EBE Chapter 454 Another Mid-Autumn Festival
Chapter 454 Another Mid-Autumn Festival
August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival again.
Zhou Chang no longer remembers how he spent the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. The main reason was the setting of this dimension and time. The Mid-Autumn Festival was only for appreciating the moon, so people who did not appreciate the moon did not take it that seriously.
However, Zhou Chang still thought about reunion to some extent, and originally planned to ask Yuan Qi to go back to her parents' home for a reunion. However, since Yuan Yu had gone to Nanqing and had not returned yet, it would be in vain for him to go.
And because Yuan Qi and Yuan Jie were both in Jindu, Zhou Chang suggested inviting Yuan Jie to his house as a guest to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival and admire the moon with Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi naturally accepted it with pleasure.
Yuan Jie had to accompany Feng Shuo to study in the morning and only came to the palace in the afternoon.
Zhou Chang first discussed things with Zhong Yuzhao in the study as usual. After they went over all the big and small things, it was time for dinner.
Zhou Chang stood up and took the skinny monkey directly to the bedroom in the east courtyard of the rear hall.
As soon as I entered the palace, I heard Yuan Jie excitedly talking to Yuan Qi about what he saw and heard in the palace in the main hall.
Yuan Qi just smiled faintly and listened patiently.
When Prince Yi came in, the two of them stood up at the same time to greet him.
Yuanjie suddenly became restrained.
Zhou Chang didn't want to ruin the atmosphere, and he wasn't interested in talking: "You two continue talking, I'm just here to eat for free."
Yuan Qi was in a good mood today, and pretended to be angry: "Your Highness is joking, don't let the children hear it and misunderstand it."
"Okay, anyway, you siblings continue talking and just pretend I'm not here." Zhou Chang said this and went straight to the inner room.
Anyway, on weekdays, Yuan Qi’s dining table was always arranged in the inner room.
Yuan Qi also followed in, wondering what Zhou Chang could do alone in the inner room.
Zhou Chang casually picked up the golden abacus that Yuan Qi had dropped on the imperial concubine's couch, and said with great interest: "Now Yuan Jie goes to the palace to accompany Feng Shuo to study all day, and you siblings can't see each other often. Why don't you take advantage of today's opportunity to get together more often and don't worry about me. I'll learn to use the abacus here."
She fell in love with this pair of golden abacus at first sight, but never had the chance to get her hands on them.
Yuan Qi knew that Prince Yi was giving them more opportunities to talk alone, so she asked Lu Ping to serve them tea first: "Okay, Your Highness, please sit down for a while, and dinner will be served soon."
After saying that, he stepped out and continued talking to Yuanjie.
Zhou Chang didn't know how to use an abacus, and she got bored after fiddling with the beads for a while. What's more, the voices of Yuan Jie and Yuan Qi talking outside kept coming, which attracted her attention even more.
Without Zhou Chang present, Yuan Jie began to talk vividly again, mostly about some interesting stories mentioned by the teachers in the palace.
"Sister, have you encountered any problems in your business recently?" Yuanjie suddenly asked this question.
"Why do you ask?" Yuan Qi did not answer directly.
When talking about business, Zhou Chang, who was still playing with a golden abacus in his hand, pricked up his ears unconsciously.
Yuanjie thought for a moment and said, "I heard from Uncle He the other day that my sister had been running around the store for days on end, even if she was not feeling well. Sister, are you better now?"
Has Yuan Qi ever been sick?
Zhou Chang was puzzled. At the end of last month, she rarely came because of the things happening in the palace. But since the beginning of this month, the situation has improved. These days, she comes to Yuan Qi's place almost every night for dinner. He didn't notice anything abnormal about her.
Without hearing Yuan Qi's answer, she simply walked out of the inner room: "Why, were you sick a few days ago? Why didn't I hear you mention it?"
As soon as Prince Yi came out, Yuan Jie stood up nervously again.
Yuan Qi had no choice but to stand up as well, and smiled amiably: "It's nothing, it's just that we opened too many new shops at once, and I can't take care of them all. It's inevitable that some problems will arise, and we just need to solve them. As for my health, you see, I'm fine now."
Yuan Jie looked at Yuan Qi carefully, obviously worried: "No, I think my sister's complexion is not as good as before."
Having said that, Zhou Chang also felt that although Yuan Qi's complexion was naturally fair, it seemed too fair.
"Cough..., nothing." Yuan Qi coughed lightly and avoided the two people's scrutiny.
It would be inappropriate for Zhou Chang to go back after he came out, so he simply sat down with the two of them.
Yuan Qi changed the subject and said to Yuan Jie: "However, the weather has been getting colder these days. By the way, has your aunt thought about buying you some clothes sooner or later? You should also pay more attention to yourself."
Yuan Jie nodded, stole a glance at Zhou Chang, and suddenly changed his tone: "Actually, everything is fine now, sister, why bother to work so hard to start a business?"
"Why do you say that?" Yuan Qi was puzzled.
Yuan Jie bit his lower lip, but still said cautiously: "Sister, in fact, father and I have never approved of your doing business. Father doesn't want you to worry, and I don't want you to work hard. Your life now is all thanks to His Royal Highness Prince Yi. Even if there is still something missing, there is still father. If there is still anything missing in the future, I, as your younger brother..."
"Who told you this?" Yuan Qi interrupted Yuan Jie before he finished speaking, but there was no anger on his face. "Is this what you meant?"
After all, Yuan Jie was younger than Yuan Qi, and still a child, so he lacked the ability to read people's expressions: "When our Hanlin Dean, Mr. Chen, was teaching the Book of Changes, he said that one yin and one yang are called Tao, and yin and yang are originally one. Everything has two aspects, yin and yang. The sky is yang and the earth is yin, which constitutes the heaven and the earth. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the heaven is the father and the earth is the mother. Men are yang and women are yin, which are opposites but also complement each other. They have their own division of labor and are indispensable."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was obvious that this idea had been in his mind for a long time.
Yuan Qi became increasingly unhappy, and his tone became much colder: "Mr. Chen is right, so what?"
Yuan Jie realized it belatedly, and looked at Yuan Qi's face with some fear: "My mother said that the most important thing for my sister now is to have a child with His Highness, then everything will be fine."
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Chang shook his head in his heart.
Isn't this history repeating itself? How come the same worry that Yuan Qi's mother had back then happened to these people again?
I wanted to say something to persuade them, but as the two siblings were talking, I didn't know where to start.
Yuan Qi's expression changed, and it seemed that he took a lot of effort to suppress his emotions.
Towards Yuan Jie, he was more patient than anyone else: "You are studying with the twelfth prince in the academy. What the teachers in the Hanlin Academy say is reasonable. Just study hard. As for other trivial matters, you don't need to worry about them."
Yuanjie finally didn't dare to say anything more and nodded obediently.
Just at this time, Manager Li came with several maids to deliver dinner, which ended the topic.
Zhou Chang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, dinner was served in the main hall. Zhou Chang then realized that Yuan Jie was an outsider to Prince Yi and his wife, and it was not easy for him to go into the inner room.
The three of them sat around a table and ate together. The dishes were twice as rich as usual, and there were also three kinds of wine that Zhou Chang had never tasted before.