The moonlight was faint, and the Jinlu River, the busiest place in Southern Qi, began to quiet down.
Mother Di dismissed the girl Lian beside her and went to the backyard alone, where there was already a person waiting there.
"Master." Mother Di, who was usually all-around elegant, whispered softly at this time, restraining all the sharpness in her body.
Xie Weixing, who was sitting on the stone bench, glanced lazily at Di's mother and said, "She was taken away by that person?"
"Master, yes." Mother Di looked at him secretly but hesitated to speak.
"If you have anything to say, just say it directly." Xie Weixing smiled lightly.
Mother Di pondered for a moment and said, "Master, recently the Dali Kingdom has repeatedly invaded our Southern Qi State. Are we going to let them go like this?"
The "they" that Mother Di mentioned was the benefactor who had just bought Ruque. People like Mother Di, who had welcomed and sent her to him for so many years, could tell at a glance that this benefactor was extraordinary, and because he had Following the master's orders, I found out this person's true identity early in the morning.
"When have I ever cared about the affairs between these big countries? If they want to fight, let them fight. We just have to do our own thing." Xie Weixing looked casual.
Di's mother was stunned for a moment, then she understood and said with a smile: "Yes, Di Yuan is stupid."
"Hmm." Xie Weixing responded casually.
Di Yuan saw a small thing he was playing with in his hand. She took a closer look and was surprised. It turned out to be a woman's hairpin! She was secretly wondering, had she not heard about which young lady the master was interested in? Only a few days ago, I heard that Miss Mingzhu of Su Mansion had approached her master. Could it be that the master had really hooked up with her? Di Yuan immediately denied it. No, the master never liked such a duplicitous woman. What Su Mingzhu did secretly was unknown to others, so didn’t she still know
"I heard that girl in Qingyi got a benefactor today?" Xie Weixing suddenly asked with an unpredictable expression.
Mother Di's thoughts were pulled back by him and she replied: "Yes." She couldn't help but murmur in her heart: Why does the master care about the people in the courtyard
"Well, okay." Xie Wei nodded vaguely, stood up, and said, "Go down."
Di's mother bowed and when she left the yard, she looked back and saw that Xie Weixing's figure was no longer there.
In a few days, the news that "Yihong Villa snatched away the geisha Ruque from Jinlulou and was ransomed by a mysterious handsome man on the night of the wedding" spread to every corner of the capital.
When this news reached Su Liuyuan's ears, she had almost forgotten that she accidentally entered the brothel that night as a dream. When she mentioned it again, she still couldn't help but imagine what the woman with the dimples was like now. However, this was just a thought. That night, for the first time, she felt the insignificance of her own power. He just took one person away, but he was caught up without even escaping a thousand meters!
So after she came back, she practiced even more day and night, hoping that one day she would be able to protect the people she wanted to protect. Even Xie Weixing noticed her strangeness. He was confused, but he guided her more carefully.
"Miss, Miss!" Xiao Yuan hurriedly ran in from outside the courtyard without knocking on the door, and just barged in recklessly.
Su Liuyuan, who was writing with a pen, couldn't help frowning and scolded: "What are you shouting about?"
This Xiao Yuan has become more and more proud since the emperor rewarded Su Liuyuan. This is not her fault. The main reason is because Su Shirong found that the emperor seemed to attach great importance to her five thousand gold, so he remodeled Quchiyuan a lot and added a lot of new furniture. The two of them lived in the mansion better than before. Much better. Then the final result was that Xiao Yuan became more and more arrogant in the house...
"Miss, it's not good! The third and fourth ladies are here with their mother-in-law!" Xiao Yuan explained hurriedly.
When Su Liuyuan heard this, the brush in his hand stagnated slightly, and a drop of ink fell and spread out with a "pop" sound.
"I got it." Su Liuyuan stared at the drop of ink, secretly feeling sorry for this picture.
Xiao Yuan opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"Is Fifth Sister in there?"
A soft voice sounded outside the room, it was Su Mingzhu calling. Su Liuyuan reluctantly put down the pen in her hand. It seemed that there would be no peace today.
"Third Sister and Fourth Sister, please wait a moment." After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Yuan and motioned for her to say hello.
When Xiao Yuan was making tea, Su Liuyuan arrived belatedly.
Su Mingyu put the tea cup heavily on the table and said sarcastically: "Hey, Fifth Sister's identity is different now. She even comes out to see us with such arrogance!"
"I don't dare. How can I put it? You are also my third and fourth sisters. Even if I save the emperor's life, I don't dare not come to see my two sisters." Su Liuyuan spoke calmly, without even looking at the two of them.
"Hmph!" Su Mingyu couldn't help but feel depressed when she saw her hitting the snake.
Su Mingzhu looked at Su Liuyuan in front of her and felt that she seemed different than before. As his eyes flashed, he smiled and said, "Fifth sister must be busy. Third sister must have wrongly blamed her."
Neither Su Mingyu nor Su Liuyuan answered, and the atmosphere suddenly turned cold. Su Mingzhu was embarrassed for a moment, and then said: "Fifth sister, we are here mainly because the second sister wants to invite you to the palace."
"Enter the palace?" Su Liuyuan asked doubtfully, "Why do you enter the palace?"
"We don't know this." Su Mingzhu shook her head.
Su Liuyuan was silent for a moment and asked, "Did you say when?"
"tomorrow."
Seeing Su Liuyuan's expression of embarrassment, Su Mingyu couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Second sister, it's your honor to ask you to come into the palace to accompany her. If you enter the palace, don't lose the face of our Su family!"
"The face of the Su family has never been in my hands. The third sister and the fourth sister are known as the masters of piano and dancing. You are the face of the Su family. Don't you think so, third sister?"
Hearing this, the expressions of Su Mingyu, Su Mingzhu, master and servant all changed drastically. Su Mingyu stood up angrily, but was pulled back by Su Mingzhu.
Su Liuyuan admitted that she did it on purpose. She used the incident of Mingyu and Mingzhu to lose in the first round at the flower viewing party to ridicule the two of them. This was tantamount to a sharp sword that shattered both of their auras!
Looking at Su Liuyuan, who was smiling lightly and looking harmless, Su Mingzhu stood up slowly and said, "Fifth sister is so prejudiced against us, and we have nothing to say."
"No, Liuyuan just admires the dancing and piano skills of the third sister and the fourth sister." But as for the person you two are... let's forget it. I don't even bother to mention it.
Seeing that the two young ladies in her family had suffered a secret loss, my mother couldn't help but interjected: "Fifth young lady, the third young lady and the fourth young lady are all legitimate daughters of the Su family. Are you so rude, do you want to take advantage of the family law? "
Su Liuyuan has no doubt that if it were in the past, this mother would definitely not say these words, but would directly put them into action! Now she was somewhat grateful that the emperor had rewarded her.
She looked at the few people innocently and blinked: "I wonder where Liuyuan is rude?"
"You, you are so shameless!" Su Mingyu secretly admired her mother's sophistication, but she didn't expect Su Liuyuan to be such a rogue!
Su Liuyuan raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically: "My face has always been there, how could I not want it? Is it because the third sister's face has been discarded?"
Xiao Yuan, who was standing quietly at the side, laughed out loud when he heard this.
Mother glared angrily: "You little hooves! Why are you laughing!"
Xiao Yuan immediately covered his mouth, blinked his big eyes in embarrassment, and lowered his head.
Su Liuyuan rolled her eyes and said, "Does my maid not even have the right to laugh? This is my Su Liuyuan's territory! My maid, it's not your turn to scold me!"
Mother was frightened by her stern voice and took a breath: "I'm just a slave!"
"Don't forget that you are just a slave!"
"Fifth Miss!" When my mother heard this, she held her head high and said in a loud voice, "When I came to this Su Mansion, you were not born yet! In this Su Mansion, even the master and his wife Call me "Mother" politely! The Fifth Miss has devalued my status in this way, but I don't know where the Fifth Miss has put the Lord and his wife!"
He gnashed his teeth every word, wishing he could tear Su Liuyuan apart and swallow him whole. However, the latter still smiled lightly: "My mother's status is naturally high, but Liuyuan would like to ask, what words are printed on my mother's household registration?"
The voice was as soft as if it was about to be blown away by the wind at any moment, but to Yu Mu's ears, it was sharper than any sword!
"Fifth sister, after all Yu Mu's mother is an old person in our house, why do you need to use words to stab her?" Su Mingzhu frowned slightly and interjected.
Su Liuyuan played with the hair hanging down on her chest and said as if unintentionally: "I don't know whether you are old or not, but I always adhere to the principle that people will not offend me and I will not offend others."
"Don't be too proud!" Su Mingyu held back a sentence for a long time.
Su Mingzhu also said: "Fifth sister, we have no other intentions, we are just helping the second sister spread the word."
"Huh? So the words have been brought here?"
Su Mingzhu sighed, stood up and said, "The words have been delivered. Don't forget it when Fifth Sister arrives."
"I know, Xiao Yuan is seeing off the guests."
After seeing Su Mingyu and Su Mingzhu off, Xiao Yuan hurriedly came up to her and said, "Miss, Miss, you are so amazing!" The admiration in his eyes reminded Su Liuyuan of the pug again...
"What's so powerful?" Su Liuyuan resisted the urge to pinch her and reached out to flick Xiao Yuan's forehead.
"The young ladies in the past were only bullied. How dare you talk to them like this!" Xiao Yuan began to count Su Liuyuan's predecessors again...
"Stop!" Su Liuyuan rubbed her forehead and said to Xiao Yuan who seemed to be frozen, "I will enter the palace tomorrow. Can you let me be quiet and think about countermeasures?"
Xiao Yuan blinked when he heard this and said, "Miss, there is no danger in entering the palace, why do you need to think of countermeasures?"
"You think there's no danger?" Su Liuyuan glanced at her. Since Ana Shen left, Xiao Yuan's nerves began to get out of control again.
Although Xiao Yuan was a little careless, he still understood a little when he heard Su Liuyuan's rhetorical question. He muttered, "Miss clearly knows that Xiao Yuan is stupid... It was fine when Xiao Yan was there, but now Xiao Yan..."
The words became lower and lower, and Xiao Yuan finally lowered his head and wiped his eyes. Su Liuyuan sighed and said quietly: "Xiaoyan has his own way to go."