Shu E heard the applause, and before she had time to see who it was, she lowered her head and stood aside.

"When did Qingmei come, why didn't you say it." Rannuo's tone was light.

"I was just walking into the garden, but I saw a figure on this side of the bamboo forest, and when I came over, my cousin had stopped." Dong Qingning's face was delicate, and her voice was gentle and charming, "Cousin Ran, will you dance again?" ”

Ran Nuo took the scabbard from Shu E's hand with his left hand, and did not look back, and returned the sword into the sheath with a "click". "Today's interest is exhausted, if Qingmei likes to watch sword dance, why not go to the eldest brother? My swordsmanship is too far behind him, and your second cousin's swordsmanship is good, but he doesn't practice it often. ”

"I'm here today...... The ...... who came to find Ran's cousin "Shu E couldn't imagine that this cousin, who had always been in high spirits, would be shy, she took the sword handed over by Ran Nuo and held it in her arms.

When Rannuo heard Miss Dong like this, she had nothing to answer for a while, so she had to say, "Please come to my courtyard for tea." ”

Dong Qingning immediately smiled and said, "Okay", but Shu E was laughing at the young master's stinginess, only saying "in the courtyard", neither "in the house" nor "in the room", that obviously regarded Miss Dong as a foreigner, not only a foreigner, but also a foreigner between men and women.

Miss Dong didn't care, her face was a little flushed, her beautiful eyes were longing, and she was charming and moving. entered Rannuo's courtyard, but was let into the study by other maids. Shu E saw that Miss Dong did not bring the maids, and remembered that she had made a special trip to find the third young master, and the maids were between the two of them, which was very inconvenient, so she only made tea and took the little girls out of the house.

Not long after, Miss Dong lifted the curtain and came out, looking at the sunshine in the sky, as if she was going to be dizzy. She steadied herself and put her hand on her forehead, as if she were too heavy to lift.

Shu E walked up and gently supported her, Miss Dong looked dazed, "Who are you?" ”

"Girl, I'm the young master's maid, Shu'e."

Miss Dong shook her head lightly and said nothing, her gaze swept from left to right with a little sluggishness. Suddenly pointed to the screen window opposite the study, "Whose room is that?" ”

"Girl, it's mine." Shu E didn't know why Miss Dong had this question.

"Who are you?" Dong Qingning seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream, his eyes were sharp and cold.

"I'm Shu'e."

"Shu'e...... Shu E ...... "Miss Dong looked her up and down, just muttering the name in her mouth, with a look of disdain and disbelief in her eyes, gently broke away from her hand, and walked thoughtfully towards the front of the courtyard gate, only took a step, suddenly turned around, and slowly asked word by word: "Who took the name 'Shu'e'?" ”

"The young master took it for me." Shu E said, but she couldn't help but be grateful and happy in her heart.

Just for a moment, Dong Qingning looked at Shu E's eyes, and he was shocked and hated.

Miss Dong looked at the study again, closed her eyes gently, but her face was only painful. Then she turned away and didn't look at anyone again.

Shu E wondered if she had seen it wrong, there was a tear under her eyes when Miss Dong left, and she wondered if she had heard it wrong, so Miss Dong called softly, "Cousin Ran".

However, Shu E knew that Miss Dong really liked the young master. Love, love is hurt, how many people will suffer. The fragrance of chrysanthemums is cold and bitter, and it is accompanied by the slaughter of this autumn wind, and it is poured into the intestines for a while. Shu E shivered and came back to her senses, but saw that the young master was standing behind him for some time.

"Why should the young master ...... Why bother to make Miss Dong sad......" Shu E said in a low voice.

"You persuaded me not to like her......" Ran Nuo looked at Shu E with a faint smile on his face.

"The young master is here again", Shu E smiled, and said quietly, "But the young master ...... Alas, she wants to be sad, is it to blame the young master...... "Shu E can't answer this question.

On September 23, despite his wife's repeated retention, the Dong family's mother and daughter still moved back. Mrs. Cao also knew that after the first month, the three girls were about to enter the palace, and Mrs. Gu should also be allowed to take the children back to the house, so that she could do her filial piety in front of her parents.

Seeing that Miss Dong had changed her radiant and radiant demeanor in the past few days, Mrs. hurriedly comforted: "Silly child, don't be like this, you are so sad, aren't you worrying about your aunt and aunt?" Saying that, Mrs. was also a little sad, "Yan'er is also leaving, let's watch you by your side, one day by one...... You should be happy! ”

Qing Ning seemed to be touched by these words, and her eyes turned red again. Mrs. Gu was very distressed when she saw that her daughter's former lively and loving appearance was gone. The wife smiled again and said, "Although I have returned home, your father is busy with official business, and the horizontal and vertical are so close to each other, and he will come more often when he is free, and be with his two younger sisters." ”