General Ruan's Mansion is located in the north of the capital and is the only residence of the Ruan family.
The whole house looked a bit eerie because of the too many towering pines and cypresses. Inside the high walls, it felt even colder than outside when the wind blew.
Qiu Yilan walked out of the house where General Ruan was housed with a gloomy expression.
Ruan Qingyan is not at home today. Fortunately, although he brought a group of people into the general's mansion after he became the heir, the housekeeper is still Ruan An. So Qiu Yilan arrived here smoothly - it can be seen that Ruan Qingyan put a lot of thought into the arrangement of General Ruan.
The room behind her has a warm atmosphere, bright and spacious windows, and is also very tidy inside. The ground dragon is warm and the furnishings are simple, but everything is carefully selected. There are wintersweet bonsais on the high table and daffodils on the lower shelves, filling the room with their fragrance.
It was Qiu Yilan who came out now, her clothes still smelling of flowers.
But Old General Ruan, who had been carefully taken care of, lay in the brocade quilt looking like a skeleton and delirious... Although it was due to his old age and illness, Qiu Yilan knew that the biggest reason was Youmianxiang. Otherwise, in my memory, this old man personally demonstrated some martial arts skills to the original body in early autumn, how could he have weakened so quickly!
"My heart will not be at ease until Mrs. Lu is dead!" Qiu Yilan bit her lip and thought viciously in her heart - she had a cup of tea with General Ruan inside, and only used a handkerchief to wipe his saliva. Just used three!
Ruan An, who was guarding outside, came over and said, "Princess, the young master is coming back soon."
"So early? Didn't you just say you wouldn't go back until evening?" Qiu Yilan put away her thoughts and said in surprise.
Ruan An said: "I sent someone to look for you. When the young master heard that you were coming, he came back early."
"Uncle Ruan, you are out of sight like this. What if my cousin has something serious to do?" Qiu Yilan shook her head and said, "In that case, let me go to the door to greet you."
This is not just a courtesy on her part, because the General's Mansion has been in decline for many years. Now, in addition to the house where General Ruan lives and the area where his servants live, Ruan Qingyan's yard has also been cleared away. As for the flower hall and front hall for entertaining guests, none of them were built, so she had nowhere to stay after leaving General Ruan's house.
Ruan An also knew this reason, so he accompanied her to the front door after saying a few polite words.
The master and servant were talking behind the door. Not long after, the doorkeeper knocked on the door and said that Ruan Qingyan was back.
Hearing this, Qiu Yilan lifted up her skirt lightly and shouted, "Cousin!" as she stepped out of the threshold. Then she wanted to speak, but she heard a delicate voice at the bottom of the steps: "Ruan Lang, you still have someone at home?" Why don't you tell such a little beauty to Shen Shen? Are you afraid that Shen Shen will be jealous?"
Following Ruan Qingyan's horse, a girl in green and a little maid in blue stepped out neatly from an oil-walled cart following Ruan Qingyan's horse.
This girl in green clothes is about sixteen or seventeen years old. She has an oval face with rosy white skin, eyebrows that look like a frown, and eyes like apricots. She looks pretty and pretty.
She was also dressed brightly: her hair was in a double-knife bun, two emerald hibiscus hairpins were inserted sideways, there were moon beads in her ears, and twisted silk bracelets on her wrists, making her look like a rich girl. However, seeing her take the initiative to get off the horse, and then take the initiative to run to Ruan Qingyan who had just dismounted, holding his arm tightly and looking at him with undisguised hostility...
Qiu Yilan slowly frowned and looked at Ruan Qingyan with confusion and dissatisfaction: Princess Ruan passed away. As her nephew, Ruan Qingyan had five months of filial piety. How long has it been now? Are you just openly flirting with women
Ruan Qingyan was about to go up the steps in response to Qiu Yilan's "cousin" call. When the girl in green took his arm, his face suddenly sank and he turned to her and said, "This is my aunt's daughter. If you come here to visit my grandfather today, please speak with more respect!"
The girl in green was scolded by him in public, her face stiffened, and she couldn't get off the stage, so she angrily threw his hand away. But when Ruan Qingyan took two steps, his eyes showed reluctance again, and he smiled again and chased after him: "Oh! , people don’t know! As the saying goes, those who don’t know are not guilty…”
Seeing Ruan Qingyan stop and look at him coldly, with the intention of chasing away guests, the girl in green rolled her eyes and hurriedly saluted Qiu Yilan and said with a smile: "The slave family has deep flowers and lives in the south of the city." "Yin Chun Lou', I didn't know it was my cousin, please forgive me!"
Qiu Yilan heard that she deliberately called herself "Miss Cousin" as she was from the General's Mansion. She was heartbroken and said calmly: "It's nothing."
"Ruan Lang..." Hua Shen's bright big eyes bent, and she looked at Ruan Qingyan pitifully, "Look at Miss Biao, you don't even care about Shen Shen..."
"You go back." Ruan Qingyan looked calm, but in his heart he was extremely upset because his cousin caught him having an affair with a brothel girl. Naturally, he was not in the mood to coax her, "I told you a long time ago that you don't need to give it away."
Hua Shen followed to the threshold, and when she saw Ruan Qingyan just asking Qiu Yilan to come in, he also told her considerately: "Don't stand in the wind in the future... Why are you waiting for me here? From now on, just stay in the house. It's hard to be polite to brother Wei." ?”
"Enemies! So cruel!" Seeing the door closing in front of her, Hua cursed with deep hatred, but had no choice but to turn around.
The little maid in blue was also angrily: "How many princes and nobles want to see you, girl, but can't. This Mr. Ruan is just the heir of a failed general, and his fame is only for raising people. To be treated as a guest by the girl is already a great achievement." How dare you neglect this girl! Let’s talk to those people about it later and see if he can survive tomorrow!”
"Shut up!" Unexpectedly, Hua Hua listened deeply, but her face darkened and she shouted, "Go back and keep your mouth shut! If you dare to talk nonsense and ask people to harm Mr. Ruan, watch your skin carefully!"
The little maid was startled and said hurriedly: "Girl, I feel sorry for you..."
"She's just a yellow-haired girl who is twelve or thirteen years old. Not to mention that she may not have any hookup with Ruan Lang. Even if she does, do you think I can't steal her?!" Hua said with deep disdain, "Go back and ask me about that little girl. What's the reason - don't do unnecessary things!"
The little maid said cautiously: "Yes!"