Prime Minister Xue's Mansion is full of scheming, while Prince Xihe's Mansion is filled with gloom and gloom.
Ever since Qiu Hongzhi, when he was returning home with his newlywed wife Ding Qinghong, caught up with Yang Yishi and rushed into Ding's house and committed suicide, the palace has not been peaceful in the past few days.
Ding Qinghong had just paid her respects to Princess Yang that day. When she returned to the room, she wiped away her tears: "Yang Yishui ran to the door of Ding's house and committed suicide. It wasn't me who forced her to do it. Speaking of which, she splashed all over me when I came back." Blood, this is the only time in this life, she has been so unlucky, and she has not even scolded her! But my mother-in-law blames Sang and Huai every day, saying that I am wrong... Even if Yang Yishui is her biological niece, she feels sorry for her, why should my husband and I not call her her? Did you say ‘mother concubine’?”
The confidant maid Zhenzhen went to close the door first and came back to persuade: "Young madam, please ignore her. We have inquired before. Princess Yang is not the eldest son's biological mother, and she has always disliked him. She is clearly expressing her anger. For you!”
"But she is the mother-in-law. I have to keep her awake every day. I have to listen to everything I say and laugh at everything - how can I ignore her?" Ding Qinghong was also a spoiled child when she was in her mother's family. Although in the past two years, Without her mother, Mrs. Xue has always doted on the younger generations. How has she ever met an elder like Princess Yang who has a protruding nose and protruding eyes? It was fine once or twice, but after a few more times, the grievances in my heart were simply indescribable.
Unfortunately, her mother-in-law's Ding family is also in dire straits now. Ding Qinghong wants to send someone back to deliver a message, ask her grandmother to send someone to visit her, and even give Princess Yang a beating, but it doesn't work!
The more Ding Qinghong thought about it, the sadder she became, and she couldn't help but sigh, "Why am I so miserable?"
Zhenzhen was about to answer the call when she suddenly heard the sound of the outer door opening. She quickly stood up and asked, "Who is it?"
"Hong'er, are you in there?" It was Qiu Hongzhi's voice. Ding Qinghong hurriedly went out with Zhenzhen: "Why is your husband coming back so early today?" In order to please Qiu Mengmin, Qiu Hongzhi would go there every day even if he was newly married. Read books in the study room in front of you to show your studiousness and diligence.
According to the previous two days, it would be another hour before he returned to his room. Ding Qinghong's master and servant could not help but be surprised that he returned early today.
But Qiu Hongzhi said to Zhenzhen: "You go out first."
Only the husband and wife were left in the room, and he said, "I heard someone said that your expression was not right when you came out of the princess's place. I was worried, so I came back to have a look." He asked with concern, "What's wrong? Is the princess giving you a hard time?" "
Ding Qinghong, who was already feeling aggrieved, almost cried when he asked: "The matter about Yang Yoshi..."
"That's because the goddaughter of the Yang family is clueless. She has been responsible for our return home!" Qiu Hongzhi's face darkened when he heard this, and he sneered, "The princess actually blames you? It's really too much!" He said , "I'm going to find my father!"
"Don't!" Ding Qinghong saw her husband defending herself, and most of the grievances in her heart had dissipated. She hurriedly stopped him, "She is our aunt after all. A mother-in-law should say a few words about her daughter-in-law, not to mention the father and the king. These two days It is said that her complexion is not very good, so it is better not to worry about her. "The new daughter-in-law asked her husband to go to her father-in-law to complain about her mother-in-law. Even if the father-in-law gave her face, she would still be criticized as unvirtuous!
Qiu Hongzhi was also pretending, and stopped leaving after being pulled by her. He changed his look of pity and comforted her gently and softly. Are they a newlywed couple? Not long after comforting him, the curtain was pulled down - the golden cicada outside the door was angry. He looked at Zhenzhen who was blocking the road: "I really have something very important to report to the eldest son!"
Zhenzhen said with a cold face: "Young master is with the young lady inside now, how dare you disturb me?!"
"Okay! This is what you said!" Jin Chan bit her lip and said bitterly, "If something happens later, don't rely on me!"
Zhenzhen snorted: "How do I know what you are talking about? Anyway, you didn't tell me, so don't blame me!"
After a few words of bickering, Jin Chan finally couldn't hold back and told the situation: "The princess is now calculating the compensation to Princess Ningyi under the orders of the prince - the eldest young master didn't go over to watch. Who knows how much the princess will get?" Private pocket?”
Zhenzhen was still a little nervous at first, but she felt relieved after hearing this. She sneered and said, "Is there any record of the property in the mansion? If the princess wanted to be able to do anything, she would have done it a long time ago. Why do you need to look for opportunities now?"
Jin Chan said angrily: "What do you know? Earlier, Mr. Lu... After the prince's biological mother passed away, the eldest son took care of the house for a few days, and did not return the account key to the princess until shortly before the wedding. In case the princess took advantage of this What should I do if I take advantage of the opportunity to tamper with the account book and frame the eldest son?"
These words cannot scare Zhenzhen: "Don't try your best to find reasons to see the eldest son - I can't even be deceived by these words. The account book is so easy to manipulate? Do you think the eldest son is stupid? What's more, since the account book and the key have been handed over before The princess didn’t say it was wrong then, is it interesting now?”
Jin Chan's purpose was seen through, but he didn't dare to really force his way in, so he had to leave in anger.
As soon as she walked outside, she heard the door creaking open, and Qiu Hongzhi's hoarse voice called for someone to come in and serve her. She felt sour in her heart and couldn't help but want to turn back, but she thought of Ding Qinghong's presence every time she saw him in the past few days. They all had a distant attitude, and they made it clear that they wanted to pretend to be affectionate and cultivate a relationship with their real wives. I'm afraid that being close to them would be annoying, so they stamped their feet and left.
Jin Chan was in a panic and didn't know where he had passed. When he came back to his senses, he saw Kang Lizhang holding a round fan with a tang handle. He was holding the round fan against his chin, standing thoughtfully not far away. Stare at yourself.
"Why is my cousin here too?" Jin Chan saw her, and her mood became even worse, and she asked coldly.
Kang Lizhang rarely replied to her with a neutral word, but instead smiled happily: "How does it feel to fall out of favor?"
"You!!!" Jin Chan's face changed with anger.
"If I were you, I wouldn't have the time to provoke someone who won't compete with you. Instead, think carefully about how you can hang out in your cousin's room in the future?" Kang Lizhang said lazily, "Don't talk about Ding Qinghong. In terms of appearance and demeanor, she is way ahead of you. Just because her father is Ding Hanlin and her grandmother is Xue Xiang's sister, her cousin can do anything to make her look decent! How can I even compete with my cousin who has served me well? Is he worthy of competing with her?"
Jin Chan was so angry that her whole body trembled, and she said in a trembling voice: "No matter what, I'm better than you! No one wants you now!"
Kang Lizhang's face changed after saying this, but Jin Chan didn't give up and kept saying, "As for the feeling of falling out of favor, hasn't my cousin tasted it before me since Lu's death?!"
After saying this, seeing that Kang Lizhang had murderous intent in his eyes, and there was no one around, Jin Chan felt a little scared, so he found a way out and said, "I have to serve others, and I am no more leisurely than my cousin, so I'm leaving!" "Leave quickly.
Kang Lizhang was left biting her lip and watching her go away with great resentment... After a long time, Kang Lizhang whispered: "If even a maid who is my wife doesn't take me seriously, how will I live in the future?! It's better to take a risk, maybe..." She tightened her fingers on the bluestone token in her sleeve, "Tonight... I must go to the north of the city!"
Ding Qinghong was wronged, Jin Chan was missing, Kang Lizhang was resentful... Qiu Yilan, who had been taking over the property one after another these days, was not in a good mood at the moment.
The reason is simple. Ruan Qingyan's injury was almost healed and he came to the door.
He was invited by Qiu Mengmin and his wife, and his original intention was to test the secrets of the things left by the concubine. It's just that Ruan Qingyan looked indifferent and cold from beginning to end. After arriving, he immersed himself in checking whether the things the palace compensated Qiu Yilan were tampered with and whether they were really worth the book price... He didn't take Qiu Mengmin and his wife's words at all. It was really impossible to observe.
"I think Lian Jianhai reminded him after he returned." Qiu Mengmin and his wife thought so.
"I haven't seen my cousin for many days. I heard she was injured before and wanted to visit her." It was almost noon and Qiu Mengmin was about to leave a message for dinner when Ruan Qingyan put down a book and said suddenly.
Qiu Mengmin pondered for a moment: "Ruan Hanlin, please help yourself."
I haven't seen any clues all morning, so forcing him to eat together will probably not lead to any results. There's no point in forcing him to stay like this.
So Ruan Qingyan went to Qiu Yilan's yard.
Qiu Yilan, who had been on pins and needles since she received him at the door, welcomed him into the main hall with trepidation and groveling, served him personally with tea and water, and did not dare to sit down at the end. She obediently lowered her hands, as if waiting for instructions.
"Is your foot injury healed?" Ruan Qingyan took the tea but did not drink it. He just held it in his hand and looked at her coldly.
Seeing Qiu Yilan wailing in her heart, she quickly put on a flattering smile on her face.
After a long time, Ruan Qingyan asked.
Although the tone was cold, Qiu Yilan was sensitive enough to hear the concern in it. Just feel sorry for me! Her spirit suddenly lifted, and she quickly entered a pitiful state: "It's not all healed yet. If I walk a few more steps, my ankles will feel sore."
In the end, Ruan Qingyan said expressionlessly: "You are responsible for your own fault, you deserve it!"
"..." Do you want to be so arrogant? ! I really hear that you care about me, okay? Qiu Yilan swallowed her tears silently, turned into a weak and desperate posture, and said sadly, "If my foot is really lame, I... I won't be able to survive!"
Ruan Qingyan was immediately furious after hearing this! But after he became angry, his expression suddenly calmed down again. He opened the tea bowl, took a sip, put it back on the table, and then asked calmly: "Oh? How do you plan to die? Are you going to jump into the lotus pond, or go to the beach?" Hit the stone lion at the door, or ask someone to buy arsenic and come back to mix rice with you? "
Qiu Yilan secretly vomited a mouthful of blood: "Is it okay not to use such a move? I have only used this move twice, and this is only the third time - why does it have to be ineffective?!" This is a sure-kill move! How could it be eliminated so quickly!
Seeing her silence, Ruan Qingyan said slowly: "Well, let me give you an idea..." As he said that, he took off a delicate dagger from his waist, slapped it on the table with a bang, and said through gritted teeth, "You stab me to death with this dagger, then go to the general's palace to kill your grandfather, and wait until the government takes you to show off your head to the public, okay?! Huh?!"
Qiu Yilan shrank her head, and decisively knelt down beside his legs. She hugged his knees and began to cry: "I was wrong! Cousin, I will never say such things again! Boo hoo... Cousin You have to believe me, this time I really know that I was very wrong, and couldn't be more wrong - please don't scare me like this, okay? Woohoo... How could I hurt my cousin and grandfather... Woo... "
Ruan Qingyan looked at her coldly, and after a while he said very tiredly: "Didn't you hurt me or my grandfather? My grandfather doesn't know anything now, maybe. But what you have done recently is not a stab in my heart. knife?!"
Finished bird! This tone... still can't pass the test? !
Qiu Yilan's legs softened as she wiped her tears and snot on his robe, thinking desperately: "How are we going to get through it?!"