The woman who came out from behind the screen had beautiful features, her hair tied in a ponytail, and she was wearing a man's brocade robe with a round collar and a right lapel with a pattern of baoxiang. !
Qin Wan was pleasantly surprised, and suddenly understood why Yuan Qing had such a deep smile just now!
This is simply doing this deliberately without telling her!
Qin Wan walked forward a few steps, Yue Ning had already smiled and said, "I came back yesterday, knowing that you must be very tired after coming back from Weishan, and we also have to settle in the Laohou's mansion, so I didn't call you, knowing today I canonize you as princess, but my grandmother and mother brought me into the palace early to wait for you, come quickly, they have been waiting for you for a long time."
Qin Wan's eyes brightened, "Are your grandmother and step-mother here?"
Yue Ning smiled, "That's natural, if you want to come back, you must be back."
Qin Wan followed Yue Ning inside and glanced at Yuan Qing, Yuan Qing smiled, "Princess, don't blame the old slave, the Queen Mother and Princess Taichang told me not to tell you."
The Empress Dowager had been on good terms with Princess Taichang, but now the two aunts and sisters-in-law got together and wanted to surprise Qin Wan like a child. Qin Wan walked inside while laughing, and walked around the screen to enter the inner room. Immediately, they saw Princess Taichang and the Queen Mother sitting on the Arhat bed by the window, the Emperor sitting on the lower seat, Marquis Anyang and Jiang Shi sitting aside, and Yue Qing standing beside Jiang Shi with a thin smile on his face. Everyone saw Qin Wan and Yue Ning came in and looked over.
Qin Wan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but as soon as the Taichang Princess got down, the Taichang Princess pulled her to him, "Come here, come here, let me see if you have lost weight in the past few months !"
As he spoke, he looked Qin Wan up and down for a while, "Hey, I really lost weight, what's going on, why did you lose weight even after arriving at the Hou Mansion?"
The queen mother snorted, "Is the princess saying that I have treated Jiu girl badly?"
The Taichang Princess smiled like a flower, "How can it be, I have heard that the Queen Mother treats Guan'er the best."
Qin Wan also laughed when he heard the two talking, but asked, "Grandma, how long have you been on the road? How is your health? How hard is the journey?! Are you ready for the medicine I left?"
Qin Wan asked questions one after another. Princess Taichang held her hand and smiled proudly at the Queen Mother, "See, it's because I love you so much. I didn't love her for nothing."
The queen mother couldn't stop laughing, the identity of the Taichang princess who was born in the royal family was different from hers.
Although she was born in the Mu family, she has a very sassy temperament, but Princess Taichang is the proud daughter of heaven. Compared to her, Princess Taichang has a more unrestrained temperament, even at this age, it can still be seen.
"Don't worry, I've used all the medicine you left. After you left, I only felt unwell once. It happened that Doctor Huang came back at that time, and it will be fine soon after changing the prescription. I've been fine for the past six months. Spring Afterwards, I thought I should come back and have a look. I’m on my way now. I’ve received and read all the letters you wrote, but it’s not easy to reply to your letters on the way. I want to surprise you again. I didn't tell you about our return, but I told you, don't you have to worry?"
Qin Wan carefully looked at Princess Taichang's complexion, and she saw that Princess Taichang looked very good, so she felt a little relieved, "That's good, I'm only worried about your poor health for the long journey."
Princess Taichang sighed, "It's also thanks to you, otherwise I don't know if I can come back. I have been away from the capital for ten years. After all, I grew up here, so it's better to come back."
The Queen Mother also said after hearing the words, "I wanted you to come back a long time ago, but you just don't want to. I don't want Jiu Yatou to be your opportunity."
Princess Taichang smiled clearly, "Last year, I thought I was going to die in Jinzhou. After Jiu Yatou saved me, I felt that if I really died like that, I still have a lot of regrets in my heart if I didn't come back to Beijing. Take a step, I always remember it in my heart."
The queen mother also looked at Qin Wan lovingly, "Both of us owe our lives to Jiu Yatou. It's all fate. It's no wonder that we had the best relationship when we were young..."
Princess Taichang hurriedly said, "Isn't it bad now?"
The Empress Dowager laughed, and hurriedly told Nanny Chen to prepare the banquet, and must stay with Princess Taichang's family for a whole day.
Yan Huai had just returned from Weishan, and she was in a good mood. Seeing Princess Taichang talking and laughing with the Queen Mother, she was very happy. Not long after, the Queen arrived with Yanche. The two had just arrived when Feng Lingsu brought Yanqi over Yes, Princess Taichang came to Shoukang Palace as soon as she entered the palace. Zhao Shuhua and Feng Lingsu heard about this and wanted to announce that Yan Che and Yan Qi were going to enter the palace, so it was too late.
The younger generation, Princess Taichang, who hasn't seen her for many years, smiled when she saw Yan Che and Yan Qi, "When I left, you were still such tall children—"
She compared her hands to her waist, "Now that you're all adults, I heard you're both engaged?"
The queen mother laughed, "That's not true. The crown prince's concubine is Jiu Yatou's cousin, the daughter of the Hou's mansion. Cheng Wang's order is his own cousin, the daughter of the Duke of Zhongguo's mansion."
Princess Taichang narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Okay, okay, everything is okay, by the way, where are Yan Chi and Yan Li?"
The Queen Mother laughed and said, "I knew you wanted to see them, so I'll send someone to invite them right away. The two of them just came back from Weishan yesterday, and they don't know where they are right now."
After saying that, she asked Nanny Chen to give orders.
It was already the season of thick spring in early April, and the weather was completely warming up. After sitting in the room for a while, the Queen Mother wanted to lead Princess Taichang's family out for a walk, but Yan Huai had something to do, but she left first.
As soon as Yan Huai left, Princess Taichang smiled and said, "Your Majesty has worked hard to rule the country for the past ten years, and it has been hard work."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said gently, "The late Emperor must be pleased to see that he did not choose the wrong person back then."
When mentioning the events of the past, one must think of Prince Gong's treason. Princess Taichang turned her eyes and looked at Yan Che, "Che'er, the burden of the future of the Great Zhou is on you. You should learn from your father."
Yan Che quickly responded, and Zhao Shuhua asked about Princess Taichang's body. Although Feng Lingsu was a noble concubine, Princess Taichang didn't take the initiative to talk to her, so Feng Lingsu could only look at Zhao Shuhua, Qin Wan, Yue Ning and others crowded around the Queen Mother and Princess Taichang, but she couldn't even get in a word, Feng Lingsu was a little annoyed, and Yan Qi was also very dissatisfied seeing this scene.
Yue Qing stood aside, his eyes fell on Qin Wan softly.
After more than half a year, Yue Qing looked much more stable than before, and he also grew a little taller.
Qin Wan had been dragged by Princess Taichang before, and hadn't had a good talk with Yue Ning and Yue Qing. Now that Zhao Shuhua was chatting with Princess Taichang, the three juniors had time to talk.
Yue Qing said, "Fourth sister, I heard that you also received a false post in the Ministry of Punishment?"
Yue Qing's focus is naturally different from others. Yue Ning also said after hearing it, "The Weishan incident has been reported back to the capital. We found out just after we came back yesterday. You saved the prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty and helped solve the case. Made a great contribution."
Qin Wan didn't shy away from it either, "The accident happened suddenly this time, and I helped a little."
Both Yue Ning and Yue Qing knew that Qin Wan would conduct an autopsy, so they were not surprised when they heard about it. However, there were rumors about Qin Wan that were not very nice. Qin Wan was already a well-known fairy doctor. But now after everyone learned that she would perform an autopsy, a mess of rumors came out.
It is not a good thing for a woman to be criticized by others, Yue Ning feels sorry for Qin Wan.
Yue Qing also said, "It's great to be a princess, why did you ask for this position? I also know that you helped the Lin'an government to solve the case before, why don't you just help in private?"
Qin Wan smiled wryly when she heard the words, "If a woman can become an official, I'm afraid I'm going to apply for a real job in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Although I helped earlier, I always had to cover up people's eyes and ears, and I was timid. Since I have this ability, I will really do something. Let's do it."
Such excuses are naturally a bit high-sounding, but Qin Wan has no other better excuses. After all, it is shocking for a noble girl from a noble family to always want to help with autopsies.
Saying this, Yue Qing's eyes lit up, "I knew that the fourth sister is an extraordinary person, with such a heart to benefit the people, she really can't lose to a man! The fourth sister really makes me feel ashamed!"
The one who is ashamed is Qin Wan. Although she did something that dared to be the first in the world, the purpose was for her own private affairs.
After turning around the garden, the banquet was ready when everyone came back. At this time, Yan Chi and Yan Li arrived at the Shoukang Palace. Princess Taichang had seen Yan Chi last year, but Yan Li hadn't seen him for a long time, so she went They dragged the two of them to talk for a long time, especially for Yan Li. What happened back then had nothing to do with Yan Li, and because of the past, Yan Li had not been able to accept the title for many years, and had been living under the shadow of that event for so many years. Even if they are not young, they will accomplish nothing, and in the future, they still don't know what Yan Huai thinks about Yan Li, but they have no way to ask about this matter, so they can only favor Yan Li more on weekdays.
Yan Li hasn't seen the Taichang Princess for many years, and behaved like a cat in front of the Taichang Princess. Not long after, Yan Huai went to Shoukang Palace to accompany the Taichang Princess and the Queen Mother for dinner.
After eating, Yan Huai went to deal with political affairs, while the Queen Mother left everyone to talk.
Hearing that Yue Jia went to the Shuoxi Army, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's good to go to experience some experience. Yan Chi grew up in the Shuoxi Army. Now that he's in the Ministry of Punishment, I look pretty good. Where's Yue Qing?"
Yue Qiong said casually, "Qing'er is also fond of martial arts, I wonder if I can join the Forbidden Army or the Nine City Patrol Battalion to practice."
The queen mother laughed, "These two places are hard places, Qing'er wish?"
Yue Qing hurriedly said, "Brother has already gone to Shuoxi Army, how could I not be willing in Beijing?"
The queen mother nodded, "Okay, you juniors are all doing well..."
The Taichang Princess naturally loved her grandson, so she told some interesting stories about Yue Jia and Yue Qing. Qin Wan turned his eyes, but saw Yan Li's expression on the side. Everyone in this circle has achieved something, but he is the only one. He spends his whole day in dissolute and unrestrained life, if Yan Li is really one of those dandies, that's fine, but Qin Wan looks at him, but feels that he is not.
The Queen Mother talked to the Taichang Princess until it was sunset, and seeing that it was too late, the Taichang Princess left, "Now that I'm back, isn't it convenient to talk to you? I will enter the palace to talk with you tomorrow."
Only then did the Queen Mother let Princess Taichang and her party go back, and Qin Wan, Yan Chi, and Yan Li naturally also went with them.
After leaving the palace gate, it was getting late, Princess Taichang pulled Qin Wan and said, "I want you to visit the Hou's Mansion, but today is too late, so I will leave the palace early tomorrow and bring you to the Hou's Mansion, Zhongyonghou We also want to pay a visit to the family."
Qin Wan hurriedly responded, and Princess Taichang called Yan Chi to send Qin Wan off. Qin Wan and the others watched Princess Taichang and her party leave before getting into the carriage, but Yan Li said, "Seventh Brother, send Qin Wan back, I will go back to the mansion to accompany my concubine."
Yan Chi was noncommittal, and when the carriage started to move, Qin Wan opened the curtain and turned around, only to see Yan Li leading his horse. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, his shadow was stretched to a long distance, quite lonely .
Qin Wan's heart sank slightly, "Will he be like this forever?"
Yan Chi knew what Qin Wan was talking about, so he pondered for a moment before saying, "Before him, all the rebellious royal princes were going to be exterminated, so even if the emperor's grandmother loves him like that, she can't say anything for him. "
Qin Wan knew that these were not her business, so she didn't say anything else. The two of them were in the carriage, and Yan Chi had to get close to her for a while, but Qin Wan withdrew his hand and said, "Did you know that a long time ago?" Grandma is coming back?"
Yan Chi smiled and pulled Qin Wan into his arms, "They want me to keep it a secret, but I can't help it..."
Seeing that Qin Wan was still pursing her lips, Yan Chi couldn't help coaxing her in a low voice, coaxing her, but her hands didn't know where to go. When she reached the gate of the Hou Mansion, Qin Wan jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, and there was nothing behind her. He ran back into the Hou's mansion.
After entering the Hou's mansion, Qin Wan had just straightened her clothes, looked back, her cheeks were slightly powdered.
In a hurry to leave in the morning, Qin Wan had to go to the main courtyard. When he arrived at the main courtyard, he realized that Hu and Qin Shu had already known that the Taichang Princess had returned to Beijing. Originally, the Hou Mansion and the Anyang Hou Mansion had no personal relationship, but because of Qin Wan, Hu and Qin Shu plan to visit tomorrow, the Taichang Princess is noble, so naturally she can't let the Taichang Princess come first, Qin Wan listened, but also understood that Hu would never make mistakes in these matters, and said a few more words I just returned to Songfuyuan.
Fu Ling was waiting in the mansion, and when she saw her, she said happily, "Miss, your warehouse is almost full!"
Qin Wan thought about it, and asked Fu Ling to prepare a gift. Although Princess Taichang didn't care about those empty gifts, Qin Wan wanted to be filial. When she heard that it was for Princess Taichang, Fu Ling hurriedly went up!
Not long after Qin Guan was seated, Qin Shuang came to Songfengyuan with a solemn expression. In the morning, she was still happy that Qin Wan was canonized as the princess, but now her face was full of sadness. Seeing something wrong, Qin Wan quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
Qin Shuang clenched the handkerchief tightly with both hands, "I think something is wrong with Qin Xiang."
"What's wrong?"
With a troubled expression on his face, Qin Shuang suddenly leaned over and whispered something in her ear. When Qin Wan heard this, he was stunned, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Qin Shuang nodded, "When I went in, she was changing clothes, I could see clearly! At first I thought it was some kind of rash, but it's not like that, it looks like someone pinched her!"
Qin Wan paled slightly, "So, where did she go that day?"
Qin Shuang shook her head, "I don't know, I saw it and asked her too, but she refused to say a word, and insisted that she was fine. I asked urgently, but she pushed me out with a cold face! "
"What to do! Do you want to tell your aunt about this?"
Qin Wan sat there in a daze. If this was true, she didn't know what to do.
"Come on, let's go and see—"
Qin Wan made a decisive decision and went to Qin Xiang's yard with Qin Shuang under the cover of night. Although Qin Shuang said that he had a dispute with Qin Xiang, when Qin Wan saw Qin Xiang, he saw a smile on her face, and she seemed to be in a good mood.
However, when she saw Qin Wan and Qin Shuang coming together, she frowned slightly. She stared at Qin Shuang, and Qin Shuang felt a little guilty. After all, she told Qin Wan about this, Qin Wan blocked Qin Xiang's sight, Then let Wan He and the others back down, and then whispered, "Is what she told me true?"
Qin Xiang turned around, "I don't know what you are talking about."
With Qin Xiang's attitude, Qin Wan knew at a glance that what Qin Shuang said was true, and immediately said anxiously, "What happened, if... if someone bullied you, you should speak up."
Qin Xiang grabbed the collar of the skirt subconsciously, "No one bullies me, so don't ask me any more."
Qin Wan looked at Qin Xiang sternly, "Then why... don't tell me, you are going to be engaged. If the time comes... how can we help you?"
Qin Xiang suddenly turned around, "I don't need your help! If you want to help me! Then act as if you didn't see anything!" Qin Xiang looked at Qin Wan and sneered, "You are now the princess, you Just take care of yourself, I didn't need your help before, and I still don't need it now, you guys go—"
Qin Xiang came to push the two of them while talking, and pushed them out of the door. She looked at Qin Wan and Qin Shuang sharply, "It's the same sentence, if you want to help me, don't say anything!"
After finishing speaking, the door closed with a "snap".
Qin Wan looked at the closed door and felt a bad premonition in his heart.
If Qin Xiang was really bullied, it must not be like this, then she did it voluntarily!
Qin Wan and Qin Shuang looked at each other, and they both felt that something must happen.