"Xiaohuan, what's the matter, did someone bully you?"
Xiaohuan has been listless for the past two days. In half a day today, Li Yi found her in a daze three times. When she was sitting alone at the stone table in the courtyard, Li Yi walked over and sat down opposite her, and asked with concern.
"No… "
Xiaohuan shook her head, she couldn't tell, it was because the maid called Xiaoqing was too diligent and took away all the work that was supposed to be done by her...
Moreover, my uncle seems to be a little different to that young girl.
It was the first time that he let other maids grind ink for him, and it was also the first time that he allowed other maids to rub his shoulders while he was taking a bath... She used to do these things.
Li Yi looked at her in disbelief: "Really?"
The little servant girl twisted her fingers together, looked at him pitifully, and asked, "My lord, do you not like Xiaohuan anymore..."
Li Yi didn't know what the little maid was thinking. He was taken aback when he heard the words, and got up and sat beside her, pinched her face, and asked, "Who said that? Who said my uncle doesn't like Xiaohuan anymore?"
The little maid said pitifully: "But I don't need Xiaohuan to grind ink, and I don't need Xiaohuan to take a bath..."
Only then did Li Yi realize that she was actually jealous of Ruoqing. The identity of Ruoqing's Empress Dowager had been exposed. Although Li Xuan didn't let those people investigate further, she would still have some troubles if she appeared in the capital in her true colors.
That's why she ordered most of the followers of the Holy Cult to leave the capital, creating the illusion that the Empress Dowager had already left the capital, and then came back as a servant girl without anyone noticing.
Not to mention the holy religion, but Li Yi himself has a deep understanding of the level of disguise. Even if a mask is pasted on, his parents will not be able to recognize it.
Of course, he couldn't be more familiar with Ruoqing. This kind of familiarity is not only through facial recognition. On the first day he entered the mansion, when he saw her for the first time, he had already recognized her.
Knowing that she was Ruoqing, naturally he couldn't treat her like an ordinary maid, so he specially arranged her to be with him and gave her a separate room. Unexpectedly, it was such a "little" difference that Xiaohuan Found.
Li Yi took her over and asked with a smile, "Are you jealous of Xiaoqing?"
The little maid sniffed, "Not really..."
Li Yi leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.
Xiaohuan's eyes widened immediately, and she said incredulously: "How is this possible, how could Xiaoqing be..."
"You forgot, my uncle also has a mask like that..."
Xiaohuan was stunned, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he became a little embarrassed.
If Xiaoqing is Miss Ruoqing, then it’s all right—why is it all right if it’s Miss Ruoqing
Even she herself couldn't figure it out.
If I don't explain it clearly to Xiaohuan, I don't know where she will go. The huge Li family has a lot of people. Li Yi didn't even come to tell Ruyi about this matter. Qing's painstaking efforts were in vain.
…
"Second lady, what's the matter?"
The new maid from the Li family walked into a certain room, looked at the woman in the room and asked.
Zui Mo looked up at her, and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. I heard that Xiaoqing Mo is good at polishing. I was about to write a few words, so I wanted your help."
Xiaoqing walked to the desk, smiled and said, "This is what I should do."
There were more than the two of them in the room. When she was grinding ink, Xiaozhu sat on the other side of the desk with her chin in one hand, and murmured, "Where did Sister Ruoqing go?"
Xiaocui booed from the side: "Sister Ruoqing must think you are too annoying, so I don't want you anymore..."
"Can you say that again… "
"Say what's wrong again, you're annoying..."
The two little maids quickly started fighting, Zui Mo ignored them, looked at Xiao Qing who was grinding ink, and asked, "Where is Xiao Qing from?"
"I grew up in Kyoto since I was a child."
Zui Mo shook his head and said, "Xiaoqing is very similar to a good friend of mine, but she grew up in Qing'an Mansion and only came to Kyoto two years ago..."
Xiaoqing smiled, but did not speak.
Zui Mo asked again: "Who else is at home?"
Xiaoqing replied, "I'm the only one."
The two of them chatted like this, and after a while, Xiaoqing put down the ink stick and said, "Second Madam, the ink is finished, if there is nothing else, I will go down first."
Zui Mo folded his hands, looked at her, and asked, "How long are you going to pretend?"
Xiaoqing looked surprised and asked, "Second Madam, what are you talking about?"
Zui Mo suddenly hugged her, put his hands on her chest, and said: "That's how it feels, do you still want to pretend?"
Ruoqing blushed, and hurriedly said: "Zui Mo, what are you doing, why don't you let go..."
At this moment, her voice has changed a lot from just now.
"You're not called Second Madam anymore?" Zui Mo looked at her with a look of satisfaction on his face, and said, "Xiao Cui, close the door!"
Xiaocui, who heard the young lady's order, immediately ran over and closed the door.
Ruoqing finally became flustered, and hurriedly said: "Zui Mo, what are you going to do, don't mess around!"
Zui Mo looked at her, snorted, and said, "Even if you dare to lie to me, of course it's the family law!"
Hearing the word "Family Law", Ruoqing's face turned redder, looked at Xiaozhu, and said anxiously: "Yuzhu, hurry up and help me..."
Xiao Zhu rolled up her sleeves and ran over, and asked excitedly, "Sister Zui Mo, how do you want me to help you?"
…
Ever since Li Duan could walk steadily, he fell in love with walking, and Ruyi didn't have to look at him all the time.
Now that the Lantern Festival is approaching, for the Li family, the most important day of this month is not the Lantern Festival, but the happy event of welcoming Zuimo at the end of the month.
Ruyi handed over a brochure and said, "This is the guest list written by the old lady. My husband will see if anyone is missed. It's time for someone to write an invitation."
"The old lady is familiar with this kind of thing, so she shouldn't miss anyone." Li Yi looked at it and put it aside.
Ruyi looked at him, and asked again: "Miss Ruoqing is gone, is it true that Mr. Xiang doesn't want to look for her?"
Li Yi was actually about to tell her about this matter, but Ruyi didn't expect to speak first, and said with some embarrassment: "My lady doesn't know something, in fact... Xiaoqing is Miss Ruoqing."
Unlike Li Yi's imagination, Ruyi didn't show much surprise on her face.
She looked at Li Yi, smiled and said, "I thought my husband would keep this matter from my concubine for a few more days."
Li Yi was surprised and said: "My lady already knows?"
"Besides appearance, there are many ways to distinguish a person, such as figure, behavior, and breath..." Ruyi looked at him and said, "Judging people by appearance is the worst way."
Li Yi explained: "Ruoqing's status is special, if people know about it, it will be a little troublesome."
"I don't blame my husband, these concubines know about it." Ruyi leaned on his shoulder and asked softly, "It's just that I don't know, how many good sisters do I have?"
Li Yi was surprised, "Isn't there only one sister, Ruyi? Counting Xiaohuan, there are only two sisters..."
Ruyi shook her head and said, "In addition to Ruyi and Xiaohuan, there are also Sister Zuimo, Sister Ruoqing, Sister Mingzhu, and whether there is Sister Lin from Qi State, it depends on the husband..."
Li Yi fought a cold war. He thought that spring was coming, but at this moment he deeply felt that the weather has been getting colder and colder recently.
The weather is turning cold, keep warm and prevent colds...