"I'm beautiful, young, unmarried, literate, able to play music and chess, and I'm no weaker than a man in riding and shooting. I can be said to be both civilized and martial!" Ou Qinglan stared at the lake not far away and said slowly, "I am like this Talent, let’s talk about women, there aren’t many men who can compare with me... and they are passionately devoted to you!”
"Then why do you reject me? What do you think of a wife? You can tell me and I can change it!"
Qiu Jinglan smiled: "Miss Ou, love depends on fate. Without fate, you can't force it. And there is no need for the eldest lady to wrong herself like this. She will not be destined to you in the end, but the world hopes to be destined to you. An outstanding man, he will definitely have a lot to think about in the end!”
"I don't think you would expect to have a wife who is ugly, old, married, illiterate, talentless, and weak, right?" Ou Qinglan ignored his change of topic, still looking at the lake, and said thoughtfully. , "Qizheng told me that you have attracted many women in the past, all of them beautiful, talented and young. Although I have only seen Hua Shen and Penglai Yue, I am not worse than them, so why can they associate with you? And I was rejected by you thousands of miles away?"
"Even if they care deeply about you, I am the only one who has come all the way to Shazhou to find you! What's wrong with me that you avoid me like a snake and a scorpion?"
She finally withdrew her gaze and looked at Qiu Jinglan steadily, "I thought and thought. After thinking for a long time, I finally understood: because I am the daughter of Uncle Jing, the junior whom Uncle Jiang's fourth uncle regards as his biological daughter, and the daughter of the town. The pearl of the Northern Army—you suspect that I like you because you were instigated by Uncle Jiang Si, or my father and brother!"
Qiu Jinglan frowned slightly, then let go, and said with a smile: "The general is really curious. Even though the Ou family's ancestral home is in northern Xinjiang, the family tradition is influenced by the folk customs in the north and is informal. But Miss Ou is a woman after all! At that time, It can be said that Li Jing was caught off guard and was negligent, but later Master Jiang Ba just let it go after he caught up with the team... Do you really think that with Princess Chunfu as a cover, this matter can be treated as nothing?"
"If the general's sister dared to do this, the general would have dropped everything and taken her back to punish her!"
He looked at Ou Qinglan calmly, "Of course, Miss Ou can also say that this is because your father and brother are very angry and don't plan to care about you anymore. This also shows that your status in the Ou family is nothing more than this! If this is the case, I will eventually marry you." The benefits are not very big, right?”
"When Jiang Ba led his people to catch up with the team, did you think he didn't want to send me back to Beijing?" On a night when the snow had not yet melted, the night wind was naturally cold. Ou Qinglan was only wearing a thin jacket, standing by the lake. Time had already made her whole body feel cold, but her heart was colder than her body at this moment. She tried hard to hold back the overwhelming grievance, and said in a slightly trembling tone, "I tried my best to defeat more than a dozen of his trusted guards, and told him that if he If you have to send me back to Beijing, if the person escorting me is negligent on the way, I will come to Shazhou alone! Then Qizheng said, it is better to let me go together, at least I have a companion, otherwise things will be more likely to happen... He just agreed!"
"And I think you shouldn't use Ning Yi to compare me. Ning Yi doesn't like Shijiu as much as I like you!" Ou Qinglan said lightly, "And you shouldn't compare you to my father and brother! My father Far away in the northern border, my brother’s martial arts are far inferior to mine, and he can’t control me even if he comes!”
"You use the fact that my father and brother didn't stop me from coming to you regardless of honor and dignity to judge that they don't love me. That's wrong! If they really didn't love me, they should have kicked me out of the house long ago!"
Ou Qinglan took a deep breath and looked at Qiu Jinglan who looked calm, "As for what I did, it was what they meant... That year when the Queen Mother was still the Queen, on the Qianqiu Festival, I went to Ruan Mansion with Ning Yi and saw her for the first time. You... At that time, who would have thought that you would be in charge of the Zhenxi Army? Did my father and brother have plans for you at that time? "
"And to take a step back..."
"Even if I was really ordered by my father and brother to approach you, wouldn't you be afraid?!"
Qiu Jinglan was not agitated and said calmly: "Why are you not afraid? The general is now too busy with military affairs alone and has no skills. He has not even gotten married yet, and the backyard is empty! If he marries a wife who is not of the same mind as him, wouldn't it be too much? What’s the point of worry? It’s true that Miss Han is not as outstanding as you, but at least being such a typical lady and having the position of a grandfather will make the general worry a lot less, right?”
"Since she is just a middle-aged girl and has nothing outstanding, what else can she do to help you besides taking care of your daily life?" Ou Qinglan lowered her head and blinked the tears from her long eyelashes, and said seriously, "And I can accompany you to kill. If the enemy is guarding the border, I can play the piano and flute with you. Although I don't understand the affairs of the court very well, I can learn it! Do you know if she has good intentions and does bad things?"
"But Miss Ou, won't you do bad things with good intentions?"
"But my family background is better than hers!" Ou Qinglan pursed her lips, "She and her family can only rely on you in the future. My family and I can help each other in the future - so those who dare to attack you will dare to attack you even more. She will attack you! But those who dare to attack you may not need to worry about me! You think my family background is not enough to impress you, and you have not married me, how do you know the background of our Ou family? "
Qiu Jinglan laughed: "Well, Miss Ou, you are indeed a noble girl! But have you ever thought about it? Your family background is so good, how can you afford it? You also know that in his early years After some ridiculous years, there are confidants all over the world! If Mo Jiang proposes to bring these people into the backyard and give them a serious status, Mo Jiang thinks that Miss Han will probably not refuse. But Miss Ou, do you agree?"
His smile was gentle but full of malice, "If you agree, I can immediately stop the marriage negotiations with the Han family, and tomorrow I will send someone to send you the hairpin ring left by my late mother as a token of love!"
"..." Ou Qinglan's expression stiffened for an instant!
The night wind whimpered, the moon dimmed and the stars were sparse. In the deathly silence by the lake, she seemed to hear the sound of her heart breaking apart -
Falling in love at first sight during the Qianqiu Festival, waiting with longing for all these years, mustering up the courage to take that step aside from fame and fortune, traveling thousands of miles, panic and despair when being molested by Kuang Qingwu, the hardships of escaping from birth, and meeting each other. The moment of surprise and joy, the feeling of never looking back when Jiang Yayue and Jiang Ya fell in love with each other...
Scenes of lightning flashed before her eyes - for the man in front of her, she burst out all her strength and light!
Before meeting him, I never thought that I could achieve this level.
Even though she heard that he proposed marriage to the Han family, and even though Jiang Qizheng persuaded her to let go, she still firmly believed that she still had a chance - she firmly believed that her talents and sincerity were enough to melt his iron heart and open that door for herself. The door to mutual love.
but now
He finally made a promise, but the price was to share it with God knows whether it was several people, tens, tens, or even hundreds of people
"Your cruelty is indeed enough...enough to make people despair!" Ou Qinglan looked at Qiu Jinglan blankly.
Under the moonlight, his eyebrows were extremely gentle, like a dream.
He stood there quietly and calmly, his eyes were calm and distant, and he was calm and calm without any disturbance in his heart.
"If I refuse, I probably won't get another chance, right?" This thought was suppressed frequently, and then kept rising, "After all, he is so cruel, he just wants me to give up!"
"Maybe you can agree first?" An idea flashed in his mind, "When we get married... Those people who want to divide my husband must have this fate!"
Thinking like this, Ou Qinglan looked at Qiu Jinglan again - the night wind blew through his clothes and fluttered, as if he was about to ride the wind away at any time. This is the man she is risking everything to chase. Just thinking of him makes her feel endless. Courage and strength!
So, if you can be with him, even if you act rogue once, what does it matter
Her heart gradually warmed up.
Qiu Jinglan smiled at her intent gaze and said, "How are you, Miss Ou? Do you agree?" At this moment, his expression was frivolous and his eyes were indifferent, but his tone was as gentle as a lover in love, and the words seemed to be connected with the night wind. All warmed up for a moment.
Ou Qinglan stared greedily, her heart turning over and over, deciding whether to obey her true intention or lie to achieve her goal
After a long while, she spoke, her voice was very low, obviously choked, but very firm: "No, I don't agree!"
"Aunt Zhuang... is your sister's mother-in-law. She has taught me since I was very young that husband and wife are one! Since husband and wife have become one, why do you still need a concubine in the middle? Doesn't that make you a monster? I won't agree to that. Concubine, I want to be your wife, the kind of wife who is in love with you, not just the steward of your backyard!"
After all, she couldn't lie to him—even if the reward was to get him!
Qiu Jinglan said in a relaxed tone: "Look, it's for your own good that I won't marry you. Do you think that someone like Mo Jiang, who has been wandering around in romance since childhood, will be willing to spend his whole life like Jiang Jiujiu?" A pair?"
"But your backyard is still empty!" Ou Qinglan blinked and blinked...but now she had too many tears. Although the ground in front of her feet was wet, there were still tears on her plain white cheeks, "Before I showed up. Those people couldn't enter your backyard. After I showed up... why did you admit them just to reject me? "
Qiu Jinglan said with a smile: "The general has always wanted to marry a noble girl from a famous family, but he couldn't control himself from going to court so often, so he had no choice but not to give her a name, lest the noble girl's family would not like her."
"Then you should have let them in before!" Ou Qinglan sobbed for a while and then said calmly, "Wait until you ask to marry a noble girl before sending them away. It will make it even more important for that noble girl... You are so It’s also an excuse! But I don’t care what you think, I want to be your wife, but I won’t agree to take a concubine!”
"This means that the general will give in!" Qiu Jinglan sighed, "Just Miss Ou, why do you think that the general will agree to this condition? When the general had no fame at the beginning, he still enjoyed all the glory! Now he is With high authority, it’s better to enjoy yourself in time... But I have to give up these things for you, the eldest lady. Don’t you think this request is too much?”
Ou Qinglan bit her lip until there was an obvious smell of blood between her lips and teeth, and then she said word by word: "I am willing to die for you, and I am willing to do everything for you - except taking concubines. Maybe you won't marry me because of this. , I will be very sad, and I will never marry again in this life!”
"But I still won't allow you to take a concubine!"
"I can never share you with anyone else!"
She looked at the man just a few feet away with tears in her eyes. He was as handsome and elegant as a visitor in the middle of the moon, but as cruel and indifferent as the moonlight tonight - is it really like this
... I don't know how long it took, but when Ou Qinglan was about to turn around and leave in despair, her shoulders suddenly sank, and a robe with a manly scent and body temperature suddenly wrapped around her.
"Tomorrow I will ask Ruan Yi to send a hairpin ring!" Not far away, Qiu Jinglan smiled, her eyes still calm, but her tone was no longer deliberately alienated, "It is said that it was a meeting gift that my grandmother gave to my mother and concubine in the past. —I didn’t have time to take anything with me when I left home. This set was given to me by my sister later.”
Seeing Ou Qinglan staring at him blankly, he curled up his lips and laughed, "Are you surprised?"
Ou Qinglan nodded stupidly.
"It's too late, I have to go back and make arrangements. If you can't figure it out..." Qiu Jinglan smiled half-heartedly, "Why not ask Princess Chunfu? She is so smart that she can definitely figure it out!"
… It wasn’t until Qiu Jinglan’s back disappeared behind the Jiuqu Bridge that Ou Qinglan woke up from a dream. She jumped up with joy, and then quickly grabbed the robe on her body, reluctant to let it fall to the ground: " oh oh oh oh oh oh!”
"He actually... actually...!!!"
"I knew I could impress him!"
"No, no, no, no, does he mean some other reason? What is it? I can't think of it... He said you can ask Qizheng?!"
"Yes! Ask Qizheng, where is she?! I'll go find her right now!"
The pomegranate-red immortal skirt opened on the corridor one after another, big and gorgeous flowers that could not be concealed by the night, and bloomed all the way into the residence of Jiang Qizheng and his wife: "Qizheng Qizheng! Get up quickly, don't sleep! I I have anything to ask you!"