Yuming told Qiu Che that two guests came to visit.
One is Yaotai, and the other is Yang Qiu.
"Miss Yaotai said she was here to deliver a wedding gift. I wanted to send it to the small courtyard, but when I heard that you and His Highness had returned to the princess's mansion, I stopped by and was waiting in the side hall."
"As for... Mr. Yang," Yuming After a moment of hesitation, she said, "I said I missed my appointment yesterday due to illness and was not invited to attend the wedding banquet. I came here today to apologize."
She then added: "Master, don't worry, the Yaotai girl was very careful and didn't run into him."
Qiu Che pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Have someone serve him some good tea and wait a moment. Take me to Yaotai first."
"Then... how should I explain it to Mr. Yang?"
"Just say," Qiu Che After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "The princess and I are newly married, and we are inseparable. We can't bear to be separated for a while. Please forgive him."
Yu Ming: "..."
Are you sure this is asking for forgiveness, not a perfunctory one? ?
In the side hall, a woman's long hair is draped behind her, with two slender braids hanging down on both sides of her temples. She is wearing a lilac-colored dress, and her wrists are packed with red rope bracelets. Her fingertips are painted with bright khaodan, and she looks far away. Looking at the blooming flowers from a distance.
When Qiu Che came, she was standing in front of the window with her arms folded, looking at the scenery outside in trance.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yaotai turned around with a smile: "City Lord Qiu."
Qiu Che nodded as a response.
"It's really not easy to see you now." Yaotai teased and turned around.
She sat down at the table beside her, carrying the teapot and pouring water in a familiar manner. She glanced behind her and said in a long tone, somewhat unexpectedly, "I thought you would bring your new wife with you. "
Qiu Che glanced at her and sat down at the table: "Miss Yaotai, do you want to see her?"
"Yes," Yaotai blinked and pushed the poured cup of tea in front of Qiu Che, "Of course I do. , I want to see what kind of wonderful person it is that can make such an outstanding person like City Lord Qiu personally ask for marriage from His Majesty."
Qiu Che did not continue.
Having held a high position for many years, she habitually smelled the tea calmly first, then took a sip and said: "You will see her soon - Miss Yaotai is here today. Do you have anything important to do?" Want to talk?"
"Yes," Yaotai stopped his joking expression, held the tea cup with only two fingers as if he was weak on his elbows, shook it twice, and said casually, "The red bird has returned with new news. . Yuming has been busy with your marriage these past two days and has not been in Yeming City. I was worried that the news would leak out to too many people, so I came here in person-"
Qiu Che put down the cup: "What news? "
The Nanyi people have entered the country," Yaotai said slowly, observing the expression on her face. "There are about ten people, disguised as different identities, scattered and have entered the capital."
"The strange thing is, No one was found to have any problems
with their identity checks along the way." Yaotai paused, "They came in disguise and came prepared, and the journey was smooth... I suspect that there must be a conspiracy on their trip." After the truce between the three kingdoms a year ago, Nanyi had been keeping to itself. Why did there suddenly happen to be something different?
This is also the strangest thing in Yaotai.
"The worst thing is that when they entered the capital a few days ago, they were like fish entering the sea. They could no longer find any trace." Yaotai reminded, "Now that the situation in the country is turbulent, I advise the city lord to be careful. "
Qiu Che thought for a moment and said, "I understand, thank you."
"You're welcome." Yaotai's smile returned instantly, as if he was pretending to be serious, and his tone was frivolous, "When will you accept it? Just let me take a look at your wife -
I'm really curious as to what kind of beautiful woman can win over you."
Qiu Che paused, not really wanting to answer this question.
Then he imitated Yaotai and joked: "Miss Yaotai, if you act like this, I will misunderstand that you are affectionate for me."
"Ah, that's not true. Although I care about appearance, I don't play around with having a family. People's feelings."
Yaotai stretched out her bright red nails meaningfully, tapped the table, and said, "Unless you are a woman."
Qiu Che's heartbeat stopped, and she almost thought she had discovered her daughter's body.
But there was no flaw on his face, and he looked surprised: "How do you say this?"
"There is a word in my hometown that is specially used to describe the intimate relationship between women. It's called lesbian."
Yaotai laughed. He glanced at her and said, "If you are a woman, considering your appearance, it doesn't seem to matter if I am a lesbian."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional.
The more Qiu Che listened, the more he felt that she was hinting at something.
She had investigated Yaotai in her previous life. Before she became a courtesan in a brothel, she was also the young lady of an old aristocratic family in the capital. Later, the family was confiscated by the Empress Dowager due to corruption, the men were exiled to the army and the women were made slaves, and Yaotai was recruited into the Red Sleeve Recruitment.
She is originally from the capital and has no hometown at all. Where did the saying "girl" come from?
But from the age of fifteen to the current age of twenty, she was able to build a huge and mysterious dungeon in five years, which is enough to show that she still has many secrets that Qiu Che has not found out.
But it was not easy for her to run the business, yet she could hand over the dungeon directly to Qiu Che without hesitation...
There were many doubts about this, and Qiu Che had doubts about it.
But in her previous life, the other party had helped her for nearly ten years and never harmed her in the slightest, so Qiu Che didn't really want to delve into her mystery.
Yaotai had shown great interest in her and Li Qingwu throughout his life, and his reaction in this life was almost exactly the same.
Thinking of this, Qiu Che took a sip of tea and quietly changed the subject.
The two chatted bits and pieces about other things, and soon Yaotai wisely stood up and said goodbye.
"I won't disturb your wedding ceremony."
Before leaving, she said, "The wedding gift has been left at Yuming's place. Remember to get it - Lord Qiu."
She narrowly blinked at Qiu Che and said, "No need. Thank you so much."
Qiu Che's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly didn't want to know what the wedding gift she sent was.
Out of courtesy and in order not to be seen, she got up and personally escorted Yaotai out of the backyard.
When he turned around, he saw Li Qingwu standing alone in the corridor, staring blankly in their direction.
I donât know what Iâm thinking.
Qiu Che felt guilty for an inexplicable moment, but soon felt confident again:
She had not done anything to feel sorry for Li Qingwu, so what was she guilty of?
What's more, even if you do it, you don't need to feel guilty.
ââShe and Li Qingwu are not a real couple.
Thinking of this, she walked over calmly and asked, "Why are you here?"
Li Qingwu didn't reply.
She asked an unexpected question: "Is that... girl from Yaotai?"
Xiang Yaotai is the person who can compete with Li Qingwu for the title of the most beautiful woman in the capital. Her beauty is extremely aggressive and can be remembered instantly.
Otherwise, how could it be called Chaojing cinnabar mole?
Qiu Che coughed, not surprised that she could guess it at a glance: "It's her. She and I are also allies. If we meet another day, we should get along very well."
After all, we had a good rapport in the last life.
Li Qingwu paused and suddenly looked up at her: "Ally?"
Qiu Che looked at her complicated eyes and said a little strangely: "Yes."
She did not intend to hide it from Li Qingwu. After all, they would discuss things together in the future. It makes no sense, but will gradually increase mutual distrust.
Li Qingwu: "Then...which ally am I...of yours?"
What she said was strange.
Qiu Che felt that what she wanted to ask didn't sound like an ally, but he couldn't think of anything like it.
She was confused and asked hesitantly: "The sixth one?"
Not counting Yang Qiu and Wu Yiqi who had not formed an alliance with her at this time, the Queen Mother and Yu Ming Yuyan were still waiting in line.
There is also Doctor Chen Huichun who was suppressed by Yu Yan some time ago and was forced to join Ye Ming City.
Li Qingwu seemed to be in a state of fainting.
Qiu Che felt guilty when she stared at her with a look that seemed to show grievance. He touched his nose and was about to speak when he saw that Li Qingwu had already looked away again.
She quickly regained her calm expression, cast another glance in the direction Yaotai left, and suddenly said: "I seem to have seen her before."
The words in Qiu Che's throat suddenly got stuck.
Li Qingwu slowly continued: "In a dream."
In fact, it was a dream many days ago.
It's just that she just saw Yaotai now, so she suddenly remembered it now.
Qiu Che was silent: "What dream?"
Li Qingwu's eyes were dazed for a moment, he moved his lips, and said in a very soft voice: "I can't remember clearly. But... it shouldn't be a good dream."
Otherwise, he wouldn't have woken up. I only have heart palpitations and my pillow is wet with tears.
Qiu Che said no more.
Li Qingwu was still recalling the palpitating feeling in his dream, and subconsciously followed her for a while. He didn't snap back to reality until his forehead hit the other person's back.
She covered her head and said, "What's wrong..."
"Well..."
Qiu Che pondered for a moment, and before she could react, he quickly said, "Now I'm going to meet my next ally - maybe - but He's being too pretentious now, and we're not even allies. In order to let him know that I'm not easy to mess with, and to let him know that I'm not stupid, I found a reason to let him go for a while."
After that, I looked at Li Qingwu quietly. , as if he was silently urging her to do something with his eyes.
Li Qingwu woke up from a dream and followed her words and asked: "What's the reason?"
Qiu Che curled his lips with satisfaction at her cooperation: "I said that my wife and I were inseparable as newlyweds, and we didn't want to separate."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qingwu Just fell down.
She was always known for being dignified and decent, but now she tripped over her left foot and almost fell face down.
Qiu Che quickly grabbed a handful of her with his quick eyes, put his hand on her waist to support her, and quickly took it back.
Before Li Qingwu spoke, she lowered her head and glanced at the small and exquisite embroidered shoes on Li Qingwu's feet, and gave a slight "tsk" with unknown meaning.
Li Qingwu thought she was disgusted with his small feet and clumsiness, so his face that had just turned red turned pale in an instant.
She murmured and swallowed the "ridiculous" sentence she was about to say.
He asked in a low voice: "...and then?"
"Then now I need you to cooperate with me."
Qiu Che didn't notice her low mood. He first pulled off his collar, exposing half of his white and tender neck.
Then he remembered Li Qingwu's well-behaved temperament, which was prone to blushing. He hesitated, covered up his collar, and only took out the white lapel of his coat, saying, "Your Highness, could you please put some lipstick on it?"
Li Qingwu: "..."
Her face turned red again.
Yang Qiu waited in the living room for a quarter of an hour, until the tea was almost cold, before finally waiting for Qiu Che, who had arrived belatedly.
The other party strode in with a fresh and energetic look, and said with a cupped hand to him: "Brother Yang, I'm sorry, I'm late. My wife and I were newly married, so I couldn't help but stay with her for a while longer... Don't be surprised."
Yang Qiu also stood up and said it was okay.
Qiu Che looked ashamed again and bowed to him.
However, when she lowered her head during the salute, Yang Qiu saw the conspicuous half-red lip print on her collar at a glance.
Full of ambiguity.
No prizes for guessing, what do you think Yaotaiâs wedding gift will be? (hands over the microphone)