Now that Qiu Yelan knew why Ruan Qingyan wanted to send her away, she refused to leave.
Two days later, when Ruan Qingyan came to urge her to leave, she told him directly, "I got to know that you were upset with the little bitch of the Xues. It shows that Prime Minister Xue is a failure in instructing his daughter and you are innocent. But it has nothing to do with me. Why should I leave?"
"Nonsense!" Ruan Qingyan did not admit and frowned, "Do you want to find a reason to stay with Jiang Yashuang?"
Qiu Yelan hummed, "If you don't trust me, you can still hire that Master Qiu to shadow me. I’ll pay!"
Hearing this, Ruan Qingyan sighed, "That' not the reason. It's just a little incident. In fact, I want you to leave the city because the conflict between the Dings and the Yangs has already implicated Prime Minister Xue. A secret war is surging in the court and the party struggle is on the verge... Both the Dings and the Yangs are relat
Jiang Yashuang was holding Whitey, which slid in without being noticed. He looked down at it to avoid the embarrassment of seeing Qiu Yelan's half-naked shoulder. "The doctor said you are not feeling comfortable, so I come to have a look. Are you afraid of summer?""Not really. I just feel a little dizzy after staying in the cool room for a long time." Qiu Yelan plucked her long hair and looked at him with a smile. "Su He made such a fuss that she invited the doctor over... It's nothing."Jiang Yashuang sighed in relief, "Then I'm relieved." He added, "The palace is not repaired yet, so it's not ready for the summer. Unlike in the cool mountain, it's really too hot in the capital city."Seeing Qiu Yelan laughing, he was a little surprised, "Why are you laughing?""I am wondering, if Miss Xue knew that her soon-to-be husband climbed over the wall to see me, what would she look like?" Qiu Yelan smiled and said, "I wondered why she di
Jiang Yashuang was holding Whitey. He was a cat person and didn't want to throw it away. In this case, he couldn't spare a hand to take Qiu Yelan's attacks, so he just watched her dash to him and beat him. Although this little Commandery Princess studied some martial arts, she was still young. With her strength, he didn't feel hurt but felt fun seeing her face turned red with anger and her teeth gritted. Jiang Yashuang bent, put Whitey on the carpet, and kicked it gently to sign to it to go away. Then he stood up to grasp Qiu Yelan's wrists.He was about to speak, but Qiu Yelan had a good self-defense skill which compensated her weak strength. Almost at the same time when he reached her wrists, she slipped from his hands and stepped on his boot hard, saying angrily, "How dare you hit me back?""I...." Jiang Yashuang tried to explain but Qiu Yelan wouldn't listen. She found he didn't care about her attacks and was angrier. She stepped on his boot again, "You
Trying every means and agreeing to a lot of unfair terms, Jiang Yashuang finally managed to stop Qiu Yelan from crying. It was already dark and late. It was no longer quiet outside. Maids and old maidservants were back. They all came to invite Qiu Yelan to dinner.Qiu Yelan who was still a bit angry asked Jiang Yashuang to leave angrily, “Just go! Don’t come over anymore unless invited!”Jiang Yashuang took this as an invitation. He rubbed her long dark hair with a smile, “I will come to see you as soon as I’m free.”“Don’t touch me!” Qiu Yelan shouted in a low voice disgustedly, “I saw you touching Whitey like this just now.”“Okay. Okay. Okay. I promised.” while saying, Jiang Yashuang rubbed her again playfully. While she jumped up to beat him, he sneaked behind the screen like a fish and jumped out of the window.Leaving Qiu Yelan behind, she pounded on the table angrily, “I’m going to practice martial arts. I have
In the General's Mansion, Qiu Yelan was asking Dr. Qi when Xue Fangmi planned to use Fang Nongyan on Qiu Yelan. "No more methods?" asked Qiu Yelan urgently."No, Your Grace." replied Dr. Qi. He even did not give a prescription this time. "He is in the late period. He is close to passing away last time... In honest, for him, it's not easy. Plus, he must be miserable lying in bed now. It may be a relief for him to pass away now.""Thank you, doctor." said Qiu Yelan, being severe and speaking it after a while."You are welcome." said Dr. Qi. He was close to the Jiang Family. He vaguely knew that Jiang Yashuang liked her. Hence, he did not dare to say something serious. So, he responded only figuratively. After keeping silent for a while and asked finally, "As you have been here. You must stay here for more days."His words indeed claimed that General Ruan would pass away in several days.Seeing Dr. Qi off, Qiu Yelan shuff
Qiu Yelan walked out, thinking in confusion. She found Dongran following her after she walked a long distance. "Anything report?" she stopped to ask."Lady Ciyi has not come so far. Should we inform her?" asked Dongran lightly. "Young Earl Ling has been here helping us now. But she is absent. This is....""Ruan Ciyi is not here?" asked Qiu Yelan with a surprise. General Ruan was still alive by his last breath, but he would pass away in any minute. Ruan Ciyi, the only grandchild related by blood was not in a hurry to see him. "Did you send somebody to invite her already?"Dongran nodded. "The man came back and reported that she was a little busy now. She would be here later. But now Young Earl Ling and Qiu Nie have been here. Lady Ciyi still doesn't show up. This is...."Qiu Yelan stopped to answer her for a moment and said, "Go and invite her again." She paused and continued, "Remember, if the thing she is busy with was not urgent,
Beyond everyone’s expectation, General Ruan passed away very quietly.He had been seriously ill and was unable to speak or move. Therefore, when Ruan Qingyan and others were around, they took his pulse every now and then to make sure that he was alive.In the middle of the night Ruan Qingyan found that the thin body lying in the brocade quilt was still warm, but the chest flattened.When Doctor Qi arrived, the body had already cooled down though it was summer.“I feel sorry but please restrain your grief.” Doctor Qi knew it was just a routine when he came. Now that he was useless, he comforted Ruan Qingyan and left.At this point, Ruan Ciyi could not help crying. She was the unlucky one. She had lived an easy and cosy life for nearly twenty years before getting married, just in time to meet her grandfather’s defeat, which implicated her husband. Coming back to the capital city after more than ten years of demotion with
Fang Zijun, kneeling in the hall and sobbing, said timidly, "My clothes got dirty yesterday afternoon. I thought that was unfilial to great grandfather, so I asked wet nurse to go back with me and change clothes for me. Mom's maid Suxin gave me some delicious pastries. I remembered Uncle Ruan said Mistress Yan was having a younger brother and I would have a mate in the future, so I didn’t eat and gave them to Mistress Yan...."Fang Nongyan looked at the shocked Ruan Ciyi with a complex expression, "Ma'am?""No!" Ruan Ciyi said hastily. "Yesterday I...""Let him finish first." Since Ruan Qingyan, the host of the funeral, could not leave the hall now and Fang Nongyan's son said that in public, when Fang Nongyan suggested investigating it later, Ruan Qingyan stopped him, saying, "How can we allow the young ones to lose their virtue before my grandfather?" He insisted on a thorough investigation to find out whether Ruan Ciyi had done it or not.
Sure enough, after a few hours, Fang Zijun took advantage of his great-grandfather’s death to murder the concubine of his father and try to frame his official mother, which had been spread all over the city.Fang Nongyan thought it over and over again. He finally felt that he could marry another favorite concubine, but his only son was important. So he had to clean up Fang Zijun's biological mother, Hua, in accordance with the crime of instigating Fang Zijun to slander the lady of the house. In order to press things down quickly, he sank Hua into a river overnight.But what he did not expect was that the day after Hua sunk the river, in the Jing City, there were rumors that Ruan Qingyan was dissatisfied with his demotion for more than a decade and lost all his spirit, and he got a chance to return to the Jing City on his own. He deliberately designed Fang Zijun to slander his official mother in order to take the opportunity to get rid of Hua and Yan, so as