Chapter 204 Qin Jing

Qin Jing, the eldest son of Duke Xian, is only 18 years old this year, but he has already passed the imperial examination. In half a month, he will take part in the imperial examination.

Duke Xian's mansion switched from military to civil, and everyone in the mansion has high hopes for Qin Jing. Even his grandfather, Chen Ge Lao, thinks highly of this grandson.

Now, no one in the Duke's mansion dares to disturb Qin Jing's studies with trivial matters, and no one dares to make too much noise even in the courtyard where he lives and the courtyard next door.

The wife of Duke Xian was unhappy and said, "Why should Jing'er be disturbed for such a small matter? Doesn't the second house have several children?"

"What's the reason for the second house to apologize for the crime committed by the first house? You are unwilling to do this or that, but I will go to the house of the juren tomorrow and apologize in person."

When the wife of Duke Xian heard this, she was shocked.

If Qin Er offended a family of the same level, Duke Xian would naturally apologize.

But the Sun family is fine. They are officials after all. The Duke's Mansion can show respect by personally apologizing to them. But the other family is just a Juren. How can it be worthy of the super-rank Duke to apologize to them?

If the Duke of Xian really has to apologize to them, wouldn't she, the wife of the Duke of Xian, also be inferior to them?

"Forget it, I'll go and appease the waiter." The wife of the Duke of Xian finally compromised for her own face and the family's face.

Although the Duke of Xian quarreled for a long time and got a satisfactory result, he didn't feel relieved at all.

He said the ugly words in advance: "You must sincerely admit your mistakes tomorrow. If you continue to hold back, you don't have to take care of the affairs of the mansion in the future."

When the wife of Duke Xian heard her husband threaten with the housekeeper's power, she knew that her husband was really angry. She didn't dare to refuse and just said: "Don't worry, husband, I know what I'm doing."

Duke Xian said again: "You should settle down early. I'll go to Yaohua Pavilion to rest."

The wife of Duke Xian looked at her husband's back as if there was something dirty here, and she pulled her handkerchief fiercely.

However, the development of the matter was not what the couple expected.

Qin Er refused to go out to apologize, and seeing that he couldn't persuade his parents, he simply took the matter to his eldest brother's yard.

After Qin Jing learned about this, he put down his book and volunteered.

The couple who were sitting in the carriage out of the mansion had extremely ugly faces at this time.

Instead, Qin Jing comforted them in a gentle voice: "Father and mother, studying is not a one-time achievement. As the eldest son, I should accompany my younger brother to apologize when he makes a mistake. Even if my second brother is fine, I should accompany him."

The couple looked at their eldest son, who was quite gentlemanly and outstanding in everything, and they were naturally satisfied with everything.

The Sun family did not make trouble. Sun Jiaxing knew better than anyone that the current apology was just a formality.

The Duke and his wife and the prince Qin Jing were extremely humble.

Qin Jing apologized again and again: "Lord Sun, my brother should have come to the door in person, but he suddenly fell ill and can't go out now. Please forgive me, Lord Sun."

The other person was very humble, and Sun Jiaxing did not hold on to this point.

After leaving the Sun family, Qin Jing persuaded them again. Originally, he did not plan to go to the Gu family to apologize in person, but Qin Jing persuaded them again: "My brother has already done something wrong. We must lower our posture and strive for the Gu family's sincere forgiveness."

Mrs. Xian Guogong was very unhappy: "A family of Juren, is it worthy of your father and I to come to the door in person?"

Qin Jing sighed and said: "Mother, I am just a Juren."

Mrs. Xian Guogong choked when she heard the words, but soon said: "You are different. You are the prince of our Duke's Mansion, and you are a future Jinshi master. How can you lower your status to compare with ordinary Juren?"

Qin Jing persuaded: "Mother, ordinary Juren may also be able to jump into the dragon gate in the imperial examination. It is not a shame for you to apologize in person. If we can turn hostility into friendship this time, our Duke's Mansion will also have a good reputation in the official circle in the future..."

"We will go in person." Duke Xian suddenly spoke and made the final decision.

The wife of Duke Xian was so anxious that she almost jumped up. She had always been so arrogant that she would never apologize to a lady of a Juren.

Duke Xian, who had no intention of visiting, was completely moved by his son's words. Duke Xian's mansion was now glamorous, but in fact it was declining. It was not so easy to switch from military to literature. For the future career of his eldest son, he was willing to lower his head.

"If you don't want to go, then just go back." Duke Xian said to his wife.

Qin Jing just frowned slightly when he heard this, and didn't say anything.

But the wife of Duke Xian was afraid that the eldest son would be disappointed in her.

Although she favored her second son, she knew very well in her heart that she could only rely on her eldest son who had a promising future. The eldest son was not raised by her, and the relationship between mother and son was already distant, and she didn't dare to expand the gap.

"Isn't it just to apologize to the lady of a Juren? As long as it's for your own good, mother is willing to do anything." The wife of Duke Xian asked for credit to her eldest son.

Qin Jing immediately said, "Thank you for your hard work, mother."

Zhang Yunniang was shocked when she received the report from the servant that both Duke Xian and his wife had come.

Such a development obviously caught Gu Mingda off guard.

Except for Gu Zhao who went out to study, everyone else in the family came out to meet guests.

Duke Xian was very humble for his son, and his face was sincere.

Although the always arrogant wife of Duke Xian could not do the same as her husband and son, she did not hold them back.

Gu Mingda was shocked when he saw Qin Jing.

Unlike the arrogant Qin Er, Qin Jing, the eldest brother, was as quiet as a jade tree and as moving as a bright moon in one's arms, which made people feel good at first sight.

If not for their somewhat similar faces, it would be hard to believe that these two were actually brothers from the same mother.

Mrs. Gu kept secretly staring at Qin Jing again and again. In comparison, Niu Niu was more direct.

She looked at it openly.

Qin Jing was not angry even after being stared at. Seeing that the little girl was about the same age as her sister, she even gave her a small jade ornament of the twelve zodiac signs.

"Little girl, why do you keep staring at me?" Qin Jing asked.

Niu Niu tilted her head and said, "Brother is good-looking. I always feel like I have seen him somewhere."

Qin Jing chuckled and said, "People are similar. Maybe I am similar to someone you know."

Niu Niu didn't worry about it either.

Qin Jing said seriously again: "At the city gate that day, I heard that you were also on the carriage. My brother should have come to apologize in person, but he was unwell. I apologized on his behalf and hope to get your forgiveness."

Niuniu asked: "Does your brother really know that he was wrong?"

Qin Jing heard this and said, "I will help him realize his mistake."

Niuniu looked at the other people in the family.

Qin Jing seriously apologized to everyone involved that day, and the rest of the Gu family also understood, and now only Niu Niu is left.

Niuniu said: "I can forgive him, but he must really realize his mistakes."

Qin Jing stretched out her right little finger and coaxed Niu Niu like a little girl at home: "Let's pull the hook. A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with."

After leaving Gu's house, Mrs. Xianguo breathed a long sigh of relief.

"It's a shame that you can stay in such a cramped courtyard with such a strange smell," Mrs. Xianguo complained.

Qin Jing shook her head gently and said, "Mom, I don't smell anything strange. The Gu family is well behaved and polite. They are a family worth getting along with."

Mrs. Xian Guo already felt extremely wronged even though she was apologizing, so why would she really want to interact with her? She said, "Where is the politeness? That little girl keeps looking at you with her big eyes open, how rude!"

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