Speaking of which, Ming Lanruo took Xu Xiuyi to another restaurant owned by Red Blood.
The two ordered food and talked while eating.
"Xiu Yi, your situation in the capital has not been very good recently. It was because of my lack of consideration that I invited you out for tea." Ming Lanruo frowned slightly and poured her a cup of tea.
Xu Xiuyi took the tea and sighed softly: "Feiyan went to Hangzhou to visit her sick grandmother. Since my reputation has become bad, I am too lazy to socialize with others. It is rare that I want to see my sister today to relax."
At home, it's not like her little sisters who usually play well come over to visit her.
But most of the little sisters, knowing that she had to marry a mere businesswoman because of her loss of innocence, stopped interacting with her for fear of ruining her reputation.
Ming Lanruo's eyes were cold: "If that beast hadn't harmed you, it wouldn't be like this..."
"Sister, be careful, this is outside." Xu Xiuyi reached out and gently touched Ming Lanruo's lips, then looked around.
Even though they are in a private room, they still have to be careful that the partition wall has ears.
Ming Lanruo patted her hand gently: "Don't worry, Jing Ming is here and no one can get close. If you feel wronged, just tell your sister."
Xu Xiuyi couldn't help but blush, and immediately hugged Ming Lanruo's arm, buried her face in her neck, and cried silently.
She was only sixteen, and although she didn't care about those reputations, her father said that she acted upright and the rules were there, so that the emperor could trust them.
But all of a sudden, she suddenly went from being a beautiful girl in heaven to being despised by everyone and someone who could step on her. It was really frustrating.
"People's words are terrible, Sister Ming, you... how did you survive those harsh words?" Xu Xiuyi asked in a depressed voice while shedding tears.
She didn't dare to cry at home, for fear that her parents and brothers would be worried. She had to be the eldest lady who had an idea, was able to feed her, and was stable.
Only Sister Ming is here...she dares to cry about her grievances without restraint.
Ming Lanruo looked calm: "Probably because I have lived two lifetimes, I have a thick skin and a thick heart."
Pregnant out of wedlock, she was not sent to become a monk, nor was she hanged with a rope to bring disgrace to the family, thanks to her father's protection.
She didn't know how many unpleasant things she heard, but she never gave in. She would pay for her own sins, and she didn't blame others.
Xu Xiuyi had cried enough and took Ming Lanruo's handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Let me talk to my sister about something serious. There is a woman hiding in the prince's courtyard. She seems to have been seriously injured. There are several Western doctors surrounding her.
She turns."
Ming Lanruo paused and frowned slightly: "A Western doctor?"
She did know that some Western doctors were very good at healing techniques such as bloodletting with knives, and they also had some mysterious treatment methods, which were completely different from those of the Central Plains people.
But even if the injury is serious, why not use Chinese doctors instead of Western doctors?
Xu Xiuyi said: "Those Western doctors hardly leave the Prince's Courtyard, but their assistants need to get medicine. My brother asked people to get close to them. I vaguely heard that the woman seemed to be full of resentment towards my sister and Master Qiantose, and she was always cursing."
Ming Lanruo paused: "You are full of resentment towards me and Master Qiantose?"
Haha, this is strange, even Xu Xiuyi doesn't know the true relationship between her and Cang Qiao.
Even Emperor Ming hates her and likes Cang Qiao; except for Jing Ming, Chun and a few people who know the relationship between her and Cang Qiao, there are very few people around her, so they cannot be hers.
The person who can hate her and Cang Qiao at the same time colludes with the prince. The person who can be used by the prince to deal with her and Cang Qiao must be someone who knows the true relationship between them.
Around Cang Qiao?
He was seriously injured again. Instead of a Chinese doctor, he used a Western doctor, mysteriously...
She narrowed her eyes slightly, and suddenly a name appeared in her mind, the name of a woman who had already died...
One, the name of a person who was reborn and returned like her.
Yun Ni, is it possible that he is not dead?
As soon as this absurd thought came to her heart, she couldn't help but doubt it.
She has not spared anyone in Gujiazhai. When facing traitors, she must root them out.
Cang Qiao, why do you make such a stupid mistake?
"Sister Ming, have you come to a conclusion in your mind? Who is that person?" Xu Xiuyi asked worriedly.
Ming Lanruo said calmly: "It's nothing."
Xu Xiuyi sighed: "I have been out for a long time, so I have to go back."
Ming Lanruo smiled: "Okay."
She was also going back home, and she had something to ask the little scholar.
…
Xu Xiuyi got on the carriage and left separately with Ming Lanruo.
Seeing that Xu Xiuyi was in better spirits, Mei Zhu comforted her softly: "Miss, do you think you should go back to your hometown in Suzhou, so that you don't have to listen to the gossips of those villains in the capital and wait until the engagement with Yinhu is broken off before returning?
Coming from the capital?"
Xu Xiuyi looked out of the carriage and said quietly: "No, this is the path I chose. It was much more difficult for Sister Ming than me at the beginning, but I was not afraid at all."
She paused: "Don't say I haven't lost my innocence. Even if I lose my innocence, isn't it me who is at fault? It's obviously the fault of the men who harmed me!"
Sister Ming was right when she scolded the eldest princess and the others - is it the person's fault that a dog bites a person? Why should she give in?
Mei Zhu gently patted her eldest daughter's arm: "Miss, you know, this world has always been a man's world. Men set the rules. If they say we are wrong, we are wrong."
Xu Xiuyi closed her eyes: "I know that this world is unfair to men and women, and I also know that there is nothing we can do about it. I only hope that hundreds of years from now, this world will be fairer to women."
But now, she didn't want to quit, so she chose to get engaged to Yinhu because she didn't have to get married after breaking off the engagement.
So now she is willing to bear these "terrible words".
The carriage passed through a remote and deserted alley and was suddenly stopped by someone.
Mei Zhu clenched the dagger hidden in her sleeve and whispered to Xu Xiuyi: "Miss, let me go and take a look."
Xu Xiuyi didn't panic. This place was very close to home and she had done enough to protect herself.
"What do you want to do... Yin... Young Master Yinhu?" Mei Zhu opened the curtain and saw Yinhu waiting for them in the alley.
I don't know when more people were guarding both ends of the alley, so no one could enter the alley.
Xu Xiuyi was stunned, and then got off the carriage and looked at the tall figure. He was lazily leaning against the wall, playing with a whip.
The man is deep and handsome, with an exotic face and silver-grey eyes. Under the sun, he shows a wild charm that is completely different from that of the Central Plains people.
Seeing her stunned for a moment, Silver Fox raised the corners of his lips and kicked the sack beside his feet with his toes——
"My dear fiancée is here, how about I give you a small gift?"
Only then did Xu Xiuyi notice that there was a bulging big sack at his feet, and he didn't know what it contained.
"What is this?" She said calmly: "I don't need your gift."
Silver Fox smiled and asked someone to untie the bag and shake it on the ground - a unconscious woman rolled out of it instantly.
Mei Zhu took a closer look and was startled: "Isn't this the owner of Anning County who bullied the young lady in the tea shop before?"
The head of Anning County had obviously been beaten with a whip, and passed out with a bruised nose and swollen face. It looked like several of his teeth had been knocked out.
Xu Xiuyi was stunned. She looked at Silver Fox: "What does this mean?"
Silver Fox smiled angrily and walked towards Xu Xiuyi with the whip in his hand: "How can my fiancée be bullied casually? You tell me, right?"
