Hua Lan hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head and said, "Grandma, at least on the surface he still cares about me. It's all my mother-in-law's fault.

Besides, I still have two younger sisters at home who are not married yet. If I divorce and come back, it will have a huge impact on them.

I'd better wait and see. After Rulan and Molan get married, if Wen Shao is still like this, it won't be too late to divorce then."

Wang Yue saw that Hua Lan was still somewhat unwilling, so he said helplessly, "Cousin, since you still want to try with Yuan Wenchao again, then I will work with my uncle to arrange for Yuan Wenchao to work far away from home so that your mother-in-law can't interfere with you. What do you think?"

Xu Zhongmou looked at Wang Yue with some surprise. He had a guess in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud.

Old Madam Sheng hesitated for a moment, then said seriously, "Brother Yue, if Yuan Shao is really not a good person, then send him far away. How can Hua Lan deal with him alone?"

Wang Yue knew that the old lady was worried about Hua Lan, so he smiled and said, "If Yuan Wenshao is transferred to serve in my uncle's army, he will still be controlled by my uncle. How dare he treat Hua Lan badly?"

Xu Zhongmou nodded helplessly and said, "Yes, Xiaoyue is very familiar with General Rong. Let him help apply for the transfer order, and I will just accept it."

After hearing this, Hua Lan was somewhat moved and said, "Thank you, cousin and uncle."

……

end of October

Yuan Wenshao received a document from the Ministry of War and was transferred to the Guangxin Army, where he became a general under the command of Marquis Yongyi, which was considered a promotion.

Hualan was of course also taken there. Although they lived in the city, the two could still see each other at least a few days a month.

But Yuan Wenshao's concubines were pitiful. They could only live in the capital, and were called over and scolded by Madam Yuan every day. Their lives were like hell.

However, these concubines were originally sent by Madam Yuan, so what she did was just a slap in his face, and no one else cared much.

Although Hualan felt that she had to live in a remote place and could not even see her relatives during the New Year, she was very happy in her heart because the mountain that was pressing on her was finally gone.

Wang Yue, Minglan and Rulan accompanied Old Lady Sheng to see Hualan off. After Hualan left, Rulan said in confusion, "You said you were going to the border to suffer, why did you smile like that? Is he stupid?"

Wang Yue was also speechless about this aunt, so Minglan quickly explained, "Sister Rulan, everything will be fine after you get married."

Rulan has been with the old lady recently. Through Changdong's daily life, she suddenly discovered that the old lady was not always vegetarian and Buddhist as she seemed, and was also very easy to talk to.

She didn't expect her grandmother to be such a grandmother!

So, she seemed to have found a way to open up to her grandmother's normal state. She started to act like a spoiled child and followed Changdong, who was seven or eight years old, and actually developed some feelings for Old Lady Sheng.

Rulan was originally spoiled by Madam Shengda, and she knew how to act coquettishly. She cooperated with Changdong to make Shou'an Hall filled with different laughter every day.

When she heard this, she quickly shook her head and said, "No, I want to accompany the old lady. I'm not going anywhere."

Old Madam Sheng looked at Rulan's pretending to be sincere, and she understood very well that this girl was not doing this for her at all. It was because Madam Sheng and Sheng Hong were gone, and this girl was finally left without anyone to take care of her, so she just wanted to have some fun.

So, she said speechlessly, "I'll ask Madam Kong to keep a closer eye on you. You have no one to watch over you now, and you're really playing too crazy."

When Rulan heard the old lady say this, she suddenly showed a bitter face and begged the old lady, "Old lady, please forgive me. You said that I will get married soon, so please let me stay by your side and accompany you well."

After hearing what Rulan said, the old lady shook her head helplessly, "When your sister was with me, I was very relaxed. Before Minglan got married, she was also well-behaved and sensible. Even Changdong was very obedient.

Now that you're staying by my side, I'm having a headache. It feels more tiring than taking care of the three of them. How dare you say that?"

Rulan felt ashamed when she heard this, and she said confidently, "I call this, I call this, colorful clothes to entertain my parents! Yes, I just want to make the old lady happy."

When Minglan heard Rulan's words, she was shocked and said, "Oh my God! Fifth sister, you actually got the idiom right. It's really amazing!"

Rulan could tell Minglan was mocking her, so she said unwillingly, "How dare you mock me? I'll tickle you."

Chapter 212: It’s all because of poetry!

Minglan dodged quickly, but she didn't dare to run far, as that would damage her image, so she was quickly caught by Rulan, and she begged for mercy, "Fifth sister, I was wrong, I was wrong, please forgive me!"

When Rulan heard Minglan begging for mercy, she rolled her eyes and said quickly, "Anyway, I can forgive you, but you have to promise me one thing."

Minglan was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "What is it? I need to think about it. I can only agree to it if I can do it."

Rulan didn't give Minglan time to think, and he hurriedly urged, "You can definitely do this, you must promise me."

Minglan felt relieved when she saw Rulan said she could do it. She thought it shouldn't be a big deal, so she begged for mercy and said, "Okay, okay, okay, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you, okay?"

Seeing Minglan give in, Rulan let go and said expectantly, "During the Lantern Festival this year, you and your brother-in-law have to take me out to play!"

When Minglan heard this, she waved her hands and said, "Fifth sister, I can't agree to this. You have to get grandma's consent."

Seeing Minglan putting the blame on her grandmother, Rulan shook Minglan's hand away, glared at her, stamped her feet, and said unhappily, "What's the use of you then!"

After she finished speaking, she quickly ran to the old lady, looked at her eagerly and said, "Old lady, Minglan went to the Lantern Festival two years ago and she said it was so much fun. I want to go there this year too."

Old Madam Sheng shook her head and said firmly, "That won't work. Minglan went to the Lantern Festival two years ago with your brother-in-law. You don't have anyone to accompany you. It's too dangerous to go alone."

Rulan refused to agree, so he immediately pleaded, "I will be with Minglan at that time, and let my brother-in-law protect us. Nothing will happen."

Old Madam Sheng saw that Rulan was eager to go to the Lantern Festival, and she didn't want to ruin the newly-developed relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren. She hesitated for a moment, then said evasively, "You can go if you want, but you have to promise me one thing."

When Rulan heard that the old lady could reluctantly agree, she immediately asked, "Old lady, just tell me. Don't just say one thing, even if it's ten things, I'll agree to them all."

Seeing Rulan's anxious look, Old Lady Sheng shook her head helplessly, and then said seriously, "You have missed a lot of lessons with Madam Kong. If you can catch up before the New Year and make Madam Kong feel that you are qualified, I will let you go to the Lantern Festival after the New Year."

After hearing what the old lady said, Rulan immediately continued to plead, "Can you be more lenient, old lady? I didn't learn the courses well to begin with, and I can't make up for it in two months."

Old Madam Sheng shook her head and pretended to be helpless and said, "Your sisters can do the courses at Madam Kong's place. You are just lazy. If you don't want to, then forget it."

Rulan originally really wanted to give up, but when she thought about the story Minglan told her last time, she became very excited.

Although she did not learn the course well, she still remembers the poem "Qing Yu'an" that Wang Yue wrote for Minglan on the Lantern Festival. It was really fascinating.

Dongfeng night puts flowers and trees.It blows down and the stars are like rain.BMW engraved cars on the road.The phoenix flute sounded, the jade pot turned light, and the fish and dragon danced overnight.

The moth is covered with golden threads of snow willow. The smile is full of fragrance. I searched for him among the crowd for hundreds of times, but when I turned around, he was there, in the dim light.

Rulan clearly remembered that before Minglan got married, she was actually a little anxious. But after listening to that poem, her hesitant heart suddenly settled down, and she looked forward to getting married every day.

Although Rulan has a rather honest and straightforward personality, she has reached the age to get married after all, and she is also looking forward to whether she can find her ideal husband when she looks back at the Lantern Festival.

All in all, it’s all because of poetry!

The 15th day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Jiayou

Rulan risked her life so that she could go out and play during the Lantern Festival. Her efforts could only be described as hanging her head on the beam and piercing her bones with a needle.

In the words of Madam Kong, Rulan studies harder than those poor students. If she puts her energy into studying, she might be able to pass the imperial examination and become a juren.

The reason why Rulan didn't mention taking the imperial examination was that she was a bit like Madam Shengda. Her brain was always absent-minded and she needed someone to teach her step by step.

Rulan didn't care whether she was a Jinshi or a Juren. After she passed the exam with Nanny Kong, she was so happy that she felt she could finally go out and play.

But she had been nervous for more than two months, and when she suddenly relaxed, she felt groggy and almost fainted.

He seemed to be sick during the New Year's Day and had to sleep for several days before he regained enough energy, which made the old lady sigh.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, before evening, Rulan could no longer sit still and urged to go out early.

Old Lady Sheng couldn't stop it anymore, so she could only keep an eye on Wang Yue and ask him to bring more people to ensure the safety of Minglan and Rulan.

In fact, she wanted Wang Yue to take Rulan alone, because unfortunately, Minglan was already pregnant at that time. Although she had passed the first two months, it was not suitable for her to go to crowded places.

But it would be too unreasonable for Wang Yue and Rulan to go together. If the news gets out, Rulan will have no chance of getting married, so Minglan can only go with them.

Therefore, Old Lady Sheng could only advise, "When you go out, you must bring more people with you, and protect Rulan and Minglan in the middle, so that they will not be bumped by others."

Seeing that the old lady was really worried, Minglan smiled and said, "Don't worry, old lady. We will go there early today. I will stay in the Wang family's shop and let Yuelang accompany Fifth Sister to walk around nearby. As long as they don't go too far, it will be fine."

Rulan also knew the seriousness of the matter. When she learned that Minglan was pregnant after the New Year, she thought the plan was ruined again, which made her very sad.

As a result, she didn't expect that Mrs. Sheng, who loved Minglan so much, would actually let her go out.

How could she know that Old Lady Sheng was frightened by her and was really worried that after she refused, the girl would go crazy.

Rulan heard Minglan say this and immediately assured her, "Madam, I will just hang out near the Wang family's shop and won't go far."

She actually had a little idea in her mind, because the Wang family had too many shops, there were several in Beijing, and if it was just nearby, it seemed like she could also go shopping in a few streets.

She would ask Minglan to wait in one of the restaurants so that they could gather together after shopping. This would be a good idea.

Old Madam Sheng was still a little worried, so she said to Minglan, "How about Brother Dong and I go over to accompany you? I'm worried that you can't take care of Rulan by yourself."

Minglan was very touched, so she smiled and said, "It's good that the old lady wants to go. Then let's go to Wang's Pink Building. There is a tall building there. Although it is lower than Pan's Building, it can still see the lights of the capital. Yuelang accompanied me to see it last year."

Seeing Minglan say this, Old Lady Sheng agreed, but she still stretched out her two hands, patting Rulan with one hand and Changdong with the other, and said helplessly, "Are you two satisfied now?"

Changdong was of course satisfied. After all, he was pampered by Old Lady Sheng. He thought he couldn't get out by himself, but he didn't expect that he could go to the lantern festival after a turn of events.

But Rulan was upset. She didn't expect that her plan was discovered by the old lady at once. She could only wander around the area.

……

Lantern Festival, Pink House

Fenlou, the name is very simple, it really is a building that sells cosmetics.

Because cement bricks and tiles were used, although this building did not violate any regulations, it was very large in scale. It was not like other buildings where the space was very small at the top.

After the Powder Building was built, it quickly became a famous building in Tokyo City, and many women liked to go to the Powder Building to buy rouge and powder.

Rulan had been here before, but she had never been to the top floor. This time, in order to accompany the old lady to watch the lanterns, she went up to take a look.

From here, you can see the lanterns along the long street clearly. Those various lanterns look beautiful in the night.

Rulan looked at it for a while, then pointed at the big lantern in the distance and said excitedly, "Grandma, I want to go see that lantern! How did they make it so big? It's bigger than the lantern at my brother-in-law's house."

Old Lady Sheng looked in the direction Rulan pointed, and suddenly saw a huge turtle placed at a crossroads, which looked particularly beautiful.

She looked at Rulan's expectant expression, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Then you should bring some more people to accompany you. You can only watch for a quarter of an hour and can't stay outside for too long."

Rulan wanted to refute, but seeing the old lady's determined expression, she nodded helplessly.

Wang Yue originally wanted to ask the guards to accompany him. After all, Qingfeng and the others were all good at martial arts and could ensure Rulan's safety.

But he suddenly remembered that in one episode of the Lantern Festival, the Princess of Jiacheng County of the Yongwang family actually sent people to kidnap Rong Feiyan, the sister of Rong Fei, which also caused a palace coup. It was because of that palace coup that the emperor's health became worse and worse, and he died not long after.

Firstly, he had some friendship with General Rong and could not bear to see his sister get into trouble. Secondly, he did not want the current emperor to die and wanted him to live a few more years.

After all, if the emperor died too early, his grandchildren would still be young, and if they wanted to appoint a crown prince, the ministers would probably not feel at ease, and there would probably be no place for Wang Yue by the crown prince's side.

If he waits a few years, until the imperial grandchildren have chosen the crown prince, he will become a full-fledged imperial teacher.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "If the old lady is worried, I will accompany Fifth Sister for a trip."

After hearing what Wang Yue said, Mrs. Sheng suddenly looked at Wang Yue and asked worriedly, "Brother Yue, have you heard any rumors?"

Minglan and the old lady had the same reaction. They didn't think Wang Yue had a crush on Rulan. They were just worried about what might happen.

Only Rulan and Dongge had no idea what was going on. They looked at Wang Yue stupidly, not knowing why this happened.

Chapter 213: Bandits?

Wang Yue sighed and said helplessly, "This is what happened. You should also say that there are two famous noble ladies in the capital who both have their eyes on Qi Heng from the Duke of Qi's family."

Minglan had heard of it, so she asked in confusion, "Is it Rong Fei's sister and Jiacheng County Lady?"

Wang Yue nodded and said solemnly, "The younger sister of Concubine Rong is fine, she is relatively gentle, but the Princess of Jiacheng County is different. I heard that she has a very bad temper and she would beat and scold the servants at home at any time.

These two have been at loggerheads over Qi Heng at several banquets. Just now I saw the carriages of Prince Yong's Mansion, Prince Yan's Mansion and the Rong family coming out of the inner city. General Rong and I know each other, and I'm really worried that Princess Jiacheng will take advantage of the Lantern Festival to do something ruthless.

Another thing is, if they really had a conflict, the Lantern Festival would be in chaos, and I'm worried that these men wouldn't be able to protect the fifth sister."

Seeing Wang Yue's serious words, Rulan thought that Wang Yue was trying to scare her and didn't want her to go, so she said in disbelief, "It's ok for the two of them to fight over a man, but do they want to kill someone?"

Old Lady Sheng understood the relationship here. It turned out that Prince Yong was a popular candidate for the crown prince. He had won over many people, including some ruthless people.

Those who want to fight for the throne are all very cruel. They might have some manpower in their hands. Whether it is Prince Yong or Prince Yan, it is still possible that they want to cause trouble at the Lantern Festival.

Thinking of this, she said to Rulan, "Rulan, how about you use the telescope in Brother Yue's hand to watch the giant aurochs from here?"

Rulan shook her head and said very insistently, "Grandma, the Lantern Festival has just started, it won't be long, there won't be many people here, I'll be back soon, there shouldn't be any problem.

Besides, we are only a couple of hundred steps away from the interface. If anything goes wrong, I will be able to run back in time."

Seeing Rulan's insistence, Wang Yue could only say helplessly, "Old lady, I'm just guessing. Maybe it won't happen. It's just getting dark now, so it shouldn't happen right away."

This was just his own guess. After all, he had already changed the plot, so maybe things that happened later would also change.

Old Mrs. Sheng also thought so, so she nodded reluctantly in agreement, but still reminded the two to be careful.

Rulan agreed hurriedly, and then she and Wang Yue, along with a dozen guards, went to see the giant turtle.

Rulan looked happily for a while. She even stood at the intersection and looked left and right, but she didn't see anything in the dimly lit area because it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

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