"County Lord!" Seeing Qiu Tuolan come out, Qu Shan's family was very excited.

Qu Shan's mother, Mother Li, is almost sixty years old, she is the son of the Xihe Palace, she is very talented in cooking, and she is in charge of the diet of the concubine of Xihe in her early twenties.

After the death of Concubine Xihe, Qiu Mengmin was in charge, and he was not worried about the subordinates used by his mother-in-law, so he cleared the palace - originally the Qu Shan family would have been sold, but Princess Ruan came forward to protect a group of people, so that the Qu Shan family began to serve Princess Ruan's mother and daughter.

It can be said that Qiu Yulan grew up as a family, and the affection is extraordinary.

At this moment, when the master and servant saw each other again, Mother Li couldn't help but burst into tears, choked up and kowtowed: "I don't want the old slave to see the county lord again!" ”

"Mother Li, get up!" Qiu Yulan was taken aback by this situation, and was busy pulling her.

persuaded Qu Shan's family, and when they calmed down, Qiu Yulan asked, "Mother Li, aren't you ...... Have you left Beijing? ”

According to Zhou's mother's recollection, Qu Shan's family was sold to an exiled official, and the official seemed to be going to Lingnan to take up a post - with the traffic at this time, as well as Li's mother's age, if she really went to Lingnan, it is estimated that she will never see her in her life, so her excitement is not exaggerated.

"The old slave family was indeed sold to the Wu prefect who went to Lingnan and brought out of Beijing." Mother Li calmed down her emotions, and cried again when she was asked, "But before the Wu Governor's Mansion arrived in Jiangnan, it was because of Ding worries!" He took the old slave family back to Sangzi - in the suburbs of the capital three days away. Two days ago, someone suddenly came over, claiming that he was ordered by the county lord to buy the old slave's family to return to the palace, and the Wu prefect asked the old slave's wishes, and of course the old slave's family was willing to come back to serve the county lord......"

Qiu Yulan's heart jumped, he glanced at Ruan Qingyan, the head of the company, and blurted out: "I don't know where you were sold, how can I buy you back?" ”

"That's what you said, county lord." Mother Li whimpered, "Those people were actually sent by the prince and Princess Yang to kill the old slave's family—halfway back to Beijing, they suddenly turned their faces!" Throw the old slave's family into the river! Thanks to General Jiang Xiao's timely arrival, the old slave's family can see the county lord again! ”

Qiu Yulan's face turned pale, and he said, "And then?" River Cliff ...... What can General Jiang Xiao say? ”

"General Jiang Xiao escorted the old slave family to the capital, and instructed the old slave family to come here to join the county lord-" Mother Li raised her sleeves and wiped her face, pleading, "The old slave family originally planned to serve the county lord and the princess for the rest of their lives, and before the princess left, she also told the old slave family to take care of the county lord!" Now that you can still see the county lord, you still ask the county lord to take it in! ”

Before Li's mother finished speaking, Qu Shan behind her was already silently holding a stack of deeds of sale in her hands.

Qiu Yulan sighed, and did not go to pick up the deed of sale, but said: "Mother Li, I won't hide it from you - you were almost victimized this time, I think it should have something to do with me." ”

"Where can you blame the county lord for this? Although the old slave was stupid, he also knew that the old slave had served the concubine back then, so it would naturally hinder the eyes of the prince and Princess Yang. When Mother Li heard this, she didn't complain, but smiled miserably, "At the beginning, Mrs. Gu sold the old slave family to Wu Zhifu, and it seemed that she didn't do anything wrong, but if it wasn't for Wu Zhishi's return to his hometown, the old slave family really followed him to the miasma in Lingnan, and the old slave would probably die before he got to the place!" Qu Shan: They are not people with good health, and they may not necessarily live! On the side of the palace, it is clear that he just wants to exchange the lives of the old slaves for money! ”

She took the deed of sale from Qu Shan's hand, stepped forward tremblingly, and put it in Qiu Yulan's hand, "County Lord, don't you want the old slave family to serve?" ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Lulan could only accept the deed of sale, and her mood was very complicated - the corners of Ruan Qingyan's mouth were slightly hooked, thinking that since the Qu Shan family was the person used by Princess Ruan, and was almost killed by Qiu Mengmin's people, it should be credible. He was worried that there were too few people waiting for Qiu Yulan now, and the return of Qu Shan's family relieved his worries.

Therefore, seeing that Qiu Lulan took the deed, she immediately rewarded Qu Shan's family with fifty taels of silver on her behalf, which can be regarded as a reward for their loyalty.

Qiu Ran and Zhou's mother went to settle Qushan's family, and Ruan Qingyan called Qiu Yulan to discuss: "It seems that the Empress Dowager Gu agreed to discuss Qiu Mengmin's matter after the Lantern Festival, mainly to give Qiu Mengmin a chance to kill people!" ”

Qiu Yulan's face was not very good-looking: "We didn't even think of this - but it's useless for us to think of it, we don't have that many people at all!" Fortunately, the Jiang family thought of it. ”

She frowned, "Actually, if you are a witness, because there are only subordinates, after all, you can't stand very much!" I'm worried about the physical evidence. ”

Ruan Qingyan said: "You mean genealogy? It's not that easy to do on genealogy, right? ”

At this time, the rule is that only the main wife can be recorded in the family tree, and as for the concubine, unless she gives birth to a child, it is not recorded.

Mrs. Lu was born with Qiu Mengmin, so the Qiu family tree has a demerit for her - but after Concubine Xihe officially kicked her out - the so-called formality is not that after Mrs. Lu was kicked out of the palace, until the concubine passed away, she never went back in the middle; Instead, Concubine Yu Xihe ordered her to be deleted from the family tree!

In this way, Mrs. Lu has nothing to do with the palace completely!

I want to take advantage of the death of Concubine Xihe, go back to the palace to cry and mourn, and I can't mix back my identity!

"If the genealogy is not good, why would Qiu Mengmin send someone to exterminate Li's mother's family?" Qiu Yulan shook his head and said, "I suspect that it's not just Mother Li, maybe other old servants are also being killed!?" ”

Ruan Qingyan pondered for a moment and said, "Genealogy is the most important thing in the family, and it won't be so easy to tamper with." Especially the concubine drove out the Lu family, it was more than 30 years ago, and now if you want to add the Lu family, the pen and ink era is not right! ”

"If you can't modify it." His words didn't reassure Qiu Yulan, she said calmly, "The easiest way is to simply destroy the family tree!" When the time comes, it is much better to bear the charge of poor genealogy preservation than to be punished for disrespecting your mother-in-law! And this confuses the identity of the Lu family, maybe with the support of the Queen Mother, you can also give the Lu family a concubine? ! ”

"That's impossible!" Ruan Qingyan sneered!

He eased his emotions before he said, "Empress Jiang is using this matter to insinuate the Empress Dowager Gu, even if the Empress Dowager Gu wants to seal the Lu clan as the concubine, but Empress Jiang will definitely not agree." The second queen is now evenly matched, how can Qiu Mengmin pass the test so well? ”

Qiu Yulan thought for a while and proposed: "Why don't we ask Jiang Yashuang to come over and ask about the situation?" "After the Lantern Festival, we will form a group to brush the Queen Mother Gu, and now the allies are not communicating with each other, practicing and cooperating, how can we cooperate happily when the time comes?

Seeing that Ruan Qingyan immediately stretched his face, Qiu Yulan felt ridiculous: "This little General Jiang is a serious person, cousin, why do you hate him so much?" ”

"Serious people will have a private meeting with a young woman at the back door in the middle of the night?" Ruan Qingyan sneered!

One hit kills! Qiu Yulan said stupidly: "That's the ...... I asked him to do"

"That's his fault too!" Ruan Qingyan said very unreasonably, "Do you want me to admit that my sister doesn't abide by women's morals?!" ”

Qiu Yulan smiled dryly: "This ...... It's just a meeting......"

"In short, if I come and go to contact the Jiang family, you will die and meet Jiang Yashuang again!" Ruan Qingyan shouted coldly, "Let me tell you, I have seen that kid very unpleasantly now, if he dares to seduce you again, even if he is the queen's nephew, I will not let him have a good time!" ”

…… This so-called seduction of me includes but is not limited to me taking the initiative to ask him out, taking the initiative to approach him or something, right?

Qiu Yulan sighed: "Then what do I do?" Staying in the house every day? You see, my grandfather wakes up every day, and it's really ...... for me to be idle."

"Then you can learn how to needlework and the like." Ruan Qingyan said earnestly, "Girl's family, these things are all must-know!" If you don't study hard now, when you go out of the cabinet in the future and go to your in-law's house, you won't have a few things to get your hands on, won't you be underestimated? The so-called marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, but anyone who is a mother-in-law ......"

So next, Qiu Yulan was taught by Ruan Qingyan's endless thoughts on "how to be a good daughter-in-law who loves people and sees trees and flowers blooming" - in the end, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked angrily: "Are you my cousin?!" Or my future brother-in-law?! Which side are you on! ”

Ruan Qingyan was stunned and said, "Of course I'm doing it for your good...... I see that other mothers persuade their daughters like this, right? Could it be that the mother will still harm her daughter? ”

"......" Qiu Yulan was deeply defeated by him, and pushed him out, "Let's go, let's go, let's go quickly!! ”

This kind of has a mother as a mother. Cousin of the heart, who can afford to hurt!

However, although Ruan Qingyan was determined to isolate his cousin from meeting with the men outside, he still failed - two days later, he was forcibly dragged to the "Jinbao Pavilion" by Ling Zui, who came to the door in person, to give Peng Laiyue his first performance of the year.

He walked on the front foot, and on the back foot, claiming to be the shopkeeper of the "Renqing Hall" that Ruan Qingyan had bought when he arrived in the capital, He Zifu came to the door sweating profusely and came to the door for help: "The 'Renqing Hall' was smashed by His Royal Highness King Zhou!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhou?!" Qiu Yulan was shocked, "He directly brought someone to the door to smash it?" The shop hasn't opened yet, has it? Did you send someone to the yamen to cry out for injustice? She vaguely remembered that Chu Weizhou, the king of Zhou, was the half-brother of Chu Weize, the king of Yan, and the biological mother of the two brothers was the concubine Gu who was second only to Empress Jiang - that's right, it was the niece of the Empress Dowager Gu and the sister of the king of Guangyang!

With this relationship, coupled with the current situation, it is not surprising that Chu Weizhou is in trouble with the Ruan family's industry. But even if Chu Weizhou is the prince of the king, he will not dare not take Empress Jiang in his eyes. Empress Jiang is not a kind and amiable mother-in-law with a reputation, Chu Weizhou is unreasonable to help Empress Dowager Gu, isn't she afraid that Empress Jiang will grab the handle and clean him up?

He Zifu wiped his sweat and said: "Gongzi originally ordered the shop to open the door after the Lantern Festival, but the pharmacy involves life and death, so there are also people guarding the New Year's Festival." The day before yesterday, someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night, saying that his family had an emergency and took a prescription prescribed by a familiar doctor to ask for medicine. The guy who guarded the shop believed it and was afraid of delaying his life, so he opened the door and grabbed medicine for him...... I didn't expect ...... That recipe was made of hands and feet, and it was blindly ...... inside."

"Okay, that means that King Zhou is smashing the shop now, is there a reason?" Qiu Yulan asked with a gloomy face.

He Zifu's face was full of shame, and he said anxiously: "Yes, and the person who took the medicine died, and now the body has been carried to the lobby of the 'Renqing Hall'——"