Empress Jiang hadn't figured out how to deal with Princess Lexin while Princess Lexin had come to make amends.
Jiang Yashuang then asked for leaving, "I didn't go back all night. I'm afraid my family is worried about me."
"Okay." Empress Jiang was guilty and she nodded, "Bring some fresh steamed rose dew to your wife. Tell her the ins and outs of the matter. Don't hurt your feelings because of this!"
"Aunt, don't worry. Yelan is not narrow-minded." Jiang Yashuang smiled, pretending not to hear her fomenting dissension.
When he left, he happened to see Princess Lexin who was waiting outside the Hall. This princess had a beautiful appearance. After all, Qu Baolin had no background. She could become a concubine from a maid just because she had a beautiful appearance. As her daughter, Princess Lexin looked pretty as well naturally.
But at this moment the princess looked haggard, and she looked a bit worried. Seeing Jiang Y
Even though Jiang Yashuang was dubious, he quickly thought about it and decided not to expose her. After all, Qiu Yelan came to distract him herself, blocking his view to let Su He hide the paper bag. Clearly, his wife didn't want him to know about it. If he exposed her on sight, she may get angry. In the end, no matter whether he learned the truth or not, he would hurt their relationship.So he pretended not to notice what Su He did. He allowed her to leave and sat back on the bed holding Qiu Yelan's hand. Jiang Yashuang smiled and said, "Nothing. My aunt was played by Empress Dowager. She thought Jiang Yadan went into the Princess's bedroom. She called me over hurriedly to discuss how to deal with it. Yet in the end, she helped Gu Yan."Qiu Yelan glanced at him, "If it was Gu Yan, how come Jiang Tan said it was your perfume bag that the maids of the Princess picked up?""Empress Dowager Gu made my aunt believe it was Jiang Yadan who did it. J
"Have Qiu Hongzhi and Senior Concubine Bian made a concerted effort to kill Qiu Jinzhu?" Even though Qiu Yelan alienated the Prince's Mansion of Xihe, Prince's Mansion of Xihe was her mother's family. She had to go there to see what happened on earth.Qiu Baozhu and Qiu Mingzhu went there along with her.Qiu Mingzhu, as a daughter of a concubine, was not a Commandery Princess but she seemed more successful than Qiu Baozhu, the second Commandery Princess. The reason for her success was that she had a senior concubine as her supporter. But now, Senior Concubine Bian and her son were in the shadow of a huge misfortune. Even her father was involved in the misfortune, too. Princess Yang would take charge of the house in the coming days. Qiu Mingzhu felt frustrated and dismal. Although she arrived at the house at the same time as Qiu Baozhu and Qiu Yelan, she did not have time to say hello to them. Instead, she rushed to Qiu Mengmin for details about the misfortu
For ordinary people, the news about who and who got married in the royal family was a new topic; but for those who had long known the news, they were little interested in it.To Qiu Yelan, in particular, she did not care about it. After returning to the capital, there was a concern waiting for her: Qiu Jinglan and Ruan Ciyi's mourning period was over.With Xue Chang and the Jiang Family as supporters of Qiu Jinglan, he did not need to worry about his position.But for his insistence on a west trip, Qiu Yelan and Ruan Ciyi were worried a lot."About this, I have already made up my mind. You don't need to stop me anymore!" Qiu Jinglan lightly interrupted them, who were trying to stop him from travelling west. He put a roster on the table and said, "Those are the families I picked for Ciyi. I have already explored the background of the families. They are all good families... You take a look. If you are interested in some one, go and m
It would be fine if Madame Dou Junior did not come to Qiu Yelan to talk. However, she did come and talk with her, which reminded Qiu Yelan of the pill - Empress Jiang swore that the first branch would definitely compensate her for the pill. She also promised that if the compensation were not good enough, Marquess Qin and the Empress herself would not let go of the first branch - But nothing had happened so far.Afterward, the first branch just sent a pile of gold and silver jewelry to her. But in Qiu Yelan's dowry, there were many valuable objects, which filled several boxes. Qiu Yelan was not interested in the gift they sent. She brushed away the gift list and told the maids to put it in the warehouse without seeing them.However, the first branch acted as if nothing had happened since then. They did not even mention it when they met Qiu Yelan.If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Yashuang was so busy that he had lost weight, Qiu Yelan would
Jiang Yashuang came back at dusk. Qiu Yelan told him with a gloomy face that Jiang Qizhuan was sent away while crying. After hearing that, he didn't even have time to take a sip of tea and went to Madame Tao in a hurry.But he was dismissed after a short while. Madame Tao totally evaded the matter and told Jiang Yashuang to talk to Empress Jiang when he went to the palace the next day."In my opinion, you going to the palace tomorrow and talking to the Empress won't make a difference!" After hearing that, Qiu Yelan kept sneering, "Her Majesty has made up her mind. Will she change her mind so easily?" Of course, there was still one way to let Empress Jiang and Madame Tao's plan fall through. That was to let Princess Yongfu know about it and let her make a fuss about it... They couldn't do anything to Yongfu no matter how angry and resentful they were.However, doing so would offend the Empress and Madame Tao deeply and also open up rifts between
Surely enough, Empress Jiang did not have good countermeasures. She even wanted her ministers to offer her one!However, she had been in this stage of politics for several years. Therefore, she was not so frightened by the Empress Dowager’s moves. She gracefully put down the military report. Instead of answering the question, she asked, "Mother, when I entered the hall just now, I seemed to hear Duan Qun saying that it was inappropriate for Ruan Qingyan to be the Chief of Staff of Shazhou? This is really absurd!""Why is it absurd?" Empress Dowager Gu gave a cold smile. Although she was nearly 60 years old, she still had unfailingly charming phoenix eyes, smilingly looking at the Empress's face, "Nowadays, Ruan Qingyan is only in his early twenties. In terms of seniority, he worked in the Hanlin Academy for a few months. And his mourning period was over just days ago - I think that it is okay if he is installed as the Prefect of a District Magistrate. But n
"Please keep this a secret from my sister." When the meeting in the study of Marquess’s Mansion finished, Qiu Jinglan asked seriously, "After I leave the city...""Remind everybody of that when you go back!" This was nothing difficult. Before he could finish, Marquess Qin nodded and ordered people to not mention anything to Qiu Yelan. He then voluntarily guaranteed, "And I will take care of Lady Ruan's marriage. Rest assured!"Because of his status in the family, what he asked was carried out meticulously.Therefore, everyone knew an expedited message came from the west, yet Qiu Yelan didn't know anything. This day when Jiang Yashuang went back, what she cared about was, "What did aunt say about Duanrou's matter?""They will engage first. After a few years, when Yongfu has a child, she will then marry." Jiang Yashuang rubbed in between his eyebrows, "Luckily, she and Xiao Su are not too old now."Qiu Yelan remembered C
This was also a coincidence. Since Empress Jiang tried carrot and stick approaches to get that pill from Qiu Yelan in Mount Dizi, Qiu Yelan had never seen her again.Empress Jiang was annoyed and thought Qiu Yelan didn't know how to behave, so Empress Jiang never called her again.But now Madame Zhuang Junior came personally, "I heard the Palace is looking for wives for the Princes. Zhuang Man is just the right age. You know her. Even though she is a bit short-tempered, her look and her bearing are all great among the young ladies. We are a family so I'll cut to the chase. I've heard that Prince of Lu is kind and gentle. I bet he can tolerate her little temper!"Because not so long ago, Prince of Qi was nearly forced to kill himself, she then guaranteed, "Zhuang Man knows what she should and shouldn't do. She also wants to find a tolerant husband to live a comfortable life!"She was the sister of Jiang Yashuang and his sister-in-la