In the blink of an eye, it was the day when Ruan Qingyan left the court, and it was actually calm in the middle - so on Ruan Qingyan's way to the examination room, it was imagined that there would be a lot of murder in all directions, and it was almost to the extent of ten kills in one step.

…… But Ruan Qingyan went in, and everything around him was still as usual.

"Do they want to do it in the exam room?" Qiu Yulan leaned on the window of the carriage, looked at the crowd that had dispersed around him, and muttered a guess.

Dong Ran shook his head and said, "This is impossible, Xue Xiang will never allow this kind of thing to happen-" His voice was lowered, "Even the Queen Mother can't afford to offend the world's scholars." ”

Qiu Yulan thought about it, the imperial examination is the foundation of the country, even if the Queen Mother Party doesn't care about one or two talented scholars, she has to guard against the Queen Party's fishing.

"It turns out that Bai is nervous these days!" Qiu Yulan wiped the cold sweat and said stupidly.

Dong Ran said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be white nervous, before the son entered the examination room, what if there was a small night hidden by the road?" Fortunately, God blessed, and Childe has entered safely. ”

"Let's go back." Qiu Yulan lowered the curtain.

The carriage had already turned its head, and the coachman gave the order and drove towards the general's palace.

When he was about to arrive at the General's Mansion, he was shouted: "Is Sister Ning Yi in the car?" ”

As soon as I heard this title, I knew who I met, Qiu Yulan rubbed her eyebrows, opened the curtain and looked out, sure enough, Ling Zui, who was wearing a big red arrow robe and a crane cover, rode a green horse, smiled and groaned beside the car, saw her show up, arched her hand, and said, "Sister Ning Yi is sending Brother Ruan back?" ”

"Exactly, where is the little marquis going?" Qiu Yulan muttered in her heart: Don't say that you want to go to Ruan's house again!

Fortunately, although Ling Zui stared at her face with a pair of eyes, he was not shameless enough to openly catch up with the door, and said: "In the spring snow, I plan to go to the dense forest outside the city to hunt some game to honor my parents." He asked her with a smile, "Does Sister Ning Yi like it?" When the time comes, I will pass by Ruan's house and share some with you. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, it's just that I'm guarding the ...... of filial piety" Qiu Yulan said against her will-because Mother Zhou, who was loyal to Princess Ruan, was with Su He every day, and she was pitiful that she hadn't eaten meat since she came through! Even the chicken soup was only drunk in the days when he was seriously injured...... God knows how much she wanted to grab Ling Zui's clothes and shout, "Give it all to me!! ”

Ling Zui naturally didn't know what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I forgot...... My sister is really a filial daughter. ”

"Where, how can you not repay the grace of birth and nurturing?" Qiu Yulan endured the pain.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then Ling Zui returned to his own team and rode away.

"Are those hounds? It's huge! Su He raised his hand to put the car curtain, occasionally looked out, and exclaimed, "There are people so tall!" ”

"Really?" Qiu Yulan hurriedly stopped the curtain she had put down, and when she looked at it, her pupils shrank slightly, "This is a mastiff, right?" ”

"It's a shame that someone was holding the chain tightly, and he didn't get close to us just now, otherwise our horses would be shocked." Winter Dye followed and rejoiced.

Qiu Lulan watched the tall mastiffs disappear into the corner of the street with Ling Zui and his party, and thoughtfully said, "No wonder this little marquis said to have helped that day." ”

"Huh?" Winter Dye and Suhe are both puzzled.

"On the day Aunt Kang and Cousin Kang came to the door, the mastiff that scared them into the house turned out to be deliberately let go by Ling Xiaohou." Qiu Yulan snorted, "My cousin threw so much silver at him, even if he still has a conscience!" ”

Thinking of the Kang family's mother and daughter, she asked, "How is she worried about her cousin's fate in the past two days, and she didn't beat Kang Lizhang?" ”

"Still the same as before, huddled in the room and kept silent." Dong Ran said, "Occasionally say a few words to the maid who delivers the food, and ask the county lord when you will pass." ”

"She doesn't like to be beaten by me, does she?" Qiu Yulan was surprised, could it be that this Cousin Kang has a masochistic physique?!

Fuyuzen smiled awkwardly: "It seems that I want to beg you for the matter of Gyokuro Paste - the wound on her face ......"

"Am I so kind-looking?" Qiu Yulan narrowed her eyes, "Next time she delivers food, she will ask me when I will come over, and let the maid set her clothes What benefits she has prepared to exchange for Gyokuro cream!" ”

The box of jade dew paste sent by Jiang Yashuang before gave her the inspiration to temporarily get out of the royal mansion, when she sealed the box and threw it into the empty courtyard well near the outer wall, so as not to be searched by the royal mansion, and planned to secretly get it after the Ruan family raised some body - as a result, when she entered the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, Empress Jiang's gift also had jade dew cream, and Qiu Yulan herself had to use it, so she didn't care about it for the time being.

Now that I heard that Kang Lizhang was anxious to see him, he thought about it, and he didn't know how much benefit he could get from this cousin Kang?

It's not that she loves money, but at least the old lady and Princess Ruan were taken away by the Kang family's mother and daughter, and they should be spit out with interest, right?

I didn't want to enter the general's mansion before I entered the general's mansion, and I received a tragic news: "A message came to the door, and the person who came claimed to be a descendant of Qiu Dian, the imperial historian." This time it's for the son's previous mother-in-law and brother-in-law. ”

Ruan An frowned and said, "I'm afraid...... The comer is not good! ”

"I thought that Hua Shen was talking nonsense, and it turned out that she had wronged her-it's not that they didn't come, but they planned to wait for my cousin to go down and want to single me out?" Qiu Yulan opened the post, looked at the payment, Pang Xu, Pang Biao, she was interested, "My cousin's surname was Pang before?" What's the name? Tiger? Leopard? ”

Ruan An coughed and said, "County Lord, the other party will come to the door tomorrow." ”

"Ignore them?" Qiu Yulan sneered, "Who stipulates that you must receive a greeting post?" How about playing the sign of the Imperial Doctor? My grandfather is not in good health, I have to serve left and right, how can I have the time to entertain people? Especially since my cousin is in the exam room now, how do I know that it is really someone he knew before? Don't be a liar – huh? ”

She blinked her eyes and asked Ruan An, "How do you think of the two liars caught in the General's Mansion?" ”

"Childe said before that these two people can't be his former maternal brothers." Ruan An groaned, "But since they dare to openly post and visit, they obviously have something to rely on." Besides......" he looked up at Qiu Yulan, "Jing Zhao Yin Feng Rugui's position, the matter of the last 'Renqing Hall' has already reminded many people. Qiu Dian is in charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory and knows Da Ruilu well. Even if he doesn't personally accompany the mother and son to the door, I'm afraid he will send someone to take care of him. ”

The implication is that Qiu Yulan wants to bully the people with officials like last time, and it is unlikely that he will be able to do so.

Qiu Yulan pondered for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then I want to see them." After all, even if they were true, it wouldn't matter to me. If you don't see it all the time, it's probably even more troublesome if you drag it out until your cousin finishes the exam. ”

"These two people chose to post today and come to the door tomorrow, obviously deliberately avoiding Childe." Ruan An frowned, "According to the old slaves, they are clearly coming specifically for the county lord!" ”

Qiu Yulan said indifferently: "Then let's see what killer features they have prepared these days!" Qiu Dian...... I don't know if the purple-robed man in the court that day is him? ”

The next day, the mother and son of the Pang family came as promised, and sure enough, there were Qiu Dianmen guests with them.

Take it to the hall to take a look: Pang Xu's rich state, sure enough, she looks like a rich wife, but her skin is slightly dark, otherwise she would be a beauty when she was young; As his name suggests, he was tall and fierce, and he looked like a standard businessman — oh, the kind of businessman who specializes in buying and selling without capital.

The guest of Qiu's family who accompanied them was a yellow thin man in his thirties, wearing a Confucian shirt and a soft veil on his head, who did not look very good, but his bearing was very calm, and he claimed that his surname was Li Minggui, and he was famous for his achievements - but this year he did not end up. I don't know if the imperial examination can't go on?

Li Gui said that he was a distant relative of Pang Xu's family, and he came with them, and he was silent after speaking.

The mother and son were still a little nervous at first, like the first time they entered a place like the General's Mansion.

But when I looked up, I saw that there was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl in plain clothes sitting in the hall, and there were not many people around, so I immediately had confidence: "The county lord Niangniang, the women and dogs took the liberty to come here to ask for something from the mother." ”

Qiu Yulan said casually: "Since you entered the door with Qiu Yushi's post...... You said. ”

"Pang Lu, the youngest son of the people's woman, heard that he came here last year, and now he has something at home, and I want to invite him back together." Pang Xu's way of being neither humble nor arrogant.

"Who is Pang Lu?" Qiu Yulan continued to be careless, admiring the pattern of the blue and red sea beast pattern bowl in his hand, "There has never been a name for this in the mansion - also, although it is a relative of Li Juren and came to the door with Qiu Yushi's post, I also have to say: There are old people in this mansion who are not in good health, and now they are waiting for the good news of their grandson's apricot list, and the imperial doctor has told him to disturb him...... It's not a secret in Kyoto, so you're going to find someone to figure it out and come back, okay? ”

She sank her face and put the tea bowl aside with a "snap", "My grandfather is only before the county lord serves the sickbed, Qiu Yushi is fine in his own house, and he is so idle that he is in a hurry to take the Ruan family for recreation?!" ”

Hearing the threat in her words, Li Gui snorted: "It's not like this. "It's up to Pang Xu's mother and son.

The faces of the mother and son became solemn: "Please rest assured, although the woman is only coarse and literate, she also knows a little bit of Da Rui Law, if you don't confirm that Xiao'er is in the house, how dare you come to the door?" ”

Qiu Yulan sneered: "Oh, I haven't recognized all the people in this mansion, but you have confirmed it?" What is the confirmation method? ”

"Please read this letter from the county lord." Pang Xu took out an unsealed letter from his sleeve and raised his hands up.

Qiu Yulan glanced at Dong Ran, Dong Ran walked down the hall, took the letter from Pang Xu's hand, looked at the light for a moment, and then dusted it vigorously, and then put it on the table in Qiu Yulan's hand.

“…… You all go out, and I'm going to talk to this Xu Shi alone. Qiu Yulan opened the letter, glanced at it, his face changed, and he commanded.

Dong Dye and the others were taken aback: "County Lord? ”

"Go down!" Qiu Yulan rubbed his eyebrows and commanded again.

Seeing that Li Gui arched his hand at the bottom, he had already taken the lead and walked out, Dong Ran and the others glanced at each other, afraid that they would sweep Qiu Yulan's face in front of outsiders, and they wanted to be in broad daylight, forgive this Pang Xu clan and didn't have the courage to do anything to Qiu Yulan, so he retreated step by step.

When the door closed, Qiu Yulan asked Pang Xu with a gloomy face: "Who are you?!" ”