Compared with the chaos after the sudden death of the Marquis of Jibei, the Jiang family is really in chaos now - although the current situation is not as dangerous as it was during the summer vacation, if Qin Guogong makes a mistake, the Jiang family will surely They will be completely defeated; but the fact that they have power and no one can challenge them only means that outsiders cannot do anything to them, but when fighting within them, everyone has their own scruples:
The first house and the third house are wary of the fourth house's military power, especially when Jiang Tianchi is currently returning to Beijing in person - who knows how many people he has brought with him and what methods he has? He didn't even care about Beihu's invasion. Was he really just trying to see the Marquis of Jibei for the last time? After all, the person is dead! Maybe he came here for them
After all, Beihu is eyeing him. Even if Qin Guogong is not dead this time, for the overall situation, he can't do anything to Jiang Tianchi. Doesn't this give Jiang Tianchi a chance to kill his brother and nephew as he wants!
The Fourth Fang is worried that the First Fang and the Third Fang will jump over the wall - after all, these two Fangs are the most powerful in the imperial court, and Jingzhong has been their headquarters for many years. After the demise of the Gu family earlier, these two families had the most to eat. The manpower and material resources of the fourth house in the capital are far behind. What if Qin Guogong is really up to something, and the two houses are afraid of Jiang Tianchi, and they simply take the entire fourth house hostage before Jiang Tianchi comes back
So Mrs. Tao took Qiu Yilan to see Duke Qin, but she was stopped by Jiang Yashuang who came in a hurry: "Grandma, there are many people around my grandpa, and my grandson thinks that Lanlan can't help." , let her go back and watch Lang'er, otherwise she will disturb her grandfather if she stays there!"
After that, he took Qiu Yilan and hurried to the wing of the old lady's courtyard. He saw that the place was already full of people on three floors, both inside and outside. There were many weapons hidden in the flower beds and pillars. The atmosphere was tense, and the whole party felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. formation!
Jiang Yashuang dragged his wife into the house where Jiang Jinglang and his three other children were housed, and sternly warned: "Stay here and don't go out unless I or Jiang Tan comes to call you! Don't believe anyone else!"
It wasn't just her. After a while, Chu Yitong, Gu Wegna, and Jiang Yadan's children were also sent over. Gu Wegna was okay. After all, she had been made a princess and a princess, and she relied on her beauty and scheming. Having escaped the catastrophe of his clan being executed, he could still calmly comfort Jiang Jingheng and others.
Chu Yitong's face was not very good-looking, and he didn't care that he was not familiar with Qiu Yilan. He walked over and asked, "What's going on? Doesn't it mean that grandpa is not very good? Then we should go over to visit Shiji. Why are we being ignored?" Called to come to grandma’s yard?”
"There are so many people at Grandfather's place that we won't be able to make contact even if we go there." In front of so many people, Qiu Yilan certainly couldn't say that our great-uncle died so suddenly and so quickly. What if grandfather died suddenly too? The first bedroom and the third bedroom want to strike first... We, the fourth bedroom, should not be prepared for a rainy day, we will be waiting to be prisoners when the time comes!
So I still used the same rhetoric that Jiang Yashuang and Mrs. Tao used when they intercepted people, "It will only add to the chaos if we go there. Just have nineteen and their brothers to serve them."
"Then why come here?" Chu Yitong had just passed through the door. Although he knew that the relationship between his room and the first and third rooms was not very good, he never expected that it would be so bad that the fourth room would start to guard against Qin Guogong as soon as he passed out. It's the point where they are trying to kill someone. He couldn't help but be surprised, "Let's stay in the yard. Nineteen and his brothers are tired of serving the sick, so we can serve them when we get back, right?"
"Didn't Lang'er suffer a plot in the past two days? My grandfather was unwell, and everyone in the family had to circle around him. They were afraid that the bad guys would take advantage of him again, so he asked us to get together so that we could take care of each other." Qiu Yilan He calmly advised, "It's only been a few days, I think my grandfather will be fine soon. Sister-in-law, please forgive me!"
When Chu Yitong heard this, her sleeves were pulled several times by wet nurse Zhu. Although she still couldn't believe that the conflicts in the Jiang family's rooms had reached the point where they seemed to be sworn in to harm the women and children, she still had the sense to borrow the ladder to get out of the room: " I just don’t understand. What’s wrong with this? I can live with my grandmother for two days and get the blessing of my grandmother!”
Although Mrs. Tao's yard is relatively spacious, it is impossible for her family members to occupy all four rooms, but they can only borrow a few side rooms to live in. So this meeting naturally had to be squeezed in. At Qiu Yilan's suggestion, Gu Wanna took the initiative to take Jiang Yadan's children to live in another house, instead of occupying the room where Jiang Jinglang and the others were.
After all, Jiang Yadan's concubine children have never had a good impression on Qiu Yilan. Their biological mothers were all sentenced to death by Mrs. Zhuang for tampering with Xiao Tao's dowry. If they were arranged together, they would blame Jiang Jingkun. Even if someone is watching the dirty tricks, it will be embarrassing and troublesome. It is better to separate from the beginning to save trouble.
After Gu Wegna got up, she was about to ask Jiang Jingheng and others to follow her, but Miss Eleven Sun Jiang Huizhu raised her head and asked: "Mom, Aunt Nineteen, I haven't seen my Fourteenth Brother for a long time, can I play with him for a while? "
"An'er is still young. He gets tired easily from playing now. Let's wait until he grows up!" Qiu Yilan said with a smile.
Chu Yitong also frowned: "If you like children, just go play with your fifteenth and sixteenth brothers. Don't disturb An'er!"
Jiang Huizhu bit her lower lip, with clear disappointment on her face, and then left with Gu Graceful.
After they left the door, Chu Yitong coughed dryly and explained: "Zhu'er... just want to be intimate with my brother-in-law!" She deliberately emphasized the word "brother-in-law", and Qiu Yilan understood. Jiang Huizhu's biological mother, Luan, was Because he forced his servants to save his daughter first, Jiang Jinghu, Jiang Yadan's eldest son and ninth grandson, died young. Later, Luan was executed on the order of Mrs. Tao. Jiang Huizhu lost his biological mother after that. Luan dared to do it for his daughter. She ignored the life and death of her eldest son, which shows that as a person, she was very optimistic about Jiang Huizhu's life at that time, which also meant that she offended many people!
So after Luan's death, one can imagine Jiang Huizhu's life! Now it is human nature to hope to improve the situation by pleasing his brother-in-law.
However, Qiu Yilan could understand her feelings, but he didn't intend to give her this chance - Qiu Yilan didn't want Jiang Jingkun to be raised under her knees and be dragged into the strife in Jiang Yadan's backyard!
"We are all brothers and sisters, so we should be more affectionate." Qiu Yilan said with a smile, "But An'er is too young and is not suitable for playing with my sisters."
Seeing that she didn't mean to care, Chu Yitong breathed a sigh of relief: "My sister-in-law is right, and I feel the same way."
After revealing Jiang Huizhu's little thoughts, the two sisters exchanged a few pleasantries, and Chu Yitong left and went to clean up at his residence.
Qiu Yilan played with the children - Jiang Jinglang was too young and had just recovered. Now he still mainly eats and sleeps. She mainly stayed with Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Qizheng's sons. Both of them have reached one year old. Now they can walk a few steps, say a few simple words, and are more energetic.
"Sister Eighteen is pregnant again. It seems she won't be able to come back next spring." While teasing them, Qiu Yilan said to the servants, "If we give birth and have confinement in Shazhou, we will have to wait until the baby is born." I don’t know when I will be able to withstand the bumps before I can go on the road. My nephew has never had a name. It doesn’t look like that every time I call him, my nephew turns around and just calls me him. !”
His mother asked: "How many ladies do you want to give your cousin a nickname? I think Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Prince Consort won't care." After all, they have raised their son for so long, and his nickname is not a famous one. What she likes to change is that although her mother has never met Jiang Qizheng and his wife, she feels that Mrs. Zhuang's biological children should not be so stingy.
"Let's call him Fu'er. Sister Eighteen's title is 'Chun Fu', which is also auspicious." Qiu Yilan nodded.
Just as he said this, someone outside suddenly said: "Fu'er? There is also the word 'Fu' in my title!"
Qiu Yilan was very surprised and handed the rattle that Jiang Jingkun and Fu'er fought over to them, and stood up: "Yong Fu, why are you here?"
It was the eldest princess Yongfu. This eldest princess had been very close to Jiang Yashuang in her early years. She often sneaked out of the palace to play with her cousin, and often stayed at the Duke's Mansion or the Jiang Family Courtyard. However, ever since Jiang Yashuang met Qiu Yilan, the number of times she visited her cousin had dropped significantly. She hasn't even spent a night at the Duke's Mansion in the past two years. Of course, this is also because she has a new playmate, Oubicheng.
"Grandpa is ill, and my mother was very worried, so she sent me here to visit." Princess Yongfu, wearing a purple shirt and fast boots, was very smartly dressed, with a look of worry on her pretty face, "It's just that when I went to my grandfather's yard, my grandmother said that my grandfather I just drank medicine and fell asleep. Please don’t disturb me. I didn’t see you there. I was with my grandma for a while. I heard you were here, so I came over to take a look!”
Before she finished speaking, a person appeared behind her. She was Mrs. Zhang, the seventh young lady of the third room. She said calmly: "I haven't seen An'er, Lang'er and my nephew in some days. I wanted to accompany the eldest princess. While walking around, I happened to hear my younger siblings naming my nephew, what a coincidence!"
Qiu Yilan frowned slightly: Is Mrs. Zhang spying on Princess Yongfu? Even Yongfu was treated like this when he came. It's no wonder that Jiang Yashuang and Jiang Yadan were not even allowed to visit Qin Guogong's yard with their families, for fear of being targeted.
But he looked as if he didn't notice anything, and asked with concern: "How is grandfather?"
"Doctor Lin said it was because he was tired for days and was already tired. He heard that there were changes in Northern Xinjiang and was temporarily impetuous. It was nothing serious." Princess Yongfu pursed her lips and said, "I think I can wake up tonight. ”
Mrs. Zhang also said: "Grandpa has always been in good health." She then said calmly, "But it's not me, the sister-in-law, who talks about you, my sister-in-law. Although Lang'er had an accident two days ago, you, the mother-in-law, are worried about him. But. My grandfather is sick, why should I go to my grandfather’s place to say hello, right?”
Qiu Yilan thought to herself, you really have the nerve to speak out! Just because of your step-by-step surveillance of Yongfu, I don’t know what will happen to me if I go! He said, "There's nothing we can do about it. The 14th sister-in-law hasn't come back yet. Even if she comes back, how can she take care of her while she's pregnant? I'm not saying that you can't take care of the third aunt and the seventh sister-in-law, but when it comes to this, Even Grandpa is full of praise for the way Sister-in-law Fourteen manages the household, right? "
Mrs. Zhang's face darkened when she heard this: Doesn't this mean that Jiang Jinglang's last poisoning had a lot to do with the incompetence of the third room in housekeeping
"By the way, Lang'er's current wet nurse has been replaced by someone from a more prosperous family?" Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and suddenly said, "My sister-in-law has advised you earlier that although people from small families are honest, they are also stupid! Who in our family knows the rules? Speaking of which, if the two wet nurses were not too petty, Lang'er wouldn't have to suffer this! Nineteen brothers and sisters, you are young, it is better to listen to your sisters-in-law more in the future. ,What do you think?"
It's okay if she didn't say that. As soon as she said that, Qiu Yilan almost couldn't help but stepped forward and slapped her twice: "He Shuijin is no longer a suspect, but that doesn't mean that your third wife is no suspect! He might have harmed my son. You have a share in this matter, but you still dare to teach me a lesson about this!"
"Sister-in-law Qi is right!" Qiu Yilan took a few deep breaths to suppress her anger, and smiled falsely, "The population in our courtyard is also simple, and we usually live a normal life. I'm afraid no one has seen it. No matter what the world is like, I can't hold my position, so I thought it would be easier for the wet nurse from a small family! Fortunately, this time the wet nurse was carefully selected by Shijiu, and she gave many lessons. , I don’t think there will be any more problems.”
Now it was Zhang's turn to take a deep breath - the population is simple? Do you usually live a normal life? The people below have never seen the world? Isn't this just showing off that Jiang Yashuang has only been guarding you since she got married, and you have the final say in your backyard!
This time the wet nurse was chosen by Nineteen personally? This is a naked way of showing off your husband’s importance to your son and his consideration for you! Originally, this errand should have been your responsibility as a wife, but your husband took the initiative to take over it for you!
Where is her husband Jiang Yayi? Three days before the death of the Marquis of Jibei, he carried a servant into the house!
Not only that, Jiang Yayi is a person who never forgets her old love when she has a new love. The old love and the new love come and go and fight with each other. Zhang, the mistress, not only helps the He family and serves as the scapegoat for the He family, but also has to Mediate things for them so that Jiang Yayi won't get a headache from the concubine's quarrel and feel that the main wife is incompetent and can't control the backyard!
Zhang's heart was sour, and she didn't even pay attention to Princess Yongfu's request to leave. She was quietly pushed by a servant before she finally woke up. She gritted her teeth and waved her hands, and left with the Princess to leave!
Just before they left, a guard came over to report: "The maid in front of the eldest princess just took advantage of the seventh young lady's maid not paying attention and stuffed this brocade silk into the arms of the subordinate!"