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Chapter 24
Qin Chu glanced at the wine glass: "I can't drink, and I can't even smell alcohol recently, can I ask Xiaoer to take the wine bottle away first?"
"Uh" I was at a loss for words on Tuesday, isn't the Qin family the family heir to wine making?This Miss Qin has also brewed new wine, and now she says she can't smell the wine?When he is a fool?
Besides, is this the time to say wine is not wine?
Qin Chu smelled the faint smell of alcohol in the air, glanced at Qiu Jinning's face, and couldn't stop worrying.
Qiu Jinning cooperated in a timely manner: "It's also inconvenient for a courtier to drink alcohol. Whenever she smells alcohol, she will have a headache."
Her heartbeat has already accelerated a little, her breathing is slightly out of control, and the smell of alcohol seems to have lured the love gu, making it restless.
Feeling stuffy on Tuesday, he filled himself another glass of wine, then picked up the jug and walked out the door, handing it to the waiter.
Taking advantage of this short time, Qin Chu shook Qiu Jinning's hand vigorously. This contact should have some effect.
Love Gu must not attack at this time.
Qiu Jinning clasped back silently, and the two of them clasped their fingers together, and then quickly separated.
Walked back on Tuesday: "This king knows that this matter is too bizarre, but the emperor's order is hard to violate. I also ask the two ladies to come to Beijing with me as soon as possible for the sake of Baiyue world."
The elder brother and the third younger brother cannot be allowed to see these two people, the only way for now is to take them to the capital to settle down first, so that he is the only one who can get in touch with these two people.
He has a chance.
Qin Chu and Qiu Jinning looked at each other, but neither of them said anything.
Go to the capital?She is not familiar with the place of birth, Qin's family is in Jiuqu County, so she will not go, even if she wants to see the prosperity of the capital, she can't follow this second prince who doesn't know the so-called.
Seeing them all meditating on Tuesday, I took a sip of wine slowly: "I also know that this matter is a bit difficult for others. If you two take care of your family, Master Qin and County Magistrate Qiu will make arrangements for me. You can rest assured."
Qin Chu frowned, caring about his family?arrange?Why did she feel that this sounded like a threat?
Qiu Jinning also understood the meaning of Tuesday's words, and asked coldly: "If we don't want to go to Beijing, will we be punished as disobeying the emperor's order? Will we be free if we go to Beijing? Or is it like confinement?"
Being questioned on Tuesday, he was left speechless, and silently took another sip of the wine. The aroma of the wine was tangy, but there was only bitterness in the mouth.
"Why would this king imprison the two of you? If it's inconvenient to go in and out, it's for your safety."
As if he had been poked into his mind, Tuesday's eyes dodged. He is the second prince today, and he is not a star everywhere, but now he can't enjoy himself with a glass of wine, and he is still careful everywhere. It's really bad.
If it hadn't been for the mother emperor's order not to neglect Huang Nu, he wouldn't need to be so cautious.
Seeing that he didn't deny it, Qiu Jinning said flatly: "If I were the second prince, I wouldn't stay in Jiuqu County. The second prince was named a virtuous king by the sage. I think it's not for nothing. Can you listen to my daughter's advice?"
Tuesday raised his eyebrows: "Miss Qiu, please tell me."
Although there were thorns in the words of the county magistrate's daughter, they were still within the tolerable range. He wanted to see how Qiu Jinning persuaded him to leave.
Qiu Jinning's face was calm: "The second prince should understand that pushing us out will only make your situation difficult, and the only way to do it is to open up the plank road and hide in the dark."
"Why are you cultivating the plank road in secret?"
"It's already May. I planned to go to Beijing in the autumn to take part in this year's examination. Miss Qin will also accompany me. In this way, only you know the inside story, don't you?"
Talking to smart people is all about it, she believes that this famous second prince is not an idiot.
Tuesday pondered for a moment, clapped his hands and laughed: "Miss Qiu's words are very true. I just offended you a lot. My king will set off for the capital tomorrow and wait for the autumn to come.Please send me a letter and say goodbye."
This woman is so smart and scheming, no matter whether she is a phoenix girl or not, she can't push the opposite.
Most importantly, Qiu Jinning convinced him.
Qiu Jinning got up and took the black jade token the size of half a palm.
Qin Chu couldn't understand what he heard, so he just looked at Qiu Jinning's face. Seeing that her face was reddish, he couldn't help worrying and quietly reached out to touch the back of Qiu Jinning's hand under the table.
After drinking the remaining half glass of wine on Tuesday, left in a hurry.
Only then did Qin Chu ask Qiu Jinning, "Why did he leave?" It looked like he was running away.
Qiu Jinning nodded slightly: "The second prince is a smart man. Not only will he not approach us in the future, but he will also avoid us from a distance, so that we can deceive others."
Only if the other two princes feel that he has not found anyone, or that the Huang Nu he found is someone else, then she and Qin Chu will not attract anyone's attention.
In this way, the only person who knows their identities is the second prince, so it is absolutely safe.
Qin Chu vaguely understood that this meant that the second prince would keep the news that one of them was a phoenix girl, and if he wanted to avoid arousing suspicion, he naturally couldn't keep in touch with them.
"You said just now that we went to Beijing in autumn, did you lie to him or did you come for the truth?"
Qiu Jinning smiled indifferently: "I was planning to go to Beijing to take the exam, but I couldn't do without you because I couldn't figure it out. Miss Qin, would you like to go with me?"
The words of going to Beijing are temporarily perfunctory to the second prince, but it was also her original plan.
It's just that Qin Chu is an extra variable, and she didn't plan to go with Qin Chu in her original plan.
Qin Chu nodded: "Naturally, I will accompany you."
Seeing her nodding, Qiu Jinning pursed her lips slightly: "What did you mean just now?"
Just now?
Qin Chu thought of the phoenix picture, and thought of Qiu Jinning as the heroine, the prophesied phoenix girl.
She thought for a while and said, "Perhaps what the phoenix picture refers to is true. There is probably someone between you and me who is the phoenix girl." After all, she still didn't say that Qiu Jinning was the phoenix girl.
Wouldn't that directly point out Qiu Jinning's identity as the heroine, and push people to the heroine? She doesn't want to do that.
After all, selfishness prevailed, she didn't want to push Qiu Jinning away, she wanted to hug Qiu Jinning tightly.
It's a pity that once the love gu is released, she has no reason to stay by Qiu Jinning's side. She even faintly hopes that they won't be separated if they don't find old spirits.
But that's not right, Miracle Doctor Han is right, if you really want something, you should pursue it frankly.
After finding the old spirits and unlocking the love gu, she went to pursue it frankly.
At this moment, she could no longer ignore her own thoughts, and couldn't stop facing that heartbeat.
Qiu Jinning's eyelashes trembled, and she looked at the teacup on the table: "I'm not talking about the Phoenix Figure, I'm asking why you touched my hand under the table just now?"
Qin Chu: "..."
"I just saw that your complexion was not right, and I was worried that your love gu would break out, so I- I patted your hand."
Qiu Jinning looked at her and said meaningfully: "Really, I thought you had other intentions."
Qin Chu was a little dazed, what other meanings could there be by touching hands?
Could it be...
Qin Chu stood up abruptly, and raised his hand to make an oath: "I don't want to take advantage of you, I am a gentleman."
Qiu Jinning stared at the person in front of her, and smiled: "I know that Miss Qin is an upstanding gentleman."
Qin Chu was even more dazed when he heard it, it didn't sound like he was praising her.
On the second day, the new Mr. Xuezheng resigned and returned to Beijing. It is said that he found the person he was looking for.
That person was Miss Gu San who found out about his status as the prince. On Tuesday, she immediately made a plan to protect Gu San and went back to Beijing with great fanfare.
The eldest prince and the third prince's people heard about this matter as soon as they arrived in Jiuqu County, and they hurried back to Beijing immediately without stopping. On the way, they flew pigeons to report that the second prince had found Huangnu and rushed to the capital with her.
Only then did Qin Chu and Qiu Jinning heave a sigh of relief, and they looked at each other without saying anything.
"Then we will go to Beijing again in autumn, how does Ms. Qiu feel?"
Qiu Jinning said lightly: "Go to Beijing in a few days, always plan ahead."
She didn't plan to follow the second prince's order and wait until autumn. The exam will start in March next year. Eldest brother has already taken the lead. She plans to rush to the capital earlier.
As soon as he heard that he was going to Beijing early, Qin Chu did not feel relieved and said, "Going to Beijing in a few days? But before my father comes back, the Qin family has no one in charge."
"My father must have returned to the mansion by now." Qiu Jinning thought of the ten altars of baijiu that Mr. Qin sent to the county magistrate's mansion early in the morning. Although they were northern spirits, they were not old enough, only decades old.
Master Qin didn't find a century-old wine, so he came back after finishing his business, and only brought back ten altars of spirits. Once he entered Jiuqu County, he ordered his servants to send it to the Qiu Mansion.
At this moment, he has returned home and listened to Butler Qin finish talking about what happened these days.
"Hahaha, Chu'er has grown up and is promising, and my Qin family has a scholar."
After tasting the new wine, Master Qin read the court's commendation document, and he couldn't hold back the smile on his face.
Throughout the ages, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants ranked last. No matter how rich the Qin family is, they are inferior in the eyes of those nobles and scholars. The son is naughty, and the daughter is physically disabled. He originally thought that the Qin family would never produce a scholar in this life.
He didn't expect his daughter to give him such a big surprise. If it wasn't for the fact that the wine tasting banquet had just passed a few days ago, he would have wished for a three-day feast to comfort his heart.
When Qin Chu arrived after hearing the news, he heard hearty laughter from the yard before he saw anyone.
Hearing that Qin Chu said that he was going to Beijing, Master Qin not only did not object, but also agreed: "Chu'er should go outside to gain knowledge, and he can take over the family business better in the future, because my father intends to promote the new wine.Yellow rice wine is restricted by region and only sells well in the south, but beer is different, you should go ahead and explore the way.”
Master Qin deserved it. Seeing Qin Chu nodding repeatedly, he almost couldn't help laughing wildly. As expected of his daughter, the Qin family has successors.
As for the son, such a bastard who has more than enough success and more trouble than failure can be raised as an idler, and the Qin family does not lack his own rations.
Qin Chu stayed at home for another three days, and heard Master Qin laughing for three days. Before leaving, Master Qin was relieved when he heard that she was walking with Qiu Jinning, and ordered someone to bring a wooden box.
When the jar opened the box, his eyes straightened: "Miss-"
The master is also too generous. Although the Qin family has a big business and the young lady is not short of money, but she grew up with the young lady and has never seen so many silver bills, a box full of them.
Qin Chu sighed slightly: "Take it, my son will worry about his parents when he travels thousands of miles, and if he has more money, it will be easier to do things, so dad can feel more at ease."
She is not Miss Qin, the original owner, but she can feel Master Qin's love and care for his daughter. By accepting this love, she has an extra responsibility to the Qin family and Master Qin.
Qin Chu doesn't reject this feeling, she is an orphan in modern times, it's not bad to feel loved by her elders.
On the day they left Jiuqu County, the Qinqiu family got together because their daughter was going to travel with them.
The county magistrate Qiu was on duty, and Mrs. Qiu came to see him off at the Qiu residence.
Unlike Mr. Qin, who was a big man crying, Mrs. Qiu was quite calm.
One is that she feels at ease with Qiu Jinning's actions, and the other is that she specially sent her confidant maid Ziyun to accompany her.
Ziyun is also Qiu Jinning's nanny, nicknamed: Nanny Ziyun.
She has a heavy responsibility on this trip, and Madam told her that she must take good care of the young lady, and not be bullied by the idiot of the Qin family.
Needless to say, after some exhortations, the carriage slowly set off on the road.
Jiuqu County is close to the capital city, and the journey is not far away. It can be reached in one day by fast horse, or two or three days by carriage at most.
Near noon, the carriage stopped beside a tea stall, and everyone planned to come down to have a rest and drink water.
Sister Ziyun didn't leave Qiu Jinning an inch, and whispered to Lu Yao: "We have to be careful, especially don't let the eldest lady of the Qin family do anything to the young lady, we must stop it."
The green medicine chick nodded as if pecking rice, but he didn't think so in his heart, stop?What to stop, the young lady might wish that Qin Dacao could do something about it.
The two parties came to the tea stand and sat at adjacent tables.
Aunt Ziyun went to get dry food in the carriage, and when she came back, she saw that the table was already filled with exquisite pastries. The fat maid of the Qin family was still introducing: "This is sweet-scented osmanthus cake, this is red date cake, this is millet cake... weMiss Qiu specially prepared it for you, do you like it if Miss Qiu tastes it?"
Qiu Jinning looked at the person looking this way two steps away, and said softly, "It's very appetizing."
Qin Chu nodded when he heard the words, and just closed his mouth. These were all prepared by Master Qin, and she happened to borrow flowers to offer Buddha.
Sister Ziyun was very confused. How could this be stopped? She must let the young lady eat. She glanced at the dry food in her hand and silently put it back into the carriage. The cakes prepared by the Qin family looked very good.
Who would eat rice dumplings when there are cakes to eat?
"Miss, the Qin family is really rich. Look at these pastries, they are all specially provided by the upstairs." Aunt Ziyun has good eyesight.Lou smell.
Qiu Jinning bent her lips: "It should be upstairs, I'll thank Miss Qin."
Aunt Ziyun ate the cake, nodding her head while picking up another piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. It was delicious, even the wife had never eaten it with such open arms.
The next moment, the corners of her eyes twitched, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in her hand was almost thrown out.
I saw Qiu Jinning walking to Qin Chu's side, raised her hand slightly, and put it in Qin Chu's ear.
Qin Chu stood still, pursed the corners of his lips nervously, and did not hide from Qiu Jinning's hand.
The plain hand moved lightly, and the temperature of the opponent's fingers came from the ear.
"Hair is messed up." Qiu Jinning calmly withdrew her hand, her face expressionless.
Qin Chu was taken aback, and lowered his voice: "But the love gu has broken out, do you want to get in the carriage?"
Qiu Jinning nodded subconsciously. In fact, the love gu didn't show up, she just wanted to touch Qin Chu suddenly, that's all.
But since the person in front of her has found a reason for her, it should be a matter of course.
Seeing her nodding, Qin Chu hurriedly turned back to get into the car, Qiu Jinning was considerate of her inconvenience on her left foot, and imitated the movements of a little maid to support her.
Qin Chu didn't refuse her kindness. After getting into the carriage, he turned around and took Qiu Jinning's hand, not forgetting to pull down the curtain.
Sister Ziyun looked down at the cakes on the table, endured her greed and put down the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but just as she got up, she was grabbed by the little maid beside her.
"Mommy, why are you going?"
"Don't let me go yet, miss is getting into the Qin family's carriage."
Lu Yao held on tight: "It's not Miss Qin who is messing around just now, Ma'am, didn't you see that it was our lady who was messing with others? Who are you going to stop at this time, Miss?"
Hearing the conversation between the two of them, Guan Zi at the side immediately awakened the instinct to protect the Lord, and grabbed Ziyun's other arm: "The skinny maid is right, bad people and good deeds will be struck by lightning."
Sister Ziyun was dragged and couldn't move, and her heart was a little shaken, it seemed that their young lady did it first, so should stop it?
Madam, you have sent this old slave a difficult errand.
In Qin's carriage, the curtain was lowered, and Qin Chu went to hold Qiu Jinning's hand: "How do you feel, can you hold it back? If I had known, I would have packed a few pots of hangover soup and brought it with me."
This love Gu is too domineering, it can explode without smelling the smell of alcohol, and don't know if the hangover soup is still effective, if it is not effective, what should do?
Qiu Jinning followed her arm and turned slightly sideways, leaning into Qin Chu's arms: "That's good."
After all, she still failed to keep her chaotic heart, and used the name of love gu to get close to this person again and again.
Qin Chu took advantage of the situation and hugged the person in his arms tightly. If the hangover soup is not helpful, she is the only one who can be useful...
"to speak"
Let's have a good dream together tonight, see you tomorrow~?