Chapter 240 The One with a Child Rules the Backyard
The process to meet Ruan Ciyi was not as nice as Ling Zui described. After seeing Qiu Yelan, Ruan Ciyi only had a few words before asked all the servants to leave. She held the hand of Qiu Yelan and started teaching her ways to control her husband. That was fine, but her central idea was exactly like Mrs. Zhou’s: the one with child rules the backyard!
She not only advised her but also prepared everything: a secret prescription to get a boy, things that are beneficial to have children, a list of food that would make her easy to get pregnant… She even taught some secret tips to get pregnant to her set aside shyness.
Qiu Yelan desperately changed the topic, “I was just married. It’s no hurry. I’ve heard from my brother and Ling Zui said that after Qiu Feng was married, he was not happy?”
“He’s used to being a free man and couldn’t see eye to eye with Chunfu Princess!” Ruan Ciyi took the silk fan and fanned themselves. She said carelessly, “This time he didn’t want to greet the royalties during the trip. The Princess said she was going to go with him first. But he found so many excuses and left the Princess in Jing City. He came here alone. I told your brother that he should kick Qiu Feng out two days ago. Otherwise, Chunfu Princess may hate us all under her rage.”
She then sighed, “I was joking. But the princess is really pitiful. She could never have thought that Qiu Feng didn’t want to marry her at all.”
Even though Jiang Qizheng was not a real royal princess, but her background was more prestigious than most of the real ones. She was of high born, beautiful, and not too arrogant. So, there were a lot of people courting her!
To Jiang Qizheng, there were two types of men. One was the people who loved her but weren’t qualified to court her. The other was the people who were qualified to court her, but she didn’t like them. So, when she fell in love with Qiu Feng, she took it for granted and thought the only problem was that her elders might not agree to it!
If she had not married Qiu Feng, it would have been fine to remember this regret.
But coincidentally, she got what she wanted!
But this marriage she fought so hard to get was not as happy as she imagined. Qiu Yelan thought that no wonder the last time when she asked Jiang Qizheng to go back to the Jiang Family to persuade Jiang Yadan, she came in a hurry and left in a hurry. She was afraid that her family would ask about her life. If she had said it was not fine, she would have been ashamed. And with her pride, she probably couldn’t lie and say that it was fine. So, she could only hide from her family.
“Then what are they doing now? They can’t always be like this.” Qiu Yelan felt like she had a headache. Are they going to be strangers for life?”
Ruan Ciyi said, “She is of high born and he is of low-born. How can they see eye to eye this quickly? But luckily Qiu Feng is not an indecent person. Even though he was hiding from the Princess, he didn’t go out and seek other women.”
“Therefore, if they have a child, they won’t be strangers. They’ll be close to each other! So, I mean, women need to have a child! If you have a child…”
“…” Qiu Yelan looked sorrowfully at the pillar in the near distance. She had the urge of b.u.mping against it…
Luckily, she was married. Without the permission of the elders, she couldn’t stay overnight outside.
So, when it was about the evening, Qiu Jinglan sent her back to Jiang’s residence, “You just arrived at the Mount Dizi today. You probably need to dine as a family. Go back now. Don’t be late. It will make the elders unhappy.”
“I’ll come back to see you and sister!” Qiu Yelan said goodbye to them sweetly, but what she was thinking was, “I’m not coming again unless necessary!” Ruan Ciyi could direct every topic to the child now. Even though Qiu Yelan knew she meant well, she still felt creeped out by her nagging!
She rushed back to her residence and saw He Shuijin who was coming out. He Shuijin saw her and stopped, “Did you go out? I was going to ask someone to find you!”
“What’s wrong?” Qiu Yelan asked surprisingly.
“We’re going to dine as a family tonight. If you hadn’t come back, you wouldn’t have time to change clothes and tidy up yourself.” He Shuijin said, “Alright, go back to your room and clean yourself up!”
Qiu Yelan said yes and thanked her. Then she saw He Shuijin was still walking outside. She again said surprisingly, “I am back.”
He Shuijin hadn’t walked far. Hearing this, she looked back and smiled at Qiu Yelan, “Grandma said she hadn’t seen Chunxiao for some time. She asked me to invite Chunxiao here.”
“I see. Then go. Don’t let me delay you.” Qiu Yelan said goodbye to her and thought in her heart, “In these two years, County Princess Duanrou didn’t come to the Jiang Family often. It is said that Prince Qiyang is not well and she needs to serve him. Now Grandma specifically asked He Shuijin to invite her over. It’s probably for something else.”
County Princess Duanrou was the same age as her. At her age, when girls got invited, it was almost always about their marriage.
“County Princess is the peer of the great-grandchildren generation of the Jiang Family. There are two great-grandchildren who are about to get to the age of marriage. Is it for this?” Qiu Yelan thought for a while, “But the mother of County Princess Duanrou, Jiang Qizhuan, only married Prince Qiyang because of Madame Dou’s plot. Now the two people who are suited to marry County Princess are the grandsons of Madame Dou. Will Princess Qiyang let her daughter marry one of them?”
“Besides, it was Madame Tao who asked He Shuijin to invite… Madame Tao never liked the first branch. So, it’s probably for something else?”
She never had much acquaintance with County Princess Duanrou, so she couldn’t figure it out. While she was thinking, she went back to her residence. Jiang Yashuang who was wearing a green robe came out from under the grape trellis, “Did you go to see your brother? How is he?”
“He’s fine.” Qiu Yelan was surprised, “You didn’t go to the Seventh Prince? Isn’t there a banquet in the Palace tonight?”
“It’s just a family banquet. We just arrived today and we’re all tired. The official Palace banquet will be held tomorrow, so the Seventh Prince let me go.” Jiang Yashuang smiled, “I heard that you went to your brother and I wanted to go too. But Ou Bicheng came. I just sent him off.”
Hearing that, Qiu Yelan asked, “Why is he here?”
“He heard from Xing that Xin Fubing was not looking well. He was worried and he didn’t dare to ask, so he came to ask me secretly. How would I know? I haven’t seen her for some time.” Jiang Yashuang sighed, “I don’t know whether Xin Fubing will come out for the dinner tonight. If she does, can you say something for him?”
Qiu Yelan frowned, “How interesting it is! What can he do even if he knows that Fubing is not doing well? Marry her? I think not! Then he shouldn’t ask, in case Fubing gets another thought after she has just let him go.”
Jiang Yashuang sighed again, “Yes, but even though he doesn’t have that kind of feeling for her, they did grow up together. He wants her to go well.”
“Then I’ll go to Fubing’s place a couple of times later.” Qiu Yelan said lazily, “We have a family dinner tonight. I’ll go take a bath and change my clothes!”
So many things had happened that day. At the dinner, even though Xin Fubing was pale and had no expression, she still came with Madame Ou. Many people in the Jiang Family knew why she looked so awful, so they didn’t mention it. The problem was that Jiang Yalan didn’t know. Madame Mi and Mi Yinyin kept it a secret from him.
After some drinking, the elders started to talk and the younger ones also became lively. So, he turned and asked Mi Yinyin, “Is Fubing sick? Why does she look so weak? Go ask her. If she couldn’t hold on, she doesn’t have to. It’s just a family dinner.”
Frankly, even though he liked Xin Fubing before, he wasn’t out of line for saying this. They were cousins and Xin Fubing’s parents were not in Jing City. It was reasonable for Jiang Yalan to care for her. He even especially asked Mi Yinyin to go.
For Jiang Yalan, this concern was above board.
But Mi Yinyin didn’t think so. She answered Jiang Yalan while holding back her tears. When she walked up to Xin Fubing, what she said besides Xin Fubing’s ears was, “Jiang Yalan said you looked sick. There’s nothing urgent today. You should go back and rest, in case you behave inappropriately later and make the elders worry!”
It was easy to imagine how Xin Fubing, who was just rejected by Ou Bicheng and forced to marry the Seventh Prince whom she didn’t like, would feel after hearing this!
Her face went green. She tossed her wine cup on the table hard. Even Madame Tao who was listening to Madame Ou was startled. She turned around and asked surprisingly, “What’s wrong?!”
Xin Fubing who was usually polite said coldly, “Grandma, I’m not feeling well. I’ll go back now!” After saying that, she stood up and ignored Mi Yinyin’s fake detainment.
“This girl…” Madame Ou was a tough person. She was always strict with her children. But Xin Fubing had taken several hits these days. Even Madame Ou felt sorry for her. So, she didn’t care about her impoliteness and just sighed. She said to Madame Tao, “I didn’t know she still feels so unhappy after days…”
Seeing Madame Ou believed that Xin Fubing did this because she was angry about what happened before and didn’t suspect her, Mi Yinyin was complacent. She left secretly. But only she thought she was covert. Mi Yinyin didn’t know Sheng Shishui and Qiu Yelan who were in the near distance saw everything.
“We just joked about He Shuijin, saying that she still needs to host this event. When everyone else is eating and having fun, she’s still so busy. She’s not as easy and relaxed as us.” Sheng Shishui saw Mi Yinyin had gone back to her seat and was saying something to Jiang Yalan aggrievedly. They didn’t need to hear it to know she was describing Xin Fubing’s angry leave as her dissatisfaction with Jiang Yalan’s concern. Sheng Shishui took the round fan on the table and covered half of her face. She said to Qiu Yelan quietly, “Who knows we could see such a drama?”
“Fubing had taken several hits these days.” Qiu Yelan drank up the peppermint drink in her cup and said quietly, “Please cover up for me. I’ll go after her in case anything happens!”
Sheng Shishui nodded, “Go! She’s always proud. She may not think straight when she’s angry.”
Qiu Yelan turned back and told Jiang Yashuang again. Then she lifted her dress and secretly went to the door. She started chasing after Xin Fubing!
When she got to the garden, she didn’t find Xin Fubing, but heard the cry of Jiang Qizheng behind an artificial hill in the near distance, “I’m not a person who will badger someone. I’ll go tell the elders that we’ll just divorce!”
Qiu Yelan almost tripped over!