The next day was the reception banquet specially set up by Xuanyuan Chen for the envoys of various countries, and Ruan Li, as the fiancée of the Shen family, was naturally invited.

On this day, everyone in the Xie Mansion was preparing to enter the palace at night early in the morning.

When Ruan Li passed through the lobby and just wanted to go out, Xie Ruowei and Qian were choosing clothes to wear at night, and when they saw Ruan Li passing by, Xie Ruowei stopped her.

"Sister, you, I'm afraid you don't have a decent dress, so why don't you choose one of my remaining clothes."

Hearing Xie Ruowei's words, Ruan Li raised her eyes and glanced at Xie Ruowei's remaining clothes, and couldn't help sneering twice, among these clothes, only one of the clothes in Xie Ruowei's hand was made of high-grade clothes such as Shu brocade, and the rest of the clothes were just made of some medium-to-upper clothes, although they were middle-class and high-grade clothes, but for the palace feast, they couldn't be seen at all.

"No need, Miss Xie should keep it for herself."

Ruan Li waved her hand and refused.

"If my sister doesn't use it, then what will my sister wear to the banquet, what will I wear at the dinner party, sister, I don't have to be polite to my sister, these clothes, you can take which one you like."

Ruan Li looked at the hypocritical Xie Ruowei in front of her, feeling sad for her lack of knowledge, and she didn't know what Xie Ruowei was doing with her brain all day long, just Xie Ruowei's clothes were not even as ordinary as the most ordinary clothes she wore when she was in Cloud City.

"No need."

"Oh, sister, what's so bad about that. You have lived in the countryside since you were a child, and we can understand that you don't have a few decent clothes. ”

"I don't have one, so I don't need Miss Xie to worry about me."

"Sister, I really shouldn't worry about you, but ......"

Xie Ruowei didn't say any more, and at this time, Qian took over Xie Ruowei's words and said, "Ah Ruan, it is true that we did not fulfill our duties before, but now that you are going to the feast, you should dress up and dress yourself." Besides, we don't have to worry about you, Si Chen is ...... now I didn't bother with you. ”

"Madam, you have not fulfilled your duties before, so why do you come in front of me in the future to pretend to make up for me." She glanced at the triumphant Xie Ruowei and continued, "If I am dressed up, isn't Miss Xie dressed up for nothing?" ”

It's not that she said it for fun, she has never dressed up because of the difference between her and Yun'an on weekdays, she is beautiful and beautiful, but she is still a person who is beyond the reach of all the nobles in Kyoto.

After listening to her words, Xie Ruowei was not annoyed, but said: "No matter how beautiful my sister is, Brother Si Chen won't ignore you."

"So what? After all, I'm not like Miss Xie, who thinks about how to rely on other men all day long. ”

"Miss Ah Ruan's words are really reasonable, she didn't say that when she was pestering Brother Sichen, she didn't say that."

A voice came, Ruan Li looked at it coldly, and the person who came was the Nanyang County Lord Nan Wuxu.

Fifteen stepped forward and whispered softly in Ruan Li's ear, "Lord, I have inquired, and I heard that this Nanyang County Lord has had a lot of personal relations with Xie Ruowei recently."

Since she learned about Yun Jian and Fifteen yesterday, Ruan Li temporarily transferred Fifteen to her side, so that she could usually have someone she trusted to help her.

Hearing Fifteen's words, Ruan Li nodded, don't think about it, it must be Xie Ruowei who deliberately approached the county lord of Nanyang, although the county lord of Nanyang is arrogant, but he is straightforward by nature, and he doesn't understand the twists and turns of these people, and it is very likely that he was used by Xie Ruowei.

Everyone else saluted to the Nanyang County Lord, but Ruan Li just nodded and said, "Nanyang County Lord."

"Everyone else has saluted me, why don't you salute, but you don't take me, the emperor's own county lord, in your eyes?"

The county lord of Nanyang looked at Ruan Li like this, and was a little angry, no one had ever done this to her, all the people were respectful in front of her, and when she saw that person was still the fiancée of the person she liked, her anger suddenly came up.

"County Lord......"

Seeing this, Fifteen wanted to defend his own lord, Ruan Li stopped Fifteen, and said to the Nanyang County Lord: "Nanyang County Lord, if you really want me to kneel, or what, then you go to the emperor to sue me and see what the emperor will say."

After she knew her relationship with Xuanyuan Chen, she also understood why Xuanyuan Chen indulged her everywhere, every time she looked at her, it was like looking at other people through her, so she was at ease with Xuanyuan Chen's love later.

She sometimes thinks that this is what Xuanyuan Chen owes her.

"I really made you kneel today."

"Lord Nanyang, the privilege given to me by the emperor, if you insist on making me kneel, can I say that you are disobeying the emperor's order? Yes or are you dissatisfied with the emperor's words? ”

"What about the privileges that the Emperor's uncle gave you? I'm his favorite lord, and he won't say anything. ”

"The most favorite? The county lord of Nanyang is afraid that he has forgotten the other county lord of Yun'an. As far as I know, I haven't seen it for more than ten years, but the emperor's favorite is probably the county lord, the county lord of Yun'an was born with a title and a fief. Lord Nanyang, ask yourself, won't you be weak when you say this? ”

As soon as the county lord of Nanyang heard her words, he quickly came to his senses. She knew very well in her heart that she was not as good as the Lord of Yun'an, and she didn't know about Yun Xuan and Ruan Li, but she also knew that their relationship was not bad.

"Okay, I have some friendship with Yun An, so I will give Yun Shizi and the county lord of Yun An a face today. It's just that, Miss Ruan, at today's dinner, you don't want to go to the banquet with this dress. ”

The county lord of Nanyang quickly changed the topic and turned the topic to Ruan Li's clothes.

"Whether it's this garment or not, so what?"

"It is said that the Buddha relies on gold, and people rely on clothes, and Miss Aruan is not afraid of being compared to the nobles when she wears this clothes."

"Compared? Lord Nanyang, you don't seem to know anything about me. Even if I don't dress up anything, I can compare to anyone standing here. ”

The woman in front of her was wanton and arrogant, but Nanyang had to admit that she was right, even if she was just wearing a beggar outfit, standing there, her appearance and temperament on her body could be compared to a group of noble ladies dressed in gorgeous clothes and dressed up quietly.

Then, this time, the jealousy in Nanyang's heart was faintly troubled.

"In that case, the county lord doesn't mind scratching your face."

The county lord of Nanyang waved the whip in his hand with a jealous expression.

Ruan Li looked at the unreasonable Nanyang county lord in front of her, and helped her forehead a little, the woman who was carried away by her liking was really terrible, this Nanyang county lord almost didn't write hatred on his face.

"Lord Nanyang, scratch my face, but there is a price to pay."

"I don't care what it costs you, there is nothing that the main thing in this county cannot do."

Saying that, the county lord of Nanyang was about to whip Ruan Li with the whip in his hand as if he was irrational, and the Qian family and Xie Ruowei next to him looked at it like that, watching the play there with a gloating expression.

Seeing this, Fifteen immediately stepped forward to block Nanyang's attack and caught Nanyang's whip.

"You maid, sure enough, what kind of master there is, what kind of maid there is."

"Nanyang, I thought before I spoke, you are a person who practices martial arts, it is impossible not to see that my maid is also a person who practices martial arts, so do you think that if I only rely on myself, how can I have a maid who practices martial arts."

"And ...... is this maid??"

"Fifteen, tell us about yourself."

"Nanyang County Lord, I am fifteen, and I was sent by the young general to protect my wife."

In this way, Ruan Li saw a series of color changes from the face of the Nanyang County Lord.

The county lord of Nanyang couldn't accept this fact, she didn't expect Shen Sichen to like Ruan Li to this point, and specially sent secret guards to protect Ruan Li, and the whip in her hand was a little loose in an instant.

"Hear it, Nanyang County Lord, fifteen was sent by General Shen Shao to protect me, fifteen they are General Shen's people, I don't know if Nanyang County Lord is talking about me or Shen Shao."

"I ...... How could I say Brother Si Chen, I want to say that it must be you. ”

"Say me? Lord Nanyang, I'm afraid you don't have much qualification to talk about me. ”

"As the county lord of the emperor, how can he not be qualified to talk about you."

"Yes, you are the emperor's personal county lord, but do you know that the bigger the position, the greater the responsibility. As the lord of the county, instead of fulfilling your responsibilities, you are using your status here to oppress others. Nanyang County Lord, do you remember that you are still the county lord who owns a fief? ”

"You ......"

The county lord of Nanyang was speechless for a while, she didn't expect that the woman in front of her was just a girl from the countryside, but she had such a vision.

"Lord Nanyang, what I said makes sense?"

Looking at Ruan Li's somewhat charming face, she gradually fell into the whirlpool in Ruan Li's eyes, and nodded unconsciously, Xie Ruowei heard it and coughed, and the county lord of Nanyang reacted.

In order to hide his embarrassment, the county lord of Nanyang said, "I don't know what identity Miss Aruan plans to go to tonight's feast, you and Brother Si Chen are arguing, it seems that it is not suitable to attend the banquet as the fiancée of the Shen family." ”

Fifteen listened to the words of the county lord of Nanyang, and immediately spoke out unconvinced

"Lord Nanyang, no matter how many times you quarrel, the fiancée of my major general will be my young lady."

"Fifteen, you are Si Chen's brother's subordinate, I don't care about you, I'll talk to Ah Ruan."

"Fifteen, you step aside." Ruan Li listened to the words of the county lord of Nanyang, stepped forward, and said, "Lord Nanyang, you are right, I am indeed not suitable to attend the banquet as the fiancée of the Shen family now, but I am a descendant of the Ruan family. ”

When the county lord of Nanyang heard Ah Ruan's words, he was stunned for a moment.

The woman in front of her coincided with the straightforward and strong woman she was thinking about.

Since she was a child, her father told her how the name named Ruan Jiuge was peerless, how peerless, and she could hear the regret in her father's words and the admiration in her father's words every time. However, at that time, her father was a real person with feelings, and she saw the love in her father's eyes.

She saw that her father and mother had respected each other for more than ten years, but she could see that there was no emotion between them, so she kept vowing that when she grew up, she must find someone who loves her and loves herself.

Ah Ruan is Shen Sichen's fiancée, she robbed the person she liked, she didn't like Ah Ruan in the first place, but she didn't think that when she learned about Ah Ruan, the descendants of the Ruan family, she didn't like Ah Ruan even more.

But in fact, although she has always disliked Ruan Jiuge, she admires Ruan Jiuge.

"Okay, I'll see."

She stopped arguing, turned and walked out.

She saw Yun An's shadow in Ah Ruan's body.