The next day, after Qiu Yilan had freshened up, she went to visit Old General Ruan as usual. When she entered, she saw Ruan Qingyan on the left and Deng Yi on the right in front of the old general's bed.
She was stunned for a moment, and saw Deng Yi pinching General Ruan's leg while turning his head to glare at her fiercely. She suddenly realized that he must be guarded by Ruan Qingyan as a thief, and he had no chance to see her, so he could Realizing that it was impossible not to come over to greet General Ruan, he refused to leave.
Sure enough, before she spoke, Ruan Qingyan, who was tapping Old General Ruan's shoulders on the other side, had already said with a fake smile: "Cousin, are you here? Then you come and talk to grandfather, and I will accompany Mr. Deng to the study - Mr. Deng is really busy this morning. "
Deng Yi said with a sullen face: "I have something to say to Princess Ningyi alone."
"Mr. Deng's request is presumptuous." Ruan Qingyan was immediately surprised, "Even if you have an engagement, you are not married yet! Isn't this lonely man and a widower going to ruin the reputation of my roommate? My grandfather is ill and my aunt has passed away. As a cousin, I can’t ignore my cousin’s future! If you have anything to say, please tell Mr. Deng in front of me!”
From yesterday to today, Deng Yi's requests to see Qiu Yilan were rejected several times. If he hadn't waited until Qiu Yilan came over now, he would have suspected that the siblings were colluding to play tricks on him. Unexpectedly, Ruan Qingyan wanted to stop Qiu Yilan when he came. He almost went crazy and said with a sullen face: "You are just Princess Ningyi's cousin, and your surname is not Qiu. How can you come up with so much nonsense!"
Ruan Qingyan was not angry and said with a faint smile: "But my cousin is in the General's Mansion now. This is my Ruan family's place. I can't bear the responsibility for my cousin's mistakes in the Ruan family!"
"..." If he didn't have a trace of reason, Deng Yi would have wanted to go up and give his cousin a good punch!
He was too lazy to talk in circles anymore, gritted his teeth, looked at Qiu Yilan, and asked directly: "What you promised me that night, do you want to..."
Hearing the words "evening" and "promise", not only the servants present widened their eyes, but Ruan Qingyan stood up directly and asked with a livid face: "What night?! What's going on!"
Qiu Yilan looked at Deng Yi speechlessly - you are seeking death! Jiang Yashuang just said a few words in the middle of the night, and cousin Ruan wanted to skin him! Are you dissatisfied with your longevity?
Sure enough, although Ruan Qingyan asked Qiu Yilan with a livid face, he already looked at Deng Yi with a fierce look that could not be concealed!
"... Cousin, don't be angry. The truth is... he wants to become my teacher!" Qiu Yilan explained awkwardly, while pulling Su He out, "If you don't believe me, ask Su He!" She has been doing a lot of tricks in the past two days. , I guess my credit is not enough.
But Su He gave her an answer that made her vomit blood: "My servant almost died that day because I didn't hear what you and Mr. Deng said."
Fortunately, Ruan Qingyan still had some sense and asked expressionlessly: "Mr. Deng?!"
"Nonsense!" It's a pity that Deng Yi wasted this opportunity. He said without thinking, "How could I accept you as my teacher?!"
So before he finished speaking, Ruan Qingyan grabbed his clothes and lifted him up!
"I, I just want to learn some martial arts from Princess Ningyi!!!" After all, he is a young scholar. Deng Yi was so buttoned up that he couldn't breathe. But he finally understood his current situation and shouted in panic, " I didn’t say I would become a disciple! Why should I become a disciple—Princess Ningyi is younger than me!”
Ruan Qingyan stared at him for a long time with a ferocious face, until Deng Yi's legs became weak, then he snorted, threw him off, and turned around to ask Qiu Yilan: "When did you learn martial arts? This kid still knows "
"I almost killed him in the palace..." Qiu Yilan explained in detail the parts that she had deliberately skipped over in her last description. As she expected, Ruan Qingyan immediately frowned and reprimanded her severely.
Deng Yi had been frightened just now, but when he came back to his senses, he was actually very brave - he packed up his robes, calmed down, and dared to continue to come forward and insist that Qiu Yilan fulfill the agreement.
Anyway, they had already fallen out with each other once, and Deng Yi, as the nephew of the Queen Mother, wanted to learn martial arts and secretly asked his fiancée who almost killed him for advice, instead of finding a way to become a disciple on his own... Ruan Qingyan could see through everything at a glance and treated him He lost his previous politeness and said with a stern face: "Since my cousin has promised you, let me teach you!"
Deng Yi was dissatisfied: "We agreed on Princess Ningyi at that time..." Qiu Yilan's crispness in killing two guards at that time deeply impressed him. Even if he wanted to hide it from his family, he didn't want to just find someone to learn from!
"With all my skills, my cousin can only deal with a weak scholar like you!" Ruan Qingyan did not see that scene in person. He made an estimate based on what he knew and couldn't help but laugh at Deng Yi for his lack of knowledge. In order to prove this, he asked his servants to bring up a porcelain bowl for drinking tea. In front of Deng Yi, he rubbed it with his hands and saw that the porcelain bowl turned into porcelain powder and fell with a rustle. "If you really want to learn martial arts, Then I am willing to teach you, you should be happy!"
The implication is of course that if you see me showing off my skills like this and still pestering my cousin, then you definitely don’t really want to learn martial arts! There must be something else!
Not only Deng Yi, but also Qiu Yilan couldn't help but be stunned when he saw him turning the porcelain bowl into porcelain powder so lightly! The killing skills she honed in the last days, although said to be extremely efficient in killing people, are all exquisite techniques and have nothing to do with internal strength. At this moment, she couldn't help blurting out: "I want to learn it too!"
Ruan Qingyan glared at her fiercely: "You should first learn the female needlework for me!"
At this time, Deng Yi recovered from the shock: "Are you... really willing to teach me such skills?"
"My cousin promised you, I will teach you of course." Ruan Qingyan said proudly, "But if you want to learn this realm, you have to suffer a lot of hardships that no one can imagine. If you can't endure the hardship, then..."
"I'll learn!" Deng Yi took a deep breath and said simply!
Ruan Qingyan saw that he was no longer pretending, so he softened his expression and said: "You and I are about the same age, and I don't want you to be a disciple anymore, so I just want to repay the favor for my cousin... You go back to Cuiwei Pavilion first, and I'll come back to see your background." , think about how to start.”
Deng Yi asked worriedly: "You won't trick me into Cuiwei Pavilion like you did yesterday, and then leave me alone once the door is locked, right?" Now Qiu Yilan knows more about Ruan Qingyan's lower limit...
"Can I still lock you up until the Lantern Festival?" Ruan Qingyan sneered.
... After Deng Yi left, Ruan Qingyan told people not to talk nonsense, so as not to ruin Qiu Yilan's reputation. Then, he dragged Qiu Yilan to a nearby room and severely questioned her about what else she was hiding from him. cousin!
But although Ruan Qingyan gradually reveals his true colors, will someone like Qiu Yilan be controlled by him so easily? This is impossible!
So Qiu Yilan was interrogated for less than three sentences before she shamelessly revealed her trump card: "I didn't say anything! Are you going to hit me!?"
Is Ruan Qingyan willing to hit her? Reluctant... So, in the end, I could only try to impress her with earnest words, but Qiu Yilan's hard-hearted heart was the same as the killing skills she had mastered, which had been honed over time in the apocalypse, and she was determined not to be moved at all.
"Are girls so troublesome when they grow up?" Ruan Qingyan watched his cousin walk away triumphantly, shook his head, and asked the maid Dongran beside him. Dongran, who is two or three years older than Qiu Yilan, said cautiously: "The princess has more ideas."
"How old is she..." Ruan Qingyan sighed and said half-heartedly, "Go to Cuiwei Pavilion later and let Deng Yi squat on horseback first!"
Dongran asked: "Do you really want to teach him personally? It will be spring soon."
"Let him squat until I finish the exam." Ruan Qingyan said absently, "Teach him personally... If he is willing to terminate the engagement with his sister, there is no harm in teaching him a few tricks; if he doesn't understand the rules, I will beat him to death!"
Dongran covered his mouth and smiled: "You said you should be polite when you arrive in Beijing."
"My sister is not here." Ruan Qingyan now completely lost the gentle temperament of Mr. Melancholy. He looked unruly and acted lazily. He squinted at the gray sky outside the window and said lightly, "Grandpa looks like this. He doesn't know whether I am good or bad... Why should I pretend to be away from my sister?"
After being domineering for a while, he sighed, "I don't know how many things my sister has hidden from me? I'm really frightened for her... Why is this child so disobedient? I don't know if my sister was like this when my aunt was around?" "
Thinking of Princess Ruan, Ruan Qingyan's eyes dimmed...
Qiu Yilan, who returned to Green Rose Garden, was not as troubled as Ruan Qingyan.
She had lunch in a good mood. General Ruan was going to bed in the afternoon, so she practiced boxing in the yard to stretch her muscles. After that, I heard that General Ruan was still awake and was thinking about finding something to do. Qiu Ran suddenly hurried over and said solemnly: "Princess, the Qushan family is here. Young Master, please go to the front hall!" "
"Qu Shan?" Qiu Yilan was startled. She felt that the name seemed a bit familiar. Next to her, Zhou's mother and Su He were surprised and said, "Weren't they sold to a distant place by my aunt? Why are they back?"
After being reminded like this, Qiu Yilan remembered that when Princess Ruan was there, Mother Zhou and Su He were not the only ones serving their mother and daughter. But after Princess Ruan passed away, Princess Yang and Qiu Yuqing took away the good things. Not to mention, even the servants are selling and driving.
Zhou’s mother and Su He didn’t take action for the time being because the older one was not easy to sell and the younger one was good-looking. Qiu Yuqing wanted to sell the product at a higher price. But when Qiu Yilan came back, she let them out and continued to serve them. , and thus escaped a disaster.
And Qu Shan was one of the servants who served Princess Ruan before, and their family worked in the kitchen. Qu Shan was in charge of purchasing, his wife and mother were the cooks passed down from mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and their daughter was a rough maid. The couple were in their prime, their mother was a good cook, and their daughter was smart and diligent. I heard from Zhou's mother behind her back that they were the first to be sold... and the place of sale was not close by!
Qiu Ran said: "It seems like something happened to the owner who bought them?"
So you come to me to ask for shelter? Qiu Yilan felt that it was not that simple.