Chapter 28 You Do It Wrong, Watching !
They walked into the Prince’s Mansion of Xihe. They found it was not a chaos like they thought it would be.
Things were organized. Servants were doing their jobs. It seed to be in perfect order. If it were not for the terror and hatred in the servants’ eyes when they looked at Qiu Yelan which proved the impact of Empress’s proclamation, Qiu Yelan would think nothing had happened.
However, when they arrived at the drawing-room and saw Qiu ngmin’s gloomy face, Qiu Yelan’s mood was lightened at once.
Qiu ngmin asked Ruan Qingyan to avoid and wait outside bluntly. After the door was closed, he didn’t even have ti for formality. He asked without preamble, “Are you insane? How dare you instigate Empress Jiang to ruin us!”
“Are you hearing yourself? Empress is such a brilliant lady. How could she listen to a kid like ?” Qiu Yelan smiled imdiately, “How could you believe this kind of rumor? If the words get out, people will assu you are muddled because of your old age.”
Qiu ngmin ground his teeth and said, “Just after you got summoned to Beijue Hall by the Empress, the Empress’s proclamation of being deposed was sent to . You dare say you have nothing to do with it?”
Qiu Yelan said lazily, “Empress is perspicacious. She must have her reason to depose you. You don’t think that the Empress is the muddleheaded and credulous type, do you? You are being disrespectful to the Empress. You are doing wrong, right?”
Hearing her kept bringing up the Empress, Qiu ngmin stared at her hatefully for a while and then smiled wickedly, “But I have to thank you for this ti.”
He had prepared a strong counterattack against Qiu Yelan’s subconscious query. However, Qiu Yelan said naturally, “Since then, uncle, will you give thousands of taels of silver as the gift money?” When asking for awards, she not just called him uncle, but also said it with love.
Qiu ngmin choked. He really didn’t expect his niece who just turned 13 on that day was so glib and so shaless. He said after a while, “If it was not you who had evil agenda, how could we get Empress Dowager’s favor? Although Empress is distinguished, Empress Dowager is more distinguished. And her level is also higher.”
He planned to use this information to laugh at Qiu Yelan and damage her morale. But Qiu Yelan agreed with him earlier. Now Qiu ngmin brought it up. It couldn’t have the sa impact as he wanted. Instead, it made him look weak.
And Qiu Yelan still said with a smile, “Oh, you really should thank ! Otherwise, how can we reach out to the Empress Dowager? It will break my heart if you only reward with thousands of taels of silver. Uncle, please add a few acres of land or sothing like that. We are family. You don’t need to reward too much.”
She knew clearly that Empress Jiang wanted to use the fact that Qiu ngmin didn’t respect his official mother to allude to Empress Dowager Gu. Of course, Empress Dowager Gu couldn’t sit still waiting for death. If taking down Empress Dowager Gu was that easy, why was it still a tie since two empresses had been fighting for all these years? When Empress Jiang asked soone to send out her proclamation, Qiu Yelan knew just a proclamation couldn’t solve the problem.
It was just an opening for another fight between the most distinguished mother and daughter-in-law of Darui!
So Qiu Yelan predicted that Empress Dowager Gu would annul Empress Jiang’s proclamation of deposing and exiling Duke of Xihe. The only surprise was how fast Empress Dowager Gu acted. She thought since Empress sent people to announce her proclamation so efficiently. She thought the Prince’s Mansion of Xihe would at least get mopped up by yan runners, when Empress Dowager heard about it and reacted.
However, it didn’t matter that Empress Dowager Gu kept Prince’s Mansion of Xihe safe for now. Mada Lu was kicked out by the old Princess of Xihe officially.
According to ti-old tradition, she could never go back to Prince’s Mansion. Let alone get served by Duke of Xihe and be Mada Lu in the mansion.
It was fine if nobody ntioned it. Once it was out there, it would be a serious and big issue involving filial piety and ranking polygamy system. Prince’s Mansion of Xihe could never escape unscathed in the current situation.
So, Qiu Yelan didn’t care about Qiu ngmin’s sarcasm and threat at all. She had already offended Empress Dowager Gu big ti in Hall of Taishi yesterday anyway. Would it matter that she offended her further?
She wasn’t Jiang Yashuang. Empress wasn’t obliged to defend her for no reason. Empress Dowager could end her life at any ti if she wasn’t protected by Empress. Not just her, let alone Mrs. Zhou and Su He, even Ruan Qingyan would be implicated.
When Qiu Yelan said my uncle’s biological mother, she had made up her mind. She needed to seize the opportunity of eting the Empress to project herself fully.
At this kind of crucial mont, Qiu Yelan who sharpened herself into an iron-hearted woman in the last phase surly wouldn’t pity any enemy.
She enjoyed Qiu ngmin’s look which showed he wanted to walk down and kill her. She laughed and said, throwing up her hands, “My servant told that I should care for Qiu Family since it was New Year. I thought he said that because you guys were all about to die. Who knows when I co back, you guys are all fine. Are you guys playing ? That’s it. I need to go back to the General’s Mansion and attend to my poor grandfather.”
After said that, she turned around and planned to walk towards outside. She stopped after two steps and looked back with a faint smile on her face, “Uncle, you are really stingy. You asked to co back during the New Year. But you didn’t give gift money at all. People like you are not ant to be doing great things. In my opinion, you can’t get through the current crisis even with Empress Dowager’s protection. I suggest you admit your guilt and resign your title. Lest you go through all the trouble and still end badly.”
Qiu ngmin’s face twitched. He took a deep breath. He was able to calm down and said, “When old Princess died, you just turned one. You couldn’t have rembered her. I think your feeling towards her is just so so. You did this kind of thing this ti because you hold a grudge against our family for mistreating you these years. For that, I can guarantee it won’t happen again. Anyhow, we have the sa last na. If sothing happened to Prince’s Mansion of Xihe, even you were a Commandery Princess, would you have a good life as a lonely little girl?”
And then said, “It was said that Ruan Qingyan outside treated you very well. But you may not know. Although he hasn’t been in the city for a very long ti, he has already beco the guest of two famous prostitutes in the city. Countless playboys envy him. Although you aren’t old enough to get married, as to appearance, girls in our family can’t compare to you. So, think about it, why Ruan Qingyan treats you well!”
Qiu Yelan said with a smile, “Even I don’t have my cousin to back up, I still have my husband’s family. What am I afraid of? Worst case scenario, I can just go to Deng Yi. You were the one who engaged with him. Oh, right. I t Young Prince of Duke of Guangyang this ti I went to the palace. He also thought I was beautiful. And he asked if I had any sister looking like . Since you were my matchmaker, how could I not repay you? I told him that my sixth sister was much more beautiful than . Young Prince was very happy. He said he would co and take a look himself later. You have to thank for this.”
Hearing this, Qiu ngmin was about to cough blood. He stared at Qiu Yelan firmly. After got stared by him for a while, her smile was even bigger, “Uncle, why are you so moved? Sixth sister is my sister. Praising her is what I should do. However, if the sixth sister really marries Young Prince of Duke of Guangyang, you and she must not forget about .”
If he could marry Qiu Jinzhu to Gu Yan as the wife, even Gu Yan liked both n and won and was a playboy, to be honest, Qiu ngmin wouldn’t hesitate. Gu Yan was the biological grandnephew of Regent Empress Dowager, and he was Empress Dowager’s beloved.
However, Gu Yan got married when he was 17. His wife Tang was from a powerful family. Her father was one of the pri ministers of Darui. Their eldest son was already 10.
Gu Yan had countless beautiful won and catamites in his backyard and countless lovers in the brothels, and also unknown illegal love affairs. He also fornicated with others’ wives, widows, others’ unmarried daughters... He might not be able to rember them all. But Tang’s position was so secure that nobody would doubt it.
Besides according to Qiu Yelan, Gu Yan wanted to take a look at Qiu Jinzhu privately. Considering his disposition, what good would co out of his private visit?
Qiu ngmin couldn’t withhold himself anymore. He pounded on the table angrily and rebuked loudly, “Jinzhu is only 10. She is one-month younger than Young Prince Gu’s eldest son. How dare you fra her like this! How could our Qiu Family have a vicious and shaless thing like you?”
“When you engaged with Deng Yi, I was also 10!” The expression in Qiu Yelan’s eyes was innocent, “I have a vicious and shaless elder like you who bla the victim. I just learn from you. What’s so rare about it?”
“You!” Qiu ngmin was furious. He grabbed a peach pattern white glazed porcelain bottle beside his hand and threw it at her head.
Qiu Yelan’s face went dark. She was about to teach him a lesson. Suddenly, with a cracking sound of the window behind her, a thing flew in and knocked the bottle down a few ters in front of Qiu Yelan.
And then the padauk ornantal engraving window was smashed. Ruan Qingyan rushed in like wind. He paid no attention to Prince’s Mansion’s servants who uproariously called for help. He checked Qiu Yelan to see if she was hurt and then rushed to the front. He picked up Qiu ngmin who was distracted at his chest.
And then he punched Qiu ngmin in the face violently.
After the blow, there were tears and blood. Qiu ngmin howled in pain.
“Cousin, you can’t do this!” Seeing this, Qiu Yelan knew it was bad. She lifted her dress and run to them in a hurry. She pulled Ruan Qingyan’s sleeve and said anxiously, “Empress Dowager repealed Empress’s proclamation of deposing his title. He is still Duke of Xihe! You are just a Juren. If Empress Dowager knows you hit him, she will definitely sabotage your rank! If so, what about the imperial examination in spring?”
Ruan Qingyan said coldly, “Forget about the imperial examination in spring!” After he said this, he punched Qiu ngmin in his left jaw. And Qiu ngmin spit out two teeth while howling.
“Imperial...Imperial examination in spring? You can forget about it...” Qiu ngmin had lost his deanor as the Duke of Xihe at this mont. His whole face was blue due to the blows. He was crying and snoring. His blood splashed. His whole face was twisted because of the pain and humiliation. He laughed desolately with a super vicious look.
Qiu Yelan had lifted up her sleeves as they spoke. She pushed Ruan Qingyan violently at this mont and shouted, “I’m not saying that you can’t beat him. It’s that you are doing it wrong. Watch !” After said this, she grabbed Qiu ngmin from Ruan Qingyan’s hand. The next mont, Ruan Qingyan whose heart was full of pity against his sister and hatred against Qiu ngmin gaped at Qiu Yelan. He saw her grabbing Qiu ngmin’s hair and knocking his head against 1.31 inches thick lignumvitae table beside her without a blink.
One, two...blood splashed on Qiu Yelan’s clothes. She was still calm. Her hand was steady like she was smashing walnuts. Seeing this scene, even Ruan Qingyan got a chilly feeling in his heart.
After a while, hearing a lot of promiscuous footsteps coming close, Qiu Yelan threw unconscious Qiu ngmin under the table. She took two steps back and knelt. She cried loudly, “Uncle, why did you do this to yourself....”
Outside the door, Mada Lu, Princess Yang, Qiu Yuqing and others who rushed here heard the heart-stricken crying. They all felt dizzy.
Mada Lu trembled and almost fainted.
Thanks to Ruan Qingyan who was inside. He said dully, “Cou...sin, he...he seems to be alive.”
“Of course he can’t die!” Qiu Yelan was sobbing. Cold looks appeared in Mada Lu and others’ eyes at the sa ti. They were slowing down and trying to have sothing on them. So they could scold them badly. However, what Qiu Yelan said next almost killed them, “He needs to be alive for Empress to punish him for disrespect of his official mother! How can we let him die so easily? Whoever started the trouble should end it. He invited Lu back. Of course he should send her out!”
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