Just after the unitary hour, the sky was already dark, and the Hou Mansion, which had been lively for a day, ushered in tranquility.

Except for some of the servants who guarded the porter, the rest of the servants and maids, who had been busy all day, were free, and sat around the fire in groups of threes, threes, twos, fours, and fives, and began to knock their teeth idly.

On a bitterly cold winter night, apart from the sound of the howling wind, there was only the sound of snow falling outside the house.

An Ruoxian sat quietly in the dark and cold room, holding her arms that were gradually dyed with cold, listening to the whirring wind outside the window, and a sadness suddenly rose in her heart.

Being in a foreign land, alone, on this long winter night, she didn't even have a place to seek solace and warmth.

How sad.

She couldn't help but ask, why is God so unfair? Even hateful people like An Ruolan can have a good background and circumstances, why does she have two ups and downs? The tragic past life, the troubled present life, she no longer knows how to face it.

With a long sigh, she got up and opened the door.

Outside the door, several maids led by Huang Ying heard the sound and immediately greeted her, Huang Ying stepped forward, and asked respectfully, "What does Miss command?" ”

The rest of the maids all lowered their eyebrows and bowed their heads, but their lowered eyes were full of complaints.

The weather is cold, and after waiting outside the door for a day, these maids have already had blue hands and feet, and their cheeks are stiff, no wonder there are some opinions in their hearts - this Miss Xian has not yet entered the family tree, she is not a serious young lady of the Hou Mansion, she is already so big, and she will recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors in the future, so she may not know how to toss them.

An Ruoxian is not that dull and stupid person, she can naturally see that these maids are only superficially respectful, she swept over the few maids below with cold eyes, snorted coldly in her heart, and coldly ordered: "Send dinner." ”

Huang Ying complied, and immediately took someone down to serve the warm dinner in the kitchen.

Soon, the hot tea and hot rice were served, and smelling the aroma of the food, An Ruoxian felt a little hungry. Maintaining the last few points of manners, she quickly dismissed the other maids, leaving only Huang Ying to serve, and then raised her chopsticks to eat.

That action is not an exaggeration to say that it is a gobble.

Huang Ying was holding tea next to her, and persuaded her repeatedly: "Miss eat slowly, I'm worried about choking." ”

An Ruoxian was indifferent, and it wasn't until she was full that she gradually slowed down and asked questions with or without a match.

"What has my aunt been busy with today?"

Don't waste the opportunity she offers.

"My aunt came here in the morning, and she came to take a look at it at noon and at the time of the lamp, and the rest of the time she was in the room, and she was not busy with anything." Huang Ying replied very conservatively.

"Oh." An Ruoxian nodded, and asked again, "What happened in the house?" ”

Huang Ying paused, and then lowered her voice and said: "When the slave went to the kitchen to get dinner, I happened to hear an ear, and the maids were all discussing, saying that Miss Xian was bullied by the second and sixth misses, and cried in the room for a day. ”

A purely declarative tone, without the slightest personal emotion.

Getting the answer she wanted, An Ruoxian's lips hooked slightly and nodded with satisfaction.

Then, she asked the reaction of everyone in the lower house, and as she was talking, Xue led someone into the door.

Xue came in a hurry with a worried face, rushed into the door and rushed to An Ruoxian, hugging her with a full embrace.

"Xian'er, you can be regarded as coming out, my aunt is going to be frightened by you! What grievances can't be said, you have to hide and feel uncomfortable, do you know how worried and distressed your aunt is? What if I hurt my body? ”

Xue scolded in a rambling manner, wiping the corners of his eyes as he spoke, his face was very shrewd and capable, but at the moment it was overflowing with love and full of maternal brilliance.

An Ruoxian pouted secretly, a little unable to stand Xue's hypocritical acting skills. She wanted to push away the Xue family who was holding her, but when she saw the maid woman following behind the Xue family, she changed her mind.

Hiding in Xue's arms, she took out the skillful acting skills that flattered her stepfather before the crossing, and sobbed with a flat mouth: "Woo woo, aunt ......"

The voice of the five or six-year-old child was soft, with some trills, and the dragging tail looked extremely aggrieved and pitiful.

After a short period of surprise, Xue came back to his senses and hugged An Ruoxian cooperatively and cried.

The mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried, and their liver and intestines were broken.

Huang Ying also quietly wiped her tears on the side.

Seeing this, the mother-in-law and the maid who came with the Xue family couldn't help but secretly exchange a look.

After crying for a while, Xue and An Ruoxian comforted each other and regained their composure, and An Ruoxian found that the mother-in-law brought by Xue was still carrying a food box.

"Auntie, this is ......," she asked, pointing to the small red lacquer food box.

Xue wiped his tears and said softly: "This is ginseng soup, my aunt heard that your father often stays up late in the study these days, so she thought of sending some over to make up for him." After a pause, he asked again, "Do you want to go with Xian'er?" Your father will be pleased. ”

"Oh." An Ruoxian raised her eyebrows, her face was impassive, but she sneered in her heart: "I just want to please a man, regardless of the life or death of my children, such a woman is not worthy of being a mother at all!" ”

An Ruoxian was indignant in her heart, but what she didn't know was that all the dinner she had just eaten was cooked by the Xue family herself.

With a roll of her eyes, she said cautiously: "Auntie, I have something to say to you." ”

Seeing her solemn expression, the Xue clan knew that it was an important matter, so they withdrew all their subordinates, leaving only the two of them to speak alone.

"Auntie, you can't go and bring ginseng soup to your father." An Ruoxian got straight to the point.

Xue Shi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why?" This is a great opportunity to win your father's favor! ”

Since she was accepted into the Hou Mansion, the fifth master has never stayed overnight in her Jinguiyuan, and she has only met a few times, she has already been in a hurry, and now she finally has a chance to show Xiàn, and her daughter actually stopped her?

Even if she wants to break her head, she can't think of a reason.

An Ruoxian didn't take Xue's anxiety in her eyes at all, and the old god was saying: "Now that we have just returned to the house, we don't have any foundation, if you act rashly and arouse the suspicion of others, I'm afraid that everything we did before will fall short." ”

"But ......" Xue was still waiting to be defended, An Ruoxian interrupted her impatiently, and said without a beak: "It is more important to lower the vigilance of the Meng family and the old lady than to compete for favor." ”

"......" Xue Shi was speechless, and after some struggle, he gritted his teeth and said, "I understand." ”

An Ruoxian faintly evoked a mocking smile, then softened her tone and persuaded gently: "Auntie, don't worry, endure this for a while, we will be able to come out soon." ”

Looking at his daughter's unfathomable eyes, Xue nodded absentmindedly. She always felt that Xian'er had become more calm and insightful in the past few days, and she was becoming more and more ...... Strange.

Xue took people back to the room, and Ginseng Tang stayed in An Ruoxian's house.

An Ruoxian didn't feel guilty about fooling the Xue family, looking at the food box on the table, her eyes flashed slightly, and she looked up and said to Huang Ying who entered the door: "Follow me to say hello to my mother." ”

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Late update,Forgive me~~~.

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