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Chapter 174 Came to Apologize?

Just arrived at the West Corner Courtyard, when I heard a burst of laughter from the wing room, carefully listening to the voice of Miss Qi.Just as Chanjuan was about to pass on the message, the plywood curtain was lifted, but Bai Wei, Xu Xiangwan's close maid, came out with a tray. She was taken aback when she saw Ruan Yunting, and then squatted down to salute:

"Miss Ruan is here."

"Yes, I heard that Mrs. Tang Er is here, so I came here specially to visit."

"Madam is inside, miss please." Bai Wei raised the curtain for Ruan Yunting and raised her voice: "Madam, miss, Miss Ruan is here."

Ruan Yunting nodded to Bai Wei with a smile, and just entered the room when she saw Xu Xueqi walking out first, supporting a dignified woman in her early 30s.Followed by Xu Xueqi's personal maid, Danzhu, and an old woman who was nearly fifty years old.

Seeing her, Ruan Yunting finally found the reason for Xu Xiangwan's good looks.This woman is petite, not tall like northern women at all. She is wearing a lavender embroidered beige with ten patterns of brocade on her body. Her long hair is like a cloud and is tied into a ponytail. A gold-studded jade gourd hairpin is inserted obliquely, and she wears lavender on her temples. Parapetal silk flowers.The fresh and elegant dress can hardly conceal her natural beauty, and the charming phoenix eyes are exactly the same as Xu Xiangwan's.

Xu Xueqi smiled and said, "Sister Ruan, this is my second aunt."

"Madam." Ruan Yunting saluted.

"No, no, and don't be too polite, I should thank you for saving my sister-in-law." Wei's official language is not standard, with some gentleness unique to Jiangnan women, which makes people feel comfortable listening.

"I'm on good terms with Sister Wan, and besides, we're all from my own family, so why be polite." Ruan Yunting nodded to the old lady after saying that.

Mother Sun saluted with a smile: "Miss Ruan is well."

"Hello mom."

Seeing that Ruan Yunting was so polite, Wei Shi fell in love with her even more. He took Ruan Yunting's hands to look carefully, and said with a smile:

"Sister Qi and Sister Wan only said that Miss Ruan has a kind heart, but they didn't tell me that you are a beauty, but love is born from the heart, and a girl's heart can naturally produce a good appearance."

"Thank you, madam, for your compliment, aren't you the same?" Ruan Yunting smiled playfully, and returned the compliment intact.

Wei Shi smiled when he heard the words, besides being grateful to his daughter's savior, he loved him even more.

"Don't be dazed, go inside and talk."

"Yes. Ma'am please."

Mama Sun raised the felt curtain in the inner room to keep warm, Ruan Yunting, Xu Xueqi and Wei Shi entered the room together, while Danzhu and Bai Wei were busy preparing for an emergency.

Xu Xiangwan was wearing an autumn-colored brocade jacket today, with gauze wrapped on his right hand. He was a little thin and his face was pale. He was sitting on the kang with a quilt in his arms.Seeing that Ruan Yunting entered the house, she was about to go to the ground.

Ruan Yunting hurriedly stopped her, and sat sideways in front of her: "Sister Wan is feeling better? I haven't seen you in ten days, you've lost a lot of weight."

Xu Xueqi spoke quickly, and explained: "Wan'er has always had a fever these days, and the water genius doctor said that her wounds heal slowly. Fortunately, it is winter. If it is summer, the inflammation will be more serious."

Ruan Yunting frowned, looked down at her tightly wrapped hand, "Does it still hurt?"

"The pain is not severe." Xu Xiangwan smiled gratefully, "I'm not afraid of the pain, as long as I can recover, it doesn't matter how much I suffer? It's just that the people around me have suffered these days. , I am so tired that my mother is worried." While speaking, he looked at Wei Shi apologetically.

Wei Shi smiled and shook his head: "As long as you are well, what is my hard work?"

The mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled, the peaceful atmosphere made Ruan Yunting very envious.

Xu Xiangwan also remembered that Ruan Yunting had no father or mother. Afraid that she would be sad, he quickly changed the subject and said, "There was an accident in the mansion that day. I heard sister Qi tell the general story. Are your injuries better?"

"It's nothing serious. Uncle Shui's medical skills are excellent. I live with him, and I just take medicine to recuperate and live a leisurely life."

Xu Xiangwan nodded understandingly. It was not a good feeling to be "betrayed" by the only relative she trusted, and it was part of her reluctance to return home.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, we are all the same person." Xu Xiangwan's voice was full of sighs, but his raised phoenix eyes were looking at Ruan Yunting sharply. .

Ruan Yunting looked at her with clear eyes, and at this moment she really felt that Xu Xiangwan might not be as simple as she thought.After the third wife hurt her hand, she has never complained and forbears it, and it's not that she doesn't want to reciprocate.It's just that she knows how to be patient and how to accumulate a lot of money.She is showing weakness now in order to relax the vigilance of the third wife.And her pun just now means that they both have their own involuntary control, and they also have a common enemy.

Ruan Yunting smiled slightly, and did not reply to her words. Their relationship was not that close, and she also believed that Xu Xiangwan didn't want to see her united front with her immediately after saying this.

"Sister Wan, you are in good health, I will come to see you another day."

"Okay, you should go back and rest earlier, there will be a banquet tomorrow." Xu Xiangwan smiled deeply.

"Then I say goodbye."

Ruan Yunting got up, bowed to the Wei family, nodded to Xu Xueqi, and left the Xijiao courtyard with Chanjuan.

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The Xu family really put a lot of effort into this banquet, and the Zanying royal family, one of the most famous aristocratic families in Liangcheng, all accepted the post.Early in the morning, Fugui Street was full of traffic, the gate of Xu Mansion was opened, and silk flower ribbons were hung high to welcome the guests.However, despite the great momentum this time, the old lady only invited the ladies, girls and young masters from various families, intending to disclose the identity of her granddaughter, and did not include the adults in the invitation range, so as to avoid suspicion.

Now that the battle in southern Xinjiang is using Master Xu Second, Concubine Xu has been crowned Imperial Concubine again, the momentum of the Xu family has never been stronger, if it goes too far, it will not be a good thing for the emperor to suspect that they are forming a party for personal gain.

Both Ruan Yunting and Ruan Yunlan were well dressed, and they followed the old lady to deal with the guests and met many people.Of course, among them are her classmates in the academy.This time also made them get to know Ruan Yunting and sister again.Ladies are always good at looking at the height of their eyebrows. Seeing that the old lady attaches so much importance to Ruan Yunting and Ruan Yunlan, the words of praise are ingenious and emerge endlessly. When Ruan Yunting and Ruan Yunlan responded politely, the third wife who accompanied them was very angry. Tooth root itching.

Come back as soon as you come back, the old lady put up such a big battle to greet her in person.That day she was frightened by that idiot Jun Zhaoying and ran away. After changing her clothes, she hurried back to Xu's house, but no one came out to greet him.

It's okay to greet her, but today the old lady is going to hold some kind of banquet for Ruan Yunting. She is just an orphan whose biological father's identity is a mystery. Does the old lady not care if others say that Xu Cailing gave birth to a child out of wedlock?She was able to pull off her old face to entertain guests, and she still did it decently.

Looking at Ruan Yunting, who has become more and more beautiful, the third wife's jealousy has never been seen before. Why can she have it as an orphan, but her sister Xia can't get it?The old lady is eccentric, and the third master is too confused.Thinking of the injuries on sister Xia's body that hadn't healed yet, her heart ached.

"Ma'am." When he was thinking, someone pulled his arm.

The third wife came back to her senses and looked at Chang's mother: "What's the matter?"

Chang's mother whispered: "The old slave just found out that Mr. Shui has entered the mansion."

"Really!" The third wife's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly took Chang's mother's hand and said, "Go quickly, take all the gold, silver and jewelry we prepared, and you must find a way to get the beauty-preserving method." Come. Go."

"Yes, this old slave will definitely handle it well." Mother Chang took the order and hurried away.

Ruan Yunting has changed so much, it must be that Shui Qiuxin gave her some good medicine, but their relationship is so tense, she can't ask by herself, but fortunately, money can make ghosts turn around, so she doesn't believe in Shui Qiuxin Don't buy her account.

The third wife smiled complacently. Today it is agreed that her mother will come. Last time she said, "Mrs. It's too late, Ruan Yunting, the stumbling block, suddenly became beautiful, she was eager to get rid of it, so she waited for her mother to come, and asked the old lady for her to go there.Xia'er's road to the palace is considered smooth.

When it was the wife's plan, the housekeeper suddenly came in and reported: "Old lady, Mrs. Jun is here with the young master."

Mrs. Xu stood up with a smile, and said, "Okay, okay, please come in."

Madam?The third wife was taken aback when she heard the words. Today she said that she wanted her mother to come, but why is it the elder sister-in-law?

Just when he was wondering, he saw the eldest lady brought Jun Zhaoying and Jun Lanzhou together.

The eldest lady is of medium height and plump. She is wearing an autumn-colored brocade beige with flowers and a round collar with a fur collar and a beautiful embroidered bijia. She has a big bun on her hair and three golden silk flower hairpins on each side. , and surrounded by autumn-colored foreheads inlaid with oriental beads, she is dressed in a dignified and noble manner, and softly adorns her slightly harsh middle-aged face.Jun Zhaoying behind him was wearing a chestnut brocade gown, and since he stepped into the door, his eyes have been falling on Ruan Yunting and moving away.On the contrary, Jun Lanzhou was wearing a cotton jacket that ordinary people would wear, and he was quite content to follow behind.

Ruan Yunting saw that Jun Lanzhou was also coming, so she cast a questioning look, and followed the old lady to salute and greet her.

The eldest lady took Ruan Yunting's hand and praised: "It's only been a few days since I saw you, and Miss Ruan looks so beautiful."

"Ma'am, that's absurd." Ruan Yunting withdrew her hand indiscriminately. The mother-in-law in her previous life was not a good person. She remembered it clearly and felt disgusted in her heart.

The eldest lady didn't feel that something was wrong, and ordered her servants to present a congratulatory ceremony, and exchanged greetings with the old lady.

The third wife has been surrounded by the left and right, looking for an opportunity to ask the eldest lady, why it was clearly agreed that Mrs. Jun would come in person, but today she chose a different candidate.

But the eldest lady didn't seem to notice that she approached her deliberately, and she chatted very warmly with Mrs. Xu.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the third wife was so anxious, Madam Jun mocked in her heart.Impatient and extremely stupid, he is no different from Mrs. Jun.

"Old lady Xu, actually, I'm here today to apologize to you and Miss Ruan for what happened a few days ago."

(End of this chapter)