A moment later, the Jiang family courtyard.
Qiu Jinzhu walked into the courtyard where her cousin Qiu Yilan lived with fear.
"Why are you here?" Qiu Yilan, who was wearing a homely dress, held a silk fan with an ivory handle in her hand, pointed to the seat closest to her for her to sit on, and asked straight to the point, "Rumors are spreading all over the world right now. Yes, if you don’t find a solution with your father, queen, mother, and concubine, why are you here here?”
"...Fifth sister has also heard about it?" Although Qiu Jinzhu learned from her before getting along with Kuang Qingwu privately, but Qiu Yilan and Jiang Yashuang were already married, but she became a shame to the whole family and was despised by everyone. At this moment, I still felt a fever on my face as I talked about it. I was stunned for a while and then said, "Please Fifth Sister, please help me!"
When she said this, she was pulled by Xiuyan Anan behind her before she remembered to kneel down. She knelt too quickly and almost fell, so she put her hands on the ground to steady herself. Xiuyan, who was sent by Princess Yang to help mediate, looked at her. Seeing that he was at a loss, he sighed secretly and then knelt down: "I beg the fifth princess to help the sixth princess this time out of the love of flesh and blood! The princess is willing to do everything for you..."
"I'm not short of cows and horses. Why do I want her to be a cow or a horse?" Qiu Yilan smiled sarcastically and patted Qiu Jinzhu's shoulder with her fan. "Get up and talk. This rumor is spreading. That's all. Emperor's son. Everyone on the mountain knows it. If you delay for a while, the Queen Mother will send someone to tell you, why don't you tell me the story quickly so that I can make an idea for you? "
Hearing this tone, she was willing to take care of it. Qiu Jinzhu and Xiuyan were overjoyed and were very surprised - the fifth princess had never been so easy to talk to before! Not to mention such a big trouble, it was just a trivial matter in the past. Because the two parties had grievances, Qiu Yilan had to seize the opportunity and go through a lot of trouble before agreeing!
There must be a reason for the abnormality. Qiu Jinzhu and Xiuyan subconsciously thought that the rumors spread so suddenly and quickly. Even though the Puyang Palace made no secret of it, the two palaces had no grudge before - so the Xiao family had never Mrs. Qin has always given people a kind impression and has never done anything mean. This time, Qiu Jinzhu's identity was revealed directly, and he did not hesitate to form a deadly feud with the Xihe Palace!
Could it be that…
"If you are cheated by others, just pay it off. Kuang Qingwu's father, Kuang Shihan, no one in the Kuang family raised him at that time, but my direct maternal grandfather cultivated and raised him as if he were his own flesh and blood. In the end, he was cheated. Not only my grandfather’s family, but also my father…”
Knowing that they agreed too readily this time, they would definitely be suspicious - there was nothing they could do about it. The Queen's Party was in urgent need of an entry point to counterattack, so how could Qiu Yilan have the time to waste time with them? As soon as his mind changed, he suddenly sneered, stared at the fan in his hand and said slowly, "Like the saying goes, like father, like son, you believe in such a person! I really don't know how you can be so stupid. !”
This is right! In Qiu Yilan's mind, her natal family is basically the Ruan family. When did she consider Xihe Palace as her own
After being ridiculed by her, Qiu Jinzhu and Xiuyan gave up their suspicions and secretly sighed: They almost forgot that this Tongkuang family had a sworn hatred!
"Did uncle get killed by Kuang Shihan?" Qiu Jinzhu heard the news for the first time and couldn't help blurting out, "Didn't he say he died in battle?!"
"Although my father was only ranked third in the Zhenxi Army back then, in terms of title, even my grandfather who was in charge of the Zhenxi Army was not as good as him - how can the guards around him be underestimated?" Qiu Yilan sneered, " Then my grandfather came back alive. If Kuang Shihan hadn't been vicious... how could my father have died in battle!"
He glanced sideways at Qiu Jinzhu and said thoughtfully, "Oh, so it's no wonder that you have a good relationship with him. After all, the Kuang family father and son are a big enemy to me, but they are a great favor to you! Otherwise, there would be no way to turn around. Mother and son return home - then your father's first wife may not 'die' of illness, your mother and concubine will not enter the Qiu family, and you will be gone!"
"The fifth princess was joking." Seeing that Qiu Jinzhu was so red-faced that she couldn't leave the stage, Xiuyan hurriedly smoothed things over, "The sixth princess...she was really deceived by that Kuang Qingwu! Now that the matter has been revealed, it's still Puyang The palace is taking the lead, and the princess is helpless. After thinking about it, I can only ask you to show mercy! "
Considering Xiuyan's position in front of Princess Yang, these words were very condescending.
Qiu Yilan didn't intend to talk to them. Thinking that this gesture should dispel their suspicions, she sat up straighter and said, "Why are you so long-winded? Tell me what happened quickly, and I will know how to help you!"
"This is what happened..." Qiu Jinzhu knew that the matter was serious. Not only himself, but also his mother's concubine Yang Wangfei and his brother Qiu Yinzhi's futures were all in the hands of this cousin. Although she felt it was hard to say it, she said it quickly. The experience of dealing with Kuang Qingwu—
In fact, it is very simple. There was an earthquake during the Wanshou Festival last year. Because of the fear of aftershocks, it took a while after the earthquake for people who had been away from the summer to return to Beijing one after another. During this period, for fear of a tragedy like the one in the Puyang Prince's Summer Villa, where the house collapsed and injured the old concubine Qin, even if the villa was newly built, the owners did not dare to stay in it, so they all set up temporary tents on the open ground in the mountains. .
Of course it's messy at this time.
After all, Dizi Mountain was chosen as the site for the construction of the royal summer palace. One of the big reasons is that the mountain has beautiful scenery.
As for the mountain scenery, if it is good-looking, whether it is strange, dangerous, secluded, or steep, beautiful, dangerous... in short, it will definitely not be flat - which means that there is not much open space on Dizi Mountain. Since there were not many, the tents of the nobles must have been gathered together.
This is how Qiu Jinzhu met Kuang Qingwu.
She didn't pay attention to them at first, but somehow, she encountered them one after another, and she got an impression.
Then one day Kuang Qingwu greeted her, and she stopped and said a few words: "I really didn't think much about it at the time, but after hearing that he announced his identity as the eldest son of Duke Zhang Guo, I thought that Duke Zhang Guo was both a consort and a general guarding the border. His only son should not be neglected."
After starting like this, the next step is a matter of course - whenever Qiu Jinzhu goes out, he will meet Kuang Qingwu. The two of them often talk to each other, and in front of the servants, there is no transgression. However, after seeing each other too many times, even one sentence A simple greeting also has a kind of ambiguity growing in it.
Finally one day, he asked Qiu Jinzhu to send the maid away to say a few words. Due to such frequent meetings, Qiu Jinzhu had already had a premonition in his heart. After hesitation, he ordered the maid to stay away with a feeling of fear and excitement. open.
As she expected, Kuang Qingwu seized this opportunity and expressed his love passionately!
Of course, Kuang Qingwu is not as handsome as Jiang Yashuang, nor is he as handsome as Deng Yi, and he lacks the almost instinctive charm of Qiu Jinglan, a master of love, who can attract women - but not as good as these three, who are all capable of making history based on their appearance alone. The person who left his name is quite charming in the eyes of ordinary people.
Especially for his life experience, he was the only son of Duke Zhang, his aunt, Princess Xingkang, had no children, and he was the nominal grandson of the Queen Mother Regent. In terms of rank, not to mention Jiang Yashuang, even Jiang Tianchi, the general of Zhenbei, was only equal to him.
Such a man had all the qualifications of the Lord, but he fell in love with her. How could Qiu Jinzhu, who was only thirteen years old and had just begun to fall in love, not be in a state of excitement
"Fifth sister has Jiang Yashuang, and I also have Kuang Lang!" The girl's heart was moved. Even though she was reserved and refused at the time, after Kuang Qingwu spent some time, Qiu Jinzhu half-heartedly agreed to his pursuit - Next, Kuang Qingwu's servant complained: "The prince came to Beijing this time to participate in the Spring Festival. Now that he has fallen in love with Princess Ningtai, he is a good match. I may not like it. But the prince is always thinking about it. How long have you been delaying your meeting with the princess? Mr. Leshan had an incident two days ago... If spring comes back... Can the master not hate the princess? The prince doesn't think about himself, but also thinks about the princess. ah!"
Of course, Kuang Qingwu reprimanded the boy severely, and then comforted Qiu Jinzhu: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I know the homework well... I will never give my father a chance to anger you!"
When he said this, his love was as deep as the sea, and his determined eyes made Qiu Jinzhu's whole body melt into a pool of spring water.
But a few days later, the young man came to her quietly and cried when he met: "The prince has no choice but to see you, but he is also afraid that the failure of the Spring Festival will make the master angry and track you down, so he goes out to accompany you during the day and stays up late to read after returning at night... Such a body How can I bear it? I fainted this morning! I haven’t woken up yet!”
... Hearing this, Qiu Yilan said lightly: "Then you must have run to see him desperately. When you got there, you found that he was indeed unconscious and haggard, and there was no one around to take care of him. So you tried to find a way to stay and take care of him. He, I might have heard him say a few words during this period, either saying your name or saying that he loves you, likes you, can't live without you, and will definitely die if he leaves you... right?"
Qiu Jinzhu was immersed in reminiscing about the past, with tears in her eyes from time to time. When she heard this, she couldn't help being stunned: "Fifth sister, how did you know?"
"If you had a brother, he would tell you for hours if he had anything to do, 'On the Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine Tragic Ends of the Inhumane' or 'On the Common Tactics of the Heartless and Unfortunate', and he would introduce it every time. Practical case teaching, and the cases quoted each time are not repeated..." Qiu Yilan muttered in her heart, "I guarantee that even if you are a local girl who is still young and ignorant, Kuang Qingwu will not be able to deal with you until he has read thousands of girls. !”
However, she naturally would not tell Qiu Jinzhu about this complaint that was damaging to Qiu Jinglan's image, and said calmly: "Kuang Shihan is ambitious and repays kindness with hatred. How could his biological son not pretend to be so? Furthermore, with Kuang Qingwu's identity , the boy next to him couldn't have just spent ten taels of silver to buy it from Ren Yazi, how could he not understand any rules and rush to talk to you when his master meets you? It was taught by Kuang Qingwu, and the master and servant are singing together to coax you!"
Qiu Jinzhu couldn't help but said: "The matter came from Puyang Prince's Palace, and I don't know where I offended them - in fact, he treated me..."
"If he really cares about you, why hasn't he come forward and give you an explanation if the rumors are spreading like nothing now?" Qiu Yilan's understatement made Qiu Jinzhu's heart completely cold, "This There is nothing left to hope for, now you should think about what you are going to do, right?"
Seeing Qiu Jinzhu shedding tears, Qiu Yilan asked Su He to hand over a handkerchief and said calmly: "If I want to save you now, of course I have to let Kuang Qingwu marry you! But you probably don't know , Queen Mother Gu is now eager to win over Kuang Shihan. She agreed with Kuang Shihan last year that she would surrender Princess Changping to him! Even if he sends such news to you now, she will not care about the Zhenxi Army. Of course, I won’t argue with him. I don’t think the Queen Mother would be so easy to talk to you!”
Qiu Jinzhu didn't know what to say at this moment. Fortunately, Xiuyan came with her, so she quickly asked with a smile: "Do you want the bishops of the five counties to teach the princesses of the six counties?"