"She may also mislead us. She clearly doesn't want to eat anything, but she still wants to eat something." Qin Yining recalled the process of interacting with Qiu Feishan just now. He couldn't help but shake his head, "She is a smart person. She is not as easy to deal with as her previous opponents."
Ji Yun hesitated for a moment after hearing this. She smiled and said, "Wangfei, nubi is slow-witted. I don't understand wangfei's intention. Since you know that shopkeeper Qiu can see through it at a glance, she may deliberately eat the dishes she doesn't like. Why does wangfei still use this method to test her origin? "
Qin Yining slowed down his footsteps and whispered, "I always feel that this Miss Qiu's origin is not ordinary. Although the background of Sitong Restaurant is big, no matter how big it is, it is still a merchant. Based on the noble character of Niang and the way she talked today, she is definitely not a woman raised by a rich merchant family. Listening to her accent, she speaks standard Mandarin without a trace of the local accent. She is also not raised by an ordinary family … Although she schemed against Wang Ye, if you don't look at her scheme and only look at the result of the matter, it will create a win-win situation. "
Walking to the hand-folding veranda, Qin Yining pulled Ji Yun, Xian Yun, and Bing Tang to sit beside the beauty. With the weak light of the lanterns, he said, "I don't see the kind of fighting to the death from her. Of course, it is also possible that she hid it deeply and I misjudged. But I always feel that the confrontation between her Sitong Restaurant and the army is not only about this. There must be other things that we don't know."
Several maidservants nodded.
Qin Yining said again, "Therefore, today's banquet is not simply to determine where she is from based on the taste of her food, but to get a signal from her. If she is hostile, she will definitely give a false message. Just like when Wang Ye went to Chaoguinan, we will know the truth when we get there. If she is not an enemy, she may take this opportunity to release a signal to me. What is the Sitong Restaurant? Maybe the answer is in Shu. "
Several maidservants nodded again.
Ji Yun suddenly said, "So wangfei didn't use this to test her origin from the beginning."
Qin Yining nodded with a smile.
While Qin Yining and the maidservants were talking in the veranda, Qiu Feishan also brought the maidservants into the carriage. The guards who didn't follow them into the mansion immediately surrounded the carriage in a well-trained manner.
As soon as she entered the carriage and put down the curtain, Qiu Fei Shan hurriedly grabbed the water bag and fiercely gulped down a few mouthfuls of water. She stuck out her tongue and breathed out, fanning herself with her hand. She didn't want the people outside the carriage to hear. After tossing and turning for a while, she finally felt better. At this time, she was already sweating profusely.
Bi Ying's heart ached when she saw this. She muttered softly, "Miss doesn't eat spicy food. Why …"
Before he could finish his words, Qiu Feishan glared at him sternly. Bi Ying immediately shut her mouth, not daring to say anything more.
Qiu Fei Shan thought of the dishes on the table, and shook her head with a smile: "She really is a smart woman. I didn't misjudge her. "
As she spoke, she took out a maple-leaf green jade dress with dark green tassels and handed it to Biying.
"Go and give this to Prince Zhongshun's consort. Say it's a gift in return for her hospitality."
Biying looked at the jade tablet and opened her mouth in astonishment. But she knew that Miss didn't like her to talk too much. She could only swallow all her curiosity and didn't dare to ask. She found a brocade box from a small cabinet in the carriage and put the jade tablet in it. Then she got off the carriage and went straight to Qin Manor.
Qin Yining had already returned to Snow Pear Courtyard. There was a servant girl outside who came to report that Qiu Fei Shan's people had come to see her.
Qin Yining dressed neatly and went to the front hall to see Biying.
Biying respectfully bowed and presented the big red brocade box with both hands, "Princess, this was sent to you by my family's Miss. Thank you for your hospitality today."
Qin Yining smiled and said, "Your family's Miss is too polite. If there's anything wrong with her hospitality, please forgive her. Bing Tang. "She turned to look at Bing Tang.
Bing Tang immediately went forward and took the brocade box from Biying's hands with both hands. He also gave her a pouch.
There were about ten silver ingots in the pouch. It was heavy in the hand.
Qin Yining smiled and said, "It's not worth anything. Go and play."
Biying bowed and thanked Qin Yining. Then she took the pouch and left. Qin Yining asked Xian Yun to personally send her out.
After she left, Qin Yining opened the brocade box.
On the big red velvet cloth, a maple-leaf green jade tablet the size of a chicken egg emitted a soft light. The dark green tassels decorated with white jade beads formed an arc and wrapped around the green jade maple leaf. Under the light, the character "Qiu" engraved on the maple leaf was particularly conspicuous.
Qin Yining takes out the jade tablet and tidies up the tassels with a comb.
"This jade embossed skirt is quite unique." Bing Tang praised, "The shape of a maple leaf is not easy to engrave. If you're not careful, the details will easily be flawed. But this skirt is very exquisite. The jade quality is also very good. It seems that she sincerely expressed her gratitude to the Princess."
Qin Yining looked at the jade tablet in his hand thoughtfully. He turned it over and over and carefully examined it. Then he slowly nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."
But in his heart, he was guessing the purpose of Qiu Feishan giving him this.
If it was a return gift after the banquet, Qiu Feishan could have invited the couple back. This way, she would have more opportunities to interact with Pang Xiao.
But Qiu Feishan was not sure.
Putting the jade tablet back into the box, Qin Yining quickly walked to Snow Pear Courtyard. She couldn't figure it out now. Maybe after discussing it with Pang Xiao, she would have an idea.
Just as Qin Yining was puzzled, at the same time, in the palace of the old capital, Yuchi Yan and Gu Shixiong were sitting opposite each other in the side hall. There was only one lamp in front of them.
The dim orange candlelight was swayed by the wind that occasionally blew in, making the scene even more gloomy.
"I don't believe it. That woman has lived in the Yang Mansion for a long time. Obviously, she is a relative of Magistrate Yang. Didn't our people inquire before and confirm that she is Magistrate Yang's niece? How could she be related to Si Tong Shop?"
Gu Shixiong saw that Yuchi Yan was so sure. He was somewhat puzzled.
However, after these days of observation and after the head shopkeeper of the Four Channels Shop went to see Pang Xiao in the military camp, people with discerning eyes could immediately guess that the young lady cousin who was staying at Magistrate Yang's house was indeed the head shopkeeper that Mister Liu had mentioned, even though the other party did not clearly state his identity.
The reason why Yuchi Yan refused to believe it was that it was difficult for him to accept the fact that there was another extraordinary woman in the world. Qin Yining was like that, and now there was a shopkeeper Qiu. They were all partial to Pang Xiao.
How could Yuchi Yan, who had always been in a bad mood, tolerate this?
"If she is really the shopkeeper of Si Tong Shop, she took the initiative to go to Qin's Mansion. Doesn't it mean that their relationship is very good?"
The support that he hoped for the most did not come to him. He had to watch the opportunity fall on Pang Zhixi again. How could Yuchi Yan not hate in his heart?
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