After leaving home for five years, Ruan Qi chatted with the old marquis and his wife until late at night on the first night when he came back.

Parents praised Ruan Mianmian in front of Ruan Qi, on the surface he didn't say anything, but in his heart he was a little sour, in the past, the person they always praised was him.

Ruan Qi thought about it carefully, the Ruan family had only produced such a daughter as Ruan Mianmian for several generations, and the old marquis and his wife were too spoiled, and it was understandable that they were exaggerating. Thinking about it this way, he is more mentally balanced.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Mianmian not only had no one in her eyes but was also very difficult, listening to Zhou Yuning's words, she really had something in her stomach.

Zhou Yuning saw that Ruan Qi was silent, thinking that he might not know Ruan Mianmian, and felt that she had said too much, so she put down her body.

"San Lang, Mianmian is like you, extremely smart."

"Well, it's like me." Ruan Qi's mind came to Ruan Mianmian's face, that little face was quite similar to him, and it was more delicate.

Hearing Ruan Qi say this, Zhou Yuning breathed a sigh of relief, father and daughter are father and daughter after all.

"Mianmian is also a popular figure in the capital now."

"What?" Ruan Qi's brows were about to wrinkle when he heard Zhou Yunning's words, "A loving mother is a loser." What man of the hour? It's because you blindly spoil and tout that she is arrogant. ”

Zhou Yuning was not annoyed when she heard this, but chuckled: "I have never praised her, if she is not smart, how can the emperor crown her as the 'Linglong County Lord'?" ”

"By the way, what's going on?" Ruan Qi still can't believe that Ruan Mianmian is only five years old, and in his memory, the emperor has never canonized the lord of the opposite sex.

Ruan Qi asked, and Zhou Yuning naturally told Ruan Mianmian's deeds in detail.

After listening to this, Ruan Qi was very shocked, and after being surprised, he actually felt a little jealous.

Ruan Qi grew up being held by him, but under the light of Ruan Mianmian's talent, he found that he really couldn't compare. The daughter invisibly hit his self-confidence, and it seemed that he was extremely useless as a father.

Unknowingly, it was getting late, and Zhou Yunning hinted that Ruan Qi should rest, but he didn't expect him to say that he was going to the study and asked her to go back to the room to rest first.

That night, Zhou Yuning tossed and turned, she vaguely felt that Ruan Qi had changed her mind, but she didn't want to think about it too much, she still had expectations in her heart, thinking that he should go back to the room later.

It wasn't until the third watch that Zhou Yuning couldn't help but get up and paced to the window to peep, and saw that the light in the study had been extinguished, so she returned to the bed.

The moment he closed his eyes, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes and dripped onto the pillow, and Zhou Yuning couldn't help but feel sad.

The next day, just after dawn, Ruan Mianmian sat up, and Jiu'er stepped forward to serve.

"Did he spend the night at his mother's last night?"

Jiu'er was stunned, although the county lord was young, he was concerned about the affairs of adults, and she hesitated whether to say it or not.

"Or spend the night in the study." Without waiting for Jiu'er to answer, Ruan Mianmian muttered.

"Yes, the third master and the third lady chatted for a long time and then went to the study, and then they didn't come out."

Jiu'er secretly laughed at herself for worrying too much, the county lord is not an ordinary person, she is much better than adults.

"Hmph." Ruan Mianmian knows it.

Under normal circumstances, Ruan Qi should be doubly good to Zhou Yunning after he came back, but now it seems that he is deliberately snubbed, to say that the scumbag father has no other thoughts, Ruan Mianmian really doesn't believe it, and he really feels worthless for his mother.

No matter what, I won't let my mother be wronged at all. Thinking of this, Ruan Mianmian got up and went to see Zhou Yuning after washing.

Although Zhou Yuning didn't say anything, Ruan Mianmian knew from her reluctant smile and the dark circles under her eyes that couldn't be covered by fat powder, and she probably thought about him.

Ruan Qi instructed his subordinates to send breakfast to the study, and Zhou Yunning's mother and daughter had breakfast together.

Ruan Mianmian thought that she couldn't let her mother continue to stay in the smoke cage courtyard, afraid that she would think too much, and was thinking about whether to go out for a walk with her mother today.

At this moment, the next person reported that Miss Gu was visiting, and she also indicated that she was going to visit the third lady.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and the corners of the little milk dumpling's mouth hooked up with a sneer, and the day after he arrived at the Ding'an Hou Mansion, Gu Lingan couldn't sit still and came to the door.

Well, let's see what she wants.

"Please come to the hall and sit down, I'll be right away." Zhou Yuning didn't like Gu Ling'an, but she didn't hate it, after all, she was Ruan Qi's life-saving benefactor.

"Sister Shuang'er, help your mother change her clothes and make up." Ruan Mianmian commanded lightly.

Zhou Yuning smiled: "No need. ”

"Those who come are guests." Ruan Mianmian said.

Shuang'er is much smarter than Zhou Yuning, she is still a little eye-catching for many years, the third lady has a big heart, she should be clever when she is a personal maid.

"The county lord is right, third lady, it's not good to be rude."

Thinking that it is not as good as before, and besides, Ruan Qi values the number of etiquette the most, Zhou Yuning bowed his head slightly.

Gu Lingan came to the gate of the smoke cage courtyard, and the little guy who waited for a while to take him into the front yard.

Immediately, a little maid stepped forward to answer and took Gu Lingan into the main courtyard.

When he came to the courtyard in front of the hall, another maid who looked more decent welcomed Gu Lingan into the hall.

It seems to be cumbersome, but it actually shows the heritage of the family, Gu Lingan didn't expect that there would be so many rules just to lead the door.

Originally, I thought that Lanyuan was better than the rich family in Jiangnan, and it was already a good yard, but now seeing this smoke cage courtyard, Gu Lingan opened his eyes.

If the Orchid Garden is delicate and small, the Smoke Cage Courtyard is low-key and luxurious, and even the area looks much larger, but I am afraid that it is more than three or four times larger.

Barely suppressed the shock in her heart, Gu Lingan originally thought that Jiangnan was rich, and there was a little gap between it and the capital at most, but after entering the Ding'an Hou Mansion, she knew that she was sitting in a well and watching the sky like a frog at the bottom of the well.

Yesterday, Mrs. Ruan was thoughtful and had already asked people to send new clothes and new jewelry to Gu Lingan.

In order to come to see Zhou Yuning, Gu Lingan took great pains to dress up carefully before coming over.

Looking at the big and small maids along the way, Gu Ling'an's confidence when she came was completely crushed, especially the big maid who led her forward, and her outfit was not much worse than her.

Fortunately, there are still jewelry, Gu Lingan raised his hand and touched the hairpin on his head, the jade bracelet on his wrist, and the sapphire ring on his finger, this outfit was rewarded by Mrs. Ruan, and it looks like a good thing.

Gu Lingan, who finally regained some self-confidence, followed the maid into the hall of the smoke cage courtyard, and she was stunned when she stepped into the threshold.

In the middle of the hall sat not Zhou Yuning, but her daughter Ruan Mianmian.

Behind the little milk dumpling stood Jiu'er, and the eight maids in front of her lined up in two rows, waiting for her to wash her hands.

Gu Lingan was dumbfounded, she had never seen such a big battle as washing her hands.

One maid knelt in front of the little milk dumpling, the maid next to her gently rolled up her sleeve, and the other maid gently washed her hands.

The servants changed three basins of water three times in a row, the seventh maid wiped her hands for the little milk ball, and the last maid then stepped forward to take out the emollient balm and apply it evenly.

When everything was in order, the eight maids lined up in two rows and bowed slowly.