Seeing this, the Empress quickly got up to pat the Empress Dowager's back, and then called out to the nanny standing to the side:
"Quickly, go and fetch the imperial physician!"
The old woman obeyed and hurried out.
The Empress glared angrily at Qinglan.
"The Empress Dowager is so worried about your marriage. She's so old and still has to worry about you. Why don't you try to be more considerate of her?"
As she spoke, the Empress and the palace maids beside her helped the Empress Dowager to the bed, then turned to Qinglan, who was kneeling on the ground, her face pale with fright, and called out:
"What are you still kneeling for? Hurry up and pour your grandmother a cup of water."
Seeing this, Qinglan quickly got up, poured a glass of water from the table, and handed it to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager, seeing Qinglan, felt a headache coming on and pushed the teacup from Qinglan's hand to the ground.
"You can leave now. You don't need to come to the palace to see me anymore. Just seeing you gives me a headache."
Qinglan looked at the shattered teacups on the floor and turned deathly pale. She immediately knelt before the Empress Dowager.
"Grandmother, please don't be angry. You are my only family now. If you don't care about me, I might as well be dead."
As she spoke, Qinglan kept kowtowing to the ground.
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager quickly waved her hand and said:
"Don't make a scene here. You should leave now. I can't tolerate you here. I will also issue an edict to cancel your marriage with Ning Huaizhi. I won't care who you marry in the future. I've done so much for you now, which can be considered as being more than kind and righteous."
Then, the Empress Dowager looked at the Empress and gave her instructions:
"I'm tired of kicking her out."
Seeing this, the Empress quickly ordered two palace maids to help Qinglan up, then walked up to her and whispered:
"Your grandmother is in a bad mood right now, so don't upset her here. Since the Empress Dowager has promised to help you cancel the engagement, just go back and wait for news."
Seeing that the Empress had spoken, Qinglan nodded hurriedly and glanced worriedly at the Empress Dowager, who was lying on the bed panting heavily.
"Your Majesty, I shall take my leave now. Please help me persuade my grandmother later."
The Empress nodded and waved to Qinglan.
Seeing this, Qinglan didn't want to linger any longer. Since she had already achieved her goal, she left with Yangliu.
Qinglan didn't expect that the Empress Dowager's decree would arrive as soon as she arrived at the mansion. Seeing that her marriage to Ning Huaizhi was indeed canceled, Qinglan felt somewhat lost.
After all, she had put a lot of effort into getting this marriage. If it weren't for Young Master Qiu ruining her plans that day, she would still be busy preparing her dowry.
However, it's too late to regret it now; all I can do is cling to Young Master Qiu as my lifeline.
With that in mind, Qinglan asked Yangliu to find her a nice outfit, and then she washed and dressed herself up again, and even burned some incense.
She then boarded the carriage and headed towards Jingweifang, eager to tell Young Master Qiu the news so that he could start preparing for their wedding.
When Qinglan arrived at Jingweifang, she happened to run into Young Master Qiu coming out. Ignoring the stares of passersby, Qinglan quickly lifted the curtain and called out to him:
"Young Master Qiu, where are you going?"
Young Master Qiu, who was still feeling down, heard Qinglan's voice, looked up, and saw her bright and beautiful face. His eyes lit up immediately.
Young Master Qiu had been worried that he had angered Qinglan last time and didn't know how to appease her, but today he ran into Qinglan at Jingweifang. At that moment, Young Master Qiu disregarded everything else and hurriedly went to Qinglan's carriage to help her down.
"Qinglan, what brings you to Jingweifang?"
Qinglan smiled faintly.
"I have some good news to tell you. I know you come to Jingweifang every day to discuss business, so I thought I'd try my luck here."
Upon hearing Qinglan's words, Young Master Qiu's face immediately lit up with a radiant glow.
"I'm so lucky to have run into you. Come on, let's go inside and talk."
With that, Young Master Qiu reluctantly let go of Qinglan's hand and led the way, taking Qinglan up to the private room on the second floor.
Qinglan entered the private room and sat down with a smile.
"Young Master Qiu, please come and sit down. I have something to tell you."
When Young Master Qiu saw Qinglan waving at him, he quickly bent down and went over.
"Qinglan, if there's anything you want to tell me, just say it. As long as it's within my power, I'll do my best to help!"
Qinglan covered her mouth with her handkerchief and chuckled softly.
"Look at you. I've come to tell you some good news."
Seeing Qinglan smile, Young Master Qiu was even happier and quickly rubbed his hands together.
"What good news? Tell me quickly, I'm so anxious!"
Qinglan gently patted Young Master Qiu's shoulder.
"Just now, the Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree to cancel my engagement with Ning Huaizhi."
Upon hearing Qinglan's words, Young Master Qiu jumped up with joy.
"Qinglan, are you serious?"
Seeing his expression, Qinglan couldn't help but smile and nod.
Young Master Qiu hurriedly picked up the wine pot on the table and poured a cup of wine for both Qinglan and himself.
"Qinglan, this is truly wonderful news! We must have a drink to celebrate."
As he spoke, Young Master Qiu handed the cup in his hand to Qinglan.
Qinglan didn't hesitate. She took the cup, smiled, clinked glasses with Young Master Qiu, and then downed it in one gulp.
Young Master Qiu was filled with mixed emotions. He hadn't even been able to sit down and have a meal with Qinglan before, but now Qinglan was smiling and clinking glasses with him. The change was too great, and Young Master Qiu felt somewhat flattered.
Seeing that Young Master Qiu had finished his drink, Qinglan poured him another cup.
"Young Master Qiu, don't just stand there like an idiot, sit down and let's talk."
Seeing that Qinglan had filled his cup to the brim, Young Master Qiu excitedly tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp before smiling and sitting down.
"Qinglan, now that you're no longer bound by your engagement, what are your plans?"
Qinglan lowered her head and smiled faintly.
"I don't have any plans right now, but I feel hopeful about the days to come."
As she spoke, Qinglan slightly raised her head to look at Young Master Qiu and said softly:
"Young Master Qiu, what you said to me before..."
Upon hearing Qinglan's words, Young Master Qiu's face stiffened. In fact, after parting ways with Qinglan last time, Young Master Qiu returned home and told his parents about Qinglan. Madam Qiu, upon hearing what Young Master Qiu said, immediately rejected his idea.
Madam Qiu meant that Qinglan already had a bad reputation, and if she really broke off her engagement with Ning Huaizhi and was then married into the Qiu family, people would say that the Qiu family had a bad reputation.
Master Qiu had originally thought his son could marry into a wealthy family, but after hearing what his wife said, he began to have second thoughts and even specifically instructed his son to have less contact with Qinglan in the future.
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