"I originally thought noble families were more reserved..."
Say hello to Zhuge Qing's parents. After finishing breakfast at nearly noon, Qing'er drank tea in her room and whispered.
"cautious?"
"Because there are several daughters of nobles in the church, and each one of them is spoiled and likes to be picky."
"Most nobles are like that, but my family is special..."
Zhuge Qing followed Qing'er into her room as a matter of course, lay down on the bench, and put the snack in his mouth.
"My father was never a nobleman."
"Yeah?"
"He is an adopted son. His biological father is a military officer. His mother was originally a concubine of the Zhuge family. His adoptive father had no children, so he let his adopted son marry the concubine and inherit the Zhuge family. Therefore, my family does not have an aristocratic style.
"
"This is the first time I've heard of..."
"Haven't you heard of that before?"
Zhuge Qing smiled and picked up the tea cup.
"Then you can ask your mother carefully next time. She is looking forward to having you come home. She will be very happy if you chat with her."
"Um……"
When I went to say hello just now, my mother-in-law's face was full of joy.
Qing'er thought to herself: It seems that what her mother said before was right. The wife only has an only son, Zhuge Qing, and the officials who stay at home are all men. She feels that the masculinity in this family is too strong, and she really hopes to have a daughter.
"There seems to be a lot of things in this family that I don't know."
"Maybe!"
"Then let me ask you something by the way."
Zhuge Qing's hand that was about to eat stopped.
"my business?"
"I'm sure there's a lot I don't know."
"It's really scary. I don't know what my mother will say..."
"Do you have anything to hide?"
"Even if not, Mother..."
Qing'er laughed loudly, and Zhuge Qing stood up from his chair.
"What about you?"
"What?"
"There are a lot of things I don't know about you, who should I ask?"
"my business……"
Do you have anything to ask... But seeing Zhuge Qing's serious expression, Qing'er swallowed her words.
"Then you go ask my mother, it's very close anyway..."
"I want to hear what you have to say."
"Me? I told you my story? What did I say?"
"Everything."
Zhuge Qing said with a smile... an ominous premonition.
"...Where, what is there?"
"There are so many things I want to ask."
"what……?"
"Can I ask? Then let me first..."
Zhuge Qing deliberately sat on the chair next to Qing'er and leaned out.
"Wait, wait! Do you want to say it now? What do you want to say?"
"oops……"
"Well, let's talk about it another day! How about next time?"
"Then I'll wait until night..."
"What exactly are you asking?"
"Then can I ask now?"
"Well……"
The more Qing'er hid, the closer Zhuge Qing came. Qing'er was forced to have nowhere to hide and had no choice but to surrender.
"That depends on whether I can answer..."
"Then let me ask?"
Zhuge Qing leaned his head over and laughed...but it wasn't the naughty smile just now, but the smile he showed before turning off the lights last night.
"Qing'er."
"What...what?"
"When did you fall in love with me?"
"..."
Qing'er covered her face with one hand.
Ominous premonitions are often very accurate.
"Why do you ask this..."
"I just want to know before or after me?"
"...Then when did you fall in love with me?"
"Ah... let's talk about my matters another time."
"You are so insincere."
"Then let's talk at the same time."
"No! You will never say anything when the time comes."
"……You are really smart!"
"How can you fool me with your tricks..."
Because I have seen it since I was a child... Qing'er almost said this and hurriedly drank tea to cover it up.
I always hope Zhuge Qing is by my side.
Maybe before I realized it, I was already praying this deep in my heart.
From now on, I will continue to pray for this.
Even if you can't be honest, as long as you can bicker all day long, you will feel it is a kind of happiness...
Because it means we are together.
…
Before entering the house, Li Yuezhen dusted himself off again, took a breath, and quietly opened the door.
Several people in the room turned around and smiled when they saw him.
"Oh... thank you for your hard work."
"Li Yuezhen, you are back."
One of his colleagues...the censor named Li Yuanliang immediately ran to him, suddenly patted his shoulder, and bowed his head to apologize to him.
"sorry."
"……What's wrong?"
Li Yuezhen didn't know why his colleagues apologized to him as soon as he came back.
"While you were on the field, Uncle Zifeng's house was no longer available for rent, so I moved your luggage away."
"Oh, so that's what happened..."
Li Yuezhen took off the sack from his shoulders and showed a faint bitter smile that was hard to detect.
Of course, the censor who travels around the country for a long time cannot go home every day. People with families can let their wives look after the house. However, single people who travel for a long time will worry about their home being robbed, so they almost always rent a house from a trustworthy person.
Room.
Li Yuezhen also rented a room from an old man who used to be a censor.
"On the contrary, I'm sorry for causing trouble to you, but what happened to Uncle Zifeng?"
"His son-in-law died of illness, so his daughter came back with the child."
"Oh, no wonder."
As a result, there will be no vacant rooms in Zifeng's house to rent out.
"...Your luggage is currently at Grandma Wang's place."
"..."
Li Yuezhen finally understood the reason why Li Yuanliang apologized to him just now.
Mrs. Wang, an elderly woman, was also the wife of an official before. She currently lives alone. People often rent houses from her, but she is not a good landlord.
Wang Po is not a bad person, but her personality changes. Even if the imperial censor asks her to help clean the room when he is on a business trip, she finds it troublesome and is not even willing to help open the windows to ventilate the room.
They rented out rooms in the house, so no one in the Yushijian was willing to rent a house from Mrs. Wang unless they had no other choice.
Li Yuezhen had rented a house from Mrs. Wang before. When he returned to the capital after a two-month business trip, he found that the room had turned into a warehouse, so he moved out immediately.
"Then there's nothing we can do...can't we find another house?"
"If there was a vacant room, I would have rented it for you long ago..."
Not only was Mrs. Wang unwilling to help the tenant clean the room, but when the tenant asked her to help prepare the meal, the food she served was unpalatable, so Li Yuanliang shook his head apologetically.
After hearing their conversation, an older censor raised his head.
"Li Yuezhen, do you want to live in the newly built official residence?"
"...Are you talking about the official residence converted from the harem?"
"Yes, yes!"
The third emperor of the Yuan Kingdom loved the queen so much that he abolished the harem shortly after he ascended the throne four years ago.
As the population of the capital increased, in order to solve the problem of housing difficulties for young officials, the harem was converted into official residences.
"I heard that all the rooms in the new official residence are full."
"But there are a few rooms left for couples."
"..."
Li Yuezhen remained silent. The elder censor and Li Yuanliang looked at each other and laughed.
"Li Yuezhen, don't you already have a partner?"
"Yes, yes! Li Yuezhen. Move out of Mrs. Wang's house as soon as possible, apply for residence in the official residence, and propose to her immediately!"
...the order is completely reversed...
The expression on Li Yuezhen's face was calm and composed, but she couldn't help but look away.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Oh, you are still pretending to be confused!"
"You don't have to pretend, everyone already knows! How many years have you been dating the Queen's maid...?"
Seeing Li Yuezhen's eyes, Li Yuanliang did not continue.
"We are not dating..."
"What?"
"At least it's not the kind of relationship you think it is."
"……No way?"
"Do you think I have that time?"
"..."
Li Yuanliang looked at Li Yuezhen, who had been on a business trip for many days, was dusty, and his clothes were covered with dust and dust... Li Yuezhen was indeed on the road frequently, and spent more than half of the year away from the capital.
"In this case... we should propose to her and give her an explanation, otherwise she will be too pitiful."
"...Didn't I say it? We don't have this kind of relationship."
"But doesn't she like you? Everyone can tell it at a glance."
Li Yuezhen walked past Li Yuanliang without saying a word.
"Hey, Li Yuezhen..."
"I'm going to report to the doctor."
"Wait a moment."
Li Yue really didn't want to talk about this topic, so Yuan Liang grabbed his collar and pulled him back.
"If you do this again, be careful of that girl being snatched away."
"..."
"Do you think I'm joking? Do you want me to tell you that when you went to Chouzhou this time, she rejected several marriage proposals?"
Although Li Yuezhen's face was expressionless, Li Yuanliang noticed that Li Yuezhen's temples were twitching slightly.
"You don't hate her either, right?...Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you don't give her an explanation before you go out on duty next time, you will be responsible for the consequences."
Li Yuezhen mistakenly thought that Yuanliang was not reminding him, but giving him an ultimatum, and couldn't help but glare at the other party. Then he remembered that Li Yuanliang had just gotten married a year ago, and quietly released his grip on the other party's collar.
Li Yuanliang is just nosy.
"I see……"
Li Yuezhen only said this and turned around to find the imperial censor.
Li Yuezhen knew very well that she didn't hate Chunxiang, and she didn't even associate the word "hate" with Chunxiang at all.
Moreover, he also knew that Chunxiang did not hate him.
You can even clearly feel that Chunxiang likes him, so his colleagues said that it is not groundless that Chunxiang likes him...
Of course, he very much hoped that this was not pretentious.