The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 268

Everyone knows that getting married is just an excuse for delay, no matter who does it, it will be a dead end.The emperor only had a sister like the eldest princess, so naturally he didn't want to let her die.

At this time, the eldest princess even offered to go to Xiluo as a married princess, thinking that only by going by herself can she win Xiluo's trust.

The emperor couldn't persuade her, so he had to reluctantly send her to Xiluo.

The eldest princess endured humiliation in Xiluo for ten years and provided the royal family with a lot of important information. Jin finally pacified Xijiang and the eldest princess was killed when she was found.

The emperor held an extremely grand funeral for the eldest princess. The people of Jin State were grateful for the dedication of the eldest princess and prayed for her every year on the anniversary of her death.

In the past, Xiao Ruan was just like ordinary people admiring the Eldest Princess for sacrificing her life for the righteousness of the country, but today because of Zhu Qian's words, she suddenly felt that the time for the Eldest Princess to go to Xiluo was really strange.

The Zhou family was framed ten years ago, and Huo Xun's biological mother, Zhou Shi, died ten years ago. Once the eldest princess died, something happened to the Zhou family... This is a bit of a weird coincidence.

It is very likely that the queen always wanted to take revenge on the Zhou family because of jealousy, but was repeatedly blocked by the eldest princess.The queen's revenge was not realized until after the eldest princess left, and it is very likely that Zhou knew all the truth, so he died of "excessive worry".

The more Xiao Ruan thought about it, the more frightened she felt.

And just when her heart was in a mess, Zhu Qian suddenly turned her face: "Don't think too much, I just heard that the queen said that she also likes Mr. Huo."

"It turned out to be like this! Thank you, Princess, for telling me this!"

Xiao Ruan felt his heart suddenly loosen, let out a puff of breath, and quickly thanked Zhu Qian, but the palms hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly...

Xiao Ruan no longer remembered how she got out of the Jingnan Palace until she heard someone screaming not far away.Looking around, he realized that he had unknowingly returned to the Hou Mansion.

"What happened just now, who is screaming?"

Turning her head to look, Xiao Ruan didn't find anything unusual, and unconsciously turned her eyes to Li Yun behind her.

"Go back to madam, it was the little girl in Aunt Liu's courtyard who accidentally slipped and fell."

Looking in the direction of Li Yun's finger, Xiao Ruan really found a puddle of water on the path in the garden ahead.

Perhaps the gardener sprinkled water on the road when watering, so a little maid accidentally stepped on it and fell down.

Xiao Ruan nodded, and was about to walk away when suddenly, as if remembering something, she stopped again.

"You mean the person who fell down just now is from Aunt Liu's room?"

Li Yun didn't know why Xiao Ruan would ask this question, so he nodded immediately: "When Aunt Liu came to our courtyard last time, the maidservant saw the maid beside her, so I still remember it."

After Xiao Ming moved to the Hou's Mansion, he has been living in the courtyard on the west side, and he doesn't come out often on weekdays, only Xiao Ruan and Huo Xun visit from time to time.

And because Liu Shi was reprimanded by Xiao Ruan when Xiao Ming was seriously ill, he rarely appeared in front of Xiao Ruan.

Hearing Li Yun talk about the last time Liu Shi behaved strangely and ran to find him, Xiao Ruan stood there thinking for a moment, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the place where Liu Shi lived.

Mrs. Liu was sitting in the yard where the sun was shining, talking to a few little maids.

Perhaps the little girl said some flattering words, Liu pursed her lips and smiled. From the outside, Liu was dressed normally, without any paint on her face, and the color of her clothes was also a generous and stable maroon.

"Ruan'er, you, why are you here?"

Xu Shi noticed that someone was sizing her up, Liu raised her head and saw Xiao Ruan, then quickly put down the things in her hands, stood up and greeted Xiao Ruan, her face still embarrassed.

The little maids were busy saluting Xiao Ruan, but Xiao Ruan walked forward calmly.

The thing on the stone table is a pair of men's shoes, judging from the size, it should belong to Huo Ming.

Taking a look at Mrs. Liu, Xiao Ruan stepped forward, picked up the half-made shoes, looked at them carefully for a while, and suddenly showed a surprised expression.

"It turns out that my aunt's female celebrity is so good, I can be regarded as finding someone who can give me advice."

"If Ruan'er doesn't mind, you can come and ask me anytime."

Mrs. Liu was still afraid to face Xiao Ruan because of the previous incidents, but now she heard admiration, raised her head in surprise, and saw Xiao Ruan smiling close to her.My heart suddenly relaxed, and I immediately agreed.

Holding the shoes in his hand, Xiao Ruan asked Mrs. Liu a few questions. Seeing that Mrs. Liu was getting more and more relaxed, she smiled and said, "I see that Auntie's outfit today is much more comfortable than when we met last time."

Xiao Ruan suddenly mentioned this, and blushed immediately: "Oh, Ruan Er laughed at my age again."

"Auntie is still very young, there is nothing wrong with heavy makeup."

Seeing Liu Shi's embarrassment, Xiao Ruan paused for a moment and suddenly said, "I'm ashamed to say it, Auntie Shang who couldn't help last time, I wonder how you and father are doing now?"

"Okay, okay, we're fine."

I don't know if it's because of shyness, but Mrs. Liu refused to say more.Xiao Ruan rolled his eyes, pondered for a while and told all the servants around him to back down.

"Didn't my aunt say that my father ignored my aunt? I don't know what method my aunt used, why don't you teach me?"

At first Liu thought Xiao Ruan was joking with herself, but seeing Xiao Ruan's normal expression, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Xun'er is devoted to you and will never be like the master and me, so don't worry! "

"Auntie, I don't have anyone to talk to, just tell me! Or tell me what's unusual about my father recently!"

"This……"

Liu's doubts flashed, but seeing that Xiao Ruan was not joking at all.After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and seriously talked about Xiao Ming's recent abnormal behavior.

"After the master recovered from his illness, he was fine at first, but for some reason, he suddenly didn't want to see anyone, and he didn't want to say a word to me, so I..."

A look of embarrassment flashed across his face quickly, and Liu obviously remembered the foolish things he did back then: "Master is much better now, but I really didn't do anything."

"My aunt said, what does 'much better' mean?"

Xiao Ruan wanted to find out more about Huo Ming from Mrs. Liu, so she deliberately pretended not to understand what she said.

"That's right, even now he is still in a daze, thinking about people outside, but after all he doesn't go out every day, and... sleeps in my room at night..."

At the end, Liu's face was like a cooked prawn, extremely embarrassing.And Xiao Ruan thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at the room inside.

"Usually, my father is resting at this time. I wanted to ask him something, so let's ask him another day."

"Master, he didn't take a break. During this period of time, he somehow became more interested in practicing calligraphy. He is currently writing in the study."

Mrs. Liu really thought that Xiao Ruan wanted to ask Huo Ming about something, so she enthusiastically pointed to the direction of the study and wanted to take Xiao Ruan there, but Xiao Ruan only heard her talk about Huo Ming practicing calligraphy.

"Does my aunt know when my father fell in love with calligraphy?"

"I didn't pay attention to this, it seems... By the way, it was not long after he recovered from his illness."

Hearing this, Xiao Ruan's eyes flashed, and he said slowly: "When you practice calligraphy, you need to meditate the most, so I can't bother you, there is another chance next time."

When Xiao Ruan hurried back to Hexiangyuan, Huo Xun hadn't come back yet, she sat quietly at the table for a long time, not even knowing that the tea Zhuyun poured for her was cold.

Her fingers rested on the hollow hand warmer for a long time, and she suddenly frowned: "Take paper and pen!"

Zhuyun never went out with Xiao Ruan, but she always felt that today's Xiao Ruan was different from usual. Hearing that she was looking for a pen and paper, she quickly responded and brought her a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Immediately ask someone to send this to Duke Huai's residence. Remember to ensure that it is delivered to Duke Huai, and don't tell anyone else."

Xiao Ruan only wrote a few words and was about to hand it over to Zhu Yun, when he suddenly withdrew the book hesitantly and handed the letter directly to Li Yun.

"Miss, don't worry, this servant will definitely deliver the letter." Li Yun took the letter with a solemn expression, turned and walked out of the room.

In the afternoon of the next day, Huo Xun left the Hou's mansion with his front foot, and Xiao Ruan left with Li Yun behind him.

"Madam, can we do this? If Lord Hou knows..."

The two left the Hou's mansion, Li Yun looked at Huo Xun who hadn't gone far in the distance, and finally felt a little worried.

The figure of Huo Xun in front got farther and farther away until it disappeared around the corner, Xiao Ruan immediately came out from the hiding place in the corner, glanced sideways at Li Yun beside him, and his voice became a little low: .

"Since you are my maid, then just follow my orders and act."

With a short sentence, Li Yun's expression froze, and he immediately followed without further words.

The guests in Shiweijuli were still coming and going, as soon as Xiao Ruan approached, the waiter surrounded him.

"Is there someone from Jinxiu Hall?"

The waiter quickly smiled and said, "So Miss is the one who reserved the Jinxiu Hall, and your friend hasn't come yet."

Hearing this, Xiao Ruan frowned, looked back at the bustling crowd on the street, and followed the waiter to the Jinxiu Hall on the third floor without saying a word.

Jinxiu Hall is just a small box, because there is a window on the south side, the light in the room is quite bright.

The waiter left the teapot behind and went out. Xiao Ruan stood in front of the window for a long time, seeing that there was no one she wanted to wait for on the street, she suddenly felt a little anxious.

She connected what Lu Hanrui and Zhu Xi said, and thought about it for a long time. She wanted to tell Huo Xun her guess, but Huo Xun obviously seemed to be avoiding her these days.

As soon as Zhao Yan was mentioned, no matter what Xiao Ruan said, Huo Xun would deliberately pretend that he didn't understand, and after that, he was often away from the mansion, and he didn't go back to the mansion for a whole day.

Although Xiao Ruan didn't know where Huo Xun had gone, he could feel that the other party was hiding from him.

In desperation, Xiao Ruan had no choice but to write a letter to Zhao Yan, wanting to ask him to meet and speak up, so as not to be threatened by Zhao Yan everywhere.

However, it was the third time that the teapot on the table was filled with tea, but Zhao Yan still didn't show up. Could it be that he wanted to let her go?
(End of this chapter)