Chapter 85 I Will Not Marry Him
"Is everything done?" Jiang Lan asked with concern.
Qi Wuhan smiled at her and told her not to worry. When his eyes glanced at Xie Yun, he stretched out a hand towards him, as if asking him to return the item to its original owner.
Xie Yun took a look at the pearl flower in his hand, and without pretending to be stupid and asking him what he wanted, he returned the pearl flower to its original owner and gave it back to Jiang Lan. As soon as he stretched out his hand, the pearl flower was taken away by Qi Wuhan.
He glanced at Jiang Lan again, his eyes meaningful, as if to say, "How dare you give things away casually when I'm not around?"
Jiang Lan blinked, looking confused and bewildered.
Qi Wuhan sighed lightly, his eyes showing a doting look again. He raised his hand to put the pearl flower on her finger. Jiang Lan lowered her head slightly and blushed a little.
Xie Yun looked up at the sky.
Ling Feng didn't look away.
Both of them were tactful and pretended not to see it.
"Lan'er!"
Jiang Lan suddenly raised her head and saw her elder brother walking towards her quickly with a serious expression on his face. She was shocked and felt guilty as if she had been caught. She had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Brother," she was about to explain when Jiang Shen bowed to Qi Wuhan with a distant attitude, "Sorry for disturbing you these past two days. Goodbye." He then called out to Xie Yun and Jiang Lan, "Cousin Yun, Lan'er, let's go."
Jiang Lan glanced at Qi Wuhan again, and when she heard a serious "Lan'er", she immediately retracted her gaze. Looking at her elder brother, her face was almost black, and she followed him silently.
"My Lord, won't you stop it?" Ling Feng expressed his incomprehension.
"If I take action, Xiaolan will be unhappy." Qi Wuhan looked at the small pearl flower in his hand, his eyes revealing the confidence that he was determined to win.
Ling Feng thought that it was just a matter of stopping them, there was no need to resort to violence...
After getting on the carriage, Xie Yun suddenly slapped his thigh and said that his jade ring was still tied to the fishing line.
Jiang Shen: “….”
Jiang Lan didn't dare to say that her pearl flower was still in Qi Wuhan's hands...
When the carriage was halfway there, Xie Yu slapped his thigh again, "Cousin Shen, our books are still in the Marquis' Mansion."
Jiang Shen: “….”
Jiang Lan wanted to laugh, but didn't dare.
After returning to the Shangshu Mansion, Jiang Lan followed Jiang Shen silently. Xie Yun said that he was hungry and wanted to go back to eat something. When he left, he gave Jiang Lan an encouraging look.
After Xie Yun left, the two continued walking forward for a while.
Jiang Lan mustered up the courage to ask, "Did Prince Rui say anything to Big Brother at the palace earlier?"
She pondered the matter all the way, but could not think of any other reason except Prince Rui. It must be that the other party said something to her eldest brother after Qi Wuhan left. She was really puzzled. How did she offend him? Why did he have to pick on her? Is there something wrong with his brain...
Jiang Shen stopped but didn't say anything.
Jiang Lan really hoped that her elder brother would say something. This silence made her feel as if there was no room for maneuver.
After a long silence, Jiang Shen finally spoke: "Before you said you wanted to marry the person you love, was it Marquis Jin'an?"
"Hmm..." Jiang Lan clenched her hands nervously, and her palms were a little sweaty.
Jiang Shen was silent for a while, then advised earnestly, "You and him are not suitable." Jiang Lan pressed on, "Brother, what did King Rui say to you?" Jiang Shen was silent again, then asked her to go back and rest first. When he turned around to leave, he was stopped by Jiang Lan.
"Brother, if you don't explain clearly today, I won't leave."
Seeing Jiang Lan's stubborn look, Jiang Shen still didn't say anything, but just reminded her to think carefully about marriage and not to choose the wrong person.
"Is it because of Concubine Zhen?" She knew her elder brother had a stubborn temper, so she just went for it.
Jiang Shen was shocked and looked around immediately, fearing that someone might hear such outrageous words, and he sternly warned her not to mention such words again in the future.
"Whatever Prince Rui said to my brother, it's not true," Jiang Lan paused and said firmly, "I believe him." She added, "I will not marry anyone else."
She would never have thought that one day she would say such childish and vulgar words, and she felt ashamed of herself after saying them.
Jiang Shen was surprised again. He never expected to hear such words one day. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Don't worry, big brother. Lan'er knows what kind of husband she wants. He is definitely not what the outside world says he is. As time goes by, people's true nature will be revealed. Big brother will know in the future."
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After returning to her residence, Jiang Lan punched the cushion on the couch several times as if it were King Rui. Qing'er brought her a cup of tea and asked her to drink it first to calm down.
"Who made the young lady angry?" asked Guier.
Jiang Lan also calmed down and said lightly, "Just a annoying guy."
Then Qing'er reported to her that Jiang Rui was sick.
This morning, the housekeeper asked Dr. Liu to come and see Jiang Rui. Jiang Rui kept complaining about a headache. Dr. Liu said that he might have caught a cold at night and prescribed a prescription for the headache.
After Jiang Cheng came back from court, he heard from the housekeeper that Jiang Shen and Xie Yun had returned. He went to see them first, and then went to visit Jiang Rui.
Jiang Lan also came over in the afternoon. When she entered the room, she saw Jiang Rui lying on the bed, groaning and complaining about a headache.
She sat on a stool beside the table and watched quietly. When he stopped whining, she said, "Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. I'll ask Doctor Liu to prescribe two more doses for Fourth Brother. Drinking more medicine will help him get better faster."
Jiang Rui felt guilty when he heard this. He knew best whether he was really sick or not.
"Have a good rest, Fourth Brother. I'll come back tomorrow to see if you feel better."
“.…..”
By the evening of that day, Jiang Rui felt much better. He no longer complained about his headache and no longer needed to take medicine.
Jiang Cheng also knew that Jiang Rui was faking his illness, so he punished him by making him copy books.
Originally, he pretended to be sick in order to attract attention. Since everyone in the mansion had been paying attention to Jiang Shen and Xie Yun recently, he felt that he was being neglected, so he came up with this good idea. However, in the end, he ended up losing more than he gained.
Since Zhang was no longer in the mansion, Jiang Rui felt that he was being looked down upon more and more. He thought that it was Jiang Lan who secretly instigated others to isolate and exclude him, and often spoke ill of him in front of his father. As a result, his father paid less and less attention to him. Now, he only had eyes for his son Jiang Shen. Whenever he saw him, he had a bad face and would scold him for not making progress, as if he was a loser...
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He felt as if everyone in the world had a grudge against him, and he was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night.
The next day he really had a headache and lay in bed groaning. When Jiang Lan came to see him, he even threw a tantrum and turned his back and ignored her.
Jiang Lan asked the housekeeper to invite Doctor Liu over. Doctor Liu's expression when he took the patient's pulse this time was a bit intriguing, as if the last time was fake and this time the patient was really feeling uncomfortable, so he wrote out another prescription.
After the medicine was ready, Jiang Rui refused to drink it because it was too bitter. Jiang Lan said that when he was too sick to get up from the bed, he would not find the medicine bitter anymore. Then Jiang Rui drank the medicine obediently.
Ling Feng came over in the afternoon, returned the book, and brought a letter to Jiang Lan, saying that the emperor might summon her soon.
"Don't worry, Miss. The Marquis will accompany you to the palace when the time comes."
After Ling Feng left, Jiang Lan opened the letter and read it, feeling restless for a long time...
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