Chapter 23 How to prove innocence?
After Qing'er sent Doctor Liu away, Jiang Lan continued to lean back in her chair, closing her eyes and thinking.
After what happened last night, she was basically certain that the housekeeper was reliable. In the critical moment, he asked her to take Qing'er and Gui'er away first and stayed on the boat. He should not have been bribed by Zhang. The housekeeper had been the housekeeper in the mansion for ten years before Zhang got married. The person he was most loyal to should still be her father. She thought he would not do anything about her eldest brother's matter.
As for Dr. Liu, after hearing what she said just now, he must have understood what it means that a wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in.
Compared to the Shangshu's wife, it is more promising to follow the Shangshu and the eldest son who will be able to pass the imperial examination and rise to a high position in the future.
As long as the Duke's Mansion and the General's Mansion don't take the opportunity to make trouble, there shouldn't be any further problems with her elder brother's affairs.
Thinking of this, she relaxed her brows and let her thoughts drift away...
Seeing that Jiang Lan seemed to be asleep, Gui'er called out softly, "Miss?" She murmured in confusion. Gui'er mustered up the courage to say that she wanted to watch fishing for a while.
Jiang Lan nodded, and Gui'er ran over happily, but didn't dare to get too close, staying three or four steps away.
"Can you fish?" Qi Wuhan asked casually.
Gui'er didn't realize that the question was about her.
"Come here, I will teach you."
When Qing'er came out of the cabin, she saw Gui'er frantically swinging her fishing rod.
Qi Wuhan stood by with his arms folded, watching and asking her to throw the rod harder. Gui'er swung it forward with all her strength, and the rod flew out in a flash.
Qi Wuhan laughed out loud with joy.
Gui'er's face turned red with embarrassment.
Hearing the noisy laughter, Jiang Lan frowned.
"You are much stronger than your young lady." Qi Wuhan raised his hand to cover his forehead and looked at the place where the fishing rod fell into the water. His voice was a few decibels higher than usual, whether intentionally or not.
Jiang Lan got up and left. Qing'er called Gui'er. Gui'er ran over with her face flushed. Qing'er looked in the direction of Qi Wuhan again, as if she had misunderstood something.
After returning to the room, Jiang Lan asked the two to go downstairs. She sat by the window and continued reading the book from yesterday.
After coming out, Qing'er reminded Gui'er to stay away from Marquis Jin'an, saying that a man of his status and position was not something that little maids like them could get close to. Gui'er swore that if she had such thoughts, she would go to the mountains to become a nun. Qing'er apologized to her, knowing that she had wronged her. The two reconciled and went to do needlework to pass the time.
About half an hour later, there were two more knocks on the door.
"Miss."
It was the butler's voice.
"Come in." Jiang Lan put down the book and looked up to see the housekeeper push open the door. It was Qi Wuhan who walked in with a plate in his hand.
"Thank you." Qi Wuhan nodded to the butler, and the butler took his leave first.
"Get out." Jiang Lan ordered him to leave as soon as he stepped into the door.
"This is what I just caught. Come and try it and see how it tastes." Qi Wuhan acted as if he didn't hear her words. He walked over and put the plate on the table, scooped out a bowl of fish soup with a spoon, then pulled out the stool, bent down, and made an exaggerated invitation gesture, almost saying "Miss, please do me a favor and have a taste."
Jiang Lan picked up the book to cover her face and said, "I'm not hungry. Go back and drink it yourself."
As soon as she finished speaking, the book in her hand was taken away by him, and the next moment she met his playful peach blossom eyes.
"Do you want to go there by yourself, or should I help you?"
“…”
After Jiang Lan sat down on the stool, Qi Wuhan immediately sat down next to her, looked at her with one hand supporting his head and said, "You seem to have lost a little weight." She was inexplicably touched in her heart and turned to look at him in confusion, as if she was a little surprised that he would say such a normal thing.
Qi Wuhan smiled and raised his eyebrows slightly, as if to say: How about it, do you think I care about you enough?
She silently picked up the spoon and tasted the fish soup.
"How does it taste?"
"good.
"I'll catch you a bigger one next time." Qi Wuhan smiled sweetly, and a peach tree seemed to be blooming in his eyes.
Jiang Lan didn't respond and silently tasted the fish soup.
"Don't worry." Qi Wuhan suddenly said three words.
Jiang Lan looked at him in confusion. What was there to be assured about?
Qi Wuhan returned to his normal self, "It's not good for a girl to be too thin. She barely has any flesh when I hold her in my arms."
“…”
roll!
After being warned by Jiang Lan with his eyes, Qi Wuhan started talking seriously, "Do you want to know why I was in the water last night?"
Jiang Lan said calmly, "I guess the Marquis must have been caught abducting a decent woman and is here to seek revenge."
Qi Wuhan pretended to be sad and said, "So I am so unbearable in the Second Miss's heart that I have lost all my innocence."
The corner of Jiang Lan's mouth twitched slightly: Your innocence has long been gone...
"It seems that the Second Miss doesn't believe me, otherwise I will prove it to you right now."
Those peach blossom eyes make people smile.
A "dirty hand" reached out, but before it touched her hand, Jiang Lan slapped it away.
This person is always pushing his luck, so we can't be careless at all.
.....
The next day, Qi Wuhan continued fishing while Jiang Lan leaned back in her chair and read a book.
This time, Gui'er didn't even look over there, but concentrated on watching Qing'er embroider the peonies.
When the butler came to ask Jiang Lan what she wanted for lunch, Jiang Lan asked if there were any extra fishing rods on the boat. The butler thought Jiang Lan wanted to eat fish and said there were two live fish in the kitchen. He asked if she wanted to make fish soup, braise it, steam it, or make fish soup...
Jiang Lan patiently listened to all the ways to cook fish, then asked the housekeeper to bring two more fishing rods so that Qing'er and Gui'er could learn how to fish.
When she heard that she could go fishing, Guier quickly raised her head, then lowered it again, afraid that she would appear too excited.
After a while, Doctor Liu also came out of the cabin and went to the deck to look at the scenery. Seeing Qing'er and Gui'er fishing, he walked over to take a look.
Hearing the laughter, Jiang Lan looked over there and saw that Doctor Liu had told some joke that made Qing'er and Gui'er laugh.
She hadn't paid much attention to the man's age before, but now that she looked at him carefully, she thought he should be no more than 40 years old, and his child should be old enough to help with cooking.
"He has a wife and a concubine," Qi Wuhan walked over and said, "The eldest daughter got married three years ago, and he has a son, born to the concubine. He is ten years old and is being raised under his wife's name."
Jiang Lan picked up the teacup and scraped it. "My Lord, you know it very well."
"There's no such thing as an impenetrable wall. As long as I want to know," he said, his peach blossom eyes gazing at her playfully, and he lengthened his tone a little more playfully, "I'll know."
"What about human hearts?" Jiang Lan asked casually.
"I've seen countless people. I can tell at a glance whether a person's heart is focused on fame, wealth, or lust, sex, and power." He suddenly bent down, staring into her slightly frightened eyes, which were as clear as frozen lake water, and said playfully, "But what I want to know most is, is the Second Miss cursing me in her heart again?"
Jiang Lan turned her face away, picked up the teacup beside her and scraped it, then asked casually, "Where is the Marquis's guard? Wasn't he always by his side?"
Qi Wuhan turned around, held his chin up to his hand, looked at her for a while, and asked, "Do you want to know his name?"
“…”
Is there something wrong with this person's comprehension? Besides, she already knew Ling Feng's name.
"I won't tell you."
“…”
childish.
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