"Chu Xiao, the Duke of Huainan?" asked Qiu Yelan in surprise. "Why him?" Long ago, when she was commanded to the palace, Ruan Qingyan coached her about the loyal members. The Duke of Huainan was the one among his introduction. He was the half-brother of the Emperor, but he was adopted by the former emperor's brother, Prince Gonghuai when he was a baby.
At that time, Gaozong emperor established the eldest son as Crown Prince. But unfortunately for the prince, he died before becoming an emperor. Gaozong had no more children, so he established Prince Gonghuai as Crown Prince. Gaozong made the former emperor become the Crown Prince. Then the former emperor selected his fourth son Chu Xiao to be adopted for the continuation of Prince Gonghuai ‘s family.
No matter in the regime periods of the former emperor or the current emperor, Chu Xiao always enjoyed privileges because he was not only the son of the previous emperor, but an heir of Prince Gonghuai. Now, the P
Returning to Prince's Mansion of Xihe, Xiaran submitted a letter and reported, "This was from a family whose surname is also Qiu.""Got it." Qiu Yelan took it and looked at it. In addition to some of the usual words, it said that they wanted to pay a visit three days later. So, Qiu Yelan told Xiaran, "Is the person who sent the post still there? If he is, tell him that I would be here waiting three days later."Xiaran answered and went out to instruct a young maid to pass on the message.Chunran then asked, "Is this Qiu Bo among these guests the one we met at the entrance of the examination compound last time?""It should be her." Qiu Yelan remembered when she entrusted "Tianya" to block the two tenders that sent by Mrs. Gu, Xiaran witnessed the three brothers and sisters of Qiu Family happened to pass by. She sneered, "This Qiu Qian, should be their young sister." So she ordered, "Prepare one more seat in the girl's school, as wel
Jiang Qizheng was "reminded" by Madame Tao. Knowing that it was Mrs. Gu who had harmed Qiu Yelan, she no longer opposed the marriage.However, she was not in favor of it either. After all, Qiu Yelan’s reputation was really not that good. Jiang Qizheng always loved his brother more. She struggled between guilt for Qiu Yelan and love for Jiang Yashuang for a long time and decided not to care about this matter, "Anyway, grandma is smart and capable, and she has always treated him like her own grandson. There is no need to worry."She was not ready to be the sister-in-law, but Princess Yongfu was anxious.She was a naughty princess. As for the gossip on reputation... When Empress Jiang decided to do politics, the criticism from all over the empire was much fiercer than the rumor today. There were even imperial censors who threatened to commit suicide in court.As Empress Jiang's daughter, she wouldn't care about such trifles as now. Besides,
The next day, Qiu Bo came to visit with her younger sister Qiu Qian.Qiu Yelan greeted them in person at the second door, which made the two sisters feel very flattered. Today, Qiu Bo was not wearing the gorgeous dress as she did at the entrance to the examination compound, maybe for Qiu Yelan's reason that she was still in the mourning period. Instead, she was wearing a broad sleeved summer dress with lotus patterns in light green. Her hairstyle was the coil of a snake, on which there were not many beads. The hair looked even darker against the white jade hairpin that was in the pattern of a phoenix head with a bead in the mouth.She was born a beauty. Although she was simply dressed and had a dignified look, she had a seductive charm all over.The twelve-year-old Qiu Qian was innocent and artless. She followed Qiu Bo's steps with a restrained look. She looked around curiously as Qiu Yelan was not focusing on her, showing her childishness.
Qiu Yelan returned to Prince's Mansion unhappily. Just as she entered the yard, Chunran came up and reported her a message, "Mistress Bian bled!""Oh?" Qiu Yelan was startled. She agreed to protect Mistress Bian before Qiu Mengmin recovered. Now that Qiu Mengmin had recovered, it had nothing to do with her, so she just asked, "Who did it? Princess Yang or Qiu Hongzhi?"Chunran said, "It was noisy over there. We have not made it clear. Anyway, she had eaten the wrong thing. Now the doctor is busy working."There was definite news in the evening that the baby survived, but Mistress Bian had lost much of the vitality and had to stay in bed and rest. She couldn't even walk out of the room. Another message was that Qiu Mingzhu had asked for leave from Shao Yuemei, saying that she was worried about Mistress Bian and wanted to be with her for a few days."Neither Princess Yang nor Qiu Hongzhi was punished?" Qiu Yelan was a little surprise
But during the class in the afternoon, Shao Yuemei's complexion had returned to normal, showing no attempt to investigate this matter.Qiu Yelan was surprised at first, but then she thought Shao Yuemei was only a female teacher. Even if she was a loyal follower of the Jiang Family, she was not its family member after all. If she was really involved in the whirlpool of whether the present throne was legal or not, she might not come to a good end. That is to say, it conforms to the interests of all parties to deal with it like there is no such thing, as Sheng Shishui suggested."Fortunately, cousin Qiu Mingzhu wasn't here. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so sensible since she was more insidious and less intelligent." Qiu Yelan let out a long sigh of relief secretly," Qiu Qian was a little bit lucky, otherwise, Qiu Nie couldn't protect her if this matter really caused some troubles."Now that this matter had already passed, Qiu Yelan would not mention
Qiu Yelan was stupefied, and then said, "What does this have to do with me?"Sheng Shishui said neatly, "Yang Yifu is the child of a concubine. Her biological mother is old and out of favor now. She used to be her father's beloved. She still has some money in her hand. She has only one biological daughter, Yang Yifu. She is willing to take it all out to avenge her daughter.""She should go to 'Tianya'. What does she want from me?" Qiu Yelan muttered in her heart, but she also knew that "Tianya" was not an organization known to anyone.Seeing Sheng Shishui who had a determined look at this moment, she said lightly, "You probably misunderstood. I am actually only interested in my own money. What's more, last time Yang Yishi might have suffered a loss in my hand. However, can I still go to the Yang Family to deal with her?"Sheng Shishui was a bit surprised, but she quickly said, "What if the person who contacted Yang Yishi is your co
Under the cover of Ruan Qingyan, Qiu Yelan finally ate meat for once. She was reluctant to leave the General's Mansion. Her heart was filled with gratitude to her brother, "How nice my cousin is! He is definitely the best cousin in the world!""I've been worrying about the child for so long. It is not as good as letting her eat meat." By contrast, Ruan Qingyan was not in a good mood as she was. After seeing off Qiu Yelan, he sighed to Dongran, "If I had known this, I should have laid down the rules for her. If she were obedient, I would often ask her to come here and quietly cook a meat meal for her. If she were disobedient, there would only be green vegetables and tofu!"Dongran covered her mouth and laughed, "Your Grace is still growing up, she inevitably had some desire for food.""Next time she comes here, let her take the parrot away. I've taught it two auspicious words. It's not easy for me. As a result, she has stared at it for a while.
The next noon, Qiu Yelan finished her class and took Qiu Qian to her room. Entering the room, she saw He Shuijin sitting leisurely on the bed under the west window. With a Chinese rose in her hand, she was playing with Whitey."Miss He?" Qiu Yelan was surprised and then scolded Chunran. "Why didn't you go to my class and call me?"He Shuijin threw the Chinese rose to Whitey at once and stood up to salute. She said smilingly, "Your Grace, don't blame them. It was me who told them not to go and disturb you. After all, there was nothing urgent. When I was waiting here, they served me well. It's just I played with your Persian cat without asking for your permission."Qiu Yelan didn't care about her playing with Whitey. This Persian cat was of good quality and was taken good care of by Su He and others. Now it was so beautiful that all the maids would like to hold it in their arms. As its real master, Qiu Yelan didn't have time to play with it and w