Ever since she met the Yue Guiren that day, Ruan Li had been thinking about the Yue Guiren's words, and asked Yihong Yuan to investigate Shen Qingling's life and deeds.

I've been in the house for so long, and I haven't seen the old lady yet.

Ruan Li stood in the courtyard, looking at the courtyard behind her, thoughtful.

In the first two days, she had searched all the places that the Xie family could find, but she didn't find Qing Shui Ling, and now Xie Hua, the old lady and her mother's previous room were missing.

As soon as the idea came out, she immediately set off to find the old lady.

This is just the right time to say goodbye.

She deliberately chose a plain pale white dress to make her look weak and harmless, and put away her previous sharpness towards the old lady.

"I've seen the old lady."

As soon as I entered, I saw the old lady sitting in the middle of the lobby, waiting for Qian and others to come and greet her.

Xu had never seen Ruan Li come to say goodbye, and the old lady looked surprised when she saw Ruan Li this morning.

Looking at the old lady's surprised and disgusted expression, Ruan Li knew that this old lady Xie didn't want to see her.

"You ......" the old lady was about to make it difficult to ask, but suddenly she thought of something, and her attitude turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and changed it to a hypocritical smile.

"Ah Ruan, why did you think of it today, and I came to ask for peace."

"It's been so long since I've been in the house, I should have come to greet the old lady, I don't know how the old lady is doing lately?"

"I'm still bothered that Ah Ruan is worried, my body is okay, but there are always a few places that are not very refreshing, the medicine that Dr. Yun prescribed to me last time was very wonderful, I was just about to ask Ah Ruan, when will Yun Nian come to Kyoto?"

Mrs. Xie was not ambiguous at all and said her true thoughts.

"Yun Ruan? She has been doing free clinics for patients recently, and I am afraid that she will not be able to come within half a year. ”

Without waiting for Ruan Li to finish speaking, as soon as she heard that Doctor Yun couldn't come within half a year, Old Lady Xie stood up as soon as she was excited.

"You're kidding me?"

The old lady stared at Ruan Li viciously, judging the two of them with a kind old lady just now.

"Old lady, don't worry, Yun Ruan can't come, but isn't there still me here? Yun Ruan told me, what medicine do you take when you have any symptoms of this disease, and I will be responsible for the old lady's medicine in the future. ”

Ruan Li said with a smile, now that Mrs. Xie's life is in her hands, she is not afraid that Mrs. Xie will not agree to her request, she also has a bargaining chip.

"This ......"

Old Mrs. Xie looked embarrassed, she was also the leader of the house, how could she not know that in this way, half of her life was in the hands of Ruan Li.

"Old lady Xie, the main thing is that Yun Ruan's side can't get out, and there is no way to be wrong. In the future, I will take responsibility for the old lady's life. ”

"But, old lady, I happen to want to ask you for something."

Seeing that the timing was right, Ruan Li seized the opportunity to speak to Mrs. Xie.

"What's that?"

Old Lady Xie frowned, she knew that this little girl didn't have any good things.

"I want to ask for the key to my mother's room."

Her mother, Ruan Jiuge, had a separate room in Xie's house back then, and most of the time Ruan Jiuge slept separately from Xie Hua. After Ruan Jiuge's death, Xie Hua locked himself in Ruan Jiuge's room for seven days and seven nights, without going out, and after that, no one was allowed to enter and leave Ruan Jiuge's room, and all Ruan Jiuge's things were even contained inside. However, after that, because the old lady was afraid that Xie Hua would lock herself in again, she put away the key and gave it to the Qian family.

Old Lady Xie frowned, it was understandable that Ruan Li wanted to go to her mother's room to take a look, but she had already handed over the key to the Qian family.

"No, I don't agree." At this time, the Qian family, who came to ask for peace, had just walked to the door when he heard Ruan Li's words.

Qian hurriedly ran over, for fear that Old Lady Xie would agree, and she was between Old Lady Xie and Ruan Li.

"Mother, although Ruan Jiuge is Ah Ruan's mother, you also know that the master does not allow anyone to go in, let alone anyone to touch the things inside. If Ah Ruan went in, he didn't take it seriously, wouldn't this hurt the master's heart? ”

Qian hurriedly made up a statement on the spot, and it seemed that he didn't want Ruan Li to go.

"Yes."

Old Madam Xie nodded, feeling that it made sense.

"Really? It turns out that there are really people in this world who can't even touch their mother's things. Madame, you are also a mother of two children, and if you are not there, your daughter or your son will even you

Something can't be touched or seen, doesn't your heart hurt? ”

"This, Ah Ruan, I didn't mean that."

Hearing her words, Qian hurriedly covered for himself.

"What do you mean by that lady?"

"Ah Ruan, after all, you are from the countryside, you haven't seen so much of the world, when you see your mother's things, if one accidentally bumps something, you say that the master must not be distressed to death."

"Madam, I'm from the countryside, but I'm also my mother's daughter, I just want to see what my mother left behind, I'm not too much to ask."

Ruan Li looked at Qian's expression and knew that there were some things in her mother's room that were almost shunned by Qian, and now she would do everything possible to prevent her from going to that room.

"It's not too much, but the things in there are important after all, and ah, that room has been so long, and I haven't asked the maid to clean it, so there's really no need to go again."

Speaking of which, the Qian family was still reluctant to let Ruan Li in.

"I don't think, old lady, what do you think?"

Seeing that Qian refused to let her in, she threw the question to Mrs. Xie.

"That, Ah Ruan, your mother's room has indeed not been cleaned for a long time, I don't know how serious the dust is, not to mention that after so many years, there is really no need to go in."

Seeing that the Qian family was so opposed, how could the old lady not be able to see the Qian family's thoughts, and now she was naturally speaking to the Qian family.

"Old lady, that's my mother's room, and I'm going to go in and see what it looks like."

Ruan Li saw the old lady like this, and she refused to give in at all.

"Ah Ruan, I am the head of this family, whether you can go in or not, I have the final say."

Seeing that it was useless to speak, the old lady wanted to use her own Weiya to persecute Ruan Li.

"Old lady, my mother's room may have the two herbs you need, so I said that I had to go in, if the old lady and the lady are unwilling, then I can't help it."

After that, Ruan Li put her hands behind her back, looking like she didn't want to care about the old lady's illness.

Where will there be any herbs in the room, even if there is, it will have already rotted, how could the old lady not be able to see it, but the old lady knew very well that if she did not agree to Ruan Li today, Ruan Li would most likely not give her medicine.

"Okay, Lihua, then you can give the key to Ah Ruan."

In desperation, the old lady had to agree and said to Qian Lihua.

"Mother, this won't work......"

Qian wanted to say something in a hurry, but was interrupted by Mrs. Xie.

"Okay, don't say anything, do you want to see me suffer from illness?"

The old lady's words were undoubtful, and she motioned for Qian to stop talking.

"Okay, Ah Ruan, you just wait here for a while, and I'll ask the maid to bring you the key." As she spoke, she turned to the old lady.

"Mother, Ling'er doesn't know what's wrong in the past two days, he has a serious illness, he specially asked me to tell you, saying that he has been unwell in the past few days, and he may not be able to come to you to say goodbye."

Sick? I'm afraid that I have the same rash on my face as Concubine Shugui, and now it is estimated that neither of them dare to see anyone. If the news that the two of them had rashes at the same time spread, most people would know about the adultery between Concubine Shu and Xie Ruoling, so I am afraid that Xie Hua would be embarrassed to see other people again.

Ruan Li hooked her lips and laughed softly.

"In that case, Ah Ruan is waiting for Madame here."

"Okay."

Qian gritted his teeth and looked at Ruan Li with hatred, she was already enough to add fuel to the fire, but Ah Ruan, a little slut, was deliberately trying to block her.

Ruan Li was waiting in the room for the Qian family to ask the maid to bring her the key, and Ruan Li and Mrs. Xie were left in the whole room.

"Old Madam Xie, I really want to ask something."

"You ask."

Obviously, she didn't expect Ruan Li to ask her, and the old lady's face was full of surprise.

"I want to ask why you hate my mother so much."

Ruan Li still doesn't understand that Ruan Jiuge was a famous beauty in the world at the beginning, and single-handedly founded the Ruan family, and the Ruan family's industry was all over the country, and Ruan Jiuge became the object of everyone's marriage at that time. However, Mrs. Xie was very disgusted with Ruan Jiuge.

Old Lady Xie was silent for a long time before she spoke.

"Actually, at the beginning, when I learned that your mother was going to marry my son, I was naturally very happy, and everyone envied me for having such a daughter-in-law. It wasn't until one day that I found out about the separation of your mother and my son, and I did everything I could to find out that they had never had a marriage since they got married. ”

Old Lady Xie paused, thinking back to the past, and the old lady's eyes were full of sarcasm.

Never rounded up a room?

Ruan Li was stunned, if she remembered correctly, she and Ah Ruan should have been pregnant after they got married. According to what Mrs. Xie said, she and Ah Ruan are not Xie Hua's biological daughters.

Therefore, Mrs. Xie made a 180-degree turn in attitude before and after, and Xie Hua didn't care so much about her and Ah Ruan.

In an instant, she seemed to have an answer.

She and A Ruan's biological father is very likely to be the current emperor Xuanyuan Chen.

Ruan Li, who came to this conclusion, was stunned, she never thought that she and Ah Ruan's biological father would be the Ninety-Five Supreme who sat on the dragon chair, the emperor with the highest power.

After that, there was silence in the lobby, and Ruan Li's heart felt like a heavy stone had been pressed.

It didn't take long for Qian to ask the maid to bring the key.

Ruan Li took the key and got up to say goodbye and left, she didn't have as strong a dislike for Mrs. Xie as before, and she even understood how her mother, who was so proud at the beginning, could be willing to endure Mrs. Xie's disgust.

Standing at the door of Ruan Jiuge's room with the key, she asked Ziyu to guard outside, and opened the door in front of her with a heavy heart.

In the house, there are cobwebs in some places, and the furnishings in the house are neat, but there are many precious things missing.

There is a painting hanging on the innermost wall, and looking at that figure, it is her mother Ruan Jiuge.

Although many years have passed on that painting, you can still faintly see the tear stains on it, which have turned yellow.

Ruan Li looked at the portrait again and again, and saw Xuanyuan Chen's personal seal in the lower right corner, and she finally understood that this painting was given to her mother by Xuanyuan Chen.

She touched the painting thoughtfully, and sure enough, it was not the same paper as the one used for the usual painting.

She reached out and took the painting down, fetched a fire, and burned the beeswax that had put the two sheets of paper together.

Inside the painting is a thick stack of unsent letters.

Ruan Li looked at one letter after another, and her eyes gradually moistened.

These letters recorded Ruan Jiuge's thoughts about Xuanyuan Chen one after another, but she had to leave Xuanyuan Chen.

Every letter is a regret, and every one is a thought.

Until she saw a letter, she knew that she and Ah Ruan were Xuanyuan Chen's biological daughters.

However, such a father couldn't even protect her mother and the Ruan family.

Why, since her mother liked Xuanyuan Chen so much, why did the two separate? What happened to my mother when she returned to Kyoto?

After reading it, she probably had a number in her heart, picked up the fire and burned all the letters, and turned to leave.

She will remember the pain in her mother's every line.

"Chen, I'm coming back."