"Yes!" The maid in green agreed, got up and ran out.
Qin Hui softened his expression, held his granddaughter's hand, and comforted him softly:
"Don't worry, Tong'er. 'Chiyu' won't run too far. Zu Weng has already sent people to look for it, and it will be found soon."
Qin Jiayue felt much more at ease when she heard that so many people were needed to help her find the cat.
Qin Hui comforted her for a long time, and then asked a few maids to lead Qin Jiayue away.
Qin Hui put on his shoes and walked slowly to the door of the study.
Before he knew it, it was already dusk, and the dusk was as bleak as his aging life.
In the yard, slaves were climbing up and down to hold lights everywhere, and the lights in the Qin Mansion were turned on one after another.
Qin Hui looked at the lights scattered far and near, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
When people get old, they like to reminisce about the past, and even Qin Hui is not exempt from this custom.
Seeing the light, he unexpectedly remembered himself studying hard under the light, when he was a teenager.
Qin Hui's background was ordinary. Compared with his wife Wang, who came from a prime minister's family, his background was too ordinary.
Counting upwards, his father served as the magistrate of Gu County, Jingjiang Prefecture, and entered the official position before he was crowned, so he did not bring much help to his career.
When he came of age, before he achieved fame, he could only make his career as a "village husband".
The treatment of a village master is worse than that of a private school teacher.
Private school teachers are only teachers hired by wealthy families. Even if they are not one-to-one tutors, they are only teaching school-age children from the same family.
However, the "village master" teaches children from an entire village, and the treatment and teaching conditions are much inferior to those of private school teachers.
At that time, he once wrote a poem, which said: "If I get three hundred acres of paddy fields, I will not be the Hozen King this time."
Haha, his ambition at that time was just to have a few hundred acres of good land, no longer be a "boy teacher", and no longer live by cultivating.
Who would have thought that life's fate could be so unpredictable.
Today, his wealth is several times the annual income of the national treasury, and his power is overwhelming...
After feeling this, the smile on Qin Hui's face gradually faded away and slowly turned gloomy.
He knew clearly that his life, just like the twilight, was quietly falling into darkness. Even the splendor of the courtyard could no longer illuminate his life.
Lamp, this lamp!
A bowl of lamp for a rich family, a grain of millet for Taicang;
A poor family has a bowl of lanterns, and father and son gather together to cry.
If he were not so wealthy, would he be able to light so many lights in his yard at night?
If he was not the prime minister, could he use so many people to find a cat for his granddaughter?
He is old, and what he has to do now is no longer how to consolidate and expand his power and status, but how to ensure that his power and status can be passed down smoothly.
In this way, the Qin family's wealth and glory can continue.
No one can stop this.
Whether it's Yang Yuan... or the Imperial City Secretary behind Yang Yuan!
No one can!
Even if he is an official!
The light reflected Qin Hui's eyes, which were as cold as a knife's edge.
…
The lights come on one after another, both indoors and outdoors.
Under the light, in the boudoir of Wugu Lunyingge in Banjing Hall, there was a bundle spread out on the table.
Ah Man was sitting at the table with a treasure box on his lap, picking out gold, jewels and jade treasures from the bag.
Yingge didn't have much Song money, to be precise, she didn't have much money.
She came with the Jin Kingdom's envoy. Where is there any place where she needs money?
Now that she had to spend money to get Yang Yuan to help her solve the big problem of her engagement, she had no choice but to use jewelry.
Fortunately, many of these jewels were not brought by her from the Kingdom of Jin, but were gifts from the inner court of the Song Dynasty.
Ah Man is now responsible for picking out the jewelry that his girl likes and putting them aside, and putting the ones that he doesn't like into a bag to take to Yang Yuan tomorrow.
There was a set of clothes on the couch. Yingge, who had just finished bathing, with her long wet hair spread out, was trying on a set of clothes in front of the tall makeup mirror.
Going to the city to see Yang Yuan tomorrow, she just took the opportunity to take a look around Lin'an.
She had not been anywhere before because of her grudge match with Wanyan Qu, so this trip to the Song Dynasty was definitely at a loss.
Now that this troublesome problem has been left to Yang Yuan, and she is in the mood for shopping, she naturally has to choose this dress carefully.
The long skirt has been taken off, the embroidered jacket has been untied, and there is only a personal maid by her side, so Wugu Lun Yingge has no scruples in exposing her body.
At this time, she was not even dressed neatly in her little clothes. The pair of "golden armbands" on her arms were reflected in the light. The arms were like jade and the gold rings were bright, revealing a strange charm. …
Ah Man selected for a while, looked at the pile of jewels and jewels in the package, then raised his head and asked: "Girl, are these enough?"
Because she had been with the girl since she was a child, she would only go and give instructions to the house steward for the girl when she needed to buy something, so Ah Man had no idea about money and could only make his own estimates.
Yingge glanced back and said casually: "That's it, just pick out all the things I don't like.
However, there is no need to give it to him all at once, or give him one-third first. If he can really handle this matter for me, it will not be too late to give him the rest.
He knows that if things are done, there will be more generous rewards, so he can work harder. "
Aman praised: "My girl is so awesome, she doesn't even know how to do business without a teacher."
"Stop flattering!"
Yingge giggled and lifted her hair a little louder, causing the newly braised tofu-like place to move tremblingly.
Aman got Yingge's instructions and stopped choosing jewelry. He walked over and sat by the couch to watch her choose clothes.
"Girl, let's go to the city tomorrow. Prince Wanyan won't come with us again to spoil the fun, right?"
"How dare he? I just filed a complaint against him with Prince Xin, and he still dares to look for trouble? Bah!"
Yingge said disdainfully, then turned her eyes, and suddenly saw Ah Man taking out a brocade handkerchief from under the pillow, and her face turned pale.
"Stop it!"
Yingge shouted, jumped, and threw Aman down on the couch, and hurriedly snatched the handkerchief from her hand.
"Ai?"
Ah Man's sharp eyes had already seen the bloody ghostly drawings on the handkerchief. She looked at Yingge with her big, ignorant eyes.
Yingge was secretly annoyed. She was so careless. Why did she forget to dispose of this thing?
Yingge hurriedly went to the lamp, lit the brocade handkerchief, threw it into the foot bath basin, and watched the flames devour it bit by bit.
Aman walked up to him blankly and asked curiously: "Girl, what is this?"
"This is……"
Yingge panicked and said nonsense, "This is... a talisman that this girl asked for!" "
Ah Man became even more curious: "Talk? What is it used for?"
Yingge's face was dizzy and she said viciously: "Curse a certain little thief to turn into an Atta!" (Jurchen language: dog)
