Poor Lady Chapter 17: Fulfilled

"Ahem..."

After Qiantong left, Qi Surong immediately covered her mouth and started coughing lightly, her throat ached.

Ping'er patted her on the back distressedly, and handed her a glass of warm water.

"Miss, you are really sick, why are you talking so much to her?" Although she didn't understand most of them, she also knew that the lady was trying to hold on.

"It's okay." Qi Surong said hoarsely, "I'll just lie down and I'll be fine."

I lay down until Yinshi (3:00-5:00 in the morning).

When I opened my eyes, it was pitch black, with only a few glimmers of light coming in from the window.

Qi Surong felt that the heat in her body seemed to have dropped a lot, but because of sweating, her body was sticky and uncomfortable. But at this time, it is not convenient to ask someone to boil water for her to take a bath.

Tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep no matter what.

"Are you awake?" A deep voice suddenly came from outside the house, which was very clear in this quiet space.

"Gu... Jinyun?" Qi Surong called out uncertainly.

"Well, morning exercise, passing by." Gu Jinyun said, "I heard that you are sick."

"Thank you for your concern, I feel much better after a good night's sleep." Qi Surong sat up and leaned against the wall with the quilt in his arms.

"Your voice is hoarse, stop talking."

"Yeah."

There was silence outside, there was no movement for a long time, just when Qi Surong thought he had left, a melodious chord sound suddenly came from his ears, soft and melodious, like a lingering breeze, extremely moving.

Qi Surong closed his eyes and listened, the two of them were separated by a wall, quietly enjoying the peace.

Perhaps Qu Le was too gentle, tears slipped from Qi Surong's eyes unconsciously, revealing the fragility of her heart at this moment. She buried her face in the blanket, crying silently.

It's not fear, not exhaustion, but a kind of loneliness that no one can complain about, a kind of heavy responsibility on the shoulders. When she was reborn and came back, she didn't care about fame, status, or money or wealth, and only wanted her family to live a safe life. However, the Qi family is now like sailing against the current, if they don't advance, they will retreat. They have the heart of avoiding the world, but others are pressing them hard, so they can only advance bravely.

Although she has the advantage of being a prophet, she is not sure of winning. Whether it can grasp the current situation is still unknown. In any case, she doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes. But can she do it?

"At a young age, it's easy to think too much." Gu Jinyun let go of his tongue, and said slowly, "Don't be too sad, I will protect you."

I will protect you. Four simple words, like the dawn light, dispelled the darkness in Qi Surong's heart. She raised her head, the sadness in her eyes gradually faded, and her vision became clearer.

"Have a good rest, I'll be back." Gu Jinyun didn't care if he didn't get a response for a long time, and said goodbye to her calmly.

Sitting there for a long time, and there was no more sound outside, Qi Surong whispered two words: "Thank you."

I accept it.

An almost imperceptible smile flashed in Gu Jinyun's eyes, who was waiting quietly outside the wall, before he really left.

Gu Jinyun always had a strange feeling towards her. When they meet each other, they only talk a few words, but it seems that they have known each other for a long time. The unexpected tacit understanding is natural.

Although Gu Jinyun looks handsome, his expression is cold and his eyes are sharp. Not to mention women, even ordinary men, few people dare to look at him.

However, Qi Surong was different, when she spoke to him, she would look straight at him with a calm expression, without embarrassment, and she would not show any mockery or fear towards his somewhat inappropriate behaviors.

Gu Jinyun felt that this woman was his life partner.

Three days later, Qi Surong gradually recovered and started to take over the affairs of Xiuzhuang again.

At the same time, her prophecy to Qiantong also came true amidst uncertain waiting.

A tragic case of doting on a concubine and killing his wife shocked the government. The victim was Chen Hua's regular wife, Chen Wu. The case was not complicated. The cause was that Chen Wu's scheme killed Chen Hua's concubine's child. The concubine got angry and cut Chen Wu's throat with scissors, killing her on the spot.

At first, Chen Hua wanted to suppress this matter, so as not to make his family ugly, but Chen Wu's personal girl told Wu's father about it immediately, Wu's father was very angry, and the Chen family sued the government that day.

After the concubine was arrested, she described her as crazy and confessed.

When the case was settled, Father Wu was still not relieved. He rushed into Chen's house, broke Chen Hua's legs, and ordered his servants to beat up Chen Hua's concubines.

Father Chen led the left middle marshal of the mansion, two ranks higher than Chen Hua, and beat him so hard that he didn't dare to say a word.

This incident caused a lot of commotion in the capital. Not long after, even the emperor heard about it, and directly criticized him for "lack of family governance" and demoted him by one level.

Chen Hua has lost all face, and his official career may stop here.

After hearing this, Qiantong felt very lucky, and no longer dared to doubt Qi Surong's words.

She begged and asked: "Now aging is no longer a concern, do you still want me to get close to this person?"

"Of course." Qi Surong nodded and said, "This is the time when Chen Hua is down and out. If you take this opportunity to get close to him, you will definitely win his favor and trust. You don't need to deliberately formulate words, so as not to arouse suspicion. You just need to serve him Well, just satisfy him as much as possible."

Qi Surong didn't fully trust Qiantong, so if she rashly asked her to obtain information, it might be counterproductive. It's better to keep this **** first and play by ear.

"I understand." Qiantong nodded obediently.

"In a few days, you can make an excuse to go out and go to Chen's mansion to see him." After speaking, Qi Surong handed her a bag of money, "You take these first, and buy something for yourself."

"Thank you, miss." Qian Tong's eyes lit up slightly, and she put away the money. Although it can't compare to the generosity of Qi Surong when he was in Qi's mansion, but at least it means that Qi Surong really has the intention to win over.

"Miss, can this concubine ask one more question?" Qian Tong asked cautiously.

"What do you want to ask?"

"When will our Qi mansion be able to repeat the glory?"

Qi Surong glanced at her indifferently, she lowered her head, and hurriedly said: "It's a concubine asking too many questions, how can I reveal the secrets at will? Miss, please don't blame me."

Sending Qiantong away, Qi Surong sighed slightly.

When will the Qi Mansion be able to repeat its glory? She wants to know too.

The next day, the Qi family received an invitation from Xu Chen, inviting Qi's father and Su Bao to Yingshu Pavilion for a talk.

Yingshu Pavilion is Xu Chen's current residence, Qi Surong didn't expect him to take the initiative to invite him, and was thinking that he would bring Subao to visit in the next few days.

Qi's father was a little puzzled when he received the invitation, and he was not relieved until he heard the whole story of Su Bao's encounter with Xu Chen in the monastery.

He asked: "Subao, do you really want to join this Mr. Xu?"

Su Bao nodded seriously: "Yes."

"Well, I will take you to Yingshu Pavilion to meet him tomorrow as my father." Although Qi's father doesn't like to play with words, he still respects literati, and he doesn't have the concept of inferiority between civil and military. It's just that he is naturally noble and looks difficult to get close to.

On the second day, Qi's father finished his disciple's training ahead of schedule, and took Subao to Yingshu Pavilion.

Qi Surong was busy with Xiuzhuang's affairs, while waiting patiently at home, expecting them to come by dinner time, who knows that after Youshi, they disappeared.

She couldn't help feeling a little worried, and immediately asked the steward to go out to find out the news.

At this moment, Gu Yufeng seemed to pass by unintentionally, stood at the gate of the courtyard and said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, the master and the young master were left by Mr. Xu to eat in Yingshu Pavilion."

Qi Surong was stunned for a moment, and felt relieved. She still believed in Gu Yufeng's words.

So she didn't ask any more questions, and said hello: "Erlang, why don't you stay for dinner tonight?"

"This...isn't that good?" Gu Yufeng hesitated.

"There's nothing wrong with it, you are my father's disciple, you still pay so much attention to a meal."

"If that's the case, then don't bother me." Gu Yufeng saluted.

Qi Surong let him into the room with a smile and asked Ping'er to prepare dinner.

Gu Yufeng waited for Qi's mother to take her seat before slowly taking her seat.

After sitting down, he suddenly remembered that just now Qi Surong seemed to call him "Erlang"? Does she know her identity? Can't you? Even his father didn't know that he came here to learn art, how could Qi Surong know about it?

Brother told her? Are they already familiar with this?

Not long after, Qi Surong brought the food peacefully, arranged them one by one, and arranged the bowls and chopsticks. The movements are neat, without any tweaking.

Gu Yufeng couldn't help feeling a little fond of this sister-in-law-to-be. He has been studying here for many days, but this is the first time he has had close contact with Qi Surong. From a distance, she felt that she was as cold and arrogant as the rumors said, but when she got closer, she found that she had an orchid-like demeanor, with a bit of wisdom and stability in her elegance.

"Dongya, you don't have to be cautious when eating." Qi's mother likes this hearty boy very much. He is only thirteen or fourteen years old.

(Dongya is Gu Yufeng's word, and he has always called himself Dongya in Qi's family.)

"Thank you, Mrs. Ma." Gu Yufeng's eyes fell on the dining table, the simple five dishes and one soup, three meat and two vegetables, although they were just home-cooked dishes, they were fried delicately and looked very appetizing.

Huh? He found that the three dishes in front of him were all his favorite dishes, while the other two dishes that he didn't like were placed farther away.

Is it a coincidence?

Gu Yufeng felt that he might be overthinking. How could the Qi family know his preferences?

At this time, Qi Surong brought another plate of spicy beans and placed it in front of Gu Yufeng.

Mother Qi asked strangely: "Rong'er, why did you entertain guests with this kind of thing?"

People in Beijing don't like spicy food, and spicy beans are only used as a pastime food and never served on the table.

Qi Surong paused for a moment, realizing what was wrong with her. It was only natural to serve spicy beans just now, because she remembered that the Gu family loves spicy food, especially Gu Yufeng, who has a special liking for the bean drum mixed with this spicy sauce.

"No, teacher's wife, Dongya likes spicy beans very much." Gu Yufeng said with a smile, "Thank you Miss Qi."

"You're welcome." Qi Surong ate with a calm expression.

Seeing that Gu Yufeng really likes to eat, Qi's mother stopped talking.

If the arrangement of the previous dishes is a coincidence, then what is the explanation for this plate of bean drums?

Gu Yufeng took a peek at Qi Surong, thinking to himself, could it be that this sister-in-law-to-be has been secretly paying attention to him for a long time and is interested in him? Oh, no, he doesn't want to be quartered by his brother.

Ah, the natural beauty is hard to give up, so entangled! Sister-in-law-to-be, don't fall in love with your younger brother.

Gu Yufeng really thinks too much...

After dinner, Gu Yufeng returned to Gu's house, and immediately told Gu Jinyun carefully what happened today.

"The prospective sister-in-law seems to know my preferences very well, didn't the eldest brother tell her?"

"No." Gu Jinyun stared at Gu Yufeng with a sullen face.

"Don't look at me like that!" Gu Yufeng hugged his chest and declared seriously, "I just talked to my sister-in-law-to-be today, and I don't even see her face to face. Brother, you have to believe me, I am absolutely innocent !”

Gu Jinyun's entire face was written with the words "displeased", which made Gu Yufeng terrified. He didn't suspect that there was something wrong between his brother and Ms. Qi's family, but he was very unhappy that he was able to eat at the same table with Ms. Qi.

Gu Jinyun got up and ordered: "The accounts of the study should be sorted out."

"Oh no, big brother, don't do that!"

Even a shrill howl can't bring back the back of big brother Jue Jue.