Although the military and state affairs in northern and western Xinjiang have attracted the attention of the government and the public, the day after Qiu Yilan woke up, the Duke's Mansion still received an endless stream of visitors.
Of course, these people were basically received by Mrs. Tao.
After all, Qiu Yilan just woke up and still needs to rest to recover.
"My eldest cousin is still saying these things to me?" Among the many visitors, only Ruan Ciyi was allowed to enter the inner room to see her. She came to visit and apologize. She said that she didn't accompany Fan Sulian after he took Li Xi back that day. Qiu Yilan went to the Royal Garden - Qiu Yilan disagreed with this, "I was so anxious that day that Mu Jin and Mulan were both accustomed to doing things and they were teenagers and couldn't keep up with me, let alone you, my eldest cousin? You are the one If you go with me, you'll be left far behind! You might as well stay and take care of Zi'er!"
Although she is not a magnanimous person, she is not so stingy as to be unreasonable: If this means holding a grudge, then will Jiang Qizheng and Shui Jin, who saw her jump into the lake but did not jump in to save her own life, still be able to communicate with each other in the future?
Seeing that Ruan Ciyi was still in a low mood, Qiu Yilan thought for a moment and then said, "Besides, if you don't stay, who knows who An'er and Lang'er will meet after they go back. If a child is led to a secluded place and killed, who do you think I should cry with? "
"I didn't help much. I just took them to Mrs. Tao's place." Ruan Ciyi was relieved and sighed, "Actually, I didn't accompany you to the Royal Garden at the beginning. I really felt that I was a bit old and my legs and feet were not as good as mine. I was very neat when I was young, so if I go with you, I’m afraid it will slow down your progress... But I didn’t expect that... "
Qiu Yilan didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so she changed her mind and said, "I just woke up, and I still don't know the whole story - who threw the eldest prince into the lake, has this been found out?"
"Now it is announced to the public that everything is due to Fang Zijun's revenge!" Ruan Ciyi frowned when he heard this, "The reason why he attacked the eldest prince was because he did not catch up with An'er and Lang'er at that time, and he happened to see the eldest prince leaving before The sachet in An'er's hand, so I used the eldest prince to plot against you - but do you think An'er, Lang'er and the eldest prince are all five or six years old, how fast can they run for those who are already fifteen or sixteen? What is there that Fang Zijun can’t catch up with?”
"Furthermore, how noble the eldest prince is. Even if he risked his life in revenge for you, it is still a capital crime. Is beheading with one knife the same as being cut into pieces with a thousand knives? It's just that there is no evidence, so I have to think it's him first! After all, it's him. The prince fell into the lake, and you jumped into the lake to save him. It’s such a big deal at the New Year’s Eve banquet that the royal family can’t find out as soon as possible. It’s really a loss of face!”
"As for who the real murderer is... Well... I've been trying to find out over the past few days, but I haven't heard any definite information!"
Qiu Yilan was not surprised by this. Jiang Yashuang couldn't figure it out, let alone Ruan Ciyi, who was not close to the royal family. Her original intention was just to deflect the eldest cousin's guilt about what happened at the New Year's Eve banquet, so she stopped talking about it at the moment and said, "Looking at the time, Man'er and Nong Qing are about to have a baby?"
"She's already given birth - Maner gave birth to a daughter five days ago, and Nongqing gave birth to a son the next day. The mother and daughter are safe, and so are the mother and son!" Ruan Ciyi's lips curled up slightly, "Otherwise, how could they not know that you were awake? Come?"
"Oh! Then I have to make up for the gift!" Qiu Yilan said in surprise, "No one has told me anything until now when I woke up!"
"It's a great gift for you to wake up. If you don't believe me, go ask Man'er and Nong Qing!"
... Since Qiu Yilan has not yet fully recovered, Su He came in and politely issued an order to expel the guest. After Ruan Ciyi left, Su He said to Qiu Yilan: "Young lady, don't worry about the Jingchuan Hou Mansion. It’s a happy occasion for both parties in the house. The old lady has already given you gifts, all you have to do is replenish the old lady!”
Seeing Qiu Yilan nodding, she added, "You just woke up, so it's better not to worry about it. Anyway, Young Master is there for everything! Don't you still believe in Young Master?"
"How could it be? I just saw that my eldest cousin was quite worried, so to reassure her, I just changed the topic!" Qiu Yilan laughed and took the ginseng soup she handed her, "An'er, Lang'er, and Ying'er are still busy these days. I can only stay at the old lady's place. When you go to my warehouse to return the gifts that the old lady sent me, you can take a little extra to thank the old lady for taking care of the three brothers and sisters these days!"
"I'm afraid the old lady won't want it even if you give it to me!" Su He said disapprovingly, "The two grandsons are also the old lady's great-grandsons! Besides, the old lady attaches great importance to the fourteenth grandson. Since the fourteenth grandson is here, we can't take him there. How can the 17th grandson and the 23rd grandson be left alone?"
She has served Qiu Yilan for many years, and she knows Mrs. Tao quite well. She knows that this old lady's attitude towards money is similar to Qiu Yilan's, and she doesn't care much about it.
"Old Madam, I don't want it. Old Madam doesn't want it - Old Madam has too many great-grandchildren. How can we not let this scene go?" Qiu Yilan said angrily, "Look at how lazy you are!"
Just as Su He was about to answer, Chun Ran came in with Hibiscus. When Hibiscus presented the bird's nest porridge, Chun Ran said: "Young Madam, Ms. Lin is gone. Ms. Lin Wan wants to take leave and go back to express her condolences to her aunt."
Qiu Yilan squinted: Nineteen moves so fast
Pretending to know nothing, he asked, "How come Ms. Lin doesn't have one?"
"I don't know yet, but I have been sent back to the Lin family." Chun Ran looked calm and seemed to know nothing, and said, "Young madam, Lin Wan Niang is outside, can you see?"
"With such a big thing happening, of course she has to go home... let her go!" Qiu Yilan thought to herself that it would be best not to come back after she left, and to serve wherever she wanted, as long as she didn't bother herself!
Unexpectedly, not long after she let Lin Wan Niang go back, Chun Ran came to report again: "Lin Wan Niang is back and she has something to ask for to see the Young Madam! She said it in such a disjointed way that it seemed that the death of Ms. Lin was actually related to the Lin family. !”
Before Qiu Yilan could answer, Su He said in boredom: "Where is Sister Chunran taking care of her? The young lady needs to rest now. Is the matter of a mere slave worthy of the young lady's concern?"
"She told about Lin Wen Niang. Dao Lin Wen Niang's father gave Lin Wen Niang money, and promised to adopt Lin Wen Niang's biological brother to Lin Wen Niang in the future..." Chun Ran said hurriedly, "We weren't before. I heard from Mu Jin and Mulan that when Lin Wenniang seduced the young master, the eighth young master was there. As a result, our young master ignored her, but the eighth young master took a fancy to her and wanted to leave. For this reason, the young master and the young lady went to follow her. Madam Eighth has made amends? If we can take this opportunity to get rid of Lin Wen Niang, the young master and Madam can resolve their grudges with Madam Eighth, right?"
Qiu Yilan chuckled softly: "Besides, I also want to know the whole story... Just call her in and let me hear what's going on?"
"Wait!" Su He said hurriedly, "Tie the person up and then come in? Madam, you are not fully recovered now. What if Lin Wan Niang gets angry and the maids are unable to stop her?"
"You are really careful!" Qiu Yilan laughed, "I'm just a little girl, what can I do if I keep acting up?" That's what she said, but she is now more than before. After lying down for nearly a month, her muscles and bones are all loose. Not to mention, the constant pain in her lower abdomen made her dare not exert any force at all, so she followed Su He's precautionary measures - she tied up Lin Wan Niang into a rice dumpling before letting her in!
"Young Madam! Young Madam! What an injustice! It's such a huge injustice!" Lin Wanniang was about to kneel down as soon as she came in. Because her hands were tied, she knelt so fast that she lost her balance and fell directly to the ground. Under the thick blanket, she just lay there, howling and complaining, "Our family has always respected my aunt, how could we possibly murder her?! Besides, my aunt has always been partial to Lin Wen's family. How can we always bring food to her?" qualifications?!"
Qiu Yilan asked Chunran to help her kneel down, and waited patiently for her to cry for a while and calm down, then she said calmly: "You said so nonsense, I don't even know where you are wronged? Let's start from the beginning. Bar!"
From the beginning, the matter is simple - Ms. Lin is dead, she was poisoned. The cause of death was that the pastry given to her by her mother-in-law contained a lot of nux vomica. So even though the imperial doctor arrived in time, he could only watch her die of pain!
As a confidant who had been with the Queen Mother for many years, it was impossible not to investigate the news of Ms. Lin’s death when there was such a big news!
So when Ms. Lin's body was sent back to the Lin family for burial, the Lin family had not recovered from the bad news. The whole family was basically detained and imprisoned, and they were asked to confess why they murdered Ms. Lin!
"Then how did you get out?" Su He asked suspiciously, "Since everyone in the Lin family has been detained for interrogation, shouldn't you be among them?"
Lin Wanniang sobbed: "When I returned, I realized something was wrong before I even entered the house, so I hid outside to inquire about the news. After knowing the reason, I immediately came back to ask for help from the young lady. The young lady clearly knows that although she only has two younger brothers, she still has two younger brothers." However, because my father is dull by nature, my mother is honest, and my maid is far less beautiful and lovely than my cousin Lin Wenniang, so the second uncle’s family has always come forward to send things to my aunt. The maid’s family has never given anything alone. I’ve never given food away!”
Qiu Yilan glanced at her, thinking that the Lin family didn't know whether they were too smart or too cold. It had only been less than two hours since the news of Ms. Lin's death came, and they had already begun to undermine each other - if it was the former, That is to see that what happened to the Lin family this time is not a trivial matter. Even Lady Lin has fallen. There is definitely no way to escape. It is better to blame each other. If you can save one house because of this, it is better than destroying the entire army; if it is the latter, it is pure When the catastrophe approached, they each flew away.
But no matter which one it is, Jiang Yashuang has already taken action and has his own plans. Qiu Yilan didn't want to worry about this, so she said, "In that case, why did you come to me? You should tell those responsible for investigating the death of Ms. Lin!"
"But my servant is soft-spoken..."
Hearing this, Qiu Yilan thought that she wanted him to come forward to prove her or something, but she thought that this little girl was too naive! Unexpectedly, Lin Wanniang followed up: "Besides, many things can't be explained clearly without the confrontation between my cousin Lin Wenniang! But my cousin is now the Eighth Young Master's aunt..."
"... Did you really come here specifically to drag your sister into the water?" Qiu Yilan looked at her speechlessly and said to Chunran, "In that case, why don't you go ask Sister-in-law Eight for instructions?"
Chunran understood: "Mr. Lin has served the Queen Mother for decades, and she has done a great job with her hard work! The Eighth Young Master and the Eighth Young Lady will definitely not delay investigating the cause of her death because of an aunt!"
With such a good opportunity, Chu Yitong would force her out through the back door even if she was behind her husband's back!