When Kuang Qingwu's startled glance aroused endless emotions, Qiu Yilan was comforting Ruan Ciyi at Ruan's house: "My cousin is really fine. He was summoned by Xue Xiang not long after he entered the city. I think he has some homework to do." Examination? Isn't he often called by Xue Xiang? "
Ruan Ciyi was half-lying on the couch, looking sadly, and said, "What about you? I heard that you caught the cold outside, how are you doing now?"
"Everything is fine now." Qiu Yilan apologized, "It's all my fault. My cousin delayed his return and made you worry."
"The whole family still says these things?" Ruan Ciyi smiled, then frowned, "While Chunjun is not around, I'm going to ask you something... You have to tell me the truth!"
Qiu Yilan was shocked and forced herself to calm down: "Say it!"
Does she want to tell the truth...I didn't agree. It depends on what you want to ask.
Ruan Ciyi did not force her to commit. She lowered her eyes and said, "I'm worried about you this time. I didn't have to bother Mr. Ling Xiaohou. It's just that I wanted to send my servants out of the city to look for them, but they said it was purely Jun has ordered everyone to guard the house... Is it because he is afraid of what danger will come to me if he sends people out of the city? "
Qiu Yilan thought for a while and said, "I haven't heard about this, but my cousin was appointed to the Imperial Academy when he was a teenager in high school. There are always a lot of jealous people."
"...Really?" Ruan Ciyi thought thoughtfully, "Then what trouble will you encounter outside the city?"
"Even on the day we went for an outing, the two young ladies from the Jiang family didn't know who listened to the instigation and deliberately made trouble with me." Qiu Yilan wrote lightly, "Fortunately, Princess Chunfu upheld justice... Those two were lucky, that day Being punished by Princess Chunfu, she couldn't stand down and went back to the city to escape the storm. "
The news of Princess Huainan's unexpected death was already known to everyone in the capital. Ruan Ciyi sighed: "Princess Qin, I was no stranger to her when I was in Beijing before. She was a very kind person. I didn't want to just go like this."
Seeing that the topic was successfully changed, Qiu Yilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "So Princess Huainan's surname is Qin? I didn't know. We met on Jinxiu Slope before, and I heard that Princess Chunfu and Miss He both called her Princess Princess."
Ruan Ciyi said: "She was the only princess at that time, and she seemed affectionate without her surname... Speaking of which, the Qin family has been declining greatly in the past two years, and I don't know if anything will happen to the old concubine Puyang if she knows this news. , after all, King Puyang’s body is enough for her to worry about, and now her niece is leading the way again, alas... "
"Old Princess Puyang?" Although she has been trained by Shao Yuemei for two years, Qiu Yilan is still not a qualified lady. Because of the in-law relationship that noble girls carry from childhood, she is still in the fog until now. Not to mention, the Jiang family's relatives alone were enough to make her confused.
At this moment, when I was searching my stomach, I remembered that King Puyang seemed to be a king with a different surname passed down from the founding of the country, but this lineage was far less prominent than the lineage of King Xihe - mainly because they had not had any outstanding children for several generations, and they basically lived with their titles. But also because of this state of not being able to cause trouble even if he wanted to, it was a smooth journey.
I remember that the current King of Puyang is very young...
Sure enough, Ruan Ciyi saw that she didn't understand, so she introduced: "She is the old concubine Qin, the direct aunt of Princess Huainan. Before, it was the old concubine Qin who led the king of Huainan to marry the princess Qin."
"Was the Qin family very prominent earlier?" Qiu Yilan asked curiously, "Both my aunt and nephew became princesses one after another?"
"Not really." Ruan Ciyi shook her head, "In the eyes of the powerful people in Beijing, she is just average. However, the old concubine Qin is recognized as virtuous, so her nieces generally marry well... At that time, the King of Huainan was going to marry Princess, when the palace asked him what he meant, he said he wanted someone virtuous, so he chose the daughter of the Qin family. "
At this point, she sighed, "My maternal grandmother, your aunt's mother, is actually also named Qin, although she is not in the same room as Princess Qin and Old Concubine Qin..."
Qiu Yilan remembered that her eldest aunt said that the wife committed suicide and died as a husband, and quickly changed the subject: "I used to live in Jiangjia Zhuangzi, and I also heard Miss Zhuangjia mention the King of Puyang once, as if saying that the body is not Very good?”
"It is said that he was born with deficiencies in the womb." Ruan Ciyi nodded, "He was probably only two or three years old when I left Beijing, but he had already taken the medicine like food. In the past two years, I have occasionally heard people mention it, saying that he is still the same. He looks...but he is very smart, so the old concubine and concubine of Puyang Palace are worried about him. "
Qiu Yilan thought to herself that it would be distressing for her own flesh and blood to be in poor health, but she was so outstanding. How could it not make her elders particularly worried
"So he is only fifteen or sixteen years old?" Qiu Yilan calculated, "Then the old concubine of Puyang is not that old?"
Ruan Ciyi smiled bitterly and said: "I have become a grandmother and a mother-in-law. What does it matter whether I am old or not? Only good children and grandchildren can be good!"
Qiu Yilan sighed inwardly, knowing that she must have thought of her children who died in infancy. Just as she was about to offer some words of persuasion, someone from outside came to report that Qiu Jinglan was back.
"Brother... cousin, is he back?" Qiu Yilan ignored Ruan Ciyi, jumped up and ran out to ask, "What did Xue Xiang say to him?"
"What kind of words are you talking about?" Before the servant could answer, Qiu Jinglan, who had just stepped onto the corridor, reprimanded her first. She turned a blind eye to Qiu Yilan's urging with gestures and mouth sounds, and Shi Shiran After entering, he greeted Ruan Ciyi and expressed his condolences before leaving the house. At this time, Qiu Yilan wanted to grab his clothes and ask: "What did Xue Xiang say to you?!"
Qiu Jinglan reprimanded again: "Don't be surprised when everything changes! You will know it when you get to the study. Why are you so anxious!?"
As a result, Qiu Yilan's words made him go crazy on the spot: "Kang Qingwu led the Zhenxi Army to stop me just now..."
"He actually led the Zhenxi Army to find trouble for you?!" Qiu Jinglan's face was ashen and she grabbed her arm, "Are you okay?!"
"You have to be calm in everything. When you get to the study, you will naturally..." Qiu Yilan retaliated on the spot cautiously.
But before she could finish her words, Qiu Jinglan glared at her so hard that she dropped her head: "Ling Xiaohou was looking for you, so I stopped him. Later, Nineteenth arrived and killed all his followers. He also tortured him with his hands that separated his muscles and bones... After that, his servants came over and apologized for being a lowly guy. They gave me another 10,000 taels of silver and the matter was over. "
"Jiang Jiujiu actually got drunk later than Ling!?" Qiu Jinglan habitually picked out her brother-in-law and sneered, "What was he doing before?!"
"My servant saw him practicing calligraphy and didn't report it. I'm sure he would be in trouble if he turned around." Qiu Yilan disagreed, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Brother, does Xue Xiang know about your life experience?"
Qiu Jinglan frowned and said, "Why did Kuang Qingwu also tell Jiang Jiujiu and Ling Zui?"
"That's not true." Qiu Yilan said, "But that's what he meant, but he didn't say it explicitly. I saw that Nineteenth and Ling Zui didn't hear it." She changed her mind, "Sure enough, Xue Xiang knew. , was it the Queen Mother who told him?”
Qiu Jinglan hummed: "Actually, this is also expected, everyone understands it tacitly... Fortunately, although I can't believe those three Mei Xue, they really publicize my life experience and there is no evidence - I will deny it even to death, Queen Mother It’s impossible to just blame Tianya on me!”
The only people who are disadvantageous to him are the Queen Mother's party, and in order to prevent the people of the Zhenxi Army from being upset, Queen Mother Gu definitely hopes to get rid of him quietly - quietly means that the Queen Mother will try not to do anything openly. .
"But even if Queen Mother Gu still has many constraints when dealing with you, she should not be underestimated after all." Qiu Yilan frowned and asked, "By the way, what did Xue Xiang say? Is he angry?"
Qiu Jinglan said: "No, but he doesn't want to get involved and has already made a showdown with me."
Qiu Yilan sighed: "Brother, what are you going to do now? Mei Xue and the others are gone, who will take care of Tianya for you now? If the Queen Mother catches you... there is no need to come forward, those people who were killed by Tianya relatives…”
"I know this well." Qiu Jinglan said vaguely, "What is urgent now is your business. Mei Xue's tricks not only did not kill Deng Yi and his son, but even blocked the people sent by Jiang Jiu... I After saying goodbye to Prime Minister Xue just now, I went to the Xihe Palace!"
Qiu Yilan was confused: "What are you going to do with them now?"
"I found out that although they also knew my life experience from the Queen Mother, they didn't know that I had no evidence to restore the Qiu surname." Qiu Jinglan said calmly, "Of course, even the Queen Mother is probably not sure whether I can recognize my ancestor. Zong - In short, they were very afraid that I would regain my identity and seize the title of King of Xihe, so I made a deal with them. They will be responsible for settling your marriage contract with Deng Yi. I swear by the spirit of my father, queen, mother and concubine in heaven that I will not inherit Xihe under any circumstances. Prince's Mansion!"
Qiu Yilan said blankly: "Why are you doing this? You don't know about those two people? Their bones are as soft as anything. Then Deng Yi has Prince Guangyang and Queen Mother Gu behind him, how can they have the courage to cancel the engagement?! "
"Even if they don't have the courage, at least it gives them a hope of keeping their title." Qiu Jinglan said calmly, "Lest they panic and jump over the wall to your disadvantage."
"Actually, even if I live in the palace, I may not be afraid of their disadvantages - why have they been so kind in the past two years?" Qiu Yilan curled her lips, "Besides, if you are really worried, I can live here with my cousin! "
Qiu Jinglan glanced at her: "Sister, she actually doesn't like you coming here, haven't you noticed? It's not that she doesn't like you, but that she doesn't like people hanging around her now!"
Qiu Yilan was about to nod when suddenly an idea flashed in her mind and she said, "You wanted me to live here before, so why are you driving me here now?! Do you know that the Ruan family is not safe now and don't want me to come?" !”
"You're overthinking." Qiu Jinglan frowned, "I have 'Tianya' in my hand, how could I not even be able to prevent someone from being stabbed in the back?!"
"Really? Then it's okay for me to live here." Qiu Yilan couldn't believe it, so she immediately said, "Eldest cousin, she doesn't like people hanging around her, so I won't bother her! Anyway, the Ruan family is so big, not Can you give me a yard?"
Qiu Jinglan's face darkened: "What nonsense! Go back!"
"Sure enough, you don't have the confidence, otherwise why wouldn't you let me stay?" Qiu Yilan said firmly, "I won't leave, I'll stay to help you!"
"You're not leaving?!" Qiu Jinglan sneered and started to roll up her sleeves, "You think you can disobey me after just teaching you a few tricks? Believe it or not, I'll just throw you out?!"
Qiu Yilan rushed up to him, hugged his arm and shook it hard, shouting: "The apple of my eye promised to love me and love me?!"
"A brother is like a father!" Qiu Jinglan choked her speechless for a long time, "How did Mr. Shao teach you the rules? How can you be justified in disobeying me?!"