Chapter 11 Getting into Trouble
Jiang Ran was sent home by Lu Weiqing again and again, riding in his carriage, and by the way, he rescued Tao Li who had lost her way.
Fortunately, there was a hot water bottle, clean clothes, and even hot ginger soup in the carriage.
Jiang Ran held the hot water bottle and looked at Lu Weiqing, who was sitting opposite her and was soaked all over, and shrank her neck guiltily.
In fact, she was very curious about what stupid things he had done.
But she didn't dare ask, for she was afraid of being thrown out.
Jiang Ran was originally staring at the crane obediently, but for some reason, his gaze began to drift upwards.
As the rain was falling, she began to wonder why this man didn't look embarrassed at all even after getting caught in the rain. Instead, he looked more free and unrestrained than usual. It could be said that he was ruthless yet had a bit of charm.
Wonderful, wonderful.
She didn't realize how long she had been watching until the one being watched could no longer bear it.
"Will you dare to come out in the rain next time?" Lu Weiqing bent his waist slightly, shortening the distance, and as soon as he opened his mouth, a sense of oppression came over him.
Jiang Ran came back to his senses in an instant, holding his head and shouting, "I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again next time, uncle."
"Yeah." Lu Weiqing was stunned for a moment, then sat back straight.
Jiang Ran noticed it keenly. He became obviously colder and his heart skipped a beat.
That's it. I must be more careful with my words next time.
I guess Lord Lu felt that she was trying to get close to him and felt uncomfortable.
Jiang Ran didn't dare to do anything more and remained silent all the way.
Arriving at the door, Jiang Ran politely performed a standard greeting and said, "Thank you, Lord Lu."
Lu Weiqing leaned against the carriage, nodded slightly at her, and lowered the curtain.
Seeing that he looked normal, Jiang Ran thought that he was probably overthinking it.
It was just a slip of the tongue. Lord Lu is not a petty person and won't be angry.
The carriage disappeared from sight, and Jiang Ran lifted her skirt and walked in.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."
Listening to the incessant coughing, Eleven, who was driving outside, couldn't help but want to curse, "You deserve it."
Knowing that Miss Jiang had arrived at the Lakeside Pavilion, Lord Lu rushed there immediately.
I was going to pretend to meet them by chance, but when I saw people started throwing things, I just waited in the rain.
He waited, but he took a sip of the ginger soup he had prepared. When someone asked him if he wanted to drink it, he pretended to be cool and said, "No problem."
Where is it okay? He didn't understand.
Eleven quickly whipped his horse and rushed to the mansion without stopping.
"Return to the Lakeside Pavilion."
"Master, please take care of yourself."
Eleven tremblingly advised, but when he heard no more sound from the carriage, he sighed and had to change direction.
When they arrived at the place, Eleven picked up the things that Miss Jiang had thrown away and put them back into the box one by one.
Then they went to the Lu Mansion. When the messenger, Deming, saw that it was Lord Lu himself who had delivered the things, he was so frightened that he could not even walk, and he crawled to ask someone to bring the box out.
Eleven couldn't help but feel sorry for Miss Jiang. The box could be easily lifted with one hand, while the crate required two hands to move. It was obvious which one was more sincere.
"Lord Lu, are we going to the Jiang Mansion next?"
"Go back home."
The master stole all the gifts prepared by Miss Jiang... No, he took them home! Eleven was shocked. After the matter was exposed, he would not be silenced.
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Fortunately, I was lucky this time and met Lord Lu by chance.
Jiang Ran took a hot bath as soon as he got home, and was forced to drink several bowls of medicine to prevent colds by Yue Ma. He didn't even sneeze.
But Jiang Chuan treated her as if he was facing a great enemy. He said he would observe her for a few more days and detained her in the yard, making her feel so bored that mushrooms seemed to be growing on her head.
Jiang Ran couldn't sit still any longer, so she tried every possible means to get Jiang Chuan to take her to find Xu Roujia.
"Isn't she under house arrest? Don't hurt her." Jiang Chuan was speechless. Mrs. Xu had made it clear. Otherwise, if Jiang Ran went to play with her, she would say that he was leading her daughter astray.
Every time he couldn't stand it and let Jiang Ran coax and deceive him, and somehow he became an accomplice.
Now the Xu family thinks he is a toad wanting to eat swan meat. How dare he do that!
Xu Roujia's cousins always saw him with their noses not being a nose and their eyes not being eyes. He had no place to complain about his grievances, and he felt extremely frustrated.
"No, the hermit has his own clever plan." Jiang Ran winked at him and smiled innocently.
He really believed her lies.
Seeing Jiang Ran and Xu Roujia changing into men's clothes and holding folding fans, making a stunning appearance in front of him, Jiang Chuan was too lazy to struggle.
Xu Roujia was still a little embarrassed and half-hid behind Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran was so confident that he waved his fan and started bragging.
"How? Are they similar?"
"You can't tell he's a man dressed as a woman, right? I told you, I've had so much experience since I was little..."
Jiang Chuan covered his face helplessly and urged: "Go, go, go, hurry up and go."
Xu Roujia's maid dressed up in her clothes and sat inside the room pretending to be her. The three of them sneaked out through the side door and headed straight for the most famous teahouse on East Street.
It was freezing cold, and the playboys who usually went out of town with their friends to hunt had settled down and mostly gathered in restaurants and taverns to drink and listen to operas.
In the teahouse, red-hot silver charcoal was burning, and the storyteller raised his gavel and began to tell his story:
"Last time I mentioned—
Dark clouds covered the city and the cold wind was howling.
The Khitan rebels had besieged Chang'an for three days but had yet to attack the city.
The Jinwu Guards are under-strength..."
Jiang Ran ate melon seeds and winked at the two of them, "So? This is what they call, a great hermit hiding in the city—"
Before I finished "market", I heard a voice behind me, "Jiang Ran!"
Jiang Ran didn't dare to look back, but caught a glimpse of Xu Qingwan out of the corner of his eye.
Why am I so unlucky?
Jiang Ran regretted it very much. If he had known earlier, he would not have gone into seclusion. It would have been much better for them to find a place where no one was around to hide away.
She didn't say anything, but Xu Qingwan had no intention of letting her go.
Xu Qingwan pulled out a stool without any hesitation and sat down at their table.
And crack her melon seeds.
Jiang Ran gritted her teeth, unhappy, but she didn't dare to say anything. Xu Roujia was still here, so she couldn't say anything.
Fortunately, Xu Qingwan did nothing but crack her melon seeds. The four of them listened to the story absent-mindedly, and on the surface, the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.
"It's boring. I don't want to listen anymore. I'm going home." Xu Roujia suddenly looked around, stood up and was about to leave.
"I'm leaving too." Jiang Ran understood and winked at Jiang Chuan.
Xu Qingwan, who had been quiet just now, stood up when she saw them leaving, grabbing Jiang Ran with one hand and Xu Roujia with the other, as if she was determined to die together.
Jiang Chuan wanted to help, but looking at the three girls, he didn't know where to start and just stood there staring blankly.
"Let go."
"No." Xu Qingwan held on tighter.
"reason?"
"I lost the bet we made last time, and I haven't accepted the penalty yet."
Jiang Ran had a bad feeling, thinking that something must be wrong.
For someone like Xu Qingwan who cares so much about face, asking her to accept punishment is more painful than killing her.
She didn't care, but Xu Qingwan took the initiative to bring it up, which was not right.
"Then shout quickly, we're leaving after you shout." Xu Roujia urged.
Xu Qingwan blushed when she heard this, and hesitated for a long time without saying a word.
Jiang Ran was getting impatient and wanted to take action, but before she could reach her, Xu Qingwan suddenly yelled three times: "I'm a straw bag, I'm a straw bag, I'm a straw bag."
"I am" was said softly, and "fool" was shouted loudly, as if he was scolding someone else.
Everyone around looked over, including Xu Roujia's cousin Xu Yan.
Xu Roujia hurriedly covered her face, and Jiang Ran hurriedly covered her face, but it was too late.
"Xu Roujia, why are you here?"
"How can a girl come to a place like this? Come back with me!" Xu Yan spoke without mercy. He was the eldest son born to a concubine and had been criticized since childhood, which made him develop an old-fashioned and conservative character.
"Brother Xu, it's just a misunderstanding. Things are not what you think." Jiang Ran quickly stood in the middle, and Jiang Chuan stood in front of her.
Xu Yan glanced at them both coldly, grabbed Xu Roujia and tried to drag her back.
Jiang Ran and Jiang Chuan jogged along to catch up, and carried the body together if they were caught, hoping to speak for her.
Xu Qingwan looked at the backs of the people leaving in shame, and laughed so hard that she fell over.
Go against her?
Fortunately, she sent someone to bring the eldest son of the Xu family over, and found a way to delay them. Now, wouldn't Jiang Ran be scolded to death by Mrs. Xu?
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