While the family was busy preparing for the New Year, Yao Cuiliu was like a forgotten ghost.
She lived quietly in her room, with a maid serving her three meals a day. She also successfully wore silk and gold hairpins, all of which were the latest styles and made of the lightest, softest and warmest materials.
No one talked to her.
When she walked out, when others saw her, they would at most nod and smile, polite but distant.
When Qiao Xiaofu and his two children played with Xiao Liner with the little black dog, they laughed loudly on the floor mat!
But as soon as she passed by, the three children stopped smiling and looked at her eagerly, with the words "Why don't you leave yet" clearly written on their faces.
Yao Cuiliu smiled dryly and prepared to tease Xiao Lin'er, but the little guy had his own hobbies. As soon as he saw Yao Cuiliu, his face changed instantly. He wrinkled his little face and fell into Qiao Chu's arms: "Wow..."
Qiao Chu held Xiao Lin'er in her arms and patted his back funny: "Okay, everyone is playing with you, why are you so angry?"
Xiao Lin'er couldn't speak yet, so she turned to look at Yao Cuiliu, and then put her head into Qiao Chu's arms.
Yao Cuiliu laughed dryly: "I didn't do anything."
"I know." Qiao Chu replied calmly, obviously smiling, but very distant.
Yao Cuiliu felt bored and got up to go back to her room.
Before she could walk three feet away, she heard the joyful voice of the little girl Qiao Sanshou behind her: "Lin'er Lin'er, do you want me to play with this ball for you?"
Yao Cuiliu stopped and turned around, and saw Xiao Lin'er reaching out to Qiao Sanshou: "Ah!"
Qiao Sanshou was instantly happy and happily reached out to hug the little cub.
However, the little boy had grown fat due to eating too much. Qiao Sanshou didn't catch him at once, and the two of them rolled onto the floor mat together. Everyone burst out laughing...
Yao Cuiliu's heart was blocked, and she had some doubts about life: her biological children were not close to her, but were close to her aunt, and I heard they were also close to her stepmother...
Now I am well-off and well-off, but no one cares about me. Is this kind of well-off and well-off life really what I want?!
Yao Cuiliu turned around and walked out.
The maid assigned by Qiao Xiaofu reminded softly: "Madam?"
Yao Cuiliu suppressed the irritability in her heart: "I'm so bored that I went out for a walk."
Just walk, walk, walk.
This maid was given to Qiao Xiaofu by His Highness the Crown Prince. She is very capable, so he is not afraid of her becoming a monster.
As soon as he went out, he saw Qiao Ancheng not far away, carefully helping a woman out of the carriage.
The woman's belly was swollen, and she was obviously pregnant with a child. Her facial features and appearance were not very outstanding, but just delicate. But the moment Qiao Ancheng and the woman looked at each other, they could feel the obvious affection flowing.
Is that the noble girl who married Qiao Ancheng?!
Yao Cuiliu had mixed feelings in his heart, and when he walked to the other party, Qiao Ancheng frowned and looked over: "What's the matter with you?"
Yao Cuiliu was shocked when she came back to her senses, how could she have just walked over?
Looking at the woman again, she didn't look angry. She just smiled and nodded at Yao Cuiliu, looking well-educated and magnanimous.
"I'm fine, I'm just bored at home, so I came out for a walk." Yao Cuiliu said softly.
"Yeah." Qiao Ancheng nodded and stopped talking to her. Instead, he turned around and held Liang Ruozhu's arm. "You walk slowly, be careful that there is water on the ground."
Liang Ruozhu was so blatantly favored that she smiled warmly: "How can I be so squeamish? You asked people to sweep away the snow in Baguajing Lane, how can something happen?"
"Then you can't be careless..." The two people talked, entered the courtyard, and closed the door.
Yao Cuiliu just watched blankly as the two couples entered and closed the door until the maid reminded: "Madam?"
"Ah? Let's take a walk." Yao Cuiliu came to her senses and walked out again.
Before they had gone far, Qiao Ancheng hurriedly came out again, leading a horse.
Today is New Year's Eve, and according to the rules of the palace, they have to go in to receive rewards and have dinner. He was afraid that Liang Ruozhu would be inconvenient with a big belly, so he sent Liang Ruozhu here specially, and he entered the palace with Marquis Changping.
"Where are you going?" Yao Cuiliu couldn't help but ask when she saw Qiao Ancheng getting off the horse and running away without looking back.
"Enter the palace." Qiao Ancheng dropped the two words and ran away without looking back.
"Enter the palace?" Yao Cuiliu looked at the maid beside him.
The maid lowered her eyes to answer the question: "As a rule, officials and their family members who receive salaries and titles in the court will enter the palace this morning to receive rewards and thanks."
"Then why did he go alone?" Yao Cuiliu pointed in the direction of his yard.
The maid thought for a while: "The prince is probably worried that his wife will be too tired from running back and forth with the child."
Yao Cuiliu lost his mind when he heard this: Yes, he has always been considerate.
But now this consideration is no longer for myself.
"General, County Lord, Township Lord..." The maid saluted and said hello, but Qiao Chu and others were also dressed in rich clothes and wanted to drag their children into the palace.
"Serve your lady well, and we will come back after dinner." Qiao Chu told the maid, and then led everyone into the carriage, which rumbled out of Baguajing Alley.
"Why are Xiaofu and the others going too?" Yao Cuiliu asked again.
"The Lord of the country has a title, so he is entering the palace today." The maid responded.
"What about Xiaolu and Xiaoshou?"
"They were ordered by the Emperor, and they are also direct descendants of the Hou Mansion, so they are entering the palace today..."
They have all entered the palace and can meet the legendary emperor, queen, and prince...all of them have the highest status!
I am the only one who is not even worthy of being called madam. I am called "lady" in a non-yin and yang way, and I am all alone at home...
Yao Cuiliu didn't know how long she had stood in the cold wind. It wasn't until the maid next to her reminded her several times that she finally came to her senses: "Ah?"
"Madam, why don't you go back first? It's too cold outside." The maid suggested.
Yao Cuiliu walked to the end of the alley, and when she reached the door of Qiao Ancheng's house, she stopped again: "I want to go in and talk to her."
The maid was surprised: "Madam?"
"What? You want to take care of me?" Yao Cuiliu turned to look at the maid, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes.
The maid thought for a while, shut up and took a step back: If Yao Cuiliu really wanted to do something, she asked herself whether she could still stop him.
Yao Cuiliu then stepped forward and knocked on the door. A maid came to open the door. When she saw it was Yao Cuiliu, she was stunned for a moment: "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for your Crown Prince's wife," Yao Cuiliu said.
"It's not convenient, Madam..." The maid didn't want Yao Cuiliu to go in, but a voice greeted her from inside: "Putao, please come in, that lady."
When Yao Cuiliu entered, she was hit by a warm wind that made her close her eyes instantly.
How much charcoal was burned in this heating cabinet?! Why is it so hot?
Looking at Liang Ruozhu, she was leaning on a soft couch in thin clothes, and the maid next to her was feeding peeled grapes.
This is so enjoyable!
"Candied dates, you go down first." Liang Ruozhu waved her hand, revealing a white, jade-like wrist, with a emerald-green bracelet on it that dazzled people.
The maid retreated, and Liang Ruozhu pointed to the chair beside her: "Madam, sit down. Come over today, but you want to see me if you have anything?"
Yao Cuiliu felt a pain in her heart, and her tone couldn't help but become sharp: "You know who I am."
Liang Ruozhu raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded: "Yes. I know."
"You know why I'm looking for you." Yao Cuiliu said again.
"No, I don't know." Liang Ruozhu said with a soft and gentle tone, with a smile on her lips.
The third update is coming, we will continue tomorrow!