The next day, under the tireless calls of Su He and others, Qiu Yilan got up with great difficulty to wash herself up. Even so, when she arrived at the General's Mansion, Ruan Qingyan had already entered the palace.
"Why are you still here?!" Qiu Yilan heard that Ruan Qingyan had left, so she went to visit General Ruan. Who would have expected that when she got to the inner room, she saw Deng Yi wiping the saliva of the old general here! Xishuo and the others stood far away from him, lowering their eyebrows and keeping silent. Only two young men stood by to help him.
Seeing Qiu Yilan's shocked look, Deng Yi asked angrily: "Why can't I be here?"
"You..." Qiu Yilan said with a suspicious look, "Does your family actually allow you to live here?" Even if your parents are willing, doesn't your cousin Gu not love you? !
Deng Yi hummed: "What does this have to do with you?"
"Why doesn't it matter?" Qiu Yilan said straightforwardly, "You have also seen that my grandfather is not in good health, and my cousin is the only junior serving in front of the bed. How can I have time to entertain you? It's not like you don't have a place to live, and you are always lying around. Is that cool here?"
"Didn't you see that I am taking care of Ling's grandfather for Brother Ruan?!" Deng Yi laughed angrily.
Qiu Yilan's face suddenly darkened. She looked around and said to him, "Come out for a moment. I have something to ask you."
Deng Yi handed the handkerchief to the servant, straightened his clothes and followed her out of the inner room, then walked to the corridor outside and dismissed the people around him. Qiu Yilan asked him seriously: "Have you changed your mind? It's not me." Married?"
Seeing Deng Yi's crazy expression, she sneered, "Why else would you be so attentive to my grandfather?!"
"You..." Deng Yi's face turned red, and he resisted the urge to curse loudly because of his identity. "I looked at Old General Ruan and thought of my own grandfather! Do you really think you are so beautiful that everyone will love you?"
After Qiu Yilan heard this, instead of feeling relieved, she became even more nervous: "I'm telling you, my cousin won't like you! Don't make a mistake!"
This time Deng Yi was so angry that he came up and kicked her, and said in a trembling voice: "Who do you think I am?! Ah! Who do you think I am!!!"
"So you didn't mean to take advantage of our brother and sister?" Qiu Yilan dodged and visibly breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll be relieved."
Deng Yi kicked a few times but failed to hit him. Knowing the disparity in strength between the two, he said bitterly: "I don't know where I learned such dirty thoughts at such a young age!"
"It's essential to be on guard against others!" Qiu Yilan said calmly, "Although you have neither ideas about me nor my cousin, I still feel that you can't continue to live here!"
Seeing that Deng Yi was about to have an attack, she curled her lips and said, "You are Empress Dowager Gu's nephew, but my cousin is more inclined to Empress Jiang. You said you have lived here for a long time, will my cousin be dragged down by you? I am now The only elder I can rely on is this cousin, how can I watch you cheat on him? "
"..." Deng Yi was silent for a while and asked unwillingly, "What about learning martial arts?"
"I used to go back to the General's Mansion, and it would be good if I could stay there for two or three days. I can learn well in this way." Qiu Yilan said confidently, "You are talented at raising people at a young age. Are you not as good as me?"
Deng Yi didn't know the insidiousness of her truth. He was still very confident in his talent and said in deep thought: "Let me think about it..."
Just as they were saying this, there was a cough from outside the railing. The two of them looked up, but it was Qiu Ran who slowly walked over and reported: "Mrs. Gu is here. She said that Mr. Deng has not been back for a few days and is worried about you. Came here to see it.”
Watching Deng Yi leave in a hurry, Qiu Yilan also turned back to the inner room and continued to serve General Ruan. Unexpectedly, not long after, Qiu Ran ran over again: "Mrs. Gu heard that the princess was also here and wanted to invite the princess out. Say a few words."
Qiu Yilan and others were stunned: "What does this mean?!"
"An ugly daughter-in-law meets her parents-in-law?" Su He blurted out and was immediately glared at by everyone: "What did you say!"
Qiu Yilan said indignantly: "That's right! How am I ugly?! I don't want to be too beautiful!"
After teasing Xiao Su He, she asked seriously, "How did Mrs. Gu know that I was here? Did Deng Yi tell her?"
"My maid was at the door just now. Because Mrs. Gu said that there was no female family member in our house to preside over it, she was afraid of inconvenience, so she called Mr. Deng out to talk." Qiu Ran said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "My maid didn't hear it either." She thought about it. I thought, "But looking at Mr. Deng's expression of reluctance, maybe he didn't say it? Maybe before Mr. Deng passed by, the disciples let it slip?"
Qiu Yilan said: "This is impossible, isn't it? I am a female family member, how can I be asked casually?" Are such disciples afraid of not being punished
Qiu Ran bit her lip and asked, "Is the princess going?"
"... Go ahead." Qiu Yilan hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "You're a generation older than me, so you can come to the door in person and wait - it's not good to just wait. Besides, I still hope that she will look down on me!"
Mrs. Gu had no intention of entering the General's Mansion when she arrived. She was afraid that the carriage would stop outside the gate and attract attention, so she specially found a side door to wait.
Qiu Yilan just stepped out of the threshold when she saw a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes surrounded by four or five maids next to a light car.
Deng Yi's appearance is 70% similar to this beautiful woman. At a glance, it is obvious that she is Mrs. Gu, the niece of the current Empress Dowager Gu and the concubine of King Guangyang. With Deng Yi's stunning beauty, one can imagine the appearance of this Mrs. Gu.
"Are you Yilan?" Mrs. Gu's eyes lit up when she saw Qiu Yilan coming out, and she asked with a smile.
"Qiu Yilan has met Madam." Qiu Yilan politely performed the courtesy of meeting an elder.
Deng Yi, who was behind Mrs. Gu, curled his lips and muttered in a low voice: "You know how to show off!"
"Shut up!" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Gu frowned and immediately scolded her son, then smiled brightly at Xiang Qiu Yilan, "Good boy, I didn't expect you to be so good-looking and like a flower, that I could see you. I can’t even turn my eyes away.”
Qiu Yilan said humbly as she was accustomed to, and said politely: "Madam is truly stunning."
"At this age, why am I still so beautiful?" Mrs. Gu laughed.
A maid who was supporting her arm smiled and joked: "Princess Ningyi is unparalleled in beauty, and our wife is also more beautiful than Peony. When I look at you two, I don't look like mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but like mother and daughter."
"A daughter may not have a daughter-in-law. After all, the daughter will get married." Mrs. Gu looked at her future wife with a kind expression, "The daughter-in-law is the one who will stay with me forever!"
Qiu Yilan's face couldn't help but change when she heard this: Mrs. Gu came over in person to see her, so she just wanted to return the favor. In her words, she reminded herself that she was her daughter-in-law... What's the rhythm? She glanced at Deng Yi from the corner of her eyes, and saw that Deng Yi also looked stunned.
"Madam, you are so flattering." Qiu Yilan's tone was a little colder this time, and this attitude immediately made the intimate scene look awkward.
Hearing the alienation in her tone, Mrs. Gu couldn't help frowning, but she paused and softened her tone: "You kid! No one else is here at this moment. We three are meeting in private, why do we need to be so open to the public? After all, you are a member of my Deng family."
Qiu Yilan asked lightly: "Madam, I'm here today. Do you have any advice?"
Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered Jiang Yashuang's advice and quickly added, "Today, my cousin went to the palace to participate in the imperial examination. I have to listen to my cousin, so I may not be able to answer immediately what the madam said. I always have to ask It’s beyond my cousin’s wishes.”
"..." Mrs. Gu was stunned for a moment before murmuring, "Do you have to ask General Ruan about everything?"
Qiu Yilan lowered her eyebrows and tried to make herself look less assertive: "What you are saying is that my cousin said that I am young and not sensible. I should ask him about everything before I do anything, so as not to feel guilty if I make a mistake." I know! My cousin also said... My cousin said... My cousin once said... My cousin often said... My cousin also said... My cousin said... My cousin... "
Mrs. Gu finally had enough of her endless "cousin said", and interrupted with an unpleasant look on her face: "Why do you listen to your cousin in everything?! It's okay if he is your brother, this brother with a different surname , they are two families after all! You also have uncles and cousins, and your aunt teaches you, but you are close to this little general Ruan! If word spreads, there will be no discussion about your reputation!"
"But my cousin said..." Qiu Yilan was interrupted again by Mrs. Gu before she could finish her words. This time Mrs. Gu's expression turned even more ugly: "That's enough! You are my daughter-in-law of the Deng family. Even if the Qiu family doesn't care about you, you should ask for advice." It should be me and Yi'er, not General Ruan!"
At this point, Mrs. Gu took a deep breath and said: "Now you have to keep your mother's filial piety and don't get married. In this case, I will find you two mothers who understand the rules. You can go back to the palace now! Don't stay in the general anymore. I'm here... Don't come here again unless General Ruan calls you! General Ruan hasn't married yet, so you keep running here. It's not good for you, Yi'er, or General Ruan. Do you understand? "
Listening to her merciless scolding, Chunran, Su He and others felt a little angry, but they did not dare to say anything because of her status as Qiu Yilan's prospective mother-in-law.
Qiu Yilan glanced at Mrs. Gu in embarrassment: "However, my grandfather has been ill. It would be against my filial piety if I didn't come over often."
Mrs. Gu said with a sullen face, "He will be taken care of by General Ruan!"
"But my cousin said that he is just a grandson, and I am my grandfather's only flesh and blood. I serve my grandfather, which is different from him." Qiu Yilan bit her lip, with a look of distress on her face, "So even if my grandfather has a cousin To serve, I have to come often.”
"..." Mrs. Gu suppressed her anger, "You can come over if you want - I will send your well-behaved mother to you tomorrow..."
"But I have a female teacher..." Qiu Yilan blurted out, "What if the mother you sent me is different from what the female teacher said..."
Mrs. Gu said angrily: "Mr. Female! What kind of female gentleman can you invite?!"
"Mr. Shao, who was recommended to me by Miss He, will teach Princess Chunfu." Qiu Yilan said anxiously, "We have already agreed."
Mrs. Gu's face was ashen and she said in a cold voice: "Miss He and Princess Chunfu are both from the Jiang family! You are my daughter-in-law of the Deng family! Why do you want the female gentleman they recommended, but you don't want me to recommend it to you?" Mom? Are you going to disobey me?"
Qiu Yilan looked timid, lowered her head and remained silent.
When Mrs. Gu asked again, she muttered: "Tell the eldest lady that Mr. Shao is very good. I... I heard that she is a young lady from Uncle Qiaocheng's family. I really don't dare to refuse... You recommended... I... I don't dare either." Refusing...it's just...I'm afraid of getting angry with the eldest lady...I..."
"It's such an unlucky thing!" Mrs. Gu glanced at her with hatred, and had no intention of playing the role of a kind mother-in-law anymore. She threw her hands and got into the car. After sitting down in the car, she remembered that her son was still there. He ordered angrily, "Why are you standing there? Why don't you pack your things quickly! Do you want to live here until the end of the world?"
Seeing Deng Yi respond with a strange expression, Mrs. Gu sighed distractedly: "What kind of fate is this?!"