Qiu Yilan believed that although she knew nothing about Kuang Qingwu, Jiang Yashuang definitely knew it.
Sure enough, Su He handed over the news, and Jiang Yashuang, a familiar person, climbed through the back window. Qiu Yilan, who had already dismissed her servants, was waiting impatiently - the two of them flirted for a while as usual, and Qiu Yilan pinched her. Lifting his arm: "Seriously, what is Kuang Qingwu's background? Why are you trying to embarrass my cousin? I always feel that the Kuang family owes the Ruan family, right?"
Jiang Yashuang pointed to the empty tea bowl in front of her. When Qiu Yilan curled her lips and poured him a cup of tea, she stood up and took a sip, then she said happily: "The Kuang family versus the Ruan family. That’s probably how I feel.”
"It's strange that people say that the disciples of the church starve to death, the master." The more Qiu Yilan thought about it, the more she felt aggrieved for General Ruan, "I really don't know how this kind of person can take charge of the Suppression of the West Army, and be so heartless towards the superior officials who have worked so hard to train him. Aren’t his subordinates afraid that they will be betrayed by him?”
Jiang Yashuang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "I didn't make it clear to you last time, but General Ruan's favor to Kuang Shihan was not as simple as a nurturing favor!" The two of them didn't talk much about Kuang Shihan last time. The sentence turned to the missing bulk of the property in the Xihe Palace, and then they started to quarrel - they didn't finish the sentence at all.
Therefore, Qiu Yilan only knew a little about the relationship between Kuang Shihan and Old General Ruan. At this moment, Jiang Yashuang explained to her, "Kang Shihan's father was once General Ruan's robe, but that one was short-lived. Kuang Shihan Han died in the battle when he was less than six years old. To say that the Kuang family was a cold one - although Kuang Shihan's father died in the war, he had gained some status during his lifetime, accumulated a lot of belongings, and received a pension from the court. , it was enough for him to grow up without any worries..."
"But it has only been a year since his father was buried. His mother ran away with Xinruan and there is still no news! His uncles also took away almost all the property because of his mother, and the remaining money will be used to raise him. , but he didn’t want to—in the end, General Ruan was so angry that he took him over and raised him as his own son!”
Qiu Yilan was stunned and said: "With such kindness, this person named Kuang can actually do something to eradicate the Ruan family?!"
In vain, she thought she had no moral integrity, but now she knew that there was someone else! Not to mention Kuang Shihan, who was raised and cultivated by General Ruan, even Ruan Qingyan, Su He, and Zhou’s mother, Qiu Yilan couldn’t sell them now!
"Sure enough, beasts have no distinction between planes and are everywhere!" Qiu Yilan sighed secretly as she thought about the human heart revealed in times of crisis in her previous life.
Jiang Yashuang obviously had great disdain for Kuang Shihan: "In other words, most of the generals in the Zhenxi Army are people who have the overall situation in mind. At the beginning, General Ruan was plotted against the Western Barbarians and suffered a huge defeat. He was escorted away Return to the capital to question the crime - At that time, your father died in the battle, and only Kuang Shihan was left to lead the Western Army. If you don't listen to him, the Western Barbarians will really invade the territory of Darui! I heard my grandfather say, Many generals in the Zhenxi Army were eager to kill Kuang Shihan, but they had to accept his command... The generals who showed such thoughts at that time were deliberately sent to death by Kuang Shihan... "
He smiled sarcastically, "That's why I said before that Kuang Shihan and Queen Mother Gu didn't fully believe in the Zhenxi Army. Because back then, in order to seize power as quickly as possible, Kuang Shihan massacred generals who were sympathetic to General Ruan. After that, many generals wanted to protect themselves. They surrendered to him - but who knows whether these people are sincerely following him, or are they just being arrogant and willing to be poisoned by him? "
"... My grandfather has a really hard life, to meet such a white-eyed wolf!" Qiu Yilan sighed and said quietly, "You mean, Kuang Shihan plans to make the Ruan family extinct again? So that he can put his heart to rest. A completely black heart?”
Speaking of this, her tone couldn't help but become a little colder!
Jiang Yashuang muttered: "If you want to eliminate the heir, it probably won't happen. With Brother Ruan's methods, normally he would not be given such a chance! But he probably wants to ruin Brother Ruan's career career - after all, he has a guilty conscience, even if Brother Ruan is now taking the path of a civil servant, and he will not go to Zhenxi Army to compete with him for anything. However, he owes General Ruan so much in his heart. When he sees the Ruan family serving as officials in the court, he will probably be dissatisfied. having peace of mind."
Qiu Yilan sneered: "Since he has done so much thanks to his conscience, he still wants to live in peace? I don't think he can live in peace even if he dies!"
"If there is a chance, we definitely can't let him live!" Jiang Yashuang said with a smile, "But he is really not easy to deal with now."
"Speaking of which... you just watched my cousin being bullied by Kuang Qingwu?" Qiu Yilan looked at him sideways.
Jiang Yashuang couldn't miss this moment of determination - even if he was thinking the day before that Ruan Qingyan would avoid the capital if he couldn't stand Kuang Qingwu's provocation, but in front of Qiu Yilan, he didn't even think about it. Without hesitation: "How is that possible?! I am in the Imperial College now. As soon as Kuang Qingwu comes in, I will make him want to die. He is too busy to take care of himself. Why do you want to disturb Brother Ruan's filial piety?!"
"It is said that he wanted to sneak into Beijing... bully my cousin first and then go to the Imperial College?" Qiu Yilan was not very satisfied with this attitude.
Hearing this, Jiang Yashuang laughed and said, "Where did you get this news? Unless everyone in the Kuang family is dizzy, Kuang Qingwu will be allowed to quietly come to Beijing. Let me tell you, I don't know if it was Kuang Shihan." Because his kindness was repaid, he had a lot of backyards. Even after marrying Princess Xingkang, he often had prostitutes and concubines, but he had very few offspring! Qingwu was his only child. If he left quietly, there would be no trace of him on the road. Be careful of being killed... How can Kuang Shihan endure it?"
Qiu Yilan heard what he meant: If Kuang Qingwu dares to sneak into Beijing, the Jiang family will let him die quietly!
"It seems that I was deceived by Yang!" She pouted and was about to say something when she suddenly thought of something and said in surprise, "How old is Kuang Qingwu...?"
Jiang Yashuang said indifferently: "It seems to be a few years older than me... He must have been crowned, but he may not have been crowned."
"So, he is not the daughter of Princess Xingkang?" Qiu Yilan asked in surprise, "I remember that Princess Xingkang was the posthumous daughter of the late emperor? She was only seventeen years old when she was born to Kuang Shihan, so she was so close. Only fifteen or sixteen years?”
"Of course not." Jiang Yashuang nodded, "Kuang Shihan is several years older than the eldest princess Xingkang. Before the eldest princess landed on him, Kuang Qingwu landed - Kuang Shihan hadn't married yet, so he He was fostered outside. At first, he was not even given a surname. Later, he became his master and took a concubine. He was unable to have any children, so he had to take him back. It seems that because of this, the relationship between Kuang Qingwu and Kuang Shihan was Quite a gap.”
Qiu Yilan hummed: "This person is so heartless towards his benefactor, and it's not surprising that he is irresponsible towards his son."
Thinking that all these things were caused by Queen Mother Gu, she couldn't help but sneer, "Queen Mother Gu is willing to bear it. Her own flesh and blood, less than twenty-nine years old, is nothing more than a reckless man with a cold temperament and an older age. As a stepmother, Princess Xingkang is so precious that I don’t know how she feels when she meets such an ambitious queen!”
Jiang Yashuang said with a faint smile: "Do you think that Princess Xingkang's life is miserable? She is still the eldest princess after all. Don't forget that Princess Changping, who was also the daughter of the Queen Mother, was born to Tang Zimo's son Tang Dan before she even grew up. Here’s the title of princess!”
Qiu Yilan was surprised: "If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have noticed that Tang Danshang's is just a princess - why?"
"The eldest princess Xingkang has no children because Kuang Shihan has a weak relationship with the heirs. Princess Changping can have children, but unfortunately she gave birth to five daughters in a row. The Tang family missed their grandchildren so much that they discussed taking in concubines with her... Do you think that whether Xingkang or Changping , these two are the biological daughters of Queen Mother Gu, and they are spoiled, how can they be willing? "
When Jiang Yashuang said this, she picked up a tea bowl and drank tea to moisten her throat. Qiu Yilan said: "I don't know about Princess Changping's mansion, but from Princess Xingkang, didn't you say that Master Kuang Shihan didn't pay less after that?" concubine?"
"Kuang Shihan holds the power of the Zhenxi Army and is the indispensable arm of Queen Mother Gu to fight against our Jiang family. No matter how respectful he is of the eldest princess Xingkang, how can he really be obeyed by the eldest princess?" Jiang Yashuang said with a faint smile, "Besides Queen Mother Gu, there really aren't any good generals besides him... How could the Queen Mother have a rift with him because of a few concubines?"
After all, in the eyes of Queen Mother Gu, the happiness of her biological daughter is not as important as her own ambition.
But this is not surprising. This man probably regarded his son as a necessary condition for his regency. In other words, Queen Jiang and the Jiang family are more powerful than the other, otherwise they would have been killed long ago and followed in the footsteps of old General Ruan!
"What about Princess Changping?" Qiu Yilan asked doubtfully, "Is it because Princess Changping did not allow the husband-in-law to take concubines, so in order to win over the Tang family, the Queen Mother cut off her eldest princess title and only made her a princess?" This is too low-key. Small? Where is the majesty of the royal family
Jiang Yashuang smiled and said: "Although Empress Dowager Gu also privately advised Princess Changping to agree to the concubine, the worst she could do was leave the mother and keep the son... But it was impossible for her to please the Tang family so much. The title of eldest princess was removed by my fourth aunt. of."
Qiu Yilan was relieved: "I just said it!"
He was also curious, "Just to prevent the prince-in-law from taking concubines, shouldn't it be possible to reduce Princess Changping's title of eldest princess?"
Jiang Yashuang said: "That's right, but who made Princess Changping push her mother-in-law out of grievance, causing Tang Dan's mother to fall down the steps? Although nothing serious happened, it was still disrespectful to the elders."
Qiu Yilan curled her lips: "God knows whether she was really pushed down or on purpose!" Princess Changping had given birth to five daughters to Tang Dan at that time. Her husband's family still didn't know what kind of temper she had
Knowing that she would not agree to the prince-in-law taking a concubine, and having to ignore her opinions because of her status as a princess, she used words to provoke her into action, and took advantage of the situation to throw her into a trap. Even if Empress Jiang did not add insult to injury, she would be demoted to the title of eldest princess. In order to appease the Tang family, Empress Dowager Gu He would also allow the husband-in-law to take concubines on behalf of his daughter.
This poor Princess Changping was probably tricked by her mother-in-law's family.
"Probably only the Tang family knows about this." Jiang Yashuang heard the faint sympathy for Princess Changping in her tone and muttered, "At that time, Empress Dowager Gu packed a lot of people into my fourth aunt's palace... My fourth aunt did the same. She is so righteous, but the matter of Princess Changping happened to fall into her hands, isn't it?"
It turned out to be because I was angry - I have such a selfish mother, and it was really unspeakable bitter tears!
Qiu Yilan asked with emotion: "What about Tang Dan now?"
"None of the three sons was born to Princess Changping." Jiang Yashuang said with a smile, "But the biological mother is gone, and they are all raised by the princess."
"So what's the good thing about being a woman these days?" Qiu Yilan was silent for a while and said resentfully, "Before I left the palace, I learned to take care of the family business, needlework, and treat people like a spinning top... In short, playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, drinking wine, etc. Firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, whether elegant or vulgar, are all available - after taking a sedan chair and passing through the door, serving the whole family conscientiously, doing things like cows and horses in front of the sky, but still smiling at everything, and maybe you will be picked on this or that... There are still things in between As long as you are able to have children, even if you are like this, it may not stop your husband from looking for flowers and flowers! You can't be wronged! If you are wronged, you are not generous or virtuous enough, which is the jealousy among the seven..."
When Jiang Yashuang heard this, she also said resentfully: "It sounds like you have suffered a lot of grievances, and you don't want to think about how many times I have been beaten by your brothers and sisters in the past two years - am I still waiting for you with care all day long? If I really neglected you, why don’t you beat me to death? It’s me who should say this! I’m the one who’s been wronged and doesn’t know who to turn to, okay?”
"Oh, then who do you want to cry to?" As expected, Qiu Yilan's resentful look suddenly disappeared, she grabbed his ears and asked with a ferocious expression, "I can't tell you are hiding a beauty. Confidant is Bai Yueguang? !