After lunch,
Qin Ming asked the maid of the house to take Li Tai and Ma Zhou to the front yard living room to rest, while he quickly came to Qingxin Courtyard.
At this time, Xiao Chong was alone in Qingxin Courtyard, sitting on the sofa in the hall.
"Brother, why are you here alone, where are Xi'er and the others?"
Xiao Chong raised his head and glanced at Qin Ming with a complicated expression.
Just now, he heard something again that was hard for him to accept.
If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he would never have believed it.
My sister is not young, and besides, she is only the late emperor's concubine in name. It is reasonable for her to be willing to follow the boy in front of her.
But Yang Zijun, now young and a majestic princess of the Sui Dynasty, actually willingly became a concubine for the boy in front of her.
[How virtuous and capable is this boy! ]
[Hmph, Your Highness is new to the world and is young and ignorant. He must have been deceived by this boy with his sweet words. ]
[But fortunately, Your Highness the Princess is still innocent. ]
[And this kid will go out with the army in two days, so there is still room for change. ]
Qin Ming frowned slightly when he saw Xiao Chong looking at him without speaking.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Chong came back to his senses, smiled and said:
"It's nothing. They went upstairs to freshen up. They will probably come down soon."
"By the way, have King Yue and the others already left?"
Qin Ming shook his head and said:
"No, they are in the living room in the front yard right now, and I will go to Dongshi with them later."
Xiao Chong nodded when he heard this.
At this moment, footsteps came from the second floor.
Not long after, Xiao Changxi led the girls and appeared at the stairway of the second floor.
Xiao Changxi quickly came to Qin Ming and asked:
"Qin Lang, are you going to Ximeng Tower?"
Qin Ming nodded slightly, smiled and asked the girls:
"Do you want to go with us? Or stay at home?"
Xiao Changxi hesitated when she heard this.
At this moment, Yang Zijun, who was covered in red gauze, suddenly took a step forward, pulled Qin Ming's sleeve, and said with a nasal voice:
"Jun'er, go with your husband."
Seeing this, Xiao Qingwan ran to Qin Ming, took Qin Ming's other arm and said:
"Wan'er, I want to go too."
Sishe took Qingwan's arm and said with a smile:
"The slave family will go too."
Maotu: "The slave family is with the young lady."
Xiao Changxi sighed when she saw this. At this moment, Xiao Meiniang walked up to Xiao Changxi, with a gentle expression and a soft tone:
"Mrs. Xiao, Mei Niang also wants to take a look."
Xiao Changxi sighed deeply when she heard this.
[It’s all a mess. ]
Thinking like this, Xiao Changxi said to Qin Ming:
"Mr. Lang, let me go too."
Qin Ming originally wanted to take them to this feast.
After all, this is Datang's first bidding meeting and auction.
In Qin Ming's view, this is very memorable.
Even if they are old many years later, they will still find it interesting to recall today.
Thinking like this, Qin Ming nodded with a smile and said:
"Okay, since everyone is going, Wan'er, please send someone to notify Ada and ask him to prepare the carriage. When I change into my official uniform, we will set off."
Wan'er nodded and pulled Si She out of the room.
Xiao Chong looked at Qin Ming standing among thousands of flowers and sighed silently in his heart.
[This is not what the Yang family owed him in his previous life! It's obviously my Xiao family who owed it to him in my previous life. Why. ]
Thinking like this, Xiao Chong stood up and said to Qin Ming:
"It's getting late, it's time for Xiao to return home."
.....
After a while,
Two black carriages, protected by more than twenty guards, slowly drove out of Xingdaofang Peach Blossom Lane.
On the carriage in front of him, Li Tai sat on the sofa with a dark face, looked at Qin Ming with an unkind expression, and said:
"Brother Ming, what do you want me to say about you? Ah?"
Qin Ming blinked and asked:
"Artai, what are you talking about?"
Li Tai snorted coldly and said:
"You know what I am talking about, don't pretend to be confused with me."
"You and Yu Zhang have made a marriage contract, and I will be your future fourth uncle after all."
"In front of this king, do you have to be more restrained?"
"Hey, that's all. Who told us brothers to have a good relationship? I just pretended that I didn't see what happened just now."
"But my fourth uncle, I still have to remind you, don't get so close to other women in the future in front of Li Zhi and Xiyao."
When Qin Ming heard this, he finally understood what Li Tai was talking about.
But since Li Tai could tell him this, he really considered him a friend.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming smiled and said:
"Then I'm here, and I would like to thank my future fourth uncle for reminding me."
Li Tai's mouth curled up slightly when he heard this. In the past, Qin Ming lectured him in various ways, but now he is considered a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law.
[Oh, this feels so good, so damn comfortable. ]
.......
At the beginning of the year,
There is still an hour before the bidding conference officially begins.
At this time, there were many large and small carriages parked in front of Ximeng Tower in Dongshi City, and it could be said that it was overcrowded.
There was already a long queue in front of the token checking table in front of Ximeng Tower.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Ma Zhou rushed over, and Li Tai's carriage gently knocked on the window several times.
Li Tai in the carriage heard the noise, opened the window, and asked Ma Zhou outside:
"Prince Bin?"
Ma Zhou sat on the horse, cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, there are too many people waiting for inspection at the entrance of Ximeng Tower. The junior official was worried that he would be delayed because of this, so he checked with the officials."
Upon hearing this, Li Tai turned to look at Qin Ming and asked what Qin Ming meant.
Qin Ming straightened up and said to Ma Zhou:
"You go ahead."
"Yes, sir."
After saying that, Ma Zhou put his foot hard and gently knocked the horse's belly.
After Ma Zhou left, Qin Ming stood up and opened the car door, pointed to an alley next to Ximeng Tower, and ordered the driver of Prince Yue's Mansion:
"Go that way, let's go in through the back door of Ximeng Tower."
The coachman nodded, gently pulled the horse's reins a few times, and the four-wheeled carriage drove towards the alley.
Not long after, two carriages stopped at the entrance to the backyard of Ximeng Tower.
Qin Ming took the lead in pushing open the door, stood on the driver's seat, and winked at Shui Yi, who was guarding the carriage.
Shui nodded, then turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the back door, and said to the guard at the door:
"Master is here, open the door."
The guard at the door did not dare to delay, and pushed open the heavy gate of the backyard from left to right.
In this way, two four-wheeled carriages slowly drove into the backyard of Ximeng Tower.
When Qin Ming and everyone else got off the carriage, Xiao Qing, the accountant who got the news, walked out of the building.
She gave Qin Ming and others a blessing and said:
"The slave pays homage to the young master, pays homage to the King of Yue, and then meets Mrs. Xiao..."
Qin Ming waved his hand and wanted to reach out to help Xiaoqing, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the other people were looking at him.
Qin Ming felt a chill on his back, raised his palms and said:
"Get up quickly and take us to my exclusive box on the second floor."
Xiaoqing nodded and said:
"Yes, sir."
...
