At this time, the Qiu Yilan brother and sister, who had no idea that Mei Xue had caused trouble for them, were discussing the matter of going to the Xue family: "Actually, if we are going to visit Xue Fangmi under the banner of asking for forgiveness, it would be better to go as soon as we return to the city to show sincerity."
"I told the outside world that you caught a cold when you were in that village. You can go back tomorrow and the day after. Just mention that you are not well today, so you don't dare to go there immediately." Qiu Jinglan controlled her mount and walked beside the carriage. Wen Yan said, "You have just recovered from the poison, and you have just rushed back to the city. You should rest for a day. Anyway, you have come back so late, and you don't care how long it takes..."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind, and then someone shouted: "Ruan Hanlin! Please stay!"
Qiu Jinglan was very surprised when she heard this voice. She quickly reined in the reins, raised her hand to stop the team, turned the horse's head to meet him, "Mr. Xue?"
It was Xue Nongying who came. He rode his horse to a nearby place and then he suddenly lifted the reins. He pulled the horse up to its feet and landed hard on the ground with a long hiss. He said hurriedly: "Ruan Hanlin, my grandfather is looking for you. Please come with me immediately." One trip!”
Qiu Jinglan asked in surprise: "Going to the Prime Minister's Mansion? But I still wear filial piety on my body."
"No, it's a tea shop next to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is also my family's property." Xue Nongying said, "The matter is urgent... Grandpa said you must go!"
When the master called him, Qiu Jinglan couldn't refuse, so she said: "Please wait a little longer, I will explain to my cousin!"
Xue Nongying heard this and said: "Is that Princess Ningyi in the carriage? I would like to ask Ruan Hanlin to convey my grandfather's gratitude. My little aunt made a mistake at the foot of Jinxiu Slope. Thanks to Princess Ningyi, she stopped her in time and prevented it from happening. It's a big mistake... Unfortunately, there have been some things at home these past two days, and my mother and little sister have been unable to get away from each other, so they can't come to thank the princess in person. I hope the princess will forgive me! "
Qiu Yilan heard it in the carriage and hurriedly gave Su He some instructions.
Su He understood, lifted the curtain and went out to the carriage, bowed to Xue Nongying and said: "My princess said that your mansion was too polite, but she hurt the second lady in the mansion in a hurry that day, and she felt very guilty. I plan to go to the house to plead guilty tomorrow.”
Xue Nongying hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "The princess's words have upset our family. My grandfather is not an unreasonable person. The princess also had good intentions that day. How can my grandfather blame me?"
At this time, Qiu Jinglan also arrived at the car and said softly: "I'm going to see the teacher. Cousin, can you go back to the Xihe Palace by yourself?"
Qiu Yilan said: "You go, it's only a few streets away, it's clear sky and day, and I have guards accompanying me, so there's nothing to worry about. But Prime Minister Xue suddenly came to you, I don't know what the matter is?"
Qiu Jinglan pondered: "I can't think of it at the moment... but Mr. Xue doesn't look like he's doing anything bad."
However, he followed Xue Nongying to the teahouse and went upstairs. He saw that the entire second floor had been reserved for the Xue family. In the largest and most secluded private room, Xue Chang was alone. When he saw him coming in, he waved his hand, and Xue Nongying, who was leading the way, also Get out immediately!
"Teacher!" Qiu Jinglan hurriedly saluted and said hello.
It was rare that Xue Chang did not immediately kindly excuse him and ask him to sit down, but stared at him seriously for a moment, then sighed softly and said: "I don't know whether I should call you Chunjun now, or the former King of Xihe Young prince?"
... While Qiu Jinglan was trying to calm down, Qiu Yilan was also in trouble - on a secluded road only three streets away from the Xihe Palace, several riders lined up, blocking the road!
Without waiting for her instructions, a guard came forward and yelled: "Who dares to block the way of my princess?!"
"Princess?" The two knights in the middle separated, revealing the brocade-robed scholar on the green horse behind him. Kuang Qingwu rode out with a smile but not a smile, and said frivolously, "Since I came to Beijing, I have not seen many noble people. , I caught a thief today, but I met a princess? Don’t scare me!”
The knights on his left and right laughed in unison and said, "What the prince is saying is that the princess is so noble, how could she steal our horse?"
"How noble is it? Is it more noble than the Queen Mother? Our prince was personally summoned by the Queen Mother as soon as he entered the capital!"
"Who knows? Regardless of whether you are noble or not, how could you not give an explanation for stealing something from our Zhenxi Army?"
In the carriage, Zhongqiu Yilan rubbed his forehead and said with a sneer: "Zhenxi Army! Who is it? It turns out to be the only seedling under the knee of that old thief Kuang Shihan! Did he actually enter Beijing safely? I don't know what Kuang Shihan gave him. How many people did he send to protect him, but he didn’t die on the way?”
Chunran said worriedly: "He deliberately caused trouble for you, Princess, what should we do now?"
Qiu Yilan also felt troubled. In terms of status, she, a first-class princess, was nobler than the prince of the country. But now Kuang Qingwu had made it clear that he wanted to cheat. He doubted his identity and framed an inexplicable person. She was charged with stealing horses; in terms of force, she was confident of challenging Kuang Qingwu in a one-on-one fight. The problem was that he led a group of elite Zhenxi Army soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers, so they challenged her because they were crazy!
"Bastard!" Trouble is a tough one, and Qiu Yilan is not one to sit still and wait for death. Seeing that his bodyguard had been pushed and pushed by them and suffered a lot because he was closer to them, he hurriedly asked the coachman to call him back and put it on himself. He lifted the curtain and shouted, "Kuang Qingwu, your father Kuang Shihan was raised and cultivated by my grandfather, General Wu Lie. As his son, now that you are in Beijing, you don't want to pay homage to my grandfather's tomb. Instead, blocking my way for no reason is simply ungrateful!”
Without waiting for Kuang Qingwu to answer, she raised her voice and scolded the guards who were from the Suppressing West Army, "Both my grandfather, General Wu Lie, and my father, the former King of Xihe, were all your predecessors and lords! You guys have no rules. This is how you treat the elders of the Zhenxi Army! The so-called retribution is not good. Today, you are bullying this princess, her parents are young, and you don’t know if anyone will show mercy to your children in the future? !”
After saying these words, Kuang Qingwu frowned and thought about his reply - since those Zhenxi troops were the bodyguards selected by Kuang Shihan for his only son, they were naturally loyal to the Kuang family. However, they could no longer hold back and said one after another: " General Wu Lie? If he hadn't missed the opportunity, how could our Zhenxi Army have suffered such a big loss at the hands of the Western Barbarians?"
"That is, if our prince does not turn the tide..."
"General Wu Lie was granted the title by the imperial court when my grandfather passed away two years ago!" Qiu Yilan said with a sneer, "It was mentioned by Prime Minister Xue, and both the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother overdid it! Why does the Zhenxi Army seem to have no regard for the imperial court? Are you not convinced?"
Kuang Qingwu snorted softly and said: "Little girl, don't talk nonsense! I respect General Wu Lie very much, but what relationship you have with General Wu Lie is not something you can say in vain!"
"Oh? Do you respect your grandfather?" Qiu Yilan said coldly, "How many days have you been in Beijing? Have you gone to the Ruan family to express condolences? Have you gone to the tomb to pay homage? Have you inquired about his juniors?! If you have inquired How could he not recognize this princess? It’s strange that Dao Kuang Shihan’s mother and uncle were unwilling to raise him. When this princess heard about this past incident, she thought they were cold and heartless. It turned out that they had foresight and knew it well. You father and son are both ignorant white-eyed wolves!”
Although Kuang Qingwu had always harbored resentment towards Kuang Shihan because of his childhood experiences, Kuang Shihan was scolded by his name in public, and he was very upset: "How outrageous! How can you, a junior like you, tell your father's name directly?" Huh!”
"Unruly thing! Who are you talking to?!" Qiu Yilan was furious, "The Duke is only a second-ranked noble, and I, the princess, am a first-ranked one! Why do I call Kuang Shihan by that name? No!? Do you have any objections to the imperial court's promotion of the Duke to the rank of a noble? I think your Zhenxi army is just trying to rebel! Up and down! Could it be that your Kuang family is responsible for running the court?"
Then he sneered, "Besides, is Kuang Shihan an elder who is worthy of being the princess of this county!? The grandfather of this princess had raised him and cultivated him, but after all these years, has Kuang Shihan ever received any reward in return?! If I had known how to raise such a thing, my grandfather might as well have raised a dog!"
Kuang Qingwu had blue veins on his forehead and said angrily: "Go up here and drag her down!!!"
My own father was scolded to his face as being worse than a dog, so who is he? !
"Your Majesty, that's the princess..." The soldiers were very arrogant before, but now they are a little scrupulous after hearing his order - the main thing is that this is the capital, and it is in the west, where the Zhenxi Army can cover the sky with only one hand. They have nothing to do. worried.
Kuang Qingwu was furious and said: "If something happens, I will bear it!" He has inquired in the past two days that Qiu Yilan has a close relationship with the Jiang family - but he is not without backing, as long as he does not kill Qiu Yilan , Queen Mother Gu and Kuang Shihan can naturally turn things around for him!
Besides, the Jiang family has a big business, how much help can they do for a junior's sweetheart? !
In short, he must make Qiu Yilan suffer a lot today!
However, Kuang Qingwu didn't know that when he saw the Zhenxi soldiers hesitating and then rushing toward her, Qiu Yilan's mouth curled up slightly under her hat. She secretly took one pill under the cover of the gauze that reached her chest. antidote, and at the same time put her hands behind her back and opened a small porcelain bottle - this porcelain bottle was given to her by Qiu Jinglan in that village. Mainly because she accidentally hurt Mei Xue and the swing last time. Qiu Jing Lan was afraid that things would happen again, so he gave her two bottles of extremely powerful drugs.
It's just that although this drug takes effect quickly and has good curative effect, its killing range is not large. After all, it is used to prevent close attacks!
Especially now that we are outdoors... Qiu Yilan's harsh words just now were just to anger Kuang Qingwu and let those fierce Zhenxi soldiers get closer to her. When she saw that her own bodyguards and servants were surrounding her in an attempt to protect herself, she hurriedly held the bottle with her thumbs. He shouted angrily: "Get back! I don't believe it. A mere prince and a few soldiers dare to attack me?! Get out of the way and see if they dare to approach me." Within three steps!”
Unexpectedly, before her words came out, before the guards could accept the order, an angry voice suddenly came from behind the carriage: "That's right! I also want to see who this ignorant thing dares to openly do in broad daylight. Disrespectful to the princess!"
Hearing this voice, Qiu Yilan was startled - she turned around and saw that Ling Zui, dressed in bright clothes and on horseback, leading a large group of servants and bodyguards, was rushing over in a menacing manner!
He was probably far away before and did not realize that the two sides were confronting each other rather than reminiscing about old times, so he did not gallop. Therefore, neither Qiu Yilan, who was intent on irritating Kuang Qingwu, nor Kuang Qingwu, who was so angry that he was fuming, did not notice him. arrival.
Then Ling Zui arrived nearby and happened to see the Zhenxi Army rushing towards Qiu Yilan - as Qiu Jinglan's best friend, how could Ling Zui not be angry? !
He was the son of the eldest princess and a professional dandy. He was used to being domineering in the capital. After he came in, he first blocked Qiu Yilan's path, then pointed at Kuang Qingwu and said, "Look at your accent, you are so stupid." You little brat is an outsider! I don’t care how you behave in the wind and rain in other places, but you still want to be a grown-up when you come to Beijing! Are you going to kill all these people? Keep this pair of tricks that don't know how to read people, kneel down and slap thirty mouths, and get through my body. I will be magnanimous for once and let you little bastard go!"
Kuang Qingwu was so angry at Qiu Yilan that he heard that Ling Zui, who was younger than him, called him a "little brat", and now he was ready to draw his sword and go forward to kill people - he laughed angrily: "Listen to your tone, you are an old man in this capital? But I don't know whose family you are, how dare you talk to this prince like this?!"
Ling Zui didn't even think about it: "You know I'm your uncle, why don't you come here and kowtow to say hello?! You don't even know who your uncle is, and you've forgotten your ancestors all the time. I don't even know what it's like to recognize you, little beast." use!"
Qiu Yilan playfully looked at Kuang Qingwu, whose face turned red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple for a moment: You are a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, and you are having a street fight with a professional dude? If you don't call this death, what do you call it? Ling Zui has probably had more fights and breakdowns in his life than you have read!
"Kill him!!!" Kuang Qingwu was so angry that his eyesight blurred and he almost fell off his horse!
At this moment, he didn't even care about Qiu Yilan, he only had eyes for Ling Zui!