"I just found out just now." Jiang Yashuang said with a bitter smile, "My servants said before that Fourth Aunt heard that I haven't seen you for a few days and specifically gave us a chance... But I always felt something was wrong when we walked on the road, so I asked Only the inferiors will know.”
He apologized, "How about I accompany you back? This matter is the fault of Sister Seventeen and Cousin Tao. There is absolutely no reason why I should wrong you just to comply with them."
"You are just as hateful!" Qiu Yilan said angrily, "With this news, it would be polite of me not to beat you up, but you actually want me to kiss you?!"
"I know you might beat me up after telling me, so I can take advantage..." Jiang Yashuang coughed dryly, "How about it? Should we go back or not?"
Qiu Yilan grimaced for a long time before saying, "Most of your family members want me to come out, right?"
Being a gunman for King Qi must have been inserted suddenly; he asked her to come out to pick flowers during the banquet... But she was told by Jiang Qizheng as soon as she came. At that time, it was the little Tao who helped hold back Princess Yang so that Jiang Qizheng could pass the message - obviously The two sisters-in-law had already planned to send her away so as not to get in the eyes of Jiang Qisheng and Tao Peibin!
Jiang Yashuang sighed, touched her temples, and said softly: "They are not looking at Sister Seventeen and Cousin Tao - they just think that these two are about to leave Beijing anyway, so they don't have to worry about it anymore, and they have absolutely nothing against you. Meaning! Especially my eighteenth sister, you are her brother-in-law, how could she not be attracted to you? "
Qiu Yilan looked ugly for a long time before snorting and walking in one direction!
Jiang Yashuang hurriedly caught up: "That's where to go back to the palace!"
"Everyone in your family worked together to not want me to stay there. For this reason, they pushed you out to deal with me. What should I do if I go back!" Qiu Yilan turned her head and shouted angrily, "I'm not going! I'm going back to Greenland. Snow Villa!”
"Now the door you came through when you came here can't be opened." Jiang Yashuang knew that she was full of anger now, so he put his arms around her waist and said softly, "Come, I will take you through the side door."
Qiu Yilan pushed his hand with a sullen face, but Jiang Yashuang was very strong, coaxing and pulling her at the same time, and finally pulled her to an inconspicuous small door on the palace wall. The gatekeeper obviously knew him. He bowed from a distance and then smiled politely when he came closer: "Young Master Nineteenth, are you going out?"
"Yes." Jiang Yashuang said to Qiu Yilan while pulling him, "You will send someone to tell my brother later."
"You must bring the message to your humble position!" The guard said and asked his men to open the door.
After leaving the palace, Qiu Yilan's expression didn't look much better - Jiang Yashuang led her along a winding mountain road: "We'll be there soon."
The scenery coming out of this door was very unfamiliar to Qiu Yilan. Now she was angry again and just followed Jiang Yashuang without paying attention... In the end, Jiang Yashuang stopped and said, Qiu Yilan took a look: " Where is this place near Green Snow Villa! What are you bringing me here for?"
"Cousin Zhuang and Cousin Xin have been pestering you to talk to each other at the dinner table. Are you afraid that you won't have time to eat?" Jiang Yashuang pulled her into a pavilion in the shade of green poplar trees not far away. "Come in first and sit down. Someone will bring food to you soon." Come."
Qiu Yilan said angrily: "Who wants to sit with you? I want to go back!"
"Have a good Wanshou Festival." Jiang Yashuang held her back and persuaded her, "Why bother to go back and sulk when someone disturbs your mood like this? I will have to attend the palace banquet in the future, and there are so many people crowded there. How can we be so noisy and peaceful together?"
Qiu Yilan sneered: "It's not you who was tricked, persuaded, and coaxed out!"
"I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter!" Jiang Yashuang shook her head and said, "I can't let you suffer this loss for nothing - but if you run back like this now, your brothers and sisters will definitely ask, when you arrive Sometimes they will also get angry... I'm not afraid that they will talk about me, it's just that you ruined my good life, how can I not feel bad? "
While he was coaxing Qiu Yilan with his sweet words, the banquet in the palace became more and more casual.
Empress Dowager Gu was getting older, so she went back after a few drinks. The emperor and the empress were still there, but there was a shortage of people downstairs - people changing clothes, washing up, applying make-up, people taking advantage of the situation to talk, and After drinking too much, I went out to sober up and enjoy the flowers...
Xue Nongying retired late, mainly because he was worried about his grandfather Xue Chang.
After all, Xue Chang is old, but he is very noble and respected. On occasions like the Longevity Festival, in addition to serving birthday wine on behalf of all the officials at the beginning, he also stood up to salute the Queen Mother and the Empress several times, and was saluted several times by two deputy prime ministers and several close subordinates - his drinking capacity was not high to begin with. He has changed clothes twice and taken hangover medicine once, but there is still sweat on his forehead.
"You should also go out for a walk." Xue Chang wiped his face with a handkerchief and was about to take a sip of tea when he saw his grandson holding it with considerate hands. He felt relieved, took it and took a sip, and said softly, "Cheng's family My little girl, whose maiden name is Guo Xi, just went out... She was brought here today by her sister-in-law. She was wearing a goose-yellow shirt. I don't know if she changed it when she went out just now, but her sister-in-law had a red mole on the corner of her mouth. It’s pretty easy to recognize…”
Xue Nongying's face turned red and she whispered: "This matter... it all depends on my grandfather!"
"Ahem, I'm not sure yet. I just think Cheng Jin has a good character. His daughter should be a good tutor." Xue Chang smiled and patted the back of his hand, "So go take a look first. If you like it, I'll give it to you." Check carefully; if you don’t like it, then try again. It doesn’t matter if the man gets married late—I’m pretty tough, I can afford to wait!”
Seeing what his grandfather said, Xue Nongying, who was also curious about his future wife, hesitated for a while and finally nodded: "Then... my grandson goes out for a walk."
"Go!" Xue Chang couldn't help but smile as he watched his usually smart and alert grandson resigned a little shyly, "Young man!"
Suddenly he remembered another young face who was not here at the moment, and his previously cheerful mood turned into sadness, "Qiu Jinglan... Chunjun... It's a pity that the situation in the court is like this now, otherwise he and Ying'er would have supported each other. No surprise, how many people can match his age?"
With a sigh of disinterest, Xue Chang focused on singing and dancing and stopped thinking about troubles.
At this time, Xue Nongying came out of the palace. Looking around, there were some figures in the sea of flowers far and near, but no one was wearing goose yellow, and no one had a mole on the corner of his mouth.
He was too embarrassed to ask anyone, and he was too embarrassed to stare at the female family members too much, so he pretended to be appreciating flowers and searched for them while walking.
After walking for a while, I saw a figure in the distance, dressed in goose yellow, and my spirit suddenly lifted!
Quickly straightening her clothes and puffing out her chest, Xue Nongying pretended to look at the flowers and followed the woman calmly - although before entering the palace today, Xue Chang told him that he would betrothed a young daughter from the Cheng family. Cheng Guoxi meant it, but because the male and female seats were not in the same place at the celebration, Xue Nongying followed her grandfather, and the seat was the most respected among the officials. Every move was watched by a large group of people, and it was difficult to pay too much attention to the female family members, so at this moment he I have never seen what Cheng Guoxi looks like.
Now he followed, just to see what happened.
As a result, after following him, the woman walked further and further into the countryside, and finally entered a bamboo forest!
"What did Miss Cheng's family do here?" Xue Nongying was suspicious. Then she remembered that the yellow figure seemed to be alone. The sister-in-law and maidservants her grandfather Xue Chang had mentioned who brought her into the palace were all missing. She then thought, "Is it possible that I With the wrong person?”
I stopped when I thought of this.
But at this moment, a suppressed cry suddenly came from the bamboo forest!
"Did she suffer some injustice? She left her sister-in-law and maidservant behind and came here to cry?" Xue Nongying immediately thought of this possibility and hesitated. Out of concern and curiosity about the candidate for his fiancée, he tiptoed into the bamboo forest. .
"Woo... Wuwu..." After entering the forest, the crying became clearer and clearer, seemingly filled with endless grievance and bitterness.
Xue Nongying subconsciously walked a few steps faster, and soon she saw the crying person - but the moment she saw it, Xue Nongying suddenly felt regretful and felt like hitting the wall!
The woman in a goose-yellow dress that he had been following before was indeed not far away, packing a small medicine bottle... but it wasn't her who was crying! But a noble lady with gorgeous clothes and green crown - Concubine Gu!
... If I just saw Concubine Gu crying, it would be okay. It would be embarrassing at most.
The problem is, Concubine Gu is crying in the arms of a man! But this man is not the emperor!
Not King Yan, King Zhou, or the Gu family... In short, not any man whom Concubine Gu could cry into his arms without being accused!
Xue Nongying vaguely remembered that she had seen the man in the palace just now - it seemed that his surname was Qiu, and his last name was Shen. He was an official who had been sent away as a leaver and had only returned to Beijing last month. He had not yet formally taken up his post. It seemed that He is also the nephew of Qiu Dian, the imperial censor!
Seeing this scene, how dare he stay any longer? He turned around quietly and was about to leave!
As a result, due to my hasty steps, within a few steps, the jade pendant around my waist bumped into a nearby bamboo pole!
The jade bamboos struck each other, making a clear and sweet sound - Xue Nongying was shocked, and before she could hide, Qiu Shen's angry shout came from behind: "There is someone nearby!"
"What?!" Concubine Gu's cry suddenly stopped!
Although Xue Nongying had practiced with the guards a few times since he was a child, his talent was not high, his mind was not on it, and his strength was mediocre. However, after being taught by Xue Changyan and his example, his eyesight was not bad: Concubine Gu was crying so hard just now that her heart was broken, and Qiu Shen was obviously distraught. In this case, he could still keenly hear the strange sound of the jade pendant hitting the bamboo. It can be seen that Qiu Shen's martial arts skills are so high!
Unable to escape anyway, he thought: The Neutral Party never takes the initiative to stir up trouble, and he is the grandson that Xue Chang has high hopes for. If they meet each other, these two people may not dare to fall out! Thinking of this, Xue Nongying simply stopped and turned towards the person who was chasing behind him: "I..."
It's a pity that it was too late for him to say what he said next - Qiu Shen took advantage of the Wanshou Festival to have an affair with Concubine Gu. How treasonous was this? Once the incident happens, not only the two of them will be ruined, but also the Qiu family, the Gu family, including the Queen Mother Party, King Yan, King Zhou... I don't know how many people will be implicated!
Therefore, even though Qiu Shen is holding Concubine Gu, he always remains vigilant and pays attention to his surroundings!
At this moment, she really noticed someone peeping - Xue Nongying was frightened when she saw them, but Qiu Shen was like a ghost when she found out that the matter was exposed!
So he let go of Concubine Gu and chased into the forest. When he saw Xue Nongying's fleeing back, without even thinking, he chopped off a green bamboo as thick as a man's arm and threw it at Xue Nongying's vest with almost all his strength. : "Still want to escape?! Just go to hell!"
"puff!"
With a dull sound, Qiu Shen's green bamboo, with 100% of his strength, pierced Xue Nongying's entire body like cutting tofu! If he hadn't instinctively dodged at the critical moment, this stab would have been fatal!
Even so, he was also thrown forward by the force of Cuizhu, and was nailed to the ground, vomiting blood from his mouth!
"Is she from the Queen?" Concubine Gu, whose face turned pale with tears still wet, hurried from behind. Qiu Shen, who was about to go up to marry Xue Nongying, hurriedly supported her: "I don't know, but fortunately I have stopped her..."
Before she finished speaking, Xue Nongying struggled to turn her head to look at them, and happened to catch Concubine Gu's eyes. Concubine Gu suddenly felt dizzy and grabbed Qiu Shen's arm with such force that she pinched her in an instant. It broke his skin: "Oh my god! It's Xue Nongying! Xue Xiang's favorite grandson!!!"
Qiu Shen, who had just breathed a sigh of relief at successfully preventing the voyeur from escaping, felt his heart almost stop: "What?!"
Who doesn't know that although Xue Chang has several descendants, the one he values and loves the most is Xue Nongying? The other descendants of the Xue family died, and Xue Chang was heartbroken. He might not be able to afford such a loss, but if Xue Nongying died, Xue Chang would definitely use any means to find out!
You must know that for a person of Xue Chang's age, nothing is more important than having a successor!
"What should we do now?" Concubine Gu and Qiu Shen, who were covered in cold sweat for a moment, looked at Xue Nongying not far away, and fell into an unprecedented dilemma!