Chapter 56

Chu Jinyao is lost and is looking for Qin Yi to ask for directions. Since childhood, the crown prince has been taught by special great scholars. These people should not only have profound knowledge, but also have noble morality and prominent reputation. The literary ministers and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the important officials of the past dynasties, are proud to be crown prince and crown Fu. Qin Yi's teacher, that's not generally good.

However, Chu Jinyao didn't know what the teacher in Qin Yi's words was. She had stopped thinking when she heard that it was the other party's teacher. "It's said that a famous teacher makes a good apprentice. If it's a good master, ordinary people can't learn to imitate again. I'd better practice honestly."

Qin Yi takes a step to the side and signals Chu Jinyao to approach. Chu Jinyao hesitated: "this..." Qin Yi is now a young man. Men and women don't give and receive. How can she get so close to him?

Seeing that Chu Jinyao didn't move, Qin Yi directly stretched out his hand and pulled her over: "hurry up, I can't leave the jade pendant for too long. I can't practice without teaching."

Chu Jinyao's wrist was held. She only had time to see each other's slender fingers. Qin Yi is still in a state of spirit and his fingers are still translucent, but even so, it doesn't prevent him from completely encircling Chu Jinyao's wrist with one hand and pulling her whole person with a little force.

Chu Jin felt inexplicably that it was a pair of martial arts hands. If you don't practice martial arts, your fingers won't be so long and powerful.

How many years has Qin Yi been practicing? He is so powerful in both literature and martial arts. Chu Jinyao was thinking in a trance that her forehead was suddenly bounced. Although it was not painful, it was enough to wake her up.

"What are you doing?" Chu Jinyao covered her forehead and looked up at Qin Yi unhappily.

Qin Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, it's reasonable for you to be distracted? Hold your pen well and write in the way I said."

Chu Jinyao is still very interested in learning. If she doesn't, she will be caught by Chu Jinmiao. She immediately withdrew her mind and listened carefully to Qin Yi. Qin Yi stood beside Chu Jinyao and taught her how to move her pen and how to make a transition. Chu Jinyao didn't do well in some places. Qin Yi was impatient and directly reached out to hold her pen to help her correct. He is on Chu Jinyao's left hand. Every time he wants to hold a pen, he can only stretch his arm behind Chu Jinyao and hold her to correct. Chu Jinyao was very uncomfortable. She told herself in her heart that Qin Yi was a monster and had no sense of great defense between men and women in the world. Don't worry about it with him. This repeated many times, Chu Jinyao was also slowly used to it. She held hands by Qin Yi, pushed slowly on the paper, and wrote more and more smoothly.

Chu Jinyao used to write very little. She was very afraid of pen and ink, but now Qin Yi took it with her. She started it quickly. Later, when Qin Yi let go, she could write a few words in a decent way. Chu Jinyao was very happy. She turned back happily and said, "look, I can write by myself!"

Chu Jinyao turned back in a hurry and forgot that Qin Yi was standing behind her. They were very close. When she looked back like this, she almost hit Qin Yi's chin.

Qin Yi had to stand very close when he wanted to bypass Chu Jinyao and hold his pen. He was taller than Chu Jinyao, so he had to support the table with one hand and put the other hand around Chu Jinyao, with the feeling that she was familiar with writing. Now Chu Jinyao suddenly turned back and nearly ran into him. Chu Jinyao looked back and found Qin Yi's face close at hand. He was stunned on the spot. Qin Yi reacted very quickly. He immediately raised his chin back, then lowered his eyes and glanced at Chu Jinyao: "what are you doing?"

Chu Jinyao was very embarrassed. This was the first time she was so close to a man. At this moment, she clearly realized that Qin Yi was a man and she could no longer get along with him as before. Chu Jinyao was about to speak to ease the atmosphere, but he found that Qin Yi's chin was much thinner. His face was so transparent that it almost melted into the air. There was a light and fragile beauty, which made his facial features more exquisite.

However, Chu Jinyao had no intention to appreciate Qin Yi's outstanding appearance. She said anxiously, "what's the matter with you? Is it uncomfortable?"

Qin Yi himself looked disapproval: "nothing. It's been too long since he left the jade pendant. The spirit can't support him. Just go back and raise him."

What is raising? Can you make fun of the soul? Chu Jinyao was really angry: "since you can't come out for too long, go back quickly! It's also my fault. I just focused on practicing calligraphy and didn't pay attention to you."

"I'm fine," Qin Yi said, adding, "don't think about it. It has nothing to do with you."

"Well, I know. Go back quickly!"

Qin Yi has been a restless person since childhood. He hates bondage most. Now he is confined to the jade pendant. It's an unspeakable boredom. Qin Yi didn't want to go back at all if he could get out of that restricted place. But Chu Jinyao was so anxious that she was crying. Qin Yi had no choice but to return to the jade pendant reluctantly.

At the jade pendant, the weak soul felt much better immediately. Qin Yi sighed softly and immediately comforted Chu Jinyao: "I'm fine. Don't cry."

Is that okay? Chu Jinyao is really about to be cried by Qin Yi. Why doesn't this man take his body seriously at all? She was bored for a while. She didn't know who she was angry with. Finally, she said, "don't do this next time."

"Well, good," Qin Yi replied without much distraction. He yawned lazily and said, "it's time for you to practice calligraphy. This is water grinding Kung Fu. You can't be lazy."

"I understand." Chu Jinyao sat at his desk, picked up his pen and said while dipping in ink, "I'm practicing calligraphy here. If you're sleepy, take a break first. I'll accompany you."

Qin Yi chuckled: "I'm not a child. I can't use people to accompany me." although he said so, the loss of the spirit is too great today. He only supported it for a while, but he couldn't survive and fell asleep.

Chu Jinyao looks at Qin Yi and is more careful. In the study, you can only hear the rustle of the tip of a pen.

As the night grew deeper and deeper, the little servant girls lit lanterns one by one on the corridor, and the lights were also lit in all courtyards of Changxing Marquis house. At this time, few people in the house have moved around. Regardless of what they say and do in the daytime, those who can sit under the same lamp are the real close people.

Chu Jinmiao covered the lampshade on the candlestick and asked, "isn't father coming today?"

Mammy Zhang said, "it's all this point. I'm afraid the marquis will stay in that hospital tonight."

Chu Jinmiao is a girl and shouldn't ask about her father and aunt, but Chu Jinmiao has been close to Zhao since she was a child. Zhao has been wronged by her aunt and loves to talk to Chu Jinmiao. Over time, the people in Zhao's house get used to it.

The Marquis of Changxing had one wife and three concubines. Although Zhao's main room was in a stable position, it was only a matter of face. Among them, Aunt Huang was really favored.

Like tonight, Changxing Hou stayed in Aunt Huang's yard again.

When Zhao entered the door, she was the eldest daughter-in-law and Mrs. Hou. I don't know how many people stared at her stomach. Zhao's entry was almost a year before she became pregnant. However, despite many expectations, Zhao didn't kill a man in one fell swoop, but gave birth to a big girl. Although the old lady of Chu was slightly disappointed, she still gave Zhao dignity. As soon as she was born, she took the big girl away and brought her up strictly according to the style of her eldest granddaughter. Although it is emotionally unfair to the mother that the child was taken away at birth, it is extremely dignified and shows the status of the mother and child to leave it in the noble family and raise the granddaughter by the elders themselves. After the big girl was taken away, Zhao's Mao tried to regenerate, but he was not pregnant for a long time. Instead, he was the son of Mr. Yan in the second room and became the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Changxing. Zhao was under great pressure and had to stop taking medicine for several aunts.

When Zhao was pregnant with a big girl, she couldn't serve Changxing Hou. Concubinage was inevitable. Old lady Chu sent a servant girl Furong to serve Zhao, but who doesn't know what the real purpose is. Zhao didn't like her mother-in-law to interfere in her room. She kept pressing and didn't open her face to Furong. When old lady Chu knew, she didn't say anything. A few days later, the Changxing Marquis house was socializing outside. When she came back, she brought a woman, surnamed Huang, who was filial to the Changxing marquis by Taiyuan officials. It is said that she was the woman brought by Yangzhou. She was specially taught to honor the masters in the officialdom.

As soon as Huang got started, she showed her strong pet fighting skills. Zhao was not serious and thought that Changxing Hou was tired of it. However, seeing that Huang's strength was getting stronger and stronger, Zhao was gradually uneasy. She had to hurry to open her face to hibiscus and let Hibiscus divide Aunt Huang's pet. After Zhao gave birth to the big girl, she was not pregnant for a long time. She couldn't stand the pressure of her mother-in-law's family and reluctantly stopped taking medicine for Huang and Furong.

In the gaomen courtyard, aunts are half slaves. As long as the main wife doesn't nod, they have to drink avoid son soup after they go to bed. They can't let the blood of the concubines disturb the family's dignity and inferiority. The eldest son and daughter can only come from the belly of their own wife.

As soon as Zhao stopped taking medicine for his aunts, it means that a common eldest son may appear in her name, which is not a decent thing for Mrs. zhengtou. Zhao was under a lot of pressure and was easy to give birth to a second young master. However, before long, Aunt Huang and Furong were pregnant one after another and gave birth to a common son. Huang's family was favored. Now she stopped avoiding the son soup. After giving birth to the third young master, she slowed down, and gave birth to the third girl Chu Jinchan every other year.

Huang Shi gave birth to a son and a daughter, and his status in the back house suddenly rose a lot, and his arrogance became more and more arrogant. After Zhao gave birth to his second daughter, there was no movement. Except for the first and fifteenth days of the first day of the lunar new year, the Marquis of Changxing seldom came to the main house for overnight. Even if he stayed, he just sat down and talked. Zhao couldn't have her own blood. Mammy Zhang gave Zhao some advice and opened her face to marry the servant girl bailing. As long as bailing can keep the Marquis of Changxing, it can also be regarded as staying in Zhao's house.

Zhao reluctantly asked people to hang their faces for the dowry girl bailing and officially became his aunt. However, bailing is not Huang's opponent at all. It took several years for her to give birth to twins, seven young masters and eight girls. She is only six years old now.

Aunt Huang is really a dominant family in the back house, and Furong is the old lady of Chu after all. Even for the sake of face, Changxing Hou is not too cold. In a word, the coldest thing is Zhao.

Chu Jinmiao grew up close to Zhao and knew everything about his mother's room. When she heard that Changxing Hou had gone to Aunt Huang again, she was so angry that she put the tea lamp heavily on the table: "why can't my father always tell the weight? Who is Huang, and where is it worth his dignity?"

A girl who hasn't come out of the cabinet can't say such things as aunt. It's too salty. But there were no outsiders here. Mammy Zhang and others also turned a blind eye and let go.

Zhao Shi said, "who says not? Huang Shi is used to putting on airs and looking at her waist and legs. She can't sit properly and looks like a fox. But men just eat this set." the more Zhao Shi thought, the more angry he became, he couldn't help scolding: "they are all cheap bones."

Zhao's words were inappropriate, but mammy Zhang and Chu Jinmiao were silent and didn't know how to persuade Zhao. After a while, Chu Jinmiao comforted Zhao: "Mom, don't be angry with them, that is, if they are favored again, they can go over you? No matter how confused his father is, he won't allow him to kill his wife."

Mammy Zhang also said, "yes, madam, the love of men in the back house is temporary, and children are the real dependence. You still have two young masters!" mammy Zhang wanted to say that you have the eldest young master, the eldest girl and the fifth girl, but she thought Chu Jinmiao was still there, so it was hard to mention Chu Jinyao, so she omitted the girls together.

Mammy Zhang changed her mouth temporarily. Zhao didn't hear it, but Chu Jinmiao heard it. Chu Jin had a strange look and looked at mammy Zhang coldly.

Chu Jinyao thought for a long time, but she still couldn't figure it out. She had to put aside her aunt's return home. After a while, the servant girl came back with the silver. Zhao gave them a few more orders, and then asked the girls to prepare their own clothes for the guests.

In the boudoir, the girls spend most of their time in front of their elders. They stay with their mother, talk to the servant girls, sew a few stitches, and it will pass in the afternoon. Ordinary people are like this, but when she arrived at the Changxing Hou's house, Chu Jinxian didn't choose to stay in front of her mother to do needlework, but saluted and said, "mother, if you still want to meet the servant woman, I won't bother you. I'll go back to the house to do it."

Chu Jinyao looked at it and hurriedly said, "the daughter also left first."

Chu Jinxian looked back at Chu Jinyao and didn't speak. Zhao didn't ask them to stay. He waved and let them go.

In the end, the three concubines saw that, oh, the two legitimate women had left, but she and Chu Jinmiao stayed in front of Zhao. Who was born by Zhao?

The three girls took eight girls who were only six years old into the room to pick patterns. Aunt Huang and aunt Fu also went to help their girls make stitches. Soon, only Chu Jinmiao was left around Zhao.

Chu Jinmiao leaned on Zhao and said, "Mom, why should we prepare so much when my aunt comes back this time? I haven't seen this before."

Zhao smiled but said nothing: "you just need to listen to Wei Niang's words. Dress up this time and embroider your clothes well, remember?"

Chu Jinmiao snorted softly and said, "I also want to dress up well, but they won't embroider you well if they don't reward those servants with money."

"What a big deal. I still have some gold thread left here. You don't have to save it. Is the head face enough? I was sent a set of ruby head faces a few days ago. If you don't have enough, take it first."

"Thank you, mother!" Chu Jinmiao answered immediately, "mother is the best for me!"

Zhao looked at Chu Jinmiao with indulgence. She didn't know what she thought, and sighed again: "You are also a poor woman. Who else can I count on if I don't subsidize you? Although your father doesn't say it, he is very biased towards that. Your eldest sister has your grandmother's subsidy, and the old lady's private house is uncertain! The three girls also have Huang's help. In a word, you are alone."

"I don't have a mother!" Chu Jinmiao hugged Zhao's arm. Although she was laughing on her face, she clicked in her heart. She was used to the life of four top-notch girls everywhere. She shouldn't be compared by her sisters! Chu Jinmiao's mind was active. What was the purpose of her aunt's return to her mother's house this time?

Zhao's whole mind subsidizes Chu Jinmiao. Not to mention Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinxian, even the second young master Chu Chengye can't compare.

Zhao spoiled his second daughter for a reason, even surpassing his eldest daughter and eldest son.

The second young master is the only legitimate son of the Zhao family. He is the eldest son of the eldest son of Da Fang, but he is the second in the family. When the Zhao family started, the first child gave birth to Chu Jinxian. Chu Jinxian was carried away by the old lady as soon as she was born. The Zhao family didn't give birth to a son and tried hard to conceive again. However, it hasn't been quiet for two years. On the contrary, the daughter-in-law of the second room gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Changxing marquis. Zhao's pressure was huge, so he had to give birth to him Aunt Tongfang stopped taking medicine. Soon after, she finally gave birth to her second child, Chu Chengye, the second young master.

But before Zhao could breathe a sigh of relief, the other two aunts also gave birth to two concubines. Because Zhao was too worried when she was pregnant, the second young master was not very strong and his bones were very weak. Zhao was Mrs. Hou, and there was no eldest grandson left. It was easy to give birth to a son whose bones were not good, but the other two concubines were stronger than one.

Zhao couldn't swallow this tone and couldn't stand up in her mother-in-law's house. Later, Tatars invaded the border, and Zhao and the old lady's team separated. She fled alone, leaving only milk mammy Zhang. Zhao didn't know how much she hated. Later, she gave birth to her next daughter in a farmyard. Chu Jinmiao cried out of breath, but her small hand kept holding her skirt. Zhao was then Hou felt that this was her daughter, and she had to fight with her daughter. Later, when she returned to Hou's house, the old lady felt sorry and subsidized Zhao. Zhao was so good to Chu Jinmiao that she almost wanted to hold the four girls up to heaven, even the eldest girl and the second young master.

Later, Changxing Hou brought Chu Jinyao back. Zhao only felt that the world collapsed and refused to accept it anyway. Chu Jinyao has been back for a month. Even several aunts can laugh and talk to Chu Jinyao, but Zhao has been cold and indifferent to Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao... To be honest, she has been a lot less optimistic. When she first came, she longed for her mother. When she got through the most difficult hurdle, she thought it was a icing on the cake. Zhao doesn't like her, and she doesn't have to catch up all the time.

Chu Jinyao and Chu Jinxian retire from the Zhao family together. After leaving the door, Chu Jinxian stopped and said to Chu Jinyao, "why did you come out with me?"

Chu Jinyao was surprised: "yes, what's wrong with this...?"

Chu Jinxian doesn't know what to say. She still hates iron and steel: "You are so sincere. I have a grandmother to take care of me. I will be married in a few days, but what about you? The men in the house can't count on you. You are only thirteen this year and have to stay in the Hou house for many years. You don't stay in front of your mother to do needlework and walk around with your mother. What are you going to do in the future? Don't forget you have to talk about marriage."

Chu Jinyao didn't dare to answer back. Chu Jinxian took a deep breath and calmed her heart. Then she said: "Be smart next time. Don't you come out without looking at the fourth girl? When there is no one, she and her mother will certainly get better things. The back house costs so much, who can survive on a monthly basis? It's all subsidized by the elders in private. You're not smart. You'll only get worse step by step. In the end, you'll be crushed by her. Finally, if your marriage is crushed by her, I think what you do."

"Elder sister, I'm wrong." Chu Jinyao honestly bowed her head and admitted her mistake. Chu Jinxian was more comfortable when she saw that she had a good attitude towards admitting her mistake. She said vaguely: "people are flesh. If you walk around in front of your mother, she will always see you. I'm going to get married soon, and my father and relatives are not in the house all the year round. You have to plan for yourself."

Chu Jinyao can't understand. Chu Jinxian asked her to get close to Zhao and act like a spoiled fool, so that she can be better in the future. Chu Jinyao also knows the truth, but she really can't do it. It's just to calculate her stepmother, but Zhao is her biological mother.

Chu Jinxian's words have been said, and it's not convenient to mention the rest. Chu Jinxian's yard has arrived. She stops and says to Chu Jinyao, "take care of the thirty Liang. There are many expenses in the house." she wants Chu Jinyao to find a way to save more money for her, but after thinking about it, Chu Jinxian can't think of any suitable way for Chu Jinyao. Finally, she can only sigh: "Bear it now and it will be all right in the future."

Will it be all right in the future? Chu Jinxian is hard to say. If Chu Jinyao was the only one, Chu Jinxian wouldn't be so worried, but Chu Jinmiao was there. Originally, Chu Jinxian and Chu Jinmiao had a very weak relationship. Now that Chu Jinmiao is a fake, Chu Jinxian doesn't care about her. Why doesn't she face her only sister? But Chu Jinmiao is careful, thoughtful and used to talking Chu Jinxian really can't let go of the fact that the favorable conditions of time, place and people and Chu Jinmiao all occupy it.

Chu Jinyao understood Chu Jinxian's mind. She smiled and said to Chu Jinxian, "sister, you don't have to say, I understand. Silver is dead, people are alive, can the living be stumped by dead money? Just embroider a dowry, don't worry about me."

Chu Jinxian knew that it was useless to say more. She nodded and said, "well, you should go back like this today. You can't do it next time. You should stay in front of your mother and compete for favor. Otherwise, the cheap will be taken away by that one."

Chu Jinyao smiles and breaks up with Chu Jinxian at the fork of the road. Chu Jinxian returns to the house, and Chu Jinyao goes to the remote Chaoyun hospital.

When there was no one, Chu Jinyao asked clove to follow far away. He whispered to Qin Yi, "Qi Ze, my two sisters are good people."

Qin Yi smiled: "is that all you can do? She's right. Your situation is really not good."

"But a relative is willing to consider it for me. This is a good start, isn't it?" Chu Jinyao said. "It will only get better and better in the future."

This was the first time Qin Yi had seen such a person. He was obviously helpless, but he vowed that he would only get better and better in the future.

People Qin Yi knows can turn against each other and stab in the back for a little petty gain. He has lived in endless calculations and strife since he was five years old. He really didn't expect that there were people in the bottomless house who could say such naive words.

Qin Yi stopped for a long time, but finally he didn't have the heart to expose her fantasy. He said, "yes." he also hoped that Chu Jinyao would be so optimistic forever.

"Qize, do you remember the prince your father said?"

Qin Yi stopped for a moment and gave a low hum.

"Dare to shoot the palace maiden in front of everyone... I think he must be young."

"Hmm?" Qin Yi's voice suddenly became sharp, "what are you talking about?"

"I don't think I guessed wrong. But I guess it's not because he shot the palace man in public. In his heart, the military drum should be a very sacred thing, so I can understand what he did. If he dared to do so, he must be a very honest and bright man!" Chu Jinyao said, waiting for a while and said curiously, "Why don't you refute me? I thought a smart man like you wouldn't easily admit others."

Qin Yi sighed softly, "he is neither upright nor bright. He just can't see it."

"But he is the only one who dares to do this. I know you must say that this is because he is the prince. However, not all the princes dare to directly confront the emperor and queen. I guess that's why he is young. He would rather go to the border to blow the cold wind than be soft with the queen. He is still a child's temper."