My father-in-law and I took the fox fur cloak and put it on Cang Qiao, while silently looking out the window at the dark sky with fine snow flying——
Can we enjoy the flowers tomorrow? I'm really good at it!
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Early the next morning
The sky cleared up for a rare day. It was no longer sleet, and the humidity was freezing into the cracks in one's bones.
Although the sky was still covered with heavy snow clouds, Xiao Xi got up and started to play around the yard with Grandma Wang's grandson Tan'er.
Chen Ning, the servant who was specially responsible for keeping safe, stood aside and looked after him.
Chen Ning greeted warmly: "Master Xiao Xi, please slow down, you will have to eat breakfast later!"
In the west courtyard, the unknown gentleman was spitting out water and brushing his teeth at the door. Suddenly, he heard the opposite door open, and the young scholar who didn't like to go out came out wearing a brand new white cotton robe.
He looked at the hidden scholar who was wearing a new turban inlaid with white jade, and raised his eyebrows: "Good morning, little scholar, you are so neatly dressed, but which new maid have you fallen in love with?"
The hidden scholar froze for a moment. Was it obvious that he was dressed up?
He glanced at Mr. Anonymous with his long and narrow eyes: "Sir, don't talk nonsense."
Mr. Anonymous smiled meaningfully: "Tsk, tsk, it seems that he is in love with the beautiful lady, but the beautiful lady doesn't know."
Scholar Yin coughed lightly: "Sir, take your time and wash up. I'll go have breakfast first."
There are only about ten people in Prince Mourning's Mansion. On weekdays, everyone eats breakfast at the same table. Mr. Anonymous and Scholar Yin are guests and are qualified to dine with the master of the house.
But usually the hidden scholar and the unknown gentleman lived in seclusion and never had dinner with Ming Lanruo.
So when Scholar Yin appeared in Ming Lanruo's courtyard, Jing He greeted him in surprise: "Hey, you can't bear it anymore. You've been living like a little daughter-in-law every day, never leaving the house or even taking a step forward!"
Scholar Yin coughed slightly: "Hello, Miss Jinghe, the weather is nice today, what should I eat for breakfast?"
"Today we have crispy stuffed gold ingots, shepherd's purse wontons, four kinds of snacks and bird's nest and lotus seed soup. Would you like to have breakfast with us, Master Yin?" Ming Lanruo came out of the inner room with a smile, holding her ermine muff.
come out.
She was wearing a goose-yellow palace dress with silver trim. She had two exquisite bunches of sheared wax plums on her temples, and a pearl in between her eyebrows.
Simple and elegant, it contrasts with her pretty features, like a branch of plum blossom with sparse shadows and slanting shadows on the corridor.
Scholar Yin smiled slightly. It was indeed the right time for him to come to Prince Mou's Mansion to "appreciate the flowers" today.
However, it seemed that she had never spoken to the man named Cang Qiao with such a relaxed smile.
He thought with complicated emotions.
"Are you stupid? Isn't my eldest lady pretty?" Jing He nudged Scholar Yin's shoulder.
Scholar Yin lowered his eyelashes and said calmly: "Miss Jinghe, don't make fun of the little lady's reputation."
Ming Lanruo couldn't help but laugh when she saw that his white jade-like ears were a little red under his square scarf.
This person is too easily shy, and is also simple and pedantic. He is completely different from the people around her like Cang Qiao, Shangguan Hongye and the prince.
Ming Lanruo smiled and said, "Okay, stop making trouble and come and eat."
The group of people entered the room and sat down. Grandma Wang had already led the two second-class maids to arrange the breakfast and retreated.
Ming Lanruo and Scholar Yin sat down respectively, and Xiao Xi was also led in by Chen Ning for breakfast.
Scholar Yin looked at Ming Lanruo feeding Xiao Xi, feeding the child in a gentle voice, but he didn't eat much.
He conveniently filled a bowl with a bowl of bird's nest and lotus seed soup and handed it to Ming Lanruo: "My dear lady, you are weak, so you should eat something first and then feed the young master."
Ming Lanruo watched him picking out the lotus seeds one by one and raised her eyebrows suspiciously: "How do you know I don't like eating lotus seeds?"
Lotus seeds can relieve the heat, but she doesn't like it. She only hoped that the fried snacks she had eaten recently would cause her heat, so she specially asked the kitchen to cook them.
Why would he, an unfamiliar person, know her habits?
Scholar Yin picked up the lotus seeds for a moment, and the room became quiet for a while.
Chunming narrowed his eyes coldly and silently pressed his hand on the soft sword at his waist.
She has always disliked this hidden scholar and always felt that he hid many secrets.