The maid in charge of delivering the meal hesitated for a moment, put the tray aside for the time being, and unlocked the courtyard door. The maid inside had heard the noise and was waiting on the other side of the door. When she saw someone coming, she opened the door.
She took the food in her hand.
The maid loosened her hand holding the tray and peeked inside quietly.
The trees, flowers and plants in the courtyard were all still lush and lush, but within a few days, they gave people an inexplicable feeling of decay.
The courtyard door closed again, and the maid lowered her eyes after hearing the sound of the lock outside, and sent breakfast to Ruan Yuyi's room.
According to the financial resources of the Cheng family, they could fully afford three meals a day for the whole family. Perhaps because they wanted to punish Ruan Yuyi, they only gave them two meals a day. She thought that even ordinary people could eat like this, so she could do well.
accepted.
But someone secretly interfered, withholding food, and when it was brought back, not only did the dishes not taste good, they were all cold.
At this time, Ruan Yuyi got up in the morning and finished washing. Since she couldn't go anywhere this day, and she didn't have to go to greet Mrs. Cheng Zhu, she went to rest as she pleased.
After Mu Xiang laid out the bamboo chopsticks for her, she picked up the bamboo chopsticks and plucked them at random without saying anything, and just settled for the meal.
But Mu Xiang on the other side frowned as she looked at it, feeling that the person in the dining room was too courageous. It was just a grounding, and the wind made it happen.
Ruan Yuyi seemed to have seen through what she was thinking, and said softly, "Do you think they alone would dare to do this without instructions from behind?"
"But -" Mu Xiang choked, knowing that what the young lady said was true.
Putting down the bamboo chopsticks, she put her things away with the woody fragrance in a daze.
Compared to this, she didn't know what to do. She originally thought that Prince Yu would be able to help her, but she made a mistake. She didn't expect him to help her, she just asked him not to come looking for her.
It's good for her to be in trouble.
But could she really just accept her fate, obey her aunt's words, and marry her second cousin?
Thinking about it carefully, she felt that she was unwilling to do anything.
Zhao Rong and Cheng Xingqiu's auspicious day was set for three days later. Now that they were only confined for a few days, she found it unbearable. If she had to be confined to the identity of the wife and concubine of an idiot in the future, trapped in the cage of the Cheng Mansion,
How could she bear it?
"Miss."
She came back to her senses when she heard the woody sound in her ears.
Mu Xiang put an envelope on the desk, "Mu Ling just found this under the corner of the wall. It's bulging inside, as if it contains a hairpin or something."
Fortunately, the paper in the envelope was firm, so it would not be damaged by the contents inside. Ruan Yuyi's eyes were filled with doubts. This could not be from Jiang Qi. He had already promised himself that he would send the previous letter as well.
Burnt.
But she was still vaguely looking forward to something.
At this point, no matter who she is, she just hopes that someone will extend a hand to her to prevent her from falling into this quagmire.
She took out the items inside, but her face suddenly turned pale.
She recognized that what was inside was her hairpin.
It was the one that she deliberately left for him after leaving the Holy River Temple in order to have another excuse to go back. The golden hairpin was the same as before, the peach blossoms wrapped with gold threads were lifelike, and little lights shone on the petals, but she was frightened to see it.
She opened the letter inside again, and after just a few glances, the color on her face gradually faded away. She suppressed her uneasiness and read the letter carefully to the end.
"Mu Xiang, just take it and burn it for me. It will be cleaner." She crumpled the letter and handed it to Mu Xiang.
She was puzzled, and when she saw that the young lady looked unhappy, she asked tentatively, "What is written in it that is not good?" Ruan Yuyi said nothing, so she asked no more questions and lit the letter with the fire of the candlestick.
Ruan Yuyi only felt that something was beating violently and uncontrollably in her chest, almost as if it was about to break through her body.
In the letter, he threatened that if she hid again, next time the hairpin would be delivered to her instead of the hairpin, and he would send it to the main room of the Cheng Mansion for everyone to take a good look at. He
It made her think deeply.
Only then did she have the impression that she had left in a hurry last time and her clothes were in a haphazard manner. In addition, she was preoccupied with the discomfort in her body, so it was very possible that she had left that thing behind.
It's just that she didn't expect that even the murmurs of emotion would be written on the letterhead by him in such vigorous and powerful handwriting. This embarrassed her even more than a few threats.
She seemed to be able to think of his deep eyes, looking at her with a smile on his lips, uttering these words word by word, as if he had everything in his hands. And she was just a poor little beast, no matter how she could escape
, it was actually because he loosened his grip slightly, giving her a chance to breathe.
But in the current situation, where can she go?
Then he thought about it, it didn't matter that he was grounded, the door was locked, and there were servants watching, at least he wouldn't have entered Cheng's house without permission in order to find her.
In the next few days, she only took advantage of her free time to play chess with Mu Xiang. She felt a lot more relaxed and no longer frowned all the time. And her worries about him not coming true did not come true.
She could comfort herself and take it one step at a time. She could only escape from the Cheng Mansion, take a small boat, and go back to her Wuzhou.
On one side, Mu Xiang put away the handkerchief stained with spit and velvet, and smiled and echoed a few words. But she knew in her heart that it was so easy to get back to the capital and Wuzhou to the south and north, and she was afraid that Cheng would be caught halfway.
The people from the mansion found him.
"Miss, why don't you find an opportunity to send a letter to the Ruan family? I think Madam won't ignore it," Mu Xiang suggested.
Her hand paused for a moment, and suddenly she remembered something. She casually pinned the needle on the silk cloth, raised her eyes to look at Mu Xiang, and asked her doubts:
"It's strange to say that in such a long time, the letters about Heli have been sent back and forth twice. Why is there no news from Wuzhou?"
Even though her father had passed away, her mother-in-law still loved her very much, otherwise she would not have tried every means to send her to Beijing in order to find a good husband for her.
Knowing such a big thing, the Ruan family would not remain indifferent, but the letter that said it was sent to Wuzhou seemed to have fallen into the sea with no response.
After a few words back and forth, she put down her needle and thread, called Muxiang to wait on her pen and ink, and wanted to write another letter to the Ruan family.
She lowered her eyes and focused on the rice paper. Her serious look made her more elegant and elegant, as if the current turmoil had nothing to do with her. But there were some things that would not have happened if she had figured it out.
The auspicious day arrived in a blink of an eye. This day was chosen by Master Cheng and Zhu after he donated a lot of money for incense and made repeated calculations, which shows that he attached great importance to it.
Even in her deserted courtyard, she could hear the sound of the suona outside, which rumbled directly into her heart, making her panic for no reason.
Although she was not allowed to go out, the dinner delivered alone was enough to get a glimpse of the bustle of Cheng Mansion today.
However, what she didn't know was that because this marriage did not have an imperial edict from the new emperor, it was entirely the discretion of the eldest princess Zhaorong, so she did not dare to make a big show of it.
I just want to make some random noises and complete the ceremony, just to be justified.
In the main hall, there were no members of the Zhaorong mother clan. Even the clan members of the Cheng family could only sit at a few tables. It was not considered a crowd of guests. However, there were many children coming, chattering and playing together.
It won't look deserted either.
The entire Cheng Mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the servants and maids were walking around with happy faces.
Nowadays, after marrying the royal family, even if the eldest princess herself is not allowed to make too big a show, the Cheng family members are very energetic and have to beat the gongs and drums as loudly as possible to let others know about this honor, secretly or openly.
This is the honor that was stolen at the expense of a cousin's marriage.
One of the guests laughed and said, The Cheng family is about to rise to the top. This attracted a lot of agreement.
Happy National Day~ (Although it’s a bit late) There is no holiday during National Day, I promise to update more next time