Mrs. Tao's estimation was absolutely correct - after hearing his grandson's report, Duke Qin thought for a moment and asked, "Where did this autumn wind come from? How is his character? Is Zheng'er interested in him?"
Jiang Yashuang's heart sank, and she said deliberately: "He's just an ordinary Jianghu person with little reputation. My grandson has never seen him, and it's hard to say what his character is. As for Sister Eighteen, she is very grateful to him for saving her life."
Duke Guo of Qin glanced at him and said, "Then ask your eighth brother to inquire about it. If he is a son of a decent family and his appearance is not bad, then let him become a Zheng'er!"
"Grandfather, there is a big gap between this man and Eighteenth Sister in origin!" Jiang Yashuang lowered her eyes and said calmly, "If Eighteenth Sister is given to him, when the sisters get together in the future, I'm afraid Eighteenth Sister will need to Listen to a lot of gossip!”
Qin Guogong said calmly: "What are you afraid of? Aren't you planning to go to the palace to find your fourth aunt? Let her find an excuse to praise Qiu Feng? Since he can get a reputation as a knight in the world, he will do the same. After a few good things, are you afraid that you can’t make a fuss about your origins? How many generations of our Jiang family have we come from?”
Seeing Jiang Yashuang's silence, she knew that he was unhappy. After thinking about it, she finally softened her tone and said earnestly, "The fight for the reserve is the most important thing right now. Xue Chang is already on our side. It's time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it." Eradicate the Queen Mother and the Gu family in one fell swoop! It’s not appropriate to give the Queen Mother a chance to mess around for some personal matters! If Qiu Feng is really not a good match, just let Zheng’er reconcile with him and marry a suitable one later. !”
"...I asked you why you are so worried when you come into the palace today. Is it because of Zheng'er?" After a while, in the Beique Palace, Queen Jiang held a tea bowl and smiled half-heartedly, "Actually, you have nothing to be sad about. Miss you third sister, who daughter of the Jiang family has suffered more than her? And you also said that Zheng'er herself is willing to surrender to Qiu Feng. Maybe she will be grateful to your grandfather for helping her! So why are you sulking? "
Jiang Yashuang muttered: "Probably because this matter is most likely caused by my uncle's side. With my grandfather's shrewdness, how could he not have guessed that my grandmother is strict in running the family, and my sister is not someone who talks nonsense about things. Rumors spread that there must be a thief in the family, but my grandfather didn't even mention a word about investigating, he just wanted Sister Shiba to come down to Qiufeng and settle the matter..."
"Your grandfather has been partial to the big house for a day or two. Aren't you used to it?" The queen smiled lightly, "Besides, it would be better if we don't investigate. What if we find out that the big house did it?"
Seeing Jiang Yashuang frowning, the queen said warmly, "Didn't Qiu Feng always live with Qiu Jinglan? If you are worried, ask Qiu Jinglan. He will never dare to lie to you for the sake of his sister."
"That nephew will leave first." Jiang Yashuang pondered for a while, then stood up and said.
The queen smiled: "Go!"
When he arrived at the Ruan family, the Qiu family brothers and sisters were very surprised when they heard the news about Master Shang: "Why did this happen suddenly?"
Qiu Yilan couldn't help but glance at her brother: "Brother, didn't you say that last time?" Qiu Feng had no idea of being the master - but now the woman's elders have made the decision! What is this!
"How could your family agree to a marriage with such a huge disparity?" Qiu Jinglan was also surprised, "I heard that Princess Chunfu is very favored."
Jiang Yashuang was not in a good mood and said lightly: "It's hard to explain in words. Anyway, I hope he can treat my eighteenth sister well in the future!"
"Based on his character, there shouldn't be any problem with this." Qiu Jinglan looked at him for a while and said calmly, "But he may be very surprised by this matter... Can I have someone take you over to find him and have a few words in person?"
When the servants led Jiang Yashuang to the courtyard where Qiu Feng lived, Qiu Yilan anxiously pulled Qiu Jinglan's sleeve and asked, "Qiu Feng is really willing to be the master?"
"You haven't seen what he is like? If he really has any inappropriate contact with Princess Chunfu, even if it is to save people, he will never deny it... As long as the Jiang family talks about this, I will Make sure he obeys!" Qiu Jinglan's face quickly turned cold. It wasn't that his sister's inquiry offended him, but, "Oh, Qiu Feng became the Jiang family's son-in-law, so I lost a helping hand!"
Qiu Yilan looked at him strangely: "I always forgot to ask you, didn't he want to kill you before? How did you trick him back into working for you again?"
"Why are you asking about this?" Qiu Jinglan glanced at her, "Have you finished your homework today? Have you practiced the boxing that you should do? I have memorized the in-law relationship between nobles in Beijing that my eldest sister wrote to you. ?”
Qiu Yilan looked at him resentfully: "Forget it if you don't want to answer, why bother to deal with me..."
"Go to eldest sister and tell her about Qiu Feng and Princess Chunfu. Qiu Feng is living in our house now. He is very cool. Once the marriage is decided, our family will be busy for him." Qiu Jinglan ignored her and acted coquettishly. He ordered, "Big sister is best at these things. If you tell her earlier, she can start planning earlier."
Qiu Yilan couldn't resist him, so she had no choice but to give up asking why Qiu Feng was coaxed to come here by him, and went to run errands in frustration.
I have to say that the Jiang family is still the head of the Qin family - he made a statement that Jiang Qizheng, who was favored by the Jiang family and the queen, would actually descend to a Jianghu man. Such ridiculous news was still laughed at in the streets and praised Qiu Feng. The imperial edict to grant him the title of earl has been openly issued to the Ruan family!
In fact, Qiu Feng came from a rough background, and even if the queen deliberately promoted him, he would not be able to become an earl. Fortunately, he had done too many chivalrous deeds before, and there were many officials among the beneficiaries, so the queen sent someone to do a little investigation and found that this prospective niece-in-law's background and fame were not to mention, this was a good deed worthy of praise and reward. Don’t do less!
Empress Jiang was originally partial to Jiang Qizheng, so when she saw this, she simply raised her title to the rank of uncle.
It would not be too embarrassing for Jiang Qizheng to receive a letter from the earl, a gift from the mansion, and then accept the Lord's order.
For a time, everyone in the capital was talking about Qiu Feng's good luck, not to mention that people in the world were extremely envious of him. However, Qiu Yilan knew that although Qiu Feng had received the title and accepted the title of Lord, this I'm actually not very keen on either thing.
Especially for Jiang Qizheng—this princess once approached Qiu Feng with great joy after the wedding decree was issued, but Qiu Feng was very polite to her, almost to the point of keeping her at a distance, which made Jiang Qizheng feel very disappointed.
"Don't you like the princess?" Qiu Yilan met him again after hearing the news and couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you just fly away before? Could it be that the Jiang family still wanted you to come back to be the master?"
Qiu Feng drank wine gloomily and took the time to say: "Although I was trying to save people before, I did offend the princess... Qiu has been upright and aboveboard in his life, and he will not shirk his responsibilities!"
It’s exactly the same as what Qiu Jinglan said before!
Qiu Yilan looked at him sympathetically: Qiu Jinglan knew this guy like the back of his hand! No wonder she was yelling at Qiu Jinglan a few days ago, and within half a year she came to her door to eat and drink!
"By the way, I have been worried about you since I saw you at Dizi Mountain. What are you worried about?" Qiu Yilan saw him reply and continued to drink. She rolled her eyes and asked tentatively.
No matter how cute Qiu Jinglan is, she still can't get away with it. I wonder if Qiu Feng, who has such high moral integrity that he knows the rules and cheats easily, will be able to tell others everything is fair and aboveboard
The result disappointed her. Qiu Feng put down the wine bottle and said calmly: "Brother Ling said, I can't tell you a word about this!"
"...You know everything but I can't know!" Qiu Yilan gritted her teeth, "I must have been given pen, ink, paper and inkstone as a gift when he bought me, right?!"
It's a pity that Qiufeng ignored her and ignored her. Finally, he got tired of it and simply jumped up with the wine bottle, climbed over the building and over the wall, and was out of sight in a moment!
"What kind of boxing were you practicing in the first place! I should have told my brother that I wanted to practice slingshot!" Looking at his floating back, Qiu Yilan stomped her feet in hatred!
She still had time to think about Qiu Feng, but the battle for the crown prince in the DPRK had already heated up - almost every day someone impeached the King of Zhou and the Seventh Prince, and almost every day people from both sides were dismissed or punished... The two empresses fought to the death, but Xue Chang still refused. Sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and refuse to express opinions easily.
Seeing this situation, the insiders in the Queen's Party were naturally anxious: "Didn't we agree that we would choose the Seventh Prince, and he would help us? As of this morning, how many of our people have been taken advantage of by the Queen Mother?" Demoted... Why is he still standing by? "
Duke Guo of Qin was not in a hurry: "Now the battle has just begun. Xue Chang is standing here now. How can we get the surprise attack except to frighten the enemy? Don't forget that it is only the censor and Yan Guan who are taking the lead now... Tang Zimo hasn't personally gone into battle yet, so suppress it." Why didn’t the Western Army show anything?”
For the second queen, this battle for the crown prince was an opportunity to break out after years of accumulated conflicts! It means a life-and-death battle! Both sides will definitely not hold anything back, and they will definitely bring out all their trump cards... How can they expect a quick victory? !
It's just that because of the unexpected ally Xue Chang, the Queen's Party thinks that they will win two to one. With this mentality, they just want to win today and change the government the day after tomorrow... After that, it's time to liquidate the Gu family and share the cake! As a result, the cake was not seen, and a group of allies were defeated by the ferocious offensive from the Queen Mother's side. Wasn't it anxious
After being comforted by the Duke of Qin, this impatience gradually calmed down - I no longer dared to hold the mentality of "Xue Chang will defect anyway, and the position of prince is still not guaranteed to the seventh prince", and began to prepare seriously for war!
As a result, from the end of the year to the beginning of the following spring, to the beginning of the conference examination in February, the situation was still tied, and the situation became more and more turbulent!
Jiang Yashuang, who had just finished this subject, was unsurprisingly involved. From the position in the general examination to the position in the palace examination, from the second queen to the court, the scene was so fierce that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law almost fought in public!
In the end, it was Xue Chang, the chief examiner of this subject, who made the final decision, ranking Jiang Yashuang in third place in both the joint examination and the palace examination, making her the top scorer!
The third highest number on the headgear, it would be very honorable to be placed in any house.
But someone like Qiu Yilan, who knew the inside story, slightly twitched his mouth after hearing the news: "Xue Xiang is planning to use the words 'just and strict' to the end!" How shameless you are! Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang were arguing about first and second place before! As a result, you made the decision and beat my family from 19th to 3rd in one go!
What's the difference between saying "the literary talent is amazing, but unfortunately there are some flaws" and saying "I just don't want you to take first place"!
It was clearly Xue Chang who persuaded the Jiang family under the banner of the Queen Mother of Ma Bigu, and then once again promoted his reputation to the public as "just and strict, not afraid of powerful ministers, and the reputation of the country"!
"Poor Nineteen, let's forget that the story of winning three yuan in a row was aborted, and he was stepped on by that old guy to gain reputation..." Qiu Yilan muttered various grievances, but Jiang Yashuang herself didn't care - at this moment, the two of them were working hand in hand. When visiting Jinxiu Slope, the spring flowers are like brocade, the green grass is like felt, and people walking under the flower trees look at each other like scrolls.
Jiang Yashuang stretched out his finger and scratched the tip of her nose, and said with a smile: "It would be great if you can enter the Hanlin Academy. If you enter the official career, you will be a Jinshi."
"Yes, with the Queen here - I guess the top pick and the second pick are also envious of you!" Qiu Yilan thought of the power of his backstage, and her mind became balanced.
Hearing this, Jiang Yashuang looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "Don't call me the Queen too smoothly, otherwise you will have to change your name after next month, but it will be embarrassing!"
"It's embarrassing for you!" Qiu Yilan hit him with a pink fist and snorted, "I don't think I called you wrong if I don't change my identity!"
... Because Qiu Feng couldn't stand the constant flow of visitors in the past year, he asked the Jiang family to leave the capital for a while. The Jiang family also knew his details. People who were accustomed to being a prostitute in the Jianghu world found it difficult to get used to the behavior among nobles. And with the current prominence of the Jiang family, how could their prospective son-in-law be able to stop the people who come to please him
So the Jiang family made a plan and decided to get married for them in February—Jiang Qizheng had already prepared everything for her wedding.
In this way, with Jiang Qizheng standing in the way of her husband, the autumn wind became clear.
Jiang Qizheng, who ranked eighteenth, fell down. The elders of the Jiang family naturally thought of Jiang Yashuang, who was engaged earlier than Jiang Qizheng. He just happened to be named on the gold medal list, so why not put in the bridal chamber flowers and candles and give him a double wedding? Happy arrival!
Therefore, when Jiang Qizheng lowered her front foot, Mrs. Tao sent people to the Xihe Palace to arrange a date for Qiu Yilan's arrival... next month!