Hearing this, Xie Ruzhuo sneered and said, "Xie Ruyue, you don't care if you say this to others, but you don't feel ashamed to say it to people who know the truth."
Ye Shi smiled at the bickering between the two and said, "You two sisters are both good. Who dares to say something bad? I will be the first to refuse."
As soon as he entered the door, Jiang Chengye took Jiang Chengjun to another place and disappeared in a flash.
Ye didn't care about the two of them, and only took sisters Xie Ruzhuo into the inner courtyard.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a woman sitting on the soft couch in the middle. When she saw the visitor, she smiled brightly, stood up and said, "Sister-in-law didn't say anything when she came, so that I could go out to greet you."
As she was speaking, she suddenly saw the two girls following behind her. Her smile suddenly froze and she said with a subtle tremor, "Are these my two nieces?"
Sister Xie Ruyue stepped forward, saluted respectfully and said, "Greetings, Princess Bei." However, there was some expectation in her eyes.
Jiang Murao immediately held the two girls in his arms and said with red eyes, "Good boy, get up quickly and show your aunt."
In these years, Princess Dingbei followed the prince to conquer the outside world, and she was separated from her two youngest sons for a long time, not to mention when her sister died, and she never even saw her before her death.
How could she not feel uncomfortable when she saw her sister's daughters now
Xie Ruzhuo was also a little sad. Her mother passed away early, and she could only vaguely remember the figure of that woman. But now when she saw Princess Dingbei, it was like seeing her mother's voice and smile. She couldn't help but burst into tears and bit her lip without saying a word.
Looking at Xie Ruyue, she had already fallen into tears in Jiang Murao's arms.
Mrs. Ye on the side also had some red eyes. She comforted her for a while and forced a smile, "It's a good thing for relatives to meet each other. Why are you crying? Look, you made both children cry. If you don't know later, , I thought it was you, Princess Dingbei, who was putting on airs and bullying the juniors."
As soon as she said these words, Jiang Muchao burst into laughter and turned to coaxing the two girls.
After his emotions calmed down a bit, Jiang Murao took Xie Ruzhuo's hand again and asked with a smile, "When I was in Shuozhou, I heard that you saved the third prince in the hunting ground, but do you really mean it?"
Xie Ruzhuo smiled modestly and said, "I just happened to be not far from the Third Prince at the time, and I accidentally blocked an arrow for him."
"You, like your mother, are both kind-hearted, but you must also pay attention to your own safety. I heard someone mention it that day, saying that you narrowly escaped death that day, and you went through all kinds of hardships to save your life. It was also Yan'er who was in heaven I have a spirit." Speaking of Jiang Muyan, Jiang Murao felt a little red-eyed. She immediately changed the topic, controlled her emotions, and tried to say in a cheerful voice, "I have prepared a meeting gift for you sisters, but I have been waiting for you for a long time. There is no chance to send it out. Spirit Sword, go and get the pair of bracelets."
A dashing maid next to her heard this, cupped her fists and saluted, and then walked out. Not long after, an old-fashioned box came back.
Jiang Murao opened it himself and said, "This bracelet is not expensive, but it is my heart. I give it to you and my sisters now. I hope that you will support each other in the future. Just like this bracelet, your soul will be clear and not infected."
When she spoke, she unconsciously took on the demeanor of a soldier. Xie Ruyue and the others accepted the instruction respectfully.
The curtain outside the door was opened, and then the second and third ladies of the Xie family walked in.
"See Princess."
Seeing the female members of the Xie family kneeling on the ground, Jiang Muchao gave her a little support and said, "Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, Princess."
Mrs. Lu was the first to smile and said, "I have long heard that the princess is very beautiful. Now that I see her, it really makes people's eyes light up." When she spoke, the pearl hairpin on her head swayed along with it, and the smell of powder on her body was even more intense. Jiang Murao was a little unhappy.
Jiang Murao held back his discomfort, nodded slightly and said, "Thank you, Madam Third, for being polite."
Xie Rulan was behind Ms. Lu and gently tugged on the corner of her clothes to signal. As soon as she entered the door, she saw with sharp eyes that the princess was putting bracelets on the two daughters of the eldest family. Seeing that the person with the big house was rewarded, how could she be willing to get nothing
Mrs. Lu deserved to be her biological mother and daughter, and she immediately understood what Xie Rulan meant. He took Xie Rulan's hand and said, "Rulan, haven't you admired the princess for a long time? Why were you so stunned when you saw her today? Why don't you come and pay tribute to the princess soon?"
Xie Rulan suddenly looked as if she had suddenly realized something, and said with a smile, "Xie Rulan has met the princess before. Rulan had thought about how heroic the princess would be, but when I saw you today, I realized that you are not something I can imagine." Yes, it’s simply astonishing.”
"I have been at the border for a long time, so I have been contaminated by a lot of dust. It is not as exaggerated as you said." Jiang Murao nodded, his expression was polite, not warm.
Mrs. Lu's eyebrows turned, and she came up with Xie Ruzhuo's idea again, "Hey, Zhuo'er is also a hard-working person. It's just pity that her biological mother died early. As my third aunt, I feel sorry for her just looking at her. Zhuo'er, Now that I have met your aunt, you have fulfilled your wish."
Xie Ruzhuo took a step back slightly, cleverly avoiding Mr. Lu's contact, but put on an innocent look on his face.
She knew what Mr. Lu meant, but if she wanted to build a relationship with her relatives through Xie Ruzhuo, it would depend on whether Xie Ruzhuo would give her the chance!
Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo accidentally avoided her hand, Lu was a little embarrassed for a moment, but she couldn't help it, so she had to force a smile.
Jiang Murao was so shrewd that he realized what his nephew's daughter meant with just one movement. She said calmly, "The foreign guests are coming soon. You can sit down first, Lingjian, and take good care of the guests here."
Seeing this, Mrs. Ye also smiled and said, "In that case, I'll go with you." After saying that, she gave Xie Ruyue a few more instructions and left with Jiang Muchao.
Seeing that Jiang Muchao could only say a few words before leaving the huge main hall, Mrs. Lu was a little speechless, but then she closed her mouth dejectedly.
Mrs. Li sneered from where she couldn't see. Although she was a little regretful that she couldn't get the chance to marry Princess Dingbei, she was the daughter of an official family after all, and she had her own character. The last thing she looked down on was someone like Lu.
As she thought about it, she glanced at her daughter with relief. Fortunately, her family, Ru Fei, was not such a flattering person.
Everyone had their own thoughts, but Mrs. Lu walked up to Xie Ruzhuo regardless of it and asked in a stiff tone, "Zhuo'er, our Xie family is supposed to advance and retreat together, but just now, why didn't you help introduce the family? Could it be because you were watching? Why don’t you go with the other daughters of our Xie family?”
Xie Ruzhuo knew that Mr. Lu couldn't bear this tone, so he immediately prepared his words and said with an aggrieved face, "This is also the first time I have met the princess. It's too late to be nervous. How could I think of other things?" As he said, She stretched out her hand again and said, "My palms are still sweaty, third aunt, look at it."
But, by chance, she revealed the purple jade bracelet again.
The third master was in business, and Lu didn't see many jade antiques like this on weekdays. He immediately realized that this bracelet was priceless.
She was feeling depressed, and just when she was about to ask something else, she saw Xie Ruyue stood up and said with a smile, "Zhuo'er, I saw my cousin, let's go say hello."
Xie Ruzhuo followed her gaze and saw three men walking over from a distance outside the window. She immediately smiled and said, "Okay, Aunt Two and Aunt Three, excuse me."
Lu's words were stuck in her throat. Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo didn't even give her a chance to refute, she felt even more suffocated.
After getting out of the door, Xie Ruyue glanced at the room behind her with a smile and said, "Whoever has the patience to fight with her and wants to curry favor with others should go on his own if he has the ability. How dare he try to trick you, bah!"
Xie Ruzhuo sneered, "That's all, she didn't take advantage of me, didn't she? Didn't you say you were going to say hello to your cousin? Let's go."
Seeing the three people walking in, Xie Ruyue suddenly came up with a plan and said with a smile, "Come on, let's hide behind the rockery to scare the little fat man."
Xie Ruzhuo wanted to refute, but she dragged him directly to the back of the rockery. He had no choice but to watch those people getting closer and closer to him.
Jiang Chengye and Jiang Chengjun walked side by side with a man in white. The man looked to be no more than ten years old. His face was sharp and angular, with a somewhat hard expression.
He is the eldest son of Dingbei Palace, Ye Qingyan.
Xu had been in the military camp for a long time. When he spoke, he was particularly energetic, "Chengye, why are you here so late today?"
Jiang Chengye smiled and said, "I went to Xie's Mansion to pick up my two cousins, so it's a little late."
Hearing this, Ye Qingyan suddenly frowned and said, "Your cousin, is that the pushy and arrogant Xie Ruzhuo?" Not long after he returned to the capital, he heard constant rumors about the Xie family, most of which were demeaning. praise.
Among them, the one about Xie Ruzhuo is even more unpleasant to listen to. For example, this Miss Xie Si was usually quite unreasonable, and even when she saved the prince, she seemed to have some purpose. Not to mention what happened at the daughter's banquet. It is said that she was in the spotlight that day just to win the emperor's favor.
It was really hard for Ye Qingyan to like such a purposeful woman.
"Cousin, what you said is too much. What does it mean to be 'pussy and arrogant'? Zhuo'er is just having fun and has never been domineering. Being pushy is even more outrageous. If she wanted to be in the limelight, how could she follow Who is that girl from the Shen family to compare with? I dumped her a long time ago!" Before Jiang Chengye could say anything, Jiang Chengjun started to defend Xie Ruzhuo.
In his opinion, his cousin is all kinds of good, even if the person who said bad things is his cousin, that's not okay!
Xie Ruzhuo hid behind the rockery and suddenly burst into laughter. She didn't expect that this little fat man would be so protective of her behind her back.
"Who's behind?" Ye Qingyan was about to answer when he heard a woman's muffled laughter behind the rockery and asked immediately.
Seeing that he couldn't hide, Xie Ruzhuo and Xie Ruyue simply stood up and said, "Cousin, where did you go just now?"
Seeing that the two sisters were here, Jiang Chengjun raised a smile and said, "I'm going to find my cousin. It's freezing cold, why are you here?"
"The room is too stuffy, let's go out for a walk. Who is this?" Although Xie Ruzhuo had roughly guessed the identity of the person in front of her, he didn't introduce himself, so she couldn't tell him first.
"This is Ye Qingyan, the eldest son of Dingbei Palace." Seeing that Jiang Chengjun's anger had not completely subsided, Jiang Chengye introduced him immediately.