Jiang Qizheng, who received the news, was furious: "What a Gu family! If you lose, don't forget to pit us like this! ”

Because the competition has ended, He Shuijin, who was released back by Jiang Qisheng, persuaded her: "Fortunately, Princess Huainan is not gullible, and she still sent someone to check with us." ”

"Princess Huainan is not gullible, and others are not necessarily." Jiang Qizheng frowned and said, "I guess I was deceived by them, and I went back to say that our family was domineering." ”

Zhuang Man didn't care: "Isn't it just a few gossip?" Those who listen to the wind is the rain have nothing to explain. ”

"That's right." The main reason why Jiang Qizheng was angry was that Gu Qianna and them put it together, as for the Jiang family's domineering reputation - this has long been recognized.

He Shuijin smiled and rounded: "Thanks to Sister Qiu today, we have the opportunity to continue to go green." ”

"If it weren't for your invitation, I would still be at home." Qiu Yulan humbly said a few words to them, and said, "We've been delayed down the slope for a long time, why don't we talk up the slope?" ”

Since this splendid slope is a slope rather than a mountain, it is naturally not too tall, and there are many repaired paths. The carriage is enough to drive directly to the top of the slope, but in the words of Wa Shuijin: "The section of the road near the top of the slope has the best scenery, and if you look at it from the carriage, it is too disappointing to get off the bus and walk around." ”

Therefore, except for Jiang Qisheng, who claimed to have a foot injury, everyone got out of the carriage and walked slowly.

At the foot is a sparkling and rippling mountain path built of bluestone masonry, and the stone is covered with moss, which has a kind of ancient elegance.

Roadside peach, plum, pear and apricot hybrids, although it has not yet reached the time to bloom like a glow cloud, but occasionally colorful, falling with the mountain wind, but also live up to the recommendation of water and gold.

When everyone reached the top of the slope, they chose a flat land with the best flowers, surrounded the brocade barrier as usual, covered the carpet, and took all kinds of melons, fruits, cakes, pens, ink, pianos, flutes and other things out to arrange.

Qiu Shui Lan walked a few steps on all sides, and found that although this splendid slope is not high, the top of the slope is very large, but it is like a huge platform, it is estimated that when the flowers are blooming, thousands of people come to play, and it will not be too crowded.

At this time, thousands of people is a lot of traffic.

"Sister Qiu, let's go meet Princess Huainan?" She just walked under a peach tree to look at the flowers up close, and Jiang Qizheng walked over, "By the way, ask the Gu family what they said just now." ”

"Has Princess Huainan also gone uphill?" Qiu Yulan asked.

"There's something going on over there, too." Jiang Qizheng pointed to the distance, and he couldn't see anything through the flowers and trees, "We are not familiar with Huainan Palace, but Lihui is the lord of the county. The son is lively, and he can still talk about it after meeting a few times at the banquet. ”

When Qiu Yulan heard "Lord Lihui", he looked at Qiu Jinzhu, who followed him: "You seem to know Lord Lihui too?" ”

Qiu Jinzhu couldn't tell her to hide Gu Grace and tell about it, how would Qiu Yulan settle the account, and she was still cautious at the moment: "I will go to Huainan Wangfu to congratulate the county lord every year on his birthday." And he said, "I will also invite the lord of the county on my birthday...... But she didn't show up last year. ”

"Cousin Kang has gone to be a little mother for others, can people be happy?" Qiu Yulan sneered in his heart, and didn't say anything in front of Jiang Qizheng, but said, "Then you can go with us." Qiu Jinzhu was afraid that she wouldn't be able to keep up with her, and she didn't worry about Qiu Jinzhu's free movement!

So Jiang Qizheng shouted and Shuijin, leaving Zhuang Man to preside over the situation, and the four of them took a few maids and walked towards Princess Huainan together.

When I arrived at the place, I saw that the Jinqi of the Huainan Palace had not yet been erected, but a seat was set up outside for the Huainan princess and others to rest.

"How did you get here?" The princess and the princess are at the same level, and the princess of Huainan saw that Jiang Qizheng was busy getting up, "I was just saying that I would take the little girl over to thank you for taking a breath." ”

After the two sides saw each other, and after the guests and hosts sat down, Jiang Qizheng smiled and said, "What does the princess thank us?" This splendid slope is not anyone's house, but Shou'an and they have nothing to do, so they have to compete with us, so they said who loses and who leaves-but it has nothing to do with others. If the princess hadn't sent someone to ask, we wouldn't have known that they couldn't afford to lose. ”

The Huainan Wangfu is also a neutral party, but because of the special status of the Huainan King, he has a general relationship with Xue Chang, and he does not regard him as the party leader, so he is more at ease. So there is no need to pay attention to Jiang Qizheng and the others, and at this moment, Princess Huainan said with a smile: "Young people are inevitably temperamental, and we are easy to come out, thinking that we will turn around and go back to the house without asking clearly, which is strangely disappointed." ”

Concubine Mo also said: "Princess Chunfu's sex. We've all heard of it, not the arrogant people. ”

After greeting each other for a while, Chu Yitong, the county lord of Lihui, suddenly asked: "Is this eye-born sister the county lord of Ningyi of Xihe Palace?" ”

"My name is Trolling." Qiu Yulan nodded, "Sister Lihui is good!" ”

"You're okay too." Chu Yitong pursed his lips and said, "My name is Yitong-I've heard Aunt Kang say that you are a beauty for a long time, and now I know that she is too modest." ”

Jiang Qizheng and Shui Jin didn't know that Kang Lizhang had done the matter of the concubine of the King of Huainan, after all, Kang Lizhang was not even an official girl, and she was not at the same level as them, and the princess of Huainan was just a concubine, so there was no need to care about it at all.

At this moment, I suddenly heard Chu Yitong come to an aunt to praise Qiu Yulan, only to say that she deliberately buried it, and her face was not very good.

"What did Aunt Fushang ask me to do?" Qiu Yulan smiled, "My uncle......" looked at the woman in colorful clothes standing behind Princess Huainan, and stopped meaningfully.

Ordinary people's daughters are concubines, and those who have a little backbone in the family will feel ashamed, not to mention the niece of the dignified King of Xihe?

Especially two years ago, the in-laws of Xihe Wangfu had two private ones. Tong's daughter, until now, Qiu Jinzhu will be said to be Yang Yiroom and Yang Yifu's cousin - as a result, less than a year later, Kang Lizhang volunteered to be a concubine again, and Qiu Mengmin and his wife were so angry that they simply announced that they would not recognize this niece who was willing to be cheap.

So last time, when Kang Lizhang wanted to tell Qiulu Lan the clues about the missing industries of the Xihe Palace, he had to sneak in - because the Xihe Palace, if you want to know that it is the people she sent, she will definitely not be allowed to enter the door.

Now that Qiu Yulan mentioned this section, Princess Huainan coughed lightly and said, "Yitong, don't talk nonsense." ”

On the round field, he said, "Lord Ningyi, please don't be surprised, this kid is spoiled by me, and he doesn't have much sense of proportion, but he has no intentions." ”

Qiu Yulan smiled: "You are serious. ”

Jiang Qizheng and He Shuijin heard that they had an inside story, but it was not easy to ask, so they got up and said goodbye.

Princess Huainan and the side concubine symbolically left a few words, and let Chu Yitong send off the guests by herself.

Leaving Princess Huainan, Chu Yitong grabbed Qiu Yulan and said: "Sister, don't blame me for mentioning Aunt Kang just now, you said that our mother and daughter are still cold this day, especially my mother and concubine are also old, what do you want to run this splendid slope?" But Aunt Kang got it! ”

Qiu Yulan was stunned and said, "What? ”

"She said that she wanted to see your cousin, but she was afraid that there would be a huge gap between her and your identity now, and you wouldn't want to see her, wouldn't this be a cover for our mother and daughter to give her?" Chu Yitong sneered and said, "If you want me to say that you should ignore her, a good good family, it's not that the Xihe Royal Mansion doesn't promote her, she grew up in the palace, right?" It's hard to find anyone, so I'm in a hurry to be my father's concubine! What is there to recognize such a cousin? The King of the West River is really sensible! ”

Jiang Qizheng and He Shuijin were very surprised: "It turns out that Aunt Kang is your former cousin Kang Lizhang?" How could she go to be a concubine? ”

Qiu Yulan sighed: "How do I know? The voice was lowered, "But I know why she went to be a concubine, but I don't know how to say it." ”

Chu Yitong is thinking of a way to deal with Kang Lizhang, where is he willing not to listen? Immediately pulled her tightly: "Good sister, let me tell you the truth, don't be angry with me: I heard that Aunt Kang's mother and your aunt almost beat you to death!" You're a serious county lord! What is that autumn romance? The so-called mother must have a daughter, you said that such a person is now in our house, can my mother not have a headache? You have also seen the age of my mother, you can do it, you should pity me for a little filial piety as a daughter? ”

When Qiu Yulan heard this, he looked at Qiu Jinzhu.

Everyone thought for a moment, and Chu Yitong blurted out: "This is unlikely, right?" Princess Yang doesn't like her anymore, can she still force her to be a concubine? ”

Qiu Jinzhu was anxious and said, "There is no such thing!" At the beginning, she and our aunt suddenly disappeared, and my father and princess sent someone to find her, but after receiving the news, she had already entered your palace! ”

She has known Chu Yitong for many years, so she said aggrievedly, "Originally, I invited you on my birthday last year, and I wanted to explain it to you, but you didn't come." ”

Chu Yitong was stunned, and then sighed: "Don't you know how difficult it is for my mother to be a concubine after this Aunt Kang enters the mansion......"

"My father and princess also said that they don't recognize her!" Qiu Jinzhu argued, "What she said about our house, it was all self-talking!" I couldn't help complaining, "Why did your father still let you and the princess accompany her to visit her cousin!" Who is her cousin? ”

Chu Yitong said listlessly: "My father is getting older, so it is inevitable that he will be willful...... Alas, don't talk about this, I thought she was so confident because you also wanted to see her! ”

"If we want to see her, do she have to be afraid that we won't see her?" Qiu Yulan lightly exposed her lies.

Chu Yitong said embarrassedly: "Okay, her original words were that she was afraid that the noble girl you would make friends with would look down on her-I think it was when you went to Huainan Wangfu with Jinzhu that year, I was scolded by my cousins, for fear that the old things would repeat themselves." ”

"Now that things are clear, so be it." Jiang Qizheng spoke, "Our Jinji is almost finished, Zhuang Man and the others have been waiting for a long time to go back, I'm afraid I'm worried." ”

"Okay." Chu Yitong nodded, and apologized again, "Where I offended by what I said just now, I hope you Haihan." ”

"That's a big deal." Qiu Yulan said perfunctorily, pulled Qiu Jinzhu and said goodbye to her.

When Chu Yitong was gone, Jiang Qizheng asked, "What does Kang Lizhang mean?" ”

"I don't know." Qiu Yulan thought that Kang Lizhang's move was not normal, and thought that Qiu Jinzhu also had a plan this time - could it be that these two people were doing the same thing? Quite possibly! After all, she didn't care about the big industry that was missing from Xihe Palace, but Qiu Mengmin and Kang Lizhang must be worried about it.

"It's just that both of these people think I'm going to know?" Qiu Yulan sneered in his heart, "If it wasn't Jiang Yashuang who said it, I didn't know about it at all!" Let's see how you find it! ”

Jiang Qizheng was silent when she saw her answer, thinking that she didn't want to say it, so she didn't ask again. only said: "If you don't like to be bothered by her all the time, I will ask the fourth aunt to help you pass a message?" ”

"How dare you disturb the queen mother with such a trivial matter?" Qiu Yulan hurriedly excused herself and got involved with Queen Jiang, and the little things were going to make a big fuss.

While speaking, they had returned to the place before, and sure enough, the barrier had been pulled, and the carriage had driven to the side of the slope, and the surroundings had been cleaned up.

It's just that Zhuang Man and the others didn't rest in the brocade, nor were they waiting for them outside, but were arguing with a group of people: "...... Open your eyes and take a closer look, does my aunt and grandmother owe you to pay these few silver?! If you don't beat that obstacle to death, it's not over! ”

"This young lady, your lion cat is just frightened, I waited for this mastiff, but I borrowed it from a friend, and it is also a beloved thing in his heart......" A man who was not slow and sounded like a clear spring in the mountains said slowly, and he was only halfway through speaking, but was interrupted by a person behind him: "Lord Ningyi? Is this your friend? Can you ease my cheeks for a moment or two? ”

Qiu Lulan felt that the slow-talking man looked familiar, and when he heard the voice, he saw that the person who was talking to him at this moment was Qiu Feng dressed as a scholar!