There is a small hillside three or four days away from the capital. Behind the slope is a solitary mountain that is neither high nor low. In front of the slope is a small river less than ten feet wide. Although the mountains are not high and the water is not deep, it can still be regarded as a geomantic treasure land with mountains behind it and water on its side.
"It's such a good place!" Qiu Yilan said with a half-smile as she walked down the slope in the carriage under the sunset, holding the curtain of the carriage - her eyes were on a frightened hare - especially the plump and muscular hind legs. He stayed on it for a long time, then he took it back and looked towards the top of the slope.
Through the afterglow of the setting sun, we can see that a group of people are gathering there. They are dressed in simple clothes and there are no glamorous people in sight.
"Send someone up and ask if they are from the Xihe Palace?" Qiu Yilan watched for a moment and smiled meaningfully, "Let the person in charge come down and talk!"
Although the hillside is not high, it still takes some effort to get back and forth.
After a while, the sky became dark, and the servants lit up torches one after another - after all, this was a wilderness with open spaces on all sides, and seven or eight torches could only illuminate a small area.
Beyond the firelight, there was seemingly endless darkness. Su He, who was afraid of the dark, could not help but stay in front of Qiu Yilan, not daring to leave even an inch.
Qiu Yilan looked amused and was about to say a few words of comfort when a light cough came from not far away, with a surprised tone: "Fifth sister, why are you here?"
The servants followed the sound and separated, letting Qiu Hongzhi walk in.
The eldest son of the royal concubine has been crowned for 20 years. He is short in stature but has a delicate appearance. He is wearing a navy blue robe. He keeps turning a jade ring in his right hand and holds his left hand behind his back. He looks distant and wary, "You Aren't you here to serve the general? Why did you leave General Ruan here?"
Qiu Yilan was too lazy to talk to him: "Is Mr. Lu buried?"
This rude question and the content of the question made Qiu Hongzhi frown, and anger appeared on his face!
But Qiu Yilan then said, "Why are you angry? Why do you want me to call her grandmother?! Is she worthy?"
"Fifth sister is joking." Qiu Hongzhi said with a gloomy face. He hated Qiu Yilan from the bottom of his heart. He did not mention Mrs. Lu's love for him during his lifetime, but he said that after Mrs. Lu passed away, he was competing for the position of the prince. The huge help he lost was enough to make him hate his cousin to death.
But he still couldn't do anything to this cousin, and at this moment he showed an unconcealable look of disgust, "Why do you ask this?"
"What?!" Qiu Yilan was even more impatient than him, and shouted with a sullen face, "Tell me, why are you burying Lu here?"
"She can't be buried in our family's ancestral grave. She also remembers her grandfather and wants to overlook this small wish. Fifth sister, you, the princess, will not care about it, right?" Qiu Hongzhi was raped in front of the servants. He was trying to get the white spot one after another, and he couldn't get off the stage. He was also afraid of throwing away his hands, and Qiu Yilan would take advantage of him to make things worse, so he had to hold his breath and answer.
However, Qiu Yilan sneered: "Why don't I care?! Let me ask you, who is she?!"
Without waiting for Qiu Hongzhi's answer, she answered by herself, "She is just an outsider! Since my grandmother kicked her out, it has nothing to do with our family! I have already taken care of her after she gave birth to an uncle. I turned a blind eye and ignored you... But you still buried her here overlooking our ancestral graves? What do you mean, do you think my grandmother has done something wrong and she has been wronged? ?”
Qiu Hongzhi's face changed slightly and he said in a deep voice: "I asked Uncle Lian for advice before I left the capital..."
"Then you must not have made it clear to your uncle!" Qiu Yilan said coldly, "Otherwise it would be strange for my uncle to agree to it! You probably told your uncle about your difficulties and asked your uncle to agree that you would come out to bury Lu. ? Don’t think that I am easy to deceive because I am young! I tell you, you are not allowed to bury her in this place. If you dare to bury her, just wait until I come to the palace to complain to your grandmother! You are still looking away and remembering your grandfather! Shameless thing! Who is her grandfather? She deserves to remember my grandfather!"
Qiu Hongzhi turned pale with anger and couldn't help but take a step towards the carriage: "You..."
Su He hurriedly stood in front of Qiu Yilan and looked at him warily.
"Get out of the way!" Qiu Yilan pushed her aside and sneered, "What? I'm correcting your mistakes, but you want to do something to me?! I've never seen such a dishonest person like you before. ! I'm here now, come up and try!"
"Master, please calm down!" Qiu Hongzhi's servants quickly grabbed him - if Qiu Hongzhi really couldn't hold himself back and went up to beat Qiu Yilan, with the princess's tormenting energy, Qiu Hongzhi would probably be doomed for the rest of his life!
Qiu Hongzhi himself also understood this truth. Although he wanted to strangle his cousin to death, he clenched and opened his fists several times in a row and forced himself to hold back. He almost gritted his teeth and asked: "What do you mean? "
"Find a place somewhere far away to bury her! She's just an abandoned concubine who was kicked out. Her name has long since disappeared from the family tree, and she still wants to shamelessly have anything to do with our family!" Qiu Yilan said solemnly, "She's alive I have been a shameless old lady for more than ten years, and I have been blessed like a concubine for more than ten years. How can I still be entangled in this after my death? Isn’t it possible that a person who has been around for eight lifetimes is so shameless and despicable?”
"You!!!" Rao Qiuhongzhi decided to endure it, but was furious at her harsh words. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush forward, "I'll kill you..."
Qiu Yilan's eyes flashed with sternness, she jumped out of the carriage, pointed at him and said, "What am I? Tell me clearly!"
"Sir! Calm down! You must calm down!" The servant was so frightened that he pulled Qiu Hongzhi to the side of the road. At this time, he didn't care that Qiu Yilan would hear it, and repeatedly advised, "Your Majesty is ill. The princess also said that she was feeling unhappy, and she said that the Seventh Young Master was young and left the matter to you - what do you mean by this? Have you forgotten what my father-in-law said? Moreover, the Fifth Princess clearly said that she would go back to the General's Mansion to attend to the disease... Why are you here suddenly?"
These words were like a bucket of ice water pouring down from Qiu Hong's head - the servant was afraid that he would still be unable to persuade him, so he simply told him the past: "Last time you were pushed into the lake in the palace, what happened? In the end, it fell on Aunt Liu, how could it be possible? Aunt Liu was so favored but had no children, why did she want to harm you?"
Qiu Hongzhi took a deep breath, pushed his servant's hand away, walked to Qiu Yilan, and said in a deep voice, "Did the princess ask you to come here?"
Qiu Yilan also suppressed her previous acrimony at this time, smiling as if she had never said those words before: "No wonder Lu and uncle both like you, eldest brother, you are really smart and clever!"
"Is the princess nice to you? Are you helping him like this?" Qiu Hongzhi sneered, "Do you think Qiu Yinzhi will benefit from taking over the throne? What benefits will the princess have?"
"Stop it!" Qiu Yilan raised her hand to signal him to shut up, "Auntie, I know very well what her purpose is for revealing this place and the time you came here! But even if she doesn't try to tell me, I will Inquiring."
She narrowed her eyes, "Brother, don't you think I came here specifically to make you angry?"
Qiu Hongzhi frowned slightly and suddenly felt something bad in his heart. He asked coldly: "Where are you going?"
"I want to go visit the graves of my grandparents, as well as my father, the princess, and my concubines." Qiu Yilan looked at him with a half-smile, "I accidentally missed Sutou today! I'm a girl who's scared to walk at night. Afraid... But who said it would be my fate to meet you, my eldest brother? Come with me, so you won’t worry about me, and I won’t be afraid, right?”
Qiu Hongzhi said angrily: "What do you mean?!"
"I don't want you to bury Lu in person!" Qiu Yilan said frankly, "When my mother-in-law passed away, I, the daughter, could not send her to her last journey! She was still a royal concubine! Why? How can a despicable abandoned concubine have a grandson to see her off? Do you think I am the kind of person who repays evil with kindness and compassion?"
In the firelight, her smile was sweet and her beauty was stunning, but her eyes were cold and cold, which made people feel cold. "Don't hesitate! Come with me! Otherwise, after I return to Beijing, I will say that you abandoned my concubine for our family." You don’t go to visit the graves of your decent grandparents! Think about it, how happy will your aunt be if this reputation spreads?”
Qiu Hongzhi's face was distorted for a long time. Under the low-pitched persuasion of his confidants, he finally stamped his feet and squeezed out one word from between his teeth: "Okay!"
"Oh, there's one more thing." Qiu Yilan turned around with satisfaction, then suddenly stopped and said lightly, "My cousin Ruan paid five thousand taels of silver for my mother-in-law's funeral. It’s done. So if you want to bury Lu, you have to give me six thousand taels of silver! Otherwise, she will never be buried in this place!”
Qiu Hongzhi almost vomited blood: "That's the money the princess received!!!"
"You are not in charge these days? Give it to me as soon as you get back!" Qiu Yilan said lightly, "If you don't take it, believe me, I am very experienced in collecting debts... Moreover, by then there will be no more What a good thing you did for six thousand taels!”
Qiu Hongzhiding looked at the car curtain that she threw down carelessly, his face turned livid!
The next day, at noon, the ground was filled with spring light.
"Lu is dead. Not only did she die at the hands of her own son, but she was also tricked into death by her son. I think she must have been extremely miserable before she died, right? And her funeral was also extremely embarrassing... Ha!"
Under the tall mausoleum, Qiu Yilan, who was dressed in plain clothes, lost all her mean and domineering attitude from the previous day. She sent everyone away, fiddled with the paper money in the brazier, and whispered to Princess Ruan in the mausoleum. He said, "She harmed you and your father, and forced you to commit suicide to save your daughter... In fact, even if you committed suicide, your real daughter is still gone... Even I don't know how she disappeared?"
"Youmianxiang involves too much, and Mrs. Lu refused to tell her where she got it. As for Qiu Mengmin, after testing it out that night, he didn't seem to know... Otherwise, why would he think your death was nothing? Is it a big deal? I still can’t find out the real culprit, so I can only send Lu Shi on his way to give you some relief!”
"Of course, it's not just Lu who has bullied you mother and daughter over the years. Qiu Mengmin, Qiu Yuqing, Princess Yang... In the Xihe Palace, as Cousin Ruan said, there is no one good!" Qiu Yilan He murmured, "Don't worry, I will remember it and will never let anyone go... After all, who knows if they still have the Sleeping Incense in their hands?!"
"I don't even know what that fragrance smells like or what it looks like... How tiring will it be to be on guard all the time? So... it's better if they all die. That way, I won't be afraid anymore." The firelight shone back on her face, The originally fair and delicate cheeks seemed to be stained with a layer of rouge, and they were so gorgeous. "Oh, I almost forgot, there is also good news: the Ruan family has an heir and will not be extinct. Even though the Ruan family is in great decline now, Your mother-in-law’s heir looks very powerful!”
"...Although there seems to be some problems with his origin."
"But you are very good to me. This kindness is thanks to you - after all, I have made him angry time and time again, and I am not a qualified cousin in his mind. It is probably because he thought you were his aunt, and he gave up long ago. Ignore me?"
"However, as long as he can support the Ruan family, it doesn't matter if he ignores me in the future... Anyway, I should be able to stand on my own in the future... right..."
"In short, I will seek justice for you one by one for the grievances you have suffered and the despair you have experienced..."
"For no other reason than for the past, my parents also tried their best to protect me... It's a pity that I can't honor them now. I ask you to accept this kindness on your behalf... "
She stretched out her hand and stroked the words on the inscription bit by bit. Finally, she leaned her head on the inscription. The cold touch made her feel a little dazed: "Mom, Dad, are you okay?"
Memories of past and present lives came flooding back.
But Qiu Yilan had already learned self-control in the apocalypse. She only indulged in her thoughts for a short while, then forced herself to stand up and bowed deeply to the mausoleum: "I will accompany you here this time. I have to go back." - I hope I’ll be back with more good news for you soon!”
From the corner of her eye, she saw Su He and others walking towards this side. Qiu Yilan took out the handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and said softly: "Yes, no matter what situation I am in, I will do it." Live...and live well! I did it...right?"
Her parents in the previous life both died because they protected her from the corpse wave. Their last words were the same sentence: "Live! Live well!"
"I have survived, and I still want to live well... and even more, I have to watch those who stand in my way, each one having a worse life than the last!" Qiu Yilan threw the handkerchief into the brazier and said calmly, "Go back. !”
The sky is high and the clouds are light.
It is such a season when the spring sun is like water and the wind is like silk. Even the mausoleum covered with pines and cypresses is covered with a layer of warmth at this moment - so tender, like the tenderness and love of a mother's caress, full of the Creator. For the sake of living beings are favored.
The scenery became brighter and brighter as she walked outside, as if a vibrant path was gradually paving out in front of her: the further she walked, the brighter it became; the further she walked, the more prosperous it became.
In the mighty fresh spring, the fragrance is boundless.
[End of this volume]