After sending Gu Meiren away, Qin Rushuang had a rare moment of peace in the afternoon. After taking a nap, she met a person named Qian Ertong under the recommendation of Qingzhi.
Qian Ertong was the musician who chased the housekeeper for money on the day he took the concubine, and the people laughed at Qin Fang for a long time.
Qin Rushuang carefully looked at the man kneeling below. He was in his twenties and had an ordinary appearance, but his eyes revealed a certain intelligence.
"Tell me, why did you want to make the prince laugh that day? Did you know that it was a serious crime, and the prince was very angry!"
"Princess, forgive me! The villain accepts the punishment!" He said he accepted the punishment, but there was not much fear in his eyes. He looked at Qin Rushuang with a very kind look.
Qin Rushuang waved her hand: "You are quite clever. Get up and sit down!"
"Thank you, Princess!" Qian Ertong didn't shirk, just found a seat and sat down casually.
Later, after Qin Rushuang inquired carefully, she found out that this man had some connection with her.
When Qin Rushuang asked about the relationship between the two of them, Qian Ertong respectfully bowed to Qin Rushuang. Before Qin Rushuang could speak, Qian Ertong choked and shouted "Benefactor".
Qin Rushuang had always been curious about why Qian Ertong showed favor to her in the first place and made Qin Fang embarrassed, so she asked.
Qian Ertong seemed to have been thinking for a long time, and his playful smile faded. After a while, he finally asked: "My benefactor, do you still remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival the year before last, you were riding on the streets of Dongshi and saved a girl who was almost frivolous?
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"That's the villain's sister. The villain was traveling with his sister that day. He left for a moment to buy pastries. When he came back, he saw a dandy trying to take his sister away by force. I was weak at that time and couldn't defeat that man.
The guard was the benefactor who drove the prodigal son back with a whip and saved my sister."
Seeing that Qin Rushuang seemed unimpressed, Qian Ertong continued: "On that day, you were dressed in military uniform, whipped and dismounted, and everyone on the street was stunned!"
Qin Rushuang finally remembered, because after that day, the evaluation of her among the Kyoto official disciples became arrogant, domineering, fierce and overbearing.
Seeing that she had remembered it, Qian Ertong hesitated for a long time and finally said: "Actually, the person who robbed my sister that day was the son of a high official, the very favored Minister of the Ministry of War... No one else dared to meddle in other people's business, but you are the only one who is willing to do it."
save!"
Qian Ertong became emotional and wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Qin Rushuang: "First, tell me what happened to your sister?"
"My sister..."
The light in Qian Ertong's eyes dimmed visibly: "She is dead."
"Later, people from the Minister of War's office came to my home and took my sister as a concubine."
"Not even half a month later, my sister was wrapped in a bamboo mat and thrown out. There was not a single piece of flesh on her body."
He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he no longer looked cowardly: "I can't avenge my sister if I don't live up to expectations, but I will always remember your kindness! Later, I heard about what happened in the house, and I went to get involved.
One hand!"
Qian Ertong paused: "If I ruin the princess's good deeds, I am willing to be punished!"
There were still some things that he didn't tell Qin Rushuang.
He will always remember that day, on the street where people were coming and going, no one dared to help his brother and sister just because the other party was the son of the Minister of War, and he watched helplessly as his sister was almost treated lightly;
On the day his sister died, he broke the grievance drum in the yamen, but no one dared to redress his grievances, just because the Kyoto yamen did not dare to provoke the Minister of War.
He almost gave up his life, but the steward of the Qin Mansion was offering porridge on the roadside. He gave him a piece of steamed bun and a bowl of white porridge, and told him, young man, keep living. Only by living can you have hope.
He has seen the ugliest side of the world, but there is no need to tell his benefactor these things.
But as long as the benefactor needs it, he can become a knife in her hand at any time...
After listening to his account, Qin Rushuang knew that the truth must be far crueler than what Qian Ertong said.
"If you don't have any serious career, just stay in the palace."
There's only so much she can do to help.
"Princess?!" Qian Ertong raised his head in surprise, obviously not expecting to be left in the mansion by his benefactor.
"What? Are you showing your talent as a subordinate?"
"No, no, no! This is a blessing for a villain!" Qian Ertong explained quickly.
"You..." Qin Rushuang paused while holding the tea: "About your sister, she is dead now, there is no evidence, and the Minister of War is favored, I am afraid I have to plan slowly in the future."
"Princess..." Qian Ertong's voice became even louder. He never thought that Qin Rushuang would want to redress his sister's grievance. After all, common people like them are nothing more than trivial matters in the eyes of dignitaries...
Qian Ertong immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times: "The villain's life will be handed over to the princess from today on!"
"Okay, let's get down."
Qin Rushuang adjusted her posture. Her waist was a little sore after sitting for a little longer. She couldn't help but rub it herself: "You should learn the rules of the palace from Qingzhi first. The details... we'll talk about it later."
Qingzhi went down with Qian Ertong, and Qin Rushuang stood up and walked a few steps, feeling a little hungry.
Her taste is very strange now. Sometimes she wants to eat sour food, sometimes she wants to eat sweet food, sometimes she is afraid of the fishy smell, but now she suddenly wants to eat boiled mutton.
It just so happens that the weather is cold now, so it’s a good time to cook mutton!
Qin Rushuang ordered to go down and said that she wanted to eat in the outside room of her room and was too lazy to go out for dinner, so she immediately prepared exquisite cooking utensils in the kitchen and brought them over.
This is a small table with a charcoal fire hollowed out in the middle, and an exquisite copper pot placed on top of the charcoal fire.
The copper pot is small and exquisite, and will be enough for two people.
Qin Rushuang dismissed the other servants, and she and Qingzhi were ready to have a "battle", but just as they boiled the water, a cold wind suddenly blew in the warm house, and then the door "squeaked"
opened.
Qin Rushuang looked up and saw Xie Xun, who was still feeling chilly.
When the master came, Qingzhi didn't dare to continue eating. He hurriedly bowed and wanted to leave. No matter how Qin Rushuang winked at her, he didn't stop.
"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" Qin Rushuang was a little unhappy because her interest in eating was interrupted.
Xie Xun ignored her disgusted look and sat down where Qingzhi had been. Immediately, a servant brought new dishes and chopsticks.
He did not answer Qin Rushuang's words, but cooked a few pieces of mutton and ate it quickly. Feeling that his body was warmer, he pointed to the sliced meat on the table: "I killed two sheep in the kitchen, so I have to order the sheep like this."
You took all the brains and meat, and if I want to take a bite, I have to run over here myself."
"When did the prince no longer be able to afford a piece of mutton?"
Hearing this, Xie Xun put down his chopsticks and said, "Aren't you in charge of all the money in the palace? I don't have any money either."
Qin Rushuang was stunned by Xie Xun's words. Is Xie Xun... joking with her?
Qin Rushuang, who had hardly had a few words with Xie Xun, suddenly felt a little awkward and didn't know how to respond to this, so she simply buried her head in eating meat.
But after a while, Qin Rushuang looked at the empty plate and couldn't bear it anymore.
"My lord, are you a pig?!"
She didn't even take a few bites of the tender meat of the two sheep, Xie Xun ate it all by himself!
A smile flashed across Xie Xun's lips, while Qin Rushuang frowned and pouted, which was inexplicably cute.
He put a few pieces of the mutton he had cooked into Qin Rushuang's bowl: "I'm used to eating in big pots in the military camp. If I eat slowly, I won't be able to eat anymore."
Qin Rushuang looked at the mutton on the plate in a daze.
Rich families are always very particular about eating, and they have servants waiting on them to pick up the dishes. Even in the most intimate of relationships, it is rare for people to pick up each other's dishes.
Only some couples who have a particularly good relationship would be like this. Even in the general's mansion, her father would only occasionally instruct his servants to give her mother some favors in the first few years after she was born, when he and her mother had a very good relationship.
dishes.
Even if it was just like this, the servants felt that her father doted on his mother to the heavens.
Xie Xun acted like this...
Qin Rushuang bit her lip, what on earth did this person mean...
