"He still has the nerve!?" When Qiu Yilan heard this, she was furious!
Although it is unlikely that the two assassins were carried out by Kuang Qingwu, who had just arrived in Beijing, as a member of the Queen Mother's party, and one who had just had a conflict not long ago, coming to "visit" at this time is not a provocation. What is it!
Ruan Ciyi heard that this was wrong and asked in surprise: "Did he do it?"
"No." Qiu Yilan knew that this eldest cousin had enough on her mind, and she couldn't help her much. She didn't want to put any more pressure on her, so she said, "It's just that I had a conflict with him not long ago... This man had a conflict with Ruan before. We don’t have any contact with each other, so what is he doing here now? I don’t think he has any good intentions!”
Ruan Ciyi sighed: "When I leave for tea, he should be the first one to visit our house when he comes to Beijing."
"It's best not to come with such a white-eyed wolf, so as not to be an eyesore." Qiu Yilan knew that Ruan Ciyi had met Kuang Shihan at the Ruan family when she was a child. Now that she mentioned the Kuang family, she couldn't help but be filled with emotion, but this time This is not the time to sigh, so he urges the servants, "Send my cousin back to her room quickly. Where is the doctor? If you haven't left yet, why are you standing here?!"
Because she was not happy with Kuang's family, Qiu Yilan deliberately sent Ruan Ciyi back to her room. She waited until the doctor came over to diagnose her, prescribe a prescription and prepare the medicine, and took care of Ruan Ciyi until she went to sleep. Then she asked: "Has Kuang Qingwu left?"
Chun Ran said helplessly: "No! I just sent someone to check it out. The servants in the front hall said that the Crown Prince Zhang was a little irritable and hesitant at first. Later, Mr. Leshan who came with him persuaded him a few times. After that, I calmed down and started waiting. Wasn’t it food just now? Seeing that the Ruan family didn’t serve food, I called the servant who was serving tea to ask where there was a restaurant nearby. I had no choice but to send the food to the kitchen. In the past, I found an excuse to say that the people in charge of the house were busy and neglected them, but I definitely didn't mean to entertain them. "
Qiu Yilan frowned and said, "Mr. Leshan? Who is that?"
"He looks like a middle-aged Confucian scholar. He should be a staff member of the Kuang family." Chunran said, "My servant has never heard of this person!"
"Since they refuse to leave, let me go over and take a look." Qiu Yilan said with an ugly expression.
She entered the front hall and saw Kuang Qingwu and an elegant scribe sitting opposite each other, talking with each other. Seeing her coming, the two of them hurriedly abandoned the chess game to talk about the ceremony.
"You two don't have to be polite, please take a seat." Qiu Yilan waved her hand, took a seat at the top, and asked straight to the point, "I wonder if there is any urgent matter for you two to come today?" The implication is of course that there is nothing urgent, so don't bother me. !
Kuang Qingwu glanced at her with complicated eyes, cupped his hands and said, "My father had an old relationship with the Ruan family in the early years. I heard that Mr. Ruan was assassinated, so my son came here to visit."
"Brother is seriously injured, and it is not convenient for outsiders to visit him now." Qiu Yilan said bluntly, "I would like to thank you for your kindness on his behalf. I will tell you when my brother gets better."
After saying that, he took the tea and signaled to see off the guests.
Kuang Qingwu said: "Master Ruan seems to be seriously injured? I wonder if Dr. Qi can revive him?"
These words sounded sarcastic to Qiu Yilan, and her pretty face suddenly sank: "What do you want to say?!"
"This medicine may be useful for Mr. Ruan's injury." Kuang Qingwu took out a small and exquisite jade box from his sleeve. Seeing that Qiu Yilan had no intention of sending anyone up to get it, he put it on the table at hand, "If you don't believe it, Princess , you can show it to the old doctor Qi; if the old doctor is not sure, there are two pills in this box, you might as well find someone to try it, and you will know the effect! "
How could Qiu Yilan believe it? He said coldly: "Thank you for your kindness, but the Ruan family does not lack medicinal materials!"
"This medicine... is worth ten thousand dollars! If the princess doesn't believe it, don't regret it later." Kuang Qingwu smiled meaningfully, and stood up without caring about her attitude, "Goodbye!"
... After leaving Ruan's house, Mr. Leshan frowned and asked, "It seems that your father only gave you two of these life-extending medicines?"
Kuang Qingwu nodded: "It's all in the jade box just now."
"You don't keep any for yourself?!" Mr. Leshan, who was always cold and calm, had a rare fluctuation in his tone.
Kuang Qingwu smiled and said: "Sir, you are not saying that Queen Mother Gu will be the most suspected person when Qiu Jinglan is assassinated this time, but she will never give the Jiang family and Qiu Jinglan a chance to doubt her. Instead, she will Suspicion has been brought to the Kuang family - so in order to avoid becoming a scapegoat, we must find a reason to defend ourselves, lest we rely on the Queen Mother for protection and become more and more controlled by her - we must show goodwill to Qiu Jinglan, even if it is superficial. Then you will have a reason to break it down yourself, so you won’t have nothing to say without the Queen Mother’s support?”
Mr. Leshan said: "That's right, but... that medicine?"
"Qingwu feels that since he wants to show goodwill, he might as well be a good person and stick to it." Kuang Qingwu said calmly, "I just pulled Qiu Jinglan. If he survives on the medicine given by Qingwu, then who will doubt Qingwu?" Why do you want to kill him? Although this is actually the truth!"
Mr. Leshan's hand stroking his beard paused and looked at him in shock.
Kuang Qingwu smiled apologetically at him: "It's not that Qingwu deliberately hid it from sir. It was because something happened suddenly. At that time, sir was not nearby, so..."
"Your father has been running the Ruan family to this point?" Mr. Leshan had extraordinary determination. He was startled and returned to his indifferent expression, but his tone still fluctuated slightly. "Otherwise, how could you have seized such a fleeting thing like yesterday when you just came to Beijing?" Chance?"
Qiu Jinglan holds "Tianya" in her hand and knows that her life experience has been exposed. How can she not take strict precautions
If he is not a familiar person, he will not see him at all. Even if he has to meet, he will definitely be on guard - just like yesterday, his precious sister suddenly ran over with a group of people: yesterday happened to be the Qianqiu Festival; it happened that among the people who ran were Empress Jiang's most beloved daughter and nephew; Everyone knows that the two empresses are at odds, so Empress Dowager Gu seizes this opportunity to embarrass Princess Yongfu and Jiang Yashuang, while the queen who protects their shortcomings perfuses the empress dowager while sending someone over to ventilate them. No matter how you think about it, it is logical...
This kind of opportunity is simply rare!
"That's not true, it's the news from the Queen Mother." Kuang Qingwu explained, "The assassin is a secret guard who followed him to the capital - but he is indeed a chamberlain."
"Are you from Princess Xingkang?" It's a chamberlain who came from the west. I think she belongs to Princess Xingkang's mansion, but I don't know if it was the princess's dowry back then, or if it was collected separately from the west over the years. of? Mr. Leshan thought about it and said calmly, "That's right. Something happened suddenly yesterday. The second empress was in the palace. If Empress Dowager Gu sent her own people, it would inevitably be noticed by Empress Jiang. Instead, you just came to Beijing. The trump card in your hand People can’t figure it out and are easily ignored.”
Kuang Qingwu was a little regretful: "It's a pity that the success fell short."
"Didn't the rumor say that Qiu Jinglan was dying?" Mr. Leshan had returned to his normal expression and muttered, "Looking at Princess Ningyi's face just now, the rumor may not be false. If you don't send the medicine, maybe he is really Can’t make it?”
Kuang Qingwu shook his head and said: "I don't know, sir, that medicine belongs to Qiu Zhongyan. When he was 'died' on the battlefield, when the man collected his body, he got the jade box from him - I think it was Princess Lian." A son, fearing that something would happen to him when he went into battle, was deliberately controlled by others. In this case, Qiu Jinglan may not have any extra in his hands. I am afraid that his confidants had already fed him before we arrived at the Ruan family, so no matter whether he gave it away or not. Given this medicine, Qingwu can no longer interfere with his life or death this time, so he might as well be a good person!"
Mr. Leshan shouted: "Can't interfere? Since the medicine and jade box originally belonged to Qiu Zhongyan, Princess Ningyi was probably young at the time, so she didn't recognize it; but Qiu Jinglan was Qiu Zhongyan's only son, Mrs. Lian The concubine ordered him to commit suicide, so how could she not explain everything clearly to him? Even if Qiu Jinglan could have survived, how could she not think of her biological father who was seriously injured when he heard about the jade box? If you are so stimulated, you should die, right?"
"Sir, you know everything!" Kuang Qingwu did not hide his purpose and said solemnly, "Qiu Jinglan is a serious problem for our Kuang family and must be eliminated! Since the assassination was missed, now I have to spend two pills to make up for it. Yes! I hope he knows better and goes like this, so everyone can worry less!"
Mr. Leshan said lightly: "Speaking of which, I feel ashamed of you and my son. I didn't think much about such a precious medicine. When I met with your father at the beginning of the year, I was given one as a gift... It's a pity that my book boy was too lazy to collect it. Just pack it up and disappear!"
Kuang Qingwu said hurriedly: "It's just a medicine, sir, please don't take it to heart! Qingwu remembers that there should be one or two more at that place, and I will ask for it for you later..."
"No need!" Mr. Leshan said calmly, "Life and death have their own destiny. I said at the beginning that this medicine is useless to me. But you, in order to stimulate Qiu Jinglan this time, you gave away both medicines, but you didn't want to Thinking about your current situation, how many open and secret arrows are thrown at you every day, why don’t you save one as a backup?”
Kuang Qingwu noticed the concern under his cold words, his heart warmed, and he smiled and said: "With sir here, why should Qingwu be afraid of those monsters?"
"..." After hearing this, Mr. Leshan did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment before saying, "No matter whether Qiu Jinglan lives or dies, the assassination of Princess Yongfu and Jiang Yashuang will be implicated this time, as well as those of the Ou family. The eldest lady... The queen will definitely not give up this time. I'm afraid you will be busy next time!"
Kuang Qingwu sighed: "This is also a helpless move! Qiu Nie and others betrayed Qiu Jinglan before, and it was already in the last few days, and he could be doomed! Unexpectedly, Qiu Xia, the iron horse, intervened - I heard that it was With just one word of warning, he turned the tables after returning to the city overnight! Even if Qingwu fails the test next year, we can’t keep him!”
Mr. Leshan hummed and said, "But if Qiu Jinglan dies, won't Queen Mother Gu benefit from it? Isn't it unfair if you are the only one who is miserable next?"
He said calmly, "Because of the assassination incident yesterday, the Qianqiu Banquet was not held. You didn't have the chance to meet the Jiang family girls... Next, we will look for opportunities. Princess Shang Changping's matter, don't let the Queen Mother think that it is going well. . Lest she take advantage of this time to test your trump cards! Those are reserved for you to use in times of real crisis, not for Queen Mother Gu to figure out and deal with you!"
Kuang Qingwu hesitated for a moment, and his eyes seemed to flash across the face of Qiu Yilan's cold, impatient, but beautiful face in the Ruan family hall just now... He was in a daze for a moment, then suppressed his distracting thoughts and nodded in agreement.
What else was Mr. Leshan going to say—suddenly the carriage suddenly stopped!
It was so sudden that the two people in the carriage almost fell out!
Thanks to Kuang Qingwu's quick eyesight and quick hands, he was able to avoid this disaster. Before he could get angry, the driver outside had already shouted angrily: "Who dares to stop my son from driving!?"
But I heard a young man asking coldly: "Kang Qingwu? Did you just go to Ruan's house? What were you going to do!"
"This Jiang Jiujiu is really attentive..." Upon hearing that the boy who stopped the car was Jiang Yashuang, Kuang Qingwu frowned, rubbed his forehead, and helplessly raised the car curtain to answer...