Chapter 43 Visiting Qingyun at Night, Meeting Qin Luan for the First Time

The surname Qin is not common in Shengjing nowadays, not only because it is rare, but also because ten years ago, the corruption case of Shangshu Qin Mingqi implicated many people, and nine clans were implicated. Some were beheaded, some were sent to exile, and some were exiled. The impact was so great that there is no official surnamed Qin in the court until now.

And the fact is just as Shen Qing thought. Qin Luan is the orphan of the Qin family and the only remaining bloodline of the Qin family.

In the past, the entire Qin family was wiped out, and all the female relatives were sent to brothels. The wife of the Shangshu could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide on the spot. The young daughter was also stabbed to death by her sword to avoid humiliation. But in fact, Qin Luan was secretly rescued by Yangling Hou, and then she was raised in Qingyun Lane. After Qin Luan came of age, Yangling Hou even married her, and now she is eight months pregnant.

Seeing this, Shen Qing frowned slightly. In other words, her father-in-law, one of the three marquises of Shengjing, not only harbored criminals of the court for many years, but also secretly lived with them?

No wonder he would rather admit that he stayed in Zuixianlou and was impeached by the censors than expose Qin Luan in Qingyun Lane.

Shen Qing thought about it carefully. Although Qin Luan was the direct descendant of the criminal Qin Mingqi, ten years had passed. The direct descendants of the Qin family had long been dead. Even the traces of the year were probably wiped out by Yangling Marquis. Now basically no one can recognize Qin Luan's identity.

So why was Yangling Marquis still unwilling to take Qin Luan to Yangling Marquis Mansion, but had to be so sneaky all the time?

Could it be that Qin Luan still had some secrets?

Thinking of this, Shen Qing suddenly curled her lips. In this case, things would be much more interesting.

So she was afraid that she would go to Qingyun Lane sometime.

Looking at the sky outside, Shen Qing felt that tonight would be good.

…

The dark clouds covered the moon, the night was hazy, Lu Yan held Shen Qing and quickly passed through the eaves, leaving only an imperceptible afterimage.

The cool breeze at night went into her neck along the collar, and Shen Qing trembled subconsciously because of the cold.

Feeling the strangeness of the person in his arms, Lu Yan held her tighter and subconsciously slowed down a little.

Two quarters of an hour later, Qingyun Lane, the roof of the main courtyard.

Shen Qing skillfully lifted a tile and saw Qin Luan sitting alone in the house, with a faint sadness between her eyebrows.

Shen Qing glanced at Lu Yan, who immediately understood, and landed steadily with Shen Qing in his arms, watching Shen Qing walk towards the door, while he hid in the darkness at the entrance of the courtyard.

Without knocking, Shen Qing pushed the door open and walked in. Qin Luan was startled by the strange face that suddenly appeared, but there was not much panic in her eyes, "Who are you?"

Shen Qing walked to the nearest chair and sat down naturally. He looked into Qin Luan's eyes and raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Xu Luan, or should I call you... Qin Luan."

Seeing that Shen Qing actually knew her true identity, Qin Luan frowned slightly, but still did not mean to make it public, "What do you want to do?"

This time, Shen Qing responded to her, "I want to cooperate with you."

Cooperation?

Qin Luan's expression froze, not knowing what Shen Qing meant by this.

Seeing Qin Luan's vigilant look, Shen Qing glanced at Qin Luan's belly, and the corner of his mouth raised a curve, "If you count, the one in your belly should call me sister-in-law."

Qin Luan's face immediately turned pale, and he subconsciously asked back, "What do you mean by this?"

Shen Qing smiled, "Miss Qin has already understood it in her heart, right? The Mu Lang you mentioned is my father-in-law, Yangling Marquis, Mu Linyuan, one of the three noble and prominent marquises in Shengjing."

Yangling Marquis used a fake identity in front of Qin Luan from beginning to end. Mu Yuan, a fatherless, motherless, homeless, and businessman who often traveled between various cities around Shengjing.

To show her sincerity in cooperation, Shen Qing introduced herself openly, "My name is Shen Qing, the wife of Mu Ziqian, the son of Yangling Marquis."

Qin Luan's almost bloodless face began to be filled with coldness, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Even though she had doubts about Mu Yuan's identity in her heart, Qin Luan still chose to believe the person who had been with her for ten years.

Shen Qing smiled indifferently at Qin Luan's denial, and then gradually revealed the scar that Qin Luan tried hard to cover up, "Ten years ago, Shangshu Qin Mingqi was implicated in a corruption case, and all the male members of the Qin family were beheaded. Mu Linyuan was one of the executioners. The female family members were all sent to Fengyue Tower in Jiangzhou to suffer. Your mother was strong-willed and committed suicide because she didn't want to be humiliated. You survived by chance. I want to know, how did Mu Linyuan save you?"

The Qin family case that year was a hot topic. At that special moment when anyone with the slightest connection to the Qin family would be implicated, Shen Qing didn't think Mu Linyuan would do such a good thing for no reason.

Qin Luan pursed his lips tightly, and after a long time, he said, "Li Dai Tao Jiang."

The whole family of the Qin family was slaughtered, which was an indelible haze in Qin Luan's heart.

After being stabbed by her mother that year, Qin Luan did not die on the spot, but was seriously injured and unconscious. It was Mu Linyuan who came to Fengyue Tower in time and saved her from dying. Then he found a little girl of her age and buried her in the sea of ​​fire.

"Why did he save you?"

Shen Qing thought about it for a whole afternoon, but couldn't figure out why Mu Linyuan took such a risk?

Because he liked her?

But Qin Luan was only six years old at that time, and Shen Qing, who controlled most of Yangling Marquis Mansion, knew very well that Mu Linyuan was not a pedophile.

Qin Luan frowned and said the reason she had believed for ten years, "He said he was an old friend of my mother."

Shen Qing looked thoughtful, old friend?

An old friend worth Mu Linyuan's risk...

Ten years ago, Shen Qing was only six years old, and her understanding of the Qin family case was limited to the fact that Qin Mingqi embezzled 500,000 taels of disaster relief silver, which led to the death of nearly 300,000 people in more than a dozen cities such as Yuezhou Jiangcheng. The emperor was furious and confiscated the Qin family and implicated all nine clans.

However, since Qin Luan said that Mu Linyuan had a friendship with the deceased Shangshu's wife, Shen Qing was going to go back and ask Aunt Qiu and Aunt Liang.

Because of Mu Lingyue's incident, Aunt Liang also took the initiative to surrender. Now, in the entire Yangling Marquis' Mansion, only the Mu family's direct descendants are still outside Shen Qing's control.

Seeing Shen Qing remained silent for a long time, Qin Luan could not wait any longer, "What do you mean by cooperation?"

Shen Qing looked at Qin Luan's beautiful face, and a light flashed in his mind. Then he answered Qin Luan's question irrelevantly, "As the only direct descendant of the Qin family, Miss Qin is willing to be just a concubine?"

Qin Luan raised a sneer at the corner of her mouth, "Why? If you don't want to be a concubine, will you go back to be a concubine?"

Qin Luan is not stupid, on the contrary, she has completely inherited her mother's intelligence and agility. Therefore, after ten years of getting along, Qin Luan naturally discovered many flaws of Mu Yuan, and she also knew that Mu Yuan had concealed a lot from her, but every time she chose to believe it.

Since she saw her father being dragged away and her mother dying in front of her when she was six years old, Qin Luan's whole world collapsed. It was Mu Yuan's appearance that supported the last piece of pure land for her, but now she knows that Mu Yuan's feelings have been a deception from beginning to end. Qin Luan only feels that her heart is flooded with pain, as if he wants to tear her apart bit by bit and then swallow her up.

Shen Qing's fingers lightly touched the porcelain white teacup in front of him, and he said word by word, "Miss Qin, don't you want to see what kind of person Mu Yuan, who has been with you for ten years, is?"