The next day, Ruan Yuyi thought that the prince Xu would be just like yesterday and would not pass away too early, so she slept peacefully until Mu Xiang came to open the curtain and the light fell on the ground.
After getting dressed neatly, he walked out of the courtyard. He saw the maid next to Mrs. Cheng Zhu waiting aside. Seeing Ruan Yuyi come out, she stepped forward and said, "Young Madam, Madam has invited you."
The affairs of Zhao Rong and Cheng Xingqiu have not yet been officially revealed. Although everyone in the house knew it well, they still kept their noses and noses in mind, pretending not to know, and treated the eldest princess in the east chamber as an ordinary distinguished guest, secretly preparing for this
The poor young lady's experience is very sad.
From their point of view, it is incomprehensible to them that the young lady is already so virtuous and has the appearance of a fairy, but she is still treated as an object and thrown away at will.
Ruan Yuyi suppressed the doubts in her heart, nodded as usual, and followed the servant girl.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu was already waiting in the main hall, with Cheng Rui sitting next to her.
Although Cheng Rui is a fool, he also knows that his sister Yi'er is easy to get along with and has always been willing to get close to her. Now when he saw Ruan Yuyi, whom he hadn't seen for a few days, he was even more happy and couldn't sit still. He took a few steps
Come forward.
"Sister Yi'er, have you come to see me?" Cheng Rui chuckled and burst a snot bubble.
The maid next to him quickly came up and wiped him clean with a handkerchief.
Ruan Yuyi nodded and smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes, "My aunt is well, my second cousin is well."
When Mrs. Cheng Zhu heard this crisp greeting, she couldn't help but raise her eyes and look at the niece in front of her. She sighed in her heart that Sister Yi's appearance was really shocking every time she saw her.
When we met at the beginning of the year two years ago, she was still a young girl. Now that she has been a wife for a year, she has not been polished, but she has become more charming.
This daughter-in-law of hers is quite popular with her, she is soft-tempered and easy to handle.
Rui'er's conditions are not good enough to marry the daughter of a decent family. It is most appropriate to give her to Rui'er. In this way, she can also save a sum of money as a bride price. I don't think Sister Yi will have the guts to object.
It's just that she still has less contact with Rui'er.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu was in a happy mood after calculation. She smiled. The makeup powder embedded in her wrinkles was particularly obvious and seemed to be falling down. "Here you come? My aunt called you here today because she wants you to go to Linglong Hall to fix my first month."
Get the bracelet back."
Linglongtang is a shop that specializes in custom-made jewelry, hair, facial hair, and other items for ladies in Beijing. Their items are all of the latest styles and are always in short supply. Some of them are extremely expensive and cannot be sold at all.
I heard that their shop owner is always missing, and he closes the shop when he is not around. He doesn't care about how much he sells, so the price is constantly being driven up.
Cheng Zhushi paused for a moment before telling her true purpose, "I took Rui'er to see the doctor on the way. The weather has turned cold recently and he accidentally contracted the cold."
Originally, these two things could be left to the servants, which were nothing more than errands, and it was not as if the Cheng Mansion did not have a doctor. Mrs. Cheng Zhu asked her to go to the street in person, and even took Cheng Rui with her. Her intentions were clear.
it goes without saying.
Although Ruan Yuyi was clear in her heart, she couldn't shirk it, so she had to respond, "Yes. Aunt, are you going now?" If it were later, there might not be enough time left to rush to the Holy River Temple.
"Well. You go, the shopkeeper of Linglong Pavilion is in the shop today, don't delay." Mrs. Cheng Zhu urged casually, turning the jade bracelet on her wrist.
When Cheng Rui heard this, he cheered and clapped awkwardly.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu had always been very careful about her son and rarely let him go out, especially when she received the news of Cheng Xingqiu's death, for fear that something might happen to her second son.
Fortunately, the place was not too far away. As Cheng Mansion was two blocks away, Ruan Yuyi didn't ask for a sedan chair and planned to walk there.
She should have followed her aunt's wishes and held Cheng Rui's hand to avoid running around with him when he got excited.
But as long as she and Li Shu didn't fall in love, in name, she was still someone else's wife. If she was really involved, it would be unclear, not to mention that she didn't want to have any more involvement with the Cheng family.
The markets in Beijing are always lively. There are many small vendors along the road, and the sound of selling is everywhere.
As Cheng Rui walked, he was attracted by a stall selling baby chickens. These furry little things were very alive, fluttering in the cage and making subtle calls.
Ruan Yuyi walked forward with all her heart, but Mu Xiang realized something was wrong first, "Miss, why is the second young master missing?" She looked around and saw only the crowds of people coming and going, not that familiar shadow.
Hearing this, Ruan Yuyi turned around and found that Cheng Rui was gone. Her heart sank. If Cheng Rui was lost, she would have no way to explain to Cheng Zhu.
Besides, he is an idiot, what should he do if something happens to him?
They quickly turned back and anxiously pushed aside pedestrians. Ruan Yuyi's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
"Miss, look ahead."
She followed Mu Xiang's direction and looked over. Parked in the middle of the road was a carriage with a body made of black nanmu. Although there was no unnecessary decoration, the details were exquisitely carved, which was a work of art.
The door at the front of the carriage and the window at the back were both covered by a curtain of crepe, preventing people from outside from seeing what was going on.
And the person who fell in front of the carriage, blocking the road, and was too shocked to say a word, wasn't it the lost Cheng Rui?
Mu Xiang quickly stepped forward to help Cheng Rui up and brushed the dust off his clothes.
Ruan Yuyi knew that he had bumped into the noble man and could not leave him alone, so she had no choice but to step forward and said to the person separated by a curtain inside:
"My daughter failed to take a good view of him. Please forgive me if I have offended him in any way."
After saying this, she anxiously waited for the people inside to respond, or simply drove away without getting too entangled.
When Cheng Rui saw her coming, he grinned happily and said, "Sister Yi'er, you're here." He completely put the fear behind him.
Her words were spoken word by word, and they were clearly transmitted to the ears of Jiang Huaiyang, who was sitting in the carriage. When he heard the soft tone of the speech, he felt that it sounded familiar, so he slightly opened the curtain and looked out through the gap.
This look confirmed his guess, and he saw a graceful figure.
The scene from last night's dream suddenly broke into his mind, making him feel dazed for a while.
There was an oil lamp and an offering table, and the compassionate Buddha looked up, smiling as always.
He clasped her wrist and kept kissing her neck one after another, murmuring, "Ling Ling - Ling Ling -"
She was dressed in water-red clothes and was sitting on a wooden table. Her body could not help but tremble slightly, her thoughts were empty and confused, but she still relied on instinct to dodge, causing the bell to ring sporadically on her wrist.
Like a drop of rain, excessive restraint made their skin hot.
Darkness soaked them.
Jiang Huaiyang bit her ear and said hoarsely, "Lingling, look up, the Buddha is also looking at you."
He pinched the junction between her chin and the side of her ear, forcing her to raise her head, and her misty eyes met the golden Buddha statue.
They are making mistakes in front of Buddha.
This was her only thought.
Only then did she regain some clarity, and felt a numbness gnawing at her spine, and then her whole body softened.
She pushed Jiang Huaiyang away and said with difficulty, "Go to the wing next door."
He suddenly chuckled in her ear, and without really making her afraid, he picked her up and walked towards the door.
She curled up in his arms and hooked her arms around his neck. In her ears, the bell was still ringing.
Jiang Huaiyang was sitting in the carriage, staring through the gap in the curtain at the woman in front of him who looked similar to the person in the dream, with a dark expression.
Just now, this tall and strong man suddenly rushed out and almost collided with his carriage. Now if you look closely, he seems to be mentally retarded. There is nothing to argue with a fool -
But he changed his mind.
He knocked on the door twice and motioned for the attendant to poke his head in.
Then Ruan Yuyi saw the attendant coming down, walked up to her, and relayed, "Girl, our master invites you to come into the carriage to talk in detail."
Ruan Yuyi was startled, she really didn't expect that the other party would make such a request.
Not to mention whether the person inside is a man or a woman, she has been in Beijing for more than a year. She rarely leaves the house and has very few acquaintances in Beijing. She shouldn't know the noble person in the car. She can't figure out what he has in mind, not to mention she doesn't.
Maybe he got into a stranger's carriage in full view of everyone.
She became vigilant and refused, "Tell your master that I will not run away from those who deserve compensation. If anything happens, just say so."
When Jiang Huaiyang inside heard this, the corners of her lips raised slightly, but her eyes were cold and without warmth. She thought she would pounce on anyone who was a dignitary, but she didn't expect that the target was clear.
I saw more and more people gathering around me, wanting to see what was going on.
During the stalemate, a lame young man holding a cane came forward from among the people.
He was dressed luxuriously and did not look like an ordinary young man. He also had an old wound on the side of his neck. If a soldier who had been on the battlefield could identify it, he would be able to tell at a glance that it was a stab wound. It was probably a deep cut back then.
The attendant seemed to recognize the young master and came up to pay homage to him.
The young man waved his hands and whispered something to him. The attendant repeated his words to Jiang Huaiyang in the car.
Jiang Huaiyang sighed. Although he lost the flexibility of his right leg in the bloody battle a few years ago, he still did not change his character and was as nosy as ever.
He had no intention of embarrassing Ruan Yuyi anymore and signaled his attendants to drive away.
The crowd gave way, and the black nanmu carriage gradually moved away, raising some dust along the road.
Knowing that the lame young master helped her get out of trouble, Ruan Yuyi felt relieved and thanked him, "Thank you for your help, young master."
Liu Nanjun's sharp eyebrows and starry eyes gave him an extraordinarily hearty smile, "It's rare for a hero to save a beauty, so I'm naturally obligated to do so."
He glanced at Cheng Rui and said hesitantly, "Your brother--" He wanted to ask if Cheng Rui was mentally retarded.
Ruan Yuyi understood and nodded, not wanting to explain more, "He is not my brother."
He said no more and said smoothly, "If you encounter this person in the carriage again in the future, remember to stay away."
This was sincere. It was precisely because I worked under him that I knew that Jiang Huaiyang was not a simple and kind person, but it was the knot in his heart that made him more and more uncertain after that.
Ruan Yuyi thought that it would not be such a coincidence that she met this weird nobleman again, so she didn't take it to heart, so she thanked him and left.
Now she no longer dared to let Cheng Rui walk alone. Instead, she ordered Mu Xiang to walk behind him and keep an eye on people.