After they had finished talking business, Qiu Yelan asked to leave as she knew that Jiang Yashuang was timid.
Jiang Yashuang tapped on the edge of the table and said while pointing at two silver notes, "Put them away. The reason I wanted the six thousand taels last time was that my eighth elder brother dropped by to present his respects to my grandmother. And he asked for the money when he knew about it. I don't lack money, so you don't need to do this."
Qiu Yelan took a peep at his countenance and found that he wasn't standing on ceremony. After having pondered for a moment, she put them away and apologized with seeming embarrassment, "Please excuse my imprudence." She murmured in her heart, "The young General is a man of such upright character... Could it be said that he was making it up to me?"
Alas, she hadn't encountered a man of such great moral integrity for a long, long time. This would make her coy, OK?
She might as well t
Qiu Yelan had a sharp tongue but a tender heart. She weighed that Qiu Jinzhu and her brother were kids and Mrs. Zhou had pleaded for them. Thus, she asked them to stand up soon.However, their servants were not so lucky to escape from punishment. "Su He, you go there and find out who among them bullied you before. Go and get all of them. They must be punished!"Qiu Yelan remembered them clearly, saying, "Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Fan, Xiuyan and the cart driver, and those servants who sent me to the General's Mansion. Get all of them here — Anyone who is not here or reluctant to be here, you tell me the name, I will go and punish them myself."She tried hard to persuade Ruan Qingyan letting her go in an attempt to cash in on this. She, of course, would not stand by and watch it slip away.So, Qiu Yelan ordered Chunran, "You go there too. If Su He is too softhearted, you should be there and take charge! We should see to it that they know our a
Back to her own courtyard, Qiu Yelan unfolded the paper ball and scanned it, and showed an expression of "as expected", "It's just a show by Qiu Hongzhi and Qiu Yinzhi, probably under the guidance of Princess Yang.""How could they be so shameless!" Su He's face was red with anger. "Sixth Commandery Princess and Young Master Qiu Yinzhi put a damper on Empress's recent praise to Your Grace, and Your Grace told them that they were used as pawns. But they turned to work with Young Master Qiu Hongzhi to go against Your Grace!"Qiu Yelan touched her little head smilingly, "It's not the first time that they have been so shameless. You need to get used to it.""What should we do now?" Su He didn't want to refute and became upset. "Now that they are on the same side now, their servants will follow them. Especially the servants we just beat....""Then we can beat them again!" Qiu Yelan ordered slowly. "I remember there is a colored glass ha
After hearing the news that Princess Yang forbade Kang Lizhang to go out of her yard, Chunran and others were a little worried, “Did Princess Yang find out about Lady Lizhang and us….”“There is nothing to be afraid of! Even if she knew that I bribed Kang Lizhang to work for me, what’s she going to do to me?” Qiu Yelan didn’t care, “Besides, Kang Lizhang won’t be grounded so easily. You guys just wait and see!”If Kang Lizhang had already shown her hand to Qiu Mengmin, Qiu Mengmin would definitely have her back. If she hadn’t, she was even less likely to accept the grounding punishment. Considering how sophisticated Cousin Kang was, if she went for drastic measures, Princess Yang who was sick right now might not be able to stop her.Just like what she thought, when it was about noon, Su He heard some news and said, “Lady Yuqing threw a tantrum. Even a dozen of old maidservants couldn’t pin her down. She barged into Prince’s bedroom and asked hi
"How did that happen? How did you encourage Qiu Hongzhi to teach Qiu Yinzhi to be bad?" asked Qiu Yelan curiously, eating pine nuts Chunran peeled for her.To protect others from discovering that they contacted privately, Kang Lizhang usually came here at midnight.This night was no different.Qiu Yelan had waned her patience to wait for her so long. She went to bed as usual. As Kang Lizhang arrived, Qiu Yelan leaped out of bed to meet her. The window toward the west opened in half. Outside, there was a pear tree in its full bloom, looking like snow and graupel under the moonlight. Against this droplet, Qiu Yelan looked like a fairy.Looking at this picturesque scene, Kang Lizhang was full of bitterness due to the scar on her face.Qiu Yelan had given her the Yulu Ointment, but the injury was so deep on the face caused by Qiu Jinzhu that it would take a long time to recover.And the key problem was that ev
The next morning, Su He tried everything to wake Qiu Yelan up. She finally got up for dressing and washing up. Even so, she was still late when she arrived at the General's Mansion. Ruan Qingyan had been to the Palace already."You are still here?" asked Qiu Yelan. Knowing that Ruan Qingyan had been to the Palace, she went to visit General Ruan. When she walked into the inner chamber, she saw Deng Yi wiping saliva for General Ruan! Xishi and others were standing far away from him, lowering their heads and keeping silence. Only two servants stood near him, acting as assistants.Seeing the shocked Qiu Yelan, Deng Yi said coldly, "Why can't I be here?""You..." paused Qiu Yelan, looking at him skeptically. "Your parents allowed you to live here? Even if your parents allowed you to do so, your brother Gu Yan would not love you anymore?"Deng Yi said angrily, "It's none of your business.""It's my business." said Qiu Yelan,
"What did she mean on earth?" asked Qiu Yelan aggressively to Deng Yi. "We have a deal, right?""How should I know? I have been here since long ago!" replied Deng Yi coldly."Don't tell me you want to tear up our agreement!" whispered Qiu Yelan. She was indignant."You think that everyone is just like you, a promise-breaker!" Deng Yi gazed at her and said, "I think somebody in the Prince's Mansion of Guangyang must have said something to her, which incurred a misunderstanding.""A misunderstanding? Like what?" asked Qiu Yelan curiously."You know what the misunderstanding is. No need me to tell you about it." said Deng Yi, sounding cold. "Or why you mention your Cousin Ruan from time to time before my Mum?"Seeing she was still bewildering, Deng Yi continued, "My mother wishes you be a capable and tough girl. If you have shown her who you really are today, she might have loved you more... But you just acte
"Tianya" was indeed worthy of being recommended by Jiang Yashuang, a member of the crown prince's party who had experienced all kinds of situations. It was both efficient and professional. Xiaran went over that night and paid the full amount of 300 taels of silver. The next day at noon, there was news from the Prince's Mansion of Guangyang that two tenders were injured on the way to the Prince's Mansion of Xihe."How did it happen in the middle of the city?" Qiu Yelan asked with a smile, "Was it an accident or something else?""An accident." Xiaran, who had been enjoined by Tianya and went out to "receive goods" this morning, chuckled. "The horse pulling the cart was suddenly frightened and fell into a ditch by the road! One tender had a leg broken and the other was injured in the head. They were so wretched when rescued out!"Su He, holding Whitey next to him, interjected, "Hey, just like this?""Little Su He is getting crueller."
In order to put more pressure on Mistress Bian, Qiu Yelan sent Chunran to present Qiu Jinzhu two pear blossoms to put into a vase.Although Qiu Jinzhu felt confused, yet Princess Yang would definitely figure it out when being told by her daughter that Qiu Mingzhu had visited Qiu Yelan. She would be thinking that there must have been negotiations between the two sides and Qiu Yelan must have put pressure on Mistress Bian as they didn't reach an agreement.Princess Yang immediately shifted her attention from Qiu Hongzhi to Princess Bian!Yet Qiu Yelan, who made the undertow in the Prince's Mansion even stronger with two branches of pear blossom, went to sleep quite early and prepared to get up early and go to the General's Mansion to wait for good news.After she had arrived at the General's Mansion the next day, Ruan Qingyan had already gone to join in the Golden Hall. As all of them were in the middle of something, Qiu Yelan didn't