Yun Qianran knew that he was struggling, and of course she didn't intend to give him the opportunity to struggle. "If you can't explain it clearly, don't try to scare me. Look carefully at the time on the invitation letter and remember not to be late."
She waved to Jiang Wen, smiled and turned around to leave.
Jiang Wen gritted his teeth and quickly stepped forward to block her way, "It's okay to tell you the truth."
His dark red eyes were deep and boundless. "You should know who the person I mentioned before is. He was poisoned a few days ago, and after investigation by people around him, all the blame was finally pointed at the Yun family."
Yun Qianran's eyes showed a hint of shock, "Poisoned?"
"The people around him are just sitting there doing nothing. How could the ruler of a country be poisoned?"
"I have the same doubt, but this is the fact." Jiang Wen continued to persuade, "He is old, and there are too many people who want the position below him. Even if the Yun family helped him get to the position, after all, thirty years have passed. Who can guarantee what the Yun family wants today?"
“But you thought so thirty years ago. You all thought that the Yun family couldn’t get over it. What was the final result?” Yun Qianran asked back.
Jiang Wen was speechless, "Things are different now."
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"It's true that things are different now, but the Yun family today is not the Yun family of thirty years ago." Yun Qianran looked relaxed, "Just listen and come on time, don't think too much."
She walked in a hurry and did not give Jiang Wen a chance to persuade her. But after she left Jiang Wen's sight, her smiling face suddenly became gloomy. She guessed correctly, the Jiang family was indeed an insider!
Even if he is not the mastermind behind the incident, he is still closely related to the real culprit.
After delivering the invitation to the Jiang family, Yun Qianran went straight back to the Yun family.
Time quickly came to the next night. The gate of the Yun family was decorated with lights and colors. Yun Yiming and his son Yun Shenghui were at the door to welcome guests, while Yun Changsheng and Zhang Chufeng were greeting everyone inside the Yun family.
"Congratulations to Patriarch Yun for having a granddaughter in his old age. The Yun family is indeed thriving."
"What do you mean by flourishing? Do you know how to speak? I think the first family in the imperial capital will soon change their surname to Yun."
Yun Changsheng, the first person to speak, smiled and bowed, being polite to him.
But when the second person spoke, Yun Changsheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Even if the first family in the imperial capital wants to change their surname, it should be Jiang. What does it have to do with my Yun family?"
The second person who spoke was Jiang Hongru, the head of the Jiang family, who had been fighting with Yun Changsheng for thirty years.
Jiang Hongru laughed and put his arm around Yun Changsheng's shoulders affectionately. "Why are we two brothers still talking about this? Everyone in the capital knows about the great things the Yun family has done this time. If the Yun family rises to prominence in the future, they must not forget us old friends."
"That's right. Master Yun must not forget us when he becomes successful in the future." Voices echoing Jiang Hongru were heard from behind.
Although these people seemed to be smiling and congratulating on the surface, anyone with a discerning eye could hear that their tone was full of ridicule, as if they were just there to watch the fun!
Yun Changsheng snorted, "The leader is very observant. I believe that my Yun family will know the truth sooner or later."
He showed impatience on his face and led everyone in front of him to sit down directly. "If you really want that position so much, I will talk to the leader and let you sit there. Someone can help share the worries. Maybe the leader will really agree. It's better than you guys calculating in the back and not knowing whether it will be your turn."
"Master Yun, don't talk nonsense. We have no plans." Someone next to Jiang Hongru spoke.
This Yun guy's intention to hold a homecoming party for his granddaughter was fake, but the real intention was to drag others into the water.
Yun Changsheng's eyes fell on him, observing him carefully, "I didn't mention any names, why are you so excited?"
"I'm worried that the head of the Yun family is going to jump ship and wants us to take the blame for you." This man was also outspoken. Although the prelude to the storm only started two or three days ago, everyone can see that the Yun family is short of breath and has basically become a stranger.
“You also know it’s the pot, so what did you mean by your previous words? Are you so sure that only my Yun family will have to bear the blame?” A sharp aura suddenly rose from Yun Changsheng’s body.
Everyone looked at each other, then turned their heads to look elsewhere at the same time. No, they were tricked by Yun Changsheng again. They decided not to speak, as they would definitely not win if they did.
"Brother Yun, you should go and greet other guests first. Since we are here, we will definitely not leave. By the way, where is your newly recognized granddaughter? Bring her out for us to see her." Jiang Hongru began to change the subject.
"Wait." Yun Changsheng glared and walked away, starting to greet the guests coming in later.
"Brother Yun, Brother Luo, you actually came in person."
"Brother Xu, you are all here too."
Greetings came one after another from the back, and in less than half an hour, the entire Yun family hall was filled with people.
Yun Changsheng and Zhang Chufeng stood at the front of the hall. After some polite words, they called Yun Qianran out.
Today, Yun Qianran was wearing a bright red dress, high heels, and homemade bracelets, necklaces and earrings on her wrists, neck and ears respectively.
As soon as she appeared, she became the focus of everyone's attention. Almost everyone lowered their heads and discussed secretly, but most of them sighed, "I didn't expect that the lost granddaughter of the Yun family was so beautiful. It's a pity that she had to come back at this time when there were no other options."
Almost everyone was pessimistic about the Yun family's disaster.
Yun Changsheng and the others acted as if they didn't hear what they said. They took Yun Qianran's hand and happily introduced her to everyone, "This is our Yun family's young lady Yun Qianran who has been living away from home. From today on, she will officially return to the Yun family. If she does not understand the rules and offends others when she walks around the imperial capital in the future, I hope you old friends can forgive her."
After he finished speaking, the whole place fell silent.
After a few seconds of silence, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers and applause, led by Yun Shenghui and other members of the Yun family.
With their leadership, the rest of the people in the field also clapped and welcomed them.
Yun Qianran's face was filled with confidence. After the applause ended, she was the first to bow to the hall and said, "Yun Qianran greets all the uncles and aunts."
There is nothing else to say, and nothing else is needed. Yun Changsheng's personal introduction and her identity as a member of the Yun family are the best demonstration.
When she spoke, another round of applause was heard in the hall.
After the second round of applause ended, Yun Qianran also took her leave, and Yun Changsheng invited everyone to start eating and drinking.
In a corner of the hall.
"Brother Jiang, this is the little granddaughter of the Yun family you mentioned. She does have some assets. If we can play with her..."
“Bang!”
"Brother Jiang, why did you hit me?"
Long Hao covered his face, his eyes full of grievance.
Jiang Wen's eyes were filled with a deep warning, "You are not allowed to touch this woman."
"Why?" Long Hao didn't understand, but met his gaze and instantly came to his senses, "I know, Brother Jiang, you like her!"
“But Brother Jiang, have you forgotten? The Yun family will be gone in half a month at most. Anyone who has anything to do with them will probably not have an easy life. We might as well take advantage of this opportunity and have fun while we can.” Long Hao rubbed his hands expectantly.
Jiang Wen's murderous intent flashed across his body, "She is Zhuang Tingyun's woman."
Long Hao: “What?”
He smiled awkwardly, "Brother Jiang, come here and have a bite of turtle. This big turtle looks delicious."
As he said this, he picked up a piece of turtle head and gave it to Jiang Wen.
Jiang Wen's face darkened. What does this guy mean?
"That's right, you will gain what you eat." However, before he could get angry, a teasing voice appeared in his ears.
He turned around excitedly and said, "Qian Ran, why are you here?"
After asking this question, he realized something was wrong and immediately changed his words to, "Qian Ran, come and sit next to me."
Yun Qianran sat down and asked, "Won't you introduce me to him?"
She looked at Long Hao beside him. She had been paying attention to the two of them since they entered the hall.
On the surface, the other person seemed to ask Jiang Wen for his opinion no matter what happened, but in fact, every time Jiang Wen was about to lose his temper, he would be suppressed by him. It felt like he had thought of something that should not be provoked.
Therefore, she was very curious about the other party's identity. The only person who could make Jiang Wen feel that he could not be provoked was probably the first family in the imperial capital, the Long family, which was said to have protected China for hundreds of years.
"You are Yun Qianran, my surname is Long, and my given name is Hao." When Long Hao saw someone coming, he immediately calmed down and no longer had that nonchalant look.
"Long Hao? Member of the Long family?" Yun Qianran asked straight to the point.
"That's right, I am the eldest young master of the Long family!" A hint of pride appeared in Long Hao's eyes, and he was completely different from when he was scolded by Jiang Wen just now.
Yun Qianran squinted her eyes and kept looking at him, "Do you know about the Yun family?"
"How could such a small matter be hidden from me? I knew about it on the first day something happened in your Yun family." Long Hao spoke confidently.
"Are you sure it's the first day and not the day before?" Yun Qianran asked casually.
Long Hao rolled his eyes, "What do you mean? I'm not a god, how can I predict the future?"
Yun Qianran sighed secretly, it seemed that this guy was not as stupid as he appeared.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Wen was secretly delighted. It worked!
The purpose of bringing Long Hao here today has been half achieved. All we need to do next is to guide him carefully.
"Qianran, even if you return to the Yun family today, you have been outside before, and you were not here when the Yun family was in trouble. If the Yun family really can't get through this, as a friend, I will definitely protect you!" Jiang Wen interrupted the two.
Yun Qianran glared at him and said, "No need."
You can keep an eye on Long Hao of the Long family in the future, but with Jiang Wen disrupting the situation, it is obvious that there is nothing you can ask him, so there is no need to stay any longer.
She stood up, apologized in a neutral tone, and then walked towards the Yun family's backyard.
Seeing her actions, Yun Changsheng asked Zhang Chufeng to help greet people, and he followed her in.
"How's it going, Ran'er? Did you see anything useful?"
Yun Qianran nodded and followed him to the monitoring room in the hall. She pointed at the people around Jiang Hongru and asked, "Who are they?"
Today's banquet was said to be her homecoming banquet, but in fact she hoped to use it to gather all the families in the imperial capital to see what attitude these families would have when facing the Yun family, which might be on the verge of collapse.
We can also roughly infer which families may have problems.
"The Wen family, the Xia family and the Ke family, are there any problems with them?" Yun Changsheng was confused. These three families usually had a good relationship with the Yun family, and they even helped the Yun family deal with the Jiang family many times.
"Grandpa, please help me prepare some gifts. I will visit these three families tomorrow." Yun Qianran said nothing more.
"Okay." Yun Changsheng pulled her to the side and began to introduce her to all the information about the three families.
The next day, Yun Qianran came to the Wen family first with gifts, and the head of the Wen family was the one who greeted her directly.
The head of the Wen family invited warmly, "Niece Yun, please wait a moment, I will ask someone to make you some tea."
Yun Qianran nodded slightly, put down the gift and said nothing, just staring at him.
The head of the Wen family looked at her, his eyes clear, "We were the last to hear about the Yun family's affairs. I'm sorry that we can't help you with this matter, but niece Yun, you just came back after all, maybe we can think of a solution."
Yun Qianran didn’t understand, “Why do all of you think the Yun family can’t get through this?”
“Because…” The head of the Wen family was stunned. Yes, why did everyone think that the Yun family couldn’t get through this?
He thought carefully and the first person who told him about this seemed to be the Jiang family, followed by the Long family and the Zheng family, one of the top ten families.
The three families mentioned it to him repeatedly, and with the addition of some other small and medium-sized families also talking about it, he believed from the bottom of his heart that the Yun family would not be able to get through this.
He looked at Yun Qianran and uttered four words after a while, "Because of the Jiang family."
"Of course, some people from the Long family and the Zheng family have been promoting the idea. They are among the top ten families in the imperial capital, so their words are very convincing."
"I understand." Yun Qianran nodded. The Wen family was ruled out. It was obvious that the abnormal behavior of the head of the Wen family at the banquet yesterday was because he also found this matter strange.
After drinking the tea, Yun Qianran said goodbye and left, taking the gifts prepared by their Yun family guards, and went to the Xia family again.
The person from the Xia family who welcomed Yun Qianran was also the head of the Xia family. There was no other way. They were a small family, unlike a big family like the Yun family. Even if she was just an ordinary child of the Yun family, it was worthy of them to welcome her personally.
"Wait a moment, niece Yun. I'll ask someone to make you some tea." He used almost the same tactics as Patriarch Wen, but before Yun Qianran could speak, he took the initiative to speak. "I was thinking about the Yun family's affairs last night. I don't think the Yun family is finished. I just don't know who spread the rumor, causing the public opinion in the capital to be so one-sided that everyone thinks the Yun family is finished."
Yun Qianran looked into his eyes, sincere and honest, without any pretense. She nodded, "I also think that the current public opinion in the capital is not right. I also heard from Grandpa that he has a good relationship with you, so I wanted to ask for your opinion."
Patriarch Xia hesitated to speak. He actually had doubts about several families, but he did not dare to say it because those families were too powerful.
"Don't worry, Uncle Xia. No one will know about our conversation today once we leave this house." Yun Qianran assured him.
"I think if Niece Yun is curious, she can start by checking out the Long, Jiang, and Zheng families."
These three again?
Yun Qianran thought for a moment, "Thank you, Uncle Xia."
After drinking the tea, she turned and left.
But when she arrived outside the Ke family and was about to go in with the gift, several Ke family bodyguards stepped out and drove her away. "From now on, our Ke family and the Yun family are strangers. The head of the family has said that he hopes that the Yun family will know their place and not come to disturb us."
"Are you sure?" Yun Qianran raised her eyebrows.
The bodyguard who spoke up remained calm and said, "Ms. Yun, please go back."
"Okay, I understand." Yun Qianran walked away with the gift. The Ke family's attitude said it all.
When they returned to the Yun family, Yun Changsheng immediately came to greet them, "How's it going, Ran'er?"
Yun Qianran did not hesitate, "The Long family, the Jiang family, the Zheng family and the Ke family are all possible, but I still doubt the Long family and the Jiang family."
Because she had never heard much about the Zheng family and the Ke family, these two families were most likely instigated by the previous two families.
"What should we do then?" Yun Changsheng instantly lost his composure when he heard the name of the Long family.
"Don't worry, Grandpa. I have my own arrangements." Yun Qianran comforted him and told him to go back and rest, while she began to investigate the young people from these four families.
Three days later, she heard the news that the young master of the Ke family and Long Hao were meeting in a club.
She arranged for the three babies and came to the club alone, "Rich family? That's a good name."
"Welcome, do you have an appointment, miss?" Two receptionists blocked her way.
"Song box, an appointment with Long Hao from the Long family." Yun Qianran replied indifferently.
The two receptionists hesitated, "Let's go ask for the young lady, may I know your last name?"
"The Yun family, Yun Qianran." Yun Qianran said lightly.
The two greeters nodded and turned around, and she also raised her foot at the same time, "I'll go with you."
The two looked embarrassed, and Yun Qianran asked directly, "Or do you think that my Yun family is not qualified to come to this club to play?"
"That's not what we meant." Yingbin's scalp tingled. He couldn't afford to offend the Long family, and he couldn't afford to offend the Yun family either. What should he do?
Yun Qianran didn't give them any chance to think. She walked past them and went to the door of the Song box. Seeing her open the door, the two of them rushed over hurriedly.
Inside the box, Long Hao found the door suddenly opened. He was about to get angry, but when he saw that the person who came was Yun Qianran, he suppressed his temper and said, "Ms. Yun, how did you know I was here? Are you following me?"
He showed a smile that he thought was charming, shook his head and stood up to greet her, "Since Miss Yun is here, let's play together."
Yun Qianran dodged his palm without leaving a trace, walked into the box, glanced at the young master of the Ke family inside, and sat directly in the most important seat, "I have something to ask you."
"Is it about the Yun family? I can't do anything about the Yun family, but as for you, Miss Yun, I can try to beg grandpa, and he will probably be able to keep you safe." Long Hao's eyes were shining with excitement. It was really strange that Zhuang Tingyun's woman would come to him for help.
He took a clean cup, poured a glass of vodka, and handed it to Yun Qianran, "Miss Yun, let's go."
Yun Qianran frowned, "I'm not here to drink with you."
Long Hao thought she was shy, "We are all friends, it will be easier to talk if we drink some wine."
Ke Yao, who had been sitting next to him without saying anything, also took over the conversation, "That's right, since you are here, you must be Mr. Long's friend. Let's have a drink. We can talk while drinking."
Ke Yao's twinkling eyes kept wandering over her. The young lady who had just returned from the Yun family was surprisingly so beautiful. If he could play with her...
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