The terrain of the Hou Mansion was very familiar to him, and he quietly touched the garden, and stopped hesitantly - who were you going to see when you sneaked in so late?

Is it a suspicious but sincere aunt? Or is it Ruzhen, who has two sides of good and evil?

His heart was troubled, and he was about to leave, but he heard the sound of the soo behind the flower garden!

What people!

He was about to drink, but he realized that he had also infiltrated and was not quiet.

He approached quietly, but saw two young girls digging with small medicine hoes behind a dense willow branch, preparing to bury an ebony box in it.

Through the faint moonlight, he finally saw the face of one of the girls, and it turned out to be the Ruyao girl he mentioned during the day!

Under the hazy moonlight, I saw that she was wearing a moon-white jacket with light blue satin trim, and a simple meniscus bun, which looked like a willow branch.

Under the willow under the moon, the two girls quietly sped up their movements, their foreheads were slightly sweaty, Xiao Yue wondered in his heart: What is she doing?

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Ruyao had never sneaked into the garden in the middle of the night so late, but the wooden box in her hand was like a hot potato, urging her to hurry up.

After his cousin Guangsheng returned, he personally sent an iron box and a letter from Xiao Gu, "It is said that this is your mother's dowry, you better keep it well." ”

Guangsheng didn't care what the box was, he handed it to her very neatly, told her to be careful and left, but Ruyao felt very strange: she had discussed with Xiao Gu that those things were to be counted and collected, but there was no need to bring them back to the house.

Gu is a smart man, why would he do this?

This iron box...... She shook it at the time and found that there was a slight movement inside, but Qin's mother came on crutches, and she was excited when she saw the iron box. simply threw the iron box and stepped forward to touch it, "It is indeed the craftsman craftsmanship of the young lady who married back then." ”

The two masters and servants retreated from the others, leaving Bihe and Qingyi to guard the door, and Qin's mother helped Ruyao pry open the green bricks under the bed and took out a small baggage, which also contained a few important belongings.

Among them, there is a bunch of keys that are quite strange, the first one is made of fine iron, which is heavy in the hand, and the other is a thin semicircular jade piece, which looks a bit like jade cong in ancient times. It's just that there are more tooth saws and grains on the edges, which looks quite mysterious.

"This iron key can open the chest."

Before Mother Qin's words fell, the rusty keyhole in her hand had miraculously opened, and what appeared inside was a pitch-black and shiny sandalwood box.

Mother Qin unconsciously held her breath and carefully took out the wooden box, Ruyao saw that there was also a keyhole on the front of the wooden box, but it was a long and narrow slit.

She couldn't help but pick up the jade piece. It was inserted smoothly, but it only took up half of the frame, and the wooden box did not move.

Mother Qin was afraid that she would be broken, so she hurriedly took the wooden box and the jade piece and put it away. He whispered: "This is the most important dowry left to you by Madame, even if those on the Zhuangzi are lost, the title deed has been lost by the master and Brother Cheng, as long as there is this jade cong." You'll have a good home! ”

Her eyes were loving and emotional, but looking at Ruyao's eyes had a different meaning, "This Yucong." It's a pair of circles, and you have to make up that half before there will be any movement—the other half, which Madame has set for you. ”

Ruyao was stunned when she heard this, she was not stupid, her cheeks gradually dizzy, and she said shyly: "Mom, what did you say!" ”

"When people are old, they can't hold this box."

Mother Qin smiled, her eyes looked at Ru Yao, and she felt more and more that her smile was scarlet, and her eyes were clear, like a beautiful jade pearl, "This box has been born, it seems that those two poisonous women can't help but jump over the wall in a hurry, this Hou Mansion is stunned, we should also try to contact my uncle and ask him to come and propose marriage quickly." ”

Speaking of this, Ru Yao's face was inevitably a little worried, "Yuan Gongzi ......"

At the mention of this title, her face flushed even more, and her voice was like a mosquito: "I have never seen him, let alone said a word to him." ”

Mother Qin's eyebrows furrowed, and she sighed - when Mrs. Zhang was there, she made a family appointment for Ruyao and Yuan Ergongzi, but she went too early, so Ruyao completely lost her support.

Although the girl who has not come out of the cabinet is strict, but her mother has a lot of opportunities to socialize with her, if the two families are friends in the world, there will always be a chance to meet, and the worst can be sneaked a glance through the screen.

But when Ruyao grew up to be so big, she has been trapped in the boudoir, and she almost didn't know that there was such a person in the social circle of nobles in the capital.

The more Qin's mother thought about it, the more she felt for Ruyao, but she could only comfort: "How many couples in the world are blind and dumb married, and they only met on that day in the cave room, isn't it also a lifetime of affection and love?" Besides, the two families have already made a family affair, and sister, you are so beautiful, my uncle must be fascinated as soon as they meet......"

Ruyao hid her face and refused to listen to this again, turned around to the window and refused to look back, and after a while, she heard her whisper: "I always feel that this matter is not appropriate - since the two families have already made a family relationship, why don't they see each other on weekdays?" Even if the relationship between the two families is cold after the death of his mother, the three-season ritual that should be there should not be delayed - how can it seem that the Yuan family has never said a word, and no one has ever come, should it not be ......?"

Her heart was pounding, and out of the corner of her eye, she looked at Qin's mother's worried frown, but she couldn't bear to say any more.

Although she was raised in the deep boudoir, she was not a young lady who did not understand the world, and the world was hot and cold and she had long been accustomed to seeing everyone in the house - this family affair was set by Mrs. Zhang at the time, and there was no news for so many years, but I am afraid that either something has changed, or the other party does not want to keep his promise.

A layer of gloom appeared in her kind eyes, her eyebrows were frowning but she didn't say much after all, Qin's mother also guessed her thoughts, and retorted eagerly: "This is impossible, how can the aunt who was carefully selected by Miss when she was alive be treacherous?" ”

In a hurry, she even said her previous name, Ruyao sighed secretly, got up and walked over, patted the back of Qin's mother's hand, and comforted: "You're right, maybe I'm too cranky." ”

"Yes, my sister's blessing is still to come, you can't talk nonsense, you can wait for the Yuan family to come to the door to propose."

Both of them had smiles on their faces, but they were just to comfort each other, but they both had a little heavy apprehension in their hearts - after so many years, what was the Yuan family's thoughts, and would they come? This qiē is unknown.

Mother Qin's eyes flashed with resoluteness, but she smiled and diverted the topic, "This box has to be put away, although I don't know what is in it, but it is so carefully collected by Madame." ”

She suddenly remembered her agreement with Xiao Gu: Xiao Gu would protect Ru Yao Shun out of the pavilion, and it was this wooden box that was exchanged for it! (To be continued......)