The next day, Ruan Yuyi was in a daze when she was woken up by Mu Xiang. She asked Mu Xiang to pull her up and then she reluctantly sat up.
"Miss, sit down and wake up, I have to go and pay my respects to Madam today." Mu Xiang whispered beside her.
She responded, and suddenly felt a slight itch on the side of her neck, so she scratched it twice with her nails. In fact, if you think about it, this red envelope had been there since she came back from the temple. Maybe she was bitten by some mosquito when she was walking through the banyan tree.
go.
Her skin is delicate and prone to red marks, and she scratched it unconsciously at night, and now it was a small crimson dot. At first glance, it even looked a bit ambiguous.
When Mu Xiang was dressing up the young lady, she naturally noticed it, so she got some anti-itching medicine and gave her some.
As they were heading to Cheng Zhu's place, they noticed on the way that there were boys in twos and threes carrying many paulownia wood boxes to the west compartment. Each box was covered with a square of red silk. If you look carefully, you can still see the carvings on the boxes.
It is decorated with exquisite dragon and phoenix auspicious patterns.
Ruan Yuyi suddenly felt a little dazed. She remembered that when she first entered the Cheng Mansion, her dowry was carried in with the same decoration. But after all, things changed and people changed.
Packing boxes with paulownia wood was still a custom in her hometown. Somehow, it spread to the capital.
Families with a daughter in the family will choose a good land on the mountain after the daughter is born and plant a Paulownia tree. The tree will grow up with the daughter. When the daughter is about to get married, the Paulownia tree will be cut down and found in the town.
The best craftsmen are used to make dowries for daughters to be married.
When she was young, she would know the sound of gongs and gongs outside, and she would know which bride was passing by. She would always run outside, hide behind the door and watch quietly, and sometimes she would catch the bride-to-be’s bride.
Colorful peanuts or caramel candies.
This will make her happy all day long.
She had seen Paulownia trees so many times that she could recognize them at a glance.
Ruan Yuyi withdrew her eyes and entered Cheng Zhu's courtyard. Inside, Cheng Zhu and Zhao Rongzheng were having a heated discussion. After listening to a few words, she realized that they were talking about the wedding banquet.
She knew that after this wedding banquet, it would be her. The days left for her passed day by day, but she did not see much progress on the prince's side. It would be a lie to say that she was not panicked.
When passing Aunt Mei, she smiled slightly at Ruan Yuyi. Ruan Yuyi just stopped her thoughts and bent her lips towards her.
As if aware of Ruan Yuyi's arrival, Mrs. Cheng Zhu asked her to sit down. She straightened her skirt, but before she could sit down, Mrs. Cheng Zhu suddenly stopped her again, with a serious look on her face.
"Sister Yi," Cheng Zhu said, tapping her neck, "What happened to your neck?" There was no one around her, so how could there be such a mark, and it was still in such a conspicuous position, what does it mean?
?It shows that she doesn’t take her mother-in-law seriously at all.
She knew that Qiu'er still had lingering feelings for Sister Yi, but if it was really Qiu'er - her plan to marry her to Rui'er could only be shelved for the time being.
Thinking like this, her face became increasingly ugly.
Zhao Rong also stopped talking at this moment and looked at Ruan Yuyi. Sure enough, there was a red mark, and her heart skipped a beat. But last night she had been with Xing Qiu again. After she felt relieved, she leaned back on the chair
He leaned back and looked like he was watching a show.
"Oh, this is -" Zhaorong smiled slightly and said leisurely, "Who was my sister with yesterday?" Since she knew it was not Xingqiu, she was happy to see who Ruan Yuyi was flirting with.
As a result, Xingqiu will no longer be able to want her.
After Ruan Yuyi applied the medicine, the itching on her neck disappeared. Now when she touched it up, she realized that they were talking about the area where she was bitten by mosquitoes.
Both Chu Zhaorong and Cheng Zhu had strange expressions on their faces, as if if she said just one more word, it would be in line with their guesses and she would be charged with the crime. Seeing them like this, Ruan Yuyi also knew that they were overthinking.
She put down her hands and blessed her body in a polite manner, "Last night, the doors and windows were not closed tightly. When I woke up, I found that I was bitten by mosquitoes. Don't worry, aunt, she has already been given the medicine, and she doesn't feel any discomfort now."
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After hearing this, Mrs. Cheng Zhu was stunned, beckoning her to come forward, and taking a closer look, she found that the red marks were slightly swollen, could they have been bitten by mosquitoes? Which gentleman could be so powerful, with one bite?
There is also an extra piece of meat coming out.
Zhaorong had also experienced the incident, and now he realized that he had admitted his mistake, and turned away his eyes without saying a word.
Ruan Yuyi looked well-behaved, as if she didn't understand their insinuations, but it seemed that the two of them were thinking deeply. Cheng Zhu didn't care about this, breathed a sigh of relief, and allowed her to sit down.
In order to ease the embarrassment, Mrs. Cheng Zhu pulled Zhao Rong back to talk about the topic just now, "I'm really wronged, Your Highness. The government has been really short of money recently, and if there is a chance in the future, it will definitely be made up for."
Because the Cheng Zhu family was in charge of all the officials in the house, although Mr. Cheng would not talk to her about ordinary official matters, he still mentioned it to her when it was related to the income and expenditure of the Cheng house.
Mr. Cheng has neglected his duties. Fortunately, he only deducted his salary and nothing else. No matter what, Mrs. Cheng Zhu was still a little lucky. She was afraid that the princess would look down on the Cheng family because of this matter, so she just spoke out.
Calm down.
She knew that Princess Zhaorong was really interested in her eldest son.
Zhaorong waved his hand nonchalantly, "Now that we have said that the missing money will be paid from the princess's house, madam, just calm down. From now on, we will be a family, there is no need to talk about whether to make up for it or not."
The princess's palace was still well off, so why should she care about such a small amount of money? If she really had to care about it, she was afraid that Xingqiu would suspect that she didn't really treat him.
Mrs. Cheng Zhu smiled so much that the wrinkles on her face gathered together, and the powder on her face seemed to be falling, "Your Highness is really a sensible person. The Queen Mother is really good at teaching."
If you teach well - how can you teach a third prince who kills his father and usurps the throne?
It was an ordinary flattery, but Zhaorong's smile froze when she heard it. For the sake of the face of the Tian family, the actions of her three emperor brothers were not revealed. She knew that Mrs. Cheng's words were unintentional, but she still remained cold.
Come on.
She suddenly thought of the new emperor's rejection yesterday, and finally couldn't sit still. Even though she was acting arbitrarily this time, relying on the fact that the request for a marriage decree was a common practice and there was no express provision, she planned to skip this step.
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Thinking like this now, how could she not be angry, so she rolled her sleeves and said, "I am a little tired today, so I will not accompany you madam." After saying that, she left quickly, with the smile on her face still hanging.
The exhausted Cheng Zhu family stayed where they were.
The room fell silent, everyone was puzzled by Zhao Rong's sudden anger.
Cheng Zhu was disgraced and couldn't deal with it from the eldest princess, so she showed her face to Ruan Yuyi and others in the next department, "In that case, that's it for today. Sister Yi, my aunt knows that you are peaceful.
.Don’t let anything happen in the past few days.”
Ruan Yuyi lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head, and responded.