The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 242 Those Things

Concubine Xiao De slowed down her pace, took a deep breath and said, "Very good, General Yan, don't worry."

Yan Shouyu looked at her silhouette through the window and had a lot of things to say, but when they came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.

"I was sorry for you back then, but now that I see you are doing well, I have no regrets."

Concubine Xiao De said calmly, "Time has passed, and we are old enough to be fathers and mothers. General Yan, please stop talking about this."

"Shi is good at managing the household, but I often think that if I had married you, I would have gone home every day and my mood might have been better..."

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Over there, Cairen Zhong returned to the banquet place. Before she walked in, she saw several people gathered under a tree in the yard, not knowing what they were doing.

There were lanterns tied to the tree. When I walked closer, I saw that it was Qin Huaijin, Liu Qiuniang, Zhuang Yan, Shi Qiuwu, Shen Qi, and Zhou He. They were a little full from the meal, so they came out to move around and digest the food.

A few women gathered together and talked about things in the backyard.

Cairen Zhong was listening bored. As they were talking, the young master of the Yan family pulled the maid back to find Shi Qiuwu and pulled her skirt to shake it.

Shi Qiuwu saw that only her son and the maid were there, so she asked, "Where is the general?"

The young master of the Yan family shook his head and pouted, "I walked around the garden, but couldn't find my father."

Shi Qiuwu touched his son's head and said with a smile, "Your father may be busy with something."

Zhong Cairen, who had been standing aside and had not said anything, said, "Is the young master looking for General Yan? I saw him just now, in the garden."

Shi Qiuwu then looked at Zhong Cairen and said with a smile, "It seems that the father and son went in different directions and they can't meet each other."

"Young Master, are you looking for General Yan? It was just a coincidence that I ran into him just now." Cairen Zhong answered the question generously with a smile, as if it was spoken casually.

"Just behind the rockery on the way to the Xuanlou of the Jiaofang Temple, General Yan and Qin Zhaoyi bumped into each other. They both seemed to be in a hurry to meet someone. The road was dark and they both walked unsteadily."

Zhong Cairen said this about something he had seen with his own eyes, but the tone in which he spoke, and the special description and emphasis on "behind the rockery", made people think too much.

But as the saying goes, one side listens to the blind, Shi Qiuwu knew that her husband had someone in his heart, but she would not show it in front of others, especially she felt that it would not be someone like Qin Liuse who came from the south.

How old was Qin Zhaoyi ten years ago?

Then he smiled and said, "There aren't enough lanterns in this yard, so I didn't see clearly. It's not uncommon for us to bump into him. I'll have to ask him later why he didn't look at the road when he was walking and bumped into a nobleman from the palace. He's so big, I hope he doesn't scare people."

Shi Qiuwu said this with a smile and as if jokingly, as if Yan Shouyu and she were a loving couple and very easy to talk to.

After hearing this, Cairen Zhong didn't say much, "Madam is right. General Yan is a man who has been on the march and fought in battles, so he has sharp ears and eyes. He is probably in a hurry to get on with his journey."

Zhong Cairen didn't mean what she said, and of course she didn't know that Yan Shouyu didn't take the right path because he really meant it.

But as the saying goes, the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

I have to say, these words were like a stab in Shi Qiuwu's heart.

Since he is a person with sharp eyes and ears, and a martial artist with agile skills, how could he bump into someone for no reason just because he was in a hurry? There must be a reason.

Besides, as a minister in the harem, why should I rush?

For a moment, Shi Qiuwu's heart moved, and she wondered, could it be that the girl named "Xiaojiu", Yan Shouyu's former sweetheart, was in the palace?

Once thoughts touch a certain area, they will spread. The more Shi Qiuwu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case!

No wonder she hadn't been able to find out who that woman was in the mansion for all these years.

In order to prevent this person from hiding around her and causing harm to her, Shi Qiuwu had replaced all the young maids in the courtyard while Yan Shouyu was away from the capital.

If something should be sold, it should be sold; if something should be given away, it should be given away; in short, you should not leave any traps around you.

Shi Qiuwu also suspected that this "Xiaojiu" might be his former maid, but when that maid was sent away to marry and Yan Shouyu had no reaction, he knew it was not her.

Yan Shouyu was naturally not a chaste person. Shi Qiuwu had always been virtuous. As soon as she entered the family, in order to gain a good reputation, she promoted her own person to concubine.

She would rather pamper the enchanting maid she bought than see someone she didn't know wandering around the yard without her knowing.

Yan Shouyu is such a mature and steady man, and he always does things cautiously. When did he ever show such a hurry to get on the road in front of her?

Even during the birth, Yan Shouyu never seemed anxious.

For a moment, Shi Qiuwu just wanted to follow Yan Shouyu and see what he was going to do in such a hurry.

"I thought, I was thinking of letting my sister go in to eat something to fill her stomach so that she wouldn't be so busy that she couldn't sit down." Qin Huaijin glanced at the side hall behind him, "But when I came out, I didn't expect that there was no one here. It turned out that she went to the garden."

Of course the maid was there. Qin Huaijin was talking about Qin Liuse not being in charge of the side hall.

When I saw her coming out of the main hall, I thought she was rushing to take care of things, but who knew she actually ran into the garden.

For a moment, several people exchanged glances with each other, thinking that Qin Liuse was a wolf in sheep's clothing, pretending to be very busy, but actually not being so busy.

"General Yan is a person who loves to watch singing and dancing. In that garden, the people from the Music Bureau are performing dance in the pavilion to watch the moon." Shen Qi said with a smile. The maid just told her that her husband had gone there to watch the dance.

Shi Qiuwu didn't like to respond to Shen Qi's words. The Prince of Chu was arrogant, licentious and promiscuous, which was known to the entire circle of clan nobles. He had countless singers and dancers at home, and he spent all day hanging out in brothels.

But their General Yan Shouyu Yan is not like that.

It's not to say that Yan Shouyu is not interested in women. He has many concubines in his family. Otherwise, with his strong body, he would not be able to withstand being alone with anyone.

Shi Qiuwu meant that Yan Shouyu didn't like to mess around outside. For example, he didn't like to go to brothels where there were many dancers and singers.

But if this were said, wouldn't it make it more certain that Yan Shouyu went to the garden for some other purpose?

Not wanting to talk about this, Shi Qiuwu changed the subject and started talking about something else. She was thinking about how to get there. She also wanted to see what her husband was doing.

For a moment, several people had their own thoughts.

"Baolin." Liu Qiuniang's maid also came back shortly after Zhong Cairen and whispered in her ear.

Ever since Liu Qiuniang offended Qin Liuse and was punished by Emperor Yongjia, she has never felt resigned.

Every day I think about how to bring Qin Liuse down, make her less glorious, let her taste the feeling of being out of favor, and stop being so rampant.

So every day these eyes seemed to be attached to Qin Liuse, watching her every move.

Ever since the news came out a few days ago that Qin Liuse might have a lover in the south, Liu Qiuniang had made up her mind that Qin Liuse was a fickle person, who could be so wanton and dissolute in trying to please Emperor Yongjia by the bed.

As soon as I saw Qin Liuse coming out, I quickly asked the concubine to follow her. There were both female and male relatives in the garden today, and it was very easy for something to happen.

The maid came close to her ear and chattered about what she had seen along the way following Qin Liuse.

When Liu Qiuniang heard that she bumped into Yan Shouyu and then followed Yan Shouyu in the direction he went, she was extremely happy.

She was about to laugh out loud, and tilted her head to ask the maid, "Can you see clearly?"

"It is absolutely true." The maid said, "I thought about this matter and told Baolin immediately, and then I rushed back immediately."

Liu Qiuniang's smile suddenly turned into a cold look, "The fox has finally revealed its tail! You go back and follow me first, I'll be there soon."

The maid nodded immediately and hurried back to the garden.

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Qin Liuse walked around and finally saw the figure of Concubine Xiao De coming from afar at the corridor near Mingyue Tower, separated by a few big trees and a pavilion.

Rows of lanterns were hung on the ceiling of the corridor, and the warm yellow light cast down, falling on Concubine Xiao De's hair and body.

Concubine Xiao De walked along, but her mouth seemed to be still moving.

Qin Liuse could vaguely see a figure on the other side of the hollow window.

Just as they were about to go over there, they saw that the corridor had already been opened.

Yan Shouyu walked faster, came through the moon-shaped door, and stopped Concubine Xiao De.

"Zhaoyi, this..." Qingqing also saw the two people over there and couldn't help but let out a low cry, shocked.