The murmur of rain outside the house brings the chill of late autumn.

Mother Qi looked outside and said, "It seems that the rain won't stop for a while. Baoer will go home today. Ronger, will you call a carriage to pick him up?"

Qi Surong put down the needle and thread in her hand, got up and said, "I'll pick it up myself, just to see how Subao is doing in Yingshu Pavilion."

"Alright, pay attention to safety." Mother Qi urged worriedly.

Qi Surong packed up and took Ping'er into the carriage and drove to Yingshu Pavilion.

Su Bao has been under Xu Chen's door for more than a month, and he usually goes home every seven days. Every time he went home, Qi Surong would ask him about his study status. Su Bao is smart and smart, and has made remarkable progress after joining the teacher, but occasionally there is a bit of melancholy between his eyebrows.

Qi Surong has been so busy recently that she neglected Subao. She had to pay attention to the lessons learned.

"Miss, Yingshu Pavilion is here." The coachman stopped the carriage and turned around.

Qi Surong lifted the curtain, and Yingshu Pavilion was opposite. Only two or three pedestrians passed by in a hurry on the street, but several carriages passed by.

She looked to the other side, not far from Yingshu Pavilion, there was a medium-sized academy. Although it was not as good as Baiyang Academy, it was quite famous. Because this academy only recruits children from famous families, with less than 200 students, but it includes 30% of the elites in Kyoto.

As the number of carriages picking up the students increased, the streets gradually became crowded, and the speed of the carriages slowed down. Many students gathered in the attic in front of the academy and waited. The sound of rain was gradually mixed with various human voices.

Qi Surong was about to ask Ping'er to go to Yingshu Pavilion to pick up Subao, but saw the door of Yingshu Pavilion opened. Two people walked out of the gate. One of them was Su Bao, and the other was sixteen or seventeen years old. He was ordinary in appearance but outstanding in temperament. He should be another student hired by Xu Chen.

The boy said to Su Bao, "I'll hire a carriage for you to take you home later."

"Thank you, Brother Ji Yun." Su Bao politely thanked him.

The teenager smiled and said, "Baby, it's common to be called Brother Ji Yun, but it's called Brother Ji."

"Brother Ji Yun, how many times have you said that, don't call me 'baby'." Su Bao said with a sullen face.

"Don't you think the name 'baby' is very kind?"

"Not at all."

Ji Yun shrugged and was about to say something else when he saw a group of students walking along the street wall.

"Brother Ji, I haven't seen you for a long time, but the style is still the same." The leader of the youth in Tsing Yi bowed his hands to him.

"It turned out to be Young Master Cao, polite." The other party's demeanor was contrived, and Ji Yun responded lukewarmly.

"Little son of the Qi family," Cao Xiang turned to Su Bao again, and pretended to say, "Would you like me to take you home by the way? With the current situation of your family, you must not be able to sit in a carriage."

As soon as the voice fell, a few people behind him let out small laughter.

Qi Subao's face turned pale, and he looked at Cao Xiang with anger in his eyes.

Ji Yun stepped forward and said, "Brother Cao, it's just that you lost to me at the literary conference, and now you even bully children?"

"Hmph, the Wenhui competition is held once a month, this time I lose with you, next time I will definitely win back, don't be complacent!" Cao Xiang said coldly, "It's you, don't you know that this young master of the Qi family is the son of a criminal minister? ? You protect him like this, so you won't be afraid of getting on fire in the future?"

"You don't have to worry about Brother Cao about the next thing."

"Haha, I heard that the Qi family did not hesitate to ask Miss Qi to 'see' Mr. Xu in person in order to help the young master to hire a teacher." A man in Tsing Yi behind Cao Xiang suddenly pointed out, "It is rumored that Miss Qi has a beautiful appearance. With a refined temperament, ordinary men are afraid that they can't resist this kind of beauty, right?"

This remark is insinuating and obviously insulting.

Ji Yun said angrily, "Luo Chengyang, you are not talking nonsense!"

"There's no nonsense here. Not long ago, someone saw Miss Qi meeting Mr. Xu at the temple, and then the children of Qi's family became Mr. Xu's student. If it's not related, who would believe it?"

"Haha, so it is." Cao Xiang laughed, "I wonder why Mr. Xu would accept the son of a criminal. It turns out that Miss Qi is also credited."

"Ms. Qi is well-known in the capital, so naturally she has some means." Luo Chengyang said.

"Oh, it's a pity, I have a low status, and I didn't have the chance to see Fangrong." Another person said regretfully.

"Brother Guan, the Qi family is not what it used to be. In the future, when Qi Surong sees me, he will have to bow respectfully. Why do you need to degrade yourself?"

"It makes sense."

The rest also joined in.

"I'll go meet this eldest lady someday."

"She has always had eyes above the top and no one in her eyes. Now she is down and out. She must have no face to show her face again."

"That's right."

"By the way, how about I simply take her as a concubine?" Cao Xiang said suddenly.

"Good idea!" The rest agreed, "I am also moved when I hear you say that."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to do it later."

"Hey, let's see who's going fast!"

"Don't rob me."

Several people were talking and laughing as if no one else was around, with a frivolous tone.

"They are going too far!" In the carriage, Ping'er was full of anger, staring fiercely at the few people across the street.

Their voices were loud, intermittently entering Qi Surong Heping'er's ears.

Qi Surong was expressionless and quietly watched Su Bao through the car window.

"Miss, we don't want to go out for the time being. If they are ridiculed in person, it will damage the reputation of Miss." Ping'er said with a suffocated breath.

"Slandering behind my back, won't it damage my reputation?"

Ping'er bit her lip and said sadly, "What should I do then?"

"We're here to pick up Su Bao and go home, don't worry about other things."

"How can you not care?" Ping'er said angrily, "They even belittle the young lady so much, and they dare to say that they want to take the young lady as a concubine, which is totally unreasonable!"

Qi Surong smiled, she had heard too many such slander in her previous life.

"Don't be angry for someone you don't care about." Qi Surong picked up the paper umbrella and said, "You stay in the car and I'll pick up Subao."