"Why are you here, Oubicheng?" Before Qiu Yilan could think of a reason to turn around and leave, Mr. Princess Yongfu got angry, pointed at Oubicheng with her hands on her hips, and shouted, "Can you give me a little wink? Follow me quickly, or else I'll turn back." Tell your Xing, I’ll beat you until you have teeth all over the floor!”
Oubicheng, who was quietly sizing up Qiu Yilan, was feeling bad. He threw away his wine glass and said angrily: "You really think I'm afraid of Xing, don't you?! I'm telling you - I'm going to settle the score with her right now. !”
Then she stood up and ran away in a hurry - Princess Yongfu nodded with satisfaction: "You know what's going on!"
Qiu Yilan suddenly realized that Oubicheng wasn't going to settle a score with that A-Xing... he had really run away.
At this time, Princess Yongfu also led the people to retreat, and said with a smile: "You can rest assured, this courtyard is guarded by people ordered by my princess, and no one dares to come in casually!"
Don't worry about your size!
Qiu Yilan chased after her and pulled her sleeve: "Well, Your Highness, I suddenly remembered that I have something very important that cannot be delayed here..."
"We can delay now!" Princess Yongfu threw her hand away cruelly and said gently, "If you have any important matters, just leave it to my nineteenth cousin to settle it for you!"
Because of the disparity in force between the two sides, the princess couldn't shake him off for a long time. She got angry and said, "This is what my mother wants! Do you dare to disobey Yi's order?!"
Queen Jiang really meant this. The reason was that she couldn't reach an agreement with Queen Mother Gu, so she decided in anger that she had to snatch the Deng family's daughter-in-law! So I made up my mind to take advantage of the threshing family's reputation during the Qianqiu Festival, so I told my daughter to give Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan more opportunities to be alone together so that they could make a fuss.
But what Qiu Yilan heard was that of course Queen Jiang already knew about Qiu Jinglan's life experience. She wanted to win Qiu Jinglan into the Queen's party. Therefore, the Queen, who had never directly interfered in the marriage of the younger generation before, wanted to use her For this Qianqiu Festival, I forced myself to announce my relationship with Jiang Yashuang!
"Did my cousin send someone there?!" She immediately changed her expression. This was like putting Qiu Jinglan on the fire!
For the Queen Mother's Party, the consequences of being sad and resentful afterwards for those generals in the Zhenxi Army who did not sincerely join the Queen Mother's Party are less severe than having a living old master whom they will miss. The most frightening thing is that if the Queen's Party only It's okay to use Qiu Jinglan, so at least Qiu Jinglan is safe, but what if the Queen's Party plans to use Qiu Jinglan's life to provoke the Zhenxi Army? !
It’s not impossible!
Thirteen years ago, Empress Dowager Gu instigated Kuang Shihan to harm the Qiu and Ruan families to seize the power to suppress the Western Army. Qiu Yilan did not believe that the Jiang family would just sit back and watch! Although they failed to prevent the Zhenxi Army from falling into the hands of the Queen Mother's Party, to say that there was no arrangement or backup in the Zhenxi Army would be in vain to be called "Jiang Banchao"!
Qiu Yilan would not naively think that because of her relationship with Jiang Yashuang, the Queen's Party would definitely not harm Qiu Jinglan. Just like what Jiang Yashuang said before, if the Jiang family can be brought down or the Jiang family's vitality is severely damaged, the Queen Mother Gu will not care at all if several of the Gu family's children die! It’s not the same in the Jiang family! As long as the benefits are sufficient, not to mention Qiu Jinglan, even Jiang Yashuang may not be able to give up!
Princess Yongfu was stunned and said: "Your cousin?! Isn't he still observing filial piety? Who will he send?"
"I want to go take a look!" Qiu Yilan saw that she was confused and thought that the queen might not have told her daughter about such a big matter in detail. Where could she stay now? He immediately stopped holding Princess Yongfu and walked out.
Princess Yongfu said in surprise: "Where are you going?! The Ruan family? My mother's banquet hasn't been held yet!"
"I'll go with you." I don't know when Jiang Yashuang had already walked over. He looked at Qiu Yilan with a complicated expression and said, "You go to the banquet Yongfu and apologize to Fourth Aunt for us."
"Are you going out of the palace?" Princess Yongfu asked confused, "Going to the Ruan family? Why are you going now?!"
Qiu Yilan was very anxious and was about to say something when she heard footsteps outside the courtyard, followed by several maids, followed by a girl in red with a flowery dress walking in. With a glance, she praised: "What a beauty! Nineteen, you are indeed the best." Have a vision!”
Both Jiang Yashuang and Princess Yongfu recognized that the person was Ou Qinglan—probably Oubicheng happened to bump into her after she slipped away. Knowing that Qiu Yilan was here, Ou Qinglan hurried over to join in the fun.
This would be nothing if it were normal. Now both of them had no intention of dealing with her, they just nodded slightly and continued to say to Princess Yongfu: "Anyway, let's go first!"
"Go? Where to go?" Ou Qinglan also asked doubtfully.
Who has the heart to explain to her now? Jiang Yashuang said impatiently: "Axing, please stop being annoying and go back to my fourth aunt!"
"I don't want to go back to my ancestral home in July to take the provincial examination. This time I come back for a long time." Ou Qinglan has a cheerful nature and is not angry at his words. She rolls her eyes and closely follows the two of them outside the palace. As he left, he said, "In the future, I will have the opportunity to go to the Queen to please you... Where are you going? Can I go?"
Seeing this, Princess Yongfu also shouted: "I'm going too!"
"No!" Qiu Yilan was concerned about Qiu Jinglan's safety, and was too lazy to be wordy. She just walked towards the palace gate with her head in a hurry - if the palace didn't allow running, she would have started running! Jiang Yashuang, who was upset, said angrily, "Can you look at me a little bit?"
Princess Yongfu said: "Then tell me, why do you want to go to the Ruan family?"
Ou Qinglan asked: "So we are going to Ruan's house? Why can't we go?"
"If you don't leave, I really want to beat you up!" Jiang Yashuang said angrily! He was already in a mess, and the two cousins were still stalking each other. It was really overwhelming just thinking about it!
"Then come!" Ou Qinglan snorted, "Last time I asked you to spar, you still refused!"
Princess Yongfu shouted angrily: "I don't know who worked tirelessly for you Hongyan in those two years and spared no effort to fulfill your wishes! Now that you are well, you want to burn down the bridge, right?! If you dare to hit me, I will tell my mother later. , tell grandma, tell grandpa, tell uncles, tell aunts..."
Jiang Yashuang had a headache after hearing this, so she simply imitated Qiu Yilan and kept silent and just walked - this time it was a mistake. With the pace he and Qiu Yilan were walking at, Ou Qinglan could keep up. The pampered Princess Yongfu was in dire straits. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep. Being left behind.
"Wait for me!" the princess was anxious.
But no one paid attention to her - the three of them left the palace gate like a walking competition, went straight to the carriage and horses, and rushed to the door of the Ruan Mansion - Qiu Yilan breathed a sigh of relief when looking at the Ruan family who was quiet as usual. .
The servant guarding the gate was very surprised when he saw her coachman calling to open the door: "Isn't the princess going to the palace today to congratulate the empress?"
The coachman didn't know why his master ran out not long after entering the palace, and said vaguely: "Anyway, the princess is here."
The servant opened the door and saw Jiang Yashuang dismounted with a somewhat indifferent expression and threw the reins into his hand. He couldn't help but be shocked: "Young General Jiang?!"
As Qiu Jinglan's confidant, after what happened to Mei Xue and the others, the entire Ruan family has been replaced by Qiu Jinglan, so this person knows about the relationship between Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan, and is naturally frightened when he sees this. He jumped and looked around like a thief: "Why are you here with the princess?!"
Before Jiang Yashuang could answer, Ou Qinglan's carriage also arrived. Before it stopped, Miss Ou jumped down neatly, followed without anyone else, and asked: "Is this the Ruan family? It's so quiet... Oh, in Xiaoxiao Period? No wonder.”
Although the servants of the Ruan family did not recognize her, they knew she was a noblewoman by looking at her dress and style, so they had no choice but to look at Qiu Yilan for help: "Princess, this is it?" Could it be that General Jiang was hiding this from the county? The master's sweetheart, or the fiancée appointed by the Jiang family, took advantage of the Qianqiu Festival to cause trouble for the princess. The princess couldn't resist and came to our young master for help. These two came with him, right? !
Qiu Yilan frowned and said, "I don't know you either - let me ask you, has anyone come here today?"
The servant hurriedly said: "No!"
"Brother... cousin, how are you today? Have you seen him?" Qiu Yilan asked, already entering the door.
After hearing the words, the servant followed a few steps: "Everything is fine with the young master, but he has not been out today, so I have not seen the young master today."
That may not be okay!
The most likely method used by the Queen Mother's Party at present is assassination. In such a large place as the Ruan family, there is a river of blood inside, and the door at the gate may not notice it!
Qiu Yilan thought about it and quickened her pace. As a result, she almost ran into the arms of Qiu Jinglan who hurriedly came out at the moon cave door!
Qiu Jinglan quickly put her arm around her shoulders to support her, and yelled out of habit: "What are you doing in Fengfenghuohuo?! You don't look like a girl at all..." In the middle of the training, she saw Jiang Yashuang expressionless not far away. He looked at himself and frowned, "Why is the little general here?"
Jiang Yashuang didn't answer, and kept staring at his hand on Qiu Yilan's shoulder until he took it away, then said calmly: "Lanlan just entered the palace, and suddenly she had to come out to find you. I don't know why. Something happened. I was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to leave the palace alone, so I sent her here.”
Qiu Jinglan looked at Qiu Yilan doubtfully: "What's wrong?"
"...Are you okay?" Seeing him acting like he didn't know anything, Qiu Yilan felt nervous and asked sarcastically.
Qiu Jinglan was confused: "What can I do?!"
Even though he had always been a quiet man in the city, he was confused now. Not far behind Jiang Yashuang, he saw a strange girl in red looking directly at him. He couldn't help but frown and stretched out his hand to greet the visitor, " I’m a visitor, let’s talk inside first.”
Although Jiang Yashuang is in a bad mood now, she still maintains her etiquette: "I'll go to see General Wu Lie first."
"Please!" Qiu Jinglan naturally wouldn't stop her, but the look in her eyes at the girl in red was a bit strange - it was too inconsistent to go to the mourning hall to offer incense in bright red...
Ou Qinglan stared at him unblinkingly. After being pushed by the maid, she came back to her senses and agreed with Jiang Yashuang with a dry smile: "Yes, we should, we should!"
Qiu Jinglan didn't recognize her, so she glanced at her sister, gesturing for her to come out and introduce her. However, she saw Qiu Yilan frowning as if she was lost in thought. She didn't even notice the look she gave her - but Jiang Yashuang paid attention. When she arrived, she introduced him: "This is the eldest daughter of my great-uncle's natal family, the Ou family. Her grandmother and my grandmother are also sisters."
"It turns out it's Miss Ou." Qiu Jinglan calculated in her mind that the co-author was the in-law family of the Marquis of Jibei, and they had some relationship with Qin Guogong's family. The old ladies of the two families were sisters - so she cupped her hands, "Miss Ou suddenly came forward. Come on, I don’t know, what advice can you give me?”
"I'm here with your younger sister." Ou Qinglan was asked by him, her cheeks were suddenly flushed with red, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. In a hurry, she stepped forward and grabbed Qiu, who didn't know her name until now. Yilan said, "This happened suddenly and I didn't have time to change my clothes. I hope you don't take it personally..."
Listening to her tone that was so gentle that she could shed tears, Jiang Yashuang, who was full of worries, turned around in shock and looked at her seriously for a few times to confirm that she was Ou Qinglan and that she had not been tricked by anyone - she had been so fierce since she was a child that Oubicheng frequently Miss Ou, who was ridiculed as "the son is like a sheep and the daughter is like a wolf", actually still has such tender feelings!
Not only was he stunned, but Qiu Yilan was also stunned - just to save face, he exposed it on the spot. Only when Qiu Jinglan led Jiang Yashuang in front did she have the opportunity to ask in a low voice: "Miss Ou, what do you mean? ?”
"Princess Ningyi... oh no... Princess Qiu... oh no... Sister Qiu... oh no... Sister Lan, yes, that's what I'll call you from now on!" Ou Qinglan passionately grabbed her arm, and in one breath, the two of them were separated. The title evolved from the first meeting to being best friends for many years, and then he nervously asked the question that he was most concerned about at the moment, "Sister Lan, your brother... has he never married?!"