Empress Jiang kept her promise and spread the word the next day that she wanted to choose a consort for Princess Changping. She also claimed that Princess Changping was Empress Dowager Gu's darling. Neither the Empress Dowager nor the Empress could bear to see her leave the capital, so she would only choose the Empress from among the nobles in Beijing. Of course, this was done with good intentions. Kuang Shihan, who wholeheartedly planned to hand over the foundation of the Zhenxi Army to his son, how could he accept Kuang Qingwu's permanent residence in Beijing? !
After hearing the news, Empress Dowager Gu gnashed her teeth with hatred and instructed the Guangyang Palace overnight: "Let Yi'er and her son return to Beijing as soon as possible! Immediately marry Princess Ning Yi to the Ai family!"
He also sent eunuchs to the Xihua Palace to deliver oral instructions, "I have been optimistic about Princess Ningyi in the past few days. Once the Deng family comes to discuss marriage, the sooner the better!"
Qiu Mengmin and his wife sent the waiter away with a smile on their face, and returned to the house and looked at each other: "The Queen Mother has agreed to marry me, and that little evildoer wants to cancel the engagement... What should we do?"
Princess Yang hesitated and said: "How can that little villain compare with the Queen Mother?"
"But what he said that day was right: as long as there is a legitimate reason for renunciation, the Queen Mother will not be able to touch our hereditary and irreplaceable prince even if she is punished!" Qiu Mengmin sighed tiredly, "But he, once Show your identity... He was the officially crowned prince back then!"
"But you have been the King of Xihe for so many years!" Princess Yang was really wary of disobeying the Queen Mother's order and objected, "With the Queen Mother's support, you may not be able to fight!"
Qiu Mengmin smiled bitterly and said: "Are you confused? Why do you think he, a good prince, would fake his death and leave? Of course it was to avoid the murderous hands of the Queen Mother at that time... But do you think he will tell the truth now? He can now We can't face the Queen Mother! What if he hid because we wanted to harm him? Even Princess Lian's death might have been caused by "disrespect" two years ago! The crime is, do you think we can keep Wang Jue? Otherwise, why would I agree to him before? "
His voice lowered, "What's more, he has been pretending to die for so many years, and just returned to Beijing and spent money like water... It can be seen that the bulk of the missing property in the palace was simply taken away by him! That was accumulated since the founding of the country! To put it bluntly, If you don’t listen well, it will be more than enough to buy the lives of our whole family!”
Princess Yang felt awe-inspiring: "Then... the Queen Mother's side?"
"Be more discreet and don't let the Queen Mother catch you!" Qiu Mengmin sighed, "So I ask you to be a little more aggrieved and pick up your words."
"But something happened to her later. How could the Queen Mother not suspect that we did it on purpose?" Princess Yang was worried.
Qiu Mengmin said: "We insisted that we were afraid that she would be taken advantage of outside - but we took her back to the house but still failed to prevent her. It's not that we didn't want to do things for the Queen Mother, it was just that we were powerless!"
Princess Yang sighed: "We have been worried about the missing property of the palace in the past two years! We have taken apart almost all of the concubine's things and looked at them, and we have kept an eye on Qiu Yilan and dare not relax at all. , but I didn’t expect that he would have been taken away by his grandson!”
Qiu Mengmin also looked sad, and after a while he said: "Since those properties have fallen into Qiu Jinglan's hands, how can we still have a share? But if the king is lost, we will lose even what we have now."
"...Then, ignore what this father-in-law said today?" Princess Yang asked hesitantly.
Qiu Mengmin wanted to nod, but she hesitated when the matter came to pass: "Let's wait and see... Aren't Deng Yi's mother and son not back yet?"
The couple fell asleep with many thoughts on their minds.
Early the next morning, Qiu Mengmin woke up and was about to get up when she suddenly caught sight of something on her pillow. She had no memory of it before placing it. When she took a closer look, she couldn't help but gasp!
It was a wrist-breaking knife. Not only did it penetrate the bedding, the tip of the knife was nailed deeply into the bed board!
Princess Yang then stood up and let out an uncontrollable scream that changed her tone!
"Get out!" Qiu Mengmin took a deep breath, shouted back the servants who followed the sound, and said in a trembling voice: "Follow the previous plan... This matter will definitely not be done by the Queen Mother!" As Queen Mother Gu, There is no need to make such a naked threat. Do you need to say where this knife came from
Princess Yang's face turned pale, she glared at the ruthless blade and kept nodding!
This day was certainly not a good day for the couple, but it was not a good day for Qiu Yilan either—after all, she knew that Qiu Jinglan was in danger but could not intervene. How could she feel relieved
Even Jiang Yashuang, who looked at her in vain and came over to express her gratitude, could not make her feel better: "Your seventeenth sister won't marry my cousin? Well, that's good. I understand, you go ahead."
"Why are you not in high spirits today?" Jiang Yashuang noticed and touched her forehead with concern, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Qiu Yilan opened his hand dejectedly, "I just don't find anything interesting."
It's not like she hasn't touched the big tree of the Jiang family. After all, it's about her brother's life and safety, and losing some moral integrity is nothing in comparison. Just when she said it, Qiu Jinglan gave her a lesson like a storm - after all, Qiu Jinglan was worried that she didn't have any family members to back her up, and she begged the Jiang family one after another. What would happen in the long run? Are you valued by the Jiang family
After two or three years of being a brother and sister, Qiu Jinglan already knew that she had a way of dealing with both situations, so she directly told her: "You dare to ask the Jiang family for my matter, believe it or not, I will kill myself immediately?!"
She was so frightened that Qiu Yilan repeatedly promised to be absolutely obedient... After all, when Qiu Jinglan said this, her calm tone was like talking about the weather, which clearly showed that he was not threatening at all, but making a statement!
Now Qiu Yilan had nothing to do, so of course she could only be listless.
Jiang Yashuang guessed what was on her mind. Seeing her indifference, she became more suspicious and said, "Tell me what it is, and even if I can't do it, there are my fourth aunt and grandmother. Even they can't do it." , can you always give me advice?"
Qiu Yilan sighed and leaned on the table, and said gloomily: "No, no, don't be upset, go back and do your homework!"
Jiang Yashuang thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll leave first. If you want to tell me, send someone to find me at any time."
Back at Jiang's house, Jiang Yashuang went straight to Mrs. Tao and asked her brother Jiang Yadan if he would come over today. When he heard that he couldn't, he asked little Tao to send a message: "I have something I want to ask Bage."
So in the evening, Jiang Yadan came over after getting off work and greeted Mrs. Tao. The two brothers found an excuse and left the old lady's yard. After looking around and seeing no one around, Jiang Yadan said with a smile but not a smile: "Princess Ningyi suddenly ignored you?"
Jiang Yashuang said in surprise: "Although it's not the case, it's almost the same... Brother Ba, how do you know? I didn't tell Sister-in-law Ba!"
"I'm still using her to talk to you?" Jiang Yadan said proudly, "Have you ever come to see me before? Why else would you come to me all of a sudden besides your sweetheart?" When they arrived at Jiang Yashuang's yard, he retreated to the servants, Jiang Yashuang. Yadan asked directly, "What's going on?"
Jiang Yashuang said sarcastically: "We didn't have a falling out. We were still talking and laughing last time we met. Today, I don't know why I feel sleepy. I seem to have something on my mind - but I won't say anything no matter how I ask. . Brother Bah, didn’t you say that you know the thoughts of girls best? Tell me what’s going on?”
"It seems that you have a love rival!" Jiang Yadan pondered for a moment and said with a solemn expression, "And the other person has a high status in the heart of your sweetheart! He is probably more important than you... They must have fallen out. How can such a thing happen? Maybe tell you?”
Jiang Yashuang was shocked: "It's impossible, right? I went to look for her every two days, but I never found her interacting with anyone else!"
Jiang Yadan sneered and said: "If the method is smarter, would a young child like you want to notice it?"
"...I still think it's impossible." Jiang Yashuang frowned, "Are there any other possibilities?"
Jiang Yadan said: "What else can there be? What do you think our Jiang family can't do for her now? You also call her a submissive person. Unless there are other people outside, what can't she say to you? ?”
At this point he snorted, "Sure enough, your taste is not that good!"
Jiang Yashuang was upset and said: "Bago, please stop talking nonsense, okay? Say something serious!"
"This is serious!" Jiang Yadan was very confident in his judgment and said dissatisfied, "If you don't believe it, we can give her a try - write a letter with your left hand and send it over, but say you are in trouble and dare not write with your right hand. , ask her to meet somewhere, and see if she goes, then you’ll know if she has someone!”
"...I'd better ask my grandmother for advice!" Jiang Yashuang glanced at him disappointedly, "According to your method, whether it is true or false, there will be no hope for her and I in the future." Outside the village outside the city that day, he could After just a few doubtful words, Qiu Yilan abandoned him on the spot and followed Ruan Qingyan!
If this was a design to trick her, wouldn't she immediately sever ties with each other if she found out? !
Jiang Yadan frowned when he heard this and said, "Grandma, what does a person of her age know?" But when Jiang Yashuang stood up, he had to say, "Well, if you don't believe this, there is still a possibility. Have you told her the good news about Deng Yi and his son?"
Jiang Yashuang's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Yes, that should be it... Is she embarrassed to speak to me again, but worried in her heart, so she has no energy to pay attention to me?"
"Perhaps what people are thinking is that you, a loser, can't handle even a single thing?!" Jiang Yadan poured cold water on him with disdain, "Don't always think that people are too good. It's too late to cry when you are cheated." !”
"Do you think she is one of those wallflowers you are looking for outside?!" Jiang Yashuang made it clear that he would throw it away after using it, and snorted, "Isn't Sister-in-law Eight not good enough to you? When did she trick you?" you?!"
Jiang Yadan was stunned for a moment, and was about to say something when he saw that his younger brother had ignored him and walked out: "The manpower I borrowed from my grandfather failed to achieve success last time, so I have to be more cautious this time... While it's still early, go and give my grandma a shoulder massage... Tomorrow I'll go to my ancestral home and give my grandpa a leg kick... Well, how many people will I need this time... "
Just as he was about to catch up and scold his younger brother for being ungrateful, a servant rushed in from outside and reported: "You two young masters, the Queen Mother's decree has come, and she wants the 19th Young Master to go out and receive the decree!"
"The Queen Mother's decree?" Jiang Yadan asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yashuang was startled for a moment but then came back to her senses: "I'm afraid it's because I dealt with Kuang Qingwu last time. Fourth aunt is here, so it's probably just a small punishment. It doesn't matter, I'll take it."
"Fourth Aunt is actually willing to let the Queen Mother punish you?" Jiang Yadan murmured suspiciously, "You beat Guyan before and she stopped it!"
He felt that things were not that simple, "Let's go, I will accompany you to listen!"