While talking, Qi Shuluo had already walked towards the inner room. When Qiu Jinglan didn't move, Qiu Yilan asked, "Aren't we going in?"
"Mrs. Sun and the sixth grandson of the Xue family are inside, and the eldest sister is accompanying them." Qiu Jinglan said, "You go in, I won't go." Although he and Xue Chang had a master-disciple relationship, the three of them With a female family member here, it would really be awkward for him to squeeze in as a man.
"I'll go take a look." Qiu Yilan thought for a while and felt that since she was here, if she didn't go in and ask, she wouldn't seem to care enough.
She walked in slowly, and then Qi Shuluo had already finished the diagnosis. He was talking to the tearful Mrs. Sun and Xue Nongqing: "... After drinking, I will give Mr. Xue another diagnosis to see if he needs to change the prescription." "
Xue Nongqing asked anxiously: "When will my brother get better?"
"This..." Qi Shuluo pondered.
Ruan Ciyi was afraid that he would say bad things and increase the pressure on the Xue family and her daughter, so she hurriedly said: "After all, now that I have returned to Beijing, I can prepare all the medicinal materials and have a house to live in. It will definitely be better than in the mountains. Yes no?"
Qi Shuluo nodded with the help of Donkey Poxia: "What Miss Ruan said is true!"
Mrs. Sun was also afraid of hearing the bad news, so she pulled her daughter's sleeve to prevent her from asking any more questions. She steeled herself to greet Qi Shuluo: "I will have to rely on the old doctor from now on!"
"Mrs. Sun's words are serious. I originally wanted to harass the Ruan family these days." Qi Shuluo said politely, "It's just a small effort, not to mention that this is the duty of a doctor."
"It turns out that the child's life this time is all given by your family." Mrs. Sun quickly thanked Ruan Ciyi, and in a blink of an eye she saw Qiu Yilan standing at the door, wiping her face and about to come up to salute her, "I will Such a son, saving him is equivalent to saving my life. It was inconvenient before, but now please accept my courtesy, Princess!"
Naturally, Qiu Yilan quickly grabbed her and refused to accept the courtesy: "Madam, if you want to say this, how should Xue Xiang's kindness in nurturing my brother be considered? In the end, this is the son of a lucky man who has his own destiny, but he just happened to meet me. , I don’t dare to take credit!”
When Qi Shuluo saw what Mrs. Sun wanted to say, he coughed and reminded: "It's better to let Mr. Xue rest for a while!"
"Yes, yes, I'm so confused!" Mrs. Sun was now at a loss. All her hopes fell on Qi Shuluo. Naturally, she would listen to whatever Qi Shuluo said. After hearing this, she quickly pulled Xue Nongqing, and they all quietly walked out of the door together - Qiu Jinglan had left the peach tree and was waiting outside the door. When she saw them coming out, she asked about the situation.
Not being completely sure, Qi Shuluo naturally refused to give an accurate answer. He said a few words vaguely, and then excused himself to watch the boiling medicine go away. Upon seeing this, everyone no longer talked about Xue Nongying, but discussed staying together. place to come.
There was nothing embarrassing about this. Mrs. Sun planned to make a floor mat on the foot of Xue Nongying's sleeping couch and stay with her son until the crisis was over. Xue Nongqing was driven to Ruan Ciyi's yard and lived with Ruan Ciyi.
Qiu Yilan still lives in her own place... Yi Xue Nongqing actually wants to live with her, but both Ruan Ciyi and Qiu Jinglan know that Qiu Yilan doesn't like to be disturbed, so they pretend to be confused and let Ruan Ciyi pull her over. After asking her to leave, this girl was so tender-faced that she was too embarrassed to mention it, so she had no choice but to accept it regretfully.
... In the next few days, Xue Nongying's injuries were repeatedly and undetermined. Not to mention Mrs. Sun, even Qi Shuluo had to guard her all night long.
Aftershocks occurred twice more in the past few days, but each one was weaker than the last. The last one only caused a ripple in the water on the table and then stopped.
Under this circumstance, Queen Mother Gu finally decided to return to Beijing after discussing with Queen Jiang.
In fact, the relevant officials had already returned to Beijing to suppress the situation - even so, there were still rumors in Beijing that the regency of the Second Empress was detrimental to the country, and that the earthquake on Wanshou Day was a warning from God to the emperor.
However, Qiu Yilan felt that such rumors could not threaten the second empress at all, not to mention that both of them had an army behind them. As for the emperor's character, it can be seen from the earthquake that this guy is hopeless.
It is estimated that the Second Empress will really return to power now. He may not be happy, but will have a headache...
"I don't know if this rumor was spread deliberately or by chance, but the people who discussed it will definitely be in trouble." Qiu Yilan said to Qiu Jinglan privately, "I think King Qi and King Yan are more susceptible to this incident. dynamic impact.”
Qiu Jinglan muttered: "Haven't you heard the latest rumors? One rumor says that the gift given by King Yan to congratulate Wanshou had too many rare things. The so-called excess is not enough, which aroused the wrath of heaven; the other rumor is that it is equal to everything. The king is not worthy of being the crown prince at all, so after he revealed his intention to fight for the crown prince, God immediately showed signs; there is another way, which is that neither the King of Qi nor the King of Yan is worthy of being the crown prince... "
He breathed out, "The source of these rumors has not yet been found out!"
Qiu Yilan asked in surprise: "So, the previous rumors accusing the Second Empress of causing the earthquake were just for these kinds of rhetoric?" All fools know that the Second Empress has been in politics for so many years, if an earthquake is as bad as If they could be driven out of power by just a mere rumor, they would have gone back to the harem to play palace battles. There is no place for them in the court!
But judging from the current remarks against King Qi and King Yan, if these rumors come from the same person, then the purpose from the beginning is not towards the second queen, but towards the two newly minted princes. The chosen one went!
After all, if something like an earthquake occurs, the court must express something at this time.
The second queen will never admit to having a relationship with them, so a scapegoat is needed - the responsibility for the earthquake cannot be shouldered by just picking someone up! The first to bear the brunt is the regent, the emperor, the prince... and the last is the powerful minister. The meaning of deceiving others after that is too frank!
The two kings, who had just fought with birthday gifts on the Wanshou Festival and showed obvious intention to compete for the heir apparent, are good candidates. The two miserable brothers had just shown their appearance and caught up with a disaster like an earthquake. They were ready to be stepped on. It’s your destiny to be the heir apparent!
And whether it is Queen Mother Gu or Queen Jiang, although they have chosen King Qi and King Yan at present, it does not mean that they cannot make other choices.
Queen Mother Gu also has King Zhou who is both her grandson and nephew; Queen Jiang... For the Queen, all the bastards who are not close to the Queen Mother and are easy to control can be cultivated!
"Anyway, the water is getting turbid!" Qiu Jinglan said attentively, "I don't know yet which prince...or for which prince did it, but the Emperor and Feng are about to return, and the Queen Mother and the Queen The means must be thoroughly investigated!”
He glanced at his sister, "But according to my prediction, King Qi and King Yan will probably have no chance."
"What does this have to do with us?" Qiu Yilan said disapprovingly, "As long as the queen wins, it will be fine. As for who will be the crown prince... he is a puppet anyway. Whoever supports the appearance is not the supporter?"
"Have you forgotten that the fifteenth young lady of the Jiang family has been assigned to Prince Qi?" Qiu Jinglan frowned and said, "Even if Prince Qi has no hope of becoming the heir apparent, he still cannot retain the title of prince. He is always of the Tian family's blood! This marriage is still the queen's decision. , so unless Jiang Shiwu is dead, she must marry him - how can the Jiang family not be resentful? "
Qiu Yilan said in astonishment: "But what does this have to do with me? Because her daughter's dream of being a princess has been shattered, is she going to take it out on me?" Did I activate the full set of taunting skills? As for attracting hatred so much
Qiu Jinglan said: "It's not impossible! Didn't you say that you had never offended Jiang Wu at all, but she would try to make things difficult for you? She was expected to become a princess before, and it was just when the spring breeze was so proud that the horse's hoof was broken, maybe She will be more open-minded, but now she has become the laughing stock of everyone. Who knows whether she will not be able to live well and not let others live well? "
"But it's impossible to just attack me, right?" Qiu Yilan thought for a while and said, "I really don't think I'm easy to bully."
"Anyway, be careful." Qiu Jinglan warned, "This kind of people with evil intentions, no matter whether they are proud or depressed, you have to guard against them!"
Qiu Yilan sighed and agreed.
... Speaking of returning to Beijing, the Xue family returned relatively late because they had to "search" for Xue Nongying. For this reason, Xue Chang even specially reported to the Second Empress.
Mrs. Sun, on the other hand, sent her confidants to guard the Xue family and spread rumors that her son was missing and her daughter was in poor health. At this moment, she was weeping all day long and looking after her daughter behind closed doors to thank guests.
But after most of the courtiers followed the Tian family back to Beijing, Mrs. Sun had to put her son aside temporarily and secretly returned home with her daughter.
Because the Puyang palace was in mourning.
Mrs. Qin breathed her last less than half an hour after returning to the palace.
Xiao Mu felt guilty and sad, but the person was gone, so it was useless no matter how much he cried. The stewards among the servants persuaded him together and began to discuss the funeral arrangements - but they could not come to any conclusion because Xiao Mu was a commoner and a young child. His aunt, Princess Chu, and his brother, King Puyang, were not here. How about being alone? Can old concubine Qin be buried
Therefore, the old concubine's body could only be preserved with ice and a mourning hall was built, waiting for Concubine Chu and Xiao Su to return to Beijing to preside over it.
Now these two people have officially mourned after they came back. With the popularity of Mrs. Qin, almost all the nobles in Beijing have received the message - even the Ruan family is no exception. After all, Ruan Ciyi's grandmother and Mrs. Qin are sisters, so they can be considered as sisters. Relatives who turn around.
Not to mention the Xue family, Mrs. Sun had to entrust her son to the Ruan family and go back to arrange condolences in person.
As for the Ruan family, the period of filial piety has not yet passed. It is a custom at this time that if one is filial, one does not go to other people's funerals, but only sends a servant to pay a gift.
However, Qiu Yilan had to go back to the Xihe Palace and go with Princess Yang to meet her... After all, she was a titled princess, and she was engaged to Jiang Yashuang. She was not the kind of person who could be ignored casually. The princess is gone, and she, as the princess, has to go there anyway... Not to mention that she helped Xiao Mu when she went down the mountain before, so it would be a bad idea not to go now.
Anyway, when she returned to Xihe Palace, which she had not lived in for several months, she saw that half of her yard had collapsed.
Fortunately, the inner room was intact, so it was still habitable.
When I was sending my servants to tidy up, I heard a voice from my classmate. When I went over to see it, I was very surprised: "Mr. Shao is still teaching?"
What’s even more surprising is, “Miss Sheng, Qianqian, are you still listening to the class?”
Forget it about Wang Qingqian and Shao Yuemei. The former's uncles haven't reached the level of traveling with them to escape the summer heat, and she doesn't want to go with Qiu Yilan; the latter doesn't like mountains and stays in Beijing every summer vacation.
But Sheng Shishui followed the Lu family to Dizi Mountain... She should have just come back, right? You actually came here to attend class? Is this the rhythm of becoming a top student
"The house is in a mess right now, and I can't help. I just came over to take a look. I saw Mr. Qianqian giving a lecture, so I listened together." Sheng Shishui was very thoughtful and knew her doubts as soon as he heard it. Wei explained.
Shao Yuemei said: "This house is still very strong, not to mention the spacious yard outside. If there is any movement, just run out."
Qiu Yilan looked at Wang Qingqian - she stuck out her tongue: "When I am idle at home, I often come over to talk to my husband... Classes were originally suspended after the earthquake, but being idle all the time is not an option... "
"You guys are really studious!" Qiu Yilan finally understood and said, "I'm going to be lazy. I'm going to pay my respects to the old concubine Qin tomorrow. I haven't come back to this yard for a while, so I have to clean it up before I can move in... I'm here today I won’t listen to the class for now, Mr. Wanwang, please forgive me!”
Shao Yuemei had no objection: "The princess can do whatever she wants."
After coming out of the boudoir school, Qiu Yilan saw that Chun Ran was already instructing the people to clean up, so she walked to the stone table under the pear tree to rest. Seeing that it was almost noon, Xiuyan suddenly walked in. Seeing her in the courtyard, she hurriedly came up to say hello: "The kitchen here collapsed, the princess asked you if you want to go and have a meal there?"
"No need, it'll be quick to clean up." Qiu Yilan shook her head. Although Princess Yang should not dare to do anything secretly to her at the moment, she was careful not to make a big mistake.
Seeing this, Xiuyan hesitated.
"Why aren't you leaving yet?" Qiu Yilan asked in surprise after waiting for a while. It's been two or three years, and the servants in the palace still don't know their temper? If you say you won’t go, you won’t go!
As a result, Xiuyan said cautiously: "The princess also said... She also asked Miss Sheng... and of course Miss Wang to have dinner with her."
Qiu Yilan narrowed her eyes: Wang Qingqian saw that he invited her to be a guest without hesitation, but it was a blessing...