<h4>Chapter 167 Didn’t You Say I’m Your Beloved One?</h4>


    When Kuang Qingwu was still pondering the enchanting glimpse, Qiu Yn was reassuring Ruan Ciyi in the Ruan Family, “My cousin is really fine. It’s just that he was called by Prime Minister Xue soon after entering the city. Is it because of matters concerning his study? Isn’t he often called by Prime Minister Xue?”


    Half lying in bed, Ruan Ciyi looked sullen, and said, “What about you? I heard you caught a cold outside. How are you now?”


    “I’ve fully recovered.” Qiu Yn was making an apology, “I’m the one to be med. It was because of me that my cousin’s date of return was dyed. Sorry for making you worried.”


    “No need to apologize. We’re a family.” Ruan Ciyi smiled, but then frowned, “I need to ask you something while Chunjun is not here. You have to tell me the truth!”


    Qiu Yn was shocked, but forced herself to calm down and said, “Shoot.”


    She was wondering whether she should tell the truth or not. Then she thought, “I didn’t agree to tell you the truth. It depends on what you ask.”


    Ruan Ciyi didn’t force her to promise. She looked down and said, “Though I’m worried about you this time, I didn’t have to bother Young Earl Ling originally. It’s just that I wanted to send someone to go out and find you, but they said that Chunjun had ordered everyone to stay and guard the house. Is it because he is afraid that sending people out of the city might put me in danger?”


    Qiu Yn thought about it for a while and said, “I haven’t heard of this, but my cousin seeded in the imperial examination when he was young, and was selected to enter the Hanlin Academy by the emperor. There are always a lot of jealous people.”


    “Really?” Ruan Ciyi thought deeply. “Well, did you run into any trouble outside the city?”


    “During my outing, the two youngdies from Jiang Family deliberately tried to give me a hard time because someone abetted them to do so.” Qiu Yn said calmly, “Fortunately, Chunfu Princess helped me get the justice. The two were really lucky to avoid the tumult, as they went back to the city directly after being scolded severely by Chunfu Princess.”


    The news of Duchess of Huainan’s idental death was known to everyone at this time in Jing City. Ruan Ciyi sighed, “When I was living in Jing City, I also knew Princess Qin. She was a very kind person. Unexpectedly, she just died like this.”


    When Qiu Yn found the topic was switched smoothly, she was relieved, “It turns out that Qin was Duchess of Huainan’s surname. I didn’t know that. When we met on Jinxiu Slope before, I only heard Chunfu Princess and Young Lady He call her Princess.”


    Ruan Ciyi said, “At that time, she was the only Princess, and it seemed to be more intimate to call her without her surname. Speaking of the Qin Family, they’ve withered so badly these years, and I don’t know if anything bad might happen to Puyang old Princess if she knows the news. After all, the health condition of the Duke of Puyang already makes her worried, and now her niece died at such a young age again, s...”


    “Puyang old Princess?” Although Shao Yuemei trained her these years, Qiu Yn was still not a qualifieddy. This was because she still couldn’t figure out the engagements thedies had since their childhood. Not to mention others, the Jiang Family’s rtives alone were enough to make her dazed.


    At this moment, she tried really hard and only remembered that the Duke of Puyang seemed to be the Special Prince inherited since the founding of the country. But this family was far less prominent than Duke of Xihe’s family, mainly because they had no outstanding off-springs for generations. They basically kept their title and lived an ordinary life. But because of this state of being unable to cause troubles, the title had been passed along smoothly.


    She recalled that the Duke of Puyang was very young.


    As expected, Ruan Ciyi found that Qiu Yn still didn’t quite understand, so she introduced, “She is Qin old Princess, Duchess of Huainan’s aunt. She was the matchmaker for Duke of Huainan and Qin Princess.”


    “Was the Qin Family very prominent earlier?” Qiu Yn asked curiously, “The aunt and the niece became princesses one after another.”


    “Not really.” Ruan Ciyi shook her head, “In the Jing City, the dignitaries consider them to be medium. But Qin old Princess is well-known for her virtue, so her nieces are generally married well. At that time, Duke of Huainan wanted to marry a princess. The pce asked him what kind ofdy he wanted, and he said that he wanted a virtuous princess. So, Qin’s daughter was chosen.”


    Speak of which, she sighed, “My grandmother, your First Aunt’s mother, also has Qin as her surname, though it is not the same lineage as Qin Princess and Qin old Princess.”


    Qiu Yn remembered that her First Aunt mentioned thedy had a suttee. She quickly switched the topic, “I used to live on the Jiang Family’s farm, and heard the youngdy in the family mention the Duke of Puyang once. She seemed to say that he had a bad health condition.”


    “It is said there was a congenital deficiency in the fetus.” Ruan Ciyi nodded, “He was probably two or three years old when I left Jing City, but had already been taking medicines a lot. He has been asionally mentioned by others these years, and I heard he was still as unhealthy as before. However, he was very smart, so the hearts of his grandmother and mother, the old Princesses, broke because of him.”


    Qiu Yn thought it was already distressful that the son in their family had a bad health condition. And the fact that he was extremely outstanding made it even worse.


    “Well, is he only fifteen or sixteen years old?” Qiu Yn did the math, “Then the old Princesses are also not very old.”


    Ruan Ciyi smiled bitterly, “They’re a grandmother and a mother. What’s the point of not being young? They can only enjoy their life if their off-springs have a good life!”


    Qiu Yn took a sigh in her heart, knowing that she must have remembered her deceased child again, and was about tofort her. Then a servant from outside came in to report that Qiu Jinn was back.


    “My... my cousin, he’s back?” Qiu Yn didn’t have time to care about Ruan Ciyi. She stood up, ran out and asked, “What did Prime Minister Xue tell him?”


    “Why are you so careless? Behave yourself.” Before the servant answered, Qiu Jinn, who had just step onto the corridor, reprimanded her. He turned a blind eye to Qiu Yn’s gestures to urge him to get the answer. Instead, he walked inside slowly, paid his respect to Ruan Ciyi and showedfort. Then he asked for leave and exited. At this time, Qiu Yn was already eager to grab his shirt. She asked again, “What did Prime Minister Xue tell you?”


    Qiu Jinn reprimanded again, “You have to stay calm. You’ll get to know the answer for sure when we arrive at the study room. No hurry.”


    As a result, it drove Qiu Yn crazy on the spot, “Kuang Qingwu took the Western Army to stop me just now.”


    “He even took the Western Army to trouble you?” Qiu Jinn’s face turned pale, and grabbed her arm, “Are you all right?”


    “Stay calm. When you get to the study, you will certainly...” Qiu Yn paid back narrow-mindedly.


    Before she even finished speaking, she lowered her head because of Qiu Jinn’s stern nce, “Young Earl Ling happened to be looking for you and he helped me. Later, Yashuang got there, killed all his helpers and tortured him with muscle division and bone dislocation. It was not until his servants came over, apologized humbly, and gave me another 10,000 taels of silver note that this matter was over.”


    “Jiang Yashuang actually arrivedter than Ling Zui?” Qiu Jinn habitually picked her future brother-inw’s fault, and sneered, “What was he doing before that?”


    “His servant didn’t report it to him as he saw he was practicing the calligraphy. Well, the servant is going to have a hard time for sure.” Qiu Yn didn’t give much thought to Jinn’s words, “Forget about it. Does Prime Minister Xue know your birth?”


    Qiu Jinn frowned, “Did Kuang Qingwu also tell Jiang Yashuang and Ling Zui?”


    “Not really.” Qiu Yn said, “He didn’t say it directly, but he meant it. However, I don’t think that Yashuang and Ling Zui got it.” Then she thought about it again, “Sure enough, Prime Minister Xue knew it. Did Empress Dowager tell him?”


    Qiu Jinn replied, “In fact, this isn’t unexpected. Everyone has a tacit understanding. Fortunately, although I have never trusted Mei Xue and the other two, they don’t have any evidence against me if they want to make my birth public. As long as I refuse to acknowledge it, it is impossible for Empress Dowager to nt ‘Tianya’ on me like this.”


    So, only the Empress Dowager party was detrimental to him. In order to prevent the Western Army’s feeling of insecurity, Empress Dowager Gu’s side must hope to kill him quietly, “quietly” meant that Empress Dowager would try to have him killed in secret.


    “But even if Empress Dowager Gu still has a lot of constraints when dealing with you, after all, she shouldn’t be underestimated.” Qiu Yn frowned and asked, “Well, what did Prime Minister Xue say? Was he angry?”


    Qiu Jinn said, “No, but he didn’t want to get into it. He has already told me that clearly.”


    Qiu Yn sighed, “What are you going to do now? Mei Xue and the others are gone. Who will take care of ‘Tianya’ for you now? If you were caught by Empress Dowager... You don’t have to show up, the family members of those that were killed by ‘Tianya’...”


    “I have this in mind.” Qiu Jinn vaguely said, “It’s your business that is urgent for now. Because of Mei Xue, Deng Yi and his mother are still alive. What’s more, even people sent by Jiang Yashuang were blocked. After saying goodbye to Prime Minister Xue just now, I went to Prince’s Mansion of Xihe!”


    Qiu Yn was confused somehow, “Why did you go there?”


    “I found out that although they knew my birth from Empress Dowager, they had no idea that I didn’t have any evidence to restore the surname of Qiu.” Qiu Jinn said indifferently, “Of course, even Empress Dowager can’t figure out whether I can be recognized by my family or not. Anyway, they really fear that I’ll take the title of Duke of Xihe if my identity is restored. So, I made a deal with them that if they help you cancel the engagement between you and Deng Yi, I’ll never inherit Prince’s Mansion of Xihe!”


    Qiu Yn stunned, “Why did you do this? Don’t you know these two? They’re very cowardly. Deng Yi has support from Prince’s Mansion of Guangyang and Empress Dowager Gu. How dare they help me to break the engagement?”


    “Even if they don’t have the courage to do that, at least they are given hopes to keep the title.” Qiu Jinn said calmly, “Lest they panic and do something against you. That would not be good for you.”


    “Actually, even if I live in Prince’s Mansion, I won’t necessarily be afraid of them. Have they lived peacefully all these years?” Qiu Yn said curling her lips, “Anyway, if you’re really worried, I can live with Ciyi here.”


    Qiu Jinn nced at her, “She doesn’t really want you toe. Haven’t you noticed it? It’s not that she doesn’t like you, but that she doesn’t like to be disturbed by others due to her mood.”


    Qiu Yn was about to nod, and suddenly she got an idea, saying, “You wanted me to move in before. Howe you’re driving me away now? Did you know that the Ruan Family is not safe now? So you don’t want me toe?”


    “You’re overthinking about it.” Qiu Jinn frowned, “I have ‘Tianya’. How is it possible that I won’t be able to guard against secret attacks?”


    “Really? Then it would be fine if I lived here.” Qiu Yn didn’t believe his words and said in an instant, “If Ciyi doesn’t like to be disturbed by others, I won’t appear in front of her. Anyway, the Ruan Family is so big. It doesn’tck a yard to amodate me.”


    Qiu Jinn got a serious look, “Nonsense! Go back to your ce now.”


    “Sure enough, you don’t feel secure in your heart. Otherwise, why won’t you let me stay?” Qiu Yn said firmly, “I won’t leave, I’ll stay here to help you!”


    “You won’t leave?” Qiu Jinn sneered and began to roll up his sleeves, “Did you think the fighting skills I taught you make you strong enough to disobey me? Believe it or not, I will just throw you out!”


    Qiu Yn threw herself to him, held his arm and shook it violently, shouting, “Didn’t you say that I’m your beloved one?”


    “An elder brother is like a father!” Qiu Jinn’s words made her silent for quite some time, “How did Madam Shao teach you the way to behave? Now you don’t listen to me, and it makes sense?”