Lingchan Moon Palace.
There was silence in the back garden.
Miss Qin, dressed in a snow-white dress, was still sitting quietly in the pavilion, wondering what she was thinking about.
When Song Ruyue brought Mei'er here.
Bai Ling rushed in first and said crisply, "Miss, the Madam is here."
Miss Qin came back to her senses and looked towards the door.
Then, she slowly stood up and faced her mother, still calm.
Song Ruyue looked at the shoes under her skirt, with a smile on her face, and said softly: "Jianjia, mother made you a pair of new shoes, try them on."
As he said that, he walked into the pavilion and handed the pair of new shoes in his hand to her.
Miss Qin took a look at it, reached out to take it, and said calmly, "Thank you, mother."
Song Ruyue looked down at the shoes on her feet again and said with a smile, "Jianjia, mother heard that someone also made a pair of new shoes for you and wrote poems on them. Can you show them to mother?"
Miss Qin looked at Bai Ling outside the pavilion.
Bai Ling lowered her head tightly, her eyes looking at the ground, her nose facing her feet, twisting her dress with her fingers, biting her lips, and saying nothing.
Song Ruyue said with a smile on her face: "Jianjia, mother is not a stranger, show it to mother. Mother just wants to know which shoes are better, the ones made by that person or the ones made by mother."
Miss Qin was silent for a moment, then said, "Mother made it beautifully."
Song Ruyue's smile faded, she turned around and said directly to Bailing, "Bai Ling, go to the room and get Jianjia's new pair of shoes. I want to see them."
Bailing raised her head, looking at her young lady with an embarrassed expression.
The back garden suddenly became quiet.
Just as Song Ruyue was about to go into the house herself, Miss Qin said, "Bai Ling, go ahead."
Bailing immediately agreed and ran into the house.
Song Ruyue walked into the pavilion and sat down on the stone bench opposite. She looked at the guqin on the table and said with a smile, "Jianjia, have you liked playing the guqin recently? Can you play a song for mother?"
Miss Qin stood in front of the table, her eyes also fell on the guqin on the table, and said: "Just take a look."
Song Ruyue raised her eyes to look at her, and after a moment of silence, she said softly, "Jianjia, have you... stayed in the house for too long? Do you want your mother to accompany you for a walk? Let's go to the West Lake for a trip tomorrow, okay? Call Weimo and Meijiao."
Miss Qin said calmly, "No need."
Song Ruyue looked at the expression on her face and suddenly said, "Then call Qingzhou along as well."
Miss Qin's flawless face remained calm: "I like being at home."
Just as Song Ruyue was about to say something else, Bailing came over with a pair of moon-white shoes, handed them to her and said, "Madam, these are the new shoes that person gave to Miss."
Song Ruyue glanced at her, reached out to take it, stroked it gently, and fixed her eyes on the faint pattern on the shoe shaft.
Bai Ling pointed at the pattern on it and explained: "Madam, look here, this is a reed, and the name of the book is Jian Jia."
"Jianjia?"
When Song Ruyue heard this, she narrowed her eyes and looked at her daughter again.
Bai Ling pointed to the pattern next to it and said, "Madam, here, this is a flower, and this is a green leaf. This green leaf looks like a sword."
Song Ruyue narrowed her eyes, her face solemn, and stared at the patterns on it. Suddenly, she sneered, "Jiangjia, flowers, swords... Hehe, are you going to capture Lingchan Yue Palace in one fell swoop?"
Bai Ling blinked her big, lively eyes, looked at her in confusion and said, "Madam, what do you mean? Why can't Bai Ling understand?"
Song Ruyue showed a sneer on her face: "You like flowers, Chan'er likes swords, and Jianjia... Humph, you don't understand this?"
Bai Ling opened her eyes wide and said, "But why did Madam say that this was to capture all of Lingchan Yuegong? Who is so evil as to capture all of Lingchan Yuegong?"
Song Ruyue sneered twice, did not answer, and asked: "Where is the poem?"
Bai Ling immediately pointed inside the shoe and said, "Madam, look, there are two people talking at the same time."
Song Ruyue looked carefully and indeed saw two lines of poetry.
"The rushes are lush and green, the white dew turns to frost..."
Bai Ling immediately replied: "The so-called Yin people are on the other side of the water..."
Song Ruyue's eyebrows twitched continuously. She looked at her and said, "Keep reading."
Bai Ling said, "Oh," and continued to recite in a crisp voice: "Follow it from the north and south, the way is long and obstructed. Follow it from the north and south, it seems to be in the middle of the water. The reeds are lush, and the white dew has not yet dried. The so-called Yin people are by the water..."
After reciting the whole poem, Bai Ling was very proud, and said with an expression that looked like he was waiting for praise: "Madam, did Bai Ling recite it well?"
Song Ruyue's face had turned livid, and she asked, "Who wrote this?"
Bai Ling saw that her face was not right, and looked at her young lady again, and said weakly: "That guy."
Song Ruyue clenched her fists in her sleeves and said with an unpleasant expression, "He wrote it specifically for Jianjia?"
Bailing nodded.
"presumptuous!"
Song Ruyue suddenly shouted angrily, and threw the shoes in her hand onto the stone table in front of her. She said angrily: "What does he mean by this? He is a brother-in-law, and he writes love poems to his sister-in-law? What on earth does he want to do?"
After saying that, he suddenly stood up and said, "Mei'er, let's go to the Exiled Immortal Residence! I want to see what tricks that kid wants to play!"
After saying that, he stormed away.
Mei'er was terrified and followed behind with her head down.
The back garden was quiet again.
Bailing glanced at her young lady and was about to sneak away when Miss Qin looked at her and asked, "Did Weimo tell you to do that?"
Bai Ling hung her head, put her legs together, looked at her toes, and said weakly like a child who had done something wrong: "Miss, I was wrong..."
Miss Qin didn't say anything else.
Bailing lowered her head and waited for a long time. Then she carefully raised her head and looked at her.
Miss Qin's gaze was directed towards the distant sky. Her flawless face, bathed in the golden sunset, was peaceful and gentle, without any expression of anger.
The evening breeze blew by, and the white skirt fluttered in the pavilion, and the black hair swayed, which was as beautiful as a painting.
Bailing was stunned for a moment.
In the sky, the sun sets and the sunset glows like a brocade.
Song Ruyue brought Mei'er and came to the Exiled Immortal Residence in a rage.
Mei'er was about to knock on the door when Song Ruyue suddenly said, "Don't knock, just open the door. I want to see what he's doing hiding in there all day!"
Mei'er agreed, and immediately went forward to push the door, whispering: "Madam, the door is locked from the inside."
Song Ruyue sneered and said, "Sure enough, there is a ghost. Open it!"
Upon hearing this, Mei'er's hand flashed with a cold light and she took out a dagger. She then reached in through the crack in the door, quickly unbolted the bolt, and gently pushed the door open.
Song Ruyue had a cold face and walked in silently.
The master and the servant entered the courtyard and saw that both the courtyard and the house were quiet, with no sound of reading at all.
The study window was open and it was quiet inside.
Song Ruyue walked to the window and looked into the room.
The books were neatly arranged on the desk, and the room was empty.
The bed in the inner room was half covered by a bedspread, the sheets looked a little messy, and a corner of the quilt had fallen to the ground. It was obvious that someone had slept there and it had not been tidied up yet.
"Madam, there is no one in the main room either."
Mei'er came over and reported in a low voice.
Song Ruyue snorted coldly and said, "It seems that this kid needs a good beating. Now he doesn't even study hard. If he continues like this, who will be able to control him?"
After that, she walked quickly into the house. When she was about to check other rooms, Mei'er suddenly pointed to the back and said, "Madam, there is a noise in the backyard. The son-in-law may be in the back garden."
Song Ruyue narrowed her eyes, looked behind her, and said, "Let's go and see what that kid is doing! No matter what, I have to teach him a lesson today!"
The two quickly walked through the hall and came to the backyard.
Song Ruyue stood at the door and looked towards the back garden. Suddenly, Tong Kong shrank back, his face full of astonishment and disbelief.
At this time, under a big tree not far away, Luo Qingzhou, dressed in a Confucian robe and with graceful movements, was practicing sword with Xia Chan.
The two figures were elusive, swords were flashing, strong winds were swirling around them, leaves were falling in all directions, and they cooperated with each other very well.
“Swish!”
At this moment, the black and white sword in Luo Qingzhou's hand suddenly flew out and shot towards Song Ruyue and the other person like a sharp arrow. It instantly flashed past Song Ruyue's cheek only half a foot away, and with a "swish", it stabbed into the wall behind her!
"Bai Ling, your... mother-in-law..."
Luo Qingzhou thought it was Bailing who came to peek, so he threw the sword to scare her. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw that it was Song Ruyue and Mei'er, and he froze in place.
Xia Chan also put away her sword and looked at Song Ruyue and Mei'er.
Song Ruyue also froze in place, her face filled with a dazed and unbelievable expression. At the same time, her legs could not help but tremble because of the sword's energy that had just brushed past her face.
Luo Qingzhou froze for a moment, then quickly ran to her, bowed and said, "Mother-in-law, Qingzhou was reckless and frightened you. I thought it was Bai Ling, so..."
Song Ruyue looked at him with wide eyes, her mouth slightly open and her lips moving, as if she wanted to say something, but for a moment, she couldn't say anything and her mind went blank.
If the man in front of her wasn't wearing a Confucian robe, looking gentle and familiar, she would have suspected that she had recognized the wrong person...
Is he practicing swordplay
Luo Qingzhou immediately explained: "Mother-in-law, this is the case. Recently, I heard from the second young lady that the mansion is not safe, so I went to find Xia Chan and asked her to teach me some sword skills to protect myself when I was free from studying. When I was practicing sword just now, I just followed Xia Chan's movements. Those strong winds and sword energy were all danced by Xia Chan. I just started practicing sword and I don’t know anything yet..."
Song Ruyue listened to his explanation with a dull look on her face, and turned her head stiffly, secretly glancing at the sword stuck in the wall behind her, her eyebrows twitching...
"Mother-in-law, this is what happened. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xia Chan. I really didn't lie to you."
After Luo Qingzhou finished explaining, he bowed his head and apologized again.
Song Ruyue opened her mouth and trembled for a while. She forced an ugly smile on her face and said, "Believe it, of course mother-in-law believes it. How could mother-in-law not believe you? Qingzhou, you are a scholar, of course you don't know martial arts. Just now it was Xia Chan who was dancing with the sword, you were just pretending, mother-in-law knows it all, mother-in-law saw it at a glance. Can't you see it? Haha, Qingzhou, you are prepared for danger in times of peace, you are self-reliant and self-reliant! You did a good job, you did a great job, mother-in-law is proud of you, mother-in-law is happy for you!"
"Mother-in-law, do you have anything to do with Qing Zhou?"
"No, it's nothing... I just worried that you were tired from studying, so I came to see you..."
Mei'er next to her: "..."