An old doctor with gray beard and hair, his eyebrows were tightened and his face was solemn.
Ruan Qingyan and Qiu Yilan were frightened and held their breath, not daring to disturb them at all. Even Jiang Yashuang, who had personally invited the old doctor, had no time to greet him.
After a long time, the old doctor let go of his hand to check the pulse, frowned and said, "It's not very good."
The hearts of the two brothers and sisters suddenly sank!
Fortunately, Jiang Yashuang asked calmly: "Can we still be saved?"
"It works this time, but it's hard to say if it happens again." The old lady stroked her long beard. Although her expression was always solemn, Qiu Yilan was keenly aware that he seemed a little uneasy.
Ruan Qingyan asked cautiously: "May I ask the imperial doctor, my grandfather's disease...?"
"As you get older, medicine and stone are difficult to cure." The old doctor sighed, "Especially for the old general, who spent his whole life in the military, and has accumulated countless hidden wounds in his body... In the past few years, he has been depressed and made matters worse. Now the official can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. ah!"
Ruan Qingyan suddenly turned pale!
After a while, he bowed his hands and said, "Even so... you can still allow me to wait on the bed for a few days, and please ask the imperial doctor to show his kindness and skill! I can relieve my grandfather's pain!"
"Although the old general is old, he has a filial grandson like the young master to serve him. I think the old general is speechless, so he is very happy in his heart." The old doctor looked at him with pity and said comfortingly.
The house where Old General Ruan lived did not have the Four Treasures of the Study, so Ruan Qingyan asked the old doctor to go to the study next door to prescribe a prescription. Qiu Yilan stayed to guard Old General Ruan, but Jiang Yashuang did not move, but looked at Xi Shi and others. After letting them all exit, he said calmly: "Although Qi Shuluo is not a hospital judge, he is also among the best in medical skills in Taiyuan Hospital. He said that he cannot cure the root cause of General Ruan. I am afraid that General Ruan... will not be delayed for a long time."
"I know." Qiu Yilan said a little lost.
She knew when she passed through that the doctor General Ruan had seen before concluded that he would not survive more than half a year.
Doing the math now, half a year seems to have arrived.
But he really can't die.
Even though he is now similar to the vegetative people Qiu Yilan saw in his previous life, as long as he is alive, the General's Mansion is the General's Mansion. No matter how defeated you are, you are still a noble family.
He is also the only elder that the Ruan Qingyan brothers and sisters can rely on now - without this elder, the "Renqing Hall" was smashed last time. Where would Qiu Yilan have the reason to rush into the Xihe Palace and scold her uncle and aunt for being cruel
The most terrible thing is that it is less than half a month until Ruan Qingyan ends.
General Ruan is seriously ill, how can his descendants still concentrate on preparing for the exam? ! How can I still take the exam? !
Without the status of Jinshi, it is not enough to officially enter the official career. Even if they are the heirs and grandsons of fallen generals, there are a lot of people in the capital. Even if seventeen-year-old people are rare, they cannot be compared with the scholars. If they reluctantly become officials, their future will be limited.
What's more, Ruan Qingyan has long been interested in Xue Chang, the master... If he misses this year, even if he can survive in the whirlpool of the second queen until three years later, he will definitely be able to catch up with the people from Queen Jiang's side to be the examiner
"What are your plans?" Jiang Yashuang asked thoughtfully.
"I hope the old doctor can rejuvenate me." Qiu Yilan said lonelyly, "Otherwise, what else can we do?"
Jiang Yashuang thought for a while and said, "Actually, your cousin didn't have to mention the Lian family."
"What?" Qiu Yilan was stunned for a moment, then she understood, smiled to herself, and said, "I am an orphan, and I am facing my uncle. The Ruan family has also been in decline for many years... If I don't involve the Lian family, my cousin may not be at ease. Bar."
"Since the letter is true, and the Queen is the one who makes the decision, what are you still afraid of?" Jiang Yashuang shook his head, "Ruan Qingyan mentioned the Lian family just because the Spring Festival was approaching. He was worried about you going to court alone, and was afraid of delaying his own future, so he Taking advantage of the fact that Lanxi is far away from Beijing, we have to travel back and forth for at least a month to try to get a temporary truce for the second queen so that she can concentrate on taking the exam."
Of course, Qiu Yilan was also aware of Ruan Qingyan's plan, but she refused to admit it to Jiang Yashuang: "Two letters are much more trustworthy than one. Besides, my uncle was unfilial to his aunt, and she passed away." , my aunt’s natal family should also tell her.”
"His actions allowed him to escape temporarily, but he made our Jiang family very busy." Jiang Yashuang said calmly, "Did you know that on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the court meeting was not over yet, and several of my brothers were all sent there. Go to Lanxi to escort the letter and the Lian family northward?"
"this… "
Jiang Yashuang muttered: "In just over ten days now, dozens of our dead soldiers have been killed or injured!"
"... You don't come here specifically to ask my cousin to accuse him, right?" Qiu Yilan frowned and said suspiciously.
"Do you know the origin of your cousin?" Jiang Yashuang asked noncommittally.
Qiu Yilan thought for a moment and then said: "The son of my grandfather's old tribe, because he is favored by his biological father, he cannot be tolerated by his biological mother and brother, so-"
"I won the imperial examination at the age of seventeen. Even if my direct mother and brother cannot tolerate him, as long as all the elders in the clan are alive, how can we let him abandon the family and become a successor?" Jiang Yashuang smiled faintly, but his eyes were cold and lifeless. Smiling, "And after he arrived at Ruan's house, he immediately became very attached to you, Princess, and regarded you as the apple of his eye. Does Princess think there is such a thing in the world where we feel like old friends at first sight?"
Qiu Yilan pondered: "You mean that my father didn't actually die back then. This cousin is my father's son who faked his death. I have the same father as my half-mother, so that's why he's so kind to me? Oh, that's not right. , so he should be my brother—could he be my father? It’s just that he has good looks—"
Jiang Yashuang looked at her with strange eyes, and then said after a moment: "The eldest son of General Ruan is your uncle. He was famously henpecked in Beijing back then! One year, he was asked by his colleagues to hook him up, and he fell in love with a country. I really liked the seductive young man, so I kept him in an outer room without your aunt's knowledge. But later, when the scandal broke out, my aunt whipped him all the way to the street with a whisk, and it became a joke in Beijing for several years... "
"Of course, the beautiful and fragrant outer room will not be spared. It is said that your aunt originally planned to beat her to death to vent her anger, but because of her beauty, a passing wealthy businessman saw her when she was dragging her out, and exchanged her with a handful of pearls - if that If she was pregnant at that time, she should be about the same age as your cousin."
Qiu Yilan frowned. Jiang Yashuang was right. No one would have too much talent for reading like Ruan Qingyan. How could he be easily let go, even by his so-called biological father's old boss
But if you know that he is not a descendant of your own family, but he is the successor of the Ruan family, he recognizes his ancestors and returns to the clan, so it would not be surprising if he does not stop him. Even the so-called direct mother and direct brother could not tolerate him, but it was actually a fulfillment - the eldest wife of the Ruan family was jealous, and the eldest husband was afraid of his wife. The Ruan family's blood who was born after his beloved concubine was sold did not dare to take the Ruan family's flesh and blood back home to raise him, so he secretly entrusted it to him. It is also logical to give it to my father's old department.
Thinking of Ruan Qingyan's unhesitating farewell to Princess Ruan on his behalf and his extremely complicated expression when the cousins met for the first time, Qiu Yilan believed her 80% of the time. However, she was not sure what Jiang Yashuang's intention was in telling her these things, so she tried to : "So what? I'll call him cousin anyway."
"Eleven years ago, General Ruan was defeated in Northern Xinjiang. His two sons and three grandsons, as well as your father-in-law, King Xihe, all died in battle!" Jiang Yashuang smiled calmly, "When the news came back to the capital, I will tell you about the changes in King Xihe's palace. Not to mention, the second wife of the Ruan family is in poor health and passed away before this accident. Your second uncle didn’t have time to renew his marriage before he went to the battlefield... Although your eldest aunt controls your eldest uncle tightly, the love between husband and wife is very deep. , after knowing that her husband was dead and her son was dead, your aunt immediately hanged her... "
He paused for a moment when he said this, but Qiu Yilan already understood what he meant - eleven years ago, the eldest wife of the Ruan family who did not allow Mr. Ruan to have sex with women died. At that time, the Ruan family also had no heirs. Why did that happen? Ruan Qingyan won’t come back by then
If he had come back at that time, although the Ruan family would have begun to decline rapidly at that time, at least General Ruan would be in good health and could pave the way for him.
More importantly, the reason why the Ruan family has declined to this point is directly related to the fact that General Ruan has no heirs - he was defeated, all his descendants died, and his wife and daughter-in-law committed suicide because they could not bear the bad news. Despite the blow, General Ruan was able to survive alone instead of choosing to go to hell with his wife and descendants. His determination was already very strong.
Although he still has a daughter and a granddaughter, how can he compare with the flesh and blood of his own family? In my memory, when General Ruan was still able to stand up, although he was very kind to Qiu Yilan, there was always a deathly loneliness and deep sorrow in his eyes.
If he had a biological grandson when he was still well, it might be different - people with hope are always different.
"Looking at the way my cousin takes care of my grandfather, it doesn't look like he has a grudge against the Ruan family because he has been living abroad for many years... Then why did he come back last year?" Qiu Yilan thought to herself and said to Jiang Yashuang: "The young general pays so much attention to my cousin. , but I don’t know what the plan is?”
Jiang Yashuang coughed lightly and said: "After the princess has made her filial piety, if she feels that she cannot get along with the children of King Xihe, she can come to my house to play."
Before he finished speaking, Qiu Yilan's face darkened, and she said coldly: "Young general, please respect yourself! Although I am grateful to my cousin for his protection these days, I would rather repay a favor with my life than to For him..." The beast in her heart was running wildly - hadn't this guy always followed the route of a gentle and good young man before? Is this his true face? ! It must have been hidden too deeply before!
Jiang Yashuang's handsome face turned red all of a sudden, and she said with great embarrassment: "Princess, where did you think you were?! It's my two older sisters who haven't given permission yet, uh, I'm passing the message on their behalf!"
elder sister? Why did the rich daughter of Jiang Banchao's family invite me? Is it still around the end of mother's filial piety in two years
Qiu Yilan's thoughts changed and she noticed Jiang Yashuang's emphasis on "not allowing others" - could it be that she has a crush on her cousin Ruan Qingyan
No wonder we need to find out the details!
Qiu Yilan breathed a sigh of relief and introduced enthusiastically: "No matter whether my cousin is of the Ruan family's blood or not, he treats General Ruan and me as if we are direct blood. Based on this, his character is not comparable to that of many." -Forget it about my grandfather, you should respect your elders, I am just his cousin, and he treats me like his own sister! "
Marrying a Bai Fumei of Miss Jiang's level would definitely save Ruan Qingyan twenty years of hard work. Of course, Qiu Yilan would spare no effort to say good things to him - anyway, she had never heard of Ruan Qingyan having any true love that would never leave him.
"Well, he has been in Beijing for less than half a year, and the two most famous prostitutes in Beijing who are most expected to win the title of courtesan this year are already jealous of him, but few people can match his popularity." Jiang Yashuang returned to her normal color, rolled up her sleeves, and said playfully.
"That was all because Ling Xiaohou forced my cousin to go." After twenty years of fighting for Ruan Qingyan's son, Qiu Yilan immediately dragged Ling Zui out as a scapegoat and said angrily, "Actually, my cousin doesn't want to go at all. ! I’m just afraid that I’ll offend the little Marquis and have to socialize! Little General, please think about it, if my cousin is greedy for beauty, how could he have won the election last year
Jiang Yashuang pondered for a moment and said, "It makes sense..."
result!
Before he could finish his words, a servant ran in sweating profusely: "Princess, the famous prostitute of 'Yinchun Tower' is hiding at the side door and refuses to leave. The housekeeper asks you to go and spend some time!"