The Third Prince's Mansion.
Jun Yizhen looked strange when he received Ruan Yunluo's letter.
His aunt had never had any contact with him in the past, perhaps to avoid suspicion and for fear of being noticed by her husband's family and Concubine Xi, so how could she suddenly send him a letter?
Transitioned?
Jun Yizhen opened the letter with doubtful eyes, and when he looked at it, he became even more confused.
His aunt is famously virtuous in the capital. As a model who puts her husband first, how could she suddenly expose her husband?
Really changed gender?
Jun Yizhen didn't know why.
After taking the letter and thinking about it, he set off before it got dark and went directly to the residence of his mother and concubine in Ruyi Palace.
"It's getting late, what are you doing here?"
Concubine Yi was drinking scented tea and planning to take a rest. When she saw Jun Yizhen coming in, she looked disgusted and said, "If you are really so free, you should worry more about your life-long affairs. If you continue to be single like this, which lady would dare to want you?" ?”
"Mother, I have business to attend to."
Jun Yizhen was helpless.
If he had known that his mother-in-law had this attitude, he might as well not have come...
"What's the business?" Concubine Yi looked at her son curiously, "You have such a big idea, why would you still discuss something with me?"
"Isn't this your sister? She suddenly wrote to me. I'm not sure, so I came to ask you."
Jun Yizhen said, taking out the letter and handing it to his mother-in-law.
"What my sister? This is your aunt!"
Glancing at the writing on the envelope, Ruan Yunqi picked up the letter and gave it to her son.
After cursing "It's neither big nor small", she opened the envelope and lowered her eyes to see the contents inside.
When she saw that Xiao Chongjing had embezzled money and misappropriated food funds, Concubine Yi's eyes darkened...
"How about mother-in-law?"
When it came to business, Jun Yizhen's eyes became serious, "Can you believe this?"
"Of course."
Concubine Yi glanced helplessly at her son, "Who do you think your aunt is? No matter how confused she is, she will at most keep a distance from you and will never deliberately harm you with false news."
"You will say now..."
Jun Yizhen couldn't help complaining, "I don't know who it was in the past, who complained to me every day that my aunt was confused and cruel, and even warned me from childhood that I was not allowed to have contact with my aunt... Because of your instructions, I was enjoying the autumn a while ago. Yan finally met my aunt once, but I didn't even dare to say hello to her..."
"What?"
When Concubine Yi heard this, her eyes immediately widened.
She grabbed Jun Yizhen's ears and gritted her teeth angrily, "Okay, let me tell you why your aunt is so cruel and hasn't contacted me for so many years. It turns out it's your kid who's causing trouble! You're a junior! Yes, you didn’t take the initiative to say hello when you met the elders. Your etiquette has been learned from a dog’s belly... Oh, she must have thought it was me..."
"That's what you meant..."
Jun Yizhen was held by his ears and complained helplessly.
After repeatedly promising that he would respect his aunt, be polite to her, and take the initiative to greet her, he finally got his ears back.
On the pretext of investigating Xiao Chongjing's corruption, he left Ruyi Palace in a flash.
Pingle Palace.
Glancing at the gift Xiao Chongjing sent again, Concubine Xi nodded with satisfaction.
She opened the enclosed letter again and read Xiao Chongjing's explanation inside. She was relieved to know that he was not hedging his bets.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
The sixth prince returned to the palace after studying and came over curiously.
He took the letter and was about to read it when suddenly he smelled an indescribable smell...
"What does this smell like?"
The Sixth Prince frowned and threw the letter aside.
"Taste?"
Concubine Xi was stunned.
She picked up the letter and smelled it, but she didn't smell anything except the fragrance of ink.
"Maybe it's the smell of ink."
Concubine Xi didn't take it seriously.
While she was instructing the Sixth Prince about the palace banquet in the next few days and asking him to be polite when he saw Xiao Chongjing, she stood up and burned the letter on the candlelight.
"I see……"
The Sixth Prince frowned and agreed.
Really unable to stand the strange smell, he turned around and hid in the study on the pretext of doing homework.
Seven days later, the day of the palace banquet.
Unlike other officials who planned to take care of their families, Xiao Chongjing was destined to be alone.
It's not that he doesn't want to take care of his family, it's because Mrs. Xi doesn't like the excitement and doesn't want to go, Ruan Yunluo is not in good health and can't go, and Yin Xiaorou is of low status and doesn't deserve to go...
"well……"
Xiao Chongjing sighed.
He thought that during this Chinese New Year, he didn’t even have anyone around him who could take him out... It was really depressing...
"Isn't the general happy?"
Yin Xiaorou was helping Xiao Chongjing tidy up his clothes. When she heard his sigh, she smiled and wondered, "General, why do you look so worried? Don't you want to go to the palace banquet?"
"no."
Xiao Chongjing smiled and shook his head without saying anything more.
Because of Yin Xiaorou's proactive show of kindness in the study seven days ago, and because the matter of Concubine Xi was finally resolved, Xiao Chongjing did not pursue the past matters anymore.
But not pursuing the matter does not mean complete forgetfulness. After all, there is a knot between him and Yin Xiaorou, and they can no longer fully trust...
"You are obviously sighing, how can you be okay?"
Yin Xiaorou seemed to be unaware of Xiao Chongjing's alienation, with a worried look on her face.
Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and took out a festive and exquisite sachet from her arms and sent it to Xiao Chongjing. She smiled like a treasure and said: "Hey, I'm giving this sachet to you, so don't be unhappy, okay?" "
"you made it yourself?"
"Um."
Yin Xiaorou nodded solemnly and casually tied the sachet around Xiao Chongjing's waist...
"Save it for another day."
Xiao Chongjing stretched out his hand to block Yin Xiaorou, and said helplessly: "Didn't I tell you that the Sixth Prince has a sensitive sense of smell and doesn't like fragrance. I don't even incense my clothes today, so how can I hang a sachet?"
"It's just for good luck. There are no spices in it, it's cotton."
Yin Xiaorou said, carrying the sachet to Xiao Chongjing, pouting and saying unhappily: "If you don't believe me, smell it yourself."
"Yeah?"
Xiao Chongjing squeezed the round sachet, and sure enough, it was filled with cotton.
He sniffed it again very cautiously, and sure enough, there was no smell.
So he finally felt relieved. Seeing Yin Xiaorou looking unhappy, he sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay, tie the sachet for me..."
"Um."
Yin Xiaorou nodded heavily.
She held the rope and carefully tied the sachet around Xiao Chongjing's waist. Then she stood up on tiptoes and kissed the corners of his lips. She smiled and said, "General, thank you very much."
