After the business was finished, Qiu Yilan knew that Jiang Yashuang's face was tender, so she said goodbye.
Jiang Yashuang knocked on the edge of the table, pointed at the two banknotes and said, "Take it back. The six thousand taels last time was because my eighth brother happened to come over to pay his respects to his grandmother, so he asked for it when he found out. I am not short of money. It doesn’t need to be this way.”
Qiu Yilan peeked at his expression and saw that he was not polite. She thought about it for a moment before taking it back. She said with some embarrassment, "I took the liberty." She murmured in her heart: This young general is so upright... Could it be that he still... Are you compensating me
Alas, she hasn't seen a young man with such integrity for a long time. Will this make her embarrassed
I'll try other ways of thanking him in the future... What's worrying is that if he doesn't accept the payment, he will gradually win over him and become a long-term backstage. Is there any chance that he's still there
"I can't help you with anything." Jiang Yashuang stood up with a slight sigh, "I'll give you a few steps to avoid running into the guards..." He seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally said, "If it's not urgent in the future, you'd better Don't go out in the middle of the night. I don't have any other intentions, but if I spread the news, I'm afraid it will hurt your reputation. Besides, our guards have all been to Northern Xinjiang, and they are quite ruthless..."
While he was talking, he observed Qiu Yilan's expression, fearing that the words would be too harsh for her to bear. Any thirteen-year-old girl at this time would have been ashamed of herself, but Qiu Yilan always had a calm look on her face. Xianxian asked: "Will you tell it?"
"Of course not." Jiang Yashuang said immediately.
Qiu Yilan said sternly: "I believe you!" Then she smiled sweetly, blooming like a spring flower, "Then it's over? No one knows anyway! How can you hurt my reputation?"
Jiang Yashuang was speechless for a moment, then thought for a while and said, "Don't be angry. Let me tell you the truth: if a girl's family is like this... I'm afraid your husband's family will despise you for this in the future."
"Are you going to tell me the same thing?" Qiu Yilan said earnestly, "I have always thought that you are a gentleman with great promises and a broad mind. Since you don't reveal that I came to you in the middle of the night, I I wouldn’t say it out loud! How could my future husband know about it? I didn’t think about it, right?”
The last sentence made Jiang Yashuang feel embarrassed for a while. After calming down, she said slightly annoyed: "You are a girl, how can you say that your husband's family is not your husband's family?"
Seeing that Qiu Yilan wanted to talk again, Jiang Yashuang said angrily, "Besides, you think I am a gentleman... What if I am not? Aren't you going to suffer a big loss? In short, you must be on guard against others!"
Qiu Yilan looked at him with a smile: "I came here secretly on my own." She emphasized, "Those powerful guards in your family didn't notice - even if you are not a gentleman, I don't have to be afraid of you!"
Jiang Yashuang snorted softly: "You think you are very powerful just because you killed two guards of Ganli Palace? It's because you are young and the princess, so others don't guard against you. You didn't succeed in attacking me just now, right?" "
"What kind of sneak attack is that?" Qiu Yilan denied shamelessly, "You told me, you knew I was here a long time ago!" She also muttered in a low voice, "When it comes to sneak attacks, you should sneak attack me! "
When she said this, Jiang Yashuang, who had covered her mouth before, immediately started coughing: "I'm afraid you might make a noise and alert the servants... You don't want to be escorted to my grandmother with me at this late hour, do you?! "
Qiu Yilan consoled her, "Don't worry! For the sake of your honor, grandma will definitely turn the big thing into a trivial matter and order everyone not to discuss it - just pretend that nothing happened - doesn't this mean nothing happened?"
Because Qiu Yilan and Princess Yongfu were the same age, Jiang Yashuang usually loved Princess Yongfu as if they were biological siblings. He thought that when he saw a princess who was about the same age as his cousin, he should give her some serious words of instruction. But Qiu Yilan's unscrupulous logic made him feel that the atmosphere of elder brother and father could not be maintained at all, so he had to avoid the fight: "... Forget it, let's not talk about this, I will send you away."
Probably because he failed to persuade Qiu Yilan, he was worried that she would climb over the wall to look for her next time something happened. He avoided people all the way and sent her to the wall. Jiang Yashuang looked around and whispered: "My fourth aunt. I want to praise you. When do you plan to go to the palace to express your gratitude? I will ask my sister to wait for you in the palace. "
Qiu Yilan said in surprise: "I just came back from sweeping the graves of my elders. I just heard a rumor and I don't know yet - after all, you have to praise me first before you can thank me? It is said that you thank me the next day... Wait, I have a filial mother... this… "
She suddenly remembered that if she was still in her filial piety period, it would not be a good idea to run away to someone else's house...
"I think it's more of a big deal that you ran out in the middle of the night." Jiang Yashuang sighed, "Can we go up like this? If not..." Before he could finish his words, Qiu Yilan had already climbed up and down easily. After reaching the wall, she waved to him and jumped down - Jiang Yashuang heard the sound of landing on the other side and there was no other sound, then she breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself, "I don't know how Princess Ruan taught her daughter in the past?" Princess Qiu seems to be sensible and capable, but her nature is similar to that of Yongfu... "
Then I thought about Qiu Yilan's growing up situation, and felt a little pity, "Canglin is practical and knows etiquette. He is alone among jackals and wolves, so it is no wonder that he behaves unruly."
Although he told Qiu Yilan that her behavior would be looked down upon by others, Jiang Yashuang himself didn't really care. After all, Princess Yongfu, whom he regarded as his own sister, was not a rule-abiding person - let alone Princess Yongfu. Looking at Queen Jiang and Jiang Yadan, one can see that the behavior of most Jiang family children has nothing to do with being well-behaved, sensible, and polite.
It is also because there are so many bold and reckless children. The Duke of Qin is afraid that all his descendants will be careless and once he is no longer around, the whole family will be confused and cause disaster, so he gave birth to the young grandson Pianpian, who is talented, beautiful, cultivated and well-educated. The good master trains him. Therefore, Jiang Yashuang is the only person in the Jiang family who adheres to the principle of "being strict with oneself and being lenient with others."
He sighed and disappeared into the night, and went back to continue his unfinished homework. On the Xihe Palace side, Qiu Yilan easily returned to his room and looked at the cyan token in his hand under the light of the night light: "That's right. How much money will you give?”
She still believed in the organization recommended by Jiang Yashuang—according to her guess, nine out of ten of the time, this organization had involvement from the Jiang family. Otherwise, how could it have avoided several encirclements and suppressions by the imperial court? This is not a martial arts novel. A hero can punish and kill officials at will - if there were a hero in this world who did this, he would have been wanted to death for a long time.
"It is estimated that there are many things that the Jiang family wants to do but is inconvenient to do openly. It is this kind of organization that takes action." Qiu Yilan thought, "But no matter how ruthless the Jiang family is, they cannot kill people and set fire every day. Normally, It's not a big deal to keep them for nothing, find some business for them, train your troops and make money... Tsk tsk, as expected of Jiang Banchao, his descendants always keep such tokens to recommend business to their families. "
Since he judged that "Tianya" could be trusted, Qiu Yilan naturally did not want to delay. Although Qiu Mengmin and his wife were both ill at the moment, so it was not the most suitable time to ask for the dowry, but it did not hinder them from getting the dowry list as soon as possible.
Because they were going to the Lian family to pick up things, of course the person entrusted by Tianya had to ask the Lian family for an explanation. However, Qiu Yilan had to pay for it. Even if the Lian family didn't want it, according to Ruan Qingyan's reminder, the Lian family is not the same now. Compared to the past, besides, even if they still had family assets, logically they shouldn't have to pay for it. After all, it was Qiu Yilan who took the lion's share of the benefits in the end.
Especially Jiang Yashuang said that "Tianya" charges a lot of money.
"The big one I have now is just ten thousand taels, and the extra money is all given by my cousin as pocket money..." Qiu Yilan couldn't help but regretted that she forgot to ask Jiang Yashuang about the market price of "Tianya", "It's okay to give too much." I'm afraid that if I don't get enough, the Lian family will be embarrassed to ask for it from me, and even if they can afford it, they will definitely not feel happy. "
"I'd rather give more... Princess Yang asked for 800,000 taels of silver before. After discounting, she still has 400,000 taels..." Qiu Yilan calculated the account, "Get up early tomorrow, go to the General's Mansion, and ask my cousin what he has on hand. I don’t have a lot of money. If I have some, I can borrow some temporarily. I can’t make the Lian family lose any money. Otherwise, it’s my favor to replenish it in the future. Their favor is hard to explain, and it’s unfair to think about it.”
It was rare for such a family of relatives to get along harmoniously. Even though she realized that the Lian family had some calculations, it was still within the tolerance range of Qiu Yilan, so she decided to make peace with the Lian family.
As a result, she had calculated well. Early the next morning, she packed up and planned to go out. However, a message of praise came from the palace and she was rewarded with many things.
So he received the edict, greeted the palace officials who came to announce the edict, and arranged the gifts... It was already noon after finishing these tasks.
Qiu Yilan was about to change her plan to go to the General's Mansion in the afternoon when Princess Ningtai Qiu Jinzhu and her younger brother Qiu Yinzhi suddenly came to trouble her: "You drove our grandmother to death and made our father, queen and mother angry. Concubine, you have received a reward from the Queen, aren’t you proud? Let me tell you..."
Before Qiu Jinzhu could finish her words, Qiu Yilan slapped her on the ear, causing her to almost spin around in circles. Although this cousin was only eleven years old, with Kang Lizhang's example, Qiu Yilan didn't dare to underestimate her. So when I saw her coming, I made up my mind to make her look good, so as not to gain the courage to start trouble every day!
At this moment, after beating Qiu Jinzhu, Qiu Yinzhi shouted "Ouch" and was about to rush towards him to beat him. Qiu Yilan kicked his cousin down on the rafter and said coldly: "I don't care what you do." Someone's instigation, I'm very busy here now! The most annoying thing is when someone makes trouble for me - you can be stupid, but don't be stupid enough to block my way!"
Then he ordered Zhou's mother and others, "Get both of their servants for me! Drag them down the stairs and beat them to death! Don't stop until you cripple them!"
Although the atmosphere in the Xihe Palace is different now. They all know that Qiu Yilan is not easy to bully. However, the servants have not yet estimated how powerful Qiu Yilan is. After hearing this, they all clamored: "How can there be such a princess?! She is just serving you. If the Sixth Princess and the young master come here, they will be crippled!"
"That's right! What does this have to do with us? The yamen has to be guilty of arresting people. We are fine. Who are we provoking?"
"It's not so unreasonable to establish your authority..."
Qiu Yilan heard the chatter outside, missing the sister and brother who had been beaten so hard for the first time. She walked to the steps outside and glanced at the people coldly: "Why do you have such opinions?!"
Seeing her unkind expression, and thinking that the palace servants sent by the Empress to announce the decree just now had a kind attitude, the servants were a little scared after all, but they were just unconvinced. After looking at each other for a moment, a woman came out and said: "The maids didn't do anything wrong. Ah, Fifth Princess, you deserve this punishment..."
"Qiu Jinzhu and Qiu Yinzhi are young and ignorant, are you both dead?!" These people used to bully Princess Ruan and her daughter. Qiu Yilan originally planned to have time to settle the account, but now it happened to be a Opportunity, she asked coldly, "My uncle has already been accused of being unfilial. Why did you let the two siblings come to trouble me right after the Queen's praise? It's because you're afraid that outsiders don't know how much they have." Are you disrespecting my sister? It is said that my aunt is usually nicer to you than my niece. Now that my aunt is sick, why don’t you try to trick me!"
"They harmed us?!" Although Qiu Jinzhu was cruel and indulgent, she was not completely brainless. When she heard this in the room, she stopped crying, wiped her face randomly, and ran out to ask suspiciously.
Qiu Yilan glanced at her coldly - Qiu Jinzhu shrank when he thought that the slap just now left her unable to fight back, and that none of the servants who used to treat her like a noble person dared to defend herself. Shrinking, for fear of being hit again.
Seeing that she was scared, Qiu Yilan looked away and said with a sneer: "If you are not stupid enough, think about it carefully. Are your siblings taking advantage or being wronged when they come to make trouble with me? Think about it again. After suffering a loss, who is the one who takes advantage?”
"Qiu Hongzhi! It must be him!" Because both Qiu Mengmin and his wife were "bedridden," and now only Qiu Hongzhi could be the head of the palace, Qiu Jinzhu gritted her teeth without even thinking about it, raised her chin, and returned the favor. Qiu Yinzhi, who was rolling around on the floor and acting bad, shouted, "Let's go find mother!"
"Why are you leaving?" Qiu Yilan's face darkened and she shouted sternly, "I asked you to leave?! Everyone, please kneel in this court for an hour! Otherwise, I will interrupt anyone who dares to take a step. leg!"