"I am beautiful, young, unmarried, literate and hyphenated, dabbling in piano and chess, riding and archery is not weaker than men, I can be called both civil and military!" Ou Qinglan stared at the lake not far away, and said slowly, "I am so talented, let's talk about women, and there are not many men who can compare to me...... And I have a deep affection for you! ”

"Then why did you reject me? What about your wife? I can say it, I can change it! ”

Qiu Jinglan smiled: "Miss Ou, the word love lies in fate, without fate, it can't be reluctant." And the eldest lady doesn't have to be so wronged, the end will have no fate with you, but the outstanding man who is looking forward to your fate in the world must have a lot of thoughts! ”

"I don't think you would expect to have an ugly, old, married, illiterate, talentless, and weak wife, would you?" Ou Qinglan ignored his divergence from the topic, still looked at the lake, and said carefully, "Qi Zheng told me that you have attracted many women in the past, all of whom are beautiful and talented. Although I have only seen Hua Shen and Penglai Yue, I ask myself that I am not worse than them, why can they associate with you, but I am rejected by you thousands of miles away? ”

"Even if they are devoted to you, I am the only one who has come to Shazhou to find you! What's wrong with me, you avoid me like a snake and scorpion? ”

She finally retracted her gaze and looked at Qiu Jinglan fixedly, "I thought, I thought about it for a long time, and finally understood: because I am the daughter of Uncle Jing, the younger generation of Uncle Jiang Si who regards him as his own daughter, and the pearl of the Zhenbei Army - you suspect that I like you, it is at the behest of Uncle Jiang Si, or my father and brother!" ”

Qiu Jinglan's sword eyebrows frowned slightly, then let go, and said with a smile: "The last general is indeed very curious, even if the Ou family's ancestral home is in northern Xinjiang, and the family style is influenced by the customs of the people in the north, and it is not informal. But Miss Ou is a woman after all! At the beginning, it could be said that Jingbo Mansion was caught off guard and negligent, but later after Jiang Bagongzi caught up with the team, he actually let it go...... Do you really think that with Princess Chunfu as a cover, this matter can be regarded as idle? ”

"If the last general's sister dared to do this, the last general would have left everything behind and arrested her back to the family law!"

He looked at Ou Qinglan for a long time, "Of course, Miss Ou can also say that this is because Ling Zun and Brother Ling are very angry and don't plan to care about you, which also shows that your status in the Ou family is nothing more than that!" If that's the case, isn't it very good for the last general to marry you? ”

"When Jiang Ba led people to catch up with the team, do you think he didn't want to send me back to Beijing?" On the night before the snow melted, the night wind was cold, Ou Qinglan was only wearing a thin jacket, standing on the shore of the lake at this time, she felt cold, but at this moment her heart was colder than her body, she tried her best to endure the overwhelming grievances, and said in a slightly trembling tone, "I did my best to defeat more than a dozen of his henchmen, and told him that if he had to send me back to Beijing, as long as the person escorting me was negligent on the way, I would come to Shazhou alone!" Then Qi Zheng said, it is better to let me go together, so that I can have a company! Otherwise, it's easier to get into trouble...... That's how he agreed! ”

"And I don't think you should use Ning Yi to compare me, Ning Yi likes nineteen to the extent that she definitely doesn't like you as much!" Ou Qinglan said lightly, "And you shouldn't use you to compare your father and brother!" My father is far away in the northern frontier, and he can't reach the whip! My brother's martial arts are far less outstanding than mine, and he has never been able to control me! Even if he comes, he can't help me! ”

"It's not right that you judge that my father and brother didn't stop me from coming to you without regard for my name! If they really didn't care about me, they should have kicked me out of the house a long time ago! ”

Ou Qinglan took a deep breath and looked at Qiu Jinglan with a calm demeanor, "As for saying that I did this, that's what they meant...... That year, when the Queen Mother was still the queen, on the Qianqiu Festival, I went to Ruan's Mansion with Ning Yi and saw you for the first time...... At that time, who would have thought that you would be in charge of the Zhenxi Army? Will my father and brother calculate you then? ”

"And take 10,000 steps back to say ......"

"Even if I really came close to you at the behest of my father and brother, are you afraid?!"

Qiu Jinglan was not excited, and said lightly: "Why aren't you afraid?" The last general is now busy with military affairs alone, and he has not yet married, and his backyard is empty! If the wife who marries is not the same as himself, will he not have another place to worry? Miss Han is indeed not as good as the eldest lady, but at least such a typical lady, and her grandfather's position, will make the last general worry a lot, right? ”

"Since she is only a middle-aged person, there is nothing outstanding about her, what can she help you except take care of your daily life?" Ou Qinglan lowered her head and blinked the tears on her long eyelashes, and said seriously, "And I can accompany you to kill the enemy when I enter, and I can tune the piano and flute with you when I retreat, although I don't understand the affairs of the court very well, but I can learn!" I'm willing to learn for you, too—and Miss Han isn't good enough, even if she doesn't have bad intentions toward you, who knows if she'll do bad things with good intentions? ”

"But Miss Ou, wouldn't you be kind enough to do bad things?"

"But my family background is better than her!" Ou Qinglan pursed her lips, "She and her family can only rely on you in the future, and my family and I can help you in the future - so those who dare to attack you dare to attack her even more!" But those who dare to attack you may not need to worry about me! You think my family background is not enough to impress you, and you didn't marry me, how do you know the background of our Ou family? ”

Qiu Jinglan laughed: "Okay, Miss Ou, you are indeed an out-and-out noblewoman!" But have you ever thought about it? Your family background is so good, will you be able to afford it? You also know that the last general had some ridiculous years in his early years, and his confidants were all over the world! If the last general marries Miss Han and proposes to put these people in the backyard and give them a serious name, the last general thinks that Miss Han will probably not refuse. She couldn't refuse—but you, Miss Ou, would you agree? ”

His smile was gentle but full of malice, "If you agree, the last general can immediately stop the marriage with the Han family, and tomorrow I will send someone to send you the hairpin ring left by the last general's first mother as a token of love!" ”

"......" Ou Qinglan's expression stiffened in an instant!

The night wind whimpered, the moon was dark and the stars were sparse, and in the deathly silence of the lakeside, she seemed to hear the sound of her heart breaking apart—

Love at first sight at the beginning of the Thousand Autumn Festival, the longing and waiting over the years, the step of mustering up the courage to leave the famous festival, the trek of thousands of miles, the panic and despair when the situation was indecent, the hardships of escaping from the world, the surprise and joy of the moment of meeting, and the righteousness when the sword of the river cliff moon and the river cliff love......

Scenes flashed in front of her like lightning - for the man in front of her, she burst out with all her strength and light!

Before I met him, I never thought that I could do it to such an extent.

Even if she heard that he proposed to the Han family, even if Jiang Qizheng persuaded her to let go, she still firmly believed that she still had a chance - she firmly believed that her talent and sincerity were enough to melt his iron heart, enough to open the door to mutual love for herself.

But now?

He finally opened his mouth and gave a promise, but the price was to share it with God knows if it was a few people or a dozen or dozens or even hundreds?

"Your cruelty is enough...... Enough to make people desperate! Ou Qinglan looked at Qiu Jinglan in a daze.

Under the moonlight, his eyebrows and eyes were extremely gentle, like a dream.

He stood there quietly and calmly, his eyes flat and distant, and he was calm and calm in his heart.

"If I refuse, I probably won't have another chance, right?" This thought was frequently pressed, and then kept rising, "After all, he is so cruel and cruel, he just wants me to die!" ”

"Or can you say yes first?" A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Wait for a kiss...... Those people want to divide my husband, and they have to have this life! ”

Thinking like this, Ou Qinglan looked at Qiu Jinglan again - the night wind blew through his clothes, as if he was going to ride the wind at any time, this was the man she chased everything, just thinking of him, she had endless courage and strength!

So, if you can be with him, even if you play a scoundrel once, what does it matter?

Her heart grew warm.

Qiu Jinglan smiled at her intently gaze: "Miss Ou, how is it?" Will you say yes? At this moment, his expression was frivolous, his eyes were indifferent, his tone was so gentle that he seemed to be a lover in love, and even the night breeze seemed to warm him for a moment between words.

Ou Qinglan stared greedily, her heart turned upside down, and she considered whether she obeyed her heart's refusal or lied to achieve her goal?

After a while, she spoke, her voice was very low, with an obvious choked voice, but extremely firm: "No, I don't agree!" ”

"Aunt Zhuang...... It's your sister's mother-in-law, who taught me from a very young age that husband and wife are one! Now that the husband and wife have become one, why do you want the concubine to be caught in the middle? Isn't that a monster? I won't promise you a concubine, I want to be your wife, the kind of heart-to-heart, not just the head of your backyard! ”

She couldn't lie to him after all—even if the reward was to get him!

Qiu Jinglan said in a relaxed tone: "Look, so the last general will not marry you, but also for your good." Do you think that a person like Mo Jiang, who has been lingering since childhood, will be like Jiang Nineteen, willing to be a couple for a lifetime? ”

"But your backyard is still empty!" Ou Qinglan blinked and blinked...... But now there were too many tears, although the ground in front of her feet was already wet, but tears still slipped down her plain white cheeks, "Those people didn't get into your backyard before I appeared, and after I appeared...... Why do you want to take them? Just to reject me? ”

Qiu Jinglan said with a smile: "The last general has always hoped to be able to marry a famous girl, but he can't control himself from going to the fence often, so he has to not give people a name, lest the noble girl's family dislike it." ”

"Then you should have admitted them before!" Ou Qinglan sobbed for a while before she said lightly, "When you ask to marry a famous lady, you will send someone out, and you will pay more attention to that noble girl...... You're an excuse too! But I don't care what you think, I want to be your wife anyway, but I won't promise you a concubine! ”

"This is the last general to give in!" Qiu Jinglan sighed, "It's just Miss Ou, why do you think that the end will agree to this condition?" When the last general had no fame at the beginning, he still enjoyed all the romance! Now that he is in a high position, it is better to have fun in a timely manner...... But you have to give up these for the sake of the eldest lady, don't you think this requirement is too difficult for a strong man? ”

Ou Qinglan bit her lip until there was an obvious smell of blood between her lips and teeth, and then she said word for word: "I am willing to die for you, and I am willing to do everything for you - except taking concubines." Maybe if you don't marry me because of this, I will be so sad and sad that I will never marry again in my life! ”

"But I still won't promise you a concubine!"

"I must never share you with anyone else!"

She looked at the man a few steps away with teary eyes, handsome and graceful like a visitor in the middle of the moon, cruel and indifferent to the moonlight tonight - really, was it lost like this?

…… I don't know how long it took, when Ou Qinglan was depressed and wanted to turn away, her shoulders suddenly sank, and the robe with a manly breath and body temperature wrapped her so abruptly.

"Tomorrow, I will ask Ruan Yi to send a hairpin ring!" Not far away, Qiu Jinglan smiled, her eyes were still calm, but there was no deliberate distancing in her tone, "It is said that my grandmother used to give my mother a meeting gift - I didn't have time to bring anything when I left home, and this set was given to me by my sister later." ”

Seeing Ou Qinglan looking at him stunned, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he laughed, "Is it unexpected?" ”

Ou Qinglan nodded stupidly.

"It's getting late, I have to go back and settle in. If you can't figure it out......" Qiu Jinglan seemed to smile, "why don't you ask Princess Chunfu?" She's so smart that she can definitely imagine it! ”

…… It wasn't until she saw Qiu Jinglan's back disappear on the Jiuqu Bridge that Ou Qinglan woke up like a dream, she jumped up high in ecstasy, and then quickly grabbed the robe on her body, reluctant to let it slide to the ground: "Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God!!! ”

"He actually ...... Actually......!!!! ”

"I knew I could impress him!"

"No, no, no, no, does he mean something else? What is it? Can't think of it...... He said he could go and ask Qizheng?! ”

"That's right! Ask Qizheng, where is she?! I'm going to find her! ”

The garnet-red Liuxian skirt swirled one after another on the corridor and opened one after another gorgeous flowers that could not be concealed by the night, and drove all the way into the residence of Jiang Qizheng and his wife: "Qizheng Qizheng!" Get up quickly, don't sleep! I have something important to ask you! ”