Qiu Yilan was naturally startled, but she was also a quick-reacting person, and she immediately straightened her face: "What are you talking about! The third uncle has always been at odds with the eldest uncle, and it's not like you don't know it! Although the fourteenth sister-in-law said this time You privately gave me this account book to lend us a hand, but your selfish intention was just to let us remember it as a favor!"
Jiang Yashuang stuffed the account book into her sleeves, reached out and pinched her cheek, and said with a smile: "Are you still hiding it from me? Let me tell you where the flaw in your words is: the conflict between our house and the big house is a conflict of interests. This is true, but the fourth bedroom is not the one who has the most trouble with the eldest family and hates the Dou family the most! So if the 14th sister-in-law came out with this book because of the conflict between the third bedroom and the eldest family, she would not give it to you. , but will go to grandma!”
He narrowed his eyes slightly, "Especially what happened to the Tao family just now. Even though grandma thinks they deserve it, she is her mother's family after all, so she feels very unhappy. If this account book falls into the hands of grandma, I don't know how happy she will be! What a fourteenth sister-in-law. Shrewd, why would you bypass grandma and leave it to you?"
"..." Qiu Yilan thought for a while, then punched him angrily, "That's the reason anyway! Believe it or not!"
Jiang Yashuang smiled and said: "This is not a question of belief or not - the 14th Sister-in-law has never taken care of the Dou family's accounts. This account book can only be inferred by her by inquiring about the Dou family's information. Of course, with the 14th Sister-in-law's ability, even if she speculates It should be close to ten, so the value of this account book is equal to that of the key accounts copied from the Dou family, but... "
His face became serious, "Even if you are as talented as the Fourteenth Sister in this field, if you can figure out such an account just through speculation, it will not be able to do it in a day or two at the expense of your mind and energy! And the Fourteenth Sister has not passed the exam. She had taken charge of our family's ledger before and started worrying about the family's livelihood. She had hardly had a day's work since she came here. She could only get this ledger in the confinement period after her miscarriage! She should be immersed in the sadness of losing her child, but she still has the time to do this, which shows how important this matter is to her - and she also gave this account book to you instead of grandma. Wouldn't you tell me that she didn't even There are no conditions, or the conditions are just for us to hold Brother Fourteen back, right?"
Qiu Yilan was dumbfounded—the reason she had discussed with He Shuijin was because He Shuijin hoped that Sifang would support Jiang Yaheng in the future...
Now my husband has been the first to point it out. After racking my brains for a while, I still can't think of a new reason. I simply pull up the quilt and cover my head, saying shamelessly: "Anyway, I gave you the stuff, you can use it if you like!"
"I don't think the Fourteenth Sister-in-law would know about things in the army so quickly." When Jiang Yashuang saw this, she didn't force her. She smiled playfully and said, "She probably just guessed that the big house must have a conspiracy through her brother's journey to the west. It’s a coincidence that I prepared this booklet! But what does she want from you?”
Qiu Yilan listened to his calm tone and secretly prayed that he would never guess it right! She lifted the quilt a little and retorted weakly: "Can't it be that the fourteenth sister-in-law is afraid that if she hands the account book directly to grandma, grandpa will be unhappy if she finds out about it, so she wants to pass it through our hands?"
"If grandma can't even take this little cover, what's the use of taking this booklet?" Jiang Yashuang muttered, "Are you afraid that I will guess the truth? It seems that the truth is not a good thing? Let me think about it again, should be… "
"Stop guessing!" Qiu Yilan had long been flustered by his rudimentary analysis before. Seeing that he had a tendency to guess the truth more and more, Qiu Yilan suddenly lifted up the quilt and threw herself into his arms. , one hand hugged his neck, the other slipped into his clothes, and exhaled like a blue breath, "It's late at night, there's no place for it, eh?"
The word "um" was repeated thousands of times. Although Jiang Yashuang knew that she was trying to distract him, he still couldn't restrain the heat in his heart and turned over to push her down...
The next day Jiang Yashuang went out feeling refreshed. After Qiu Yilan got up, she rubbed her waist repeatedly. Su He and the other maids just paid it back, but Zhou's mother and other people who came over were confused and they all snickered secretly with ambiguous expressions. .
Seeing this, Qiu Yilan punched the dressing table with hatred - which shocked Chun Ran who was doing her makeup: "Young Madam?"
"...I'll send something to my eldest cousin later." Qiu Yilan originally planned to ask someone to pick her up at the address given by He Shuijin this morning, but then she thought about it and Jiang Yashuang became suspicious yesterday. , although he said that he had lost his integrity and diverted his attention, but who knew whether this guy would hold back and send someone to keep an eye on his actions today
In order to guarantee her commitment to He Shuijin, she decided to take it slow and go around in circles to confuse possible monitors, "try to stay at her eldest cousin's house as long as possible to see how her new brother-in-law treats her."
Chunran didn't know what he meant and hurriedly responded.
After a few days of this, Qiu Yilan saw that Jiang Yashuang still didn't move, so she felt relieved and sent the two dowry guards Qiu Jinglan had given her to quietly pick her up outside the city.
The two guards went there for two days and two nights, and came back on the third day to report that the man had been placed in a house near a certain street: "I left five taels of silver for the master and the servant, and the rest is in Here." Handed over a few banknotes and scattered silver.
Qiu Yilan said in surprise: "Why did you only give her five taels of silver? Isn't this too little?"
The guard looked at each other and said: "My subordinates wanted to give more, but that..." After thinking for a while, he decided on the title, "That girl Chi said not to give too much, but too much would arouse suspicion. Just leave some money." Just give her some firewood and rice, and she won’t live there long anyway.”
This is really confident - Qiu Yilan couldn't help but ask: "What is that girl like?" Even if it is Jiang Tianqi's old love, she has not seen him for two or three years. In the absence of a beautiful woman's attentiveness, this Chi family is actually so confident that a meeting with her will capture Jiang Tianqi's soul again
"Well, quite beautiful? She has a very quiet temperament." These two guards were trained by Qiu Jinglan personally. They are only about twenty years old now and have not yet been married. At this moment, their faces turned red when they heard this. I don't know whether she felt embarrassed that Qiu Yilan's question was too straightforward, or she thought of Chi's behavior.
I only heard the comments from the guards that they are beautiful and quiet, and they are very ladylike, but would a truly quiet and reserved lady be confident in seducing men
—Nine out of ten times, it’s a small white flower! If Jiang Tianqi likes this tone... then He Shi will be in a good mood! Qiu Yilan smiled mockingly and asked Su He to bring the reward.
The guard took the reward notice and left, and happened to bump into Jiang Yashuang who had returned early. After entering the room, he asked suspiciously: "But something happened? Why did you call the guards in?"
Qiu Yilan was on guard against him, and she deliberately winked at him to tell him to shut up. She found an excuse to send everyone away before she said angrily: "What are you yelling about? It's so easy for me to find an excuse to call people over and let the maids go." Look, don’t you feel sorry for shouting like this?”
Jiang Yashuang suddenly understood and asked with a smile: "Who should I show it to? Su He or Chunran? By the way, Caiqi and Caiying are almost the same age. They have served me for many years and have always been dedicated. You can also look for them by the way." A good husband?"
"I know, I know!" Qiu Yilan was very happy to hide it this time, and said, "I remember it all! Just don't do any harm!"
... Facts have proved that the Chi family is indeed qualified and confident. Less than ten days have passed since the two guards returned and Jiang Tianqi officially admitted the girl Chi!
So much so that when Qiu Yilan met He Shuijin in private again, she praised: "I really don't know how she did it!"
"What's so difficult about this?" He Shuijin was not surprised and said with a sneer, "As long as he is not a gentleman like Jiujiu, who takes the initiative to seduce a beautiful woman, how many people can control her?" There was quite a bit of sadness in the words, obviously because Jiang Yaheng was not within the scope of being able to sit still and remain calm.
"You also said it, but you just can't control it. With a family like ours, it's easy to seduce, but it's not easy to get in!" Qiu Yilan's words are not unfounded, but Jiang Yadan is famous for the chaos in the backyard. , there are so many good friends outside, and there are many women from good families and even official families, shouldn't they just be the concubine with no name or status? !
Even if this girl bumped into Jiang Tianqi right after the guards left, it had only been less than ten days, and she was able to revive Jiang Tianqi's old love and accept her into the house - at the critical moment when the entire Jiang family was busy checking accounts. !
This is simply the level that a professional concubine can only achieve after thirty years, okay
He Shuijin smiled: "Brother and sister, you don't understand. Now that our family is busy, it's not safe for my father-in-law to spend the night outside. That's a weak woman from the Chi family. No matter what her origins are, as long as she enters the Duke's mansion, she will look after her. That’s all. How can a concubine turn the world upside down?”
Qiu Yilan thought about it and sighed: "Sure enough, my sister-in-law is smart and has thought of everything!"
"Aren't you forced?" He Shuijin didn't think it was a good thing that he was thoughtful at all. He smiled bitterly and said, "Now that my good aunt has Chi to watch over me, I can relax a little... By the way, Dou There is no doubt about the family account book, right?"
"I don't have any doubts...that's weird!" Qiu Yilan felt frustrated when he mentioned this. "But don't worry, I just refused to tell him. I don't think such things are easy to guess. He is busy and can't always keep telling him." Focus on speculating on this matter!”
He Shuijin breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that he doesn't know the truth - although my good aunt treated me cruelly, the rest of the He family is innocent after all. My mother-in-law's family can't hold their heads high because of her. I really feel sorry for him." I can’t bear it! I hope you can help me, brother and sister, and don’t let anyone know!”
Qiu Yilan naturally promised not to tell.
It was already the twelfth lunar month - this year's twelfth lunar month was particularly unsatisfactory for He. First, his most capable daughter-in-law, He Shuijin, fell ill at a critical moment. Even though she insisted on working even though she was sick, her work efficiency could not be imagined!
Then the Jiang family will reconcile the accounts, and the new year will still pass. But because He Shuijin was ill and working, all the errands for the Duke's Mansion to prepare for the New Year were naturally left to He, the Duke's eldest daughter-in-law. And because she was so capable with Shuijin, she was already used to enjoying things in peace and quiet. When she suddenly became busy, she would inevitably make frequent mistakes.
It happened that Mrs. Tao was unhappy because of the Tao family's affairs, and she no longer had the gentleness and tolerance she once had towards her daughters-in-law. For this reason, she gave her a lot of looks and even scolded her repeatedly in front of the servants, which was useless!
He was so busy and angry at being lectured by the old lady that her husband unexpectedly took in his old lover again. If He Shuijin hadn't made the plan, He would have been tricked by the outsider who didn't even enter the Jiang family. The couple separated - this time the other party was more aggressive. Jiang Tianqi was no longer discussing with the He family about accepting the Chi family, he had already decided!
Looking at that face that was so delicate that it could make you pinch the water, and the charming look that dared to give Jiang Tianqi a loving look in front of her, He Shi just wanted to step forward and peel off her skin!
But under the pressure from her husband, she had to force herself to carry out the concubinage ceremony...
So many sad things made He's heart more and more gloomy, so that the preparations for this year were also weak. Although the Duke's Mansion was decorated with lights and colorful decorations inside and outside as in previous years, there was a lingering desolation in the atmosphere.
However, although this twelfth lunar month was not fun enough, at the family dinner approaching New Year's Eve, there was good news: Little Tao was pregnant!
Originally, when they saw little Mr. Tao rushing out of the house to vomit after sitting down, he didn't even have time to apologize. Duke Qin and Mrs. Tao were both surprised and a little unhappy. When the doctor came to congratulate Wanmai, the old couple suddenly beamed with joy. , and the entire family dinner atmosphere became lively!
Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan were especially relieved: "I really got it!"
With Qin Guogong's statement, there is no need to worry about Xiao Tao's status under normal circumstances. Now that she has a child, her biggest dream in life has been fulfilled. Even if Jiang Yadan is still a scumbag in the future, she can live a good life!
But in such a festive atmosphere, a servant hurriedly came in and reported: "The Dou family's house is surrounded by imperial guards! It is said that it is because of Qiu Yushi's impeachment!"