Chapter 7 Asking for a Cup of Tea
"Why are you here?" Jiang Lan looked alert, trying her best to restrain the urge to escape.
This is her home, and I guess this madman wouldn't dare to do anything to her.
Qi Wuhan curled his lips into a smile, his charming and beautiful peach blossom eyes slightly raised, as if a tree of gorgeous peach blossoms had bloomed, "I am here as a hero to save the beauty, aren't you happy?"
“…”
Are you sick?
Qi Wuhan clearly read these three words from her eyes, and he continued to wave the bone fan in his hand gracefully, looking contented.
Seeing a strange man suddenly appear in the yard, Qing'er, Gui'er and others were all shocked.
After the shock subsided, Gui'er immediately ran to Jiang Lan and demanded angrily, "Who are you? This is our young lady's yard. Hurry up and leave!"
Qi Wuhan waved his fan and said nonchalantly, "I am an honored guest in your house. I cannot afford to offend a little maid like you."
Gui'er was frightened and lowered her head in embarrassment.
"What distinguished guest? He's just a shameless scoundrel," Jiang Lan muttered, her peach blossom eyes looking at her playfully. She looked away, took a deep breath silently, reminded herself to stay calm, quickly sorted out her emotions, and then bowed politely, "This is the residence of the female relatives, please leave quickly, My Lord." There was a hint of indifference in her calm tone. It was good enough that she could resist scolding him. It was really impossible for her to speak to him calmly.
"Second Miss, don't you want me to stay a little longer?" Qi Wuhan took a step forward, and Jiang Lan took two steps back. "My Lord, please respect yourself."
Qi Wuhan raised his eyebrows playfully and said with interest, "I'm just a little curious. Why did the Second Miss, who dared to disrupt the wedding the day before yesterday, act like a mouse meeting a cat when she saw me today?"
As he spoke, he moved closer and closer, and Jiang Lan retreated step by step. When she reached the railing of the corridor, she had nowhere to retreat. He took another step closer, his eyes searching her face playfully, as if he wanted to discover some interesting secret.
Jiang Lan lowered her head, pursed her lips, and looked alert as if she was fully defensive.
If he came any closer, she would probably pounce on him and scratch him like a furious cat.
As if he realized that her tense body had been stretched to the limit and would break if he got any closer, Qi Wuhan curled his lips into a smile and took two steps back. Seeing that she had obviously relaxed, he took another step closer to make her nervous, as if he was deliberately teasing her.
She looked up and glared at him, her eyes clearly conveying four words: Stay away from me!
However, this unapproachable look seemed particularly amusing to him, and he couldn't help but want to tease her for a while longer, wanting to see if he could make her cry.
Fortunately, this perverted thought was interrupted by a voice.
"My Lord, Lord Jiang is looking for you." Ling Feng stood at the gate of the courtyard and did not come in.
"Do you want me to plead for you?"
Jiang Lan bowed politely to him and said goodbye, her attitude clearly conveying three words: Go away!
Qi Wuhan turned around and left gracefully, fanning himself. Jiang Lan was furious when she saw his slow back. A surge of anger rushed to her head. She couldn't help it and ran over, grabbed the broom and threw it at him.
With a clang, the broom landed about one meter away from him.
Gui'er and others were stunned.
Ling Feng, who was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, was also slightly startled. It was the first time he saw a girl dare to throw a broom at her own master, although it was probably his own master's own fault.
"You have so little strength. I will train with you more in the future."
Qi Wuhan turned around and smiled at her, which made Jiang Lan so angry that she finally cursed:
"roll!"
Ling Feng felt that he had thought his master was too much of a gentleman. He was not determined to harass the girl, but was clearly trying to tease her...
On the way back, Ling Feng said another truthful thing, "Second Miss Jiang seems to hate the Marquis."
Qi Wuhan said confidently, "Girls always say one thing and mean another. They may look annoying, but they actually want to see me more often."
“…”
Ling Feng didn't say much, because his master was determined to pester the girl.
Gui'er stood at the gate of the yard, poking her head out to watch the person walk away, then immediately ran into the house to report to Jiang Lan that the person had left.
Seeing that Jiang Lan seemed to have calmed down, Gui Er asked curiously, "Miss, is he really the Marquis?"
Jiang Lan replied calmly, "He is the Marquis of Jin'an."
Hearing the name of Marquis Jin'an, Gui'er was shocked. She never expected that the other party was the famous Marquis Jin'an.
The name of Marquis Jin'an Qi Wuhan is known to everyone in the capital. He is a big shot around the emperor and is more favored than the prince. Everyone in the court knows that the emperor favors Marquis Jin'an the most. Even when Marquis Jin'an beat up a censor at the door of the Golden Palace, the emperor turned a blind eye and scolded him with just a few words. Even when memorials impeaching Marquis Jin'an for his arrogance, debauchery, lawlessness and heresy were presented like snowflakes, the emperor suppressed them all by himself, and the reasons for his favoritism were so strong that no one could refute them.
Qi Wuhan, Marquis of Jin'an, joined the army at the age of nine, became famous in one battle at the age of thirteen, was made a marquis at the age of fifteen, and led his troops to defeat the Beimo people at the age of seventeen. He chased the enemy for thirty miles and captured the Beiming commander alive. He captured and released the enemy three times. From then on, Beimo never dared to send troops to invade the border again.
He is a killing god who can defeat a hundred enemies alone on the battlefield. He is a great hero admired by everyone. The three thousand black-armored soldiers under his command are invincible and unstoppable. He is the nightmare of the people in the Northern Desert. He has guarded the border for ten years and made great contributions.
Because of his great military achievements, even if he went in and out of Wanhua Tower every day, spent a fortune on the most beautiful courtesan, even if he flaunted his wealth in public, lived a life of debauchery, and did not attend court whenever he wanted, the emperor would still favor him. However, he would occasionally summon him to the palace to give him some advice, after all, his reputation was too bad and he might not be able to find a wife in the future.
Since he returned to the capital and became a rich and idle man, the good reputation he accumulated through his military exploits was soon consumed by various romantic affairs. Now everyone in the capital knows that Marquis Jin'an is a playboy. He spends a fortune on a dance for the top courtesan in Wanhua Tower. He also likes to flirt with girls everywhere, making those naive young girls blush and their hearts beat fast, and then forget about them after two days. He is an out-and-out playboy.
Therefore, those families with daughters were not very welcoming to the visit of the Marquis of Jin'an, but since he insisted on visiting them, there was nothing they could do and no one could stop him.
After the court session today, Jiang Cheng was stopped by Qi Wuhan, who came to the morning court for the first time, and they chatted for a while. Then the other party followed him all the way back to the Shangshu Mansion and asked for a cup of tea.
Jiang Cheng was very troubled, but since the people had followed him, he couldn't turn them away, so he had to invite them in.
As the tea was just served, Qi Wuhan said he wanted to change his clothes, and Jiang Cheng waited in the hall for a long time before he came back.
"The scenery of this Shangshu Mansion is indeed more beautiful than anywhere else."
After leaving these meaningful words, Qi Wuhan took Ling Feng away.
Jiang Cheng was completely confused and had no idea what Jin'an Hou was up to.
He said he came to have a cup of tea, but left without even drinking it.
So what are people here for?
Jiang Cheng was puzzled.
On the other side, Jiang Lan summoned Qing'er, Gui'er, Lu'er, Cui'er and Xiaohong, and told them to keep the matter of Marquis Jin'an secret and not tell anyone a single word. If it got out, they would all be punished.
"Father has had enough troubles lately. If any more gossip gets out, I'm afraid he'll really have to resort to family discipline, and none of us will be able to escape."
Gui'er nodded quickly and swore that she would never tell anyone. Qing'er also swore, and Lu'er, Cui'er and Xiaohong also swore hurriedly.
The lunch Qing'er brought back from the small kitchen at noon was very light, a bowl of porridge and two plates of side dishes. There was not a drop of oil, but it was better than what ordinary people feed their pigs.
Gui'er was indignant and wanted to go to the kitchen to argue, but was stopped by Jiang Lan.
Dinner is still porridge with side dishes, the same as lunch.
After Jiang Lan finished her dinner, Gui'er cleaned up the dishes and took them to the small kitchen.
After arriving at the small kitchen, Gui'er followed Jiang Lan's instructions and quietly handed the silver to Aunt Liu, the manager, and asked Aunt Liu to make something delicious for her without mentioning Jiang Lan's request for food.
Aunt Liu was also a smart person and didn't ask too many questions. Although Tan Xiang came over and told her that Jiang Lan could only drink porridge, Gui'er said that she was taking it back to eat herself and not for Jiang Lan. Since she had already received the money, she didn't care about anything else.
When Guier came back, she was carrying an empty lunch box containing a plate of three-fresh dumplings and a bowl of ham and bamboo shoot soup.
While Jiang Lan was drinking her soup, Gui'er couldn't help but sigh, "Marquis Jin'an is such a handsome man, but he's such a playboy." Qing'er, who happened to walk in, overheard this and taunted her, "Do you really want to marry him and become his wife? He doesn't even look down on you." Gui'er blushed and said, "Who wants to marry him? I won't marry such a playboy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lan praised him, "You have ambition."
Qing'er said, "Men usually have three wives and four concubines. Even ordinary families have a concubine, let alone a powerful figure like Marquis Jin'an. Even if he has three or four concubines, it's not considered too many."
Jiang Lan didn't want to discuss Qi Wuhan anymore and sent the two of them out.
At night, after the lights in the house were turned off, the moonlight quietly shone in through the window, as if trying to peek into the girl's thoughts.
Jiang Lan turned over in bed, unable to sleep.
Although she tried her best not to think about what happened during the day, Qi Wuhan's figure still came up to her like a rogue.
Next time she will throw it accurately and kill him!
The light was still on in the study of the Marquis' Mansion. Qi Wuhan was looking at a painting inside. His white jade-like fingertips gently stroked the eyebrows and eyes of the person in the painting. His pair of smiling peach blossom eyes seemed to ripple like a pool of spring water.
"Quite fierce..." He murmured softly, with a playful and doting chuckle on his lips.
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