Chapter 60 The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, and the Yellow Sparrow Follows
At the end of February, the spring breeze is steep, and the shadows in the shade of the crape myrtle trees are indistinguishable, only the eyes of Qiu Yulan are burning and bright, and they look out quietly with mockery.
It took Qiu Mengmin a little time to cover the door, turned around, but there was no surprise on his face, and he only said lightly: "In the early years, I heard that General Ruan was excellent in martial arts, and he was indeed a tiger girl. My henchmen who I sent here? β
"I'm dizzy over there, I know that it's not easy for you to cultivate people, uncle, how can you be willing to get rid of it like this?" Qiu Yulan covered her lips and smiled, and said softly.
"You know I haven't practiced martial arts, so you might as well come over and talk about it." Qiu Mengmin blew out the lamp hanging under the back door and beckoned, "I think you knocked out my subordinates in the middle of the night and waited for me here. β
Qiu Yulan Shi Ran said: "The narrative is to be narrated, but it is better for you to go with your niece - what have you arranged tonight, and my niece doesn't know, if I go with you, my niece will feel uneasy." β
Qiu Mengmin thought about it, but he didn't object, and followed Qiu Yulan to the pavilion in the garden surrounded by water on three sides to talk.
"Has my uncle ever crossed the river and demolished the bridge?" Qiu Yulan stopped in the pavilion and asked first.
Qiu Mengmin said lightly: "You can rest assured of this, mother, she is just a heart of love for her son, and she has never thought about harming anyone." β
"Oh?" Qiu Yulan didn't believe it, "You are a filial son, your biological mother is like this, are you willing to seize the opportunity to pit your niece?" β
"Am I stupid?" Qiu Mengmin said indifferently, "You gave me this idea, how can you have no back-up?" Even if I can't guess what your backhand is, I know that you now have the support of the queen, and if this matter doesn't touch you, it will be easy to calm things down; If it touches you, the queen will definitely let it be thoroughly investigated...... Even if I think my hands and feet are clean, the world is unpredictable. The most important thing now is to keep the throne, so why should I risk it? β
He looked at Qiu Yulan, "What about you?" You were just waiting for me alone, instead of calling a group of people to wait for me? It's weird. β
Qiu Yulan smiled and said, "Uncle, you are a smart person, how dare you be too stupid to be your niece?" My niece brought a few maids back, what about you, I don't know that my niece learned some martial arts from my grandfather, so I carelessly asked my niece to wait for you outside! My niece is going to bring back a person who can use it, uncle, how can you grasp your handle so easily? This palace has been in your hands for more than ten years, and my niece doesn't have the confidence to get out of the way after exposing you! β
Qiu Mengmin noticed that she said "retreating with all her body" instead of "leaving alive", which means that even if Qiu Yulan thinks that the palace is under his control, he is sure to retreat, and at most he will suffer a loss.
"Be honest." Qiu Mengmin groaned in his heart and said, "Now that there is no one around, there is no need to say nothing, you must have a purpose when you raise your voice to alarm meβwhat do you want?" β
Qiu Yulan said: "Where does my niece dare to ask you for anything?" It's just that my niece saw something she shouldn't see, aren't you...... What should I give my niece to suppress the shock? β
"Since you learned martial arts from us, it seems that you have learned not badly, if you have a heart or not, if you want anyone in this mansion to die, there will be no chance these days." Qiu Mengmin said hesitantly, "But you have come full circle, and you don't hesitate to get involved in the dispute between the two queens!" It's just that I feel that it's not cruel enough for the old lady to do it myself, so I have to come forward...... I have fulfilled your wish, what are you not satisfied with? β
"In that case, you have indeed fulfilled the result that your niece has been dreaming of these days!" Qiu Yulan smiled lightly and said, "Then this matter will be revealed, if you don't involve your niece, your niece won't use this matter to pinch youβbut there is one thing that my niece has to ask: what are you going to do about the Lu family's future?" β
Qiu Mengmin snorted: "Since you say that I am a filial son......"
"Don't forget that she is an abandoned concubine of the palace!" Qiu Yulan interrupted with a faint smile, "In the early winter of last year, my niece's mother passed away, I heard that the aftermath is extremely simple, if it weren't for my cousin, it would even be shabby to the point that it is inferior to the next person?" Uncle, should you be confused and let the Lu family's future go past your niece's mother, right? β
"I mean, since I am a filial son...... Qiu Mengmin said expressionlessly, "At first glance, I heard that my biological mother committed suicide for me, and under the grief, it is natural that she is bedridden and difficult to see!" And your cousins are young and have never experienced such a big thing, and they deserve to be forgiven for any negligence...... I'll probably be okay when I'm done. β
Qiu Yulan was stunned for a while, couldn't find any flaws, and couldn't help laughing: "Uncle is so courageous, my niece used to say that you are not a person who does big things, but now I know that it is my niece who is young and knowledgeable, and she has lost her eyes!" β
"What the hell are you thinking?" Qiu Mengmin had neither color nor annoyance, and said calmly.
"You can see the beating that my niece received when she came back from Dizi Mountain." Qiu Yulan smiled, "It's been so long before a Lu clan died." The grievances in my niece's heart are churning, and I can't sleep in the middle of the night, what can I do? β
Qiu Mengmin said coldly: "Jin'er was originally harmed by you, and since ancient times, killing people has paid for your life!" You just got beaten, is this a grievance? β
"What did Lu tell you?" Qiu Yulan's smile faded, "What about the death of the niece's mother?" β
Qiu Mengmin sneered: "If there is no ironclad evidence, don't waste your efforts." β
"The matter of my niece and mother is not a trivial matter!" Qiu Yulan said lightly, "As for the evidence, how do you know that your niece doesn't?" β
"Even if there is, people are already dead, how are you going to be?" Qiu Mengmin glanced at the courtyard where Old Madam Lu lived, and said calmly, "Can you still crush her to ashes?" β
Qiu Yulan pondered for a moment before saying, "You mean that my niece can only suffer this loss?" β
"Didn't you already hold Lil?" Qiu Mengmin snorted, "In this way, what are you going to do to your aunt in the future, I can also pretend to be confused a few times...... Don't think about anything else, I can even do it with my biological mother, and I give in to you here, I am already thinking of the concubine's affection! β
β¦β¦ Seeing Qiu Mengmin go away, Qiu Yulan wandered alone in the pavilion for a while before brushing his sleeves away.
After dawn the next day, with a terrible scream from Cui Mei, who was fetching water into the inner room to serve, the entire Xihe Royal Mansion fell into chaos!
Because Qiu Mengmin, who was lying on the couch after receiving the cane, learned the bad news, he was barefoot, his hair was scattered, and he seemed to rush to his biological mother's residence when he was crazy, looking at the cold body that had been moved to the couch, regardless of the mess in the room, he fell down and knelt down, and exclaimed bitterly: "Motherββ! "Unconscious!
Now, the palace is even more chaotic!
Taking advantage of this messy situation, Spring Dye and Xia Dye quietly put Kang Lizhang, who was tied up with flowers and stuffed with things in his mouth, from under the garden gazebo, to Qiu Yulan's house.
"How?" Qiu Yulan smiled and untied her with her own hands, and asked Su He to bring the food, looked at Kang Lizhang, who was gobbling up, and kindly reminded, "I said that I tricked you to tie you there, definitely not to harm you, but for your own good!" You should trust me now, right? β
"Ask my cousin to save our mother and daughter!" Kang Lizhang was tied up all night in a daze, and in the middle of it, she heard the thrilling thing that Qiu Mengmin admitted in person - although it would not smell like not changing her clothes overnight in this season, she was obviously urinating on her body now, which showed how scared she was!
took advantage of Qiu Yulan's speech to pick up two mouthfuls of food, and with a little strength, Kang Lizhang couldn't care that the wound on his face had not healed, his head fell to the ground, and he refused to get up, "My brother deserves it, and my cousin should kill him." My mother and I used to offend my cousin in many ways, but since my cousin helped me to see the true face of my eldest uncle, I think she also took pity on our mother and daughterβplease ask my cousin to be kind and save us! β
Qiu Yulan dragged her chin and said with a smile: "What can I do to save you?" If it hadn't been for Queen Meng's mother to take a few more looks, I might not have survived last night! β
"Cousin, if you have any sends, please feel free to speak!" Kang Lizhang heard that she was taking a shelf - originally the old lady Lu was gone, and the mother and daughter of the Kang family were gone. Taiwan, just the grudge with Princess Yang is enough for them to sit still.
But Qiu Mengmin has been following Mrs. Lu all these years, and she is partial to her nephew and niece, which can't help but make the Kang family's mother and daughter feel that even if there is no Old Mrs. Lu, with him, she will never look at Princess Yang too much.
Now that he knows that Mrs. Lu was deceived to death by Qiu Mengmin, how dare Kang Lizhang count on this uncle?
Spare her the city is deep, and at this moment she can't help but be in chaos, what face, what grudge, what future...... She didn't want to think about it at all, and stepped forward to grab the corner of Qiu Yulan's skirt and begged bitterly: "As long as my cousin is willing to give our mother and daughter a way to live, you can do whatever you want us to do!" β
Qiu Yulan smiled: "There is a way to live, but I don't know if you dare to go?" β
Kang Lizhang hurriedly said: "Cousin, please speak!" β
"Go back and find a chance to tell your uncle alone, you know all about last night's events!" Before Qiu Yulan's words fell, Kang Lizhang was so frightened that she let go of the corners of her skirt, hugged her arms tightly around her chest, and said in horror: "Then the uncle can't kill my mouth with his backhand?!" β
"What if he kills you, and the truth of the matter will be revealed?" Qiu Yulan snorted, "If you don't say that, your uncle thinks you don't know the truth, maybe it won't happen to you." But, don't forget your eldest aunt, how miserable has you been pressed by your mother and daughter over the years? You say she's going to let you go? β
She leaned down, not disgusted that Kang Lizhang smelled bad now, and whispered in her ear, "You heard it all last night, I came up with the idea, but I came out in front of your aunt...... At that time, your eldest uncle did not agree, do you dare to say that your eldest uncle finally adopted this method, without your eldest aunt's instigation? β
Kang Lizhang's whole body trembled, and his lips trembled for a long time before he said, "But...... I ......"
"No, but." Qiu Lulan spread his hands and said ruthlessly, "I showed you the way to live - if you don't coerce your eldest uncle, your eldest aunt will be able to pinch your mother and daughter to death in the future!" You go and coerce your uncle, as long as you keep your back hand...... Are you afraid that he will not protect you? β
Speaking of this, she rolled her eyes and reminded, "You grew up in the palace, and you are seventeen this year, right?" I haven't said anything about my mother-in-law's family, who do you think your aunt will tell you? Without the Lu family, Aunt Kang, or your Kang family, can you beat your aunt? I, the county lord, have been promised such a person, you say, what kind of pickled goods will you be promised to?! β
Sending away Kang Lizhang, Su He and the others hurriedly opened the window to breathe, and lit the incense burner to smoke everywhere to dispel the smell she brought in: "Miss Watch's watch used to be very capable, but it turns out that she is so daring!" β
"She used to be bold because she wasn't the one who was unlucky." Qiu Yulan snorted, "Now that the matter has come to her, the details are suddenly revealed!" β
She pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you ready?" β
Su He hurriedly said: "It's all ready, do you want to take a look?" β
"No, I don't know much about these either...... Qiu Yulan sighed, and said with a heavy gaze, "This time it's mainly to bring good news to the mother, something or something, I don't think the mother will care too much!" β
Although she still hasn't figured out how Mrs. Lu got the sleeping incense and used this incense to calculate Princess Ruan and General Ruan, at least the person who directly harmed Princess Ruan's father and daughter is dead.
Qiu Yulan felt that she should go to the tomb and report the good news to Princess Ruan.