Chapter 443: Visit
After Xia Ruwan left, Qin Huiyin wrote a menu and gave it to the kitchen, asking them to prepare it for her. She planned to send it to Bingmasi as a donation later.
Song Ruize has been busy with official duties recently, and he has lost a lot of weight visibly. Even though he is young, he can't stand such consumption of his body.
She personally watched over the kitchen and cooked his favorite dishes. The dishes were ready and looked and smelled delicious. She was just about to take Zhilan to the Bingmasi when the servant said that there were guests coming.
She rushed to the front yard, and her heart skipped a beat when she saw the woman wearing a veil.
Just now she was still talking to Xia Ruwan about Cricket. Now that Cricket's heroine had come to her house, she couldn't help feeling a little guilty, and thought that this person had come to settle a score with her.
"Sister Gong, you are such a rare guest. Please take a seat." Qin Huiyin called Gong Qianyue and said to Zhilan, "Why don't you serve me some good tea? Bring me the Yun tea I bought recently."
Gong Qianyue took off her veil, revealing her tear-stained little face.
"Sister Gong, what's wrong with you?" Qin Huiyin saw her like this and quickly wiped her cheek with a handkerchief. "What happened?"
"Sister, haven't you heard the gossip outside?" Gong Qianyue wiped her tears with a handkerchief and sobbed.
"I have been feeling unwell recently and have not even left the house. I have not heard anything said outside. Look at your sister, what happened?"
"Something terrible has happened." Gong Qianyue leaned on her shoulder and cried, "I really want to die."
"Sister, don't cry. What happened? Tell me and see if I can help you." Qin Huiyin patted her shoulder.
"Minghua County Lady held a banquet, and all the noble ladies from various families attended. I was also there. I don't know how my dress got soiled, so I went to change, but was interrupted by the eldest son of the Zhu family..."
Qin Huiyin stood up suddenly, staring, and said angrily: "The eldest son of the Zhu Mansion is such a pervert, how dare he bully you."
"It wasn't bullying, it was... he just caught me changing clothes. At that time, I took off one coat, and I was still wearing my inner clothes! The eldest son of the Zhu family saw that the situation was not good, and was retreating outside. Coincidentally, at this time, the maid beside me brought a lot of people, and they all saw me and the eldest son of the Zhu family in the same room. But we were calculated! Afterwards, the people in the mansion investigated my maid. She accepted money from others and deliberately framed me. Sister, in this situation, everyone advises me to marry into the Zhu family, but I don't want to."
"You know what I'm thinking. I already have someone I love in my heart. Apart from him, no other man can enter my heart. If I marry someone I don't love, there will only be one more couple in this world. Master Zhu has you in his heart. He has a quarrel with his family, so he brought Xing'er back to make things difficult for them. If you are willing to marry him, even if you are a goddess from heaven, he won't even look at you. I can't compare with my sister. I don't want to marry him and stay alone in an empty room, becoming an abandoned woman who waits day and night."
Qin Huiyin: “…”
Gong Qianyue was still crying, complaining about the injustice of the world and the girl from the aristocratic family who schemed against her. She said that the Zhu family had originally set their sights on her, but she didn't want to marry them, so they schemed against her.
Qin Huiyin didn't know how much truth there was in Gong Qianyue's words, but she had a purpose for coming to complain. First, she explained that she was wearing clothes at the time and her body was not seen naked, so she didn't lose her reputation. Second, she said that she had a lover, and that lover was someone Qin Huiyin knew, that is, Tang Yichen. Third, she created a loving persona for the eldest son of the Zhu family, saying that his true love was her, and because he couldn't marry her, he was angry with his family and brought Xing'er back to make the family restless.
She wanted to kick her out.
Instead of wasting time here listening to her nonsense, it would be better to go find her brother with a carefully prepared love meal.
"Sister Gong, don't be too sad, your health is the most important thing." Qin Huiyin advised, "I don't know about these things, but from what you said, you really suffered a lot of grievances. However, as women, we are not convenient in this world. We can't make decisions on many things, and our families have to make the decisions. If something like this happens, you must beg your family not to let them marry you off at random."
"Sister Qin, you know I like your brother." Seeing that Qin Huiyin was not understanding, Gong Qianyue explained her purpose. "Except for him, all other men in the world are vulgar in my eyes. I really don't want to even look at them. I am unwilling to marry randomly like this. Can you let me meet him and talk to him for a few words? Even if I have to give up, I have to ask him in person."
Qin Huiyin hesitated for a moment, thinking that the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. Since it was Tang Yichen who caused the peach blossom debt, of course he should pay it back himself.
It was still early, Tang Yichen hadn't come back so early, but she didn't want to waste time on Gong Qianyue. If she listened to the complaints of a woman for an entire afternoon, her ears would be calloused.
"There is a teahouse opposite my eldest brother's government office. Why don't we go sit in the teahouse? If my eldest brother is free, maybe he can take a break from his busy schedule and come over to have a cup of tea?"
"Then I'll trouble you, sister." Gong Qianyue nodded with tears in her eyes. "I must ask him in person. If I don't ask him, I won't be satisfied."
She originally thought that as long as she built a good relationship with Tang Yichen's sister, appeared around him more often, and let him see her talent, he would not remain indifferent.
His current official position is not high, so marrying him is considered marrying down. If I ask my uncle for help, it will also help him in his official career.
But before she could implement all this, she fell into the trap of planning.
Qin Huiyin asked the servant to deliver the food to the Bingmasi.
She went out with Gong Qianyue, who was wearing a veiled hat.
When they arrived at the teahouse, Qin Huiyin asked Song Yi to go to the Imperial Censorate again. As expected, Tang Yichen came over soon.
"Brother, I'll go see if the shopkeeper has any good tea. You guys sit here for a while." When Qin Huiyin saw Tang Yichen coming, she finally had some peace and quiet and quickly slipped away.
Tang Yichen looked at Gong Qianyue who took off her veil, and his expression became much paler.
Song Yi said that the second young lady was in the teahouse opposite and asked him if he was free. He thought that his sister missed him and came to see her. He never thought that the little girl was using him as a tool.
"Master Tang, do you still remember those days..."
"Miss Gong, I have no interest in you, so you don't have to spend your energy on me." Tang Yichen interrupted her. "You do have some talent, and you are quite outstanding among women. However, I am from a farming family and I only like a simple life. I don't like you. You can choose another good husband."
"Master Tang, won't you listen to me?" Gong Qianyue was unwilling to accept it. "I thought we were the same kind of people."
"It's precisely because we are of the same kind that I don't have any thoughts. If I like the same kind, I can just look in the mirror and like myself. Why would I find a woman to make things difficult for myself?"
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