As Tian Alang panted heavily, he gently wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
Li Youran looked up at Tian Alang and saw a scene that seemed very familiar, just like the scene when Tian Alang rushed to find her after arriving in the capital that winter.
He looked just like that, panting heavily, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"What's the rush? Couldn't you have waited until I got back? You must be exhausted after running all this way!"
For some reason, Li Youran couldn't help but want to protect Tian Alang's innocent heart, just like an older sister protecting her little brother.
"To give one's personal belongings to a man in public is truly ill-mannered."
Hu Qinqin walked over slowly and gracefully, looking at Li Youran with disdain.
"She's been married before, so what do these things matter?"
After Qian Qingqing finished speaking, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed, as if it were a very funny thing.
"You can't say that. Although she has been married, she is still a virgin."
Hu Qinqin deliberately put on a stern face and looked at Qian Qingqing, saying this.
Upon hearing Hu Qinqin's words, Qian Qingqing laughed even louder.
"Which married woman is still a virgin? You know, her previous husband's son already had his full-month celebration."
Qian Qingqing spoke very loudly, and the people around her, upon hearing this, began to watch the spectacle.
"Everyone knows that Tian Erlang's grandmother, in an effort to keep her grandson away from this woman who had been married before, repeatedly couldn't help but curse her in the street. But she, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened, continuing to seduce the woman's grandson in private, and even giving her a handkerchief. Tsk tsk, I've never seen such a shameless person before."
As more and more people gathered around, Qian Qingqing became increasingly enthusiastic, relentlessly smearing Li Youran.
"I never expected that the concubine in the Imperial Uncle's household would be such a gossipy old woman. It seems that Wu Qiang is usually busy cultivating relationships with his other concubines and has no time to pay attention to you, which is why you feel so empty and lonely and have nothing better to do than gossip about other people's affairs."
After Li Youran finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter, and Qian Qingqing's face turned ashen.
"The fact that I am a virgin was proven in court by having an old woman examine the red mark on my hand. Everyone knows this is true, yet you alone say I am unclean. Are all the others blind, and only you can see with your eyes open?"
Li Youran's words were quite clever, implying that Qian Qingqing thought everyone was a fool, and the onlookers started gossiping among themselves.
"Have you heard? On his wedding night, Wu Yong was still having fun in a brothel!"
Chen Qingqing's face turned the color of a pig's liver. She stomped her feet and looked at everyone, but in the end, she clenched her fists and slunk away.
"What, do you also want me to say things in front of everyone that no one else knows?"
Li Youran raised an eyebrow and looked at Huqin, asking her to continue.
If it weren't for the appointment at Xianli Youran, I really would have liked to tell people that Hu Qinqin was no longer her own.
"May you never return on this journey."
Hu Qinqin sneered, then turned and left without looking back.
On the way back, Tian Alang helped Li Youran carry the bags of things he had bought, and they happened to talk about his plans when they met on the way.
"No, you are too young and too weak to resist the plague. You will only cause me trouble in the future. It would be better for you to stay here and give the above-mentioned officials more advice so that His Highness the Second Prince can have peace of mind."
Without a second thought, You Ran rejected Tian Alang's idea of going with him. He didn't want such a genius to be sacrificed in vain.
“I have read a lot of ancient books, which contain many records about plagues. I can help share some of the burden when I go there.”
Ever since Tian Alang contracted goiter, he has been researching restraints. He is naturally quick-witted, and his current skills are quite good; he can easily cure minor ailments like headaches and fevers with a simple touch.
"Furthermore, I have already informed the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat about this matter. Now, I'm afraid this news has already been reported to the Second Prince. I believe His Highness the Second Prince needs more talented people to join him in fighting the plague."
After hearing Tian Alang's words, Li Youran couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Qian Alang was determined to go.
“Our sister’s journey is fraught with danger. If she doesn’t return, her jewelry, gold, and silver will be left without an owner. Why don’t you entrust these things to us for safekeeping before she leaves?”
Before Zhou Yingying could finish speaking, Li Haoran slammed the bowl on the table and frowned at her.
"Can't you say something nicer? Do you just hope our girl never comes back?"
"I'm just saying this in case, after all, it would be a real pity if those coins were to go to someone else for nothing."
"Money, money, why are you always thinking about our sister's little bit of money? We're both able-bodied, but look at the second brother's family, they're living a very prosperous life. But what about you? All you do is covet other people's things, you don't think about anything important."
“I have to look after my baby girl while I’m pregnant, what else do you want from me? You have the nerve to say that. You have hands and feet too, and look at what you’ve done since you came to the capital.”
Speaking of this matter, Zhou Yingying became very angry.
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