Qiu Yilan's sudden change of attitude made both Mei Xue and Zhuo Qian frown: "The princess really wants to know, why not ask the young master when she writes to you. If the young master agrees, we will not be secretive."
"Shazhou is so far away, is it convenient to send letters?" Qiu Yilan couldn't wait patiently and sneered, "And just now when Zhuo Qian complained that my brother has not returned to Beijing, he didn't take his opinion so seriously!"
Earlier, when she realized that Qiu Jinglan had hidden many things from her, she tried to get to the bottom of it. However, Qiu Jinglan refused to tell her, and her previous attempts to talk to Qiu Feng also ended in failure - now it is easy to find the two breakthrough points of Mei Xue and Swing. Qiu Yilan would not let go of the opportunity so stupidly!
So he threatened in a stern tone, "You have to say it today even if you say it! You have to say it even if you don't say it! Don't think that the Jiang family has fed you well and drunk all these days, so you can live in peace forever!"
Qiu Yilan looked at the two people in front of her and sneered, "I'm telling you, I won't give you an explanation today. It just so happens that the Jiang family hasn't found Deng Yi's mother and son who were taken away by Qiu Nie, but they don't know how to take you two." He stripped naked and went up to the wall, how could Qiunie not show up?"
These words made both Mei Xue and Zhu Qian change their expressions: "You! Brother Nie and Qian'er are your cousins!"
"Zhuqian didn't think about any physical affection when he held me hostage!" Qiu Yilan said disdainfully.
"That's a bitter plot agreed with the young master. The young master said he wouldn't tell you!" Mei Xue said anxiously, "How could you do this?!"
"Oh?" Qiu Yilan pondered for a while and said nonchalantly, "Then forget it's my fault, who hasn't done a few sorry things in his life, right?"
"..." She made it clear that the carriage and horse were going to use their power to bully others. Now that Mei Xue and Swing were under the eaves, they had to bow their heads: "It's not that we deliberately concealed it from you. It's because your brother didn't say anything. We really can't say it!"
Afraid that she would actually order him and Mei Xue to be stripped naked and hung out in public, Zhu Qian suppressed his temper and added, "We are in a hurry to come here to demand payment, and we are also afraid of delaying your brother's next plan - do you think the three of us are going to be with your brother?" We grew up together. If you want to destroy us, where can he find helpers like us? Except for holding you hostage in the early years, we have never done anything sorry for you. That was also your brother's intention, to win your trust? Queen Mother Gu.”
"Who told you about those old sesame seeds and rotten millet?" Qiu Yilan sneered on her face, but felt quite embarrassed in her heart: Just believe them, that person won't be easy to move. Looking at the appearance of these two people, they won't be able to do anything. They definitely won't confess! I don’t believe it, but I’m really afraid of cheating my paternalistic brother, a feudal tycoon!
"In the final analysis, it's my brother's fault!" Qiu Yilan thought about it, and considering that Qiu Jinglan had a big plan, she didn't dare to destroy his chess pieces out of anger, so she had to find an excuse to step down and send someone to take Mei Xue away. He and the swing were sent back to another hospital, but he felt really unhappy, so he complained to Jiang Yashuang who came out from behind the screen, "You said how old I am, and I am not a three-year-old child. If you don't tell me this, you won't tell me that." Let me tell you! I am worried about trying to scare people! If he had told me earlier, would I be so passive now? I don’t know whether what Mei Xue said is true or not!”
Jiang Yashuang understands Qiu Jinglan's way of taking full responsibility for everything: "Brother, I also love you. Since I can take care of things myself, why bother with you? Look at the many things that happen in our family. , we discussed it among ourselves and didn’t tell our sisters.”
The male heir has a high status, and of course he has greater responsibilities.
Jiang Yashuang felt that Qiu Jinglan did not tell her sisters about the troublesome things, which was a sign of responsibility, consideration and responsibility.
It's just that he can understand his brother-in-law, but Qiu Yilan doesn't think so - she sneered and said: "You think you are so arrogant? I'm not saying this because you look down on women! If I were my brother's brother instead of my sister, I think he would have agreed with me a long time ago. Did I discuss it? Even Mei Xue and Swing know something about it, but I, the person he claims to love the most, don’t know anything about it!”
"Have you forgotten that my cousins used to hit me and scold me whenever they wanted, and I couldn't even fight back? As for my brother treating you as the apple of his eye, this has long been no secret - this is considered looking down on my sisters, so what about us? What's the life of a man?" Jiang Yashuang couldn't help but joked a few words and said seriously, "In any case, brother has good intentions! If you don't like what he does, explain to him slowly that he is the only one. My sister, I will definitely not make you unhappy."
"And you said you hid it from the sisters, you want to hide it from me even more?" Qiu Yilan was furious, and she couldn't be coaxed. She sneered, stared at him and asked, "How many things have you hid from me? Before my brother left, Seriously injured, what did you not think about hiding?"
"... That's because I'm afraid you'll be worried!" Jiang Yashuang didn't expect that his wife's criticism of her brother-in-law would turn the blame on herself. She felt so wronged and defended, "Later, you found out the clues. Didn't I tell you right away? ?”
Qiu Yilan said angrily: "Who knows if he is making up another lie to coax me! When Swing held me hostage before, my brother also showed me his cards once. I was very moved at that time. I just said that he really cared about me. You told me the truth! It turned out that those two people actually made an appointment to show me the show together! I really don’t know why I wanted him to cheat like this!”
Jiang Yashuang knew in her heart that this was because her brother-in-law was not here and she spoke for him, but ended up being the scapegoat. He quickly changed his tone: "You said that, brother is really going too far! But this is just brother, I didn't lie. you!"
"Who knows about Mei Xue and the swing? Will you come here tomorrow?" Qiu Yilan gritted her teeth, "Seeing that I don't doubt you, you are very happy to lie to me, aren't you? You think I'm easy to coax? , I can just find any excuse in the future, right? Honest people are easy to bully these days, right?”
The corner of Jiang Yashuang's mouth twitched more and more as she listened - and finally she stood up!
Qiu Yilan thought he couldn't hold himself back and was going to have a big quarrel with her, so she immediately glared at him with high fighting spirit!
As a result, after Jiang Yashuang stood up, she lifted up the corners of her robe and tucked it into her belt, then stepped in front of her and hugged her up!
"What are you doing?!" Qiu Yilan was stunned, then struggled and said angrily, "What do you want to do in the clear sky?! Let me down quickly!!!"
"I think my temper is too good, and you are becoming more and more unreasonable!" Jiang Yashuang has always been very obedient to her, but this time he ignored her. He carried her into the inner room and said calmly, "There are no rules. Fangyuan, it’s better to obey the rules when it’s time to do so, so that you don’t continue to act nonsense!”
While talking, he had already walked to the couch, and regardless of Qiu Yilan's madness, he directly pushed her down on the brocade quilt and sneered, "Don't think that because I can't bear to beat you, I can't deal with you!!!" "
... At dusk, Qiu Yilan, who had rested in her husband's arms with her eyes closed for a long time, gathered the strength to speak. Jiang Yashuang's half-smiling gaze above her head made her want to pounce on him and bite him, but she didn't dare to make any more trouble. He just said listlessly: "Who did Qiunie kill for my brother? What reward did my brother promise him? Do you know about this?"
"This is my brother's arrangement. Of course I have no way of knowing." Jiang Yashuang played with his wife's long hair scattered on his chest, chuckled, and said, "However, Mei Xue and Zhu Qian both said that the task has been completed for several months. , so I came to press for the reward. Among the major events that happened a few months ago, the only one related to the assassination was... regicide? "
Qiu Yilan was horrified: "Is it the death of the late emperor? Although Empress Dowager Gu has never admitted it, she definitely has something to do with her - could it be that Qiu Nie was the one who did it?!"
Then he frowned, "If this is the case, then the person who instigated Qiu Nie should be Queen Mother Gu or the Gu family. How could it be my brother?! My brother was far away in Shazhou at that time. It is unlikely that he instigated Qiu Nie to do this, right? ? And according to Meixue and Zhuqian, the scene where they held me hostage was staged to complete the task given by my brother! This happened several years ago! What did my brother ask them to do? "
At that time, signs of competition for the reserve had just emerged. The two empresses were fighting each other, and it was hard to say who would win. If the Queen Mother's party wins, even if the late emperor dies and Queen Mother Gu is promoted to the Queen Mother, she will still be the regent!
Moreover, she had not yet married into the Jiang family, so Qiu Jinglan’s chosen sister-in-law was Xun Yuxi! Therefore, there is no possibility that he plans to form an alliance with the Jiang family, arrange regicide, and let the Jiang family seize this opportunity to kill Queen Mother Gu...
Jiang Yashuang said in a lazy tone: "Just now, Zhuo Qian mentioned what my brother asked Qiu Nie to do. He was talking about 'business' and 'mission', but he didn't mention killing people."
"Um?"
"Perhaps my brother didn't mean anyone in particular, but just set a goal." Jiang Yashuang said, "As long as Qiu Nie can achieve this goal, the mission is completed. As for how many people Qiu Nie killed to achieve this goal, It’s up to Qiu Nie to decide how many things happen, and my brother will neither care about nor make any demands - after all, after Qiu Nie and the others join the Guangyang Palace, it will be difficult for Qiu Nie to avoid being discovered if they keep interacting with his brother! "
After a pause, he continued, "This is just like you previously entrusted Tianya to send the dowry list of Concubine Lian hidden by the Lian family from Lanxi to Beijing. The task you gave them is to send the complete dowry list to them. Come on, it doesn’t matter how many people Tianya sends, where they hide, whether they kill or release those who block the way, or even if they spend money to buy the way... you don’t care, anyway, you just want the order!”
"...So, the mission my brother gave him was to destroy the Gu family?" Qiu Yilan thought this guess was the most likely, "But what is the reward?"
"I don't know about this anymore!" Jiang Yashuang smiled meaningfully, "Brother's net worth...it's hard to say!"
Although the Qiu family was not as prominent as the Jiang family, they could be considered a true aristocrat in terms of wealth. Qiu Jinglan's city was deep, so Jiang Yashuang was not sure what his brother-in-law had in his hands.
Since I'm not sure, I can only write a letter and ask.
So before the reply to the last letter could be received, Qiu Yilan wrote the letter herself and followed up with another letter.
Shazhou is far away from Beijing and the road is not easy to travel. Even the reply to the previous letter will probably not be received until the end of the year.
So after the second letter was sent, the couple guessed for a while, then settled down and waited.
It was late autumn at this time - the late autumn and early winter of this year, which was when Xue Fangmi left the cabinet.
When a girl is married with a good name, all parties will naturally join in the fun.
Although Qiu Yilan had basically no personal relationship with Xue Fangmi, because of her interactions with the Xue family these days, when the Xue family started to set up a flowing table for her seven days before Xue Fangmi left the cabinet, Qiu Yilan still went there in person.
This running water banquet is not considered a formal banquet, but it is to earn face for Xue Fangmi and entertain guests who have nothing to do with the Xue family - such as people passing by, ordinary people, businessmen who want to attach themselves to the prime minister, etc., as long as they come in and say With a few nice words, you can be seated, and the picture is a lively and festive one.
With Qiu Yilan's identity, it was naturally impossible for her to sit on such a table. So I went straight into the backyard to see Mrs. He asked his daughter Xue Nongqing: "You accompany the princess to your little aunt's place to talk!"
Qiu Yilan thought that based on her relationship with Xue Fangmi, Xue Fangmi would probably be cold even if she didn't lose face.
So I made peace with Xue Nongqing on the way there, and left after saying a few polite words.
As a result, when they arrived at the place, Xue Fangmi was uncharacteristically grateful to Qiu Yilan for coming to congratulate her in person. She said a series of affectionate words for free, which made Qiu Yilan shocked and wary!
Sure enough, after talking for a while, Xue Fangmi invited her to the flower room to see the flowers she planted by herself: "It's the 'Illuminated Good News'. Speaking of which, it was included in Princess Ruan's dowry back then! It looks great, let's go and have a look. ?”
Qiu Yilan saw that she wanted to lead her to a secluded place - she didn't want to agree, but Xue Fangmi mentioned Princess Ruan. Such refusal was a bit embarrassing, so she dragged Xue Nongqing along: "Let's go together?"
She thought that no matter what tricks Xue Fangmi played, with Xue Nongqing here, she could at least prevent her from confusing right and wrong and making herself unable to step down. As for the rest, Qiu Yilan is not afraid of her!
But on the way the three of them were walking together, a servant girl suddenly appeared and called Xue Nongqing away on the pretext that Xue Sun was looking for her daughter. By this time, they had already reached the door of the flower house. Xue Fangmi said with a smile: "In that case Then let’s go in and take a look, but I don’t know…”
At this point, his true face was revealed, "Qiu, do you dare?"