"Jiao'er, why are you here?" Murong Rui waited for her to come over before asking.

Murong Jiao was just about to speak, but Yingyu said: "The slave maid saw that the young lady was bored in the house, so she accompanied the young lady out for a walk, and she didn't want to meet the third prince here." ”

Murong Rui frowned slightly and said, "Don't run so far in the future, just walk around the West Garden." ”

"Yes, Third Prince." Yingyu blessed the blessed way.

Murong Jiao pulled her brother's shirt and said coquettishly: "Brother, I'm tired and can't walk." ”

Murong Rui shook his head helplessly and stretched out a hand: "Who told you to come this way, let's go, I'll pull you." ”

"Brother is the best!" Murong Jiao put her little hand into her brother's hand, in fact, she really wanted her brother to carry her like when she was a child, but her brother said that she grew up and couldn't be carried by people anymore. However, it is not bad to be able to hold hands with my brother.

The brother and sister returned to Xiyuan, and Murong Rui took his sister to Aunt Gao's courtyard together. The courtyard of the mother and son is next to each other, with Aunt Gao in the center and two children on either side.

Although the children born in the palace of Bac Ninh are all raised by their biological mothers, Murong Rui is a boy and has to go to the main courtyard every morning to ask for peace. Today, Wang Muxiu of Bac Ninh did not go to the morning court, and left him to talk in the study for a while, so he came back late. That's why I met my sister.

At this time, Aunt Gao was sitting under the flower corridor in the courtyard, chatting with a grandmother beside her without saying a word. This grandmother is a distant aunt of her mother's family. Aunt Gao was the Lu family's dowry maid back then, and she was able to enter the Lu Mansion because of the introduction of this Gao Mama. So after she became an aunt, she asked Mama Gao to her side.

"Auntie."

"Mother."

Two different voices came at the same time, Aunt Gao couldn't help frowning, Murong Jiao would only call her aunt in front of outsiders, but Murong Rui called her that way before and after. Although it was supposed to be this, it always sounded a little uncomfortable to her.

"Why did you two come here together? Did Ruil go and say goodbye? Aunt Gao adjusted her emotions, even if she was uncomfortable, she couldn't show it, otherwise she would only push her son farther and farther, and she would have to count on this son in the future.

"Please, my father is in the house today, and I will talk in the study for a while. On the way back, I met Jiao'er, so I came over together. A few sentences made the whole story clear.

Aunt Gao's eyes lit up: "What did the prince say to you?" ”

Murong Rui narrowed his eyes slightly and replied, "My father asked me what I was reading now, and I took a few questions. ”

"Is the prince still satisfied?"

"I don't know. My father only said that I should study hard, and I should not be greedy for fun and waste my studies. Murong Rui said lightly.

Aunt Gao knew that she couldn't ask anything, and her son was tight-mouthed. However, he could hear that the prince was not dissatisfied with Murong Rui, so he put his mind at ease and asked Murong Jiao instead: "Why did you go to the main courtyard?" ”

"I followed Sister Wan'er, but I'm tired to death." Murong Jiao had already sat down beside Aunt Gao, leaning her head on her mother's arms.

Murong Rui originally wanted to tell him to leave, but when he heard her words, he stood where he was and didn't move.

"How did you get together with her?" Aunt Gao frowned slightly, the mother and daughter always pretended to be high, which made her very unhappy.

"Mother, don't you see, Sister Wan'er is dressed up beautifully today. I don't know what the dress on her body is made of, it's so slippery! Murong Jiao raised her head, her eyes shining brightly.

Aunt Gao's brows furrowed even tighter, and she raised her eyes to look at Yingyu.

Yingyu knew that she was waiting for her to speak, so she told her how she met Murong Wan, and how she saw her go to Moyuan Pavilion and go out with the concubine.

When Aunt Gao heard this, she couldn't help but wring the handkerchief in her hand and said hatefully: "This is to tie up with the princess of the world, let the princess take her out, so as to raise her worth." As early as when I was on Zhuangzi, I felt that this little girl was not authentic, and she always ran to the backyard, so she was holding back this thought! ”

"My aunt is angry with their mother and daughter, and her body is not worth it." Mama Gao persuaded softly.

Aunt Gao let out a sigh of relief and snorted coldly: "The princess is too, since you took that girl out, why don't you take Jiao'er with you." ”

looked at the daughter beside him, and sighed again: "You know how to play blindly all day long, and if you have time, you can go to Moyuan Pavilion more often, and let the princess carry you in the future." It's all so big, why are you still not sensible. ”

Murong Rui's hand under the cuffs clenched, loosened it again, and said, "Auntie, Jiao'er is still young, you better not teach her these things." ”

"It's eleven years old, and it's going to be in time in a few years, and it's too late to be in a hurry. Besides, the princess can take care of Murong Wan's affairs, why can't she worry about Jiao'er. ”

"Auntie's words are overstepping." Murong Rui's face was dark, "Whoever the princess is willing to take care of is someone else's business, let's keep our own duty." ”

Aunt Gao raised her eyes to look at her son, and swallowed the words on her lips again.

Murong Rui saw that she was no longer silent, so he said, "Tomorrow, Mr. will take the endorsement test, and I will go back first." ”

"Well, don't get tired." Aunt Gao felt sad about her own son's alienation, but she still admonished.

Looking at Murong Rui's not too tall back, Aunt Gao sighed. The son has grown up, but he has long been out of her control, and this strong sense of powerlessness makes her panic from time to time, and she doesn't know if this son can become her support in the future.

……

In the Qingyuan Marquis's Mansion, the guests have been overflowing one after another. Mo Li and Murong Wan got off the carriage in front of the mansion, and the Zhuang family, who greeted the guests at the door, immediately smiled: "Mrs. Murong is here, Xue'er has been looking forward to you." ”

Mo Li stepped forward to salute and said with a slight smile: "Young Lady Sun, this is Murong Wan, the eldest lady of my Beining Palace, you can call her Wan'er." Wan'er, hurry up and give Mrs. Sun a salute. ”

Murong Wanying was blessed: "Wan'er has given Mrs. Sun a gift." ”

There is no young lady in the Beining Royal Mansion at all, this is a well-known thing in the capital, and the Zhuang family naturally knows that this eldest lady is a concubine, but since Mo Li introduced it like this, she also smiled and helped her: "Miss Murong is polite." ”

After taking a closer look at Murong Wan, whether it was her appearance or demeanor, she was not inferior to any young lady, and she had a good impression of her in her heart.

The Zhuang family still has to welcome guests, so naturally they can't just take care of Mo Li's aunt and sister-in-law, so they took Mo Li's hand and patted it: "I can't leave here, let people take you in first." Oh, by the way, Mrs. Mo is here too. ”

Mo Li raised her eyebrows: "It's so good, I haven't seen my sister-in-law for a few days, and I wanted to take the time to go back and take a look, but I didn't expect to see it." ”