The next day, brother Jiang Yadan came to visit.
From beginning to end, Jiang Yashuang only said three words to Qiu Mengmin -
"The dowry of Princess Lian and Princess Ruan, together with the income earned over the years, will be paid to Princess Ningyi at the market price!"
"I'm not negotiating with you, I'm asking you to do this!"
"If you can't do it, die!"
Qiu Mengmin, who couldn't even exchange pleasantries, was dumbfounded and couldn't believe her ears!
"I am a hereditary person..."
"If everyone is dead, there will be no replacement!" Jiang Yadan, who had been drinking tea since he entered the door, answered the words as if nothing had happened, "I just said that Nineteenth, you are too soft-hearted, what are you talking about with him? Anyway, this palace There are only a few of them, and both their father and son are dead. After returning the things to Princess Ning Yi, we can still make a fortune! "
Qiu Mengmin's face turned livid: "What a Jiang Banchao! What a Duke of Qin! Even the prince's palace personally granted by Emperor Gaozong is treated as nothing! Isn't it possible that the surname of Jiang is in this great world?! I will enter the palace now, please The Queen Mother..."
"Enter the palace?! My brother left you some dignity, but you are so shameless?!" Jiang Yadan raised his hand and turned the table over, causing broken porcelain and tea to fly everywhere, "Last time in the court battle, you won You have been blamed for embezzling the property left by Princess Lian and Princess Ruan to Princess Ningyi. Who else can you blame? These two have a lot of gifts from the royal family. Based on this, you can Do you think the Lord of Xihe can be saved? Without the Lord, what will happen to you?"
Jiang Gan, who was standing behind him, chuckled: "Master, please don't forget that the six princesses of the Xihe Palace are said to be quite beautiful."
"It's time to reward you." Jiang Yadan looked around unscrupulously and sneered, "Jiu Jiu is thinking about Princess Ningyi's face. As long as you return what the princess deserves - if you are not willing, wait for the Xihe Palace After the property becomes ownerless, it is the same if we allocate it to the princess ourselves. "
Qiu Mengmin took a few deep breaths before squeezing out the words through her teeth: "I have no intention of embezzling the property that my niece deserves! I have been cleaning up these days..."
"Stop talking nonsense to me!" Jiang Yadan's face instantly darkened, "Within three days, the supplemented property will be transferred to the name of Princess Ningyi, and this matter will be forgotten. If there is only one cent, I will let you go first. Feng Rugui arrested Qiu Hong and left. If you still can't pay back the debt after you collect the body of your eldest son, haha... Then prepare to reunite your family under the underworld!"
... After listening to Su He's vivid description, Qiu Yilan was stunned: "The children of the Jiang family are so overbearing?!" The royal family is not so arrogant!
Chun Ran and others also looked incredulous: "No matter how declining the Xihe Palace is, it is still a hereditary palace—the two young masters of the Jiang family actually talk about exterminating the family?!"
So Qiu Yilan postponed the arrangement that night, dressed neatly and waited for Jiang Yashuang to come over and explain to her... But she waited and waited. She didn't see anyone until midnight, so she became anxious, so she changed her clothes. He went straight to the high wall - touched Jiang Yashuang's house, and forced Jiang Yashuang, who had already fallen asleep, to stand up in shock!
"Why are you here so late? Did something happen?" Jiang Yashuang looked at her in surprise, "Did Qiu Mengmin jump over the wall in a hurry? Isn't that enough?"
Qiu Yilan complained: "Why didn't you go find me today?"
Jiang Yashuang was relieved and said with some embarrassment: "Today I went to Xihe Prince's Mansion. I fell behind on my homework during the day, so I had to make up for it at night... After I finished it, I saw that it was not early in the morning. I thought you had arranged it, and I was afraid of disturbing you if I went there. you."
Poor student party!
Qiu Yilan glanced at him sympathetically and said, "I heard my servants tell you how you went to the palace today - you were so rude to my uncle, don't you mind?"
Jiang Yashuang said matter-of-factly: "Go straight to save time, my family has always been like this."
"...Well, it seems too straightforward to say that everyone will die?" Qiu Yilan was stunned for a long time, and said indifferently, "How can he say that he is a prince?"
Jiang Yashuang said disapprovingly: "I don't have much power in my hands, and I don't have a deep foundation... It's just that. What's more, this time he was in the wrong. If there was a serious investigation, Queen Mother Gu would not be able to protect him from being undermined. Lord."
Well, as expected, nobles with empty titles but no strength are just paper tigers. They are just making up for the numbers in front of the real powerful people...
Qiu Yilan silently swallowed some sad tears for herself, and suddenly said: "Then why not simply reduce his title?"
"That will make Empress Dowager Gu happy." Jiang Yashuang chuckled, "Kang Shihan, the consort of Zhang Guogong, the consort of Princess Xingkang, the Empress Dowager's daughter, is now serving as the General of Zhenxi. At that time, it was your grandfather, General Ruan. Position - This dynasty's Suppression of the West Army was created by your grandfather, King Xihe, and General Ruan. Even if Kuang Shihan has been cultivating his cronies for more than ten years, it is impossible to replace the entire Suppression of the West Army. What's going on here? There are always some people who still cherish old feelings.”
"Wait! Are you saying that after my grandfather was defeated in the war, Kuang Shihan, who succeeded him, was the son-in-law of Queen Mother Gu?!" Qiu Yilan's expression changed, "What did he do before that?"
Jiang Yashuang glanced at her: "He is also one of the generals of the Zhenxi Army. He is only under General Ruan, and even has a higher status in the army than your father... This is because General Ruan and the old King Xihe stipulated that the Zhenxi Army Recruitment in the Western Army is not based on status, but only on talent.”
Qiu Yilan's expression changed for a moment before she asked: "My grandfather's defeat in the war...does it have anything to do with Kuang Shihan becoming the general of Zhenxi?"
"If General Ruan was not defeated miserably, and his descendants and confidants were not killed or injured, even if Kuang Shihan was promised to be the first person under General Ruan in the Suppression of the West Army, he would definitely not be able to take charge of the Suppression of the West Army." Jiang Yashuang was very sad. He said calmly, "This is an obvious thing - speaking of it, General Ruan brought Kuang Shihan out, otherwise General Ruan would not have closed the door to thank guests after being punished, and would not even meet his old subordinates for many years. ”
"No wonder the General's Mansion is so neglected. No one can move around during the holidays." Qiu Yilan bit her lips and thought quickly, "Obviously, if Jiang Yashuang didn't lie to me, General Ruan's previous defeat was The purpose of Queen Mother Gu's move was to gain power in the army to compete with the Jiang family - the Zhenbei Army had the Marquis of Jibei and General Zhenbei in charge. Queen Mother Gu couldn't get involved at all, so she decided to suppress the West Army! General Ruan spent his whole life in the military, but he finally fell into a political struggle! "
Thinking of this, she felt a little strange, "Since Kuang Shihan was trained by Old General Ruan, Queen Mother Gu should have directly won over General Ruan back then, right? General Ruan was said to have a bad relationship with Duke Qin, so why didn't he agree to the Queen Mother's request? Even if you don’t agree, you should move closer to the neutral party... Isn’t Xue Chang a good neutral until now? Is my grandfather’s political talent a waste?”
Seeing Qiu Yilan's silence, Jiang Yashuang said warmly: "Since Princess Ruan didn't tell you these past events, I think you shouldn't take it too seriously if you know about them... What's more, Shihan has grown up now, and the Jiang family wants to deal with it. It’s not a simple matter, it’s better to think about it in the long term.”
He added, "So as a last resort, our family actually doesn't want to reduce Qiu Mengmin's title. Although it is impossible for Queen Mother Gu to let him restore the influence of Xihe Palace on the Zhenxi Army, keeping him can always make Queen Mother Gu and Kuang Shi Han didn’t fully believe in the Zhenxi Army.”
Qiu Yilan frowned and said, "I don't dare to believe it all? My father, uncle, and cousin all died in the battle. How are our two families really unlucky? I think my grandfather and the others should not believe it all." The Western Army is.”
Jiang Yashuang shook his head: "You underestimate the background of your two families. Let me tell you the truth: Let's just talk about Xihe Palace. Do you know how much property the palace has now?"
"Two or three million," Qiu Yilan said, "That's the number I heard."
"This is true on the surface." Jiang Yashuang said, "But is it possible? Although the Xihe Palace was not granted by Emperor Gaozu, everyone knows that it was because Emperor Gaozu was already old when he established the cauldron and deliberately placed it as a sign of kindness. The opportunity was left to Emperor Gaozong. From Emperor Gaozong to the late emperor and now, except for the eleven years since your father's death in battle, the Xihe Palace has been constantly honored and favored, and has not produced any prodigal sons - just in terms of salary and salary over the years. The royal reward may not be limited to this amount."
Qiu Yilan frowned and said, "Are you saying that the Xihe Palace has concealed many properties in the dark?"
"There are not many. The real big ones may be hiding in the dark." Jiang Yashuang said, "This is what the government and the public have been speculating for decades. After all, the ancestors of the Xihe Palace were famous generals at the founding of the country. You know that during wars According to the rules, after taking the city and the land, as the general, you can always get some benefits... The Qiu family has never been prosperous. Since the establishment of the Xihe Prince's Mansion, there have been at most three sons in one generation, and there is a rule that bastards cannot divide the family property. I remember someone in my family calculated it for your family before. Your family’s real wealth is more than tens of millions?”
When he said this, he saw Qiu Yilan looking at him strangely, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "What's wrong?"
"...Nothing." Qiu Yilan immediately looked away.
But Jiang Yashuang understood in an instant. The gentle smile on his lips could not help but freeze, and he said in a deep voice: "Do you think I proposed marriage to you just to gain access to the property of the Prince of Xihe?!"
"You're overthinking it. I'm just surprised that the palace has hidden so many properties. I've never heard of it." Qiu Yilan said with a slight pout on her face, but she was thinking to herself: "I'll tell you to bite the bullet." Why should I be responsible? The co-authorship is for tens of millions of dollars!"
Although she had long suspected that Jiang Yashuang had ulterior motives for insisting on taking responsibility for herself, now that she found out, she still felt a little sad: her stunning appearance and clever and cunning personality were no match for the attraction of the Wan Guan family property, so Jiang Ya Shuang never once admitted that he was interested in her... Even if I haven't reached the age of being charming yet, why is my charm so bad
It feels like such a failure...
She was feeling sorry for herself, but Jiang Yashuang said coldly: "If my Jiang family wanted to seize the property of the Xihe Palace, we would have had countless opportunities to do so in the past eleven years! There is no need to use my life-long event as a raft. !”
Seeing the "You are insulting me" expression on his face, Qiu Yilan snorted in her heart and said: "You really think too much. I don't even know where those industries are. I'll take them all." If not, how can you get it? I don’t think it’s worth your family’s worries for just two to three million taels.”
Jiang Yashuang looked at her deeply, obviously not believing her explanation, and said coldly: "It's already dark, I'll take you back!"
He actually issued an eviction order directly!
Qiu Yilan gritted her teeth secretly: "No, I'll go by myself!"
Why are you so angry? Think about your marriage proposal. Why should I not doubt you