"Aiya, you, why aren't you leaving?" Qin Yining was like a frightened rabbit. She immediately jumped up and pushed Pang Xiao with both hands. "If my father sees you in my room right now, I won't be able to explain myself."
Pang Xiao almost fell off the kang from her push. He didn't know where this girl got the strength. He helplessly climbed onto his boots. Before he left, he didn't forget to touch Qin Yining's face.
Qin Yining hurriedly lay back down on the kang and covered himself with the blanket. Seeing Pang Xiao's figure disappear behind the door, he closed his eyes. When he heard Qin Huaiyuan's footsteps coming in, he sat up as though he had just woken up.
Xian Yun had already lit the silk lantern.
Qin Yining said with a smile, "Father, why have you come at this time?"
"I heard Ji Yun say that you slept. Why did you sleep so early? Are you sick? "Qin Huaiyuan sat down in the round chair that Xian Yun and Ji Yun had carried over and took the hot tea that Bing Tang had brought over.
Qin Yining said with a smile, "How can I get sick so easily? However, the weather in Jing is different from our world. It is really too cold. I didn't even want to get off the kang. I stayed in bed and read while holding the blanket. As I read, I fell asleep. "
"It's not good to read at night. It hurts your eyes." Qin Huaiyuan took a sip of tea and waved his hand.
Xian Yun, Ji Yun, and Bing Tang bowed and left.
Qin Yining sat up straight and said, "Father, are you looking for me for something?"
"En," Qin Huaiyuan said, "Did County Wang Fei come to find you to say that she wants to become County Wang Fei with you?"
"I really can't hide anything from Father. That is true. County Wang Fei spoke with emotion and reason. She spoke with great sincerity. However, I think that Father should know. I will not agree to them. "
"Of course I know." Qin Huaiyuan said with a smile, "I've already told you about your relationship with Prince Zhongshun. I won't object, but I'm here to confirm it with you. You've made up your mind not to have anything to do with the County King of Yan, and I know what to do in court. "
Her father was a second-rank Dayuan official who would enter the Cabinet in the future. Such a high-ranking official, yet he was still able to think about his daughter's feelings. This really moved Qin Yining.
Qin Yining said, "Father, please don't be restrained by your daughter's selfishness. You still have to put yourself first."
Qin Huaiyuan laughed. "Silly girl, you still don't understand. Why did your father become an official? It was not only his own career, but more importantly, the happiness of his family. If I let my family make sacrifices for some unimportant things, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse? The gains don't make up for the losses. "
Qin Yining admired Qin Huaiyuan even more.
Qin Huaiyuan was very smart. But there were people in the world who were smarter than him. Those who had been officials in the imperial court for many years and had not fallen, which one of them was not a shrewd person?
Qin Huaiyuan was more famous than those people because of his charisma. He always had an unbreakable bottom line in his heart, and he would never let distractions affect his decisions.
When he was serving the incapable ruler in Dayan, he did not forget his principles. Whether he was serving the Yuchi Yan or Li Qitian now, Qin Huaiyuan was always calm and collected. He was able to handle everything with equanimity.
Qin Yining admired his father from the bottom of his heart. It was as if he had the ability to solve all the problems in the world. No matter how big the problem was, it could not shake his heart. He would always be able to handle everything steadily and choose the right path for the family.
"Father, I understand what you mean," Qin Yining said with a smile. "I hope I can become someone like you in the future."
Qin Huaiyuan was amused by these words and chuckled. "What's so good about being like me?"
"Of course you have your own advantages. Otherwise, why would there be so many people who admire you so much? "
Qin Huaiyuan laughed again. "Don't flatter me. I heard your grandmother got angry because of the residence?"
"Yes." Qin Yining sighed. "I didn't expect the Marchioness of Zhongyong to be so arrogant and unreasonable. She even dared to say such arrogant words. If she knew that the residence had been bought by my people long ago and that the handover procedure with you was just a formality, I don't know what she would think."
Qin Huaiyuan put down his teacup and asked with a smile, "Then tell me, how do you plan to solve this matter?"
Qin Yining thought for a while and said, "Actually, it's very easy. Didn't she threaten to buy our house and tell other people not to sell it to us or rent it to us? She'll make us homeless, right? I don't know if other people will listen to her, but the owner of the residence we're living in right now will not sell it to her.
"For the time being, let her make a fuss. It's best if she makes a fuss until everyone knows. The more she makes a fuss now, the more people will know. In the future, no matter how high the price she offers, she won't be able to buy this residence. At that time, the price will fall even more and she will be ridiculed even more. "
Qin Yining couldn't help but sneer at this point.
Qin Yining felt both angry and humiliated when she thought of Madam Lu's explicit gaze when she saw Pang Xiao and how she had categorized her as someone who could hug a handsome stranger.
Qin Huaiyuan heard this and said softly, "Doing this will indeed give the Marchioness of Zhongyong a slap in the face. But Sister Yi, don't forget that the Marchioness of Zhongyong has the Lu family behind her. What do century-old aristocratic families like the Lu family care about the most? They don't lack gold, silver, or fame. What they care about the most is their aristocratic family's reputation. "
"By doing this, you can naturally make the Marchioness of Zhongyong suffer the consequences of her own actions. She won't be able to raise her head high in the capital. But doing this will also cause the Lu family to lose face. We just arrived in Da Zhou, so it's not wise for us to go tit for tat with the Lu family as soon as we arrive. "
Qin Huaiyuan's words caused Qin Yining to sink into deep thought.
Indeed, no matter how bad Madam Lu was, she was from a side branch of the Lu family. In a century-old aristocratic family, even a dog would be more valuable than other people, let alone the daughter of a side branch.
She had never interacted with anyone else in the Lu family. Mrs. Lu was the only one she knew. She was an arrogant, self-centered, and promiscuous woman.
Qin Yining couldn't be sure that the rest of the Lu family were like this.
But she couldn't be sure that the rest of the Lu family were all righteous people. They wouldn't act against the Lu family without distinguishing between right and wrong based on gratitude and grudges.
"Father is right." Qin Yining lowered her eyes and said, "It's your daughter's fault for not being considerate enough."
Qin Huaiyuan smiled and said, "There's no need to apologize. It's impossible not to get angry when you meet someone like that. Not to mention you, when father heard about what happened at the banquet, even I wanted to confront her face to face. Not to mention you personally experienced it.
"I think that since the Lu family invited you to the banquet at the very beginning, it means that they originally wanted to be on good terms with our family. Because the Marchioness of Zhongyong married a good husband and is a member of the nobility, she was able to get along well with you, a young miss from an official's family. That's why they allowed her to invite you to the banquet. "
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