"Don't look for him!"
Yin Xiaorou's sudden commanding tone surprised Xiao Qinyu. He was very puzzled by her reaction, "What's wrong? Why can't you find my brother?"
"because……"
Yin Xiaorou's eyes averted, she pursed her lips and lowered her head in embarrassment.
She begged softly, "Qinyu, please, I don't want to cause trouble to the general."
"How could you be trouble?"
Xiao Qinyu immediately felt distressed and secretly blamed himself for being too reckless just now.
Miss Rou came to the capital all alone with her younger brother from so far away from the northwest. Living in a strange place, it was inevitable that she would feel like she was living under someone else's roof. No wonder she was so anxious just now. She must be afraid that if he quarreled with her elder brother because of her, he would have a problem with her.
Her family background was not good to begin with. If she was rejected by her elder brother again, it would be even less likely for her to marry into the general's palace in the future.
The girl is still attentive.
Xiao Qinyu felt warm in his heart, and looked at Yin Xiaorou with a gentler look, "Don't worry, I will think of other ways to prevent my elder brother and sister-in-law from misunderstanding you."
"Um."
Yin Xiaorou nodded in confusion and said nothing about Xiao Qinyu's other methods.
Time was running out, and she would no longer put her hope in unreliable people, so she said goodbye to Xiao Qinyu and returned to Longyan Pavilion on the pretext that she was tired.
"Is it done?"
Yin Wenyu was sitting at the desk practicing calligraphy. When he saw her coming back, his eyes lit up and he quickly stood up and asked.
"without."
Yin Xiaorou shook her head and sat down on the chair tiredly, "I asked around and Ruan Yunluo didn't even intend to take the Xiao brothers and sisters with her, let alone me? Xiao Qinyu even went to find her in person, but it was of no use at all."
"Why don't you go to Xiao Chongjing? He should agree, right?"
Yin Wenyu looked at his sister in confusion, wondering why she didn't just take a shortcut.
"No, we can't find him."
Yin Xiaorou shook her head.
She couldn't let Xiao Chongjing see her initiative towards the Autumn Appreciation Banquet.
Otherwise, when she becomes friendly with Mrs. Huiguo, he will suspect that she has ulterior motives from the beginning.
And she couldn't afford those doubts.
So she stayed like that, until the day of the Autumn Appreciation Banquet, she still didn't find a new way, and could only watch Ruan Yunluo's carriage leaving with secret anxiety.
On the carriage, Ruan Yunluo was in a good mood.
When she came to the autumn feast, she smiled at everyone. Especially when she saw Mrs. Huiguo's niece Qiao Shiran and her cute smile, she felt happy for her from the bottom of her heart.
In her previous life, Qiao Shiran was her sister-in-law and the only person she could speak to in a desperate situation.
She was very smart. Not long after marrying into the general's mansion, she saw through Xiao Qinyu's thoughts about Yin Xiaorou. I still remember that she made a big fuss that day, left He Lishu and went back to her parents' home.
Unfortunately, she was sent back not long after.
She was pregnant with Xiao Qinyu's child.
Because of this child, she accepted her fate. From then on, she didn't want to see anyone all day long, and she hid in the yard making clothes for the child.
But this clay Bodhisattva was the only one who came to visit when she knew Ruan Yunluo was ill.
She put Ruan Yunluo's skinny fingers on her bulging belly without disdain and said, "Don't fall down. The baby will be born soon. I don't want his godmother to be sick."
"Who cares?"
Ruan Yunluo curled his lips in disdain.
But the hand on Qiao Shiran's stomach still didn't put down after all.
After that day, she seemed to have found her passion again. Not only did she eat and drink medicine much more diligently than before, but sometimes if the weather was nice, she would even visit Qiao Shiran's garden. Qiao Shiran often felt disgusted.
But for such a woman, Ruan Yunluo couldn't help her when she had a difficult delivery.
That day, Yin Xiaorou suddenly and inexplicably moved her fetus, and all the Wen Pos stayed in her room until the early morning of the next day. As for Qiao Shiran, the pain lasted until the early morning of the next day.
She was beaten to death.
When she was dying, she held Ruan Yunluo's hand tightly, her empty eyes wept silently, and she murmured only one sentence, "Mom, I won't marry..."
"Mrs. Ruan?"
Qiao Shiran felt a little strange when he found Ruan Yunluo looking at him in a daze.
She was sure that she had never met the general's wife, and had only met her from a distance a few times at most. How could she deserve such a big reaction?
"Miss Qiao looks very much like an old friend of mine."
Seeing Qiao Shiran's doubts, Ruan Yunluo calmed his thoughts and explained with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. I was a little confused at first sight. Don't be surprised, Miss Qiao."
"How?"
Qiao Shiran smiled slightly and made a gesture of invitation to the tea house, "My aunt is waiting for you, madam. Please come with me."
As he said that, he led Ruan Yunluo through the garden, around the rockery, through the corridor, and came to a quiet and elegant tea pavilion.
In the teahouse, Mrs. Huiguo was teasing her little grandson in her arms with kind eyes. Seeing Ruan Yunluo, she said hello with a smile, then carried her grandson to the maid next to her and told him, "Take Brother Sheng to play in the garden for a while, be careful not to let him fall."
"yes."
The maid respectfully agreed.
She was about to reach out to take Brother Sheng, but he tilted his head and ducked to the ground, running away with his short legs bouncing upside down.
Seeing this, the little maid didn't dare to delay, so she immediately trotted to follow him.
"Brother Sheng is so smart, how can a maid watch?" Looking at their backs, one big and one small, Ruan Yunluo smiled and shook his head, looked at Mrs. Huiguo and joked, "There are so many people in the garden, if he hides It’s here, the big guy who keeps it is trying hard to find it but he can’t find it.”
"What's the matter?"
Mrs. Huiguo smiled. Not only did she not take it seriously, but she felt that Ruan Yunluo was too unfounded.
There are so many people in this whole garden, who doesn’t know Brother Sheng? This is my home, why are there so many maids in my home?
Besides, Brother Sheng doesn't like it either.
Seeing that Mrs. Huiguo didn't take it seriously, Ruan Yunluo felt a little helpless.
Fortunately, she had arranged for Nanny Wan to stay by the pond in advance. Even if the worst happens and the child slips and falls into the water again, it should be fine.
And... Ruan Yunluo always had a vague feeling that as long as Yin Xiaorou didn't show up, Brother Sheng would not fall into the water...
"lady."
Qiao Shiran made a cup of tea and put it in Ruan Yunluo's hand. He made a greeting gesture with a smile, then stood up and left the tea house.
When she walked away, Mrs. Huiguo slowly looked at Ruan Yunluo and said with a smile: "Is the old lady feeling better? Are you still at Puyu Mountain?"
"It's still the same. I've tried every method, but nothing works."
Ruan Yunluo sighed and complained with a sad look on his face, "Recently, my mother-in-law sent me a letter, asking me to worry more about my younger brother and sister's marriage. But the second brother and the third sister are now older and have their own ideas. I am just a sister-in-law. Yes, how did you intervene?"
"Mrs. Ruan's words are serious."
Mrs. Huiguo comforted her with a smile, but she was a little annoyed in her heart.
It was for the sake of the deceased old general that she accepted Mrs. Xiao's letter and agreed to let Shi Ran visit the general's house. It's good now that she came with Shi Ran, but Xiao Qinyu didn't even show his face!
This clearly means that she, Mrs. Huiguo, is not taken seriously!
Seeing that Mrs. Huiguo looked unkind, Ruan Yunluo felt relieved.
This time, she helped Shi Ran stay away from Xiao Qinyu. She wouldn't marry him again, would she?
Seeing Qiao Shiran sitting on the stone bench outside the tea house and studying chess records in fascination, Ruan Yunluo was about to raise the corner of his mouth... But at this moment, he suddenly saw Xiao Qinyu walking over...
