Chapter 449 Playing Chess
Tang Yichen and Puyang Qiubai exchanged moves, and soon the chess pieces were arranged in a dazzling array, leaving Qin Huiyin confused.
Qin Huiyin dozed off while watching. No matter how good-looking the two men were, she didn't have the patience to stay any longer.
"Brother, Master Bai, please take your time. I'm going to look for Sister Luwu."
"Okay." Tang Yi said with a smile.
After Qin Huiyin left, the servant brought a soup bowl, saying that the second lady had arranged for the kitchen staff to prepare it for Tang Yichen.
Tang Yichen asked the servant to put it down, and said to Puyang Qiubai with a smile: "Excuse me."
"Lord Tang is very busy with official duties and has many things to deal with every day. He should indeed take care of his health. Please do as you please, Lord Tang, and don't worry about me." Puyang Qiubai said with a smile while holding the chess piece.
Tang Yichen stirred the soup with a spoon, glanced at Puyang Qiubai, and said, "Why does Mr. Bai suddenly want to be the music master of our Tang Mansion?"
"I only have the skill of playing the zither which is presentable to others, and I have relied on that skill to make a living before. However, if there is a second way, who would want to live without dignity? Now Miss Qin has given me a second way, allowing me to live like a human being. I am very grateful and naturally want to seize this opportunity to escape from that hell."
"With Mr. Bai's ability, if he wanted to get out of this hell, he wouldn't have to wait until now, and he wouldn't have to rely on a little girl."
"I understand what Lord Tang means. Lord Tang is as bright and elegant as the moon. There must be many people offering recruitment invitations along the way. Do those people really value Lord Tang's talent and have no other motives?"
Tang Yichen smiled faintly: "Our situations are different."
"Yes, it is different. I am just having a harder time than Lord Tang. Lord Tang is talented, has backbone, and dignity. He can clearly reject other people's plans, but I can't. Only Miss Qin really wants to leave a place for me to live."
"If Yinyin wants to keep you, I will of course not object, because Yinyin's mood is very important. However, Mr. Bai must understand that you are teaching a girl in the boudoir, so you must teach her reasonably."
"Don't worry, Master Tang. I know my place and my position, and I will never treat you with disrespect."
"Mr. Bai's skills are superb. I admit defeat."
"Lord Tang is too modest. I only won by a narrow margin. It is still unknown who will win or lose the next round. I am sorry for making a fool of myself."
"If there is anything that is not thoughtful, just send someone to tell me. I am the same age as you and we are both men, so I am sure I can talk better. If I am free, please come over and play a few games with Mr. Bai."
"It is better to obey than to be respectful."
After Puyang Qiubai left, Tang Yichen drank the remaining half cup of tonic soup. He handed the empty cup to Chen Yu beside him and said, "Hasn't there been any news from Mr. Song yet?"
"I think even if he has any news, I'm afraid he won't give it to you, sir."
"Then tell him, let him know how dangerous the current situation is." Tang Yichen wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief. "I don't believe he can stop being nervous knowing that this person has come in."
In the carriage, Song Ruize closed his eyes and took a nap. He was too tired recently, and it was not safe to ride a horse, so he took this opportunity to take a nap in the carriage, so that he would have the energy to accompany Yinyin to the night market later.
Jiang Qibin rode outside to accompany them, and said to Song Ruize in the carriage: "If the case of Yuzhu Pavilion is not resolved, those two old men will make a big fuss in the Ministry of Justice. I heard that even the emperor was annoyed and asked the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise the case. Boss, our brothers in the Military Department are also exhausted. This case is also easy to settle. As long as the young eunuch is pushed out, won't it calm the public anger?"
"If it's so easy to solve, why hasn't the case been closed yet?"
"Yeah, why?"
"There are people behind Yuzhu Pavilion." Song Ruize said, "We just don't know who they are. So far, we haven't found any clues. We only know that there is an invisible hand fanning the flames."
"Boss, the one in front seems to be Tang Yushi's follower."
Song Ruize opened the curtain and glanced at Chen Yu opposite him.
Chen Yu bowed first, took a few steps forward, and said, "Sir Song, the young lady has to practice the piano these days, so I'm afraid she won't be able to go to the Song residence to have dinner with you, so I specially asked my subordinate to come and inform you."
"If Yinyin wanted to inform me, she wouldn't trouble the people around Lord Tang. I guess this decision was Lord Tang's intention!" Song Ruize showed disdain.
"If Master Song doesn't believe it, just go to the Tang residence and you'll find out. Our Second Miss is really busy. Even if Master Song wants to have a meal with her, he has to wait first!"
Song Ruize was not stupid. He knew from what he heard that the man surnamed Tang deliberately led him to the Tang residence. As for the reason, he would know after taking a trip there.
"Okay, I'll come visit you personally."
Chen Yu bowed and said, "I have delivered your message. Goodbye."
After Chen Yu left, Jiang Qibin said, “Boss, are you really going to Tang’s house?”
"That place isn't a place of danger, why can't I go there?"
"You never liked going there."
As long as he wanted to go, Qin Huiyin would make all the arrangements for him and let him go in and out of the Tang residence as if it were his own mansion, but he did not like to enter the territory of the Tang family and almost never took the initiative to visit.
"Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can't go. Mr. Tang brought me there on purpose. There must be something he wants me to see with my own eyes. So I'll fulfill his wish this time."
Jiang Qibin said to the driver, "You have no sense. The master said to go to Tang's house. Didn't you hear it?"
The driver said honestly, "How dare I act on my own without the master's order? Hey, I'll go right away, right away."
When the carriage entered Tang's house, the servants did not stop them, but opened the door to let them in.
Song Ruize walked straight towards Qin Huiyin's courtyard.
"Sir Song, our second young lady is not here now." A servant came forward, "She is now in the courtyard of the new Master Qin, drinking tea with that Master Qin."
Song Ruize understood. This was Tang Yichen's intention.
He straightened his sleeves and said to the servant, "Lead the way."
The servant led Song Ruize into a quiet courtyard.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard a melodious piano sound.
He saw Qin Huiyin sitting in front of the stone table with a smoky tea set in front of her, and she was looking at the handsome man playing the music opposite her with her bright eyes.
It's him.
The servant brought Song Ruize to the gate of the courtyard and left.
Song Ruize stood there, watching Qin Huiyin drinking tea and enjoying the music.
Although Tang Luwu and Tang Yixiao were also nearby, Song Ruize could not see them. He could only see Qin Huiyin, and alarm bells rang in his mind.
Tang Yixiao noticed Song Ruize at the first moment, and looked at Qin Huiyin next to him with a gloating look.
Here he comes, someone more domineering than his elder brother is coming.
"Second sister, look who's here?" Tang Yi reminded Qin Huiyin with a smile.
Qin Huiyin didn't look back, waved her hand, and said nonchalantly: "Don't let anyone disturb me from listening to the music."
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