The carriage stopped at the main entrance of the Grand Commandant's Mansion. The horizontal inscribed board was radiant in the evening glow as if it had been gilded. Qin Yunuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at the vermilion courtyard wall. This was the place she lived for ten years or so. And this was also the place where her simple dream was buried. She counted days and years, but she never figured out how her story would end. The return was mixed with feelings.
Her feelings were set aside when Qin Yunuan saw Dou Qing'e, her legal mother, in the courtyard. She hid all her emotions under a bland and gentle expression, "Good evening, mother."
Dou Qing'e had bright eyes, white teeth, and decorous appearance, wearing a jade headband on her forehead. As a woman already in her thirties, she had no wrinkles around her eyes, which was surprising. But her face of grace disappeared after Qin Yunzhuang stepped out of the carriage.
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She should have known the answers. A concubine would never visit her courtyard for fun with such a large troop behind her. Besides, being a daughter of a late concubine, the Third Miss had the most broken courtyard that didn't even worth a visit. Concubine Liu put one finger with a bright red polished nail on the corner of her lips lazily and smiled, "Ah, Third Miss loves to joke. I'm a bit of a boor, and I don't have that high spirits. It's just that I had lost a hairpin and was looking around for it since I can't remember where it was." She said so, giving Qin Yunuan a meaningful glance. If this little girl dared to stop, her disrespect for elders could be added to her crime. "Well, I see." Qin Yunuan dragged her tone and smiled indifferently. "Then please, Concubine. Baochuan was about to rise, and I have to go and see." Finishing her words, she went straight to the tiny room eastside, without paying any attention to those searching serva
The situation had suddenly turned around. Concubine Liu's face was pale and blushed at the same time because of the shock. She immediately did what she was best at and began to murmur in tears, "Sis, don't listen to Third Miss. You've seen it as well just now. Her little actions were quite suspicious, and it's normal that I suspect her." "What about the white jade hairpin? I was not in my yard yesterday. Baochuan is only five years old and he knows nothing. Your hairpin was already found in the stable, and yet you still try to blame it on me. What's the reason?" "I'm just, just trying to be sure." Concubine Liu's tone sank. "Oh, just in case," Qin Yunuan hold the tears that she squeezed out and said to Dou Qing'e, "Mother, you see. Even though I am a junior and have no say in this household, I couldn't let people suspect me without a course. My birth mother passed when I was young, which makes people think that I don't have a mother. Mother,
This cousin was no ordinary. This was the first thought of Qin Yunuan after hearing the report from Maner. "By the way, Tong said yesterday that the fourth aunt's husband is a key official in Jianzhou. What kind of official position is that?" Qin Yunuan finished her last stitch and a vivid picture of plum blossom in the snow was completed on the handkerchief. She was going to let Maner find a way to sell these embroideries so as to save money for a few more poem copies for Baochuan. Maner thought for a while and said, "I heard that he is the transshipment officer of Jianzhou." "Miss, is this a high official rank?" "Well, the rank is not high, but it's quite well paid." Thinking of this, it was reasonable that Su Chenghai was so generous. "However, I heard that the young master had a bad relationship with him since a few years back," Maner looked out of the window and whispered, "I heard that the young master wanted to travel fa
Nanny Gui sent Fusheng out and she was about to persuade him. She knew Yunzhuang was kind of obsessed with the young master of family Su, but Yunzhuang grew up and cousins should not be over close. What's more, Yunzhuang should have known the plan of his mother that she should be the daughter-in-law of the Emperor. Nanny Gui should tolerate her words and thought it was not so appropriate to persuade happy Yunzhuang at present when she saw Yunzhuang's eyes full of love towards the young master.Su Chenghai who had spread his money out earned some praises. Nearly just in a moment, the whole mansion of Grand Commandant knew that there was a rich and generous, handsome and outstanding guest coming to the mansion. After the dinner, Concubine Liu determined to let Su Chenghai stay at the mansion for the night.In the evening, heavy snow fell down again.At Cui Xuan courtyard, a teacup fell down on the ground. Dou Qing'e blushed and did not want to se
It seemed that the present Su Chenghai was a little bit different. He wore a long gown with a belt, which looked very straight and tall, but the slant jade pendant and his sweaty forehead expressed his coming in a hurry. All of these were perceived by Qin Yunuan only because others paid much attention to the red coral behind him.“Beautiful red coral!" Concubine Liu was delighted, "My Young Master Su Chenghai, is that from East Qin too?" That red coral was much valuable than her black pearl."Right," Su Chenghai answered with a smile, "It is a first meeting gift for my aunties from me, a junior. Yesterday I came here in a hurry and I had no enough time to carry it to the mansion. It was taken here just now, and please forgive my impoliteness.”Dou Qing'e's upset was relived. Though the officials were very different from businessmen, everyone loved money. She tolerated her happiness and craziness and pretended to be calm, "Thanks for your sincer
To a beauty, what mattered most was the face. This time, Qin Yunzhuang must be very mad.It did not take long before Dou Qing'e rushed into the yard. Hong Luan stood behind her, with her face swollen, as if she had been slapped."Where's Yunzhuang?" Although Dong Qing'e maintained her demeanor as the head woman of the family, her unease face had betrayed her real feelings."Dr. Zhang is treating sister Yunzhuang in the room," said Qin Yuwan, who was a honey-mouthed person, just like her mother, Concubine Liu. "Relax, mother. Sister Yunzhuang's face will be fine." Unfortunately, she was also as thoughtless as her mother.Not surprisingly, Qin Yuwan observed the scornful look of Dou Qing'e. But then, her hatred was replaced by sadness when Zhang Ruting pushed the door open and came out. Zhang Ruting greeted Dou Qing'e first and then began to talk about the condition of Qin Yunzhuang."From now on, please pay special atte
In a moment, Dou Qing'e glared at Qin Yuwan and asked her in a loud voice. "Prince Ray?" That was ridiculous! If Qin Yuwan really did that, then she was a bad liar. First, Prince Ray would not entrust a concubine's daughter to send things for him. Second, an exalted royal member like him would not take those evil things like Ningxianglu as presents.Before Qin Yuwan replied, Concubine Liu stood up angrily and pointed to the servant girl on the ground. "What are you talking about? I heard that Hong Luan was almost beaten to death when I passed by. How could she say anything? You must have made this up," she scolded.The round-faced servant girl trembled and then kowtowed to Dou Qing'e. "I do not dare to cheat you, ma'am. Sister Hong Luan did confess those things before she fainted. I just passed on what she said exactly.""Humph," Dou Qing'e squinted at Concubine Liu. "You do wish for her saying nothing, do you?"Concubine Liu had n
Back in the yard, nurse Liao had prepared hot tea for Qin Yunuan as soon as she went in. Qin Baochuan had been practicing writing characters in the room obediently. A thick stack of copy paper was placed next Qin Yunuan's embroidery frame, waiting for her to check.White steam wrapped around Qin Yunuan's cheek, hot tea made her cheeks rosy and her heart warmed."Third Miss, everything was done as you said." Nurse Liao reported the situation of this afternoon as it really was. “I took out your makeup box at noon and basked it in the sunshine to get rid of mold. When I came to collect it, the jade bracelet that Concubine left you was missing. Everyone's room had to be searched because it was lost in the yard. Finally, we found it in Fusheng's room.” She lowered her voice. "Now Fusheng was locked in that empty house of the backyard."Qin Yunuan frowned. "Didn't I say that it should be handed over to Mother?" She was confused, but she knew that nur
Fortunately, Sun Miaoyang was in Prince Ning's Mansion. Unfortunately, Su Chenghai, the disciple of Doctor Sun, was suffering from poisoning at the same time. So when all the people in the Royal City and all the civilians of Qi were cheering for eradicating the evil, there were two dying people in Prince Ning's Mansion.The emperor of Qi re-ascended the throne with few concubines and descendants, so naturally, he valued Leng Changxi, his nephew, so much. He sent him countless precious tonics, and he even accompanied the Queen Mother to visit Leng Changxi after a busy day of political affairs many times. But it was a pity that Leng Changxi still didn't get any better. Qin Yunuan took care of him day and night, losing so much weight.At that time, Leng Changxi and Shi Ruisheng seemed to be vying with each other. There was only one blade of life-saving grass, but there were two people who needed it. Logically speaking, Sun Miaoyang should have given the life-s
All the people fixed their eyes on this little kid who seemed to be only three years old. The child looked extremely beautiful with big watery eyes and fair skin. He was so cute.Followed by the little child was a middle-aged man who looked strong and vigorous but was plainly dressed. People with good ears could still remember that the middle-aged man just called the little child young master. It seemed that the child should be from some noble family.Since his story was interrupted by such a little kid, the storyteller was so angry. He started narrating this story a long time ago, and everyone loved the story very much. But at this time, he was provoked by a little kid!"You kid, you know what? You weren't even born when the Royal City was chaotic.""Anyway, I know that General Leng and his wife are not dead." The kid looked unconvinced with a pout, refuting the storyteller."Hey, you kid. Do you know how many tons of
The burning of the city was the cruelest. In addition, it was the Royal City with a prosperous business and a large population. If Sima Ray was determined to have a life-or-death struggle, the people of Qi would suffer.The emperor of Qi looked at his unfilial son in front of him, feeling so furious. He pointed at Leng Changxi and said, "Get me the head of my rebellious son. I will spill his blood in front of the ancestor temple. I'll let all the ancestors see that there is such a rebel in our Sima Family."Sima Ray raised his head and his eyebrows slightly, looking so indifferent. It seemed that a bad reputation didn't matter to him at all, "I don't care at all. Besides, you never regarded me as a member of the Sima Family when I was growing up, right? You've always been ashamed of my mother. You felt it a shame to rape a maid and make her pregnant when you were young, so you never treated me kindly. I am just dispensable to you.""What nonsen
With his hands tied up behind his back, Leng Changxi remained so calm that people couldn't help bearing scruples. He looked up at Sima Ray and said, "You can kill your friends, brothers and soldiers at will. But I can't. I care for my men."When Sima Ray didn't figure out what he meant, Shi Ruisheng suddenly took out a sword that was tied to his waist. He wielded the sword to cut off the rope that tied Leng Changxi, and the latter was free at once."General, take it." Leng Changxi didn't take any weapon with him. And right because of this, Sima Ray wasn't fully on the alert. But at this time, Zhuge Qingtian shouted and directly threw the black-iron spear at him. Zhuge Qingtian had very strong arms so that the spear directly stabbed into the battlement after flying several hundred meters."Shi Ruisheng, how dare you disobey me?" Sima Ray always thought Shi Ruisheng was his loyal pawn. But unexpectedly, he should betray him at this crucial time.
Sima Ray had occupied Yu Haitang's body at the moment. However, Yu Haitang's appearance began to change because Sima Ray used the body to practice martial arts day and night. After a long time, he looked no different from Sima Ray's original appearance at a glance.Seeing Yu Haitang's shocking change, Qin Yunuan thought that the people around Yu Haitang might have noticed something. However, they all agreed to say nothing. To keep silent was the key to survive beside Sima Ray.Now Marshal Yu had already been a young man who looked exactly like Sima Ray without the name of Prince Ray."Leng Changxi, there are smoke bombs in four colors in my hands, red, yellow, blue, and green. They are responding to the codes of the people watching bonfires in the four corners of the Royal City respectively. Red is the east. Yellow is the west. Blue is the south. Green is the north. As soon as I let go of the smoke bombs, someone over there will immediately lea
"You want evidence?" Qin Yunuan raised her tone. She was considered a fool. Qin Yunuan suddenly reached out to grab Shi Ruisheng's collar. She was ready to see what's inside it."What are you doing?" Shi Ruisheng's face turned red. He covered his clothes with mild strength."What are you thinking?" Qin Yunuan stared at Shi Ruisheng. She grabbed Shi Ruisheng's collar, revealing three moles, which had a triangle shape besides his collarbone. "Yes, I remember, the elder male cousin Su has it. You were him, this is right, but," Qin Yunuan looked at Shi Ruisheng, and went up to drag his sleeve."Yunuan, what the hell are you doing?"Shi Ruisheng was shy about Qin Yunuan's bold behavior. Besides, he treated her well all these years."See," Qin Yunuan pointed at the thin black line on Shi Ruisheng's arm, "This is the poison I used to suffer. The origin of it was the Tamuer Village and the white poplar forest outside it, which
"You…" Qin Yunuan slightly opened her mouth, looking at Shi Ruisheng, who had a completely different appearance from Leng Changxi. She remembered that her cousin Su Chenghai did look familiar with Leng Changxi. However, Shi Ruisheng's temperament was quite another. The sense of Confucian scholar hid behind his expressions.Shi Ruisheng's words were doting. He seemed to learn from Leng Changxi to act in a mild and indifferent way."What's wrong? When you were a little girl, you wouldn't be like that. You used to talk a lot, but now…mature a little more, words little less." Shi Ruisheng said it naturally with the feeling of a brother. Qin Yunuan disdained him."That's because I have nothing to say to you now." She finished her words and left the tent. Shi Ruisheng wanted to chase her but was stopped by Leng Changxi, "Just let her go. Calm down, and she will be fine."Qin Yunuan kept walking. Along the way, she couldn't help but look
Qin Yunuan read the two documents in her hands. After comparing back and forth, she suddenly smiled and looked at Leng Changxi. It seemed that the two people could understand each other without speaking.In the morning half a month later, the mist dissipated gradually. The profile of the city wall, which was getting clearer little by little from afar, was outlined by the morning sun with a golden rim. The Royal City in the distance was the largest power center of Qi. Gold worshippers and desperate gamblers gathered here, crowding in the tiny space and thinking that they could gain fame and fortune. However, they all became the playthings of power."The world is supposed to be governed by the strong authority," a man in silver armor stood in the golden morning light on a high mountain from afar. The black iron spear in his hand glowed with cold murderous intent. The solemn atmosphere made people breathe cautiously."General Leng, it is me who he
Seeing that Heiying's face gradually become pale, showing a kind of dying helplessness, Qin Yunuan opened his eyelid and checked carefully. Leng Shuang seemed to be a little flustered."Madam, I..." Leng Shuang took a step closer."It's none of your business," Qin Yunuan turned her face to comfort Leng Shuang, "Besides, even if you don't kill him, Sima Ray will kill him. Even if he isn't killed by Sima Ray, he will be punished by me. How can he leave safe and sound after bullying my people?"Leng Changxi glanced at Heiying and ordered his servant, "Take him back." After saying this, he stretched his hand and pulled Qin Yunuan directly onto the horse. When he passed Tuoba Wuyu, he nodded with concern, "Thank you for your hard work."Qin Yunuan sat behind Leng Changxi. Putting her arms around the edge of Leng Changxi's armor, she lowered her head slightly, "It's so surprising that...""Nothing is surprising," Leng Changx