She turned away and asked the greenery behind her, "What time is it now?"
How could Lu Yi not understand the meaning of his master's question? He smiled slightly and said, "To tell you what my master is saying, it is now the quarter of the hour."
Nian nodded, and her gaze fell on Nala like a feather, "Sister, when did our house change the greeting time, no one informed me."
Ling Ruo looked embarrassed after what she said. She quickly stood up and said forgivingly: "I was in Fujin when I was in Qi. It's all because of my poor health. I was so sleepy that I didn't even know the time had passed. I ask Fujin to forgive me."
"Bold!" Before she finished speaking, Nian raised his eyebrows and shouted coldly: "I'm talking to my direct descendant Fujin, why are you interrupting me?"
Mrs. Song pretended to persuade her from the side: "Fu Jin, please calm down. It's normal for someone to come from a small family and not understand the rules. Don't be as knowledgeable as her."
The Song family entered the palace in the 40th year of Kangxi's reign. She was a princess at first, but she was not favored in the palace. She was only favored a few times. However, she unexpectedly became pregnant unexpectedly. Eight months later, she gave birth to a daughter. Unfortunately, she was not favored.
He died young when he was out of the moon. Yinzhen felt pity for the child who was so early
Yao, in the year when the child was one year old, she was promoted to the Song family as concubine Fu Jin, to comfort her for the pain of losing her daughter. However, this favor became increasingly weak. She often did not see Yinzhen for a long time, and now she sees Ling.
If you are suddenly favored, you will naturally feel resentful and unjust in your heart.
Mrs. Li caressed her still-unobvious belly and said casually: "I remember Sister Song, your father was originally the county magistrate of Songyang County. Not long ago, the magistrate of Songyang County was promoted to the county magistrate due to his old age and the imperial court requested that your father be promoted to the county magistrate.
Is this the case with Ling Zhizhi?"
When Mrs. Song nodded, she continued: "If I remember correctly, the county magistrate is the seventh grade, and Ling Gege's Ama is from the fourth grade ceremony, which is five levels higher than your father. You said Ling Gege is
I come from a small family, but what about you? Who are you?"
She said it in an understatement, without any anger, but it made Mrs. Song blush and feel ashamed. She originally wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate Ling Ruo, but unexpectedly she got angry and made herself look coquettish. It was really not worth the loss.
"Don't say you are from the fourth rank, even if you are from the first rank, it doesn't matter. If there are no rules, there are no rules." Mrs. Song is worried about Li's identity, but Mrs. Nian doesn't care, or she has never taken Li's eyes seriously.
"Okay, okay, let's not say a word to each other." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Nala hurriedly came out to smooth things over, "They are all sisters, how noisy they are. Ling Gege has just entered the house not long ago, and there are many things that she does not understand or understand.
If there is anything she didn't do well, you sisters just need to teach her more. As for being late to say hello this time, I don't think I did it on purpose, so forget it."
"Sister is really good-tempered, but I'm afraid that some people will become arrogant and forget who they are." Although Nian was smiling, there was no trace of smile in her eyes. Instead, they were full of coldness.
The news that Ling Ruo stayed overnight at the Kaiyue Pavilion in Louyun has been known to everyone for a long time. Leaving aside the friendship between the Nala family and Li family and Ling Ruo for the time being, the others are holding their breath in their hearts, especially the concubine Fujin.
In terms of status, they consider themselves much higher than Ling Ruo, who is a princess, but they have never been lucky enough to stay overnight in the Louyun Kaiyue Pavilion, not even for three nights.
These words were so serious that Ling Ruo panicked and quickly knelt down and said she didn't dare. Na La's eyes swept across Nian's beautiful face, and his voice was as quiet as water, "Ling Gege is not such a person, sister, you can rest assured."
"I hope so." Nian sneered, stood up, gave a salute, turned and left, not even looking at Ling Ruo who was still kneeling on the ground. After her, everyone stood up and left. When the last one walked out, they left.
The curtain blocked Nala's gaze. She sighed secretly and motioned to Jade to help Shang up.
Ling Ruo, who was kneeling on the ground, said, "Although Nian Fujin's words are a bit blunt, her original intention is for your own good. She is afraid that you will forget your roots due to pride, so she is harshly criticizing you. Don't take it to heart." Even she herself was troubled by such words.
I feel pale and powerless, but I have to do this for the sake of peace in the house, even if this peace is only superficial.
"I understand." Ling Ruo replied meekly. She understood the difficulties faced by Nala. As the direct descendant of Fujin, she must be fair and impartial. It is not easy to defend her in front of so many people. She cannot ask for more.
Much more.
"That's good." Nala nodded with satisfaction and gave a few more instructions before ordering him to kneel down.
It's cool and pleasant inside the house, but there's a scorching heat wave outside. The sun is blazing in the sky, and the sun is blinding. This summer is much hotter than in previous years, and it hasn't rained for nearly ten days. There are dust invisible to the naked eye floating everywhere in the air.
After finally returning to Jingsi Residence, Mo Yu was already dripping with sweat. She helped Ling Ruo, who was also sweating, through the yard and walked to the main hall. As she walked, she complained: "This thief really wants to kill someone."
It's so hot, how can anyone be so virtuous before noon? Girl, go in and sit down quickly, and the servants will bring you water to wash your face. Let the heat go away, and then make some sour plum soup to relieve it..."
Mo Yu was about to make a cup of sour plum soup to quench his thirst, but as soon as he opened the door of the main hall, he was greeted by a blast of cool air, which made him feel instantly refreshed. Hey, when did Jingsiju become so cool? I was surprised.
Yu, I even forgot to say the following words.
"Girl, good luck." Xiao Changzi and others were waiting in the main hall. Seeing Ling Ruo come in, they quickly stepped forward to say hello, and everyone had a hint of joy on their faces.
Ling Ruo hummed, and her eyes fell on the copper basin placed in the corner of the main hall. There was a large piece of ice in it. The ice was gradually melting at this moment, and small water droplets dripped down the transparent and smooth ice, falling down.
The copper basin makes a tinkling sound, and the cool air in the room comes from here.
"Who sent it?" He gently stroked the ice cube with his fingers, and the coolness penetrated his skin. Then he saw that his fingers were already moist.
"As far as I can tell you, the manager of the ice room specially sent someone to deliver it early in the morning. He said that the weather was hot these days and he was afraid that the girl would catch the heat, so he evened out a few pieces from other places. He also said that ice will be delivered every day in the future.
Come, let you rest assured." The person who replied was Xiao Changzi. Since he saved his life last time, his health has been very poor. Even in the middle of summer, he still covered himself tightly for fear of catching cold from the wind.
Mo Yu had come back to her senses at this moment, wrinkled her lovely nose and said disapprovingly: "To put it nicely, we saw that our girl was favored by Lord Beile, so she rushed over to curry favor with her. Where did he go when it was hot?
, even the crushed ice for sour plum soup had to be persuaded before I was willing to give him a few pieces, he is really a snobbery."
Ling Ruo smiled faintly and said nothing. The servants in the mansion have always been accustomed to follow the red-topped and white-haired people, and they will follow the wind and lean to whichever side they are favored. Their noses are a bit smarter than those of dogs.
"Miss, please sit down for a while, and the servant will bring you the chilled sour plum soup." Shuixiu opened the door and was about to go out, but she didn't expect that there was someone standing at the door, and she almost bumped into her. When she took a closer look, she turned out to be Li Fujin.
Qingrong, the personal maid, also held a gold-painted food box in her hand, and quickly turned aside to let her in.
Ling Ruo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's such a hot day, why did Miss Lu Yi come here? Come on, sit down and have a rest and have a sip of tea."
Qingrong said with a smile on her face: "Ling Gege, don't bother. I was ordered by Fujin to send some honeydew melons to Ling Gege. She will go back soon." As she said this, she opened the food box and took out a small plate.
It is an ice bowl carved from ice cubes. It even has auspicious patterns carefully carved on it, but it is blurred because the ice cubes gradually melt. Honeydew melon cut into small pieces is served in the ice bowl.
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"This is a honeydew melon that just arrived from the Western Regions today. Fujin knows that you like it, Gege, so he specially ordered his servant to bring some. He was afraid that the honeydewd melon would become tasteless after being heated all the way here, so he put it in an ice bowl.
Served in it, as long as the ice bowl does not melt, this honeydew melon will always be
It's ice cold, girl, please try it." Qing Rong explained with pride that these honeydew melons are a tribute tribute from the Western Regions. They came all the way, and only a few of them were obtained by the Sibeile Mansion. Only a few were rewarded by Yinzhen.
There are several people, and the Li family can get one of them, which shows that they are favored and favored.
"Thank you for your trouble, Fujin." Ling Ruo used a silver skewer to sign a piece and put it in her mouth. As expected, the juice was sweet, crisp and refreshing, and it had a slight coolness due to the ice bowl, which was refreshing.
"It's fine if you like it, girl. In addition, the master also asked me to tell the girl something." Qingrong knew that everyone in the room was Ling Ruo's confidant, so she didn't shy away from it. She followed what Li ordered when she came out: "Relax with moderation.
, so that we can live in peace for a long time.”
How could Ling Ruo, such a smart person, not understand the meaning of Li's words? He nodded to Qingrong and said, "Please, Miss Qingrong, tell Fujin on your behalf that Ling Ruo understands. Thank you Fujin for your suggestion."
"My slave will definitely bring it to the girl. If nothing happens, I will go back first." Qingrong collected the gold-painted food box and prepared to leave.
Ling Ruo glanced at Shui Xiu, who immediately understood. She took out the money she had prepared earlier and stuffed it into Qing Rong's hand. She said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, sister. This is a little bit of fun from my girl. I bought a few boxes of rouge for my sister."
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After collecting the money, the smile on Qing Rong's face became a little brighter. He thanked Ling Ruofu for her reward before leaving. After she walked away, Ling Ruo slowly lowered her face and moved the red stone bracelet on her wrist without saying a word.