is not open to just anyone. She brought that bastard from nowhere into my Qin family. Wouldn't she be laughed at? She is humiliating my Qin family for nothing! Stop saying such things... You and I are husband and wife, don't you believe me?" Qin Jiayan pursed his lips and stopped talking.
There was a noise outside the house, and the maid greeted Qin Wenxi into the house.
"Mom, why are you crying? The teacher praised my daughter today, so I should be happy." Qin Wenxi walked forward nervously and wiped her mother's tears with a handkerchief.
"Dad, you are not allowed to bully Mom. Wen Xi won't agree!" The girl looked to be about ten years old, very lively and smart. She glared at her father with a raised corner of her mouth.
Qin Jiayan couldn't help but joked: "I dare not bully your mother."
"You two brothers and sisters are on her side. I can't afford to offend you."
Yao Jingwan laughed out loud when she heard this, and the room was filled with laughter.
There was a hint of sarcasm in her tearful eyes.
My dear sister, your marriage and your man will eventually be mine.
The Yao family is declining, and the best family that can be associated with is the Qin family.
She had no intention of harming her sister.
She was just jealous of her elder sister, jealous that her father and mother valued her, jealous that she had an excellent marriage, jealous of her talent and everything about her.
She never thought that it was such a coincidence that the bandits actually kidnapped her sister to the mountain.
At the beginning, Yao Jingwan knew that she had an unshirkable responsibility, and she knelt in the ancestral hall every day to pray for her sister. He knelt for three days without drinking a single drop of water and fainted.
The tribesmen who originally had some complaints about her stopped saying anything from then on.
Three days after the incident, the eldest sister's reputation became very bad.
The imperial court had just led troops to suppress the rebellion, and she had not seen her sister's whereabouts, so she couldn't help but mutter, "Did my sister commit suicide by jumping into the lake? After all, my sister is a girl from our Yao family, and she values her innocence and reputation the most."
My father's eyes flashed at that moment.
The next day, my father withdrew his servants from the search and told the authorities that there was no need to look any further.
Directly determine Yao Jingyi's death.
She didn't do anything from beginning to end. It was just that her sister had bad fate and bad luck.
"By the way, have you seen the countryman that the saint likes?" Yao Jingwan asked with a frown.
Qin Wenxi shook his head slightly: "I only heard that his family was very poor and he only had a widowed mother. He had only been in school for a little over a year when he was spotted by the teacher who personally brought him back to the capital. Several teachers took turns to test him for a month. I'm afraid the saint was a little tempted."
"I don't believe there is anyone more powerful than my son."
"Xi'er knew a thousand words at the age of three and could compose a poem in seven steps. How could she compare with Xi'er?"
Qin Jiayan held the tea in his hand, his eyes deep: "I will send someone to check as soon as possible. If the saint can't move, can she not move?"
"Don't worry, your father won't do anything. But if she gives up voluntarily, you can't blame others."
Qin Wenxi narrowed his eyes and nodded.
"I'm afraid we have to put Lanzhi's matter aside for now. Neither Lu Yanshu nor Lu Yuanxiao is someone she can get close to."
Yao Jingwan's appearance of doing her best to help her sister-in-law disappeared completely at this moment.
"My husband, just focus on Wenxi's affairs. Lanzhi and Qishan are not urgent."
"Sister-in-law, it's the same. Why did you choose Lu Yanshu when you could fall in love with anyone else? Lu Yanshu is in the capital, and I'm afraid nine out of ten girls have feelings for him." He is brilliant, handsome, and extremely gentle and kind to others.
"Sister-in-law has some ulterior motives. There are so many great scholars in the capital, but she chose to ask Lu Yanshu for guidance. It's because she sees the Lu family's power and wants to get close to them."
"If she really gets close to him, Lanzhi will have a chance too."
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Yao Jingwan's eyes. What is the Lu family? It's also something she can climb.
How dare you covet Lu Yanshu as your son-in-law? I'm afraid you don't know your own identity clearly!
The Lu family occupies half of Beizhao.
The eldest son passed the imperial examination and became a close minister to the emperor.
The second son is a general with a large army.
The three sons won the top three places in the imperial examination and had a high status among the students.
The youngest daughter is the Queen of the Southern Kingdom, and she will succeed to the throne as soon as she reaches the age of 15. In Beizhao, it was Princess Zhaoyang who was personally conferred by Emperor Xuanping, and she was like the morning sun shining on the world.
The Lu family is a popular family, and who wouldn't want to get close to them?
If she could marry him, would she be willing to give him to her nephews and nieces from her mother's side?
Yao Jingwan had a smile on her lips. Isn’t her Wen Xi excellent? Isn’t her Wen Tan excellent?
"Fortunately, my husband has a good relationship with the Lu family. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to enter the Lu family's gate." Yao Jingwan's flattering words made Qin Jiayan feel comforted.
When Qin Jiayan returned to the study, he sat quietly at the desk with a dazed look in his eyes.
He leaned helplessly on the chair, looking a little hesitant.
He had some feelings for Yao Jingyi back then.
Yao Jingyi was born dignified, virtuous, generous, and talented, unlike Yao Jingwan who was eccentric.
At the beginning, after they got engaged, they often went outings together and visited temple fairs together, and they had some warm time together.
But later, she was taken abducted to the mountain.
Although the Yao family tried hard to keep the secret, Jingwan was innocent at the time and let the secret slip. Jingyi was killed by many bandits...
Qin Jiayan took a deep breath.
Today, Yao Jingyi is no longer the talented woman she once was. Even her hands, which were good at playing the piano, have been bent and are covered with scars.
Her face wasn’t as youthful and rich as Yao Jingwan’s, but she had a reassuring aura that came from years of accumulation.
She is well-behaved and virtuous, which Jingwan does not have.
He beckoned over his trusted aides and said, "Send the silver to East Street and keep it a secret from the Madam."
After thinking for a while, he opened the secret compartment and took out a yellowed purse.
"Send them together."
This was the token of their love back then. Jingyi will understand my thoughts.
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