Chapter 167: Surprise!
Since the maid's 'inadvertent' remarks, the rumors have spread even more exaggeratedly, and even fell on the one side because no one came out to clarify, and finally Ling Muran completely won an infamy.
But someone who has a lot of infamy doesn't care, and in the past few days, under the pretext of recuperation, she has refused many invitations, including the dust washing banquet held by the emperor for her.
Under her instructions, Lin Xiaoxiao, who was the most active, rarely went out, and they basically didn't leave the palace again except for a few people who went to have a meal that day.
Lin Xiaoxiao was able to endure staying in the palace, firstly because of Mu Ran's orders, and secondly, because she was unwilling to listen to the gossip outside that made her run away every time she heard it.
For these gossips, Mu Ran always said that when the time comes, although she doesn't understand what plan she has made, she still believes that she will not let herself suffer, so she can only endure it as much as possible.
Shangguan Ziluan has been living extremely comfortably in the past few days, and Ni Feng wants to cultivate her personally, so Mu Ran will not rashly teach her anything first, but it is still okay to familiarize her with some knowledge of alchemy.
This girl was already extremely crazy about alchemy, and now that an alchemy appeared, not only aroused her great interest, but also made her have a strong curiosity and expectation for the future, and she almost pestered Mu Ran every day to ask about Ni Feng's situation, just hoping that it would get out of the customs soon.
Mu Ran was really scared of her, even Lin Xiaoxiao was afraid of her, because Shangguan Ziluan always liked to pull her to discuss pharmacology, this thing was Lin Xiaoxiao's most impatient thing, and she would rather meditate and cultivate with these.
So on this day, Mu Ran, who was muttered endlessly by the two guys in his ear, decided to hold a tea party, and when he received those ladies and ladies last time, he said that he would find a time to feast them, although it was just verbal at that time, but it was not good not to do it, and it happened that this time was more appropriate.
Lin Xiaoxiao disagreed, she just felt that it was troublesome to deal with those people. But as long as it is Mu Ran's decision, she has always had to accept it.
After more than 20 invitations were sent out, there was a lot of shock in the circle of Miss Lady.
Although the rumors outside are very unfavorable to Ling Muran now, in the eyes of these people, they are just watching the excitement and will not care.
They may also secretly participate in discussions because of their imbalance or jealousy, and may even laugh and abuse, but that is only to express their emotions.
For them, the current Ling Muran is the big tree at the entrance of the lush forest, as long as they successfully hug this tree, then they can obtain the qualification to enter the forest, as for the quality of this tree, who cares.
Even, some minds are clearer and can think more, especially after this incident, they are even more afraid of Ling Muran, and they become more and more cautious.
Some people probably also saw clearly the reason why Ling Muran didn't stop the rumors.
With her ability and status, as long as she wants to stop a small rumor, there will definitely not be a single word that flows out, but now the rumors are rampant, but she has no expression, and there is only one reason for thinking about it, checks and balances.
From the fact that she became the granddaughter of the valley lord of the Divine Doctor Valley to the affairs of Yuzhou, and later married Feng Linglang and became the princess, everything made her in the limelight.
But if she was just the granddaughter of the Divine Doctor Valley, the more popular and famous she would definitely be, but now that she has the title of Princess Ruyang, it will be different.
The struggle for the prince to seize the heir is becoming more and more intense, and as the prince who has a heavy army but announces his renunciation of the right to inherit, he is probably the most sensitive and dangerous in this battle for the heir.
Which of the fathers and sons above is not defensive against him, otherwise there would be no suspension, and now he has a princess with good ability and the Divine Doctor Valley behind him, and his status and strength are rising with the tide, who can guarantee that he will not plan to take advantage of the fisherman.
And if Ling Muran's reputation among the people is getting higher and higher, and the people's will is guaranteed to be to King Ruyang and unanimously support his ascendancy, no matter whether King Ruyang will conform to the people's will and ascend to the throne, no one wants to see such a situation for the current emperors and princes.
So as soon as the rumors affecting Ling Muran came out at this time, they played a role in checking and balancing.
And Ling Muran's forbearance and understanding of the overall situation are the reasons why they dare not despise it, the so-called dog that can bite people does not bark.
Moreover, they don't think that these rumors will really have much impact on her in the end, her status and ability are there, and there is a coveted Yuzhou in her hands, and a little damage to her reputation is actually completely painless for powerful people.
Therefore, after waiting and watching, most of these ladies and ladies, under the communication with their families, decided that no matter what, they would give priority to building a good relationship with Ling Muran, as long as there was a divine doctor valley, even if her tree died, there would be a chance to recover.
"Why are you only inviting these people? I remember that there were a lot of people who came last time, so wouldn't it be unbalanced for those who weren't invited?" Lin Xiaoxiao looked through the invitation list while eating the spirit fruit, and his face was full of boredom.
"Then you mean to invite everyone?" Mu Ran didn't even raise his head, and casually threw out this sentence.
Lin Xiaoxiao paused when he bit the fruit, and then his face was black, "No, no, it's good, it's not too expensive." ”
God knows how annoying she is now, Mu Mu wants to be a qualified housekeeper hostess and let her be in charge of this time, she never knew that it would be so troublesome to simply hold a tea party, just setting the list made her almost crazy, hundreds of information, one by one, it took a day to pick and choose, and then she had to send invitations, arrange the venue, select the food, arrange the content of the tea party and make some unexpected arrangements.
In the past two days, Shangguan Ziluan has been scared away by her low air pressure, and every time he sees her, he runs away under the pretext of refining medicine before she can speak, for fear that she will be caught as a strong man. There is only one person in the entire palace who does not avoid her, but this person is the culprit.
"Oh, you think it's a purchase. Mu Ran glanced at her.
Lin Xiaoxiao rubbed the paper in her hand and muttered, "It would be as easy as buying something." ”
"Do you think it's easy to buy things? You have to manage the food and clothing of a large family every day, every month, and every year, and you must make a plan and a list before purchasing, calculate consumption and time, analyze needs, calculate income and expenses, and so on. ”
Lin Xiaoxiao's scalp tingled as if she was facing a great enemy, and her eyes widened, "But aren't these the scope of the housekeeper's tasks?"
Mu Ran shrugged, "yes." ”
"That'...... Then you still say ......" Lin Xiaoxiao was choked.
Mu Ran simply put down the pen and raised his eyebrows to look at her, smiling innocently, "Aren't you always shouting boring." ”
"So you're going to get these things to relieve my boredom?" Lin Xiaoxiao was so depressed that she felt depressed, "What kind of relief is this, it's obviously adding blockage." ”
"Who pesters me every day and asks when Ling Yanran will be resolved. ”
"Ah......h
It's a pity that the other party didn't hesitate to pour cold water directly, "No." ”
The corners of Lin Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched, and the ups and downs made her want to pounce and bite, so she heard her say again, "But there will probably be a drama about her, so let's relieve your boredom first." ”
"What's the show?"
"You'll know then. A weird smile that likes to hang people's appetites.
Lin Xiaoxiao clicked her throat in one breath and was so depressed that she was about to vomit blood, "Don't wait to play people like this, you won't die if you talk about it first!"
"Heh, it's a lot less fun to say, anyway, I'll know in two days, and I'm looking forward to it so that I won't be bored. Mu Ran said easily, turned her head and saw Feng Linglang coming, so she told her to do things well and leave without being lazy.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the pair of beautiful people who left together, and angrily took a brush and dotted it on the white paper.
"Bang, Bang, Bang......" In the beautifully and luxuriously furnished room, the crackling sound of broken porcelain was heard from time to time.
The two maids stood aside with their heads bowed and did not dare to speak.
"Damn Ling Muran, you dare to let me lose so much face!" Lu Fei'er was so angry that her whole body trembled.
She hasn't seen her since Ling Muran came back, not because she didn't see her, but because she couldn't see her, except for the second day after she came back, she was closed under the pretext of recuperation.
Because of this, she has been a little embarrassed in front of her aunt and cousin recently, after all, she and they both said that she was Ling Muran's friend before, but when her friend came back, she couldn't see her, what was the reason.
And this invitation was a direct slap in the face, more than 20 invitations did not even have her name, and the most embarrassing thing for her was that one of them invited the Lu family's big house, and she is also the current head of the Lu family, and even the eldest lady and young lady of the Rong family are also on the invitation list.
Although it was normal and reasonable to say this in terms of etiquette, she was not invited as Ling Muran's 'friend', and when she thought of her aunt's questioning and dissatisfied eyes just now, her heart became even more gloomy.
After venting, the anger slowly subsided, and then he began to think about it, and after thinking for a while, he said coldly to the maid, "Go and prepare for me, I want to go back to Lu's house." ”
Since she lived in Rongfu, she hasn't been back to her home for a long time, and she only goes back once or twice a year.
The main thing is to hate to see the endless street bickering of my parents, and the cynicism of other people.
But this time she had to go back, she needed to see Ling Muran as soon as possible, because she wasn't sure what that guy was going to think now, had he already found a solution to her threat?
This speculation made her very uneasy, she was able to get the approval of her aunt and cousin by virtue of her proximity to Ling Muran, and getting close to her was relying on that threat, if this bargaining chip was gone, then wouldn't she be beaten back to her original form again, and all her efforts would be in vain?
No, she is not willing to be like this, just a little bit, her aunt has already made a decision, and her cousin is also a little moved, she can become the fourth princess as long as she works harder, and she must not fail at this time.
It's just that the eldest lady is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she will definitely give such a good opportunity to her daughter, and if she agrees to bring herself, I am afraid that she will have to pay some price.
Damn Ling Muran!
Mu Ran, who was being cursed by many people at this moment, was in a surprise, because Qin Xue was back, and he also brought a few good news that made Mu Ran happy.
Qin Xue has a very high level of comprehension, and she had achieved very high results from practicing the exercises given by Mu Ran before, so Mu Ran suggested that Feng Linglang let her train the group of dead soldiers who were selected to prepare for cultivation.
A year has passed, and the team of 200 people, mainly cultivating and supplemented by medicine, has achieved good results, and they have all reached the third layer of qi refining, of which there are more than 120 in the third layer of qi refining, more than 50 in the fourth layer, and about 20 in the fifth layer, which is simply a surprise beyond expectations.
And Qin Xue herself was already at the peak of the late stage of the eleventh layer of Qi cultivation, which made Mu Ran extremely surprised.
Although it is not outstanding to improve to five levels in a year, compared to those around her who have not gone up to the next level in a year, she is really high.
(Because the holiday began on the 13th, it will be busier these days, and if you can't squeeze in time, you will temporarily change it, and you will make up for the one that you owe when you get the opportunity.) Then from the 14th, it should be able to save and update the manuscript normally again. )
...
...