Real Empress from a noble family

Qiu Yelan glared at the careless maid. Seeing her hesitant appearance, she knew that she had eavesdropped on the door for so long. If she didn't hear all of her conversation with Jiang Yashuang, she might hear something about it. However, Qiu Yelan didn't want to mention this now, so she brushed her sleeves and said, "All right. I'm coming out. Where's the dinner? Why don't you serve the dishes?"

Su He hurriedly ran to serve the food. Mrs. Zhou, Chunran and others heard that she was out of the inner chamber, so they all gathered to comfort her.

Qiu Yelan was absent-minded and perfunctory. She finished her dinner and rinsed her mouth under the service of everyone. Then she remembered to ask, "Has the matter of Yunyi Restaurant spread to the Prince's Mansion?"

Mrs. Zhou sighed, "The servants outside are talking about it, but you can rest assured that no one dares to come here to make trouble, even if they are gossiping in private, they are also hiding from us."

"Princess Yang's biggest worry now is Mistress Bian's belly. She also knows that I am not a person to be bullied, so she naturally has no time for trouble." Qiu Yelan snorted, "I just taught the servants of the house a lesson last time. I'm sure their memory won't be so bad!"

After meditating for a while, she asked, "Now that the Prince's Mansion knows it, but has the matter of the Yunyi Restaurant spread outside?"

Mrs. Zhou and Chunran looked at each other, and a trace of sadness flashed across their face, "This…."

"What time is it? Why do you still keep it from me?" Qiu Yelan rubbed her eyebrows and said, "Su He?"

Su He immediately said, "After listening to the gossip of the servants in the house, your grandmother asked me to pry outside. It has already spread outside." She hesitated for a moment before she went on, "It is said that the words came from the subordinates of the Jiang family."

Qiu Yelan narrowed her eyes, "It's probably the bitch, Jiang Qisheng. Maybe it isn't her. She may have been instigated by Tao Peibin. In short, these two bitches really want to kill me."

Although Jiang Yashuang had the intention of asking her to marry him, it was not necessary for him to do so in terms of his character and identity. Especially if she agreed to marry him, she would be the wife of Jiang Yashuang. In that case, her reputation was damaged, how could Jiang Yashuang be decent?

It was Tao Peibin.

She cried in "Binghu Xianyu", which directly exposed her mind to Jiang Yashuang. In particular, although she lured Jiang Qisheng to do everything possible to her, there was nothing she could do about it under the favouritism of Madame Tao. According to Jiang Yashuang's words, she was sent back to the Tao family because of this. She could not easily go to the Jiang family in the future.

Under such circumstances, even if she did not know that Jiang Yashuang was going to take up the responsibility of being alone with Qiu Yelan, it was natural to make Qiu Yelan angry.

"She is a loser. She has been fond of Jiang Yashuang for a long time and doesn't act early, but she is determined to root out her romantic rival. She is not as good as Cousin Kang. She just came from a good family, or she will be squeezed to death by me every minute." Qiu Yelan sneered in her heart, "But as soon as Jiang Yashuang knows her mind, he won't let her go to the Jiang family, so he doesn't have the slightest affection for her. Tut, how dare she fight with me?"

Mrs. Zhou glared at Su He. She seemed to blame her for being talkative. But she saw that Qiu Yelan was not depressed. On the contrary, her face was full of hatred, so she had no time to blame Su He. She hurriedly comforted her, "Your Grace, don't be angry. I wonder if there is some misunderstanding in it? Otherwise, Your Grace used to have no grudges with the young lady Jiang Qisheng of the Jiang family and Miss Tao. The last time Madam Shao moved to our house. These two people also came to watch the ceremony. How could they embarrass you? Maybe someone is making trouble!"

Qiu Yelan hummed, "Mrs. Zhou, don't worry. I have a clear idea of this, and it's really no one who provoked it. If someone really stirs up discord, it is Tao Peibin. But there is a person in the Jiang family who is reasonable. In the daytime, I came back from Yunyi Restaurant and went to the lady of Marquess Qin first. I think the lady of Marquess Qin is very reasonable."

"That's good." Mrs. Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words. She knew that Jiang Qisheng and Tao Peibin had a hard time with Qiu Yelan. Even if someone stirred up discord, this feud had reached the point that these two people had openly corrupted the reputation of Qiu Yelan. Was this feud easy to solve? Mrs. Zhou didn't know what to do. She was afraid that Qiu Yelan could not bear it and would do something irreparable. She couldn't rest assured if she didn't try to persuade her.

Qiu Yelan knew that she was loyal. She soothed her with warm words. She looked at the corner timer and got up, "You are tired and worried about me just now. You can go and get some rest."

She also said, "Su He, you stay. I want to ask you something."

Su He bit her lips timidly when she heard the words, "Yes."

"Take good care of Your Grace." Mrs. Zhou and others knew that Qiu Yelan wanted to ask her about the situation after the separation of the masters and servants in the Yunyi Restaurant during the day. They warned Su He and all saluted and left.

When the people left, Qiu Yelan rolled up her sleeves and picked up Su He's ear neither lightly nor heavily, "How dare you! How dare you eavesdrop on me?"

"I really don't mean to do this." She picked up her ear in a measured way. Su He didn't feel pain. She knew she wasn't really angry, but she still cooperated with her and begged her for mercy, "I am afraid Your Grace would call me, so I leaned against the door… and… and I didn't hear much either."

Looking at her aggrieved look, Qiu Yelan clouded her face for a long time. She thought it was enough for her to see. She snorted heavily, let go of her hand, and continued to speak coldly, "Oh? So what did you hear?"

Su He looked outside furtively and saw that there was silence in the corridor. There was a chirp of insects around her, but there was no one there. Then she whispered, "I just heard that General Jiang wanted to marry you, but you… But you keep refusing."

Qiu Yelan sneered and said, "Did you hear a few words? Didn't you hear all the words?"

"Your Grace, don't be angry…" Su He lowered her eyes. She approached her carefully and pinched her shoulder tentatively.

Seeing that Qiu Yelan did not refuse, she breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that as long as she continued to please her, it would be over. She pinched her shoulder for a while and then ventured to ask, "But why doesn't Your Grace agree? Now the people outside are all talking about it…."

Qiu Yelan curled her lips and said, "I know the reason why you are afraid just now that I don't know what the people outside said about me is that you overheard what you shouldn't have heard."

Su He said pitifully, "I know you must be angry with the young lady Jiang Qisheng and the young lady of the Tao Family for what they did to you. But all this had nothing to do with General Jiang! If you get angry about your marriage because of those two ladies, this…"

"… You think too much!" Qiu Yelan sneered, "You overestimate Jiang Qisheng and Tao Peibin! I really don't want to marry Jiang Yashuang. Otherwise, even if those two people object it, or he has engaged to Tao Peibin, do you think I dare not to rob him?"

Whatever I wanted in my previous life, I paid for it with guns, ammunition or fists! These girls raised in these wealthy families were more aggressive than me?

Su He hurriedly said, "In that case, why don't you promise General Jiang?"

The corners of Qiu Yelan's mouth twitched, and she said, "Then why do you think I should agree with him?"

"He comes from a good family, has a good temper and is good-looking, and he is clean. He begged you so sincerely for a long time." Su He's big black-and-white eyes were full of puzzles, "He is much better than the young master of the Deng Family! By the way, he doesn't like men!"

"Does it ever occur to you that I am the Commandery Princess, and Jiang Qisheng is just the daughter of an official, but does she respect me as Commandery Princess? She just bullies me like an ordinary woman, doesn't she?" Qiu Yelan hummed, "Is it so easy to be the wife of the Jiang family? Do you think marrying into the Jiang family will be better than marrying Deng Yi?"

Su He said quickly, "Although the young lady Jiang Qisheng can't get along with you, General Jiang likes you so much. He certainly won't sit and watch you being bullied."

Qiu Yelan glanced at her, "It seems that you really don't understand. Then let me tell you. Jiang Yashuang quietly came here to discuss the marriage with me, it's just that he has a good heart. There may also be internal reasons within the Jiang family. Someone has encouraged him. In short, he feels that there is a lot of talk outside about me being alone in a room with him, and he feels very sorry to me. He doesn't adore me."

"What is the difference?" Su He said disapprovingly, "You haven't seen much of him before. He is not interested in you, which shows that he is a gentleman."

"But I don't admire and love him either." Qiu Yelan stroked her forehead and said, "If I marry him now, what if I meet someone I like in the future?"

Su He said in surprise, "But now you don't marry General Jiang. What are you going to do with this gossip?"

"Why should I care about this gossip?" Qiu Yelan hummed, "Since Jiang Yashuang feels guilty about me, whether I marry him or not, I think he will try to protect me. I am just gossiped. On the one hand, it can not take away my title of the Commandery Princess. On the other hand, I won't lose a piece of meat. Why should I care?"

She was so open-minded. Su He stayed for a long time before she regained her senses. She stammered, "The engagement of the Deng family…."

"Anyway, I won't admit it!" Qiu Yelan said contemptuously, "No one in the Deng family is in Yunyi Restaurant! I'll say the same words. Jiang Yashuang is so virtuous that he won't watch the Deng family drive me to death. Maybe, I can take advantage of the opportunity to break off the engagement with the Deng family, then I can be free."

Su He was about to cry, "Even if you break off the engagement with the Deng family, have you ever thought about what will happen to your marriage in the future if your reputation is ruined?"

Qiu Yelan said in surprise, "What do you need to worry about? Won't we be able to get two dowries soon? Even if Prince's Mansion of Xihe doesn't give me a penny of dowry in the future, we should have a lot of money, right?"

"Fame!" Su He almost wanted to pat the table and growl, "Is this a question of whether we have money or not?"

"I have the title of the Commandery Princess. I also have money." Qiu Yelan was full of confidence, "And I'm so beautiful! Are you still afraid I won't get married? There are so many widows remarrying in this society. Even if my reputation has been ruined, at least I've never married anyone by now."

Su He almost vomited blood, "That's not how it works! At least the reputations of widows and divorced women are not tarnished. If there are people like you, let me say something unpleasant. If others marry you, they will have to worry that you will associate with General Jiang in the future."

"Well…" Qiu Yelan mused.

Su He was frightened and prayed that she could figure it out. As a result, after a while, Qiu Yelan said earnestly, "It doesn't matter. The world is so big that there are all kinds of people. I am so good-looking that I don't believe that there are not more than a dozen people who are deluded by my beauty, and they are willing to bow down under my…" She looked down and continued to say proudly, "Watercolor fairy skirt!"

"More than a dozen…" Su He was completely defeated by her integrity….

The poor little maid held the last glimmer of hope and asked, "You… Are you kidding me? You must be joking, right?"

"Who's kidding you? I'm serious." Qiu Yelan glared at her and said impolitely, "Because of my beautiful appearance which is envied by others, I'm born to be a dangerous beauty. Do I have to worry about marriage? I'm worried that there are too many men waiting for me to pick."

Su He could hardly breathe, but she heard a man suddenly chuckle outside the window.

Both of them were stupefied. Qiu Yelan turned her wrists and took the candlestick that was not lit nearby. It didn't matter to tell Su He these impudent and brazen words. It was not a good thing for outsiders to listen to it.

She was confident indeed, but she also knew that her present position and influence were far from being free from words.

"Your Grace, you're such a maverick." The man laughed out loud. He also knew that his deeds had been revealed, but he didn't run. He stood up from the pear tree where he was hiding, floating into the courtyard. He clenched his fists towards the house through the corridor, and said with a hearty smile, "I am Qiu Feng from the south. I am entrusted by others. I come here late at night. I hope you can forgive me for the offense."

Although the pear blossoms had bloomed now, the moon was as bright as frost tonight. The man was dressed in snow and white and hid in the tree. At a cursory glance, she thought it was the light of the moon shining on the leaves, which was hard to detect. She didn't know how long he had been listening.

"Qiu Feng?" Qiu Yelan suddenly thought of someone the Lian family said and asked quietly, "Are you Master Qiu?"

Qiu Feng smiled freely, "Yes, I am."