Jiang Qizheng chatted with Princess Yang for a long time, but Qiu Yilan did not come out, so she began to wonder what happened to Princess Ningyi, who had been rushed to the scene first by Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Tang. Just as she was about to act like a princess and ask Princess Yang to tell the truth, there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by the little maid who came in to report: "Mrs. Gu and Princess Ningyi are here."
Princess Yang forced a smile and glanced at Princess Chunfu. Although this was the Xihe Palace, Princess Chunfu had the same rank as the princess, and she was a guest. When Princess Chunfu nodded, Princess Yang said: "Please come quickly." !”
A moment later, Qiu Yilan Shi Shiran walked in, half a step behind and followed by Mrs. Gu who had washed herself.
"Her Royal Highness the Unknown Princess is here today, but what can I say to you?" After everyone was polite, Princess Yang brought the topic to the topic that everyone tacitly understood.
Sure enough, Jiang Qizheng said apologetically: "I came here to explain because my servants miscommunicated yesterday and damaged Princess Ning Yi's reputation."
Princess Yang's heart was full of bitterness: "The little bitch is already very difficult to deal with, but the Jiang family still protects her everywhere! Can she still live like this in the future?"
But she had to put on a smile on her face to thank Jiang Qizheng for coming in person to clear the name of the Xihe Palace. After saying the polite words, Jiang Qizheng did not go into details and told the whole story of what the Jiang family had discussed that night: "Yesterday we were in Yunyi Tower. As for why Princess Ning Yi was invited during the speech meeting, I guess both Princess and Mrs. Gu knew about it. However, what they didn’t know was that I changed into men’s clothes for the convenience of movement.”
After hearing this, everyone knew the Jiang family's method of smoothing things over—
"Yesterday we booked two adjacent private rooms in Yunyi Building, but one was booked in the name of my eighth brother. Of course, he also has a private room with my nineteenth brother, which is far away from the place where we hold the speech party. Far."
This is the most right thing Jiang Yadan did yesterday in the Jiang family's opinion. In order to teach Jiang Yashuang to be a qualified Jiang family man, in addition to "curling jade", he quietly booked another elegant hotel. time, lest you have no place to stay.
"In the two adjacent private rooms, one is for us to hold a speech party, and the other is for Princess Ning Yi - after all, we often have fun when we hold speech parties, but it is inconvenient for Princess Ning Yi to be in filial piety, so Ning Yi The princess admired the crabapples and went there to rest. "
Jiang Qizheng said without changing her expression, "But since I invited the princess over, there was absolutely no reason to leave her there alone, so I went over to accompany her for a while - who would have thought, because I was wearing men's clothes, and my family was full of people yesterday. Ninth brother also went out with my eighth brother to join in the fun, and happened to be in a restaurant, and someone started talking nonsense! "
"Later I was tired, and I remembered that my grandmother had said that she wanted to see Princess Ningyi, so I took Princess Ningyi and her two sisters back to my hometown first. They were in the same car with Princess Ningyi at the time. My brother was worried, which made me worried. The 19th brother is sending us back to the house. Unexpectedly, it has been rumored that my 19th brother is sending Princess Ning Yi to the other courtyard next door. The person who said these things is simply crazy! "
"So that's it, I'm just saying, this kid Yilan has always been well-behaved, and he has a tutor in the Xihe Palace. How could he do such a shameful thing?" The person who took the opportunity to answer the question was not Princess Yang, but Mrs. Gu!
For a moment, everyone in the flower hall, including Jiang Qizheng, was stunned. Seeing Mrs. Gu's expression of deep understanding and no doubt, her eyes towards Qiu Yilan were full of pity - even Qiu Yilan was stunned: she stayed behind just now to intimidate and threaten Mr. Tang. Mrs. Gu, but they were all told to stop trying to control her and quickly terminate their engagement with Deng Yi!
Mrs. Gu, what does this mean
Qiu Yilan's face suddenly turned ugly!
Seeing this situation, Mrs. Gu actually said in a low voice: "I just heard a lot of comments from people outside, so I told you not to go out casually in the future. How could I be suspicious of you? Now Princess Chunfu is here in person, isn't it just for you? The name has been corrected? If you still feel unhappy, I will apologize to you, okay?"
Then he said, "I don't have a daughter, and I have always wanted to raise my wife as a daughter. You can't be related to me because of this..."
Qiu Yilan said with a gloomy face: "Madam, you are serious about your words. How dare I bear the responsibility of Madam's apology?!"
Seeing this situation, Jiang Qizheng was thoughtful and said: "It seems that Mrs. Gu was talking to Princess Ningyi, but I disturbed her? In that case, you two please go to your own devices. Princess Yang is here." It’s done.”
Hearing this, Qiu Yilan did not refuse, stood up and bowed, and simply said to Mrs. Gu: "Madam, if you have anything to say, let's go outside and explain it clearly!"
Then the two of them went out and reached a quiet place. Mrs. Gu suddenly called out to Qiu Yilan: "Can you talk alone?"
Qiu Yilan was used to fighting zombies alone, so it didn't matter.
After sending the servant away, Mrs. Gu knelt down towards her with a "plop" without saying a word!
"What do you mean?!" Qiu Yilan's expression changed, and she immediately dodged away, but she didn't look surprised. She said coldly, "Didn't you see what I just did? Do you think you can do it this way? Tie me up with your son?”
Mrs. Gu saw that she refused to accept her gift, but she still kowtowed. When she looked up, her face was filled with tears: "Since you already know, let me tell you straight away: as long as you can help my Yi'er escape from Gu Yan's hands, I’m willing to promise you anything!”
Qiu Yilan shook her head: "Who do you think I am? To beg me, you might as well go to the Queen! Or go back and beg Princess Chunfu, which is more reliable than begging me!"
Mrs. Gu choked and said: "It's useless. Although those two are not afraid of Gu Yan, how can they be willing to help my poor Yi'er?"
"But why should I help him?" Qiu Yilan asked, "I can't even hide from Gu Yan!"
"You don't want to wade into this troubled water, and you won't be helpless." Mrs. Gu said with a sad smile, "Looking at what you did to Mr. Tang just now, I know that if someone like you marries Yi'er, How can I tolerate Gu Yan's idea of you and your husband? I know that Yi'er is not worthy of you now, and I don't dare to ask you to consummate the marriage. I just ask you to help him after he is free. If you want to remarry, I am willing to do it. You will get 80% of the Deng family’s property!”
Qiu Yilan sneered and said: "Mrs. Gu, you are so naive! Do you think I can deal with Gu Yan just because I tore off Tang's clothes today and beat her so that she didn't dare to fight back? After all, today is just a beating. You were caught off guard! And this is the Prince of Xihe. If it had been the Prince of Guangyang, I would have just pulled Tang’s robe down a little, and a large number of women would have rushed into the house to fight me, right?”
She said coldly, "How can I deal with Gu Yan?! Besides, I might as well explain to you: I have never thought about marrying your son! As for consummating the marriage, let alone anything like that!"
"Do you want me to die in front of you?!" Mrs. Gu thought for a moment and realized that she had no way to deal with this prospective daughter-in-law. Her words turned into a long sigh and she asked desperately.
Qiu Yilan squinted her eyes and said with a half-smile: "I'm really sorry, I am more hard-hearted than you think, madam. Besides, madam, if I don't want to watch you when you seek death, Can you die for me?"
Mrs. Gu choked, sniffed, and took two steps on her knees to grab the skirt of Qiu Yilan. When Qiu Yilan stepped back warily, she put down her hand in frustration, but slowly stood up and whispered: "Okay. Well, I don’t seem to have anything to impress you now, but... can I ask you to listen to Yi’er’s story? Maybe you will be willing to help him? "
Qiu Yilan thought to herself that my mother was busy with her own affairs now, so how could she spare the time to meddle in other people's business - or she would be involved in this matter if she was not careful!
She didn't have a bad impression of Deng Yi, but she wasn't willing to take risks for him!
But Mrs. Gu begged again: "I heard that Princess Ruan loved you very much during her lifetime, and you were very filial to her. Just think of Princess Ruan and treat her as a mother, okay?"
Speaking of this - Qiu Yilan thought of her parents in her previous life, pursed her lips for a long time, and finally nodded: "You say it!"
"It's all my fault!" Mrs. Gu couldn't help but burst into tears after receiving her permission. "Earlier when Yi'er's father was still alive, I lived with his father in the Deng family. But I was young and ignorant at that time. , I always feel that his father was born in a peasant family, and even if he won the lottery and entered the Imperial Academy, the house he bought was not luxurious enough, and the food and clothing were not luxurious enough! And although I was born as a commoner, I was raised by Princess Guangyang as if I were her own daughter. , so after hearing me complain that I couldn’t get used to living in the Deng family, he often sent people to pick me up and take me back to the palace... Later, his father died, and not long after, the concubine also disappeared... "
At this point, Mrs. Gu's face suddenly turned pale, as if she had endured some pain that was on the verge of collapse. She adjusted her breath for a moment before continuing, "The concubine treated me as if she were her own child. Of course I was very sad when she passed away, so I took Yi'er back to the palace. Condolences. At that time, Gu Yan persuaded me to take Yi'er to live in the palace, because he was afraid that it would be too hard for me alone. "
"Actually, he went for Deng Yi?" Qiu Yilan felt that the story was enough, so she said, "As far as I know, it seems that Gu Yan's lack of taboos between men and women is something that only happened in the past few years, right? "Since it happened in the past, how could you be so naive
Mrs. Gu said bitterly: "Ruan Qingyan also has a reputation for being unlucky in Goulan, but do you suspect that he has evil intentions towards you?"
Seeing Qiu Yilan frowning, she sighed sadly, "How much you trust Ruan Qingyan now, how much I trusted Gu Yan back then - you know, although I am his aunt, I am actually a few years older than him. Because of the concubine's love, we We were like brothers and sisters... Yi'er was only four or five years old at that time. How could I have thought that he was such a handsome young man, that he would have had an idea for Yi'er so early? "
Qiu Yilan thought that you mother and son were so different in appearance that it would bring disaster to the country and the people, but you didn't have the consciousness to prevent others from trying to influence your ideas... This is a mistake. It's really your mother's fault for not taking good care of your son!
"So Gu Yan used force on Deng Yi when he was older?" Qiu Yilan asked.
Mrs. Gu smiled desolately: "If that's all... Gu Yan, Yi'er went behind everyone's back to guide him to be a good man when he was a child... By the time I found out, Yi'er didn't even want to get close to me!"
Qiu Yilan suddenly realized that co-author Deng Yi’s misogyny came from Gu Yan’s indoctrination!
"Anyway, your son is only in his teens now. If you start teaching him now, it may not be too late to correct him." Qiu Yilan squinted her eyes and said, "As for breaking away from Gu Yan's control, I think you might as well place your hopes on your Queen Mother. - Judging from the few times I've met the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother still likes Deng Yi. He can read. As long as he lets the Queen Mother see that his talent is worth protecting, are you afraid that the Queen Mother won't let him make the decision? Again: I can’t help him!”
Mrs. Gu's eyes dimmed instantly: "I once knelt in front of the Queen Mother for four hours."
The results are obvious.
"Are you really going to die without saving me?" Mrs. Gu looked at Qiu Yilan's unmoved expression and asked sadly, "I have always hoped that Yi'er would have a capable fiancée so that I could give him a hand - I I originally thought that you were the wife that Gu Yan had persuaded him to marry, so you would definitely not be the one who could help him... But I didn’t expect that Gu Yan was mistaken! "
"I thought this was Yi'er's chance of survival. Don't they all say that there is no end to the road?" Seeing that she seemed to be leaving, Mrs. Gu desperately went up to pull her clothes, "You can't, have mercy on us mother and son, have mercy on us." Poor Yi'er! He's really not bad, is he?"
Qiu Yilan turned around and looked at her speechlessly: "You have the courage to please me in public, the person who humiliated you just now! You have the courage to kneel down to me! You still have to die to show me Courage! Why don't you have the courage to help your son? You are so weird that you place your vain hopes on a fierce and powerful wife? "
Mrs. Gu was stunned!
"In short, you have to save your son yourself, don't drag me into the water!" Qiu Yilan said lightly, "Otherwise I may not be able to pull him up, but I may not be able to step on him further!" Although she did not find Deng Yi annoying, but For Mrs. Gu, necessary beatings are inevitable - Qiu Yilan doesn't want to be tricked by her at the critical moment!
What she didn't know was that after watching her leave, Mrs. Gu's expression suddenly became extremely calm. She didn't look like she was begging a junior to no avail. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief and murmured to herself: "'Tianya 'Why should I use Yi'er as my concubine to beg this little girl?"
After a second thought, he sighed again, "Oh, I just hope they can hurry up and help Yi'er and I escape from the Guangyang Palace - why bother meddling in other business!"
The soft wind gently blew over her beautiful face, but it couldn't brush away the distant sadness...