Just as everyone was gathering in front of the water altar to watch the fish play, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Sister."
"Lan'er!" Looking back, she saw the face that was quite similar to her own. Ling Ruo was overjoyed. Since the last time, Yilan had not been to Jingsiju again. She stepped forward and pulled on a purple-blue flower.
Yilan, who was wearing a skirt, asked, "When did you come?"
"I've just been here for a while." Yilan smiled slightly, her eyes turning cold for a moment as she glanced at Shuiyue and the others who were saluting her, and then she became as if nothing had happened, "I was thinking of my sister, so I came to see what my sister was looking at just now.
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"It's nothing, just a few fish." Ling Ruo said as he led her into the house. After sitting down, Yilan glanced around and said curiously: "Hey, why don't you see Li Wei?"
Ling Ruo's eyes flashed, and then he smiled as before and said: "I sent him to do some things, but he hasn't come back yet."
While they were talking, breakfast was delivered from the kitchen. Since it was red date porridge, there were no side dishes to go with the porridge. Two steamed buns were also delivered, namely crab roe buns and red bean paste buns.
While Mo Yu was putting things on the table, he asked someone to bring two pairs of bowls and chopsticks. After each of them had filled a bowl, he said, "Master, Miss Second, you can enjoy your meal."
This time, Yilan didn't say anything. She followed Ling Ruo and sat down at the table obediently, lowering her head to taste the red date porridge made from millet.
Ling Ruo put a crab roe bun on her plate and asked, "Why haven't you said anything? What are you thinking about?"
"No." Yilan shook her head, with a look of longing in her complicated eyes, "I just suddenly remembered the scene when I had dinner with my sister and Amma at home. I was really happy at that time."
Ling Ruo sighed softly, held Yilan's slightly cold hand and said, "Actually, everything is still the same as before." After a pause, she added, "Lan'er, no matter what you think, remember it.
One thing, in my sister’s heart, you will always be my good sister and that will never change in this life!”
"Sister!" Yilan seemed to be moved and grasped the fingertips of Ling Ruo's hand tightly. Such a small movement made Ling Ruo feel sincerely happy. She believed that given time, she would be able to untie the knot in Yilan's heart.
When she was washing her hands after breakfast, Yilan's eyes suddenly fell on the emerald green jade ring on the index finger of Ling Ruo's right hand. This ring was not an ordinary ring made of gold and silver and then inlaid with jade and other jewelry.
The entire ring is carved from one piece of jadeite
, there is no trace of inlay on the whole body, as if it were made from nature. In the sporadic summer light that shines into the room through the gaps in the Xiangfei bamboo curtain, it looks particularly crystal clear, like a pool of clear water, making people unable to take their eyes away. "Sister's ring is very beautiful and unique. I actually
Never seen that before.”
Mo Yu, who was wiping Ling Ruo's hands, heard this and said with a bit of pride: "Second Miss, you don't know that this ring was specially given to the master by the prince. There is only one like this in the entire palace."
"Talk too much! It's just a ring, why do you have so many words?" Ling Ruo scolded her lightly, making Mo Yu stick out her tongue and not dare to speak anymore.
"Fourth Master treats my sister so well!" Yilan said this, her lowered eyebrows made it difficult to see how she looked, but her gaze always fell on the jade ring that was transparent and without any impurities. She hesitated for a long time and said
: "I like this ring very much. Can my sister lend it to me for a few days?"
Her sudden request made Ling Ruo startled for a moment, then he smiled and took off the ring and stuffed it into Yilan's hand, "You and I are my sisters, why do we need to borrow money from each other." When he said this, there was a trace of warmth in his eyes, and he spoke with sincerity and sincerity.
: "If Lan'er likes it, it doesn't matter if she takes all the things in my sister's house, let alone just a ring."
"Thank you, sister." It could be seen that Yilan really liked this ring and couldn't put it down. She sat there for a while before leaving.
Watching Yilan's figure walking away, Ling Ruo looked thoughtful, called Xiaoluzi and whispered something in his ear. Xiaoluzi looked strange, nodded, and followed Yilan from a distance.
go.
"Master, what's wrong?" Mo Yu was puzzled by her behavior.
Ling Ruo stared at the faint ring mark at the base of her index finger and whispered, "I hope I worry too much."
After saying this, Ling Ruo didn't say another word. Except for Ayi bringing in the copper basin with ice cubes, the room was extremely silent and you could hear a needle drop.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Xiao Luzi came back and called Qian'er and replied: "Returning to the master, the second lady went to the Lanxin Mansion after leaving here. And according to the slave's inquiry, the second lady entered the house yesterday.
I have been staying in Lanxin Pavilion and never left."
Xiaoluzi spoke these words very fluently, without any stuttering at all. However, Lingruo's heart sank bit by bit as he said these words. Things were developing in the direction she least wanted to see. It was not
As expected before, it's just a matter of worry.
"Master, what's wrong with the second young lady?" Shui Xiu asked strangely. The others were also confused like her, wondering why Ling Ruo wanted Xiaoluzi to follow Yilan.
Ling Ruo stroked the vivid azalea on her collar and said slowly: "It's not that there is something wrong with Lan'er, it's just that the time is wrong... I didn't come early, I didn't come late, but I came here at this time, and asked as soon as I came.
Li Wei, I have to be on guard. Think about it, when did Yilan ask about the whereabouts of his servants when he came here before?"
Shui Xiu, Mo Yu and others looked at each other and remembered that this was indeed the case. They whispered: "Master is suspicious of the Second Young Lady..."
Ling Ruo sighed, stood up and walked to the closed window. As soon as she opened it a crack, she felt hot air coming towards her face. "Although Lan'er has a slightly arrogant temper, she has a good nature and will never plot against me."
My dear sister, I am afraid that she is ignorant
Under the circumstances, Tong Jia took advantage of her." When she mentioned the word Tong Jia, there was a coldness in her words. If she hadn't deliberately provoked her, how could she and Yilan have become so estranged, "I doubt Tong Jia's.
She has discovered that Li Wei is staring at her."
Mo Yu thought about it and said with some doubts: "But Master, apart from asking about Li Wei's whereabouts, the second lady did not do anything..." She was about to say that there was nothing inappropriate, but suddenly she remembered
Yilan took away the jade ring before leaving, and the next words were stuck in her throat for a long time.
A dry voice rolled out of his throat, "Master, is it possible that the second young lady asked for the jade ring because of Tong Jia's instructions?" If this is the case, there is no guarantee that Tong Jia will not come up with some vicious method to deal with the master. This
What women are best at is killing people quietly, making them hard to guard against.
Ling Ruo didn't speak, just caressed her aching forehead. When Yilan asked her for the ring just now, she had already thought of this, but she couldn't say these words clearly. If she refused, it would definitely make Ben feel sad.
Elan was even more dissatisfied because of her grudge, so even though she knew it might be risky, she still gave her the ring, but only gave her a vague reminder at the back, and she didn't know if Elan heard it.