Rebirth of the Golden Bastard

Among the guests invited by Master Xia, there are two Cang Qiaos who he knows - Murong Ya and Titan.

The pavilion under the night, the fragrance of flowers in the garden.The carp sinking under the pond are attracted by the noise from time to time, and come up to take a look.A smear of bright red on the back flickers under the moonlight, and the tail is rippling, and a slight sound of water waves can be heard.

Cang Qiao rolled her wide sleeves on her arms, her long hair was tied back in a big ball because she thought it was troublesome, and she still fastened it with a white jade hairpin.There was a witty smile on that charming face, and the phoenix eyes were slightly raised, even the bright moonlight was compared to him.

"Song of Feng Ya!" He put his hand on the man's shoulder, leaned over and smiled: "Why are you here?"

Murong Ya squinted at the hand on her shoulder, "Master Xia specially invited me to come. What's more, the begonias in Xia's garden at this time of year can be described as..."

"Sigh." Cang Qiao raised one eyebrow and looked at him with a complicated expression, "I'm just asking casually, you can answer casually, don't be so serious."

Murong Ya: "..."

Xia Yunqing did not expect Master Xia to invite Murong Ya.He watched Murong Ya knock off Cang Qiao's hand from a distance, and Cang Qiao smiled while rubbing the back of his hand.I couldn't help but want to walk over to join them, but was blocked by other guests.

"I heard that Hunting Yunqing and the Ninth Prince were on par." The speaker was Zhuang Damiye, who had frequent business contacts with the Xia family. The old man was older than Master Xia, and his eyes and forehead were covered with wrinkles.

"It's the Ninth Prince's humility." Xia Yunqing replied indifferently.

"Hey." Boss Zhuang smiled while holding his wine glass, "Why be so modest, Yun Qing's kung fu is also one of the best in the capital, and General Yingzuo likes you very much, right?"

When the left guard was mentioned, Xia Yunqing's expression softened a bit.He said patiently: "General Zuo Hu's kung fu is truly superb, and he is the person Yun Qing admires the most."

Hongxiu Niang, the female owner of the embroidery shop next to her, covered her mouth and laughed, "What about the person I admire the second?"

Xia Yunqing paused, then said calmly: "Of course it's my father."

Master Xia stood aside with a proud face.He raised his wine glass to greet everyone: "Thank you for giving Xia some face tonight. When you go back, you can choose a few pots of begonias you like in the garden and take them home, as Xia's wish."

"Master Xia gives flowers to people every year. Just like this Begonia, he is a businessman who agrees with elegance and vulgarity." The red-sleeved lady leaned forward with her waist twisted, her arm holding the wine glass brushed against Master Xia's hand intentionally or unintentionally.

Xia Yunqing glanced indifferently and then looked away.It was the same situation every year, but this year somehow made him quite anxious.Before he realized it, his gaze continued to look at Xia Cangqiao who was hiding at the end intentionally or unintentionally.

Eldest brother never attended this kind of gathering, even if he did, it would probably dampen the interest of everyone present.This time Cang Qiao behaved well, hiding at the end and talking to Gu Xiao for some unknown reason, covering her mouth for a while and laughing non-stop, and for a while she poked Murong Ya's back with chopsticks in a mischievous manner.

Murong Ya was so annoyed by Cang Qiao behind her that she turned her head and glared at her.Cang Qiao took his arm and leaned over to talk to him.

Immediately, Murong Ya's expression became weird, as if she wanted to laugh but had to hold back.

Holding the wine glass, Xia Yunqing looked at the approaching distance between Cang Qiao and Murong Ya, and a very absurd thought flashed in her head: Is it too close?

"Yunqing...Yunqing!" Master Xia's voice drew his attention back, and the wine spilled out of his glass in a daze.

"What are you thinking about?" Master Xia frowned, but his gaze casually glanced at Xia Cangqiao's position.

Xia Yunqing put down the wine glass, and took the Juanpa handed over by the maid.

"I'm sorry..." He wiped the back of his hands, then the hem of his clothes and said slowly.

Hongxiu Niang giggled, "Yun Qing has also reached such an age that she will be in a daze."

Boss Zhuang and another taciturn Boss Lei also echoed, "Speaking of which, it's time to get married."

……

Cang Qiao, who was on the other table behind, finally pricked up his ears and looked over.

"Yunqing has someone he likes?" Hongxiu Niang asked with a smile.

"No." Xia Yunqing picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, then replied calmly.

Hongxiu Niang frowned, pouted.His slender fingers picked up a piece of pastry from the plate in front of him and put it in his mouth.

Boss Zhuang rolled his eyes and said, "The youngest daughter of my distant relatives will come to the capital soon. I heard that she is the embryo of a beauty from the south of the Yangtze River. She has just reached Jiji's age."

Master Xia nodded, "It would be nice if we could meet again."

After a pause, he said: "This kid Yun Qing is good at everything, but he doesn't get close to people."

Boss Lei said indifferently: "It's a good thing, too close and people gossip."

As soon as the voice fell, it was not intended, but the listener had intentions.Many people turned their heads to look at Xia Cangqiao behind him.

Even Xia Yunqing followed suit.

Biting her chopsticks, Cang Qiao was listening amusedly, when she saw that everyone was looking at her, she blinked innocently.

"What's the matter?" He put down his chopsticks and said, "Is it my fault that my brother doesn't like being close to people?"

The corners of the mouths of the others twitched, not knowing whether he was pretending to be stupid or really stupid.

Cang Qiao slapped the table with a bitter face, "If that's the case, brother...I'm sorry..."

After finishing speaking, she pursed her mouth and whimpered a few times, but her brows and eyes were crooked with a smile.

Xia Yunqing couldn't help but curled the corners of her mouth, and the unhappiness caused by the red-sleeve girl just now disappeared.

……

When it was dark, the maidservants carrying lanterns changed around.Master Xia stood up and made today's concluding remarks.

By the second half, Cang Qiao had fallen asleep on Murong Ya's shoulder and was unconscious.When Murong Ya moved at this moment, he stood up abruptly.

Master Xia's words just started, he frowned and looked at him: "What's the matter?"

"Ah..." Cang Qiao said in embarrassment, "It's nothing..."

He lowered his head to look at Murong Ya, there was a smile of a successful prank in the eyes of that always serious man.He puffed up his cheeks and sat down again. Before he could feel sleepy again, Boss Lei suddenly said, "Young Master Xia is much more peaceful today."

Several other people seemed to remember Xia Cangqiao's existence at this time, and they all said, "Master Xia is so quiet, it's really not used to people."

These people are all important partners of the Xia family, so naturally they won't hide away like others when they look at Xia Cangqiao.

Hongxiu Niang still covered her mouth and said deliberately: "Master Xia hasn't been to our embroidery workshop for a long time, the girls are thinking of you."

Master Xia's complexion suddenly turned ugly, and Miss Hongxiu didn't care, her eyes and eyebrows were full of mockery.

Cang Qiao didn't show any embarrassment at all, she stared blankly at Hongxiu Niang for a while, then turned to look at Master Xia: "Father... the Xia family also runs a brothel?"

A few people who knew Hongxiu Niang's character well laughed lowly.

"I run an embroidery workshop!" Hongxiu Niang raised her brows, "All the clothes you Xia family's women wear are provided by our embroidery workshop!"

As she said that, she said with deep meaning: "I personally wear all Mrs. Xia's clothes..."

Boom!

The wine glass in Master Xia's hand was placed heavily on the stone table.

Hongxiu Niang remained silent.

Cang Qiao's eyes were cold, he didn't know this woman, and he didn't know what relationship she had with Daddy Cheap.But her expression and tone that were definitely not kind when she mentioned Mrs. Xia were enough to make him dislike her.

His eyes looked at Xia Yunqing, the man was sitting under the night in a black suit like the incarnation of night.The tough outline looks mature and stable under the limited orange light, and at the same time, it also clearly illuminates the gloomy eyes.

"I said that mother's Juanpa looks so tacky." Cang Qiao crossed his legs and said leisurely: "I also want to tell mother to throw those things away and buy them from another shop."

Hongxiu Niang couldn't hear people saying that her things were not good, so she slapped the table immediately, "No one in the capital knows that the things from my Red Embroidery Workshop are the best!"

"Yeah, who doesn't know?" Cang Qiao looked at her with a smile, "Everyone knows, so it's vulgar."

Naturally, there was something in his words, and at the same time, Chi Guoguo's presumptuous look made Hongxiu Niang want to cover herself up.

"Cang Qiao." Master Xia said softly, and Xia Cangqiao stood up with a cold snort.

"If you ask me, no matter how beautiful people are in this world, they can't compare to your mother. Not to mention the rouge and vulgar fans." He looked at Master Xia across two stone tables, then turned around and brushed his sleeves, "Brother, if you don't want to sit down, just follow me." I'm going."

Xia Yunqing had never been rude in front of others, even when the previous Xia Cangqiao left all the mess on him, he was able to clear things up in an orderly manner despite the blame and resentment of others.

Who told him that was his eldest brother?My mother told him since he was a child that the gift of an elder is absolutely indispensable: no matter what he does or grabs from you, he is an elder brother.A lifetime of inseparable flesh and blood.

So he has been used to the hateful Xia Cangqiao and the despicable Xia Cangqiao since he was a child.He also knew what his brother was.He is the existence that tarnishes the Xia family, but because of the blood and flesh connection, there is nothing he can do.

And this night, for the first time, he felt that his brother was right.For the first time, he admired this man who did his own thing, regardless of other people's eyes, and looked at everyone with that naughty smile as if mocking.

For the first time, he felt that Xia Cangqiao... was more admirable than his father.

So, he got up and followed him.

……

After leaving the garden, the two walked in the corridor one after the other.

Gu Xiao followed at the end, leaving room for the two to talk.

"It's so boring." Cang Qiao sat down on the wooden railing, turned to look at the man, "I thought it was something like guessing lantern riddles and typing idioms. No matter how bad it is, it's about singing poems to pairs and the moon."

Xia Yunqing leaned on the mahogany pillar, "This is a gathering of businessmen, not a gathering of scholars through poetry."

"That's why it's even more boring." Cang Qiao rolled her eyes, "I can't understand what they are talking about."

"It's just a matter of business." Xia Yunqing said in a very soft voice, "It happens once a year, just get used to it."

"Are you used to it?" Cang Qiao squinted at him, "That red-sleeve girl, does she talk like this every year?"

"..." Xia Yunqing was silent for a while, then said: "There are rumors that father wants to marry her as a concubine."

"Oh." Cang Qiao dangled her legs, her tone was indifferent.

Xia Yunqing turned to look at him, "Ms. Hongxiu can help Dad a lot in business."

"Oh." Cang Qiao remained calm.

"...She might not be willing to just be a concubine."

Cang Qiao suddenly said: "Will you let her bully your mother?"

"of course not."

Cang Qiao smiled: "That's it, we can't control other things, and if we can, we won't let people get a hair in."

As he spoke, he made claws with his five fingers and said: "If she dares to insert a hair, I will dare to pull out all her hairs."

Xia Yunqing was taken aback for a moment, before the smile could spread in her eyes, she saw Cang Qiao approaching mysteriously: "Where is her embroidery workshop?"

"what?"

"Didn't she say that the girls miss me?" Cang Qiao smiled wretchedly.

Xia Yunqing looked at him disapprovingly, "You... want to go?"

"Hmm..." Cang Qiao rubbed his chin, "Why don't we go to the brothel?"

"what?"

Cang Qiao looked at him like an idiot, "Brother, I'm a mature man, and I also sometimes think...ahem..."

This is a normal physiological reaction, okay?

Xia Yunqing also didn't know that her tendon was wrong, so she suddenly grabbed Cang Qiao's wrist and said, "I'll help you!"

This time it was Cang Qiao's turn to be an idiot.

"……what?"