novelkee Chapter 449 Playing Chess
Chapter 449 Playing Chess
Tang Yichen and Puyang Qiubai played chess back and forth, and soon the chess pieces were arranged in a dazzling array, leaving Qin Huiyin confused.
Qin Huiyin dozed off while watching. No matter how good-looking the two men were, she didn't have the patience to stay any longer.
"Brother, Master Bai, take your time getting down. I'm going to look for Sister Luwu."
"Okay." Tang Yi said with a smile.
After Qin Huiyin left, the servant brought a soup bowl, saying that the second lady had arranged for the kitchen staff to prepare it for Tang Yichen.
Tang Yichen asked the servant to put it down and said to Puyang Qiubai with a smile, "Excuse me."
"Lord Tang is very busy with official duties and has many things to deal with every day. He should indeed take care of his health. Please do as you please, Lord Tang, and don't worry about me." Puyang Qiubai said with a smile, holding the chess piece.
Tang Yichen stirred the soup with a spoon, glanced at Puyang Qiubai, and said, "Why did Mr. Bai suddenly want to be our Tang Mansion's music master?"
"My only decent musical skill is playing the zither, and I've relied on that skill to make a living. But who would want to live without dignity if there were a second way out? Now Miss Qin has given me a second way out, allowing me to live like a human being. I'm deeply grateful and naturally want to seize this opportunity and escape from that hell."
"With Mr. Bai's ability, if he wanted to escape from this hell, he wouldn't have to wait until now, and he wouldn't have to rely on a little girl."
"I understand what Lord Tang means. Lord Tang is as bright and elegant as the moon. Many people along the way must have offered invitations to him. Do they truly value Lord Tang's talent and have no other ulterior motives?"
Tang Yichen smiled faintly: "Our situations are different."
"Yes, it's different. My life is just more difficult than Lord Tang's. Lord Tang has talent, backbone, and dignity. He can clearly reject other people's plans, but I can't. Only Miss Qin sincerely wants to leave a place for me to live."
"If Yinyin wants to keep you, I certainly won't object, because Yinyin's feelings are very important. However, Mr. Bai, you must understand that you are teaching a girl from the boudoir, so you must teach her in a reasonable way."
"Don't worry, Master Tang. I know my place and my position, and I would never dare to treat you with disrespect."
"Mr. Bai's skills are superb. I admit defeat."
"Lord Tang is too modest. It's just a narrow victory. It's still unknown who will win or lose the next round. I apologize for my poor performance."
"If there's anything I haven't done, please send someone to tell me. I'm the same age as you, and we're both men, so I'm sure we can have a better conversation. If I'm free, Mr. Bai, please come over and play a few games."
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."
After Puyang Qiubai left, Tang Yichen drank the remaining half cup of tonic soup. He handed the empty cup to Chen Yu beside him and said, "Hasn't there been any news from Mr. Song yet?"
"I think even if he has any news, I'm afraid he won't give it to you, sir."
"Then tell him, let him know how dangerous the situation is." Tang Yichen wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief. "I don't believe he can still be nervous knowing this person has come in."
In the carriage, Song Ruize closed his eyes and took a nap. He was too tired recently, and riding a horse was unsafe. He took this opportunity to take a nap in the carriage so that he would have the energy to accompany Yinyin to the night market later.
Jiang Qibin, riding outside on horseback, said to Song Ruize in the carriage, "If the Yuzhu Pavilion case isn't resolved, those two old scoundrels will cause a huge uproar in the Ministry of Justice. I heard even the Emperor is so annoyed that he's had the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate oversee the case. Boss, our brothers in the Military Affairs Department are exhausted too. This case is also easy to resolve. Just get that young eunuch out, and wouldn't that calm the public anger?"
"If it's so easy to solve, why hasn't the case been closed yet?"
"Yeah, why?"
"There are people behind Yuzhu Pavilion," Song Ruize said. "We just don't know who they are. So far, we haven't found any clues. We only know that there's an invisible hand fanning the flames."
"Boss, the one in front seems to be Tang Yushi's follower."
Song Ruize opened the curtain and glanced at Chen Yu opposite him.
Chen Yu saluted first, took a few steps forward, and said, "Sir Song, the young lady has to practice the piano these days, so I'm afraid she won't be able to go to the Song residence to have dinner with you, Sir. I specially asked this subordinate to come and inform you."
"If Yinyin wanted to inform me, she wouldn't have troubled the people around Lord Tang. I guess this decision was Lord Tang's idea!" Song Ruize showed disdain.
"If Master Song doesn't believe me, just go to the Tang residence and you'll find out. Our Second Young Miss is really busy. Even if Master Song wants to have dinner with her, he'll have to wait!"
Song Ruize is not stupid. From what he said, he knew that the man surnamed Tang deliberately led him to the Tang residence. As for the reason, he would know after he went there.
"Okay, I'll come visit you personally."
Chen Yu bowed and said, "I have delivered your message. Farewell."
After Chen Yu left, Jiang Qibin said, “Boss, are you really going to Tang’s house?”
"It's not a dangerous place, why can't I go there?"
"You never liked going there."
As long as he wanted to go, Qin Huiyin would make all the arrangements for him and let him enter and exit the Tang residence as if it were his own mansion, but he did not like to enter the territory of the Tang family and rarely took the initiative to visit.
"Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can't go. Mr. Tang deliberately led me there. There must be something he wants me to see with my own eyes. So I'll oblige him this time."
Jiang Qibin said to the driver, "You have no sense. The master said to go to Tang's house, didn't you hear it?"
The driver said honestly, "How could I dare to act on my own without the master's orders? Hey, I'll go right away, right away."
When the carriage entered Tang's house, the servants did not stop it, but opened the door to let them in.
Song Ruize walked directly towards Qin Huiyin's courtyard.
"Sir Song, our second young lady is not here right now." A servant came forward. "She is now in the courtyard of the new Master Qin, drinking tea with that Master Qin."
Song Ruize understood. This was Tang Yichen's intention.
He straightened his sleeves and said to the servant, "Lead the way."
The servant led Song Ruize into a quiet courtyard.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard the melodious sound of a piano.
He saw Qin Huiyin sitting in front of the stone table with a smoky tea set in front of her, and she looked at the handsome man playing the music opposite with her bright eyes.
It's him.
The servant brought Song Ruize to the gate of the courtyard and left.
Song Ruize stood there, watching Qin Huiyin drinking tea and enjoying the music.
Although Tang Luwu and Tang Yixiao were also nearby, Song Ruize could not see them. He could only see Qin Huiyin, and an alarm bell rang in his mind.
Tang Yixiao noticed Song Ruize at the first moment and looked at Qin Huiyin next to him with a gloating look.
Here he comes, someone more domineering than his elder brother is here.
"Second sister, look who's here?" Tang Yi reminded Qin Huiyin with a smile.
Qin Huiyin didn't look back, waved her hand, and said nonchalantly: "Don't even think about disturbing my listening to the music if you come."