Mrs. Ruan reached out to take Ruan Ling'er's hand, but Ruan Ling'er raised her hand to avoid it. She could only smile: "Mom feels that there are many people at the banquet, and it would be too timid for you to go by yourself. It's okay to ask your cousin to accompany you.

Take good care of you."

"Take care of me?" Ruan Ling'er suppressed the sourness in her heart and laughed at herself: "Mom, my injury is just right, have you forgotten how my cousin took care of me?"

"This..." Speaking of this, Mrs. Ruan also felt guilty.

But thinking about what Ruan Fangfei said with tears in her eyes, she still couldn't bear it: "Ling'er, since everything has passed, don't hold on to your cousin's fault. Your cousin already knows that she was wrong.

"

"Now is a good time for men and women to meet each other. Your cousin is getting older. If you miss this year, you will have to wait another year. Just for the sake of your mother..."

"Mother!" Ruan Ling'er raised her voice and interrupted her, her eyes red with grievance: "Not to mention that my cousin and the fifth prince are in love, and there is no need to see other young masters. Just talking about the previous matter, it is over.

Can it be forgotten?"

"You saw your daughter's injuries that day with your own eyes." She wiped her tears and said, "If the prince hadn't saved me, my daughter wouldn't have had the chance to go to the banquet! You won't see your daughter again, so you can only burn paper to express your condolences!"

Mrs. Ruan was shocked and felt guilty: "No...it's not that serious, right? You are an official's daughter after all. Even if the fifth prince is angry, he would not dare to take your life directly."

This is what Fang Fei told her, Ling'er is a noble daughter, and killing her at will is a serious crime!

Ruan Ling'er looked at Mrs. Ruan intently, her heart felt like a ball of cotton had been stuffed into it, making it painful and sore.

"These words were probably told by my cousin to my mother. My mother believed what she said, but my mother didn't listen to a word of what my daughter said. How many noble ladies have died at the hands of the fifth prince in recent years?"

She twitched the corner of her mouth in a chilling tone: "At the beginning of the year, he ordered a noble girl to be beaten to death with sticks because she wetted his robe! His family was not allowed to collect the body, so he had to throw it away at will.

Mass graves, let birds peck at them! Let wild dogs gnaw them!"

This kind of cruel and ruthless man treats the idiot as his treasure, and feels that true love can always touch people's hearts.

In reality?

When she came back, the Fifth Prince ordered people to replace everything in the room, even the marble on the floor, with new ones. He even boiled vinegar in the room to disinfect it!

That’s because she thinks she’s dirty!

Her life was lost in the hands of the fifth prince, but the fifth prince thought she was dirty!

It's not that Mrs. Ruan doesn't really feel sorry for her daughter, she just doesn't think about it so much. After hearing Ruan Ling'er's words, her face suddenly turned pale: "This... mother doesn't believe Ling'er, it's just that your cousin said..."

"My cousin has said a lot, but have you ever said anything about the noble ladies who died in the hands of the fifth prince?" Ruan Ling'er lowered her eyes to cover the sadness in her eyes, and frowned tiredly: "Mother, I'm tired, please come back.

.”

After saying that, regardless of what Ruan's mother was doing, she went straight back to her room, closed the door, and didn't even let the maid who was serving her in.

She rolled herself into a ball and huddled in the corner of the bed, feeling more at ease.

When there was no family affection, I would not expect anything extravagantly. But now that I have biological parents, I have a little more expectation.

In the final analysis, she was greedy.

Ruan's father and Ruan's mother are the parents of the original owner, so what does she mean? She is just a lonely ghost occupying a dove's nest.

…………

Two days later, Ruan Ling'er packed up and arrived at the Shangshu Mansion in the Ruan Mansion's carriage. The maid led her to the flower hall in the backyard to have tea.

Because it was a banquet for young men and women to see each other, the male and female guests were not entertained separately. Several young men and noble ladies in the mansion also chatted with the guests in the flower hall early in the morning.

"Miss Ruan is here." Fu Xueyun, the third lady of Shangshu Mansion, came over with her maid.

Ruan Ling'er chuckled: "Miss Third."

"Sit down quickly and try the peach blossom brewed in the mansion." Fu Xueyun smiled and said warmly: "Although it is not a valuable thing, it is made carefully. It is brewed with last year's first snow and this spring's morning dew on the peach blossoms. It tastes very good.

It’s sweet and refreshing.”

Sensing Fu Xueyun's kindness, the smile on Ruan Ling'er's face became more sincere: "I'm really greedy after hearing what the third lady said."

The maid brought the wine pot and cup, and Fu Xueyun hurriedly poured a glass for Ruan Ling'er: "Try it quickly. If you like it, I will order someone to bring you some back to drink later."

The noble girl wearing a pink skirt next to her sneered disdainfully: "I wonder what kind of extraordinary thing is this? Isn't it worth giving away wine to entertain guests? Don't you think you're looking down on people?"

Ruan Linger, who had just picked up the wine glass and had not yet had time to drink, said: "..."

Fu Xueyun looked a little embarrassed: "Ms. Li misunderstood. Although this peach blossom wine is not rare, it was made by my sisters and I. We have no intention of treating our guests disrespectfully."

"So what if you brew it by yourself?" Li Jingshu rolled her eyes: "No matter how much you brew it by yourself, things that can't be put on the table will not be put on the table. It's a shame that you have the nerve to say it, so you don't have to make people laugh."

Ruan Ling'er: "..."

Why are there so many mindless things everywhere?

Fu Shangshu had a strict family tradition, and the children he raised were all well-educated, but they were also too well-educated.

Faced with Li Jingshu's malicious trouble, Fu Xueyun didn't know how to distinguish it for a moment and pulled up the veil in a hurry.

"Tsk... this peach blossom brew is really good. The aroma of peach blossoms is all in your mouth, and the aftertaste is sweet." Ruan Ling'er put down the cup and raised her hand to rest on Fu Xueyun's hand: "Miss Third, you promised me some, so don't be stingy."

Fu Xueyun knew that Ruan Ling'er was trying to save her, so she forced a smile and said, "As long as Miss Ruan likes it."

Li Jingshu snorted coldly and looked at Ruan Ling'er with an evil look in her eyes: "I've never seen the world like this!"

Ruan Ling'er glanced at her, looked at Fu Xueyun and asked, "I heard that the third young lady likes to read poetry and books. I wonder if she has dabbled in Buddhist scriptures?"

Fu Xueyun didn't know why, but he still answered: "I have some understanding."

"Coincidentally, I have also been fond of reading Buddhist scriptures recently. There is a saying in it that I don't quite understand. I wonder if Third Miss can explain it to me?" Ruan Ling'er raised her voice and said, "There is a saying: Buddha sees all living beings, and all living beings are Buddhas;

Demonic eyes see all living beings, and all living beings are demons. I don’t know what you mean?”

Fu Xueyun was stunned for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips in a funny way: "What this means is that the kind of person you are will determine how you view things."

"Are you scolding me?!" Li Jingshu yelled angrily.

Doesn't this mean that she can't stand on the stage?

"Insulting guests, Fu Xueyun, is this how your family treats guests?"

She asked: "And you, Ruan Ling'er, what kind of good thing do you think you are? You are shameless, shamelessly pestering the fifth prince, and even sneaked into the fifth prince's house. Now it's hard to say whether you are a girl or not, and you have no shame.

Come out to meet people?”
Chapter completed!