noffsinger Chapter 1090 Fated Sisters
Chapter 1090 Fated Sisters
Bai Yuhan felt a chill all over her body. She quickly ran to the carriage and prepared to climb up, but the carriage was too high and she was in a bit of a mess.
Wan Qianshan did not show any gentlemanly manners by offering a helping hand, and the Wan family's coachman dared not move, after all, men and women should not touch each other.
Wan Qianshan pursed his lips, suppressing a laugh as he watched her climb into the car, looking both cute and comical.
Bai Yuhan didn't hesitate and plopped down opposite him, glaring at him coldly. "You deliberately stayed to wait for me because you wanted to ask me about the Empress, didn't you!"
Before Wan Qianshan could speak, she added, "I won't reveal a single word to you, and you'd better keep your mouth shut and not reveal the Empress's whereabouts."
Wan Qianshan raised an eyebrow. "How did you and the Empress meet?"
"Why should I tell you."
"Because I'll be giving you a free ride home, and it's still quite a distance from here to the Bai family, I don't mind dropping you off halfway... to feed the ghosts."
Bai Yuhan was furious. She had already lost face enough by climbing up, but being thrown down now would be even more humiliating.
She's not afraid of...ghosts!
Outside, there were rustling sounds, the sounds of cats and dogs, the wind, and the rustling of branches and leaves...
The sounds intertwined together only made her scalp tingle.
She would rather die than get off the bus today.
Seeing that she kept her mouth shut and refused to speak, and that Prefect Zhang was also unwilling to say more about him, Wan Qianshan approached Bai Yuhan. If he wanted to ask Feng Jiu, he would have to wait until dawn, as he needed to go to Yu County again.
He couldn't wait a whole night, not even a moment longer.
Wan Qianshan had no choice but to compromise, "I won't throw you off the bus, and I'll even take you home safely."
Bai Yuhan squinted at him, "Why are you asking about the Empress's name? She is the Empress, not someone like you can even dream of. Don't get any funny ideas, even though you like men and have homosexual tendencies."
Wan Qianshan was furious. He wanted to rip out Bai Yuhan's tongue and feed it to the dogs. When did she ever like men? She liked women.
However, in order to have a proper conversation with Bai Yuhan, he had no choice but to admit, "You know I like men, so how could I possibly have any improper thoughts about women?"
He sat down next to Bai Yuhan and put his arm around her shoulder. "We both like men, so we'll be sisters from now on. You and Zi'er can be friends, so we can be friends now too."
Bai Yuhan's gaze towards Wan Qianshan now held a certain allure; he had admitted to liking men, and she felt a mix of emotions.
She said, "Sit further away. I don't make friends with people with unusual hobbies, and I certainly don't become sisters with my enemies."
She trembled and felt nauseous. How could there be an extra "sister" with homosexual tendencies?
No wonder the Wan family considered the Bai family's marriage proposal; it turns out they knew he had a strange illness and wanted her to fill the hole in the Wan family's affairs!
Wan Qianshan said, "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. I will find out about the Empress's background tomorrow. The Empress has already hired me as the head of the Imperial Merchants Bureau. You donated the Bai family's grain to the court because you wanted to get into the Imperial Merchants Bureau, right? Even if you are the Empress's friend, I will still be your superior in the future. You should think carefully about whether you want to be friends with me."
Bai Yuhan seemed to be under his control again; she really wanted to make a name for herself.
Bai Yuhan, with a flexible and adaptable mindset, slowly began to speak, "Her Majesty the Empress's surname is Jiang, and her given name is Fenghua..."
She briefly recounted the Empress's background, but it was all information that Wan Qianshan could easily find out.
After hearing this, Wan Qianshan said, "Her surname is not Ruan but Jiang. She learned martial arts at the Feng family in Yuzhou when she was young and was always called Young Master Ruan. Why did she refuse to show her real name and always dress as a man at that time? The Feng family still keeps it a secret that she is the maternal grandparents of Empress Jiang."
Bai Yuhan was stunned; she didn't know why either.
She only remembered that when she met Empress Jiang, she only knew her as Young Master Ruan. It was only after she entered the palace that she learned she was the Empress.
Bai Yuhan also fell into deep thought; she seemed to have forgotten many things about Young Master Ruan's childhood.
Wan Qianshan escorted Bai Yuhan back to the Bai family home and then drove overnight to Yu County.
By the time they arrived at the Feng family home, it was already broad daylight. Wan Qianshan went straight to Feng Qingyu and asked, "What is the relationship between Young Master Ruan and Ninth Master Feng?"
Feng Qingyu smiled and said, "She calls me uncle; she's a distant relative of the Feng family."
"Even now you still won't tell me the truth. Master Feng Jiu never considered me, Wan Qianshan, a friend. You've deceived me so badly." Wan Qianshan then asked, "Then what is the relationship between Jiang Fenghua and Master Jiu?"
Gongsun Lan said, "The Empress's identity cannot be revealed. How can Young Master Wan say that my husband has deceived me?"
"Can't we even expose the fact that she dressed as a boy when she was little? It made me mistakenly believe that she was a boy. I thought the person I couldn't forget was a man. I thought I was sick." Wan Qianshan almost said it out loud.
Gongsun Lan looked at Feng Qingyu and asked with her eyes, "What does he mean?"
Feng Qingyu then realized, "You only like men because of Aruan. You like Aruan. I treated you like a brother. I never thought that you hadn't gotten married all these years because you wanted to make a move on my niece."
Feng Qingyu immediately turned hostile.
Wan Qianshan raised his hand and slapped himself across the face. "How could I be so stupid? How could I not have realized she was a woman?"
Feng Qingyu whispered, "Don't even mention you, many people in the Feng family don't know that Aruan is a woman. Aruan has been smart since she was a child. She is five years younger than me, and I have to listen to her."
“My brother-in-law used to be an official at the Imperial Academy, and the Jiang family is considered a scholarly family. It’s only natural for a little girl like A-Ruan to present herself as a boy in public. It’s all for safety reasons that we haven’t told anyone she’s the granddaughter of the Feng family. Also, my father forbids the Feng family from revealing their relationship with the Empress, also to avoid causing her trouble. A-Ruan’s current identity is not something we ordinary people can discuss casually, so Brother Wan should be able to understand us!”
He then deliberately added, "It's also my brother-in-law's fault. Scholars have so many rules. They insist that women stay at home and not step out of the house. They don't allow A-Ruan to show her face in public, which is why the Feng family kept it a secret."
After hearing his explanation, Wan Qianshan understood: "So she not only has the name Jiang Fenghua, but also Aruan."
“Aruan is her childhood name. Our family all call her Aruan. Her father’s surname is Jiang and her mother’s surname is Feng. She is also called Jiang Ruan. She is my Ninth Master Feng’s most proud niece.”
Wanqianshan felt that it was hidden very well!
All these years, he realized that the person he knew was a fake, inside and out.
Feng Qingyu asked suspiciously, "Why do you look so sad? You don't actually like Aruan, do you? She's the Empress, she has a husband. Don't have any inappropriate thoughts."
Wan Qianshan said, "Have a drink with me, young master. We won't leave until we're drunk."
At this moment, he wouldn't listen to anyone. Feng Qingyu and Gongsun Lan both thought he was troubled by love, so they didn't make things too difficult for him. They just had someone bring him wine so he could drink his fill before talking about anything else.
The two men watched as Wan Qianshan drank alone in sorrow, and both shook their heads and sighed, "What is love in this world that makes people willing to die for it?"
What saddened Wan Qianshan was not that "Brother Ruan" had become a woman, or even an empress. He had always mistakenly believed that he liked men, but the man he could never forget had suddenly become a woman.
In fact, over the years he had tried to go on blind dates with women he liked, but none of them could win his heart. Until his brother Ruan became a woman, she was as beautiful as an angel, but she was already a wife. He was neither sad nor heartbroken, and he had no regrets.
In that instant, he felt relieved. It turned out that what he had been longing for was not romantic love, but perhaps brotherly love like that of Feng Qingyu.
He regarded Feng Qingyu as a confidant even closer than a brother, and while raising his wine glass, he uttered drunken words, "It's not easy to find a true friend in life."
Feng Qingyu was speechless; he was talking nonsense.