The jolting sound of the carriage made the atmosphere even more silent.
After a while, Li Dalang spoke.
"So what happened to Qin Ying?"
Ouyang Rong said with a straight face: "What did you say happened to her?"
"Did nothing happen to me?"
He asked again: "What else do you want to happen?"
"Tanlang, anyway, I didn't do anything today. I'll go find her now and tell her the truth anyway."
Ouyang Rong glanced at his friend with his hands spread out in front of him, frowned and said:
"But that beauty tea ceremony was ordered by you yourself. You wanted to do it. I can only say that an accident happened later, so you didn't make a mistake.
"So Miss Qin is not unreasonable to be angry this time. I am angry too. You can't say that she is unreasonable, and you can't think that she has done nothing and just explains that she is innocent. This is not enough, far from enough.
.
"In the final analysis, it's a matter of attitude. Attitude is very important. Dalang, you have to correct your attitude.
"Before correcting your attitude, you cannot lie to yourself. You must ask yourself and determine the nature of the matter first."
"Okay, I am correct, I ask myself, I am determined."
Li Dalang nodded and asked with a very serious expression:
"Then Tan Lang, how did you coax Miss Xie so well in the past? How did you make a statement?"
Ouyang Rong glared: "Why are you asking me? I have never lived like you, Dalang."
Li Dalang sighed:
"Indeed, my blind date just broke up and I'm not even close to the end yet. It's not like you, Tanlang. Your situation should be more serious."
"Shut up."
Ouyang Rong showed no expression and solemnly pointed out:
"I'm asking you to reflect on the characterization, not to ask you to characterization for me. Let's talk about your own affairs now, don't worry about others."
"All right."
Li Dalang was a little downcast, raised his hand and lowered the car curtain, and said softly:
"I almost got Tanlang into trouble just now. Thank you for your hard work, Tanlang."
Ouyang Rong hummed: "It's good to know."
Li Dalang raised his head and asked again:
"By the way, why did Qin Ying come to Yunshui Pavilion, and what kind of tea did she and Wei Shaoqi drink?"
"What do you think?"
Ouyang Rong was speechless and wished he could wake up his friend who was a little slow to react:
"Every corner of your wall has been dug up by someone's little hoe, and you still ask a hundred thousand questions why."
"Uh, why did you dig them all out?" Li Dalang was stunned.
"..."
"oh oh."
His face reacted, he rubbed his face and said to himself:
"Wei Shaoqi wants to pursue Qin Ying, right? The Wei family also wants to marry into the Qin family."
"Yeah." Ouyang Rong nodded: "You think about how to deal with it."
Li Dalang murmured: "Whatever he wants to deal with, he can just pursue it."
"What did you say?" He looked over.
"No...nothing."
Ouyang Rong frowned and looked at Li Dalang.
I always feel more and more dissatisfied with this boy.
After a while, he thought about it and sighed softly:
"Our previous direction was wrong. Our attention was all attracted by the sudden arrival of Princess Anhui. It turns out that Wei Shaoqi came to Xunyang City with another goal: Qin Ying, so as to promote the marriage between Qin and Wei.
What a good plan."
Thinking of something, Ouyang Rong said with a serious expression;
"Dalang, do you know that because of the beauty tea ceremony you drank today, Miss Qin promised Wei Shaoqi to follow her out of the city for hunting in the future."
His tone was somewhat dissatisfied.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Li Dalang became happy instead of angry, and said cheerfully:
"What? If you go hunting with her out of the city, then the third son of Prince Wei will definitely regret it. He doesn't understand why these people just jumped into the fire pit."
"..."
Li Dalang calmed down his expression, remained silent and said:
"Tanlang always said that I was in the wrong, meaning that it was all my fault, but she also did something wrong.
"She said in the morning that she was going out to the city for autumn hunting in the morning, and she invited me to go with her. Although I made excuses to refuse, but looking at it now, she actually knew from the beginning that I wouldn't go, and she just asked.
"She didn't go to Qiu Xie in the morning. Instead, she came to Yunshui Pavilion to meet that Wei Shaoqi."
Having said this, Li Dalang stopped talking and turned his head.
Ouyang Rong sighed:
"But I might just be dealing with the arrangements of my elders. It seems that Wei Shaoqi clearly rejected it later."
Li Dalang interrupted:
"Tan Lang, in the final analysis, she didn't fully confess to me, and I didn't fully confess to her either.
"Actually, there is one thing that we all have to admit, that is, Qin Yingqing doesn't actually like me much, does she?"
Ouyang Rong was silent.
The topic has reached an impasse.
After a while, Ouyang Rong slowly spoke:
"But you have to coax... go and apologize.
"Especially now that the Wei family has entered the scene, they are eyeing the opportunity to marry into the Qin family, and we must not let them succeed.
"We had a good relationship before. We have to maintain it. We can't let her hate you and do anything to make her angry, which will ultimately take advantage of the Wei family."
He rubbed his face and opened some car windows to get some air.
Ouyang Rong faced the cold wind and said:
"And not only from the perspective of profit and loss, but also from the perspective of friends, Wei Shaoqi is not a good man. He is violent and angry, but he likes to pretend to act. He does one thing in front of others and another in front of others. He may also act in front of Miss Qin.
, you cannot sit back and watch Miss Qin being deceived by such a person."
"That makes sense."
Li Dalang nodded in agreement, paused, looked at Ouyang Rong and said:
"But no matter what happens between us and Qin Ying, we should not become enemies."
"Why are you so sure?"
"Because Tan Lang is here, not only Qin Ying can feel that Mr. Qin also admires Tan Lang and has a good impression."
Ouyang Rong pursed his lips and said nothing.
Li Dalang looked around and rummaged around in the carriage.
"What are you looking for?"
"Do you have an extra robe? I'm a little cold."
He left in a hurry and left his outer robe in the private room.
Ouyang Rong said calmly:
"You're afraid that Uncle Li will find you when you go home dressed like this, and you won't be able to eat and just carry it around."
Li Dalang defended in a low voice:
"Aren't you wearing underwear? Tanlang made it sound like I had no clothes on."
"Don't dig it. I don't know what's in my carriage. Don't dig out a sachet for me."
"As expected of Tanlang."
Li Dalang sighed.
Ouyang Rong looked at Li Dalang up and down with a suspicious look.
"What is Tanlang looking at?"
"You're dressed like this, and you said you were just drinking tea and nothing happened."
Ouyang Rong was quite speechless:
"I don't blame Wei Shaoqi for fighting so hard for you, for being disheveled, and making everyone anxious."
Li Dalang recalled with an expression on his face:
"I'm not lying. In fact, after chatting for a few words at that time, I already realized that she had gone to the wrong box, or was arranged in the wrong way. She was not the tea master of the Yuren Tea Ceremony. I guessed at the time that she
Maybe he's a new tea master, so he won't deal with those who are not serious."
Ouyang Rong sighed: "Fortunately you are not stupid and didn't hold it back and act recklessly."
"What are you holding back? Don't talk nonsense, Tanlang."
Li Dalang corrected someone.
"Then when we went in, why did you take off your coat and lie on someone's lap?"
"My habit of drinking tea is to lie on the tea master's leg, squint for a while, smell the fragrance of tea, and fall asleep immediately. Tanlang can also try it. When I wake up, I feel relaxed. This is what I like to do.
The reason for the third floor of Yunshui Pavilion.
"So, I asked her the same way at that time. She hesitated and asked me if I was too tired. I said yes. She lowered her head and said yes, but she must keep her promise.
"Tan Lang, actually I thought she would refuse at the time, but I didn't expect that she would agree. When I asked her why she agreed, do you know how she answered?"
"How to answer you?"
"She raised her head at that time, stared into my eyes timidly but boldly, and said, your eyes can't deceive, you are a good person, you will definitely not bully me, and... you seem to be very tired."
Ouyang Rong asked: "What then?"
"What then? What did you want to hear? Then I took off my robe and lay down. Then I was about to fall asleep. You knocked on the door and woke me up. Later, Wei Shaoqi broke in.
, it’s like this now…”
"Oh, how do you feel now that you know her identity as Princess Wei?"
"I can only sigh about fate."
Ouyang Rong stopped talking and seemed to be digesting.
Li Dalang was about to speak but stopped when Ouyang Rong suddenly asked:
"Is she waiting for someone?"
"What are you waiting for?"
"Princess Anhui, what are you doing in the private room? Didn't you book this private room?"
Li Dalang thought: "Maybe I went to the wrong place."
"If you go the wrong way, then she is still here. If you go the right way, she is probably staying in another box. Although you can't meet her, but..."
Ouyang Rong paused in his words, frowned and thought:
"Wei Shaoqi met Qin Ying for tea in the Tianzihao box, and Wei Anhui was waiting in the box next to him. Why is this?
"Are you waiting for Wei Shaoqi? Or are you planning to introduce him and meet Qin Ying to build a relationship?
"But since you care about her so much, why do you let Wei Anhui stay alone in the box? Where are the guards? Why don't you bring them up?"
Ouyang Rong muttered to himself, and a series of questions made Li Dalang stunned and scratched his head:
"There are so many things Tanlang can think of."
"It's not that I think too much, it's just that it's a bit strange."
"Then what do Tanlang think is going on?"
Ouyang Rong was silent for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said:
"Go back and take care of Miss Qin's side quickly, and then we can make further inquiries."
"Prying about what?"
"Let me see if Miss Qin didn't come alone this time. If there is an elder or younger brother with the same surname who also came to Xunyang City secretly, just like Wei Shaoqi was waiting for her, Wei An
Hui is also waiting for that person, and may even...mistake you as that person."
Li Dalang leaned back slightly and looked at Ouyang Rong.
He touched the back of his head, a little surprised:
"Why does Tanlang's head spin so fast?"
"Stop boasting. There's no point in boasting. I still have to say what I need to say. Do you remember what I told you?"
"Remember." Li Dalang nodded like a fool.
"Okay, let's go."
The carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Xunyang's Mansion. Ouyang Rong took off his robe and handed it to Li Dalang.
He waved his hand.
When Li Dalang was sent away, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ordered Ali to return to the Jiangzhou lobby.
…
"Tan Lang is saying that Ye Weilai's previous redemption contract is needed?"
"Well, Auntie should have some reservations."
"Didn't Tanlang ask me to tear it up in the first place? Well, there is indeed it. I remembered to put it in the box, so I have to go look for it."
"I asked you to tear it up, but I also know that Auntie, you will most likely keep it secretly... Okay, thank you Auntie."
In a flower hall of the Huaiye Lane residence, Zhen Shuyuan glanced curiously at her nephew who was sitting on the chair. She turned around and went out, returning to the bedroom to get something.
Ouyang Rong watched his aunt's graceful figure disappear from the door.
In the morning, he sent Li Dalang back to the palace and was busy in the lobby of Jiangzhou for most of the day. As soon as he returned home from duty, he went to Zhen Shuyuan to ask for something.
Shaoqing, he returned to Yinbingzhai with the market deed documents that he had used to redeem Ye Weilai's life.
As soon as he walked into the house, he saw Ye Weilai sitting at the desk, supporting his chin with one hand and looking down at a tome.
During these days, the white-haired girl has been reading and studying. Her temperament has become much quieter to the naked eye, and she has gradually developed a bookish air.
Ouyang Rong walked to the table, Ye Weilai came back to his senses, quickly covered his book and stood up: "Tan Lang, you are back."
Ouyang Rong put his two big hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her back to her seat: "In the past two mornings, you went to Zhenguang Street in Xingzifang in person, right? Didn't you let them do it for you?"
Ye Weilai touched the hair beside her ear with her little finger, smiled and nodded: "No, I did not forget Tan Lang's instructions, they are all from the slave family."
"Well, that's fine." Ouyang Rong warned: "Remember to buy flowers and fruits on time, and pass by the yard on Zhenguang Street to take a look at the flower pots on the wall."
Ye Weilai stretched out her hand to touch Ouyang Rong's thin right face, her eyes a little distressed, and asked at the same time: "Tan Lang asked Nu'er to go because he didn't worry about other people. Is there something important over there?"
Ouyang Rong was noncommittal and raised his hand to cover her slender hand holding his face: "Nothing unusual happened during the journey, right?"
"Something unusual?"
Ye Weilai thought with a small face, shook her head, and asked in a low voice:
"Is there anything going on in General Qin's family recently? Why does Tan Lang pay attention to it again and let me keep an eye on the flowerpot signal?"
Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and did not answer.
He just said softly: "We will continue tomorrow."
"Okay, Tanlang."
Ouyang Rong stretched out his hand and rubbed the white-haired maid's little head, and asked for no reason:
"Does Wei Lai still hate that female historian named Rong Zhen?"
Ye Weilai immediately calmed down, lowered his head, placed the books on the table with both hands, sorted them into categories, and after a moment, whispered:
"I used to hate her, but now... I feel better. I understand more that her arrogance and disregard for others are not unreasonable. Instead of hating her, it's better to improve herself."
"better."
Ouyang Rong said with a smile.
Ye Weilai whispered: "Actually, there is the most important point."
"What?"
Ye Weilai averted her eyes: "I heard that Tan Lang and her have been very close recently."
"Who said that?" Ouyang Rong couldn't help but ask.
Ye Weilai looked at him more and whispered:
"That little guy named Mo Zhixian, she also said that Rong Zhen is a bad woman."
Ouyang Rong's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Weila, please don't listen to her nonsense."
He warned seriously.
She tilted her head: "Is it a bad woman who is talking nonsense, or is it someone who is very close and is talking nonsense?"