Qiao Yi

The sun slowly rose from the east, and the pale golden sunlight fell on the small courtyard.

After coming back yesterday, she was too tired and slept until dawn before waking up. Qiao Yi didn't go to say hello to her grandmother, and she wasn't in the mood to continue playing other people's good grandson and good son.

The housekeeper brought a group of people over early in the morning. He just woke up not long ago. He sat on the bed and looked at the group of people lazily in the room. , what are you?"

What are you doing?

"Third Young Master, it's like this. The old lady is afraid that you don't have enough people here to serve you, so I asked the old slave to arrange a few more people to serve you Third Young Master." The housekeeper said respectfully.

"I have enough people to serve here, and there is no need for these people. Please thank the housekeeper for my grandmother's kindness." Qiao Yi looked at the seven or eight servant girls and servants behind the housekeeper, thinking that his grandmother asked the housekeeper to send them off. With so many people coming, I don't know whether to wait on him or to keep him under strict supervision so that he won't run away in the middle of the night.

Seeing the housekeeper's hesitation, Qiao Yi made it clear, "If grandma is worried that I will run away, there is no need for it. As a member of the Qiao family, I have the blood of the Qiao family on my body. It will implicate the Qiao family."

His grandmother was only afraid that he would run away and the Qiao family would be implicated. Since Qiao Yi had promised his father yesterday, Qiao Yi would not run away from marriage.

idea.

Now that the third young master said so, the housekeeper had no choice but to give up, "Since the third young master doesn't need manpower, the old slave took them away. Also, the old lady said that the courtyard where the third young master lives is a bit small, and the house just To tidy up a bigger yard, the old lady means to let the third young master move to a new yard."

"There's no need to bother, I'm used to living here, please thank grandma for her kindness." Qiao Yi waved her hand, she really didn't want to move, he couldn't live in Qiao's house for many days, why bother? It is troublesome to move around.

Seeing that the third young master was unwilling to move to a new courtyard, the housekeeper couldn't force it, and asked, "I wonder if the third young master has any other orders?"

"There's nothing to order. The butler has other things to do with you. You, Lv Yi, will take the butler out." Qiao Yi asked Lv Yi to take the butler out, and took a sip of the poured tea.He did not send back the maid sent by the old lady to monitor him, and keeping such a maid was to let the old lady feel relieved of him.

"Okay, third young master, this old slave will leave." The butler bowed and led the people out.

Outside the small courtyard, the butler gave some instructions to Lvyi, nothing more than asking her to take good care of the third young master, and the implication was to let her take care of him so that nothing would go wrong.The green clothes answered "Yes", stood there watching the butler leave, and then turned back to the courtyard

child.

The housekeeper took the person back and returned to the old lady, and told the old lady what the third young master had said.

"It's good that he can think so." Mrs. Qiao pondered for a while, and said: "Then let the maid who stays there watch over people, don't be like yesterday, we don't even know when people leave the house. "

"Yes, old lady." The butler replied.

All the people in the room were gone, and the air in the room became circulated.

As soon as he raised his head, Qiao Yi almost thought that he was about to die when he met the little face that looked at him sobbingly, and asked a little bit dumbfounded: "Little six, what's wrong with you? Someone bullied you What's the matter?"

"Master, you, are you really going to be married to that prince?" Chu Liu looked at his young master with red eyes, feeling aggrieved for his young master in his heart.

"When the time comes, you all will go there together. The young master will take you to live in a big house." Qiao Yi stroked Xiao Chuliu's head, wanting to laugh, but also feeling a little moved.If he left, he would definitely take Wang Dahu and Chu Liu with him, and he couldn't stay in this Qiao family who eats people and doesn't spit out bones.

Chu Liu hugged his young master's waist, weeping and said: "...don't live in the big house..."

... Don't want the young master to marry someone, how can their young master marry someone!woo woo...

"Fool, why are you crying? You young master, I didn't even cry." Qiao Yi raised her hand and landed on the child's back, patting it lightly. From the day he was on the road, he was in a passive and pushed situation, and it seemed that this was not a good thing.

Only now did he think about the person he was going to marry, and he didn't know what kind of person the King Ming he was going to marry was.A prince who is not favored by the emperor and given up, or a prince who has failed to seize the heir since ancient times, ten out of ten will not end well, so his fate is tied to that of King Ming?

It seems that this is not a good thing?

He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brows. Originally, he was thinking about how to get rid of Qiao's side, but he fell into a bigger pit again. How would he get up?

Wang Dahu, who was standing by the side, looked at their young master's distressed expression, and kept his expression blank and did not speak.

three days later

There are four old families in the capital, namely the Wang family, the Zhang family, the Li family and the Qian family. The status of the four great families in the capital is very important.Every year in the twelfth lunar month, the Wang Family will hold a Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet, inviting people from all major families in the capital to participate. It is hard to find a post from the Wang Family. It is a kind of reward for many families to get an invitation from the Wang Family to participate in the Plum Appreciation Banquet. It's a matter of honor.

And the reason why the Qiao family can get this invitation from the Wang family every year is because the Wang family is from the Wang family, so every year the Qiao family attaches great importance to participating in the plum appreciation feast.

This day is the day when the Wang family holds a plum appreciation banquet.

There were three carriages parked outside Qiao's house. The wives and young ladies of the mansion had all been well-dressed and were preparing to attend the plum appreciation banquet.

Mrs. Gao specially bought a new set of clothes and jewelry for her daughter. The clothes and jewelry worn by Miss Sixth Qiao Xiuqin have always been the best among the young ladies of the Qiao family.Wang's and Tian's were not to be outdone, and they all dressed up their daughters in their best looks. Standing together, the young ladies of the Qiao Mansion would inevitably compare each other in their hearts.

"Sister Qin, this bracelet on your hand is so beautiful... Sister Zhu, your pair of earrings really match the skirt on your body..." Among the young ladies in Qiao's residence, only Qiao Xiujuan, the fourth daughter of Aunt Su, was the only one. She is a concubine, and the clothes and jewelry on her body are the most simple.

A concubine of Aunt Su is not qualified to participate in this kind of plum appreciation banquet, but Aunt Su, mother and daughter, both know how to curry favor with Mrs. Sun and make Mrs. Sun happy, so Mrs. Sun agreed to take her concubine Qiao Xiujuan to .

Seeing the beautiful jewelry worn by her sisters and sisters, Qiao Xiujuan, with her clever mouth, praised her sisters and sisters with joy.

"Is everyone here? When they are all here, let's go." Mrs. Qiao looked at the grandsons and granddaughters at home, and saw that each girl was more beautiful than the other, and she was in a particularly good mood. Give a few girls to find a good family, and marry all these girls in the coming year.

"Mother, everyone is here, let's go." The Wang family was the last to arrive with a pair of children, and Qiao Minglan and Qiao Xiuhui stood beside the old lady.

Seeing that everyone had come together, Mrs. Qiao was about to call out, when a voice interrupted.

"Grandmother, isn't your grandson late? I'm sorry for keeping everyone waiting." Qiao Yi was accompanied by his cousin, Qiao Mingbo. In front of my aunt, I said hello to everyone.

Qiao Mingbo followed his brother-in-law, lowering his head and not daring to look at everyone.

Originally, he was not qualified to go, but at the last moment he was dragged out by this brother-in-law, because he really wanted to go, so he followed his inner thoughts and came out with brother-in-law.

"Why are you here? It's..." Seeing that the concubine was about to go with her, Mrs. Wang really wanted to yell at her, but her mother-in-law raised her hand to stop her.Mrs. Qiao glanced at Mrs. Wang, then turned to look at the two grandsons. She didn't show any anger or displeasure on her face, and said in a light tone, "Since we're all here, let's go together, get in the carriage and set off. Bar."

There were only three carriages in total, and there were too many people on the side of the women's family, so they took up two carriages, and the last one was for the young masters at home.

"Brother, are we going to take this carriage?" Qiao Yi walked to Qiao Minghui's side when she saw that the women's family members got into the two carriages in front, looked at the carriage that was parked at the end, and asked.

"Hmph, who told you to come here? Shameless, come here uninvited." Qiao Minglan saw Qiao Yi bringing Qiao Mingbo here. Originally, they were just three of them, and they brought their own servants together. The carriage was very crowded. .

Now that Qiao Yi and Qiao Mingbo were added, he was naturally unhappy in his heart.

Qiao Mingli on the side chimed in, "That's right, shameless." Under Tian's teaching, Qiao Mingli bullied Qiao Mingbo, his elder brother, since he was a child.

"Second brother, tenth brother." Hearing what the two said, Qiao Minghui, the eldest brother, put on a straight face and said, "We are a family, we are all brothers, we are not allowed to say such things."

"Who is with his family?" Qiao Minglan turned her face away, disapproving.

Qiao Yi had a smile on her face, and she wasn't unhappy because of Qiao Minglan's words. The other party was telling the truth, and they really came here uninvited.Now that he has already come, he will naturally not go back, that would be too embarrassing.

"Second brother, third brother, everyone go up, everyone can sit on the ground even if you squeeze together." Qiao Minghui asked Qiao Minglan and Qiao Mingli to go up first.Qiao Minglan snorted, got into the carriage first, and sat in it. Qiao Mingli followed Qiao Minglan and sat down, and the two of them sat together.

Qiao Minghui turned his head and said to Qiao Yi: "Third brother, seventh brother, you can go up too. I didn't expect so many people to go today, otherwise the family will arrange two more carriages."

"Brother Xie." Qiao Yi got into the carriage, pulled Qiao Mingbo up, and asked him to come up together, and Qiao Minghui was the last one to go up.The female family members in front all got into the carriage, and the two carriages in front set off, and the carriage they sat in the back followed the carriage in front.

Inside the carriage, Qiao Minglan, Qiao Mingli and Qiao Minghui sat on one side, and Qiao Yi and Qiao Mingbo sat on the other side. The people on the two sides were clearly separated.With the big brother Qiao Minghui here, even if Qiao Minglan and Qiao Mingli didn't like the two people opposite them, they didn't dare to do too much.

Excessive.

Outside the street were carriages, horses and pedestrians, and the carriages ran on the road paved with bluestone bricks, making a rattling sound.

Ever since he got in the carriage, Qiao Yi's spirit was a little tense, and he cursed in his heart: This damn motion sickness!When he went out, he forgot about his motion sickness and forgot to prepare motion sickness medicine for himself.

"Third brother, are you feeling well?" Seeing that Qiao Yi's expression was not quite right, Qiao Minghui asked with concern.

"Ah?..." Qiao Yi was stunned for a moment, then said, "No, it's nothing."

Qiao Minglan glanced at Qiao Yi, and said, "Some people don't stay at home when they are sick, but they still want to run around." Qiao Minghui glanced at Qiao Minglan disapprovingly, Qiao Minglan snorted, and ignored Qiao Yi , folded his arms around his chest, and sat leaning against the wall of the car with his eyes closed.

No one in the carriage spoke, and it was quiet for a while...