Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 328: A touch of charm
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Liu has been the side room of the Qin family for half a lifetime, and her low-key tolerance of hard work has almost become her label. She didn't have a trace of the usual coquettishness and defiance of ordinary noble ladies, she was more like an aunt, amiable, hardworking and kind.
Two years ago, Qin Shubao "righted her up" before going to Lanzhou. Since then, she has deeply understood the meaning of "mother is more expensive for children".
Take today’s family banquet, the Liu family who never attended the main table has always eaten alone. He was enshrined in the upper seat, with Qin Mubai and Princess Gao Yang sitting next to each other, followed by Wu Meiniang. And Zheng Anshun. And her favorite girl, Shuang'er, made an exception to accompany her mother to dine at the side table and pour her wine and food.
The ancients emphasized etiquette and lectures. No matter where you are, the position of sitting down to eat is not messy.
Sitting in the upper seat, Liu's heart is awkward and uneasy. Regardless of his own son, which one of the people in this seat is not one of the top-ranking figures in the Tang Dynasty? A princess, the only heir to the world's richest man, and a daughter-in-law who has not yet passed the door, is now a business woman who is popular in Datang.
That's not counting. Everyone in the room rushed to give her a toast, and Liu was simply flattered!
However, all the people present had expressions that were taken for granted, not at all because she was a woman of ordinary style and temperament.
The mother and daughter smiled knowingly from time to time, both gratified and excited. It's not because they are vain and snobbish. Today, they can sit in this position to eat because of the hard work of Qin Mubai. To put it bluntly, they are proud and proud of Qin Mubai.
Qin Mubai sat eating and drinking, and Zheng Anshun stood beside him.
Qin Mubai still has a good impression of Zheng Anshun. This was the first person he saw after he came to Datang who truly deserved the word "junzi". With the addition of Li Ke before this, the three of them worked together to defeat the water ghost party, adding a layer of friendship in life and suffering. Coupled with the similarities of the three, they can be regarded as confidants.
Only when he arrived in Xiangyang, Qin Mubai didn't care about Su Lianqing's insinuations. As early as when he first met Wu Meiniang, he had heard about Zheng Anshun's affection for Wu Meiniang. That is to say, since Wu Meiniang opened the "No. 1 Wine in the World" shop in Chang'an, Zheng Anshun has also begun to "invest" in Wu Meiniang in many aspects, including emotional, financial and commercial support. Qin Mubai also It's all clear.
He has never been the kind of careful man. It is one thing to have confidence. If a woman can't resist even this temptation and clamoring to leave, Qin Mubai will never stay together.
Forced twisted melons are not sweet, it is yours that is yours, not yours, and the forced stay will eventually leave.
Just like when Wu Meiniang lost her temper and "divorced" with him when she was in Jiangzhou, Qin Mubai did not hesitate to write a letter of resignation. At that time, Wu Meiniang had enough steps to step down, leaving Qin Mubai and choosing Zheng Anshun. But in the end she didn't. It was also from that time that the relationship between the two was completely laid, not just relying on a marriage contract to bind each other.
Since such a hurdle has come, what can Qin Mubai worry about? Is there any reason not to believe in Wu Meiniang?
Zheng Anshun seems to have deliberately stayed today, and participating in such a "family dinner" did not make people feel any incompatibility. He is very knowledgeable about traveling from the north to the south, and perhaps his greatest strength is that he fits perfectly into any environment, so that people do not feel his abruptness.
After drinking three rounds, Zheng Anshun said to Qin Mubai: "Brother Qin, Zheng heard that you are coming, so I stopped the trip and stayed in Xiangyang to swim with Qinzhou. I wonder if Brother Qin mind?"
"Welcome." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "Don't you see that there are many women around me, can the yin triumph over the yang? It is impossible to meet with such a wonderful person like Brother Zheng. !"
"Haha!" Zheng Anshun said with a smile, "Brother Qin really is an upright person! To be honest, Zheng has been detained in Xiangyang for more than three months. One is to take care of some food business after autumn. Secondly..."
Zheng Anshun stopped talking a little awkwardly, Qin Mubai smiled and said softly: "For Mei Niang, right?"
Zheng Anshun didn't deny it, and nodded with a smile.
"He is a real man!" Qin Mubai took a sip and breathed in his mouth, and said, "There are only people like you who are worthy of competing with me."
"It's a pity that she still chooses you. To Zheng... I only want to be the elder brother." Zheng Anshun still smiled calmly.
Qin Mubai nodded and smiled: "Are you disappointed?"
"To be honest, it is."
"Are you ready to give up like this?"
Zheng Anshun smiled and toasted: "Is Zheng like that kind of shameless and brazen person? I would rather demolish ten temples than ruin a marriage. In fact, Zheng had no hope from the beginning. , Just follow my own mood and do some things that I think I should do. Let it go, and when it comes time to give up, I naturally give up. No regrets, no guilt."
"Haha!" Qin Mubai toasted and laughed, "In this way, you and my brother can be regarded as a'gentle war'! If there is no man fighting for her like Mei Niang, would it be true? Defile her? Come, Brother Zheng, toast!"
The two had a drink together.
The princess Gao Yang on the opposite side saw it, her mouth curled, and she said in a shameless voice: "I'm so shameless! Two big men, talking to women in front of us, what are we fighting and grabbing, are we objects? Gentlemen flatter each other, I can’t stand it!"
Wu Meiniang's face has long been red, red and simple, and her heartbeat is a bit fast. She never expected that Qin Mubai and Zheng Anshun would discuss these things in front of her in such a clear and calm manner. Hearing what Princess Gaoyang said, she smiled bitterly and said hurriedly: "Princess, Zheng Anshun is a true gentleman, yes; as for Mu Bai... I won't say it!"
"Hey!" Princess Gao Yang's eyes turned thiefly, and she twisted and snickered to Wu Meiniang's ear, "Meiniang, are you tempted by Zheng Anshun? Haha, you want to be red Apricot out of the wall?"
Su Lianqing said this, but Wu Meiniang didn't take it seriously; but when she said it from Princess Gaoyang, it seemed to change instantly, let alone under such an environment!
Wu Meiniang's heart jumped suddenly, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Haha! The more nervous you are, the more you want to do it?" Princess Gao Yang smiled devilishly and winked her eyes, "Okay, okay! I like to watch such a good show! Go out of the wall, out of the wall! I want to see what Mu Bai's expression looks like!"
"..." Wu Meiniang was speechless, shook her head and smiled bitterly, with a rare burst of red and white on her face. Princess Gao Yang's naughty and grotesque, she has already learned and understood. Unexpectedly, in the short span of one or two years, her "skills" had obviously risen. I really don't know what she did and learned with Qin Mubai in the past or two years. Anyway, she didn't learn a little bit, so she filled her stomach with bad water.
After the banquet, Princess Gaoyang, Wu Meiniang and Shuang'er accompanied Liu on a walk in the backyard, admiring a flower garden served by Wu Meiniang herself. Over the years|Successful business operations, the luxuriant life has not been polished by Wu Meiniang's diligence and aura. There are no rare and rare exotic flowers and plants in the flower garden, just simple vegetation, and some are wild flowers on the roadside. But once her hands were trimmed and placed, it was a kind of spiritual energy.
It's not very appropriate to describe it as colorful and ingenious. A unique taste can often turn the ordinary into magic. If it hadn’t been for the knowledge that this flower garden came from a weak and slender female streamer, anyone who has been in the world for some years and has some qualifications and background would think it was the handwriting of some reclusive celebrity or everyone in the forest garden. In the meantime, it was like a pale ink landscape, but also like a soul dancing away from the dust.
In the past few years as an official, Qin Mubai's knowledge has become so broad. Even the Royal Forest Garden, served by the world's best masters, did not give him such a sense of surprise, and it was gorgeous but not greasy, and could withstand scrutiny and fine products.
Not easy.
In an instant, Qin Mubai almost looked at Wu Meiniang with admiration.
Perhaps the daily companionship is like boiling a frog in warm water, but I don't think there is any special change. After one year of separation, Wu Meiniang seemed to have undergone tremendous changes.
What has happened to her? Qin Mubai couldn't tell for a while. Since entering the door, the two have not yet sat together to say a word, and occasionally make a quick eye contact, and they are more about the pain of lovesickness and the continuous friendship.
To say that Qin Mubai's heart is not eager to move right now, and he hopes that these people in front of him will disappear so that he can hold Wu Meiniang's hand to hold her in his arms. That's nonsense. Obviously, Qin Mubai also saw Wu Meiniang's eagerness and passion from his eyes.
Every second now seems to be a bit difficult.
Zheng Anshun is a wise man, and Qin Mubai enjoyed the tea in the flower garden for a short time, and then left. It is agreed that he will be the host tomorrow, and Qin Mubai and others will be invited to his village in Xiangyang as a guest. Qin Mubai agreed, and he left.
It's getting late, and Shuang'er took the ladies of the Qin family and waited for her mother to rest first. She lives in Wu Meiniang today, and everything has been prepared.
On the spot, only Qin Mubai, Princess Gao Yang and Wu Meiniang were left, drinking tea, and chatting with irrelevant gossip. The atmosphere suddenly became subtle.
The princess Gao Yang rolled her eyes, staring at Qin Mubai and Wu Meiniang who were pregnant with ghosts left and right. She was very mischievous because she didn't leave and kept talking about them. The servants behind her snickered.
This is how fools can think of how long a long-awaited lover longs for the world of two. But Princess Gao Yang did not want to stay here to be a big light bulb.
After a while, Qin Mubai became a little annoyed, and said straightly: "Gao Yang, why don't you go to sleep?"
"Oh, just go, just go." Princess Gao Yang nodded pretendingly, hugged Wu Meiniang's elbow, and said in an annoyed manner, "Mei Niang, it's so cold today, Xiangyang doesn't burn kang Huh? Shall we sleep together?"
Wu Meiniang's face turned red immediately, but she had to nod her head: "Okay..."
Qin Mubai immediately tickled with hatred. Princess Gao Yang is already an "old fried dough stick", and she has never had any "in-depth" communication with Wu Meiniang. Today is a great opportunity, this guy actually came out to disrupt the situation!
"Mei Niang and I still have some important things to discuss." Qin Mubai said to the maids and maids seriously, "You, wait for the princess to rest first!"
"I don't want it!" Princess Gao Yang called out immediately, hugging Wu Meiniang tightly, "Qin Mubai, don't think I don't know what you want to do! Humph, hum! In short, Meiniang is tonight. Mine, don’t think about making a bad idea!"
Wu Meiniang blushed to the base of her neck suddenly, wishing to dig a hole in.
Qin Mubai was also amused, really dumbfounding--this kind of thing is really only a stupid treasure like Princess Gaoyang, a living treasure, is there such a savage break window paper? It's even more terrible than a good mandarin duck!
"Okay, I am really afraid of you!" Qin Mubai said almost gritted his teeth, "Mei Niang, let's talk tomorrow! You guys rest early and I'll go to Pang Fei."
"Ho!" Princess Gao Yang became more and more confused, and said with a smirk, "Do you want Pang Fei to take you to find flowers and ask Liu?"
"It's your head!" Qin Mubai stood up without crying or laughing, smiled slightly at Wu Meiniang, and whispered, "It's cold in the night, rest early."
"Hmm..." Wu Meiniang smiled and nodded gently.
Qin Mubai turned around and left, Wu Meiniang watched him leave, her eyes filled with dismay.
Princess Gaoyang smirked, raised her hand exaggeratedly in front of Wu Meiniang to interfere with her vision, and smiled: "Look at your eyes, it's straightforward, is it possible that you want to drag him back? Haha!! Mei Niang, You are the princess’s tonight!"
For a while, Wu Meiniang really didn't know what to say, she said helplessly and couldn't help but laughed: "Princess, I haven't seen you in a year, I'm not your opponent anymore. From now on, inside and outside, I will listen. Yours is fine."
"Hahaha!" Princess Gaoyang smiled triumphantly and as a villain. She hugged Wu Meiniang's soft waist with a ring of hands, showing a man's greedy and obsessive expression. She smiled slyly, "Neither do you Take a look, how did I practice in the past two years? Do you want to learn, hehe!"
"Princess, please forgive me for something disrespectful..."
"Hehe, you say!"
"You shamelessly look, you really have the charm of Mu Bai!"
Qin Mubai walked out of the Qinxian firm, still shaking his head and smiling all the way.
The night is young, and the city of Xiangyang is lively. More than a year ago, thanks to the care of the "Yang Emperor Mausoleum", Xiangyang's business and tourism industry developed rapidly, and now it has become a famous and prosperous city in the south. A year later, the old place was revisited, and the prosperity and excitement of the past are obviously higher, and they are not the same.
Walking around among the crowd, Qin Mubai was in a good mood. In the past few years, it is indeed rare for me to be as uninhibited and relaxed as I am now.
Suddenly in the crowd, Qin Mubai saw the back of a familiar man in front of him. Carrying a load, do not walk in a hurry.
Qin Mubai was curious for a while, but couldn't remember where he had met this person. So squeezed the crowd to chase him.
The man apparently also noticed that Qin Mubai was chasing him, deliberately speeded up a bit, and walked into the sparsely populated streets.
Qin Mubai was curious and added a trace of caution: Who is it? Want to lead me to a quiet place?
The man carrying the burden walked into a dark alley but stopped, put down the burden, still turned his back to Qin Mubai, obviously waiting for him.
Qin Mubai stopped, and looked at it carefully. So he asked: "Who, your Excellency, makes someone so familiar?"
"General Qin, long time no see." The man slowly turned around.
Qin Mubai was taken aback suddenly: "Why are you!!!"