The groom was in his early thirties, and under the dim light, he looked somewhat elegant.
"That's what I am. I wonder why you are looking for me?" Qin Xiangxiang remained calm. This groom had a fair face and no beard, and he did not look like someone from the bottom of society trying to make a living.
The groom looked at her with some surprise, but he quickly suppressed the surprise in his eyes: "Madam Qin, I am Li Huo, the second son of Li Zhuang."
Qin Xiangxiang raised his eyebrows. Is this Li Zhuang's second son? She sent Li Feng to prison, so Li Huo came to cause trouble for her?
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing the face of a young woman: "My concubine, surnamed Gao, is Li Huo's wife."
Mu Ting had already taken a step forward and covered Qin Xiangxiang behind him: "What brings you here this time?"
Li Huo looked at Mu Ting and suddenly smiled: "This gentleman looks brave and handsome. He must be Mu Shizi."
Mu Ting looked at him coldly: "You have something to say."
"It seems that Prince Mu is very protective of Mrs. Qin, which is somewhat inconsistent with the rumors." Li Huo said.
Mu Ting stood beside her like a tall tree. Qin Xiangxiang was used to being independent, so she was not used to having someone supporting her.
She coughed: "I wonder what's going on with you two?"
But Mrs. Gao was talking in the car: "Be good, mother, go and come back."
Qin Xiangxiang and Mu Ting were both stunned. Are there children in the car? This Li Huo family is really strange.
As the curtain shook, Qin Xiangxiang saw a little girl in the car, wearing mourning clothes, with a round face and a pair of round eyes looking at her.
Mrs. Gao got out of the car with the hem of her skirt swaying, revealing her mourning clothes.
Mrs. Gao smiled slightly: "Please ask Mrs. Qin to speak inside."
Mu Ting was about to speak when he suddenly felt his hand being squeezed by Qin Xiangxiang's, and he shut up.
Qin Xiangxiang raised the corners of his lips slightly: "Please, Mrs. Li."
The three of them entered the door together, but Gao glanced at Mu Ting: "Prince Mu, please stay out of the way."
"Mrs. Li, please say it." Qin Xiangxiang said, not wanting Mu Ting to avoid it.
Mu Ting suddenly had the idea that "Mrs. Qin and I are one."
Gao didn't insist. He only took a deep look at Qin Xiangxiang and took out a letter from his sleeve pocket.
"Madam Qin, we found this when we were packing up my father-in-law's belongings." Gao said, "My husband and I agree that this letter should be returned to Qin Yushi."
On the envelope was regular script: "This is my personal greeting from Guan Lan."
"The letter was written by my father-in-law. The handwriting is very new. It is placed in a book he often looks through on his bookshelf. After my father-in-law passed away, the house has been a mess, and his belongings have not been properly packed. Yesterday, my husband came back from other places, Ding You, to clean up I just saw this letter in my father-in-law’s study.”
Qin Xiangxiang's eyes fell on the letter and he frowned. Li Zhuang and his father had met almost every day before. Is there anything that I couldn't tell directly and why I still had to write a letter?
Seeing Qin Xiangxiang's disbelieving expression, Mrs. Gao said, "We have not opened this letter, so Mrs. Qin can rest assured."
She deliberately turned over the back of the letter and gave Qin Xiangxiang the perfect seal after reading it.
Both ink pads and seals can be forged.
Qin Xiangxiang asked Gao: "Besides you and your wife, is anyone else aware of this matter?"
Mrs. Gao shook her head: "Madam Qin, to be honest, my sister-in-law suffered from dementia not long ago and talked crazy. I have long locked her in the room and cannot go out. My mother-in-law is also the same. She is seriously ill and cannot take care of herself. Now, in the Li family, it is my concubine and my husband who are in charge."
Qin Xiangxiang finally took the letter.
Mrs. Gao saluted her: "Thank you, Madam Qin, for your trust."
Gao boarded the car and left with his family.
Mu Ting said: "Li Huo and Li Feng don't look like two brothers. And his wife Gao seems to be smarter than Tian."
Qin Xiangxiang also nodded: "They are indeed very different." She weighed the letter in her hand and read it under the lamp again. But except for the thin letter paper, there seemed to be nothing inside.
She put the letter away and smiled at Mu Ting: "Let's go."
When the little lady smiled, her dimples were so deep that he couldn't help but want to caress them.
In the end, he held it back, and Mu Ting closed the door, but he heard the noise of the drinking party coming from inside.
Qin Wanwan and Cui Qingqing just held the red sleeves and drank wine together with Tianxiang, but Aunt Yang also rolled up her sleeves and drank wine with the young ladies with red faces.
Aunt Yang obviously smiled happily and sighed: "A few decades ago, I was the young lady who fascinated a lot of men."
Cui Qingqing claims to be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but her face was red and she was a little tipsy: "Come on, come on, I don't accept it! Come again!"
Cui Qingqing is the kind of person who is not very good but loves to play.
Mu Ting turned his back, a little embarrassed: "I won't go there." They are all young ladies, and it is really inappropriate for him, a grown man, to go there.
Qin Xiangxiang let him go: "There is still some food left in the kitchen, let me help you..."
Mu Ting pushed her gently: "It's rare to have such a happy time, so just have fun with them. How can I, a grown man, starve myself?"
His hands gently rested on her shoulders, bringing a bit of unfamiliar heat.
Qin Xiangxiang blushed and took a few steps forward to get out of the heat: "Then I'll pass."
She crossed the threshold without looking back, leaving Mu Ting standing there in shock. She is too thin... When they get to Yanzhou, he has to let her eat more. Otherwise, the strong wind in Yanzhou could blow her away.
As soon as Qin Xiangxiang walked over, Qin Wanwan pointed at her and said with a loud tongue: "Da, the lady is late, yes, I have to drink a drink as a penalty."
"That won't work. Madam is still injured and can't drink." Hong Xiu was the first to jump out to defend Qin Xiangxiang.
Tianxiang also said: "It is better to let the slave eat the bar for the eldest lady."
Qin Wanwan looked at Hongxiu, then at Tianxiang, and suddenly became angry: "You bullied me because of the large number of people..."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Cui Qingqing chuckled: "Second Lady Qin can be such a rogue sometimes."
Qin Wanwan, however, drank another bowl of wine, and her face was red as she ate: "Eat wine, eat wine!"
Erniang Wang felt sorry for her: "Second lady, please don't eat, you are already too strong to drink..."
"I just want to get drunk, so that when I wake up, I will find that it was just a nightmare." Qin Wanwan grabbed the wine bowl, and she didn't know whether her eyes were red from the alcohol or from unhappiness.
She was originally a young lady who was loved by thousands of people, but an accident caused her to fall into the dust.
Erniang Wang wanted to stop Qin Wanwan, so Qin Xiangxiang shook his head gently at her.
Cui Qingqing poured wine for Qin Wanwan herself: "Eat, just eat, open your mouth and eat. I've covered all the wine for today."
The two young ladies who used to dislike each other became drinking buddies.
Aunt Yang said from the side: "Ms. Qin, just let her get drunk. After she gets drunk and sleeps for a while, she will let it go."
Regardless, if Qin Wanwan wants to eat and she stops him, Qin Wanwan might become even more unhappy.
Cui Qingqing hugged Qin Wanwan and said loudly, "There are so many good husbands in this world! All my cousins from my maternal grandfather's family are more handsome than the last!"
Qin Wanwan chuckled: "Cui Qingqing, you are so shameless. A young lady who has not yet left the government wants to do such a thing."
