Mrs. Pang Xu smiled and said meaningfully: "Princess Princess, what matters is not who the commoner woman is, but whether you believe what is said in this letter?"
Qiu Yilan glanced at her coldly, and then looked at the letterhead again - there was actually only one sentence on the letterhead: "Pang Lu has a two-inch scar under his left rib."
—According to common sense, this kind of physical characteristics can only be known to family members!
For Ruan Qingyan, who just gave birth to his aunt Xiao not long ago and has a seriously ill grandfather at home, he would rather admit that Pang Xu was his former aunt than admit that he hangs out with people like Hua Shen these days. !
"This is using my cousin's future to force me to surrender!" Qiu Yilan was filled with anger. "People in Beijing are not familiar with my cousin. The Pang Xu family can tell his physical characteristics, but other places are talking nonsense. No one can doubt that it is possible to overturn her so-called aunt's identity without going to the south to find evidence. But without mentioning the back and forth, will the Queen Mother's Party just sit back and watch? I definitely won’t be distracted by my cousin at this juncture!”
Qiu Yilan knew that she was currently at a disadvantage - the Queen Mother sent a retainer of the imperial censor to bring people to the door. Logically speaking, it would not be a scam, and it should be certain. In this case, they did not directly destroy Ruan Qingyan, but chose Ruan Qingyan to have already After the game, he came to me, of course, not to be merciful, but to use his betrayal to trick Queen Jiang!
"It seems that the Queen Mother's party has failed in their fight for the Lian family's letter! I have to settle for the next best thing and want to use my cousin to instigate rebellion against me! What should I do now?" She thought quickly and put the letter back on the table. He looked at Mr. Pang Xu who looked determined: "So what if you believe it? If you don't believe it, so what?"
Mrs. Pang Xu didn't expect that given her age, she wouldn't show any panic at this time. She was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "If the princess believes this, I will naturally tell you about this young son of a common woman." "Son, if you don't believe it, I wouldn't dare disturb you even though I'm a civilian woman, so I'll resign immediately."
Seeing that Qiu Yilan had no intention of keeping anyone around, Mrs. Pang Xu frowned, "When Lu Er comes out of the examination room, open his clothes and take a look, and you will know whether it is true or false."
After saying this, she bowed and walked out the door. When she was approaching the threshold, she suddenly stopped, turned her head, and smiled slightly, "For the past two days, the commoner's wife and her eldest son will temporarily stay at the Censor's house. … If the princess has anything to do, just send someone to tell her that she can come to see you at any time.”
Qiu Yilan said indifferently: "I know this, please step back!"
Not long after Pang Xu left, Su He and Dong Ran pushed open the door with surprised expressions on their faces and said first, "Then Li Juren said goodbye outside and left."
Then he asked, "Princess Princess, Pang Xu?"
"Dongran, come here, let me ask you something." Although Qiu Yilan believed 80% of the time, he still asked Ruan Qingyan's confidant maid to reassure him. He called Dongran to him with a solemn expression and put the letter in her hand. "Is what it says true or false?"
Dong Ran took it and took a look, his expression changed: "Oops!"
Now she didn't say anything, but Qiu Yilan also knew about it, and sighed secretly: "In that case, I will send someone to call Pang Xu over tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and let's hear her conditions."
"Don't do this yet!" Dong Ran held the letter in his hand, biting his lip, and suddenly said, "Young master has told me before that if someone comes to the door pretending to be his former aunt or daughter, let me find someone."
Qiu Yilan asked in surprise: "Who are you looking for?"
"My maid doesn't know, the young master just told me the place." Dong Ran requested, "Let my maid go there tonight. If there is nothing to say, can the princess call back the Pang Xu family?" Master and Servant Everyone knows that since the Pang Xu family has such a handle on Ruan Qingyan, if the request they make is just harsh, it will be considered kind.
It will definitely drive the brother and sister to death!
In this case, it would be best if there were other ways to resolve the situation.
Qiu Yilan asked, "What should I prepare when I go?"
"Young Master has already warned me, and my servant will prepare it." Dong Ran said vaguely.
He could tell that she didn't want to reveal too much to him - Qiu Yilan did not continue to ask further questions, and just said: "Then you should be careful on the road. If possible, ask a servant to accompany you. It is not good for a girl to walk alone at night."
Dongran smiled apologetically at her and said, "Yes."
As she said, after nightfall, she still went out the back door alone.
After Su He knew about it, when he was making Qiu Yilan's bed at night, when Chun Ran and Xia Ran were not paying attention, he suspected: "Who are they? Sister Dong Ran goes to see her at night, but she goes alone?"
"We'll find out when she comes back." Qiu Yilan thought to herself that Ruan Qingyan was obviously very good at martial arts, and his confidant maid Dongran might have also practiced it. But if she didn't take her servant out at night, she might not have the confidence to walk alone at night. Probably mainly to avoid being noticed.
"I don't know who she is looking for. What arrangements does my cousin have with that person?" Qiu Yilan guessed, "Although Dongran didn't say it directly just now, it looked like she thought that person could solve the problem. The incident of Pang Xu's visit was after she read the letter! Could it be that he is more valuable than the Queen Mother? Even the Queen may not be able to protect her cousin at this moment, right
She suddenly thought of Xue Chang, "It seems that my cousin came to Beijing to be his disciple. At that time, he did not pass the main examination in the spring of this year. But my cousin was very sure... Could it be that my cousin and Xue Chang had been in contact for a long time? ? Dong Ran is looking for Xue Chang!"
The leader of the Neutral Party, who is valued by the Second Empress, does have a different weight... But how can Xue Chang help Ruan Qingyan escape from this conspiracy? It's impossible to turn to the Queen Mother...
Qiu Yilan guessed that several powerful people she knew felt something was wrong, so she simply waited intently. Dongran came back late at night and rushed to Green Rose Garden to see if she was sleeping.
Qiu Yilan, who heard the noise, called into the inner room to report. She said: "That person... has promised to help us solve this matter. Please don't worry anymore, Princess!"
Qiu Yilan pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "How does he plan to solve it?"
"In short, the Pang Xu family cannot even think of pretending to be the elders and brothers of the young master." Dongran said firmly.
"Can you tell me who this person is?" Qiu Yilan thought for a long time and finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked.
Dongran smiled apologetically again: "Both the young master and the other one have told the maid not to spread any information about the other one."
"...Okay." Hitting a wall, Qiu Yilan was too embarrassed to reveal her identity and force Dong Ran, so she could only wait for Ruan Qingyan to leave the examination room and follow up with her cousin coquettishly.
However, although she decided not to ask further questions, the day before the end of spring, Mrs. Pang Xu came to see her again. The implication behind her words was that if Qiu Yilan still persisted in her obsession, she would invite the Qiu family's retainers and servants to accompany her tomorrow. Go outside the examination room and meet Ruan Qingyan in front of many scholars!
Although Qiu Yilan looked at Dong Ran's face and ignored her, she still felt a little uneasy after Pang Xu was served tea to see off the guests: "Are you sure? This is related to my cousin's whole life!"
"Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem." Dongran said with certainty, "How dare I make fun of the young master's future?"
Considering Ruan Qingyan's palace and his confidant maid, Qiu Yilan felt that it should be trustworthy.
But that night she still tossed and turned until dawn.
After getting up early and asking someone to wash her face with cold water, she barely managed to cheer up. Qiu Yilan took a car to the outside of the Gongyuan without much confidence. She looked at the crowd of servants outside the family who came to pick her up today. In just a short moment, a strip of white linen appeared. The handkerchief was twisted out of shape by her.
Seeing her nervousness, Dongran couldn't help but comforted: "Don't worry! There will definitely be no problem!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiu Yilan's expression changed slightly and she looked outside the car: "They are coming!"
Su He and others followed her gaze and their hearts sank: "Pang Xu! Pang Biao!"
"There are also Li Gui and others, probably other disciples of the Qiu family?" Su He pressed his chest and whispered, "This?"
Everyone in the carriage looked towards Dong Ran.
But Dongran was still calm: "It doesn't matter, don't pay attention to them."
Qiu Yilan barely restrained herself and ignored them - but these people forced their way through the crowd to their carriage.
Because the scholar was about to come out, and there were many people around, they had no time to linger. Mrs. Pang Xu came over and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and said coldly: "Princess, thinking of the love between mother and son, this is the last chance." , you really don’t want to talk to us in the teahouse over there?”
Seeing Qiu Yilan's hesitation, Dongran said first, "You woman are so rude! Who allowed you to lift the curtain of my car casually?! Get off!"
After driving away the Pang Xu family, she hurriedly apologized to Qiu Yilan: "You really don't need to pay attention to them..."
"But how are we going to explain it later?" Although Qiu Yilan felt that Ruan Qingyan's confidants in the city should not be trustworthy, but seeing the Pang Xu family and his entourage crowding in front of the Gongyuan gate without any guilt, she was a little suspicious of Dong Ran.
Dongran pursed his lips, looking like he didn't know what to say. At this time, the door of Gongyuan opened, and as a large number of scholars with different expressions poured out, the originally spacious place in front of Gongyuan was filled with people. In the meantime, the servant Qiu Yilan sent to find Ruan Qingyan disappeared!
The bad feeling in Qiu Yilan's heart became more and more intense. She suddenly raised her hand, grabbed Dong Ran's neck and shouted, "Did you really not mean to harm your cousin?!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard several screams coming one after another from the direction of the entrance of Gongyuan: "It's a murder!"
"Someone killed someone!!!"
"Where is the perpetrator? Why did he disappear in the blink of an eye? Officer! Officer, come here quickly, a scholar has been assassinated!"
Qiu Yilan was stunned. She was surprised at the entrance of the Gongyuan in broad daylight—how could a murder happen at such a time after exams were over? ! Seeing the crowd parting like a tide, two officers carried a man with blood on his ribs and ran toward him: "Is it the carriage from General Ruan's house? I'm so sorry. I didn't know where the madman was, and he actually intended to assassinate me." Mr. Ruan! Fortunately, he only injured his left rib and it was not life-threatening!"
Qiu Yilan subconsciously put down her hand that was holding Dong Ran. When she jumped out of the carriage, she happened to look at the shocked and angry Pang Xu and others in the crowd. The shock and rage in the latter's eyes made her exhale heavily!