The Lantern Festival had just passed at this time, and there were still a few days until the day to go out for an outing in the city, so there was no rush to prepare for the trip.
There are also two older and more stable maids, Chun Ran and Xia Ran, in charge. Su He, who is following Qiu Yilan attentively, is not busy with the writing, but is talking about Princess Yang's request: "They have always treated the county. My Lord, you have bad intentions and tried every means to ask you to take the six princesses out together this time. This servant always feels that you are cheating!"
Qiu Yilan looked at the ink under her hand, nodded and said, "It's almost done." Su He quickly put down the ink, wiped the handle, and tied her sleeves with a jumper.
Picking up a piece of purple hair and starting to practice calligraphy, Qiu Yilan said, "I'm also annoyed with them, but since they talked about Kuang Qingwu and involved Duke Zhang Guo, if they still don't agree, even if I refuse to accept Qiu Jinzhu probably won’t be able to avoid this trouble if he goes out, so why not use the trick to see what they are planning?”
Su He said blankly: "My maid, I really don't understand. My cousin and the crown prince Zhang Guogong are beyond our reach. How could we get into such trouble?" Although her grandmother came to the Xihe Palace as a dowry from the Ruan family, , but in the end he was just a servant, and he had no idea about the grudge between Kuang Shihan and General Ruan.
Qiu Yilan didn't mean to explain it to her. She said while practicing calligraphy: "So, it's useless for us to just guess. It's better to follow them occasionally."
"Then you have to be careful." Su He said solemnly, "Zhang Guogong is also the consort, and his eldest son is the grandson of the Queen Mother!"
"What are you afraid of? Princess Chunfu is still the Queen's niece!" Qiu Yilan squinted her eyes, "Tell me if Kuang Qingwu has arrived in Beijing by now. Even if he has arrived, how can he, a man, still do it? If he is so shameless to go to an outing, Princess Chunfu will beat him to death no matter how good-tempered he is!"
Just as he was talking, Shen Shui came in with a look of joy on his face and reported: "My cousin has sent a message, saying that Deng Yi's mother and son have appeared at the foot of Pingshan Mountain and are now rushing to the middle of the capital - my cousin is already mobilizing." People are on hand to greet you!”
Now that Qiu Yilan wants to regret her marriage, it is no secret to the servants who serve her. Now Ruan Qingyan wants to send people to find Deng Yi and his son. Everyone knows that he wants to discuss the dissolution of the engagement with them - it is difficult for Shen Shui to think of "welcoming "Such a cover-up wording.
Qiu Yilan and Su He were both overjoyed when they heard this. They stopped practicing their writing and threw away their purple hair and asked, "Is the news accurate? The letter at that time didn't say two years, how could it be so fast?"
"My maid doesn't know either, but it's definitely them - it seems that Mrs. Nagu fell on Pingshan Mountain? So mother and son can't continue to travel and have to go back to the capital to seek medical treatment!" Shen Shui said with a smile, "I don't think even God can see that they are deliberately delaying the princess' youth!"
Qiu Yilan was in a good mood: "Sure enough, if you do too much good deeds, you will always be rewarded! I said you should take good care of Dabai, so that the birds can rest assured when they come down to eat the grains - look, there are things going on in the dark. Is there any repayment?”
Su He and Shen Shui looked at her smug "I knew I was a good person" look, and felt dumbfounded. They echoed a few words, and Su He reminded: "Why don't you go to my cousin to ask for details?"
"Of course I want to go!" Qiu Yilan brushed her hair and ordered energetically, "Bring Dabai to me, lest this little scoundrel continues to bully other people's birds when I'm not at home... And sweep some more snow out, Treat them well!"
Apparently she really took the credit for this turn of events because she fed the birds a few times on a whim...
Su He and Shen Shui were speechless, but they didn't want to argue with her over such an insignificant matter, so they cleaned up and got into the car with her.
On the Ruan family side, not only Ruan Qingyan, but also Ruan Ciyi, who had never known anything, was alarmed.
Qiu Yilan had just entered the door when she heard Ruan Ciyi say with a rare joyful tone: "... then, a talent like Cousin Qiu deserves a good marriage."
"That's what the eldest sister said." Ruan Qingyan responded with a smile. When he saw his cousin coming in, he waved to her to sit down. "I am discussing with the eldest sister the appearance of Deng Yi and his son. Come and discuss the details together."
"It is said that Mrs. Na Gu fell down on the mountain? Is it true or false?" Qiu Yilan made a family ceremony, sat next to Ruan Ciyi, and asked impatiently.
Ruan Qingyan muttered: "That's what the news says. As for whether it's true or not - anyway, as long as the person is good, that's all."
"I just don't know if they are willing to break off the engagement." Ruan Ciyi raised his hand and touched Qiu Yilan's temples, secretly sighing that this cousin was born really well. Apart from other things, she just said that she had long hair and green silk on her tentacles. Silk, the light of hope can judge people. If you really marry Deng Yi's famously masculine master, everyone will feel that it is a waste of natural resources. "But the Deng family's background is just that, there should be many benefits that can be negotiated." Right?"
Ruan Qingyan looked at the expectant eyes of his sister and sister, and said with a faint smile: "The people I sent this time are quite eloquent, I expect there will be no problems."
This can also be used to deal with Ruan Ciyi. After all, she had stayed in Hezhou for more than ten years and had no news from Beijing. After returning to Beijing, she had been recovering from her emotional wounds in the past two years and had no idea about the situation in the court in recent years.
He knew very well that because of his offending Queen Mother Gu and his growing closeness to Queen Jiang's party in the past two years, the Gu family would not be able to get Deng Yi to agree to break off the engagement - Qiu Yilan absolutely did not believe that Ruan Qingyan was so sure. Because what kind of senior negotiator was sent this time!
After a while, Ruan Ciyi's maid persuaded her to go back and drink the nourishing decoction. Qiu Yilan watched her cousin leave, picked up her skirt, jumped up to Ruan Qingyan, pulled her sleeves and acted coquettishly: "Who did my cousin send this time?" , so confident?"
"Qiu Feng has already given him a chance. Since he doesn't want it, I think it's better to let 'Tianya' go." Sure enough, Ruan Qingyan wrote lightly, "Darui can't help a woman remarrying, especially if you haven't passed the Deng family. I think it's better to die." Most assured!”
My cousin is still so domineering!
Qiu Yilan sighed with emotion, but was a little worried: "Ms. Yang told me before that the eldest son of Zhang Guogong in the Zhenxi Army seemed to want to embarrass you. It is said that Yang Tao found out and quickly sent him back to the capital. The news has just come out, and Deng Yi and his son are no longer hiding. Cousin, do you think there is any connection between these two things? "
"Kang Qingwu?" Ruan Qingyan asked thoughtfully, and Qiu Yilan immediately sensed that her cousin was concerned about, or had been concerned about, Kuang Shihan.
Otherwise, there are so many powerful people in Da Rui, and Kuang Shihan is away from the capital all year round, he would just pay it back. His son's name - Kuang Qingwu is not a celebrity. Even if he is a celebrity, his reputation has definitely not spread to the capital. At least before Princess Yang said it, Qiu Yilan had never heard of this person - Ruan Qingyan could say it casually, so he must have paid special attention to it.
"That's him." Qiu Yilan couldn't help but feel worried, "I don't know why he's so crazy that he wants to go against his cousin!"
Ruan Qingyan thought for a while, then smiled calmly and said: "I think it was someone who instigated it. I have never met this person, so I can't think of anything he has against me. It doesn't matter. When we meet, we can explain it properly." It’s done in one go.”
"You didn't tell me!" If she had just met him for a moment, Qiu Yilan might have believed it, but now she knew that Ruan Qingyan was trying to avoid seriousness. Qiu Yilan knew that what he didn't want to say could be asked without being coquettish, so she sighed and complained, "I'm not a child now, why don't you tell me this or that? "
As she expected, after hearing this, Ruan Qingyan just smiled: "It's really nothing, don't worry about it."
Qiu Yilan still wanted to pester her, but Ruan Qingyan asked her about her outing: "If you want to take Qiu Jinzhu with you, you have to be careful. Qiu Mengmin's daughter is probably not very clever. Don’t let her trick you! If it doesn’t work, I’ll give you a solution so that she can’t go out that day.”
"I hope to see through her what Qiu Mengmin and the others are planning!" Qiu Yilan objected, "Besides, she is just a little girl, and I can't resist her?"
Ruan Qingyan also knew that Qiu Jinzhu alone could not do anything to her, so he said: "There is nothing wrong with being careful."
"Yes, yes, I will be careful - cousin, what about Kuang Qingwu..." Qiu Yilan was most afraid of his nagging and wanted to bring the topic back to the Crown Prince Zhang Guogong, but Ruan Qingyan didn't give her this chance at all. Quan Dang He didn't hear her say that. He took a sip of tea and asked Jiang Yashuang: "How is he doing lately?"
Qiu Yilan was immediately alert and said seriously: "I don't know, I haven't seen him recently!"
Ruan Qingyan snorted: "Tell the truth!"
"... That's it!" Qiu Yilan said angrily, "Cousin, didn't you acquiesce last year... "
Ruan Qingyan asked with a half-smile, "He didn't say anything bad about me to you, did he?"
"Speaking ill of you?" Qiu Yilan asked in surprise, "How is this possible? If he speaks ill of you in front of me, isn't this asking for a beating?"
"That's not necessarily the case. It's not a day or two since you think I'm so tight on you." Ruan Qingyan took another sip of tea and said slowly, "Isn't it just a way for him to do what you like and scold me in front of you? "
Qiu Yilan quickly expressed her loyalty: "How dare he! Isn't it for my own good that my cousin controls me? When I say that my cousin controls me tightly, it's just a show of coquettishness - it's not the turn of others to make irresponsible remarks?"
Ruan Qingyan narrowed his eyes and looked at her: "Seriously?"
"More real than pearls!" Qiu Yilan said righteously, "Even if he is my future husband, how can he compare with you, my cousin?! My husband can be changed, but how can I change my cousin? How can my cousin treat me? He has no room to talk!"
... Ruan Qingyan looked at her for a moment, and his eyes seemed to sparkle. After a long time, he sighed, reached out and touched the top of her hair, and said happily: "Listening to your words, my brother is willing to die for you." "
Qiu Yilan, who was waiting for him to praise her for not turning her elbows outwards, said horribly, "Cousin, please don't talk nonsense! We both have to live well - otherwise, what will happen to my eldest cousin?"
Why did this sound so ominous to her? Could it be that Kuang Qingwu came with extremely bad intentions, and Ruan Qingyan had no confidence in dealing with him
"Even if the Kuang family is not as good as the Jiang family, they are still giants in the military. Kuang Qingwu is still the heir apparent..." After leaving the Ruan family, Qiu Yilan couldn't hide the worry on her face, "Hurry up and ask Nineteen!"