At night, I don't know whether it was because she was happy today, had too much dinner, or something else, but Ruan Yuyi was very awake. She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, so she simply got up.
As soon as I opened the soft curtain, I saw that Mu Xiang guarding outside had not fallen asleep either.
Through the moonlight, it was vaguely apparent that what she was holding was a round piece of red paper. Several fingernail-sized flowers were cut out on the paper, and the moonlight filtered through it and scattered on the cold ground.
It's the same as what Mu Ling did when he was mending windows in the Cheng Mansion.
Ruan Yuyi's heart tightened slightly, "When did you get this?"
Mu Xiang was immersed in her own thoughts and was completely unaware of her approach. When she heard her voice, she suddenly trembled, "Miss, why are you walking silently?"
She patted her back twice in a funny way, then took the window grille from her hand, her thoughts gradually drifting away.
Mu Xiang was silent for a while, and then whispered softly for a long time, "This is not the one from the Cheng Mansion, it is a new one cut by the slave." The red paper and scissors were still put aside.
She shouldn't have cut any window grilles because she was so good. It would only bring up the lady's sadness.
Ruan Yuyi's eyes darkened a bit. She thought so, not to mention that Mu Xiang didn't have the time to peel it off, even if she had to peel it off, she might have to tear it.
Use glue to stick it on, and over time, it will stay there.
Over time, it will stay there.
She sighed and returned the window grille to Mu Xiang. Mu Xiang took it, spread it out little by little, and placed it on the tray with red paper scissors.
"I miss her too," she said suddenly.
She thought about it when she saw her relatives. Mu Ling was not brought from her own family, and she had never met her brother and mother-in-law. She could only roughly outline their temperaments based on the descriptions in her mouth.
Mu Ling has always wanted to meet them.
Mu Xiang, who had been silent for a long time, opened her mouth, but only managed to squeeze out a tearful word "um". Because she did not want to influence the young lady, she rarely showed such emotions.
But unknowingly, the two of them have been relying on each other for so long, and people around them are coming and going, like they are in a busy traffic.
"Are you sleepy?"
Muxiang shook her head.
"Let's go for a walk outside." Ruan Yuyi suggested.
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The wind rustled the leaves, the shadows of the trees danced, and the moonlight poured over the ground and into the lake.
After walking around the small lake, she saw that Mrs. Ruan's room was still lit with lights. Ruan Yuyi paused and walked slowly over there.
After opening the soft curtain and entering, I saw that Mrs. Ruan had not rested yet. She held a jade pendant in her hand and looked at it, looked at it for a while, then stuffed it back under the quilt, thought about it, took it out and looked at it carefully, and so on.
Hearing the noise, she raised her head and said, "Nanny, why are you here so late?" She came up to greet Ruan Yuyi and asked Ruan Yuyi to sit down. She also asked Muxiang to move the small porridge, so she sat down casually.
"I miss you," she said as she approached her. She was always willing to let down her guard and her words became softer. "But you, why haven't you rested since it was so late?"
She rushed to sit on the small couch brought by Mu Xiang, leaned on her mother's lap, and motioned for Mu Xiang to sit on the couch.
Mrs. Ruan also raised Mu Xiang as half a daughter on weekdays. Mu Xiang didn't feel too restrained and sat down.
Mrs. Ruan smiled kindly at her and told Mu Xiang that if she wanted tea fruits, she could help herself. She lowered her eyes and looked at the shameless little coquettish guy lying on her lap, and held her hair away with her fingertips.
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"Tell me, is it a nightmare?"
Ruan Yuyi was silent for a long time, thinking about whether to tell her mother about what happened in the palace and about Mu Ling, and finally swallowed these words. She couldn't dirty her ears.
She just shook her head, "What were you looking at just now?"
Mrs. Ruan got up and went to take out the jade pendant from under the quilt on the bed. She thought it was just one jade pendant, but she never thought of taking out five in a row. Under the light of the lamp, she saw that the carvings on it were all like treasure vases and Ruyi.
She placed the jade pieces on the table and said slowly, "This is what your Aunt Lin and I went to the temple to pray for before leaving. We don't ask for anything else, just for peace.
"You're just in time. You and Mu Xiang will take this jade pendant separately. The rest will be picked up by the juniors during breakfast tomorrow."
Ruan Yuyi's heart warmed slightly, she took the jade pendant she handed over and looked at it carefully.
Mu Xiang didn't expect that she still had a role to play. She resisted several times, but finally accepted it and thanked him.
I just didn't expect that this jade pendant would be thrown into Ruan Yuyi's hands after just one night, before it was warmed up.
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The next day, after several people gathered in the side hall one after another, Mrs. Ruan arranged the tablecloth and chopsticks and set out the dishes for the meal.
Ruan Yuyi selected a lot of green hairpins and gold diamonds from the rewards that came down from the palace early in the morning and sent them to Yuxian'er. It is needless to think about why there were items for women among the rewards for her brother.
She didn't want to accept it, and she didn't want to accept it. She happened to be short of time, so she gave it away.
Several juniors were all assigned jade pendants, so they all tied them around their waists to show respect, and wore them all around, which was very pleasing to the ear.
Ruan Yu skipped up to Taiji with a smile on her face, but the maid who followed behind her kept shouting with her heart in her arms, "Four girls, watch the steps carefully."
As usual, she hugged Ruan Yuyi first, then bowed politely and said, "Bless me, mother."
Mrs. Ruan smiled, asked her to stand up, and asked the servants to lead her to sit down.
Otherwise, it is still the nature of a little girl to be idle. When I received those jewelry this morning, I was still extremely excited. I pulled Ruan Yuyi and discussed them nonstop, like a little sparrow who didn’t know how to tire, but squeezed in
Ruan Yuyi has no time to think about it.
Mu Xiang took a look at Ruan Yuxian's outfit today and praised, "Miss Cai just told me that Miss Xian must be very happy with this outfit. She sent it to me after it was put together. Now that I see it, it's really good."
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"That's right," Ruan Yuxian raised her head and smiled even bigger, "Ruan Zhuoying still belittles me."
Ruan Zhuoying just used to quarrel with her once or twice. He really didn't expect that this was his second sister's belongings. He quickly raised his face from the bijing porridge in front of him and excused himself, "Sister, I never said that
These words are all nonsense."
Ruan Yuyi was startled, then smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Who is making the mistake?" Xian'er held her sister's arm affectionately and leaned her head on her shoulder, "Go and eat your porridge!"
He glared at his sister and said nothing.
While having breakfast, someone came from outside to report that there was a beggar and a fool at the east corner gate, asking for some alms from the masters of the house.
Ruan Zhuoxin frowned and said first, "Just give me some money and just send it away."
The boy looked embarrassed and said, "That man refused to take any ordinary money. He said he knew the second girl and insisted on meeting her. He refused to leave no matter what."
Several people at the table looked at Ruan Yuyi.
She just thought she was a commoner somewhere, and she really couldn't live her life anymore, so she was just talking about a person. But there was nothing important at the moment, and when she saw someone, she should give alms, so it would be awkward to have people blocking the door.
It turned out that Ruan Zhuoxin was going to accompany her, but Xian'er was so sticky that she had to go with her, so she followed her.
Pushing the door open, Ruan Yuyi saw the person under the eaves of the wall that she had almost forgotten in her memory - Mrs. Cheng Zhu.