Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Qin Yunhe and other scholars, as the guests of honor, were persuaded to drink a lot of wine. When they were ready to leave, Qin Yunhe was already a little drunk.

He had originally hired an ox cart and had agreed to take him back after the banquet was over.

Mr. Feng and others were seeing Qin Yunhe off. When they saw the ox cart he had hired, they quickly called over their own carriage and asked Feng Zhuo to help Qin Yunhe onto it.

Qin Yunhe was actually just walking a little unsteadily, but he was still conscious. When he heard that Uncle Feng Zhuo wanted to send a carriage to take him there, he quickly declined.

"Uncle Feng, I'm sorry to trouble you. I've already told the driver that he will take me home."

"Why should I be polite to you, my dear nephew? It's my own carriage, so it's no trouble. You can just sit there and avoid getting windy. You can even take a break on the way." Mr. Feng said, and he casually took out some copper coins and gave them to the driver: "Please lead the way and make sure to take Mr. Qin home."

The driver was naturally happy that he didn't have to carry passengers and would get a reward, so he agreed immediately.

Qin Yunhe had indeed drunk a little too much. As the carriage swayed, he fell into a daze and fell asleep.

When he was woken up, he had already returned home.

"Why are you so drunk?" Qin's mother and Yu Ru asked while supporting Qin Yunhe.

"Mother, I'm fine. This is Mr. Feng's coachman. Please ask him to see you off. Give him some money as a reward."

Qin's mother hurried home to get it. The coachman naturally knew that Mr. Qin was a distinguished guest of their family, so he quickly declined and drove away in the carriage.

Qin Yunhe had never been drunk before, so he felt fine, just a little unsteady on his feet. Yuru supported him as he walked inside, and Qin Yunhe just used Yuru's force to avoid shaking.

Yuru helped Qin Yunhe to the bed and wanted to take off his shoes and help him lie down, but Qin Yunhe grabbed his wife's arm and pulled her into his arms, saying, "Yuru, you have suffered."

Yu Ru laughed: "It seems that you are really drunk. Why do you suffer when I help you?"

"I shouldn't be angry with you, and I shouldn't divorce you. It's all my fault. I made you suffer."

Seeing Qin Yunhe bringing up this matter again and blaming himself like this, Yuru felt sad and said helplessly, "Why bring it up when it's all in the past? Aren't we reconciled now? Don't bother me anymore. I'll go make you some soup to sober you up."

Qin Yunhe still refused to let go: "I'm not drunk, don't go make the soup, just talk to me."

When Qin's mother came in, she saw her son pestering his daughter-in-law and refusing to let go. She couldn't help but glance at him sideways again and put a pot of tea on the table: "Drink some tea to moisten your mouth first. You are so drunk. I will make you some soup to sober you up."

Qin Yunhe readily accepted the advice and said to his wife, "Mom, go make the soup, you stay and talk with me."

Mother Qin was so angry that she choked and turned to walk out while cursing in a low voice: "You bastard, I raised you in vain!"

Yu Ru had no way to deal with Qin Yun He, and she had to persuade him to let go and poured him a cup of tea to quench his thirst.

When Qin's mother prepared the wine-warming soup and brought it over, Qin Yunhe had already been helped to lie down by Yuru, but he still held Yuru's hand and expressed his heart to her.

"Awen, get up and drink some sobering soup." Yu Ru said and went to pull Qin Yunhe.

Qin Yunhe obediently took Yuru's hand and stood up, took the hangover soup, blew on it a few times and put it to his mouth. Yuru didn't stop him, and when she saw Qin Yunhe, he had already finished drinking it.

After a while, Ruyi, who had gone out to play with Qin An from Qin Si's family, came back. She ran into the house and saw her father talking to her mother.

Ruyi also ran over and grabbed Qin Yunhe's hand: "Daddy, Daddy~"

Qin Yunhe looked down and saw his daughter. He was immediately overwhelmed with grief and picked up his daughter: "Di'er, Di'er..."

Mother Qin scolded her: "What Di'er, Ruyi? Didn't you name them yourselves?"

Qin Yunhe came to his senses: "Ruyi, Ruyi, do you miss daddy?"

Yu Ru and Qin's mother were worried about scaring Ru Yi, so they managed to snatch Ru Yi from him.

"Mom, why don't you take Ruyi to your room?"

"Row."

Then the two of them coaxed Ruyi for a long time, and finally made her agree to sleep in Qin's mother's room.

After tossing and turning for a while, Qin Yunhe finally felt sleepy and fell asleep. Yuru also breathed a sigh of relief and covered him with a blanket.

County, Jinjia

Jin Biao slept until the hour of Hai and woke up. He felt thirsty and asked someone to bring him some water.

After finishing a cup of tea, Jin Biao realized something was wrong. He pressed his forehead and asked, "Where's the wife?"

"Madam...left." The little maid answered tremblingly.

Jin Biao's expression changed several times. "Gone? When did he leave?"

"We left before it got dark..."

"Didn't you stop him?" Jin Biao's tone was already tinged with anger.

The little maidservant became more and more trembling: "We stopped him, but Madam... we didn't stop him..."

Only then did Jin Biao feel a burning pain on one side of his neck. He gently touched it and found a long and thin scratch.

"Call the butler."

The next day, the Jin family's carriage set out early and headed for Shangyanzhuang.

Except for the day of the wedding, Jin Biao had never been to the Yan family again. Now looking at the closed door, he felt strange.

Jin Biao signaled, and the old woman from the Jin family came forward and knocked on the door.

Someone inside asked, "Who is it?"

"Madam, our master is here to pick you up."

There was a noise inside, and after a while, the door opened.

Yan's father and mother stood inside the door and asked, "Why did Master Jin come to our house? It's not enough for him to beat his wife at home, but he also came to her parents' home?"

Jin Biao looked embarrassed, and the maid who followed him hurriedly said, "Madam, please don't say that. Our master has always been good-tempered. If you don't believe me, ask Madam when he has ever used violence.

Yesterday, the master got drunk and came back in a daze. I don't know why he started the fight. When he woke up in the middle of the night and heard that his wife had passed away, he blamed himself so much that he would have gone out of the city to pick her up in the middle of the night if he hadn't been unable to leave.

He brought us here early this morning to apologize."

Looking at Jin Biao again, he was indeed ashamed, and said in a gentle voice: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, I was too drunk yesterday and went a little crazy. Let me see the lady first, so that I can apologize in person."

After all, it was their daughter's family affair, so Yan's father and mother still let Jin Biao in.

Jin Biao entered the inner room and saw Yan Guixiang sitting there with a very obvious red mark on her neck and a bruise on one side of her cheekbone.

Yan Guixiang raised her eyes and looked at him coldly without saying anything.

Jin Biao said, "Guixiang, I was really drunk and crazy yesterday. I'm really sorry. I brought you some bird's nests and the cakes you like to eat every day. Please don't be angry, okay?"

The servants of the Jin family brought in four or five paper bags from outside and placed them on the table.

"You usually act like a decent person, but you are pretending to be a bit of a fool after drinking a little. My family is a small family, and we are not worthy of your grand house. But if you think I am greedy for a few bags of bird's nests from you, you are blind. I am not so blind as to be so blind."

Jin Biao looked extremely remorseful: "Gui Xiang, I don't have the face to ask you to come back with me. Can you please forgive me for once because I was drunk and unconscious? I'm not asking for your forgiveness for this bird's nest. I just brought it because I thought you loved it and I was afraid you wouldn't be able to eat it at home."

Yan Guixiang remained unmoved.

The two were in a stalemate, and Jin Biao finally lifted his clothes and said, "Forget it, I'll just kneel down and beg you, okay?"

The maid who came with Jin Biao stopped him immediately upon seeing this: "Master, you can't do that!"

After stopping Jin Biao, the old woman turned to Yan Guixiang and said in a tougher tone: "Madam, let me say that when a couple lives together, the spatula will not touch the edge of the pot. How can you let your husband beg so humbly? What's more, the husband was just drunk and did some stupid things. What kind of wife would force him to kneel down?"

Yan Guixiang was furious when she heard this: "How can you, an old man, have the right to interfere when the master is speaking? You are here to interrupt the master's affairs."

Jin Biao quickly said, "Don't say anything, Mom Zhao. I was definitely wrong about this."

Then he said in a more humble tone: "Guixiang, it's all my fault. Please forgive me this time."

Mother Zhao was so embarrassed that she dared not say anything, and Yan Guixiang suddenly felt proud again.

"If you can drive this woman away, I will go back with you."

Jin Biao said in embarrassment: "Mother Zhao has taken care of me since I was a child. She is my elder. I will agree to everything you say except this."

Jin Biao and the old woman both looked at Yan Guixiang, waiting for her to speak.

Yan Guixiang seemed to have regained some of the feeling of being the mistress, and felt a little proud of herself.

At this time, Yan's father and mother came in, each holding a piece of fabric. They winked at Yan Guixiang and said, "Guixiang, the fabric that your son-in-law brought is really good..."

Yan Guixiang also knew that she would have to go back with him in the end, and now she had done enough, so she said, "Tsk, then send her to the chores room."

As he said this, he walked out and got directly into the carriage.