"What do you mean by this?" After Mrs. Gu left, Qiu Yilan immediately asked Deng Yi, "Didn't we agree?"
Deng Yi sneered: "How do I know? I've been living here these days!"
"Don't tell me you want to regret it!" Qiu Yilan's face changed and she shouted!
"You think everyone is as bad as you!" Deng Yi glared at her and said in deep thought, "I think the Guangyang Palace said something to her, which caused her to misunderstand."
Qiu Yilan asked suspiciously: "What's the misunderstanding?"
"What is the misunderstanding that you don't know yet?" He didn't want her to ask this, but Deng Yi snorted coldly and said lukewarmly, "Otherwise, why did you mention your cousin Ruan just now?"
Seeing that she was still confused, Deng Yi snorted again, "My mother has always wanted you to be more capable and powerful. If you show your true colors today, she will definitely like you very much... You dare to say that you just pretended to be like you?" Cousin Ruan’s puppet is the same, didn’t someone remind you of this?”
Qiu Yilan suddenly realized: "Did your mother-in-law think I was very powerful and came here to see me?"
"That's probably it." Deng Yi frowned, "I don't know what happened in the Guangyang Palace in the past two days. Since my mother asked me to go back, I'll go back and take a look first."
Qiu Yilan warned: "When you go back, don't come over again if you have nothing to do. Don't bring trouble to my cousin."
"You should mind your own business!" Deng Yi said angrily, "I know who your mother is! She must be the two people my grandmother left behind to worship her. They are very well-behaved, but they just have a bad temper. It’s all very harsh! It’s weird that you are so unruly that you can’t live without being trained!”
"One thousand taels of silver!" Qiu Yilan said suddenly.
Deng Yi was stunned and said: "What?"
"For the benefit of one thousand taels of silver, you can stop this matter for me - you won't marry me anyway, so why bother asking your father-in-law to worry about it?" Qiu Yilan said, "How about it? The price is not low, isn't it?"
Deng Yi said: "The price is not low, but I can't make the money. Do you think my mother is an easy talker?" When he said this, a hint of complexity flashed across his face.
Qiu Yilan said in surprise: "I heard that you are an only child?"
Deng Yi frowned and said, "Yes."
"My father has been a widow for many years, and I only have a son like you. You are still so good at school... You can't even do such a thing. Are you your biological child?" Qiu Yilan looked at him speechlessly: What about the widow's only son? It’s the life, the root, the son, which one is not treasured as if it’s something else? Not to mention preventing him from sending two wives to him, Mrs. Gu could only agree to whatever Deng Yi said!
But Deng Yi said coldly: "Mom has her own ideas, and I can't help you anyway!" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and went back to Cuiwei Pavilion to pack his things.
Qiu Yilan's expression turned gloomy and clear for a while before she was left behind. Then she snorted coldly and ordered: "Let's go back to the palace first!"
Su He was worried: "Mr. Shao was recommended by the eldest lady, but now Mrs. Gu wants to teach you how to behave..." The queen's party and the two queen mother's party are not allowed to cause trouble in Qiu Yilan's yard. Earth-shaking? ! Will Qiu Yilan still have peace in the future
"What about her?" Qiu Yilan sneered, "Deng Yidu told us who this person Mrs. Gu is going to send to discipline me - if he can't stop me, there's really nothing I can do about it?!"
She ignored Su He's inquiry and said directly to Xia Ran, "Originally I didn't want to do anything for such a trivial matter, but now I am forced to do so... Deng Yi refuses to earn that thousand taels of silver, so go ahead , ask ‘Tianya’ if you want to make money!”
After what happened, she didn't want to stay in the General's Mansion any longer. She told Qiu Ran and Dongran to explain to Ruan Qingyan, who would finish the palace examination and return to the mansion after sunset, and then returned to the Xihe Prince's Mansion.
After returning home, Qiu Yilan sent Su He to the Jiang family courtyard next door: "Go and tell Mr. Shao that the place for her to sit in our house has been prepared, but I don't know what she likes, so I asked her to send a Let the maid come over and check if there are any inappropriate things, so that she won't be disappointed when she comes to sit down in the restaurant three days later."
Su He was a little worried: "I wonder if Mr. Shao is really easy to talk to?"
"No matter how difficult it is to talk to her, she's still alone." Qiu Yilan frowned and said, "It's better than Mrs. Gu's two at once." Besides, He Shuijin's attitude is much more polite than Mrs. Gu's!
Qiu Yilan thought that Su He was probably bringing Mr. Shao's attendants with him, but she didn't expect that she would bring a group of people with her when she came back. In addition to He Shuijin, there was also a bright-eyed Caiyi with white teeth and colorful temples. A girl, and an older woman in blue dress and lotus root skirt, with eyebrows and phoenix eyes.
These three people were followed by twenty or thirty followers, and they entered Qiu Yilan's courtyard without even announcing.
Qiu Yilan, who was leaning under the west window and calling Chunran to peel pine nuts for her, was stunned for a while before she finally realized what she was doing. She quickly jumped off the bed, got on her silk shoes and went out to greet him. Once she saw the battle, she knew that the identity of the visitor was not trivial. Su He was not someone who would rashly lead people into the courtyard.
Sure enough, after greeting him, He Shuijin smiled and said: "Sorry to bother you, I just heard that Mr. Shao's place has been tidied up. Sister Qizheng and I happened to have nothing to do, so I came with Mr. Shao to have a look. Are you okay? Don't worry."
"It turns out it's Her Highness the Princess in person!" Although Qiu Yilan had guessed it when she came out, she was surprised and saluted Princess Jiang Qizheng after confirming it with Shui Jin.
"We have similar identities, why are we so polite?" Jiang Qizheng smiled sweetly, stepped forward to help her up, and said casually, "Don't blame us for coming uninvited."
"Where, my place is full of glory today." Qiu Yilan secretly looked at this pure-blessed princess: the legitimate daughter of Jiang Banchao's family, she was already a princess and she didn't dare to neglect her, and she also had an official title of princess. , this is also the first among the Jiang family's legitimate daughters-not to mention that she is as beautiful as a flower, she doesn't seem to be a difficult master to take care of...
Qiu Yilan felt very satisfied: "This is my future cousin-in-law? My cousin is really blessed!"
He Shuijin and Jiang Qizheng introduced her to Mr. Shao - of course the older woman in blue.
This Mr. Shao's maiden name is "Yue Mei", and she is also the daughter of an official family. As for why she has never been married and even became a female teacher...
While Jiang Qizheng took Shao Yuemei to admire the scene of some pear blossoms in the courtyard, He Shuijin and Qiu Yilan walked aside and roughly explained the details of Mr. Shao: "Mr. Shao's parents died young, and her brother failed the scientific examination." , instigated by her sister-in-law, she wanted to marry her to a court official who was nearly sixty years old and had many descendants. Mr. Shao was only sixteen at the time, but he couldn't resist his father's death. In anger, she swore in public that she would never marry and pray for her parents. Although her brother and sister-in-law were forced to marry her to the official, they also made her angry... She couldn't stay at home any longer, so she came out. Self-reliance.”
Qiu Yilan was surprised: "It's really not easy for Mr. Shao now."
Although Shao Yuemei is now accompanied by Princess Chunfu and Miss He when she goes out, she is only sixteen or seventeen years old when she first came out. It is not easy for a woman of this age, especially a young and beautiful girl, to be independent!
Not only did Shao Yuemei persevere, but the key is that she didn't lose her grade. She went from a prodigal girl who had to marry girls to climb up, and became a female gentleman who is protected by the jewel in the eyes of Jiang Banchao's family... This experience should not be written as an inspirational book. Tear-jerking and exciting!
He Shuijin smiled and said, "So sister Qizheng and I both admire her."
Qiu Yilan remembered that He Shuijin was introduced by Zhou's mother as "a man who pursues profit." In this world of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, it is not a good thing for ladies to be greedy for profit. But in her previous life, she was a career woman. If you look at it this way, you can be considered the same type of person as Shao Yuemei, who worked hard to become the princess's teacher from a down-and-out official family.
From this point of view, He Shuijin's busy work over Shao Yuemei's affairs was not necessarily looking out for Jiang Qizheng's face.
"Since Shao Yuemei has such experience and achievements, I guess he is a person with clear features." Thinking of this, Qiu Yilan felt a little relieved about agreeing to hire such a female gentleman without meeting him, "She should know what should be controlled and what should not be controlled. "
What she fears most is not hiring Mr. Nan Guo back, but hiring Aunt Rong back.
As long as Shao Yuemei knows how to behave, Qiu Yilan really has no requirements for her talents and teaching abilities.
He Shuijin probably made an appointment with Jiang Qizheng before she came. She just finished introducing Shao Yuemei's origins to Qiu Yilan. Jiang Qizheng also walked over with Shao Yuemei on her arm and said with a smile: "Mr. Shao said, Just focus on these pear trees, don’t look at other places.”
If Shao Yuemei had said this herself, Qiu Yilan would have just been polite and complimented her on her noble character.
But as soon as Jiang Qizheng spoke, Qiu Yilan, who had the idea of "must give my cousin a good impression", immediately entered assist mode: "That's great! I'm not afraid of your jokes: I'm just a common person. Earlier I was thinking that the garden would be full of pear blossoms, but I was afraid it would be too monotonous, so I wanted to replace it with some peach trees. Fortunately, I asked my cousin Ruan for advice when I was planning to do this. He said that it would be artistic, so I didn’t do that! People who burn harps and boil cranes.”
What he said made everyone laugh: "Mr. Shao loves pear flowers the most, so you should have this master-disciple fate."
Although Shao Yuemei said that she had no objection to the pear blossoms in the courtyard, Qiu Yilan still showed them the accommodation arranged for Shao Yuemei - considering that the master and apprentice were both women, and there were other people in the palace, it would be easier to live close to each other to take care of each other.
Qiu Yilan had the east and south walls of his yard pushed down, and some of the nearby houses were included in the walls before the walls were rebuilt.
Then one of these houses was packed up to serve as Shao Yuemei's residence, and another room was packed up as a classroom... For a boudoir school, it was quite spacious.
She really can't make the decision until this matter is put aside.
Now the head of the family, Qiu Hongzhi, wanted to pay her a huge amount of protection money and beg her not to cause any more trouble. Qiu Hongzhi naturally ignored her and let her do whatever she wanted.
During this period, Qiu Yilan seized the opportunity to get close to Jiang Qizheng and praised Ruan Qingyan at every opportunity. After sending the group away, she thought proudly: "Now my cousin should be one step closer to the son-in-law of the Jiang family!"
But she didn't know that when He Shuijin and the others left her, they all frowned and discussed with each other: "It seems that Princess Ningyi actually treats her cousin Ruan? Otherwise, why would she not leave her cousin for more than three words?"
"This is the first time that Nineteenth Brother is so interested in a woman. Do you want him to be sad?"
"Didn't the Nineteenth Young Master say that he just sympathized with Princess Ning Yi who lost her parents at a young age, and that her uncle and aunt were not kind?" Shao Yuemei never spoke much, and now he couldn't help but speak out.
He Shuijin said firmly: "How is it possible? There are many people who are more pitiful than Princess Ningyi! When has the Nineteenth Brother ever been so compassionate?"
"The nineteenth brother was taught by his grandfather to always be calm." Jiang Qizheng, the eldest sister, also deeply agrees. "Not to mention the female family members who can't be beaten with eight poles, even his own relatives and cousins, he is very careful. Follow the rules and never say a word! This time, for Princess Ning Yi, you begged me and my sister in one breath... We all saw the appearance of the princess just now - is it normal for young Muai? "
"Mr. Shao should pay more attention in the future so that he can observe the character of this princess." He Shuijin frowned for a moment and said solemnly to Shao Yuemei, "After all, this is the first time that the nineteenth brother is in love, and Princess Ningyi's identity is... It's worthy...I'm afraid that my nineteenth brother is too young and might miss it!"
The voice lowered, "What the old lady means: If she is good, please ask the Queen to try to break off the Deng family's marriage; if she is not good, let her marry Deng Yi as soon as she is filial piety, so as to avoid ten My ninth brother is thinking about me.”
Shao Yuemei nodded: "Your Highness the Princess and Miss He, please rest assured, I will not miss the Nineteenth Young Master."
... Poor Qiu Yilan, who took great pains to observe and entertain Jiang Qizheng, thought she was helping Ruan Qingyan, but she didn't know that she was the one being looked at today!