As soon as Jiang Yashuang left, Su He entered the house with his fragrant hooves and said with a smile, "Is your servant back soon?"
"Are you eavesdropping again?" Qiu Yilan heard something in her words and rolled her eyes.
Su Heyi stuck out his tongue: "I just saw that you came back to the inner room before you finished writing, so I just said it casually!"
"He promised me a bear's paw today. Could it be you who told me this?" Qiu Yilan sat down at the table. Su He put the casserole away and took out the bowls and chopsticks from the food box to set them for her. He went up and said innocently: "No! My servant has never seen anyone outside this courtyard here."
Seeing that Qiu Yilan's thoughts had shifted to the milky white soup and the hooves floating in the soup, Su Hefang said cautiously, "Mr. Shao said yesterday that you look very good, but the maid accidentally said that It’s just that you love eating meat now.”
Shao Yuemei has been teaching at the Xihe Palace for the past two years, and the number of students has not changed much, except that the person has changed - Aunt Bian gave birth to a son Qiu Maozhi early last year, and was successfully promoted from aunt to concubine. Aunt Tian and her daughter who tried so hard to protect her during her pregnancy were certainly rewarded. After Concubine Bian's pillow style, Qiu Mingzhu made a good husband's family. Fearing that Princess Yang would ruin it, she hurriedly left early last year. Pavilion.
Now it is Wang Qingqian who takes her place.
Originally, Wang Qingqian had a simple and strong personality, so she was not suitable for living in a big house. However, at present, in the boudoir school, no matter Sheng Shishui or Swing, she is not someone who easily causes trouble. And the quality of Shao Yuemei's teaching was really good - Qiu Yilan thought that even if she was absent from time to time, the class would not be in chaos now, and she had a good impression of Wang Qingqian, so she invited Qiu Mingzhu to come after she left, for fear of embarrassment. The reason for the invitation confounded Qiu Mingzhu: "The master who loves to make trouble and look for trouble is gone. My cousin comes over now and doesn't have to suffer any injustice."
However, it’s not yet the first month of the year, and the boudoir school that was suspended at the end of last year has not yet started.
The students went home to celebrate the New Year. Even Shao Yuemei was picked up by Princess Chunfu and stayed there for a few days. She only came back yesterday.
So Qiu Yilan frowned when she heard this: "Mr. Shao just came back yesterday, and you can't wait to find her to sell me?"
Su He heard her displeasure, his expression turned serious, and he said hurriedly: "My servant knows my mistake!"
"Don't make your own decisions in the future!" Qiu Yilan knew that she did this in the hope that she and Jiang Yashuang would be better off, but having everything sold to others by her confidant was inappropriate and made her feel very unhappy.
This is Su He. If it were another maid, she would have directly called Ren Yazi to resell her.
After beating Su He, she used up her hooves and continued to finish writing the words for the day - it was almost dark by this time.
After a sumptuous dinner, Qiu Yilan drank tea to relieve her fatigue while waiting.
It didn't take long before Jiang Yashuang led two guards to carry all the food boxes and came over quietly: "Here are ten."
Seeing Qiu Yilan pouting in dissatisfaction, he coughed dryly: "Aren't you going to give it to your cousin? I'll send someone to send it directly to save you the inconvenience of taking it tomorrow."
Qiu Yilan then softened her expression and said sweetly: "Nineteen, you treat me so well!"
"As long as you know how good I am!" Because the guards were nearby, Jiang Yashuang couldn't ask for another kiss. His eyes regretfully lingered on her red mouth for a moment, and then he smiled, "I'm going back, grandma's place." You’re still waiting for me to have dinner with you.”
"Go, go." With the bear's paw in hand, Qiu Yilan wished he would leave as soon as possible.
She just moved a food box and put it on the table. Before she opened it, Su He hurried in and whispered: "There is someone here at Kang Lizhang's place."
"What are you doing here?" Qiu Yilan was about to lift the lid of the box and asked with a sneer, "If you can't survive in Huainan Prince's Mansion, do you want to come back here?"
The most unpleasant thing in her happy little life in the past two years was that Kang Lizhang was out of control. This thing was also weird. A few days before Qiu Maozhi landed, Kang Lizhang and her daughter suddenly disappeared from the palace. Even when they reported to Beijing, they didn't even find them. When I heard about them again in the middle of last year, Kang Lizhang had already entered the Huainan Prince's Palace!
Of course she was a concubine, but in the past six months, the news that King Huainan favored his new favorite Kang, to the point of humiliating his concubine several times, was no secret in the capital. It is conceivable that although this former cousin Kang is not very good now, her life should be very nourishing.
At this moment, she came to the door. Nine times out of ten, there was some trouble. Qiu Yilan was in a good mood now, and she didn't want to go to the troubled waters of Huainan Palace. So he didn't even bother to listen to the reason, and directly ordered: "Send the person away and stop bothering me!"
Su He did not move his feet, but said: "They said it has something to do with the concubine's things."
"Oh?" Qiu Yilan frowned. She knew that Kang Lizhang had the items in Princess Lian's dowry. Before cousin Kang could hide in the Huainan Palace, she had said that she would return all the items. Autumn waves.
But at that time, Qiu Yilan had no place to put it; and secondly, she wanted to use it to make money for Qiu Mengmin and his wife, so he said he would keep her there for the time being. As a result, after this stay, the Kang family's mother and daughter disappeared inexplicably, and naturally they could not get it back.
According to her understanding of the Kang family's mother and daughter, Kang Lizhang would never return it to her innocently, so she frowned and said, "Those are supposed to be mine. If she wants to use them to trade with me, then It's a wrong idea. Don't think that you can show off your power by being with the King of Huainan. I won't accept that!"
Su He explained: "It means that an old picture was found among the concubine's things, and there seemed to be a secret message on it. She didn't dare to make the decision on her own, so she took advantage of the fact that the young lady was about to give birth, and many people came to deliver things to her door in the past two days. Send a maid to sneak in with a message and ask you what to do with it?"
Qiu Yilan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of what Jiang Yashuang said about the missing property that the Xihe Palace should really own.
However, since this clue came from Kang Lizhang, she didn't really believe it: "Don't say old things, let her get the things first!"
Su He went to pass the message, and when he came back, he wanted to find out: "Princess, do you think it is the one my grandma mentioned?"
"What are you talking about?" Qiu Yilan asked absently while chewing the bear's paw.
"After the current prince entered the palace, it was as if the property in our princess's dowry had disappeared. Was it hidden among the concubine's things?" Su He guessed.
Qiu Yilan pointed to the food box: "It tastes good. You should also eat some. I will give some to Mother Zhou and the others later to replenish their health."
Then he said, "Do you care so much? The palace has already paid for the dowry items for my grandmother and my concubine. No matter what is on that old picture, we are not part of it!"
When Su He thought so, he felt a little angry: "So Kang Lizhang wants to seize this property? It was the princess's dowry! Even if the palace provides you with it, it was the old general who carefully prepared it for the princess."
"Then she has to win it." Qiu Yilan sneered, "If she can get it by herself, do you think she will come to me? She must not be able to get it, so she has to tell me!"
Qiu Yilan is actually not very interested in this matter. She is not a person who attaches great importance to money. Especially her current wealth is enough for her to squander for several lifetimes. The missing property of the Xihe Palace, which is worth at least eight million taels of silver - she I really don't want to get to the bottom of it.
At present, she is more concerned about another matter, "Has Deng Yi's whereabouts been found out?"
Deng Yi promised her that he would try to terminate the engagement between the two, but more than two years later, it was still an empty promise.
It's not that Qiu Yilan didn't want to settle accounts with him, but Deng Yi had no choice but to go back to Guangyang Palace after being called back by Mrs. Gu the year before last. He hardly left the palace without saying a word. Last year, he brought his mother back to his hometown to worship his father - Ruan Qingyan specially invited Qiu Feng and others for this purpose. When he was blocked in the middle of the road and questioned, Deng Yi vowed at that time: "The elders in the family do not agree, and I will try to get rid of it when I return to Beijing."
Then what? He hasn't come back yet!
Now, no matter Ruan Qingyan, Qiu Yilan or Jiang Yashuang, they are all angry when they think about this!
If this guy was in his ancestral home, it would be easier to deal with it. Send someone to chase him and settle the account in person - this time he will definitely not be given a chance to get through.
The problem is, Deng Yi didn’t know where he ended up after the sacrifice!
The Gu family might know his whereabouts, but how could they possibly tell Qiu Yilan
It happened that his mother, Mrs. Gu, accompanied him back to his hometown, and she was missing even after hearing about it. In this way, neither mother nor son can be found, and all the methods Ruan Qingyan and Jiang Yashuang have prepared in the past two years will be completely useless!
Now when I asked Su He, Su He carefully answered: "No, I didn't hear anyone at the door say there was any news from that side."
... If Deng Yi and her son were completely missing or something happened, there would be a way to resolve the marriage.
The problem is that they left a letter before they disappeared, saying that Deng Yi wanted to study abroad for a while and was worried about his widowed mother being at home. Mrs. Gu was also willing to see the beautiful rivers and mountains in Da Rui, so she simply went on a road trip with mother and son. - came back two years later, and the letter clearly asked Qiu Yilan to wait for him for two years - this is a naked regret, a regret!
Qiu Yilan regretted not killing him together when they were in Ganli Palace - maybe Queen Jiang could still protect herself
But now there is no use regretting it. I can only hope to find Deng Yi one day and argue with him again!
After hearing Su He's answer, Qiu Yilan couldn't help but sigh distractedly.
Su He hurriedly comforted him: "Didn't my cousin invite you to come over tomorrow to discuss this matter? Maybe my cousin already has an idea?"
Qiu Yilan said listlessly: "My cousin has been looking for someone for more than a day or two. I think Deng Yi and his son are obviously deliberately delaying time - with the Gu family's cover, how can it be so easy to find someone? I didn't expect them to come like this before. One hand, no defense at all..."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have a headache now!
Anyway, the next day, Qiu Yilan arrived at Ruan's house listlessly. When Ruan Qingyan saw her like this, he was going to ask why Jiang Yashuang sent bear paws yesterday, but he immediately swallowed his words and said: "Deng Yi's I already have a clue, don’t worry.”
Qiu Yilan didn't believe it and said perfunctorily: "I'm not worried. Cousin, you don't need to worry."
"Since they don't want to come out, then force them to come out." Ruan Qingyan took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Jiang Yashuang has found a substitute who looks similar to Deng Yi. In a few days, the substitute will be named Deng Yi. The news of breaking off the engagement with you has spread, let’s see if the mother and son can hide it!”
Qiu Yilan was stunned for a while and then said happily: "Cousin, you are so smart!"
Ruan Qingyan snorted: "What's so clever about such a simple idea!" He didn't give Qiu Yilan a chance to ask further questions, and asked her about her current situation with a straight face - the focus was on whether she had interacted with Jiang Yashuang recently.
Although he knew in his heart that he couldn't control his cousin at all, he still gave her some advice and then said: "Go and see eldest sister in the back."
"Cousin, are you feeling better today?" After Ruan Ciyi returned to her life as an eldest lady before she left the cabinet, it was not until the second half of last year that she gave up the idea of harming herself, but instead began to miss her missing children. , I feel in a daze all day long - anyway, all kinds of bad things happen.
This made both Ruan Qingyan and Qiu Yilan worried and headache.
Now listening to Qiu Yilan's question, Ruan Qingyan sighed tiredly: "It's still the same! Let's talk while walking."
The two brothers and sisters had just gone out, but unexpectedly, a servant came to them to report: "Master Ling Xiaohou is here."
"Cousin, you go entertain Ling Zui, and I'll go see my cousin." Qiu Yilan said after hearing this.