Ruoxin raised her hand and touched her face, with slight doubts in her heart, and Ruan Xiyan had already restrained her previous strange expression at this time, her face was slightly raised with a kind and warm smile, and a beautiful and light voice sounded softly in her ears, "Presumably you are Sister Baili." ”

Bai Li...... Younger sister......

Hearing this, Ruoxin shuddered in her heart, but she still smiled, walked up to Ruan Xiyan, and saluted Ruan Xiyan according to the etiquette in the house, "The folk girl Bai Li has seen Mrs. Xiyuan. ”

Ruan Xiyan's Mrs. Xiyuan is a formal lady, and her status is only below the princess and the side princess, perhaps it should be said that as long as King Ying Ning lives in the concubines in the fourth courtyard of Beiyuan, she will have a superior status. This is also the reason why when she lived in the Jingyuan at that time, the people respectfully called her the Lady of the Jingyuan.

Ruan Xiyan looked straight at Ruoxin's face, walked up to her with a smile, gently took her hand, and said with a smile: "There is no need to make this big gift, now that my sister is staying in the Jing Yuan, she is equal to my identity, if I still do this ceremony, my sister I can't stand it." ”

Ruoxin knew that this misunderstanding was not easy to explain, so she could only speak: "Mrs. Xiyuan has misunderstood, Ah Li and the prince are not as Madame thinks. ”

"It's not a bad thing to be favored by the prince." Ruan Xiyan pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Since the prince arranged you in Beiyuan, he values you very much, and my sister and I are not a small-hearted person, I am also happy to be able to serve the prince with many confidants." ”

Ruan Xiyan was talking, and while enthusiastically pulling Ruoxin to sit on the stone chair covered with warm felt, she also sat down opposite the stone table, and then raised her hand and waved away the servant girl who served behind her, leaving only her and Ruoxin in this pavilion.

Taking two clean cups and placing them in front of him, Ruan Xiyan elegantly pressed the spout of the pot and poured two cups of hot tea.

Moving a cup of hot tea to Ruoxin, Ruan Xiyan smiled and said, "Now that there are only two of us sisters here, we might as well talk about our hearts." ”

Ruoxin listened to Ruan Xiyan's words and seemed to mean something, and her attitude was also warm and polite.

With such politeness and a slight humility, Ruoxin suppressed the doubts in her heart, and also smiled: "I don't know what Mrs. Xiyuan wants to say to Ah Li." ”

Taking a sip of tea, Ruan Xiyan raised her eyes to look at her and said, "I listened to the steward, Ah Li entered the palace as the county lord and the county lord?" ”

"Yes." Ruoxin nodded.

"I just heard that people still call my sister 'sir'. Now that Ah has left Beiyuan, he is still called 'Mr.', but he is a little aggrieved. ”

"Ah Li really has nothing to do with the prince, and his current identity is indeed the gentleman of the county lord and the county lord."

Seeing that Ruoxin always denied it, Ruan Xiyan smiled silently, and did not dwell on this issue anymore, and after a while, she picked up the teacup again and asked as if chatting: "Listening to the accent, Ah Li is not like this person in the capital, I don't know where Ah Li lived before entering the house?" ”

"I am indeed not from the capital," Ruoxin thought for a while, then smiled: "I came to the capital from a small city in the south with my humble husband half a month ago. I just happened to see Mr. Zhongzhao in the palace, we were exhausted, and we were in a hurry, so we unveiled the list of the palace and came in to be Mr. ”

"Really?" Ruan Xiyan answered with a light smile, but her eyes still did not leave her.

Hearing her say that she had a husband, Ruan Xiyan was not very surprised, she seemed to be a little absent-minded, and the expression on her face was also thoughtful, which seemed a little strange.

Ruoxin quietly observed Ruan Xiyan, and found that she was a little strange when she saw herself from the first time, and her words seemed to be slightly tentative. It's just that she's very secretive, and her performance isn't obvious.

Ruoxin lowered her eyes and stared at the clear tea, the hot mist of the tea rose, and she was confused by the figure of the tea face, Ruoxin suddenly sighed in her heart, this Ying Ning Wang's mansion really hides a mystery, not only King Yingning, but also Ruan Xiyan seems to have a secret.

and Ruoxin had some homely conversations, Ruan Xiyan seemed to have something to say, but she was still smiling, "I have been with the prince for so many years, and I still have some understanding of his habits and interests. ”

"Mrs. Xiyuan is serious." Ruoxin bowed her head and smiled modestly.

Ruan Xiyanzi looked at her smiling face carefully, and finally took a long brocade box placed on the side of the stone table, took out a chic golden hairpin from it and handed it to Ruoxin, "The first time we met, I didn't have anything to give you, so I only picked this golden hairpin as a meeting gift." ”

The hairpin is finely made, and some of the materials inlaid on it have not been seen, I am afraid that the value is not good, Ruoxin shook her head, "Mrs. Xiyuan is polite, this gift is too much, Ah Li received Mrs. 's heart." ”

"It's not a valuable thing, it's just that today I watched Ah Li's fate and gave it to you, but it's just a matter of heart," Ruan Xiyan slowly got up, walked to Ruoxin's side, took her hand, and took the golden hairpin into her palm, "If you don't accept it, you will look down on me." ”

Ruan Xiyan said a few words that were neither soft nor hard, and there was no real anger on his face, just a touch of coquettishness.

Ruoxin was helpless, so she had to accept the hairpin.

After a few shallow words, Ruoxin got up to leave, and when she was about to walk out of the yard, Ruoxin glanced back, but Ruan Xiyan was still looking in her direction.

After leaving the West Courtyard, Ruoxin went back to the Jingyuan to pack some things, and said to Daoming: "I'll go out later, and in about three days, you don't have to follow." If the prince asks, you will say that I have already taken leave with the chief steward. ”

Daoming lowered his eyebrows and nodded quietly, indicating that he understood.

......

Although Dao Ming did not follow, the chief steward still arranged a carriage to send Ruoxin to her destination in the outer city, and the person who escorted her and Ruoxin determined the time to return home, and then drove the carriage back to the house again.

Pushing open the gate and entering the courtyard, Ruoxin heard a slight movement in the house, and thought that love was inside.

The clothes in the courtyard had just been washed, and the floor was stained with dark water stains.

After coming to the capital, during the time he moved into this house, Ruoxin found that Qingzhi never asked others to help him wash his clothes, even in the days when his health was getting worse.

It seemed that he heard Ruoxin's footsteps, and the room was quiet, and then he walked out of the room, he was wearing light green clothes, and the complexion on his face looked much better. He looked at Ruoxin, his eyes showed a faint warmth, and he called softly, "Ah is here to leave you." ”

Ruoxin looked at him and was slightly stunned, then slowly walked up to him and stared at him for a long time. Qingzhi looked at her a little strangely, and smiled slightly: "Ah Li, what's wrong with you?" ”

Ruoxin looked at the man with a familiar face in front of her without blinking, her eyes gradually turned cold, and she said, "Where did you get him?" ”

The eyes of love flashed slightly, but he didn't see panic, but he seemed to smile inclusively, "Who?" Ah Li, are you kidding around with me? ”

Ruoxin looked at him quietly for a long time, carefully looked at his face, and did not see the slightest flaw. Ruoxin took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and opened her eyes, full of clarity. She said slowly, word by word: "It's Fenghua, where did you get him?" ”