This was the first time Qiu Yilan saw He Shuijin's fiancé Jiang Yaheng. He was about eighteen or nineteen years old. He was tall and similar in appearance to brothers Jiang Yadan and Jiang Yashuang. They were both handsome men with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. After entering the pavilion, before he had finished taking off his coir raincoat, he affectionately said to He Shuijin: "Cousin, I heard that you are trapped here, and I am very worried! Quickly call Brother Eighth and Brother Nineteenth to come over and take a look."
He Shuijin was very pleased with it. He smiled reservedly and said, "We are worried about how to go back when the rain is so heavy. If you come here now, do you have any ideas?"
"The carriage is temporarily unavailable. There is a section of the road that is flooded, so we all took a detour on horseback." Jiang Yashuang looked at Qiu Yilan who was wearing a curtain hat, worried about the crowds here. , it was not easy to go up to greet him, and said, "If the rain doesn't stop, I probably won't be able to return to the city for two or three days."
Jiang Qizheng was surprised and asked: "What should we do?" Are we going to stay here for two or three days
"Grandma said that if the road back to the city is dangerous, she should stay in a nearby villa." Jiang Yadan glanced at Jiang Yaheng for a moment, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it. At this moment, he said, "Before coming, I asked the housekeeper and found out that there is a village about four miles away from here, and someone has just been sent there to find a sedan to pick you up."
All the girls breathed a sigh of relief, but Qiu Yilan and Qiu Jinzhu were still uneasy and restless.
He Shuijin noticed it and asked Jiang Yaheng: "Did you greet our family before you came here?"
Jiang Yaheng said in a daze: "I forgot about this...can I send someone to tell you later?"
"Let's talk to all the families, so as not to worry about father and brother." He Shuijin introduced to him the people present - although most of these people can be regarded as relatives of the Jiang family, Xu is older and is here. Moreover, there is a master with such a reputation as Jiang Yadan. At this moment, except for Jiang Qizheng and He Shuijin, all of them had put on their hats before the Jiang brothers came in. He Shuijin didn't mean to go into details. The surname and family lineage were explained.
When he heard about the two princesses of the Xihe Palace, Jiang Yaheng's eyes wandered over the veils of Qiu Yilan and Qiu Jinzhu, revealing a trace of curiosity. He then looked away and ordered the servant to go out and deliver the message with a smile.
Next, Jiang Yaheng teased He Shuijin when he had nothing to say. Jiang Qizheng occasionally asked Brother Jiang Yadan about the road conditions, while the others remained silent... Seeing that dusk was approaching, the sedan finally arrived.
By the time we arrived at Jiangjiazhuangzi, four miles away, the sky was already dark, but the rain had still not let up.
It's just that the basic things are available in Zhuangzi, and those who came out today are all people who have not left the cabinet, so there is no urgent matter that needs to be dealt with back to the city. So everyone lamented the rain, not knowing how many more days the road back to the city would be flooded, so they began to bathe, change clothes, and prepare for meals under Jiang Qizheng's arrangement.
Qiu Yilan came out of the bathroom with wet long hair. The maid of the Jiang family who was guarding the door came up to report: "Dinner will be held in the flower hall. Her Highness the Princess sent a maid to guide the princess."
"Sorry to trouble you." It was almost past meal time when they arrived at Zhuangzi. Worried about the cold wind entering the body, Jiang Qizheng suggested taking a bath before eating. Even if she had eaten a few cakes in the middle, Qiu Yilan was already hungry now, just watching the time The knee-length hair is a little hesitant - it will definitely be too late to go to the flower hall after drying it, and it would look too ungraceful to wear it like this.
The maid noticed it and said, "Just wear it like this. Your Highness the Princess probably won't have time to wring it out. Anyway, there are only women in the flower hall, and the gentlemen are all in the front."
Qiu Yilan felt relieved and went to the flower hall with the maid. Sure enough, Jiang Qizheng and others all had their long hair loose and were sitting there, letting the maid twist their hair while waiting for everyone to gather.
"Sister Qiu is here, are you okay?" Jiang Qizheng nodded towards her and said worriedly, "Just now, sister Mi coughed, and I was in the kitchen making ginger soup for her."
Hearing this, Qiu Yilan looked around and saw that Mi Yinyin was not there. She shook her head and said, "I'm fine." She wasn't familiar with Mi Yinyin, but at this moment she casually asked, "Sister Mi, are you okay?"
Jiang Qizheng sighed and said: "I hope it's okay, her body has always been weak - but there is no doctor in this village, so now we can only let her drink ginger soup and cover it up to see if the sweat can be cured." ”
"Tell me, it's better to send for the doctor early tomorrow morning, no matter whether it stops raining or not!" Zhuang Man was in good spirits. She held a tea bowl and said seriously, "Yin Yin's body and bones are just like her appearance. My younger brother, King Puyang, is almost the same, so don’t let anything happen accidentally..."
"Okay!" He Shuijin interrupted hurriedly, "If you ask for a doctor, just ask for a doctor. Don't say anything unlucky!"
Zhuang Man said: "Oh, I mean we need to ask a doctor!"
"Let's ask someone to go tomorrow morning." Jiang Qizheng nodded. Qiu Yilan looked at the fatigue on her brows and knew that her master had enough to worry about today. She finally settled in this village, and Mi Yinyin was still ill. I fell down. No matter how good Jiang Qizheng was in cultivating her Qi, she would probably be very irritable at the moment.
She was not familiar with Mi Yinyin and had no intention of asking more questions, so she changed the subject: "Speaking of which, I suddenly thought of Princess Huainan and the others. I wonder if they have returned to the city today?"
"We didn't see them before and after we went downhill, so we probably left long ago." He Shuijin said, "If we hadn't left early, it would have been very difficult for the Huainan Princess and the others to encounter the rain - I remember the Huainan Prince's Palace is nearby. There is no industry.”
"It's better for them to go back early." Qiu Yilan nodded.
Everyone chatted for a while about Princess Huainan and her party. Everyone except Mi Yinyin had arrived, and Jiang Qizheng ordered the food to be served.
Unexpectedly, after the meal was over, the servants brought tea to rinse your mouth, and a maid rushed in to report: "The people patrolling outside Zhuangzi met the guards of the Huainan Palace, saying that Princess Huainan, Princess Lihui, and Concubine Mo were in the carriage They were all washed away by the water, and we are looking for help everywhere to find them!”
"How could this happen?!" Everyone was shocked, and Jiang Qizheng hurriedly said, "Then call on the people quickly!"
"Sister Eighteen!" At this moment, Jiang Yaheng's voice came from the courtyard. He seemed to be in a hurry and rushed into the courtyard without saying hello. He just didn't enter the door and said loudly, "Princess Huainan, Mo Zi The concubine and Princess Lihui have fallen into the water, and I'm afraid it won't be good. We discussed it, and Brother Bage and I will each bring a group of people to help, leaving the Nineteenth Brother behind... Zhuangzi will leave it to you siblings. "
He Shuijin was startled and said: "It's so late..." He accidentally knocked over the tea bowl, and the maid hurriedly knelt down to tidy up her skirt.
Jiang Qizheng asked with concern: "Is it hot?"
"No." He Shuijin waved his hand to urge her, "Just send the steward to take the people there. How can they go in person? Go out and ask!"
Jiang Qizheng thought the same thing. She walked to the corridor and whispered: "What are you going to do in person? It's so dark and it's raining so heavily. Why don't you ask the steward to search along the river? Anyway, the Huainan Prince's Mansion and our family are just the same." That’s what happened!”
Jiang Yaheng also whispered: "It's just a show. After all, it's the princess and the princess who only sent the stewards out. Brother Bago said that if those two people were not saved, Chu Xiao would definitely hold a grudge in his heart. Don't worry, we won't get close. If it's in the water, just ask the servants to look for it along the water bank."
Jiang Qizheng felt relieved now: "The princess and the princess are both women, do you need to bring some servants?"
"Bago is gathering the healthy women ahead." Jiang Yaheng replied seriously, but looked past her, quickly turned around in the hall, stared at Qiu Yilan for a few times, and then said, "I came over to tell you, now gone."
Jiang Qizheng noticed his gaze towards the hall, but she thought he was looking at He Shuijin and didn't think much about it: "Be careful!"
"I know." Jiang Yaheng left the courtyard with satisfaction. When he went outside, he saw Jiang Yashuang stopping him with an expressionless face: "Did you see it? Are you happy?"
"Uh..." Jiang Yaheng smiled guiltily, "What did the 19th brother say? We are about to go out, so come over and explain to the 18th sister."
Jiang Yashuang said coldly: "I'm just passing on a message. How many servants can't use it? As for you making this trip yourself?!"
"I didn't enter the flower hall." Jiang Yaheng touched his nose awkwardly, "Sister Eighteen came out to talk to me."
"There are candles in the flower hall now, and there is no screen to cover the door. How can you see the people inside in the courtyard?" Jiang Yashuang sneered, "Do you think I didn't see the look in your eyes just now?!"
Jiang Yaheng was helpless and said: "Okay, but you are overthinking. I have no other intention. I am just curious about what kind of woman has fascinated you!"
Jiang Yashuang said in amusement: "What kind of woman--what does this have to do with you?!"
"... You still see my fiancée all the time!" Jiang Yaheng began to find reasons, "I don't care about you either!"
Jiang Yashuang stared at him for a while, then sneered: "Really? You said I tell sister He what you said, what will she do to you?"
Jiang Yaheng's expression suddenly changed: "We are full cousins!"
"Why didn't you think of it when you peeked behind my back?!" Jiang Yashuang said coldly.
"I really have no other meaning!" Jiang Yaheng said in embarrassment, "Am I that kind of person - when did I touch my family? I'm just curious! Well, I heard Shi Qi muttering before I came here today. Just a few words, thinking that since I’m here, I’ll take a look when I get the chance!”
Previously, Jiang Qizheng kicked sisters Jiang Qijun and Jiang Qisheng out of Jinzhang. The former's reason for causing trouble was that Mrs. Dou called her to go home, while the latter's reason was that she sprained her foot. So Jiang Qizheng had returned to the city a long time ago; and Jiang Qisheng thought that if He Shuijin and others were separated, Jiang Qizheng would be defeated, and she would have to go back in despair. Who knows that Qiu Yilan showed up? After two wins out of three, Jiang Qisheng felt ashamed when she found out, so when Gu Wegna and the others left, she also ordered her carriage to go back.
Hearing that she was muttering after returning home, Jiang Yashuang frowned and asked, "What did she say?"
"You don't know about her yet? She has been with Cousin Tao since she was a child, and she has never been used to your sweetheart." Although Jiang Yaheng and Jiang Qisheng are biological siblings, Jiang Yaheng sold them out without any pressure in order to escape. Sister, she said, "Say that your sweetheart has charmed you to death because of your beauty. He doesn't say anything to her. Even the eighteenth sister is against him. He holds her up like a treasure, and even his own family The sisters didn’t recognize her... Don’t worry, neither her grandmother nor her mother paid any attention to her words. Her mother even scolded her not to turn her elbows outwards, and she regarded cousin Tao as more important than her cousin! "
Jiang Yashuang had a gloomy face, thought for a moment and said, "I understand."
Jiang Yaheng smiled apologetically: "Then what... I'm going to leave first for my brother's sake? Let's just forget about today's matters?"
"Let's go." Jiang Yashuang waved her hand.
Jiang Yaheng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned around and left.
But after walking for a while, he felt something was wrong. He still felt uneasy after thinking about it, so he quietly turned back.
Sure enough, through the courtyard wall, I heard Jiang Yashuang say in a very innocent tone: "Sister He, can you lend me some money?"
He Shuijin asked, "Why do you want to borrow money? Didn't I hear that you have been lending money to your brothers?"
"Brother Fourteen said last time that he had a friend's birthday, so he lent me all his savings. It's my grandmother's birthday soon, and I want to buy her some gifts, so..."
"I know!" With Jiang Yaheng's understanding of He Shuijin, it's not difficult to imagine the ferocious look on his cousin and fiancée's face at this moment, "His friends and friends need so much money for their birthdays?! Nine out of ten of them are going to support which one?" Hu Meizi? Thank you very much. It’s not in vain that my sister has loved you for so many years. You can take these five hundred taels of silver and don’t have to pay them back! I will thank you again when you return to the city. Please remember your brother. If I borrow money from you again, tell my sister immediately! No matter how much he borrows, I will give you double it!”
Jiang Yashuang sighed hypocritically: "Actually, Brother Fourteen still has feelings for you and sister in his heart, but he always can't control himself..."
"I know he can't control himself!" He Shuijin gritted his teeth and said, "So I will control him well! Hao Jiu, don't worry, when my sister disciplines him, she will never mention you, and she will never let him You are in trouble!”
"...!!!" Jiang Yaheng stayed for a moment, looking at the moss-covered courtyard wall in front of him, and suddenly felt the urge to bump into it...