That day, Qiu Yilan stayed in the palace until the evening before successfully resigning, but she was not in a good mood when she went back. The queen, like Oubicheng, had finished talking about inviting her into the palace, and the topic turned to the relationship between her and Jiang Yashuang. The Cold War came up.
Although it was said that Qiu Yilan had a good relationship with the Queen, after all, the monarch and his ministers were different now, and the Queen had good intentions, so it was very difficult to deal with it.
After finally leaving the palace, she couldn't help but sigh!
It was a busy day. On the way back to the Duke's Mansion, Qiu Yilan remembered that Jiang Jingkun said two days ago that a delicious pastry bought by his servants was delicious, but it seemed that he no longer had it at home. He told the driver: "Go to the market and bring some food to An'er and the others!"
Jiang Jingkun is the great-grandson of the Jiang family. He has been pampered since he was a child and is naturally naughty. The dim sum shop he likes to eat at is not affordable to ordinary people based on its appearance, so even though there are many people in the market now, only a few people go in and out of this shop.
Qiu Yilan stopped the carriage in front of the shop, and asked the servants who were accompanying the carriage to go in and buy pastries through the curtain. She was leaning on the carriage with her eyes closed and concentrating, when she suddenly heard Mulian's "Ah" sound, and she opened her eyes in surprise: "What's wrong?"
She saw Mulian leaning against the car window and quietly looking out, her cheeks were slightly red, and she said calmly: "The young master who just came out of the shop... his bearing and bearing are really good. The maid was a little distracted for a moment, disturbing the young lady. , I hope you will forgive me, Madam!"
Qiu Yilan smiled when he heard this: "Everyone has a love for beauty, and that's okay."
Seeing that she didn't blame her, Mulan, who was in the same car, became bolder, so she curiously asked Mulan: "We follow the young lady in and out, what kind of talent are we rarely seen? There is actually someone who makes you, a girl, scream out. ?”
What she was embarrassed to say was that her male master Jiang Yashuang was extremely handsome. After seeing him, the so-called handsome men in this world were just like that
Then Mulian pointed forward and said with some embarrassment: "I thought he was an immortal when I came out just now... Huh? He is in trouble!"
Qiu Yilan was waiting for the servants to come out after shopping. Nothing happened, so he looked in the direction she pointed - the curtains of their car showed shadows outside from the inside, but not from the outside, so this He could point and was not afraid of being seen - but when he saw the tall and thin figure being surrounded by people, he looked a bit familiar, and he was slightly surprised: "Who is this?"
While she was meditating, the conflict over there had already begun. Qiu Yilan felt that the familiar figure was alone, but there were seven or eight people who were beating him. The man started to suffer after barely holding a few breaths - Mulian was anxious He turned to Qiu Yilan and begged: "Young Madam, those people are so rude! I saw this young master carrying snacks and leaving the shop with my own eyes, and didn't provoke them at all - I beg Young Madam to show mercy and save her." How about I save the young master?"
Qiu Yilan glanced at her and thought: "Just because you didn't see the provocation, it doesn't mean that there was no provocation. Maybe there was a grudge in the past and they were waiting for him there?" But when he came, the man who was beaten looked familiar. It seems that I have seen him before; secondly, the maid always wanted to show some dignity, so she knocked on the car wall.
The coachman understood, stood up and shouted, and the knights around the carriage immediately rushed forward - the Jiang family has been famous for being domineering over the years, and these guards were specially allocated by Jiang Yashuang to his wife for going out, and they all came down to the battlefield to meet her. A bloody master.
After riding the horse, he didn't even say hello. He first whipped everyone around him and knocked them to the ground. When he saw anyone who was rebellious and wanted to fight back, he directly rode his horse and rushed towards him, half to scare and half to teach him a lesson. After feeling the color and pain, he jumped off his horse and went to help the young man who had suffered a loss to get up and ask.
I saw them talking there for a while through the curtain. The young man raised his hands in the direction of the carriage, turned around and left!
This situation made Mulian, who had begged him before, couldn't help but be stunned: "Why didn't he come over to thank the young lady?" Even if there are differences between men and women, but now there are so many people watching through the curtains and it's a clear day, what are you afraid of?
You should come to the car and say thank you in person, right
"This young master has a very good appearance. He is no worse than the Nineteenth Young Master. If he has some talent and learning, and after this incident, the young lady recommends it to the Nineteenth Young Master, he may have some future!" Although Mulian is young, after all, She is Qiu Yilan's eldest maid, and she always has some thoughts, "If he works with the Nineteenth Young Master, maybe I can ask the young lady for help in the future..."
As a result, the glimmer of hope she had was out of control before the scene even started - seeing the man walking without stopping, looking like he was afraid of being relied on by them, Mulian simply didn't know what to say
Qiu Yilan, on the other hand, stared at the man's back for a while, and suddenly ordered outside the car: "Go and catch up with him alone, and tell him that I will wait for him under the willow trees two streets ahead and ask him if he wants to go." go?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the car and outside were shocked, but they didn't dare to ask her why she was dating a foreign man. At this moment, the servant who went into the shop to buy snacks came out, and Qiu Yilan ordered the carriage to start: " Go wait under the willow tree for a while!"
When the group of them arrived under the willow tree, they saw that there was no one around. They didn't know whether they were relieved or felt embarrassed: it was not good for my young lady to make an appointment with a foreign man, but she took the initiative to make an appointment with her, but she hasn't come yet. This... seems to be even more embarrassing...
When the group of people were in a mess, they saw a figure coming out of the alley not far away. He had already changed into a brown robe. The quality was not very good. It was obviously bought in a hurry to replace the previous one that was damaged by the fight. The robe clearly didn't fit him.
However, that man was indeed as Mulian said, bright and beautiful, with only one face, which made few women in the world not jealous. He didn't look in good health, and there were several bruises on his face that couldn't hide the sickly paleness. I don’t know if it was the injury he suffered when he was beaten by a group before, but he was walking a little staggering now. For a short distance, he seemed to be lifting a lot of weight, and he walked for a long time. The guards beside the car impatiently urged him, but Qiu Yilan stopped her: "It doesn't matter, we are not in a hurry to go back anyway!"
"..." The servants were all speechless, thinking about how they should explain themselves to the Nineteenth Young Master today when they return home.
At this time, the man was at a talking distance to the car, but he neither saluted nor said hello. He only asked lightly with an attitude that made the guards and maids feel arrogant: "What do you want from me? You can't call me." Look how you are doing now, right?"
It's really hard to hear this and avoid guessing about emotional entanglements, and it's true - the guards' expressions changed, and Mulian and Mulan in the car also opened their mouths in surprise!
But Qiu Yilan sighed and said warmly: "Didn't you follow Yi Shu and the others? How could you suffer such a loss?"
"Miss Mei doesn't really trust me, and I'm impatient to be dependent on others, so now I'm alone."
"Where do you live?"
"No need, today is just an accident." The man looked cold and had no emotion in his eyes. He said calmly, "Today is the anniversary of my father's death. I have to go back to hold a memorial ceremony!"
"..." Qiu Yilan didn't say anything. After he turned around and left and walked back to the alley, she ordered, "Go and protect him with two people."
The leader of the guards looked confused: "Young lady, that man?"
"You are not new to the capital, and you still pretend not to know him?" Qiu Yilan was originally in a bad mood when she left the palace. After this incident, her mood became more complicated, and she said impatiently, "He is Deng Yi - but it was just a few days ago. I said a few words behind the car curtain and asked you to arrange a ride for the two of you. Why do you think this is Hongxing's cheating?"
Suspicion of the mistress's personal ethics will lead to a deadly feud! The leader of the guards was covered in cold sweat. He quickly rolled off his saddle and knelt down by the roadside to apologize!
"After you return home, you can report whatever you want!" Qiu Yilan sneered, "Can I stop you!?"
Every time she came back from the palace, she would first greet Mrs. Tao, and she also reported her experience of entering the palace. This time was no exception. She also mentioned about meeting Deng Yi on the way back: "I brought some snacks to An'er and the others, but I saw him being beaten by a group of people, not far from Sun's daughter-in-law's carriage! Originally, Sun The daughter-in-law didn't notice, but the maid beside her begged softly, and she found out it was him after someone rescued her... The daughter-in-law thought that he was following Yi Shu and the others, so how could he suffer such a loss, so she made an appointment in a quiet place to ask, It turns out that he has already separated from that side.”
Mrs. Tao's smile paused, and she waved her hand to everyone to leave, and then scolded lightly: "You kid is really stupid! It's okay if you show such kindness as usual! After all, Nineteen is not an irrational person! But he hasn't returned to his room these days, how can you still ask that person to talk in private? Even if the servants are watching, do you think that person was... After hearing this, Nineteen is afraid that his anger will come back again. , what you did is Meng Lang!"
Qiu Yilan disagreed. In fact, both of her and Deng Yi were unwilling to get engaged. But at that time, Qiu Yilan was tricked by her uncle, and Deng Yi was forced by his cousin. There was not much grudge between the nominally unmarried couple. In the past few fights, Deng Yi always fell at the disadvantage. Qiu Yilan always fell behind. If you take advantage of him, there will be no resentment against him.
After that, Deng Yi was unwilling to break off the engagement... To be honest, this really couldn't be entirely his fault, he just couldn't help himself. If he could make his own decisions, he might not be willing to provoke Qiu Yilan. With such talent and appearance, if he hadn't met Gu Yan and caught up with the downfall of the Gu family, his current achievements and fame would have been no worse than those of Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Jinglan.
Now I am reduced to being beaten by a group of street gangsters...
Qiu Yilan happened to meet him, how could he just ignore it
Now that she has taken action, of course she has to ask - in fact, she originally wanted to ask Deng Yi what grudges he had with those people, but Deng Yi made it clear that he was unwilling to accept her help. She also knew that the two of them had been engaged in the past, and now their situation There is a big difference. If the other party does not want this kind of help based on sympathy and mercy, it is better not to force it. So after asking a few questions and seeing something was wrong, he stopped talking. He was afraid that those scoundrels would still block him, so he ordered the guard.
Now that I heard Mrs. Tao complaining like this, although she had a clear conscience, she was too lazy to argue with the old man. She directly admitted her mistake and said: "My granddaughter-in-law also felt that the situation was unpleasant. It's not that my granddaughter-in-law has any affection for him, it's just that she looked at it." He used to be a noble person, but now he is trampled into the mud, and he always feels a little depressed. "
This made Mrs. Tao fall silent. She suddenly thought of the Tao family - when the old lady was a girl, the "pillar of the country" was still there. Although the Tao family at that time was not like the Jiang family today, covering the sky with one hand. , but also extremely prominent.
But in the end, due to the lack of outstanding successors, Tao Yinsong had no choice but to let his granddaughter descend to Jiang Qianchuan, who was considered by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to be just a martial artist at that time - just as a successor - in order to continue the glory of the Tao family.
But this marriage not only failed to save the Tao family from decline, but even pushed the Tao family into the abyss... Today's Tao family has long been empty. Where are the young gentlemen and ladies who were pampered in the pavilions and pavilions
Although Mrs. Tao never said anything about the fate of the Tao family in front of others, she watched with her own eyes as the family went from prosperity to decline, and was finally destroyed at the hands of her husband's family... You can imagine how she felt!
The old lady was stunned, and after a long time she said sadly: "This is also human nature, but you should consider Nineteen's mood more... Forget it this time, I will explain it to Nineteen for you later. You... Just go back. !”
Mother Hu sent Qiu Yilan away on her behalf and looked at her worriedly when she returned to the house: "Old madam, don't think about it!"
"Did you say that they met people like the Nineteenth Wife on their way to exile?" The master and the servant spoke at the same time, but were silent at the same time.