The afternoon sun was poisonous, shining on the door number of Ran Mansion dry, the black ink had faded a little, and the corner door below was ajar. Mrs. Ran's sedan chair fell in front of the gate of this mansion, and the next person opened the sedan curtain, and she walked out slowly. Mrs. Ran's sedan chair cannot be carried into Ran's mansion, this is a rule that has been in place many years ago, as for why, the old man of Ran's mansion didn't say a word, and the new subordinates didn't know, but everyone tacitly knew such a rule, just follow the rules.

The domestic servant Ding Quan hurriedly walked out from inside, stood on the side of Mrs. Ran and called out respectfully, and "Madame" bent down and led her towards the house.

Mrs. Ran didn't blink her eyes and asked, "What about the young lady and the young master?" ”

"After lunch, the young lady and the young master went to study." Ding Quan replied.

"That'...... What about the master? After a moment of hesitation, Mrs. Ran still asked.

"Sir...... The old man is ......" Ding Quan was a little nervous, and he stammered a little when he spoke, this was not what he looked like.

"Where has the master gone?" Mrs. Ran squinted her eyes, her eyes were very strict when she stared at people, and there was no one in the entire mansion who was not afraid of her fierce gaze, and Ding Quan was no exception.

"The old man is in the backyard...... Miss Xian's room ......" Ding Quan's forehead oozed some slight sweat, and he raised his hand to wipe it, not daring to look at Mrs. Ran again.

"Miss Xian......" desolation appeared on Mrs. Ran's face, and a thick blur spread, and finally disappeared faintly in her ears.

Ran Mansion is a four-entry courtyard, front, middle, middle, back, and side courtyards, which can be counted as a large mansion in the capital. It's just that after so many years, other mansions have been renovated and repaired, and the Ran Mansion has always maintained the same as it was more than ten years ago, and even the paint is rarely smeared, so it looks a little decadent. If you judge the prosperity of a mansion simply by the mansion, it is definitely not applicable in the Ran Mansion. Because of so many years, the silk business of Ran Mansion has not only not withered, but has flourished.

Since business is booming, why is Ran Mansion still like this? Almost everyone in the Ran Mansion knows the reason for this, but they just know that they know, and they dare not let anyone say anything easily!

Mrs. Ran didn't dare!

Mrs. Ran, this is the wife of Ran Linzong, the old man of Ran, who married more than ten years ago, Du Yuexian, the young lady of Du Mansion. I remember that when Du Yuexian married into the Ran Mansion, there was a lot of trouble in the city, and the most tongue was nothing more than a resounding slap in the face to Lan Hongda of the Blue Mansion, although the scenery belonged to the Ran Mansion, but later, people did not see how arrogant Ran Linzong was, and on some occasions gave Lan Hongda enough face, and the turmoil gradually dimmed in the capital with time.

Although Du Yuexian was not a young lady of a wealthy noble, she was born with a beautiful appearance, and she was a good age of sixteen years old when she married into Ran Mansion. At that time, Ran Linzong was already a twenty-six-year-old young man who had lost his wife and had a daughter. Although there is a certain gap in age, because of the prominent family, this marriage also seems to be a good match.

Du Yuexian walked on the stone path that had been polished very smooth, more than ten years ago, it was the first time she entered Ran's house, and the red sedan chair was carried into the house from that gate, and now, she has become the lady of this house, and gave birth to a daughter and a son for Ran Linzong, but her sedan chair can no longer enter this door!

It's ridiculous! It's ridiculous!

Du Yuexian and Ran Linzong's room is in the middle courtyard, there are three main rooms, and there are several rooms on each side, two of which are occupied by Du Yuexian's personal maid Xiaocui and Fuzi who serves Ran Linzong, and most of the rest are empty.

Du Yuexian returned to her main house, the huge courtyard was deserted, which was also a common situation in Ran Mansion for so many years, and it was deserted and lacked popularity. A subordinate was sprinkling water on the yard, and when he saw Du Yuexian coming back, he immediately stood aside. Du Yuexian glanced at it, everything here now made her resentful. She walked to the room in the middle, Ding Quan raised the door curtain, Du Yuexian walked in, and was separated by a curtain behind her.

The room was also silent, and Du Yuexian already knew that Ran Linzong was not in the room, and he went there. However, even Xiaocui is not there!

A long-standing resentment is rising in Du Yuexian's heart at this moment, and the season she hates the most is this time of year, when all people and everything will change because of Ran Linzong's stubbornness. This kind of stubbornness has persisted for more than ten years, and even she didn't expect that things would become like this!

The room was lit up with just the right amount of sunlight. Du Yuexian sat at his dressing table, and the ancient bronze mirror immediately appeared with a face that had been eroded by the years. She is not a country and a city, but her appearance is also excellent, and now in the year of her establishment, this face is still tender. But who would have known that behind this enviable face, there was such a shocking scar hidden!

I don't know when, Du Yuexian took a thin thing from her face, and the scar appeared on her face. The pink marks are clearly visible, crooked like a caterpillar lying on the face, and you can't catch it with your hands!

This is not a birthmark, this is a scar left by more than ten years ago, he left it on her!

Du Yuexian's eyes closed slightly, and her handsome eyebrows were already tightly shrunk in one place. This is also the reason why for so many years, there is only Xiaocui, the wedding girl of her mother's family, by her side! She didn't want anyone to have a chance to find her ugly scar!

Gently, someone outside knocked on the door, "Who?" Du Yuexian panicked and put the peeled dough back to its original place, and now she has regained her beauty.

"Madam, it's Xiao Cui!" The man outside replied softly.

"Come in!" Du Yuexian said coldly, ignoring the fact that the skin on her face was a little crooked.

The door creaked open, and Cui stepped in.

"Where did you go?" Du Yuexian was obviously a little displeased.

"It's sir...... The old man told me to serve ......" Xiao Cui glanced at it, and immediately noticed that something was wrong with Du Yuexian's face.

"Where is he?" Du Yuexian held back a turbid upwelling gas, in fact, she already knew, and now she asked...... I don't know if it's to confirm or hope for some miracle.

However, everything was as it was, Xiao Cui gritted her teeth and nodded.

"How long has he been there?" Du Yuexian asked with grief and indignation.

"Morning ...... Morning ...... Lunch is also there......" Xiao Cui pulled at the placket of her clothes vigorously, she was nervous, she was afraid, but she didn't dare to lie! Once Du Yuexian knew about it, her consequences would be much more serious than honesty.

Every year in late spring and early summer is the catastrophe day of Ran Mansion, the lord is silent, and the lady is crazy, such days will last for about a month, and then the time will slowly return to calm. This year, it was this time again, and it was business as usual, but it seemed that Madame's temper was better than in previous years.

"Go fetch water, I'm going to clean up and go see the master!" Du Yuexian said the words "go to see the master" very seriously.

"Madame...... You've just come back, so you'd better ...... first" Xiao Cui wanted to stop him.

"What? When will it be your turn to call the bills in my affairs? Do I have to get your consent to see my lord? A cold light erupted from Du Yuexian's eyes, and Xiao Cui was already trembling with fright, shaking her head incessantly.

"Then don't hurry up and prepare!" With a loud shout, Xiaocui hurriedly went out to fetch water.

It was late spring, and the grass had risen an inch above the ground, decorating the courtyard with greenery, and the leaves of the trees had sprouted buds the size of copper coins, lushly blocking out the afternoon sun. A corridor zigzagged into the backyard, and the vermilion lacquer on the corridor had lost some of its color, revealing speckled wooden marks.

The two stone lions on a stone bridge look like they have stood the wind and frost of time. Crossing the stone bridge, it is the backyard of Ran Mansion, and it is also the forbidden place of Ran Mansion, plain, except for the people who come to clean every day, no one can get close to here, no one!

Although this is a forbidden place, it is also a place that Du Yuexian doesn't want to come to at all! If she could, she would rather raze this place to the ground than stand here! But there is no way, at this time of year, this dusty boudoir will be reopened, and Master Ran will live here for two days. She is Ran Linzong's wife, so it is impossible for her not to come.

It's been more than ten years, every year, and there has never been a break.

Walking through a circular arch against a desolate courtyard, the first thing that catches your eye is a swing on a shelf, a seemingly random wooden horse on the ground, and a few scattered stones on the stone table next to it, which are said to have been left by the little master when he played for the last time. Now they're walking here, just the little master......

It's obviously a warm spring, but somehow, Du Yuexian only feels cold on her back! She held her breath and looked at everything here with trepidation, although it had been so many years, the apprehension in her heart had never diminished due to time.

The courtyard was silent, and the room was even more silent, and on the bed, Ran Linzong had a book on his chest, but he didn't know if he was tired or sleepy, and his eyes were closed. Du Yuexian walked over lightly, and just as she was about to pick up the scroll, Ran Linzong's deep eyes suddenly raised, and the terrible gaze startled Du Yuexian.

"If you're tired, lie down for a while." Du Yuexian deliberately didn't look at Ran Linzong's gaze. Although she is the lady of this house, although the old man in front of her is also good to her, she has an instinctive awe of him, and she has been like this for more than ten years, especially at this time, in this room, her anxiety and awe are serious!

"Where did you go early in the morning?" Ran Linzong turned over and asked.

"I opened a new silk village, what kind of free silk is being given, I will go out to see if our village has been affected."