Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Qin Manor Courtyard
Qin Mubai felt a hint of familiar excitement and throbbing when he walked into his home, the courtyard of the Xun Clan’s Qin Manor at Halberd 12. This was the same feeling he felt when he visited his father as the commander of the legion corps in his previous life. He was both proud and stressed.

From the bottom of his heart, Qin Mubai had never thought of soaking himself in the glory and accomplishments of his father’s generation. Being a second generation ancestor, he would never have embarked on the path of an archer. Back then, he wanted to open up a sky of his own to prove himself.

In this life, it was still the same in the Tang Dynasty.

Father Qin Shubao’s glory and achievements might bring convenience to him, but those halos always belonged to father.

Regardless of whether it was pampering or humiliating, a path was still laid beneath one’s feet, and one had to rely on one’s own footsteps to walk over it one step at a time.

“Third Young Master, master and madam are in the main hall of the rear mansion. Quickly go over and pay your respects!” The servant brought Qin Mubai into the courtyard and left on his own. It was not for servants to interfere in the affairs of their host.

Qin Shubao was the Duke of the Nation, and he was a rank three general in the current dynasty. It was indescribable that the Twelve Halberds had been set up by the Xun Sect, but this courtyard was relatively simple and unadorned. There was no imaginary golden brilliance and the symbolic group of servants and maids of wealthy families rushing forward, and there was even a hint of loneliness and desolation.

The tiled houses with large arched eaves and the rough bluestone slates gave off a simple and simple implication and a strong and beautiful feeling. The unique rough and vigorous aura of the Military and Martial House rushed towards them.

The front residence was only used to entertain guests and rest horses. Qin Mubai walked all the way to the back residence. On the way, he encountered a few servant maids in the manor. Most of them only stopped slightly and bowed their hands or bowed to each other. They did not bow down and greet each other as they did in the movies and TV shows of the Qing Palace.

“It turns out that the people of the Great Tang Dynasty were not severely enslaved by the Qing Dynasty. When these servant maids saw me, not only did I not kneel down and kowtow, but I did not even mention the words’slave ‘or’servant’. At most, I would call myself’lowly ‘. Looks like I’m just as poisoned as many people by the Qing Palace Opera. If I want to learn more about the etiquette of the Great Tang in the future, I don’t want to make a fool of myself. ”

Although the Qin Mansion was simple, its area was not small. After passing through a corridor and a shaded path, they arrived at the back of the mansion, where they lived. A large tiled main building with a double-arched eaves stood in the middle, two rows of courtyards on the side, and a row of slightly lower servant houses not far away.

Regardless of which row of houses they were in, they were all seated east to west. This was the unified custom of the Chang’an residence-it could not be placed in the same direction as the imperial city facing south, otherwise, it would conflict with the Dragon Qi, which was disrespectful.

Qin Mubai calmly breathed and calmed down. He steadily walked up the stairs of the main room and headed towards the main hall. Just as he was about to look up and see where the hall was, he suddenly felt an invisible pressure pressing down on him!

“What a fierce aura … This is the fierce and vicious aura that only people who have truly traveled through the Blood Sea Corpse Mountain possess, right?” Qin Mubai had once felt this kind of “killing intent” emanating from his body when he was with a few special forces instructors in the past!

Qin Mubai raised her eyelids and saw a man wearing purple brocade clothes sitting in the main hall.

Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment.

“Dad?!”

The man in front of him looked exactly the same as the father of the commander in his previous life!

The same introverted silence was like a mountain, the same unenraged and mighty gaze was like a knife!

The slight difference was that the person in front of him was slightly younger-about fifty years old. He had a few long and elegant beards on his abdomen, and his face was slightly pale, revealing a sickly expression.

“Sanlang, why don’t you come kneel down and worship your father?” A delighted female voice sounded from the side. Qin Mubai suddenly regained his senses and discovered that there was a woman in her thirties and forties standing beside the main hall. This surprised him again!

This woman … looked exactly like the mother of the music professor in her previous life!

“Could it really be that my previous life has long since been destined?!”

Qin Mubai’s heart skipped a beat for a moment, but fortunately, as an archer, he had gone through countless special training and his psychological quality had always been excellent. He quickly calmed down and went forward to kneel on the ground.

“Unfilial son Qin Liang greets father!” The man had gold on his knees and knelt down on the ground to kneel down to his parents. Qin Mubai was at ease with this bow. There was also some unexpected surprise and throbbing in his heart, as if he had seen his father, whom he had never expected to see again.

“You also know that you are unworthy?” Qin Shubao’s voice was somewhat cold beyond Qin Mubai’s expectations, and he was even somewhat displeased and angry. “Tell me, why were you expelled from the army? Haven’t you done something embarrassing?”

Qin Mubai felt a chill run down his spine. He did not want to argue with his father forcefully. He said honestly, “This child did not make any mistakes. He just received a transfer order and was confused and confused.”

A moment of silence.

Qin Mubai could feel an invisible pressure wrapping around him like a sealed air cavity. He couldn’t breathe easily.

“I forgive you for not daring to deceive this old man.”

With a “Du” sound, Qin Shubao leaned on a walking stick and stood up from the couch. The woman next to him hurriedly came to help him. He waved his hand and said, “Take him back and teach him a lesson. I’m tired, so I’ll go rest on my own.”

With that, Qin Shubao walked to the side with his walking stick and soon disappeared from the side door of the main hall.

Qin Mubai glanced sideways at Qin Shubao, who was hobbling on crutches, but his back was still straight. He faintly thought to himself, “Looks like Dad’s health is not too good … It turns out that this concubine,” I “, is really not very pleasing at home, but it doesn’t matter. I will change all of this!”

“Sanlang, get up!” The woman, on the other hand, came forward to help Qin Mubai with a face full of joy. Her kind gaze sized him up and down, and her affection for licking the calf was overflowing in her words.

The memories in his mind told Qin Mubai that Qin Shubao’s matchless wife had passed away. This was Qin Shubao’s successor, his biological mother Madam Liu.

“Mother, I’m back.” With a smile, Qin Mubai felt warm and peaceful in his heart. It was as if he had seen his real mother, the virtuous wife and mother who had doted on him for nearly 30 years.

“It’s been almost three years since you left home and joined the army. It’s good that you’re back now. Mother is happy.” Mrs. Liu grabbed Qin Mubai’s arms with tears in her eyes. She kept looking up and down at her voice and choking, “That’s right, my son has grown taller and stronger. He looks like your father and is smarter than before. Anyone who dares to say that my son is unworthy and foolish will not be spared!”

Qin Mubai chuckled, “What if it’s Lord Father?”

‘”He’s … he’s this cold and hot-tempered. Don’t you know that you’ve been his son for eighteen or nineteen years? Don’t blame him, he’s actually happy. He just refuses to say it out loud … oh, stop. Quickly, I’ve settled a welcome banquet for you. Come quickly!” After saying that, Madam Liu happily pulled Qin Mubai’s hand and left the mansion, heading towards the courtyard.

Stepconcubine could only live in the side room of the courtyard, and the word “side room” was worthy of its name. Although the main wife of the Qin Family had been dead for many years, Madam Liu, a concubine with no proper support, could only live in the side room.

Qin Mubai didn’t have any objections to entering the countryside and following the customs first, but he felt a little awkward in his heart. Moreover, the brief meeting with his father, Qin Shubao, had made him feel that he and his mother did not have any transcendent status in the Qin Clan.

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll be fine in the future.” Qin Mubai only smiled.

He was convinced that blood was thicker than water, and that he was no longer the shameless playboy he used to be. One day, he would have to change his father’s attitude towards him and his mother’s position in the family.

Although he wasn’t used to it, Qin Mubai still knelt down in front of the table and watched as his mother ordered the servants to bring out plates of delicacies.

A banquet was extremely rich. Southern fish and northern sheep, Tang Shi did not like to eat pork. On the table were exquisite lamb and fish dishes, as well as a few slices of scones sprinkled with black sesame seeds and fragrant with honey.

Qin Mubai’s forefinger twitched as a strange fragrance assaulted his nose.

“White Salon, Dried Fish Chowder, Slave Giant Victory … Saburo, all of them are your favorite Chang’an dishes!” Mrs. Liu did not set up a table for herself. Instead, she sat at the side of the table and poured a glass of wine for Qin Mubai and handed it over. “Drink, son, your father’s treasure of the Western Region’s Three Restrictions Liquid was specially brought here to welcome you!”

Qin Mubai stared at her mother and smiled. She took the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Although the wine was light, the feeling was strong.

“Good wine!”

“Then drink more!”

“Let me pour some wine for mother!” Qin Mubai took the wine jug and found that there was only one cup on the table. Just as he was about to get up and get a cup, Madam Liu pulled him back and smiled, “Silly child, how could a woman like mother dine with you? I’ve already eaten. You can drink to your heart’s content. The more you eat, the happier mother will be. It will be even warmer than this meal.”

This must be the custom of the Great Tang. Separate meals are not allowed … Qin Mubai did not insist on not embarrassing her mother. He began to gulp down a few delicacies on the table. He couldn’t help but think of a sentence-Brother wasn’t eating dinner, it was family!

“Coming, coming! The world’s number one chef personally made the ‘Little Sky Crisp’!” Suddenly, a crisp female voice came from the side door. Soon, a goose-yellow figure flashed in. A fifteen or sixteen year old girl giggled at Qin Mubai. She looked very similar to Madam Liu. There were two dimples at the corner of her mouth when she laughed.

“Third Brother, welcome back! Little Sister personally cooked this Chang’an dish to comfort you!”

Madam Liu chuckled, “Naughty Siya’er, hurry up and greet your brother!”

“Little sister, please let go of these vulgar rituals!” Qin Mubai Wan’er smiled, “This is my half-mother’s younger sister, Qin Shuang’er, the only girl in the Qin Family and the youngest fourth elder.”

Pretty pretty, seemingly very cute!