"Could it be the Prince's Palace of Xihe?" Qiu Yilan thought quickly for a moment before blurting out.
Fang Nongyan definitely didn’t have the guts to fall out with Ruan Qingyan, someone must have instigated it - although it was the Miss Xue family who had the recent conflict with Ruan Qingyan, it was Ruan Qingyan who suffered the loss that time. No matter how crazy the Miss Xue family is, there will be no end to it. Already
She also thought for a moment whether the Miss Xue family would vent her anger on Ruan Qingyan again after being rejected by Jiang Yashuang. But now Xue Chang was about to use the death of General Ruan as a cover to take a breather. As for Miss Xue cheating her into kissing like this? Dad
So according to normal logic, the most likely one is the Xihe Palace. "Although Empress Dowager Gu is also hostile to you, cousin, they should be focused on dealing with Prime Minister Xue now... However, in this case, Fang Nongyan's supercilious look Why did the wolf go to Jingzhao Mansion?"
Jingzhao Feng Rugui, that’s the Ashes Queen Party! Didn't Qiu Mengmin suffer enough last time
Ruan Qingyan raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brow. Although his face was not good-looking, his eyes were still calm. Obviously, this unexpected incident did not make him confused: "I asked people from 'Tianya' to keep an eye on the Fang family. I have just sent someone I went over to ask the people who have been in contact with Fang Nongyan in the past few days, and I think we will get the results after a while."
After a while, a servant came back sweating profusely and reported: "It was said over there that Taishi Ling sent a servant to the Fang family yesterday. Other than that, no one else can be involved in this matter."
"Taishi Ling?" Qiu Yilan was startled, "His surname seems to be Xue?!"
"Xue Tian, Xue Xiang's clan brother." Ruan Qingyan's eyes were heavy, "This matter should not be what Xue Xiang meant - I guess Xue Xiang may not know yet! After all, I am his disciple!"
At this time, the official master-disciple relationship is the strongest: when one party becomes prosperous, the other party will take advantage of it; when one party suffers a tragedy, the other party cannot stand by and watch - according to the default rules, even if the master-student relationship is not as close as a father and son, it is okay not to take care of him. , but they will be despised by the entire eunuch!
Therefore, Xue Chang will never openly deal with Ruan Qingyan!
Even if it is to turn around and deal with it, all relationships must be cleared away. How can it be possible for the clan brother to come forward
"I'm afraid that the apple of Prime Minister Xue's eye is sick again!" Qiu Yilan heard this and guessed right, and sneered, "The eldest lady of the Xue family brought their sixth grandson here that day, and she didn't seem to have any objections to us - I thought the prime minister’s daughter was so high-end, but it turns out she’s also a swindler!”
But I felt a little confused, "How could it be found out so easily? Is there any inside story?" The prime minister's brother and daughter wouldn't have such low IQs to do bad things, right? The victim found out before he even left the house.
"Easy?" Ruan Qingyan said calmly, "This news costs five thousand taels of silver!"
"...It's really not easy." Qiu Yilan said sincerely, "It's just a black shop!"
She asked, "What about now?"
"I asked Ruan Yi to go to Prime Minister Xue's house, tell Prime Minister Xue what happened, and ask him to make the decision." Knowing that Miss Xue's family was behind Fang Nongyan's accusation, Ruan Qingyan was no longer worried, "Anyway, this is When I am criticized, Prime Minister Xue is the one who has the biggest headache."
Qiu Yilan hummed: "Yes, I finally found a chance to breathe, but my daughter disturbed me. I hope Xiang Xue will be more decisive in his killing. It is better to kill this kind of daughter as soon as possible!"
Ruan Qingyan didn't take her angry words to heart, and just said: "Xue Xiang will discipline his family, don't worry about it... It's past meal time, go and eat quickly, don't be hungry."
"Look at the way you are devouring your food. I don't know, but I thought our Jiang family couldn't get rid of the pot!" At this moment, in the Zishen Palace, Queen Jiang was smiling and holding the plum green ground double carp and lotus tea bowl, teasing her. The nephew who has his head down eating.
Jiang Yashuang took off the last piece of green rice, took the tea handed to her by the palace maid, rinsed her mouth, and then explained: "My nephew wanted to finish all the homework for today before noon, but unknowingly missed the meal time. Afraid of worrying my grandmother by passing on food again, I simply went to the palace to give Fourth Aunt a meal."
Among the nineteen nieces and nephews, Empress Jiang doted on the twins Jiang Qizheng and Jiang Yashuang the most. The main reason was that they were raised by Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Tao, and they had always been close to them. Bit. This is also the reason why Jiang Qizheng, as the youngest granddaughter of the Jiang family, was named a princess ahead of many other sisters.
As for Jiang Yashuang, he was regarded as a son by the queen who had no biological prince so far. After listening to his words, the queen laughed and scolded: "Since it is a day's homework, what do you have to finish before noon?" ?”
Jiang Yashuang looked around. When the queen raised her eyes, the palace people all bowed, and in an instant, only Ni Jin and a few confidants were left. The queen then asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
"I heard that Prime Minister Xue handed over a note yesterday and wanted to confer the new title of General Ruan?" Jiang Yashuang asked flatteringly, "This is just a matter of a decree and some money, so why not just agree to it?" "
Empress Jiang said with a half-smile: "I said, why are you rushing to finish your homework and come to the palace? It turns out that you got the order from your sweetheart?"
"Where is that?" Jiang Yashuang blurted out, "Yilan went to the General's Mansion after receiving bad news about General Ruan. With Ruan Qingyan watching over there, I couldn't even see her when I went to express my condolences. How could this happen? What does she mean? It’s me..."
Hearing this, Empress Jiang and her confidants laughed out loud - the empress pointed at him: "Listen! It is said that after a woman has someone she admires, it is inevitable that her elbows will turn outwards. Our Shuang'er turned her elbows outwards. ?”
Ni Jin pursed her lips and smiled: "The Nineteenth Young Master has not even come here yet, but the Nineteenth Young Master is already so loving... Hehe!"
Jiang Yashuang ignored her and asked the queen with a smile: "Fourth aunt promised me?"
"You also go out, I will have a conversation with Shuang'er alone." Empress Jiang put down the tea bowl, raked her hair from her temples and said with a smile.
When Ni Jin and others also left, there were only two aunts and nephews in the large side hall, but she suppressed a smile and frowned, "What do you think? Is this Princess Ningyi?"
Jiang Yashuang's face turned slightly red when her elder asked him such a straightforward question, but she still said: "Yes."
"Although she is the princess, she doesn't have the support of her elders!" the queen reminded.
"What the fourth aunt said - as long as you love your nephew, why should your nephew consider the power of the in-law family?" Jiang Yashuang disagreed, "Besides, when a man is born in the world, he should be the support of his wife and children. If he only thinks of relying on others, there is nothing he can do. What's the meaning?"
Seeing that his words were not meant specifically for her, the queen secretly breathed a sigh of relief: As Mrs. Tao's only biological daughter, of course she hoped that Mrs. Tao would get her wish, but after all, Jiang Yashuang looked after her as if she were her own son. Growing up, the queen really didn't want him to be wronged in life-long matters.
Now that Jiang Yashuang herself has taken a fancy to Qiu Yilan, it would be best for Queen Jiang not to have to choose between her mother and her nephew.
But the queen thought for a moment and finally said: "I know you don't care about this. However, I heard that Princess Ning Yi seems to be very close to her cousin Ruan Qingyan?"
"After all, Xihe Wang and his wife treated her very badly." Jiang Yashuang thought about this issue for a while, and then said, "Among all her relatives, this cousin is the only one she can rely on. I think Ruan Qingyan treats her as a sister. —Otherwise, I wouldn’t have gone to Prime Minister Xue’s mansion frequently before.”
Empress Jiang said with a smile: "Is that so? But it's better for them to have less contact with each other in the future. After all, they are just cousins. Ruan Qingyan has never married until now. This frequent movement will cause discussion. Even if they are innocent, you It doesn’t look good on the face either.”
"My nephew will remind them in the future... Fourth aunt, what about the posthumous title?" Jiang Yashuang brought the topic back to its original position.
Queen Jiang said angrily: "Why are you in such a hurry?" But she still told him, "What your grandfather means is that since you have rejected the Xue family once, you must win over Xue Chang again. However, our family is not that powerful. It's easy to borrow. If Xue Chang doesn't get some benefits, it's impossible for him to be a white wolf. "
Jiang Yashuang asked hurriedly: "How long will it take?"
"It all depends on Xue Chang." Empress Jiang said with a smile, "General Ruan was once the commander-in-chief of the Zhenxi Army, and it was he who trained Kuang Shihan! What happened when General Ruan and his son-in-law were defeated so badly? It's not like you don't know what's going on - although Xue Chang is reluctant to take sides in Jianggu, if he doesn't show Kuang Shihan this time, I won't say anything."
Seeing Jiang Yashuang looking at her longingly, Queen Jiang nodded at him, and shouted angrily and funny, "What's your expression? You haven't even married yet, and you can't wait to protect her? Even General Ruan. Who is Ruan Qingyan? He is Xue Chang's protégé! As for Princess Ning Yi, she is the granddaughter and she also has the title of princess - this posthumous title is totally unavailable to her. Nothing!”
"Kuang Shihan's military power was unjust. This person is Empress Dowager Gu's important arm in dealing with our Jiang family. Wouldn't it be great if we could take this opportunity to deal with him?" Jiang Yashuang said flatteringly, "Why should Fourth Aunt sit down?" See if Xue Xiang takes action? Can’t our family also help?”
Queen Jiang laughed and scolded: "You are really confused by that little girl! Can't you understand such a simple truth? If our family takes action, the old man from Taishi Palace will be suspicious and leave Xue Chang to fight with our family. , Xue Chang's embarrassment is solved, do you think he will still speak for our family? "
Jiang Yashuang said angrily: "I thought Fourth Aunt, who always loved me, would pretend to be confused and agree to it!"
"Anyway, just don't let your sweetheart suffer a loss." Empress Jiang felt soft when she saw her nephew's disappointed look, but she still made a promise, "After all, even if I don't look at your face, Ruan Qingyan's talent is worth cultivating - he is After entering the Imperial Academy and being so close to Xue Chang, it’s time for him to think about whether he should follow his master or our Jiang family! "
Speaking of this, the queen also felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that Xue Chang didn't know how to teach his daughter. Otherwise, he has both talent and appearance, and his family is simple, making him an excellent candidate for a son-in-law. Think about it, Zheng'er is already sixteen..."
"The one my family wanted to marry him before was the fifteenth sister." Jiang Yashuang reminded.
"For an ignorant woman like Mrs. Dou, who taught Qiyun to be so narrow-minded, promising this to Ruan Qingyan is not flattering him, but torturing him." Since there was no one else in front of her now, Queen Jiang didn't care. He did not hide his disgust for Jiang Tianao's wife Dou - Qin Guogong's first wife, Mrs. Dou, was Dou's biological aunt. After she died of illness that year, the Dou family wanted to remarry Mrs. Dou's cousin, who was Dou's aunt. Give it to the Duke of Qin to maintain the relationship between the two families.
As a result, the Duke of Qin successfully sought to marry the granddaughter of Tao Yinsong, the "pillar of the country", and of course he would not consider the Dou family daughter again. The Dou family did not dare to fall out with Duke Qin, so they blamed Mrs. Tao. Especially two years after Mrs. Tao came out of the cabinet, Tao Yinsong passed away, and the Tao family declined rapidly... Relying on her husband, the Dou family won the love and tolerance of her two uncles, Duke Qin and Marquis of Jibei. Not to mention troublesome step-aunt, Empress Lian Jiang was there. I was often bullied by this sister-in-law in the boudoir.
Although the Dou family was also tortured by Empress Jiang after she came to power, her hatred for the Dou family has never changed - she hates the whole house and the children of the eldest family of the Jiang family have always been the least popular in front of the queen.
Especially Jiang Qiyun, who almost hurt the queen's favorite niece Jiang Qizheng. The queen can be said to be extremely disgusted with this niece. "I didn't trust Ruan Qingyan before, so I let the big house choose him. Now look at it." He's pretty good. If the unruly guy from the Xue family hadn't told him first that he wouldn't be a good choice - why would a lowly maid even look down on her? Our family Zheng'er would have chosen Zheng'er instead. It’s actually not bad to drop it to him.”
Jiang Yashuang is not worried about her sister's lifelong events. After all, her fifteenth cousin is not married yet, and it is not Jiang Qizheng's turn to leave the court. Besides, this sister has so many elders watching her, so she cannot suffer any loss. What he is more concerned about is: "The Ruan family plans to stay in mourning for seven days, and then they will leave for Laizhou. I wonder if the posthumous title can be finalized before Ruan Qingyan leaves?"