In a side room on the second floor of the first floor, there were some tea and snacks on the table, and the two of them sat by the window. Jiang Xiaogongzi shook the ivory bone fan, while looking at the scenery outside, and telling Duanmu Xihua interesting stories in Shengjing.

Suddenly, he clapped his hands with a fan excitedly, as if he had thought of something terrible.

"Cousin, since the king of Nan'an has lifted the ban, don't put rattraps outside the wall anymore."

"Mousetrap?"

Jiang Xiaogongzi nodded solemnly.

"In the seven years that you were imprisoned by the king of Nan'an, it was about the third year, somehow. Every time I climbed the wall and went in, there was a mousetrap under the wall, and the first time I stepped on it. ”

He paused, took a sip of tea, and was reluctant to think about it.

"I stepped on that foot, and I recuperated for half a month. When I go back in the future, I have a mousetrap every day. I thought it was King Nan'an who warned me, so I didn't tell you about it. ”

"It's just that now that this ban has been lifted, I'm afraid that King Nan'an has forgotten this stubble. I have no choice but to talk to you. ”

Duanmu Xihua filled him with a glass of water, and Shi Shiran replied.

"You don't want to climb the wall, don't you just come in through the main entrance?"

Jiang Lanhe: "......"

He was suddenly a little aggrieved, and he had been climbing the wall for seven years in a row, and he had long become accustomed to it. What's more, this is still for the people in front of him, so Jiang Xiaogongzi looked up at the girl with accusations.

Duanmu Xihua didn't hold back and laughed out loud. Jiang Xiaogongzi's face immediately rose with shame, and his cheeks were stained with a few crimson.

"Cousin! I'll tell you the truth, this is the ...... You're still making fun of me. ”

Well, she calmed down and restrained her smile. But the truth of this incident also made her not think of it, is her father such a small belly.

But why not put the trap in the first place, three years later...... Three years later...... It seemed to be the day Xie Jiusi returned.

The rat trap was not to warn Jiang Lanhe, but to kill the chicken to show the monkey. Thinking like this, she felt a little guilty for the embarrassed teenager in front of her.

"Don't worry, I'll tell my father when I go back. The next time you climb the wall, you will no longer see the mousetrap. ”

When Jiang Xiaogongzi heard her words, his face immediately changed, and he was smiling and grinning again. The two explained to the little guy who delivered food in the building, and prepared a few snacks to send to the palace for Qingye. Jiang Lanhe was going to take her to Jiang's house to meet his aunt Jiang Ruyu, the sister of Xie Jiusi's mother Jiang Ruying, and her mother's close friend.

Counting it, it is also the sister-in-law of the two.

In the years when Jiang Xiaogongzi climbed the wall, he brought a lot of letters to each other, and only when he saw Jiang Ruyu's letterhead, Xie Yunrong would have a sporadic smile on his face.

His son is as beautiful as England, and he is very different from public practice. The son of Piqi is as beautiful as jade, which is very different from the princess.

The two sisters of the Jiang family were once the objects of longing for most people in Shengjing. Especially Jiang Ruying, the eldest lady of the Jiang family, is known as the first beauty. Even if she later married Xie Huaijin, people did not stop longing for her.

Duanmu Yuhua is not very keen to see these elders, they are old there, and they are the essence of the family and have rich experience. Every time I stand in front of them, I face a pair of unpredictable eyes, the darkness that I can't see, and the dark night is as cold as a star.

She had only seen Jiang Ruying once, but she still remembers the situation at that time.

It was the first time she had been a guest at Xie's Mansion, because Xie Jiusi was called back by his father in a hurry, saying that he had something important to explain. As a last resort, the two rushed back from the street, and she waited for him in the main hall.

In the midst of boredom, the maids at the door waved out and shouted respectfully.

"Ma'am."

Duanmu Xihua shook his head and hurriedly sat down from the chair. The woman replied lightly, and asked in a tone that did not fluctuate.

"Got guests?"

"Mrs. Hui, she is the county lord of Changning."

She looked down at the corners, a white coat, and a pair of white wat shoes. The embroidered shoes are delicate and small, with pale blue peonies embroidered on the sides and outlined with silver threads. The woman walked towards her.

Duanmu Yuhua's heart fluttered violently, probably because this was his sweetheart's mother.

"You are, Xie Yunrong's daughter."

At first, she could clearly feel Jiang Ruying's hostility until she looked up.

Jiang Ruying's beauty is too aggressive, she just stands there, and she overwhelms the crowd. She only wore plain clothes without embellishment, so the beauty of this appearance was even more prominent, and it was a bit thrilling and shocking.

If you want to describe it, it is - clear water out of hibiscus, naturally carved and decorated.

It is undeniable that Xie Jiusi inherited her good looks.

It's just that her beauty is prickly, just like this one. Before he could get closer, he was drenched in blood.

The woman met her amber eyes, stunned, and looked a little incredulous. Then he stared into her eyes for a long time, as if he was carefully discerning something.

With such an unshy scrutiny, her palms were sweating.

After a while, Jiang Ruying laughed. The hostility also dissipated cleanly, and when it was tasted back, it was like a victor's pity. What did she lose? What is the source of this inexplicable hostility, Duanmu Yuhua wondered.

When she came back to her senses, Jiang Xiaogongzi was talking to her about Jiang Ruyu, and there was undisguised sourness and jealousy in her tone.

"Cousin, you don't know. Auntie misses you and the princess and aunt all day long. At that time, I stepped on the mousetrap and was injured, and during the half month of recuperation, she complained that I could not carry her letters, so that I could not understand your current situation. ”

"You must go with me to see my aunt, as soon as the ban of King Nan'an is lifted, she thinks you can come out. It's been more than three months now, and I can't take you home to show her. She really doesn't recognize me as a nephew. ”

The boy was full of sincerity, and he never lied to her. Thinking of Jiang Lanhe's pure character, and Jiang Ruyu's care for them. About this aunt, it should be different from Jiang Ruying.

What's more, she is indeed a little curious - what kind of person will she be if she teaches Jiang Lanhe to be like this. After a moment's hesitation, she nodded in response to the boy's invitation.

When Jiang Xiaogongzi saw her responding, he smiled like a flower, and hurried ahead to guide her. As soon as the two of them went downstairs, they were facing the two white-clothed gentlemen who entered the door.

One was holding a Xiuyu abacus in his hand and smiling. One wears a white jade mask, revealing only a pair of sparkling eyes.