Along the way, Liu Yingyuan's face was very gloomy, and Liu Ruxue had a bad premonition in her heart, but she didn't dare to ask at the moment, so she had to endure it until the father and daughter walked out of the palace gate and got into the carriage.

"Dad, what's wrong? Is my aunt unwilling to help me? ”

As soon as Liu Yingyuan came in, he leaned on the carriage with his eyes closed and didn't say a word, but Liu Ruxue was in a hurry, wanting to know the situation, and kept asking him.

In the end, Liu Yingyuan couldn't help but open his eyes, sighed and said, "After you go back, stay in Ruxue Pavilion and don't come out, Dad will arrange it for you."

"Dad, what do you mean by that? Want to marry me to the Four Princes? ”

Liu Yingyuan suddenly sneered, "Still delusional, oh no, I should say that your heart has been weighed, you don't want to marry into the royal family in your life." ”

Liu Ruxue was first overjoyed when she heard this, and then felt a little strange, and asked cautiously: "Dad, I don't have to marry the fourth prince, then, my aunt can say that she wants to help me suppress Shangshufu!"

Liu Yingyuan closed his eyes, "Go back and wait to get married, when you go to Shangshu Mansion, you will restrain your temperament, don't become a troublemaker...... There was indescribable tiredness in his voice, and he seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

Liu Ruxue was immediately shocked when she heard this, and her face turned pale instantly, "Dad...... What do you mean? I'm going to marry into Shangshufu! No...... Didn't you say that I should ask the queen's aunt to help me...... No, Dad, you must be lying to me......" said as he kept shaking Yoo Yingyuan's arm.

Suddenly, Liu Yingyuan frowned, shook off her hand fiercely, and scolded in a cold voice: "I knew this was the case, why did I bother in the first place?" I've always told you to be more careful when you go out, beware everywhere, let you learn the female virtue of the boudoir training, you are good, you think about fighting with people all day long, fighting for the wind and being jealous, where is a little bit of a lady look? You are doing this at your own peril, go back and think about it behind closed doors, and you are not allowed to go out for half a step without my permission! ”

"Daddy......"

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Yingyuan immediately ordered to go down and grounded Liu Ruxue for three months, the news quickly spread throughout the mansion, and Chen quickly got the news, sat on the couch and hooked his lips and smiled, "Very good, it seems that Liu Ruxue really annoyed the master this time, I think she will be arrogant in the future?" ”

On Mo Yuzhai's side, Meng Xiaoran was sitting in the room looking through the geographical chronicles, Xiaocui suddenly ran in out of breath, ran to the table to pour tea as soon as she entered the door, and drank a few cups of tea in a row before relieving herself.

Meng Xiaoran glanced up at her, and when she saw her sweaty appearance, she couldn't help but be a little surprised, "What's wrong?" Why did you sweat so much? ”

Xiao Cui took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her face casually, and said excitedly: "Sister, I just heard a good news, guess what?"

Meng Xiaoran closed the book, looked at her and smiled with an eager face, "Is it related to Liu Ruxue?" ”

"How did my sister guess?" Xiao Cui was a little surprised, "Could it be that my sister has already heard the news?" ”

Meng Xiaoran shook his head, "No, but what news can there be in this mansion that can make you happy like this?" I can't think of anything else except Liu Ruxue. ”

Xiao Cui scratched her head and said with a smile: "It's still my sister who is smart!" You guessed right, the eldest lady entered the palace with the lord today, and after coming back, the lord ordered the eldest lady to be grounded for three months. ”

"Grounded for three months?" Meng Xiaoran was a little surprised at this time, didn't this Liu Ruxue do something out of the ordinary in the palace?

"Well, the news has spread all over the place, and now the people in the entire mansion are laughing at it in private." Xiao Cui said with some schadenfreude.

This news is naturally a good thing for Meng Xiaoran, she recalled the news that suddenly came from the Duanyang Festival a few days ago, that day she was still busy making zongzi with Xiaocui in the small kitchen, and later asked Xiaocui to send some to Aunt Hu, who knew that Xiaocui came back and brought back a shocking news, Liu Ruxue fell into the water, and was rescued by the third son of Song Shangshu's family, and the two hugged each other in public.

After that, the rumors intensified, and the unbearable words were very loud, Meng Xiaoran naturally knew who did this, and suddenly a strange feeling flashed in his heart, it seemed that every time he was bullied by Liu Ruxue, Shen Qian would always avenge himself in other ways......

She didn't dare to think about why, and she felt some inexplicable guilt in her heart, here, although the folk customs were more open, she was still very harsh on women, she knew that Liu Ruxue was rescued by a man when she fell into the water this time, or in front of many people, even the emperor and queen, so her reputation was ruined.

She felt a little guilty about how important a woman's reputation was, but after thinking about it for a few days, she was relieved, shook her head and said, "When did I become such a virgin?" She wanted my life before......"

She let go of this matter, thinking that the purpose of revenge had been achieved, at least in the short term, Liu Ruxue would not have the heart to deal with herself again, but she didn't expect that there would be a new harvest today, and Liu Ruxue was grounded.

Meng Xiaoran looked at Xiao Cui's excited appearance and the gloating that couldn't be hidden, shook his head and said: "Xiao Cui, it's okay for you to be like this in front of me, but you must remember that you must not show such a gloating expression outside, the eldest lady was just punished by the master, but she is always the eldest lady of this prime minister's mansion, not something we can laugh at, if it is seen by someone with a heart, it will be another disaster."

Xiao Cui immediately restrained her smile and nodded, "Got it, sister, I must be cautious and will definitely not cause trouble." ”

Meng Xiaoran smiled at her, "Don't be nervous, just pay attention to it in the future." ”

In addition to Ruxue Pavilion in the Prime Minister's Mansion, there seems to be joy everywhere, and it seems that this eldest lady seems to be very unpopular.

"Get out of the way, let me out! You two dare to stop Miss Ben, if my father knows, see how many lives you have? ”

At the gate of Ruxue Pavilion, Liu Ruxue wanted to go out with Qiu Lu, but was stopped by two guards at the door, and immediately became angry and pointed at them and scolded.

The two guards were unmoved, and only said coldly: "Xiangye ordered, the eldest lady is not allowed to go out of this courtyard for half a step, the eldest lady should please go back, don't embarrass your subordinates."

Liu Ruxue's face was full of anger and disbelief, "I don't believe it, how could my father really ban my feet, he is just talking, you let me out, I'll go find him!" ”

Liu Ruxue said and rushed to the door, the two guards immediately raised their hands to stop, Liu Ruxue hit their hard arms and fell to the ground, at this moment she finally understood, this time her father was really ruthless to ban her feet, this is no longer the same as before.

She suddenly seemed to be deflated, no longer as strong as before, Qiu Lu hurriedly went over to help her up, only to see that after she got up, she turned around and walked back in a little despair, Qiu Lu followed her with a worried face, "Miss, are you okay?" ”

Liu Ruxue returned to her room without saying a word, and closed the door as soon as she entered, Qiu Lu was blocked out, looking worried, but she didn't dare to go in rashly, so she was so anxious to walk back and forth.

As soon as Liu Ruxue entered, she lay on the bed, looking up with her eyes blankly, and a sentence kept swirling in her head: I am going to marry Song Qingcheng......

The Prime Minister's Mansion is now an eventful season, Meng Xiaoran took advantage of the chaos to inquire about a lot of news, but it didn't seem to be of much help to the things he investigated, Liu Yingyuan went out of the mansion many times late at night, Meng Xiaoran followed from afar but did not dare to approach, and the martial arts Liu Cheng had been following him, so that she had no way to explore further.

In desperation, Meng Xiaoran sent another message out, and met Shen Qian again at night.

"Thank you for Liu Ruxue's matter this time, now that she is grounded in her own yard, she can no longer come out to make trouble, but it is much more convenient."

When she spoke, Shen Qian kept staring at her secretly, not letting go of the apology that flashed in her eyes, he couldn't help but hook his lips and smile, "Do you think I've done too much?" ”

Meng Xiaoran looked up at him in some surprise and shook his head, "You are doing all this so that I can be safer in the Xiangfu in the future, as a woman, I do have some sympathy for her suffering, but at the same time, I also understand that all this is just her own fault, I won't think about anything else, I should thank you." ”

"That's fine."

Meng Xiaoran smiled and didn't continue the topic, and suddenly seemed to think of something, "I heard that after Duanyang came back that day, Xia He was thrown into the firewood room by Liu Yingyuan with fifty boards, and she died in a few days, so she really died like this?" In fact, she didn't want to believe that Xia He died like that, after all, the two of them had the same identity, and they were both internal responses, but she died so tragically, it had to make people feel cold.

Shen Qian put down the jade fan in his hand and smiled, "My person will naturally not die so easily, but the maid who was tortured with her is not so good, she is really dead." ”

Meng Xiaoran breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and at the same time felt a little emotional, thinking that the first time she went to Ruxue Pavilion, it was Chunya who received her, and at that time she felt that she was a clever and lovely girl, although she followed Liu Ruxue and did a lot of things to make things difficult for herself, but after all, she was just a maid who obeyed her master's orders, and now she died so tragically.

"Let's let Liu Ruxue stop, but we killed ......" Meng Xiaoran really felt a little guilty and uneasy at this time.

Shen Qian glanced at her, hooked his lips and smiled, opened the jade fan in his hand and shook it lightly a few times, "This road is your life and death, you are too kind, but you don't know that there is no kindness in this deep mansion compound." At the beginning of Fahua Temple, the master and servant spared no effort to harm you, but did you forget? ”

Meng Xiaoran was a little surprised when she heard this, she only told Shen Qian about being harmed by Liu Ruxue, but she didn't say the details, how did he know that Chunya was also involved?

And Shen Qian was also a little annoyed in his heart after saying this, Meng Xiaoran looked at him and asked with some doubts: "You rescued me in the mountains in Fahua Temple, so you also know that their master and servant designed to frame me?"

Shen Qian was speechless for a while, and was stunned, when a figure suddenly flashed in, "Miss Meng doesn't know about this one!" ”