There is always an uncomfortable feeling of stuffiness and humidity in Hangzhou in summer, but for Ding Ning, the weather is okay, she doesn't feel unbearable, because Luo Xicheng asks someone to bring her ice cubes every day and puts them by her side, and Cuilan and Huanxi take turns to fan her to cool off.

The days of peace and contentment will never last long, and Ding Ning has not had time to feel the comfort of life, so Bailixi's letters were delivered to Ding Ning one by one. When Ding Ning received Bailixi's letter for the first time, he was still calm, pretending not to know what was happening, but Bailixi didn't get a reply from Ding Ning after three letters in a row, and in the end, the letter Ding Ning received was written by Bailixi's wife.

Ding Ning opened the letter and saw Baili Wanting's mother's payment, she read the letter carefully, and the words in the letter were bloody and tearful. Baili Wanting's mother, Yue, was full of concern for Baili Wanting in the letter, and also mentioned her concern for Baili Mu. In the letter, Yue told his daughter that her health had gradually improved under the care of Bailimu, but Bailimu and other brothers competed with him for the helm of the family, and she was very worried. The implication is that Baili Wanting wants Baili Wanting to help Bailimu, so that Bailimu can get Bailixi's complete trust as soon as possible and get the key to the head of the Baili family.

Ding Ning put down the letter and remembered the Baili Wanting who looked exactly like her. From Baili Xi's mouth, she can judge that Baili Wanting is only accompanied by her mother, and the brother who has no opinions and obeys his father's orders cannot be relied on. Baili Wanting and her, living in different environments and having different life experiences, are as lonely as her.

Ding Ning thought so, and the letter in her hand was squeezed tighter by her. She is unwilling to be arranged by fate, but she is not able to live independently now, she wants to help Baili Wanting, who has long become a white bone, but she doesn't want to become a tool for Baili Xi, and she doesn't want Baili Wanting to become a tool for Baili Xi. Cuilan on the side could clearly hear the sound of the paper being pinched and folded, and Cuilan stretched out her hand and held Ding Ning's hand tightly to the point of trembling.

Ding Ning raised his head and saw Cuilan's comforting eyes, his heart was slightly soothed, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tears crossed the corners of his eyes. Cuilan naturally knew why Ding Ning was crying, she knew that although Ding Ning put the interests of everything first, he was also a person who valued love and righteousness, otherwise he would not have stayed by Luo Xicheng's side all the time.

Cuilan just closed Ding Ning's eyes to recuperate, she saw that Ding Ning seemed to be tired and fell asleep, so she gently took out the letter in Ding Ning's hand and folded it and put it on the desk next to her. Then go out and prepare refreshments for Ding Ning. Huanxi was so hot that he panicked, and at this time, while Ding Ning was asleep, he secretly rested in the house. Cuilan couldn't bear to call Huanxi tired, and she did a lot of the work by herself, so she didn't stop Huanxi when she ran to rest at this time, but just told Huanxi to wake up, so as not to have no answer when her wife called.

The weather in the afternoon is the most sultry, Luo Xicheng has no time to do the things in his hands, but he is worried about Ding Ninglai, these days with eyebrows, Luo Xicheng is more and more concerned about his wife. Although Luo Xicheng had someone send ice cubes to Ding Ning's house early, he was still worried that Ding Ning would be unwell because of the unbearable heat.

"Let's go, I'll go see Madame." Luo Xicheng put aside Qi Ming, who was still talking about business, and said to Meng Li.

"Oh......" Meng Li agreed, but his eyes looked in Qi Ming's direction. He didn't know whether to help Qi Ming say a word, or to go to see his wife with his master.

Qi Ming listened to Luo Xicheng's words, immediately stopped reporting the business, and respectfully sent Luo Xicheng away. Seeing this, Meng Li didn't understand Qi Ming anymore, according to Qi Ming's temperament, he should have stopped Luo Xicheng now, but during this time, Qi Ming became a lot of acquaintances, and whenever Luo Xicheng wanted to leave, he always didn't stop him, and sent it respectfully.

Of course, Meng Li didn't know the secret, as early as half a month ago, Qi Ming was called by the old lady to give a lecture, saying that he didn't care about his master when he solved the major events of his life, and that he delayed the emotional development of Luo Xicheng and Ding Ning. Qi Ming was busy with various matters in front of and behind the house every day, where did he notice Luo Xicheng's feelings for Ding Ning, not to mention that Luo Xicheng originally asked Ding Ning to be a substitute for Baili Wanting, and after listening to the old lady's little bite, he gradually came back to his senses. This is why I always respect Luo Xicheng recently and want to go to Ding Ning.

Luo Xicheng arrived at Ding Ning's garden and found that the garden was quiet, he asked Meng Li to wait outside the house, and he walked in lightly only to see that Ding Ning was resting on the couch and falling asleep, he came out again and quietly asked Meng Li if he had seen Huanxi and Cuilan. Meng Li didn't see it, and Luo Xicheng began to blame the two girls for not taking good care of Ding Ning and letting her sleep alone in the house.

Luo Xicheng walked to Ding Ning's side again, and the charming appearance was imprinted in his eyes again, and he couldn't help but want to take a few more looks. Just as he didn't pay attention, he caught a glimpse of the envelope placed next to Ding Ning. Luo Xicheng opened the letter and read the content thoroughly. He could tell from the tone of the letter that this was not the first letter. The letter was still wrinkled, and he knew that Ding Ning thought that he was sad for Baili Wanting. He was afraid of waking Ding Ning, so he went to the garden and sat down, and asked Meng Li to find Cuilan for questioning.

Meng Li was about to go out to find Cuilan when he met Cuilan walking in with a pastry, Meng Li hurriedly walked to Cuilan's side, and said to Cuilan in a low voice:

"Where did you and Huanxi go? The lord came to see the lady, but saw that the lady was asleep in the room by herself, and neither you nor Huanxi were waiting for you, so be careful when you go in and talk to the lord for a while. ”

Cuilan nodded understandingly, and then walked into the garden. As soon as she entered the garden, Cuilan walked in the direction of Luo Xicheng and said:

"Cuilan, meet the master."

"Where have you been? Why is there no one with Huanxi? Luo Xicheng asked.

"Back to the master, Huanxi is not feeling well, I let her into the house to rest for a while. I saw that my wife was asleep, and I was afraid that she would wake up and want refreshments, so I went to the kitchen to get some to prepare. Cuilan replied admiring the joyful sleepiness, and she didn't wake up to a sound in the garden.

How many such letters are there? I haven't heard Madame mention it. Luo Xicheng asked.

"Back to the master, this letter is already the fourth, the first three letters Mrs. said that she couldn't disturb the lord and concealed it herself, and this letter Mrs. cried after reading it, saying that they were all poor people, unable to control their fate, and turned into white bones to be borne by the family." Cuilan's words were meant for Luo Xicheng. Ding Ning has been married into Luo's Mansion for some days, and Luo Xicheng has not said anything promised, but he has no intention of letting Ding Ning out of the mansion. She wanted to help Ding Ning and let herself live up to Lu Mo's entrustment.

"Where are the first few letters?" Luo Xicheng asked.

"Madame burned it after reading it, and this letter was still written by the mother of the girl Baili, and Madame couldn't bear to burn it so tightly in her hand. I didn't dare to handle it without permission, so I folded it and put it back in the envelope. Cuilan replied.

"Do you know what those letters say?" Luo Xicheng asked.

"Master Baili seems to have something wrong in business, and it is still a salt and iron business related to the imperial court. Lord Baili asked Mrs. to ask you for help, but Mrs. saw that this business was related to the imperial court, and she was afraid of hurting you, so she didn't dare to tell you. Cuilan replied.

"Meng Li, you go and find Qi Ming." Luo Xicheng immediately ordered.

Meng Li had been following Luo Xicheng for a long time, and naturally knew the priority of the matter, so he immediately went to the account room to find Qi Ming. Qi Ming appeared in front of Luo Xicheng with Meng Li after a while. Luo Xicheng saw Qi Ming and asked:

"Today, the Baili family has made a mistake in the salt and iron business?"

"I haven't heard of it." Qi Ming replied.

Qi Ming's answer made Luo Xicheng roughly understand the seriousness of the matter. Since the Baili family was able to write a letter to their daughter three or four times, they must have dredged up the relationship, and there seemed to be room for relaxation in this matter, so Luo Xicheng instructed Qi Ming again:

"Qi Ming, you have worked hard these days, looking for someone to run to the north, in the name of checking the goods, go to Bailijia to find out if there is really a salt and iron accident, if it is true, then you can help, by the way, talk to Bailixi about the conditions. Get the benefits and then help solve the problem. ”

Qi Ming took the order and retired to arrange things, while Luo Xicheng looked at Cuilan in the garden and said:

"Don't let Madame know a word about today's affairs, and I'll give her this letter when she wakes up."

Cuilan is such a smart girl, of course, she can immediately understand Luo Xicheng's intentions for Ding Ning. Luo Xicheng just didn't want Ding Ning to be embarrassed in this matter, as for the conditions for Luo Xicheng and Bailixi to talk about help, it was not important to Luo Xicheng.

Luo Xicheng returned to the room and sat next to Ding Ning, listening to her soft breathing, while quietly reading the book, waiting for her to wake up from her sleep. He liked such a quiet companionship for a long time, and if he wanted such a companionship before, he could only go to Xue Ran, but since Ding Ning accompanied him, he went to Xue Ran only a handful of times.

Ding Ning woke up dimly and saw someone around her, so she naturally thought it was Luo Xicheng, she slowly got up and said:

"When did you come? Why don't you wake me up? ”

"It's hot and stuffy, it's not easy to sleep, why should I wake you up if you can rest for a while." Luo Xicheng said with a smile.

During this time, Ding Ning was accustomed to Luo Xicheng's gentleness towards her, and she felt for a moment that it was a very happy thing to be Luo Xicheng's wife so well, but her reason kept telling her that she would leave one day, and she would have another life of her own in the near future.

"Did Cuilan make you tea? I told her to make tea and come in. ”

Ding Ning was about to get up as she spoke, but Luo Xicheng forcefully pulled her and said:

"There's here, don't be busy, tea, pastries, Cuilan hasn't left anything, you can sit here quietly with me for a while."

Ding Ning listened to Luo Xicheng's words and obediently went to the guqin and played a song for Luo Xicheng. Luo Xicheng just listened to the piano quietly and read the book. From time to time, he raised his eyes to look at Ding Ning, who was concentrating on playing the piano, and Ding Ning occasionally raised his head to look at him and smiled sweetly. Ding Ning's prosperous appearance was already fascinating, and with such a smile, Luo Xicheng almost forgot where he saw his book.

Inside the house, Mrs. Luo quietly accompanied her husband, and outside the house, Meng Li, Cuilan, and Huanxi were looking for a place to cool off and chat about some innocuous rumors.

Meng Li, Cuilan and Huanxi have been enjoying the way their masters get along recently, because they have also gotten a lot of time for themselves to rest, and their masters will only call them to serve when they are eating and sleeping.

On this day, Luo Xicheng went out for something, and Ding Ning received a letter from home again. She opened the envelope with a sad face, but after a while, Ding Ning's sad face turned into a face full of surprise. Baili Xi actually thanked his daughter in his heart for her care and help to the family, and her words were full of praise for Baili Wanting. Ding Ning looked puzzled, looked at Cuilan and said:

"Did you tell the master?"

Cuilan thought to herself, this is really a smart master, and she can't hide anything, but she promised the master not to say anything, so she can only pretend to be stupid:

"What to tell you?"

"The matter of Bailixi's letter." Ding Ning added.

"No, is there anything in this letter?" Cuilan could only continue to pretend to be stupid.

Ding Ning thought that maybe Luo Xicheng knew something in the process of contacting other businessmen, and only after the investigation did he know about Bailixi, it was not necessarily that Cuilan deliberately said something. Thinking like this, Ding Ning felt that it was nothing more. Now that the matter has been settled, she doesn't need to worry about it anymore. Ding Ning could only smile and continue to burn Bailixi's letter.