vrcanaries Chapter 443 Come to the door
Chapter 443 Come to the door
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 had been busy with official duties recently, and he had been eating and drinking a lot, and he had lost a lot of weight. Even though he was young, he couldn't afford to exhaust himself like this.
She personally supervised the kitchen and cooked his favorite dishes. The dishes were ready, and they were delicious. She was planning to take Zhilan to Bingmasi, but 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 chatting with Xia Ruwan about Cricket. Now that Cricket's heroine had come to her house, she couldn't help feeling a little guilty, thinking 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 out to Gong Qianyue and said to Zhilan, "You are not serving good tea yet. Bring me the Yun tea I bought recently."
Gong Qianyue took off her veil, revealing her tear-stained 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've been feeling unwell lately and haven't even left the house. I haven't heard anything being said outside. Look at you, 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 there too. I don't know how my dress got soiled, so I went to change, but was interrupted by the eldest son of the Zhu Mansion..."
Qin Huiyin stood up suddenly, glaring, and said angrily: "The eldest son of the Zhu Mansion is such a scoundrel, how dare he bully you."
"It wasn't bullying, it was... he just caught me changing clothes. At that moment, I only took off one coat, leaving my inner clothes on! The eldest son of the Zhu family saw that the situation was not good and was retreating outside. Coincidentally, at this time, my maid accompanied a group of people, and they all saw me and the eldest son of the Zhu family in the same room. But we were plotted! Afterwards, the people in the mansion investigated my maid. She accepted money from others and deliberately framed me. Sister, now that things have changed, everyone is urging 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 the world who are unhappy with each other. Young Master Zhu's heart is with you. 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 were a goddess from heaven, he wouldn't even glance at you. I can't compare to my sister. I don't want to marry him and stay alone in an empty room, becoming an abandoned woman waiting 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 had schemed against her. She said that the Zhu family had originally set their sights on her, but she had refused to marry, so they had schemed against her.
Qin Huiyin didn't know how much truth there was in Gong Qianyue's words, but she had a purpose in coming to complain. First, she explained that she was wearing clothes at the time and her body had not been seen naked, so it was not considered a loss of 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 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 cause unrest in the family.
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 have suffered a lot of grievances. However, as women, we have a hard time in this world. We can't make decisions on many things ourselves, and our families have to make the decisions. When something like this happens, you must beg your family not to let them marry you off casually."
"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 him. I am unwilling to marry casually like this. Can I meet him and have a few words with him? Even if I have to give up, I still want 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 off himself.
It was still early, and Tang Yichen hadn't come back so early, but she didn't want to waste time on Gong Qianyue. If she listened to a woman complaining all afternoon, her ears would be calloused.
"There's a teahouse across from my eldest brother's office. How about we go sit there? If my eldest brother is free, maybe he can take a break from his busy schedule and come over for 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 definitely not remain indifferent.
His current official position is not high, so marrying him is considered marrying down. If I ask my uncle and others for help, it will also help him in his official career.
But before she could implement any of this, she fell into the trap of her plan.
Qin Huiyin asked the servant to deliver the food to the Bingmasi.
She went out with Gong Qianyue, who was wearing a veil hat.
Arriving at the teahouse, Qin Huiyin asked Song Yi to go to the 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." Qin Huiyin saw Tang Yichen coming, and her ears were finally quiet, so she 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 across the street and asked 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 pawn.
"Master Tang, do you still remember those days..."
"Miss Gong, I have no interest in you. You don't need to waste your energy on me," Tang Yichen interrupted her. "You do have some talent, quite outstanding among women. However, I, Tang, come from a farming family and prefer a simple life. I don't like that kind of girl. You should choose a better husband."
"Master Tang, won't you listen to me?" Gong Qianyue was unwilling to give in. "I thought we were the same kind of people."
"It's precisely because we're of the same kind that I don't have any thoughts. If I like my own kind, I can just look in the mirror and like myself. Why would I find a woman to make things difficult for myself?"