"Xiaocui, how long have you been serving in the county guard's mansion, and what do you do on weekdays?" Ruan Mianmian seemed to ask casually, but he didn't let the little maids touch him, he still cleaned his face and rinsed his mouth himself.

Xiao Cui was overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the county lord, the slave maid has been in the county guard mansion for seven years, and she only guards this courtyard, and when there are guests living in, she takes the little maids to serve." ”

"If that's the case, Miss Xiaocui is articulate and delicate, wouldn't it be condescending to just guard the yard." Ruan Mianmian casually took a team of white pearl earrings and put them on left and right, and glanced at the happy Xiaocui.

Xiao Cui was overjoyed, but she still pretended not to understand, and asked softly: "The slave is stupid, I don't deserve such praise from the county lord, I don't know what the county lord means..."

Ruan Mianmian smiled: "You are so smart and clever, how can you not know what I mean, I am really in love with you, why don't you come and help me dress up, if you serve well, maybe I will take you back to the capital, and it is not impossible to be a personal maid under one person in my county lord's mansion." ”

"Yes! Be! Xiao Cui agreed, and immediately came up to take the hairpin ring in Ruan Mianmian's hand and dressed her up.

"Today, comb a flying fairy bun like yesterday for me, with that set of white jade heads, and then the hairpin with the butterfly wings and begonias." Ruan Mianmian ordered to go down, and looked at himself with loose hair in the mirror for a long time, and also looked at the envious expressions of the maids looking at Xiao Cui.

Xiao Cui's hands and feet are indeed numb, her fingers gently pull up a strand of hair, and then wrap and rotate a few times to come out of the general shape, and fix it with a white hosta inlaid with carved round and translucent light, clean and neat. After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Cui picked up a few sets of heads from the jewelry box, which were inlaid with white jade beads of various shapes, large and small, and wore them on Ruan Mianmian's hair bun to shine.

Xiao Cui moved left and right beside Ruan Mianmian to find a suitable angle to dress her, and her fluttering sleeves brushed in front of Ruan Mianmian from time to time, bringing a wisp of fresh lily fragrance, which was appropriate and reverie.

Ruan Mianmian raised his eyes and asked seemingly casually: "Xiao Cui, what kind of hair oil do you use here smells so good, even the sleeves are stained with fragrance." ”

Xiao Cui's heart was empty, her expression paused unnaturally, and she immediately replied: "The county lord said that it was funny, our things are all shoddy, where can it compare to your noble and luxurious things." The movement of her hand did not stop, and she immediately inserted the last bead hairpin for her.

Ruan Mianmian didn't seem to care about this, didn't ask again, but looked at herself who had been dressed up in the mirror again, Xiao Cui took the gorgeous butterfly wings begonia and shook it in her hand, the delicate pearl tassel shook a few times in the air as if flying, and the butterfly wings that stopped on the begonia flower gently fluttered and made a crisp collision sound, which was really beautiful.

Xiao Cui was about to shake this step to Ruan Mianmian's head, but as soon as she raised her hand, the begonia flowers and butterflies that were originally good stepped fell to the ground with a click, and the pearls and silver ornaments were already fragile, they were broken off and scattered, and the tassels burst out like stars in the sky, and they were all destroyed.

Xiao Cui was so shocked by this sudden change that she took a step back, still pinching the bare hairpin handle in her hand, her eyes widened Jiujiu did not ease up, and the other little maids were also startled, and they were busy squatting on the ground to pick up the pearls scattered around, and the whole bedroom was in a mess.

Ruan Mianmian was also frightened, holding her chest for a long time, her face turned pale, and she bit her lower lip and bit her blood.

"It's... The slave and maid just took it well, but for some reason it fell down and broke, the slave and maid didn't have a heart... By the way, it must be that the workmanship of this step shake is not good, otherwise how can it be separated with a slight shake, there must be a problem with the workmanship of the step! I also hope that the county lord will see clearly! Xiao Cui couldn't figure out the situation for a while, and there was a great hope of going to the capital to serve the county lord, why did he make a mistake this time.

Xiaocui's mind is still quite lively, and she knows that now she is not begging the county lord to keep herself, but to remove herself from this matter, although it is a pity that she can't go to the capital to serve the county lord, but she must save her life first, and she must not be wronged in this matter.

Ruan Mianmian's originally weak and bulging eyes suddenly became sharp, and the tails of his eyes pulled out sharp edges and corners, and he scolded: "Shut up!" Do you know the origin of this step, how dare you speak so frivolously! ”

Xiao Cui was frightened by Ruan Mianmian's sudden louder voice, and she didn't understand why the amiable Lord of Ruliang was so angry about a silver step, even if the butterfly winged begonia step shake was exquisite and beautiful, but it was not worth much, how could she be so angry.

Before she had time to think about it, Ruan Mianmian actually hid her face and cried: "What can I do about this, this... This step shake was given by the Queen Mother on the day I was named the county lord, and I had to wear thanksgiving when I was saluting, and now I fell like this, how can I explain it! “

"What do you explain, aren't these little girls sleeping happily?" Outside the door, Jiang Xinyue walked in, and as soon as she came in, she saw Ruan Mianmian hiding her face and crying, small rice pearls scattered all over the ground, and the maid Xiaocui was full of panic, so she knew that Ruan Mianmian was doing something to punish these maids who had no one in their eyes, and she also followed Ruan Mianmian's words.

"Sister Yue'er, you can save me, the butterfly-winged begonia given to me by the Queen Mother is broken, what should I do!" Ruan Mianmian rushed over and hugged Jiang Xinyue's arm with a crying voice, but her eyes blinked at Jiang Xinyue at an angle that others couldn't see.

Jiang Xinyue understood, and raised her voice: "It's not difficult, whoever breaks it will be compensated, if you can't compensate, you can't escape a big disrespectful crime of destroying the things given by the emperor, this crime is a big crime of the nine clans!" ”

As soon as Xiaocui heard that this matter was so serious, and it might even be possible to connect the nine clans, she immediately knelt down with a thud and told her again and again: "The county lord spares his life!" The county lord spares his life! My father and mother in my family, and a baby brother, they are innocent! If the county wants to kill me, only kill me, Xiaocui is willing to die! Her voice trembled violently with her body, and she looked like she was frightened.

Ruan Mianmian wiped away her non-existent tears, glanced at Xiao Cui, who grabbed the ground with her head, and said softly: "I am not a person who likes to kill, but a hairpin, how can I implicate innocent lives, but this matter is not up to me after all, it is better to invite the county guard and the generals to come, after all, the people of the county guard's mansion should also know." ”

Jiang Xinyue secretly said in her heart: What a white lotus that is not stained by the turbid world! Disposing of people can still make people think that she is kind and gentle, and she would never think that she deliberately provoked this matter, high, really high! The corners of Jiang Xinyue's mouth hooked, and she secretly covered her sleeves and gave Ruan Mianmian a thumbs up.

"There's no need to ask the county guard, I just came in and saw that he was waiting outside, the county lord returned to Beijing today, and he should resign according to the etiquette." Jiang Xinyue's face was serious, and her heart was happy, she already knew that Ruan Mianmian was not a person who had suffered in vain, and she was going to make a big deal before leaving, so she deliberately got up early in the morning to come to her to watch the play, and she didn't even eat a few bites of the milk custard prepared by Mu Ruqing.

"In that case, let him in." Ruan Mianmian sniffed and covered her face with a handkerchief, looking very sad.

Here, Jiang Xinyue's maid Fufeng went out to spread the county guard, and after a while, she led the panicked and embarrassed county guard in, thinking that Fufeng told him what had happened outside, so it was okay, the province would have to spend more time talking, and the name of the queen mother in the capital would be easier to use than anything else, and I was not afraid that they would not follow their own ideas.

Ruan Mianmian wiped his face, and said with red eyes: "Lord County Shou, presumably you already know what is going on here, and it's up to you to decide how to deal with it, but you can't hurt people's lives, and I will truthfully report to the Queen Mother when I return to the capital, she is the most kind old man, so I won't be angry." ”

Ruan Mianmian's words are just in the middle, which not only gives him the right to speak, but also has the invisible pressure of the Queen Mother on it, he handles it well is impartiality and selflessness, and if it is not handled well, it is disrespectful to the Queen Mother, as for whether it is good or not, of course, it is Ruan Mianmian who has the final say.

The county guard was sweating profusely, bowed his head and responded, and said in a trembling voice: "County Lord, thinking that she is a first-time offender, and a mistake made unintentionally, it is better to... Just expel her from the county guard and not be allowed to live in Ruliang County for ten years, how about this? He only now realized that his errand was not good, and he thought that he would be able to live a free life in Ruliang County again by sending away this big Buddha today, but who knew that there would be such a trouble.

"It's okay, the others are not at fault, just fine them for a month, this county lord is not a strict and unreasonable person." Ruan Mianmian nodded and said, "It's time for the county lord to go to the front yard to prepare for departure, it's not good to make others wait for a long time." Ruan Mianmian got up and walked out with Jiang Xinyue, stopped again when he walked to the door, and turned around and said, "By the way, Miss Xiaocui, remember to send my share that you and others exchanged, remember to send it to my carriage." After saying this, Ruan Mianmian stroked his sleeves lightly and walked out, and Jiang Xinyue's maids behind him helped Feng and treading water to stay and bring the jewelry and clothes brought by Ruan Mianmian.

Xiao Cui suddenly collapsed on the ground, her eyes were blank, and she muttered, "She... She knows everything. Then Xiao Cui tilted her head, rolled her eyes and fainted.

On the wide street at the gate of the county guard's mansion, more than a dozen carriages were connected from end to end, King Lu Gui and Zhu En shared one, Yipinxiang and everyone were divided into two cars, Jiang Xinyue, Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er had one, Mu Ruqing rode a horse to take care of it, and Uncle Hua led Ruan Bai and the newly joined Wang Xun to sit in the back.

The middle cars are placed in the special products of Ruliang City, not only for Ruan Mianmian, but also for the emperor and queen mother in the palace, the famous magnates in the capital, according to the grade, one is sent out in the name of Ruan Mianmian Ruliang County Lord, and each car is only guarded by a maid or a small servant.

The last two carriages looked much inferior to the others, and there were soldiers surrounded in all directions, this was the prisoner carriage that escorted Wei Xunyi and the Sun steward respectively, but it was not transparent on all sides, so they saved a little face, and they didn't go hungry for three meals a day, but there were also special soldiers who took turns to guard it to prevent self-cutting and escape, and it was strictly watertight.

In this way, the officers who resisted the big banner with the words Ruliang opened the way in front, and the group began their journey back to Beijing.