After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Yuan Qing felt like he was locked in a small house.

The two men didn't tie her up, but just left her there.

After realizing that there was no one around, Yuan Qing slowly opened his eyes.

The interior of the house was decorated in a feminine style, but there was no sign that anyone had ever lived there. It didn't look like a boudoir, but more like the common decorations in an inn.

Yuan Qing pondered secretly.

She had made herself so ugly, how could someone kidnap her in the street?

What's the point of tying up a dark, ugly little man?

Do hard labor?

No strength.

Be a servant?

shameful.

Borrowing sperm to have a child?

That's even more impossible, it's not my genes.

Hearing footsteps outside the door, Yuan Qing quickly lay back, closed his eyes and pretended to faint.

The few people outside didn't come in, they just stood outside the door.

After asking a few questions, he left again.

Yuan Qing let down his guard.

The kidnappers were quite nice to her. They came in from time to time to check on her. There was always ice in the house and meals were delivered on time, as if they were afraid that something might happen to her.

This went on until nightfall.

The footsteps were heard again outside the door, and they stopped at the door.

Suddenly one of them said, "Brother, the man is here. I brought him here."

It was the little man's voice.

Soon a low voice was heard, accompanied by anger.

"Who told you to make the decision on your own?!"

When they saw the eldest brother getting angry, the two men lowered their heads and dared not speak.

The next moment, the door was opened.

The man looked at Yuan Qing and found that she had no injuries. He heaved a sigh of relief, picked her up and walked out.

"You two will go back tomorrow and accept your punishment."

"Yes, big brother." The two men whispered.

Yuan Qing was taken into another room by the man.

As soon as he put her down, the man patted her shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, I know you are awake, stop pretending."

Yuan Qing opened his eyes as he was told, and what he saw was a very handsome face.

Judging from her appearance alone, she is at least 50% similar to her.

"who are you?"

Yuan Qing's voice was hoarse and dry, probably because he had been lying down for too long.

The man poured a glass of water and pushed it in front of her.

Yuan Qing ignored him and just stared at the person in front of him.

"How come you don't even recognize your eldest cousin?" the man laughed.

Yuan Qing suddenly remembered.

This man is the eldest grandson of the Lou family, Lou Jing.

In terms of blood relationship, he is indeed her cousin.

However, there was not much description about the Lou family in the original book, so she didn't think about it for a while.

Yuan Qing dusted himself off and asked, "How did you recognize me even though I was dressed like this?"

"My aunt sent me a message, saying that she would take good care of you, and I happened to be in the North City on business."

"Then who were those two people just now..."

"They are the second child, Xiaofan, and the third child, Xiaoshan." Lou Jing introduced them to her.

As soon as he finished speaking, two people rushed in from outside the door, stood in front of Yuan Qing and introduced themselves: "I am your second cousin Lou Fan, and he is your third cousin Lou Shan."

Lou Laosan was unhappy, but he hadn't said anything yet.

Yuan Qing couldn't help laughing when he looked at the two brothers.

Speaking of the three brothers of the Lou family.

My eldest cousin is my eldest uncle’s only son and also the most stable one, so my grandfather intended to train him to become the future heir to the family.

My second cousin is a more laid-back person. He likes to travel around. He is full of knowledge and talent, and prefers to pretend to be a dissolute dandy.

As for her third cousin, he was born in the same year as her. Not only was he stupid, he was also silly and was often teased by his second cousin.

According to the Lou family, when the second daughter-in-law gave birth to Lou Fan, the first child took away all the good things in her belly, which led to the third child, who is such a fool.

As for the origin of his name, it was because of the original owner.

My mother and my second aunt were born at about the same time. Three months after my third cousin was born, the cute and soft little girl Yuan Qingqing was born.

The Lou family has had three bad boys in a row, and now they finally have a girl, so they must spoil her well.

Even my second aunt joined the camp of doting on the little girl after she handed her son over to the wet nurse.

The wet nurse held the pitiful third cousin in her arms and went to ask her second uncle to give him a name.

The second uncle was busy playing with his niece's little feet. He waved his hand casually and said, "Just call her the third one."

Then Lou San's name was decided by his biological father.

He changed his name to Lou Shan when he grew up.

Lou Shan stole a glance at Yuan Qing, then lay down beside his second brother and whispered, "I remember that my cousin used to be fair and clean, very cute, how come she is so ugly now...?"

Lou Fan quickly covered his mouth to stop him from speaking, and stood back with his third brother in embarrassment.

Yuan Qing's face froze.

Lou Jing turned around and glared at him.

"Master, there are a lot of soldiers and officers outside the door!" a servant hurried in and said.

Yuan Qing suddenly remembered that he had instructed An Wu to do this, but he didn't expect to forget about it for a moment.

She turned to the three people and said, "Don't worry, they must be here to see me. I'll go out for a while."

As I walked, I straightened my wrinkled clothes.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he ran into a wall of flesh. Yuan Qing covered his nose with his hands in pain and tears streamed down his face.

It was a very familiar smell. She knew without even looking that this was her little guard.

"Master." Yuan Yi's panicked heart finally felt at ease.

The person in his arms hugged him back quietly, as if everything he had experienced during the day was not that important anymore.

Yuan Qing put his hands through the guard's waist, patted his back twice, and consoled him: "It's okay, you see I'm fine."

The three brothers of the Lou family followed out behind, and three pairs of eyes were fixed on the two people hugging each other tightly in the corridor.

Lou Jing coughed dryly, stretched out his hand to pull Yuan Qing back, and said seriously: "Men and women should not touch each other."

Lou Fan glanced at his big brother who was pretending to be so, and sneered softly: "If you don't like that man, just say it directly, why are you pretending?"

The postmaster with the soldiers came in panting and shouted, "The government is here, come out, surrender!"

Yuan Yi walked over and said a few words, and then the postmaster led the officers and soldiers away.

Yuan Qing waved at the young guard and took the initiative to introduce the two parties. Pointing at the three brothers, he said, "They are my three cousins."

Then he pulled the guard forward a few steps, "He is my friend and right-hand man, Yuan Yi."

A guard is just a guard, how dare you raise your status to become my cousin's friend?

Even though they already knew that this guy was the most likely person to become their brother-in-law, they just felt inexplicably unhappy, very unhappy.

Yuan Yi sensed obvious hostility, and when he looked up, he was met with deep stares from his three cousins.

Lou Jing and Lou Fan looked at each other. Lou Fan walked over, put his hand on Yuan Yi's shoulder and dragged him away, saying, "Qing'er, let me borrow your guard for a moment. I'll return it to you right away."

Yuan Qing hurriedly stopped him, "He's still injured!"

Yuan Yi gave her a reassuring look and said, "Master, don't worry. I will follow you."