Ruan Miaoling was grounded.

For three whole days, she could not step out of the courtyard, and whoever wanted to see her had to go through the approval of Princess Baozhen.

In the second half of the day, Ruan Miaoling knelt in the main hall until sunset, and then Princess Baozhen told Runxiang to come over and say that it was okay to get up, and when she was so happy that she thought that her mother was not angry, she planned to coax her mother, so that everything would be too peaceful, but her legs did not seem to be very peaceful.

Wen'er came over with a limp to help, Ruan Miaoling couldn't get up, so she simply sat on the blanket and straightened her legs, dredged the meridians so that the blood could flow.

"Come and sit down, too." Ruan Miaoling patted the flannel blanket and asked for leaning over, she immediately stretched out her hand to pick up the corner of Wen'er's skirt, her trouser legs pushed past her knees, and her knees were red and swollen.

Wen'er gently pushed away Ruan Miaoling's slightly cool fingers uneasily, and the culottes naturally fell to cover up the red marks that were almost embedded in the flesh, "The slave has rough skin and thick meat, and the last time the green water said that the slave and the maid carried it." ”

Worried that Ruan Miaoling was thinking about this because of this, she sat down in a hurry, and talked about the greenery to disrupt Ruan Miaoling's thoughts that she couldn't stop thinking about. "Carrying is the local language of Shandong Mansion, when I started to say this to the slave maid, I thought she was scolding me, but later I asked to know that this is a praise of the slave maid's strong body."

Ruan Miaoling didn't know the kindness of the question, and no longer thought about it, so she could only wait for the limelight to pass and then make up for the question.

There was only one thing she was worried about right now.

The next day, Cao Qin came to see Ruan Miaoling with her personal maid A Nuan, and finally came to her after passing five levels and six generals, the whole person was tired, and the fresh gardenia that had just hairpinned in the morning was weakly slanted on the sideburns at the moment, how could there be half a point of spirit.

"What great mistake have you done that the princess will punish you like this?"

Cao Qin tilted her head in the chair, squinted her eyes, and suddenly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and yawned, her voice as moist as her eyes. "My family is a merchant, and the rules are stricter, but it is still not as big as the capital. Listening to my mother, it is the ladies of the Hou Mansion who have made mistakes, and the scope of the ban is at least two. ”

She really couldn't think of what kind of outrageous thing Ruan Miaoling, who had always been sensible and took three steps to see what kind of outrageous thing would do, as for such a strict curfew.

Ruan Miaoling smashed her handkerchief, stared at the courtyard door that was closed again, and suddenly said to Cao Qin: "Tomorrow is Cousin Qingping's second concubine selection banquet, I invite you, will you come?" ”

Cao Qin snorted, thinking that she was going to say the reason for the punishment, and fell back into the chair with disdain. "I'm not interested, he's your cousin, not mine."

"Ugh." Ruan Miaoling let out a long sigh, read two sentences, "The sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly", and pillowed her arms with a sad face, "If you don't come, I really won't be able to go out tomorrow." ”

Cao Qin gave her a strange look.

Originally, Ruan Miaoling didn't let her go to the back room to talk, as if there was something unsightly hidden inside, which already made her feel strange. Now there is another uncharacteristic sigh, but anyone who is close to Ruan Miaoling does not think that she will be a person full of sorrow, so he carefully scrutinizes Ruan Miaoling's thoughts.

"Could it be that you still want to go to the concubine banquet of the prince?" Seeing that Ruan Miaoling did not deny it, Cao Qin simply got up and sat down beside her, "You and Shizi are not biological brothers and sisters, is it not appropriate to worry about his concubine selection banquet like this?" ”

Ruan Miaoling was about to open her mouth to argue, but Cao Qin's finger was already against her lips. "You listen to me first, and if you think I don't make sense, it's not too late to argue."

has been dating Cao Qin for a while, and knowing that she is not a person who is unreasonable, Ruan Miaoling is not in a hurry to explain, sits up straight and listens to her details.

"King Chengping and the princess are siblings, the two have been very affectionate since childhood, and they are obvious to everyone, but they have never seen it with their own eyes, and they have heard two sentences mentioned. After the princess's mansion was burned by a fire, King Chengping couldn't bear that the princess and you had nowhere to rest, so he took you to the palace to live.

But you have to know that where there is praise, there will inevitably be unwarranted abuse, but you can't say that they are wrong or right, because each of them only sees one side of the matter. Why is it that when everyone praises each other, there is always one or two noises? That's when they see the inside hidden under the surface, but they see that it's true and it's false, so they start talking nonsense. ”

Cao Qin said the truth, Ruan Miaoling listened to it and fell into a daze, and when she saw Cao Qin stop drinking tea and her voice was soaked, she couldn't wait to let her continue.

Even if he has been fighting with Ruan Miaoyi in the inner house for seven years, some things are still at the level of a layman.

Dongfang Liang once said that opponents will achieve each other, if your enemy is a pig, then you will never fight your way out.

She didn't understand it at that time, she experienced a lot of things, and then listened to Cao Qin's eloquent words, and suddenly became enlightened.

Cao Qin held her hand and said intimately: "The maids and women beside you are all devoted to you because they know how you behave in the world, if you hear some gossip outside, they will not fight with others for your reputation." And the people outside the high walls, with their own narrow sights and hears, imagined to make up some scenes of cousins secretly feeling under the eaves, plus no one suppressed them, the more arrogant, and over time, no matter how good their reputation was, they were smeared. ”

Wen'er interjected: "But no one outside dares to say this, who dares to say, I will break their dog's teeth with a fist!" ”

Ah Nuan, who was sprinkling water beads on the petals of the gardenia, listened to it and sneered.

"You just sewed their mouths, and you still have hands, cut off their hands, and there are other ways, there is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of people with hearts!"

Putting the rejuvenated gardenia hairpin on Cao Qin's bun, Ah Nuan looked at Ruan Miaoling and said, "The environment in which the third lady lives as a child is different from my young lady, you are a child who is favored by your father, and our young lady ......."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Cao Qin.

Ah Nuan stuck out her tongue and quickly hid to Wen'er's side, and the two of them quietly drew their figures.

Thinking of the dark days before, Cao Qin laughed and dismissed it, his father and mother have been reconciled, it is already the best result, why bother holding on to the past, it can only be himself who is uncomfortable.

"I can roughly guess why you care so much about the marriage of the prince, after General Ruan left, it must have hit you quite hard, making you take your only remaining relatives more seriously." Cao Qin frowned and patted the back of Ruan Miaoling's hand, "But you have to think about yourself somewhat, a girl comes to the world to go through it, not to sacrifice herself to fulfill others." ”

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