The September sky, with the heat from the tail end of midsummer, made the ground in front of the hanging flower door shine brightly.
Ms. Qiao stood in front of the Chuihua Gate, listening to what Xie Ruzhuo said, she was startled at first, and then shocked.
She never imagined that one day, when Xie Ruzhuo faced her, his first words would not be insulting and sarcastic, but a sincere thank you with a smile on his face. Bi Zhi looked at her appearance, lowered her hand and gently tugged on Qiao's sleeve, and then brought her back to her senses.
Mrs. Qiao was a little apologetic for being distracted, fearing that Xie Ruzhuo would be resentful again, so she smiled hurriedly and said, "What are you talking about? We are a family, so naturally I have to worry about you."
Xie Ruzhuo knew that he had done too many "evil deeds" in the past, and although Mr. Qiao treated him sincerely, he did not dare to get close to him for a while. She wanted to turn the situation around, so she smiled and said, "That's what mother said."
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qiao was surprised by her successive advances, and she felt at a loss for a moment.
At this moment, a female voice was suddenly heard, "I just said that the magpies were chirping in front of the door this morning. It turns out that the fourth sister is back. I miss my aunt so much!"
I saw a woman over thirty years old walking towards me. She was slightly stout, but increasingly plump. She had a pretty face, but it was a pity that she had a little more pink, a little more makeup, and her head was surrounded by pearls and emeralds. Wearing a gauze dress with red gold threads, she looked like she had just left a jewelry store and plunged into a pile of makeup and powder.
It was Xie Ruzhuo's third aunt, Mrs. Lu.
Before Mrs. Lu finished speaking, her eyes began to look at the carriage following her.
The first one was naturally carrying Xie Ruzhuo and the maid, and the one following closely behind was naturally a reward from the palace!
Xie Ruzhuo looked at Lu's greedy eyes calmly, with a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes. In the previous life, this Mr. Lu was always a provocateur, so I’m afraid it’s no surprise today!
Qianbi helped Xie Ruzhuo get out of the carriage, her feet touching the ground, making Xie Ruzhuo feel dizzy. She secretly sighed at her weakness, and before she could speak, she saw that Mr. Qiao had already ordered her to be mixed into his yard.
When Mrs. Lu saw this, she winked at Xie Rulan behind her. When the latter saw this, he immediately understood and hurriedly walked forward, pushed Jiang Zhu aside, took Xie Ruzhuo's arm, and said affectionately , "Let me help my fourth sister. I miss her so much since I haven't seen you these days."
As soon as she got close to Xie Ruzhuo, Xie Ruzhuo smelled the strong scent of powder. Then she glanced at Xie Rulan, who looked like a younger Lu family. She turned her eyebrows and deliberately put most of her weight on Xie Rulan's body. She smiled weakly, " Then I’ll trouble Third Sister.”
Madam Lu didn't know the reason, and smiled proudly at Madam Qiao, "After all, they are sisters."
Qiao gave a symbolic smile and ignored Lu. She only ordered her servants to count all the medicinal materials, jewelry and other items given by the palace and send them to the small warehouse.
Naturally, Xie Ruzhuo's eldest girl, Qianbi, had to take stock of the things.
As soon as the seductively shining jewelry, corals, tourmalines and other objects were taken out, Lu's eyes never moved away. Xie Rulan's eyes were shining brightly, and she said, "Fourth sister is so lucky. This is the first time I have seen such a reward from the palace."
Xie Ruzhuo naturally knew what she was thinking. Ever since she was a child, Xie Rulan would definitely take whatever she got, and if there were no elders present, she would take it away directly. Now she was just relying on the suppression from the palace. She didn't dare to take things openly, so she just wanted to give them to her on her own initiative!
After all, she had done this kind of thing before.
"What are you talking about, Third Sister? Isn't the life of our Xie family girl not worth these jewels?" One mouthful. She was really thirsty after all the carriage and horse riding.
Xie Rulan was stunned by these words, smiled dryly, and said, "That's natural. Fourth sister, you saved the prince this time, and you are the emperor's favorite prince. No amount of reward is too much! "