With a lot of worries and a lot of joy in his heart, of course, Long Ye returned to Qin Keqing's room.

The empathetic Qin Keqing saw that Long Ye was coming, and without waiting for the personal maid Zhang Caidie to do it, he personally called cold water and wrung a towel to wipe Long Ye; made another cup of fragrant tea and put it in front of Long Ye; sat next to Long Ye and comforted Long Ye:

"Don't be angry, master, the eldest sister is like this, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about her!"

"Keqing! I'm not caring about her, it's that she's gone too far today! He even started beating people! What is this system? ”

"She is also in a hurry, so she did something too much, you can forgive her!"

"Hey...... But yes! You don't know! This Zhao Shuxian has always been like this! When she first entered our Dragon Mansion, she relied on the prefect Lord Cao as her uncle, and she had always been domineering, arrogant, and unreasonable. Take the matter of having children, she didn't have children herself, and my parents didn't allow me to take a concubine. ”

"I've heard about it."

"You've heard of this, and there's one thing you may not have heard, and I haven't told you all along; I'm going to tell you about it today, so don't be angry when you hear it. ”

"If there's anything the lord says, I won't be angry no matter what." Qin Keqing heard what Long Ye said, and felt that it was Long Ye who regarded her as a confidant, so he wanted to tell her the secret in his heart, so he said that he was not angry at all.

"Back then, there was a personal maid named Jiang Cuilian by my mother's side, just like you, very good; And smart and beautiful. "Jiang Cuilian is a person who has left a deep imprint on the dragon's life, and she can be said to have never forgotten; As long as there is an opportunity to sue, Long Zaitian will mention Jiang Cuilian.

"I've heard of this person, does this smart and beautiful Jiang Cuilian have anyone to talk to?"

"This ...... How can this be said! When Jiang Cuilian was thirteen years old, her father contracted typhoid fever, and her mother went bankrupt to treat her husband's illness, but in the end she still died, leaving behind a huge debt.

In order to bury her father, Jiang Cuilian sold her body by inserting a bid; Later, her mother accepted the matchmaker's words and accepted the funding of the rich man of Xiaowangzhuang in the west, Magnum twelve taels of silver, and married the fourteen-year-old Jiang Cuilian to Almighty's son Wan Fuxiang. Because she has no emotional foundation, Jiang Cuilian does not want to see Wan Fuxiang, who is not good-looking; So he said goodbye to his mother, came to the city to work, and even wanted to return it to the Wan family after saving enough money, so he broke the marriage contract. Jiang Cuilian was later introduced to our Dragon Mansion and became my mother's personal maid.

"Then you guys had a story?" Qin Keqing had heard about this little bit, but he didn't know the truth, so he asked with a smile.

"Hmmm! We have a story! Not only did the story happen, but after I had several contacts with Jiang Cuilian, she became pregnant. At that time, Zhao Shuxian did not have a daughter; That is, I was childless and childless; Jiang Cuilian is pregnant with my flesh and blood, isn't that a great joy? But this Zhao Shuxian just relied on having a backstage, and insisted on forcing Jiang Cuilian out of the Dragon Mansion. ”

"Then what happened to this Jiang Cuilian?" Qin Keqing asked uneasily.

"Zhao Shuxian must force Jiang Cuilian to go, my mother is not easy to keep, and my father is not easy to talk about because of the face of Cao Governor's Mansion, so he has to decide to let Jiang Cuilian go back first."

"What? You let Jiang Cuilian go back first? A yellow flower girl is pregnant, how can she go back? The gentle and kind Qin Keqing asked with concern.

"Hey...... Keqing! How similar are you to Jiang Cuilian? If Zhao Shuxian's character is one-tenth as good as the two of you! Don't be in a hurry, listen to me tell you slowly. Long Ye picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Keqing! said that you don't want to laugh, because I am reluctant to let Jiang Cuilian leave me, let alone my own flesh and blood, so I want to elope with Jiang Cuilian; But he was stopped by Zhao Shuxian and didn't make the trip! "Master Long really regards Qin Keqing as a confidant, and tells Qin Keqing all these "deep secrets"!

"What happened then?" Qin Keqing asked anxiously.

"Before the elopement was successful, my mother and I, after repeatedly talking to Jiang Cuilian about the last resort, asked Jiang Cuilian for understanding and forgiveness; Go back to find a secluded place to give birth to the child first, and then find a way to let the child recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors when he has the opportunity later. For Jiang Cuilian herself, her mother also proposed that if she was willing to marry that Wan Fuxiang; If she decides not to marry, we will definitely bring her back in due course and give her a name. ”

"What did Cuilian say?"

"This Jiang Cuilian is a reasonable and good woman, she knows that the face of our Dragon Mansion is more important than Mount Tai, and she also knows Zhao Shuxian's arrogance; Therefore, after only a few words, he agreed to the decision we made. As for her own business, she said she would talk about it later. ”

"Hey! This Jiang Cuilian is indeed not simple, and it is worth your love for her. The kind-hearted Qin Keqing said sincerely.

"Keqing! When Cuilian was leaving, I proposed to her that it would be best to give me a letter after she gave birth and raised, so that I could see my own flesh and blood, and she agreed. ”

"This Jiang Cuilian is really amazing! So you just let the family go? ”

"My mother gave her four gold bars as expenses and compensation to let her leave our Dragon Mansion. She must have felt very uncomfortable at that time! I'm even more heartbroken! When Long Ye said this, he was already in tears; But he still controlled his feelings and continued to narrate the events of the year to Qin Keqing.

"I secretly carried two gold bars and followed Jiang Cuilian behind her rickshaw in a rickshaw, secretly sending her home. After Jiang Cuilian got off the bus at Dawangzhuang, it was already twilight, and she couldn't see things clearly! She was about to enter the street when she was confronted by a dejected man with a sharp beak and cheeks. The man stared at Jiang Cuilian, who was carrying a big burden, for half a minute, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pull off the burden on Jiang Cuilian's shoulders, and ran west. I jumped out of the rickshaw and chased after the thief, and after a fight, I gradually lost my strength and let the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked rural man escape.

"I went back to Jiang Cuilian, lifted her up in despair, and put the two gold bars that I wanted to bring to Jiang Cuilian in her pocket; And send her home to her mother, and I will come back with peace of mind. ”

"Then the boy or girl that Jiang Cuilian gave birth to later? Did you bring a letter for you to see your child? Qin Keqing asked anxiously.

"Later, Cuilian gave birth to a boy in early June of the 27th year of Guangxu, and soon sent her younger brother Jiang Wenhua to inform me and let me go to see the baby."

"You must be overjoyed! Did you go right away? ”

"My mother and I were so happy, according to Cuilian's agreement, I went to see the child the next day, and the child was so cute!"

"Of course, you and Jiang Cuilian are so good, and the child you gave birth to is an alloy of the two of you, how can you not be smart and beautiful!" This Qin Keqing is really good! When she heard Master Long boast about Jiang Cuilian's child like this, not only was she not angry, but she also blindly said good things.

"I'm sorry! I'm also telling the truth, but don't you say that your child is good? Besides, aren't you and my children also very smart and handsome? Long Ye knew that he had lost his words, so he hurriedly remedied and greeted him.

"Where did the master say? What else do you say to me, sorry? In the future, the master is not allowed to say these three words to me! You continued to tell me about the past, but what happened next? ”

In the past, there were 3,000 beauties, and everyone wanted to get the emperor's favor, and they wanted to be favored for a longer time. How can this be done? These beauties can be described as exhausted and racking their brains. But its success is often not achieved by virtue of flower appearance, kung fu in bed, scratching of the head and posture, snorting and anger, or relying on deceit, playing with power, or even making a big move. It is precisely by virtue and talent, by giving advice to the emperor, and by sharing worries and problems for the emperor; At the very least, it is obtained by understanding the emperor's will and doing what he likes.

The reason why this dragon master hates Zhao Shuxian is because Zhao Shuxian is immoral, foolish, domineering, and unreasonable; Even when I talk to Long Ye, I usually talk to him, and he is also a high decibel class.

And the reason why Long Ye loves Qin Keqing very much, and has been like a day for more than ten years, is because Qin Keqing is virtuous, gentle and kind; Every word she spat out was intimate and intimate—there was a heart-to-heart connection between them. This is not! Just now, Qin Keqing heard what Master Long said about Jiang Cuilian, not only was he not jealous and made trouble, but he was also anxious and uneasy. Now as soon as I heard Long Ye say sorry, he hurried back, and did not allow Long Ye to say these three words again in the future; What man doesn't like such a woman?

"After I went to see the child, in order to avoid letting outsiders know about it, it would have a great impact on the Long family and the Jiang family, so they quickly separated!" Long Ye continued to tell Qin Keqing about the situation back then.

"Have you ever seen your child again?" Where is that kid now? How's life going? The empathetic Qin Keqing asked with concern.

"Hey...... The past is like wisps, and the past is like smoke! Long Ye let out a long sigh, and the tears came out of his eyes.

"Sir! Don't be angry! What the hell is wrong with the child? ”

"Keqing! It's a long story, it's hard to explain! Long Ye took a sip of tea, stabilized his mood, and then said:

"Before and after I went to see the child, Wan Fuxiang, who didn't know that Jiang Cuilian was pregnant and gave birth to a child, repeatedly wanted to marry Jiang Cuilian; Jiang Cuilian had no choice but to agree to marry Wan Fuxiang.

"Wan Fuxiang and Jiang Cuilian set the wedding date on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month of the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu. On the ninth day of the lunar month, Jiang Cuilian wrote a letter to me. Because I ate longevity noodles and longevity wine at my friend Sun Zhipeng's house; Therefore, Steward Feng, who received the letter, did not come to Sun Zhipeng's house until four or five o'clock in the afternoon to deliver the letter to me. I opened the letter and read it, and I knew that Jiang Cuilian was married that day; I also know that Jiang Cuilian asked him to meet at five o'clock in the afternoon at the Wangjiang Pavilion on the south of Wulongqiaoqiao West Road in Dawangzhuang. ”

"It seems that Sister Cuilian still has you in her heart." is a good Qin Keqing, not only does she not eat Jiang Cuilian's vinegar, but she even calls Jiang Cuilian Sister Cuilian.

"She must have me in her heart! When I looked at my watch, it was 4:54 p.m.; I thought it was too slow to take the rickshaw, so I went to the donkey and horse shop to pull out a tall horse, and rushed to Dawangzhuang in the west of the city. However, when I arrived at the Wangjiang Pavilion on the south side of Wulongqiao Bridge West Road, it was already a person who went to the pavilion - (I later heard Jiang Mu say) Jiang Cuilian, who arrived at the Wangjiang Pavilion of Wulongqiao five minutes early, waited for more than half an hour and did not wait for me, so she left Wangjiang Pavilion and went home with resentment. I rode my horse to Jiang's house again.

When I hurried to the door of Jiang's house, Jiang Cuilian's sedan chair had already been lifted. I looked at the sedan chair and couldn't help but call out the word 'cui', and Jiang Cuilian, who was in the same heart, heard it. She hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car window and saw me, and I saw her.

The two of us glanced at each other a few times, and I slowly left Jiang Cuilian's sight. Although I left the procession to greet my relatives, I didn't go home, but I followed from a distance-first, I wanted to see where Jiang Cuilian's home was; The second is to wait for Jiang's mother to leave the banquet and ask where the baby born to me and Jiang Cuilian has gone.

"It was about nine o'clock when I saw Jiang Mu and Jiang Wenhua coming out of Wanjia among the guests; I quickly dismounted and went forward. Q: Mother Jiang, where is our baby now? Jiang's mother told me that because Jiang Cuilian promised to marry Wan Fuxiang, she gave the child away!

"When I heard Jiang's mother say that the child had been given away, I was so angry that my internal organs were on fire and my six organs were smoking, and there was obviously a sense of blaming Jiang's mother and Jiang Cuilian for not giving away the baby. Jiang's mother, who heard my blame, asked me in turn: If you don't give the child away, how will the child be handled? Is it Jiang Cuilian who got married with her son? Or leave the child to her to raise? Or send the child to our Long family to recognize the ancestors? No matter what, it won't work -- it will ruin the reputation of the Jiang family and the Long family.

"I listened to Jiang's mother's words, but I also calmed down. Later, I asked Jiang's mother, what kind of people did our baby go? And where do the people who hold the baby live? But Jiang's mother didn't tell me all this. She said, 'Why are you asking this?' Do you still want to be recognized by someone? ’

"I said I didn't want to meet the baby, I just wanted to see what kind of home our child is in and how our child is doing in other people.

"But Jiang's mother persuaded me not to look at the child, and I could only resign myself to fate. She said that as long as I arrived at the house holding the child, I would definitely not be able to control my feelings, and if I couldn't control my feelings, I would make extraordinary moves. Once there is an extraordinary move, people will become suspicious, and they will even hold me back. also said that this is a trivial matter, and the most important thing is that as long as it is like this, it will attract a lot of people to watch the excitement; If someone on the spot recognizes me as the eldest young master of the Long family, then the face of me and our Long family, as well as Cuilian and their Jiang family, will be lost! The consequences will be unimaginable! Therefore, we can only follow the fate and talk about it later.

"Jiang's mother's words, I think about it also makes sense, in order to avoid an uncontrollable situation, I had to dispel the idea of going to see the child, and rode back in a huff." Long Ye told Qin Keqing all the secrets without reservation-a man, only in front of the beloved woman will put down the mask and show the secret of his heart-Qin Keqing is Long Ye's favorite, so Long Ye has nothing to say to her!

"Hey...... Have you never seen your child again? I don't know where the child is or where is it? ”

"After Zhao Shuxian gave birth to Fengyi in the early morning of the first day of June in the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), my mother thought that the child born to Cuilian and I was exactly one year old; Therefore, I was asked to go to Dawangzhuang to find Jiang's mother and ask where our children were and how they were doing. I took the gift to Dawangzhuang; said to Jiang's mother that it was to choose the name for the one-year-old baby; Jiang's mother asked Jiang Wenhua to go to Wanjia to call Cuilian back on the grounds that her mother was sick. ”

"As soon as the smart Jiang Cuilian arrived home, she asked me if I really came here today to name the baby. I said that the child's name should also be given; But what I miss most now is wanting to see our children. Jiang Cuilian said that the child is very good now! Don't worry about me. Later, I begged her again and again, and Jiang Cuilian agreed to go with her to see the child - she told her mother that she was going to the city to find a fortune teller to name the child.

"Jiang Cuilian took me to the nursery in the western suburbs, and I was shocked, our children were raised in such a poor family? Jiang Cuilian explained to me that she and her mother had planned to give the baby to her uncle to raise, but her uncle would not accept it. In desperation, I had to send the baby to the burned Dawang Temple at the beginning of last year's lunar month; Thanks to Lei Sanye and Lei San's grandmother for seeing and taking them in. After Jiang Cuilian and her mother went over to see Lei Sanye's home, they were reluctant to let the baby live in such a poor home; But there is no other way but this.

"Cuilian and I entered the nursery, pretending to look at flowers and buy flowers, and talked with Lei Sanye and Lei Sangrandma in the nursery. We were talking, and suddenly we heard the cry of a child in the house; Grandma Lei San hurriedly threw away the work in her hand and hurriedly ran into the house, and Jiang Cuilian and I also followed. Grandma Lei San gently picked up the baby from the rocking car, sat the baby on her laps, crossed the baby's legs, and the baby sprinkled a bubble of urine. Then put the baby gently into the rocking car, and then go to hot rice cereal for the baby to eat - judging from the expressions and deeds of Lei San's grandmother, it can be seen that Lei San's grandmother (and Lei Sanye) is very fond of the baby. This gave me and Jiang Cuilian, who were reluctant to suffer in the cold door, a little comfort.

"Grandma Lei San told us that the child was picked up by her and the old man from the burned Dawang Temple on the first day of the lunar month last year, when the child was only five or six months old. He also said that the child had an emerald gold ring on his body, which was strung on the strap that held the diaper in place - the identity of the baby was certain!

"I told Grandma Lei San that this child was very beautiful and cute, so I took out the 'golden dragon' hanging on my neck and put it on the baby's neck. Jiang Cuilian also gave the baby a gold collar specially brought on her body. Jiang Cuilian and I couldn't help but kiss the baby on the cheek, and then reluctantly left the hut.

"Jiang Cuilian and I left the nursery, took a rickshaw to the city, and returned to Jiang's house after lunch at the restaurant; told Jiang's mother that the fortune teller in the city named the child "Long Miao"; Jiang Mu didn't doubt us.

"According to the agreement, I go to Jiang's house on the first day of June every year, and go to the nursery in the western suburbs with Jiang Cuilian, who returns to her parents' house as agreed, to 'buy flowers' -- to visit the child named 'Long Miao'.

Jiang Cuilian returns to her parents' house every year in early June, when she has a big belly and a round waist, which arouses Wan Fuxiang's suspicions. I went out on the first day of June every year, which also aroused Zhao Shuxian's suspicions. On the first day of June 1904, Wan Fuxiang and Zhao Shuxian followed me and Jiang Cuilian to Jiang's house respectively, and then followed me and Jiang Cuilian to the nursery in the western suburbs. Later, the two jumped out together and asked in unison why we came out on the first day of June every year, and did we all come here for a date? Later, I asked who the child was. Grandma Lei San, who had a good impression of me and Jiang Cuilian, actually stood up and gave false testimony, saying that this child was her daughter's son and her grandson. Wan Fuxiang and Zhao Shuxian had nothing to say. We'll go home!

"Because Wan Fuxiang and Zhao Shuxian had such a trouble in the nursery, Jiang Cuilian and I used to go to the nursery in the western suburbs to 'buy flowers' together on the first day of June every year, and the agreement to visit the children was interrupted. But Jiang Cuilian and I still took the time to visit our children. Later, I heard Lei Sanye and Lei San's grandmother say that the child was deceived by a person who bought flowers! We couldn't be happier! (Long Zaitian and Jiang Cuilian didn't know that it was Zhao Shuxian who wanted to kill the child, and it was Wan Fuxiang who deceived the child; I only know that the bad uncle took away the 'golden dragon' and the golden collar that the child wore around his neck).

"I never knew where the child was. That's what you do."

"To be honest, I didn't give up. Ay...... Keqing! Don't you mind, I've experienced a lot of things in the past ten years, and I have forgotten a lot of things, but only this thing has been lingering in my mind! ”

"Sir, it's normal for you to feel this way, and I don't mind at all. That...... Haven't you found a clue over the years? Didn't you find any clues? ”

"There were no clues at all before, but since this Lei Tianhuo came, I found in him that there are many similarities with my child: first of all, the age of this child, which is about the same age as the child born to me and Jiang Cuilian, and even the birthday is very close - my child and Jiang Cuilian were born in early June of the 27th year of Guangxu, and when this Lei Tianhuo was picked up by his adoptive father and adoptive mother from the Dawang Temple, it was the first day of the 27th lunar month of Guangxu, when the second elder estimated that Lei Tianhuo was only five or six months old, Therefore, Lei Tianhuo's birthday was set as the first day of June, and every year since then, the child's birthday has been celebrated on the first day of June. But you want to! This day coincides with Cuilian's child's birthday!

"Secondly, the child's surname is Lei, and it is said that it was adopted by Lei Sanye and Lei San's grandmother. Wasn't our baby raised by Lei Sanye and Lei San's grandmother? More importantly, at Fengyi's birthday banquet just now, Lei Tianhuo said that when he celebrated his tenth birthday, his adoptive father and adoptive mother gave him an emerald gold ring as a birthday gift; His adoptive father and adoptive mother also said at the time that the emerald gold ring was strapped on the strap of his diaper. But yes! I once gave Jiang Cuilian an emerald gold ring, and when Jiang Cuilian sent the child to the Dawang Temple, she strung this emerald gold ring on the strap of the child's diaper as a token. And Lei Tianhuo also said that when he was two or three years old, he was deceived by a bad uncle and took away the 'golden dragon' and gold collar he was wearing. This 'golden dragon' and golden collar were put on by me and Jiang Cuilian when we visited him at the nursery. So I am very suspicious, and even basically sure that this Lei Tianhuo is the child born to me and Jiang Cuilian. ”

"Oh...... I see, no wonder you always take special care of Lei Tianhuo. So what are you going to do now? Qin Keqing asked thoughtfully.

"You can stop me from asking this question: First, the identity of this Lei Tianhuo has not been very sure. Second, it's completely affirmed, and it's not easy to do it for a while! Let's not talk about social opinion and secular prejudices, even that Zhao Shuxian will make the Dragon Mansion unpeaceful. Long Ye said worriedly.

"That'...... Can you recognize each other privately? "Qin Keqing is trying to solve problems for Long Ye.

"Privately?" There seemed to be a hint of joy on Long Ye's melancholy face, but it quickly disappeared again.

"What? It's not okay to recognize each other in private? ”

"It's not impossible to recognize each other in private, but we have to wait until Lei Tianhuo's identity is very certain to see the timing. Ay...... It's not too early, so let's rest! ”

"Good! I'm here to wait for the lord to rest. ”