On the other side, after Xiao Qingwan helped Li Yuan ashore, she couldn't help but cover her chest with her hands and let out a long breath.
"Fortunately, no one came to chase us. I was almost scared to death just now."
In the Qin Mansion, Li Yuan liked the girl in front of him the most. The girl Wan'er was well-behaved and sensible, and would deliberately give him cards every time he came over to play cards.
Secondly, the food this girl cooked was really delicious, and it suited his appetite very much.
At this time, Li Yuan looked at Xiao Qingwan's scared look and asked with a smile:
"If you are so scared, why did you come here to get involved just now? Aren't you afraid that the saint will get angry at you?"
Xiao Qingwan was a little confused when she heard this.
"Old man, do you know that he is a current saint?"
Li Yuan raised his head and said proudly:
"I'm not deaf, but those two girls shouted for my father so loudly. If I don't return his status, wouldn't I be an old fool?"
Xiao Qingwan heard this and stretched out her hand to tug Li Yuan's sleeve and said softly:
"Old man, you always have a quiet voice, so don't let anyone listen to you."
Li Yuan curled his lips, flicked his sleeves, and said nonchalantly:
"Just listen, am I still afraid of him? When I was commanding thousands of armies, that kid was still playing in the mud!"
Xiao Qingwan was speechless, and the young master was not here, why did you always brag again? The slaves don't have the skills of the master!
Xiao Qingwan was struggling between whether to be an obedient audience or to try to be a compliment.
Princess Changle pulled Princess Yuzhang and ran to them, bowed to Li Yuan and said:
"Li Lizhi, the Li family in Longxi, has met the old man."
"Li Xiyao, the Li family from Longxi, has met the old man."
Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand and said with a smile:
"Well, okay, okay, okay, you are all good kids, get up quickly."
Changle and Yuzhang stood up with a smile after hearing this, then waved to Qingwan with a smile and said with a smile:
"Wan'er."
Xiao Qingwan tugged on the sleeve of Sishe beside her, then pulled Sishe to salute the two women:
"My servants pay homage to Princess Changle and Princess Yuzhang."
Changle and Yuzhang were very close to Wan'er. They stretched out their hands to help Wan'er up and said with a smile:
"Wan'er, Sishe, you don't have to be polite, get up quickly."
Li Yuan stroked his long beard and turned to glance at Li Shimin and Qin Ming by the river. Seeing them walking towards his group, he couldn't help but interrupt the greetings of the girls.
"It's already early. Let's go back home quickly. I'm almost hungry."
Princess Changle and others nodded after hearing this, and then the group walked towards the Qin Mansion talking and laughing.
On the way, Princess Changle took Wan'er and asked her many questions about the Qin Mansion. Xiao Qingwan answered them all as long as they did not involve some secrets of the Qin Mansion.
After a while,
Everyone returned to Qin Mansion.
Qin Ming entered the backyard and learned from the maid that Queen Changsun was resting in Qingxin Courtyard, so he took Li Shimin into Qingxin Courtyard.
Not long after Qin Ming and his party returned home, a luxurious carriage drove up outside the Qin family village.
The driver was a dark-skinned, burly middle-aged man. He held a long whip and kept whipping the horse. This shows that the people on the carriage are very anxious.
Not long after, the carriage stopped at the door of the Qin Mansion, and soon a middle-aged official wearing a crimson official robe and an anxious look jumped out of the carriage.
Zi Shu at the door of the Qin Mansion was stunned for a moment when he saw the crimson official robe, and then he quickly recognized the person. It was Sun Wu, the eldest son of Qi State, who brought his two legitimate sons to visit the Qin Mansion last time. avoid.
The burly man quickly walked up the steps and said with an arrogant expression:
"Hurry up and inform your master that Duke Qi has arrived and ask him to come out to receive you."
Changsun Wuji raised his eyebrows and cursed at the burly man:
"You bastard, who gave you the courage to be so rude? Why don't you apologize to this young gentleman?"
The burly man shivered and quickly bowed to Zi Shu to apologize.
Zishu glanced at the swarthy man with some disdain, then raised his hand to Changsun Wuji and said:
"I have met the Duke of Qi. I wonder if the Duke of Qi can tell me what you want to see my young master for?"
Changsun Wuji was very anxious at this time and was unwilling to waste any time.
He cupped his hands and said:
"Someone in my house is seriously ill. I learned that Master Miaoying is a guest in your house, so I came here to ask Master Miaoying to go to Chang'an."
When Zi Shu heard this, his heart suddenly became clear.
"Please wait here, Duke of Qi, for a moment, and I will go and report to you right now."
"Good work."
...
Li Yuan's small courtyard was filled with laughter and was particularly lively at this time.
After returning home, Qin Ming immediately came to Qingxin Courtyard to pay respects to Queen Changsun. Then in order to avoid the recurrence of the river incident, Qin Ming planned to go to Li Yuan's courtyard and inform his grandfather of the identities of Li Shimin and others.
But he didn't expect that when he asked Empress Changsun to excuse herself for a while and go see his grandfather.
However, Empress Changsun proposed to visit his elders together, and even took Li Shimin along with her.
What he didn't expect was that when he led a group of people to Li Yuan's courtyard, Li Yuan was already playing mahjong with Chang Le, Yu Zhang and Wan'er.
And not only that, Qin Ming learned from Li Yuan's address to Princess Changle and others that the old man actually knew the identities of Li Er and others.
After Qin Ming's introduction, everyone sat down again.
Because Xiao Qingwan had to prepare lunch, everyone at the card table was replaced except for Li Yuan.
Li Yuan sat to the north of the mahjong table, just opposite the door. His superior sat Queen Changsun, opposite Qin Ming, and his inferior sat Li Er.
As for the others, they stood behind everyone and watched the battle.
While everyone was immersed in mahjong, Chun Xing hurried into the room. After looking around, she whispered a few words to the housekeeper Xiao Changxi.
After Xiao Changxi heard this, a strange expression flashed across her face. After thinking about it, she walked to Qin Ming, bowed and said:
"Sir, there are guests at the door of the house."
When Qin Ming heard this, he grabbed the cards and said doubtfully:
"guest?"
Li Yuan also stopped what he was doing, looked up at Xiao Changxi and said:
"Steward Xiao, who came to the house?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room looked at Xiao Changxi.
"Old man, the news just came from Zi Shu, saying that the Duke of Qi is visiting."
Qin Ming frowned when he heard this.
Duke of Qi? Changsun Wuji?
What did he come for? Has what happened yesterday been exposed? Someone who came here specifically to call for punishment?
Li Yuan also frowned, wondering why Changsun Wuji came to the door so quickly.
[This guy does things very secretly! Even Zong Wu was filled with admiration. What's more, he had his own secret guards to deal with this kid's aftermath. How could Changsun Wuji know about it? Could it be that there is a traitor among Zhang Wenyuan’s group? 】
Li Shimin didn't know the truth of the matter, so naturally he wouldn't think about it.
When he heard Changsun Wuji came to visit, he murmured:
"Why are the auxiliary machines here at this hour?"
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