Besides, in order not to run into her parents, Xiaonuituanzi turned to another path and unknowingly looked up and saw that Lingyun Yuan was right in front of her.
"We've come here, it doesn't seem right if we don't get in." After Ruan Mianmian said that, Jiu'er took the lead and walked forward.
When Jiu'er stepped into the courtyard, servants from the second room came to greet him. When they saw Ruan Mianmian's figure, someone immediately rushed in to report it.
The servants of Lingyun Court are performing their duties. Looking out from the door, there are those who are pruning flowers and plants, those who are spraying water to clean the paths, those who are wiping the cloisters, and even those who are wiping the doors and windows not far away.
After Ruan Mianmian entered the door, a guard boy rushed in to report, and another boy bowed in front of her to lead the way. From the corner of her eye, she could see someone immediately taking over the guard position.
"I didn't expect that Second Auntie is so carefree, but the people below her are really well trained." Ruan Mianmian praised her.
Jiuer whispered: "Maybe it's because the second master has a strict temperament."
Ruan Mianmian nodded. What Jiu'er said was reasonable. The second aunt was carefree and straightforward. She couldn't be so careful in managing the yard. It was probably the handiwork of the second uncle.
"Mianmian." People in the distance shouted happily as they strode over.
"Hey, third brother."
Unexpectedly, Ruan Chen was also in Lingyun Courtyard, Ruan Mianmian ran straight into his arms.
"Didn't Third Brother just return to the academy yesterday? Mu Mu again so soon? Why didn't I hear you were coming back?" Ruan Mianmian was picked up by Ruan Chen and kept talking to herself.
Holding the little breast dumpling in his arms, Ruan Chen smiled contentedly: "The gentleman from the academy asked me to send a letter to Taifu Ji. I didn't want to go back home, but I thought of you and made a special trip home."
"Why don't you go find me if you are thinking about me?" Ruan Mianmian pouted, "Third brother is fooling me."
Ruan Chen held Ruan Mianmian with one hand and turned around to walk towards the house. The fingers of the other hand lightly tapped the pouty lips of the little breast dumpling: "It looks like a little pig. The third brother has just come back. It's a bit early to think about it. I'm afraid
Excuse me, third uncle and third aunt, I think I’ll find you later.”
"Okay." Ruan Mianmian nodded and accepted Ruan Chen's explanation.
"Really, you don't even bring a hand stove when it's such a cold day." Ruan Chen said while looking back at Jiu'er slightly.
Ruan Mianmian said hurriedly: "I don't blame Jiu'er, I find it troublesome to hold the stove."
"Yeah." Ruan Chen wrapped Ruan Mianmian's two little hands with one hand, "My hands are cold."
Ruan Chen carried Ruan Mianmian up the steps of Lingyun Courtyard, and heard the maid inside reporting: "Second Madam, the princess is here."
"Hello, Second Aunt, Mianmian wishes you well." Ruan Chen greeted Ruan Mianmian with a smile after entering before she put him down.
"The little mouth is as sweet as honey. It's a cold day, come on, have a sip of tea to warm yourself up." Gu Qingrou greeted Ruan Mianmian warmly, "Come here, why don't you bring some snacks to the princess, these little milk dumplings
Love to eat.”
"Second Aunt, there's no need to work anymore." Ruan Mianmian finally landed with her feet on the ground. She patted her belly, "I'm so full that I can't eat anymore."
While talking, Ruan Mianmian held Ruan Chen's hand and held her hand. He led her to the chair below Gu Qingrou and sat down, holding the little breast dumpling on his lap.
Soon a servant came in with tea, and Ruan Chen took it in his hand and personally fed Ruan Mianmian a few sips.
The hot tea warmed her stomach a lot. Ruan Mianmian smiled happily, looking at the festive smile of the pink and jade-like small breast dumplings, everyone present couldn't help but smile.
Gu Qingrou liked her even more: "Oh, I really envy Yun Ning for having such a precious daughter."
"The second aunt also has a third brother and a fourth brother." Ruan Mianmian turned around and put her small hand directly on Ruan Chen's face, "The third brother is so beautiful."
Looking at Ruan Chen, who had always been calm and secretive about his newfound happiness, he was instantly embarrassed. Gu Qingrou couldn't help but laugh.
Ruan Chen couldn't help but said to Ruan Mianmian: "Mianmian, a man cannot be described as beautiful."
"Then let me put it this way, my third brother is really beautiful." Xiaotai Tuanzi seemed innocent, but there was a mischievous joke in her eyes.
"It can't be described like this." Ruan Chen was at a loss when he met Ruan Mianmian.
Ruan Mianmian lowered her face and sighed: "Forget it, it just looks good."
"That's okay." It's better to look good than anything else, and it's better to be extremely beautiful. Ruan Chen reluctantly accepted it.
The maids and mothers waiting around covered their mouths and snickered, and Gu Qingrou even laughed so hard that it was a pleasure to see the well-behaved Ruan Chen suffer a loss.
Gu Qingrou finally stopped laughing and asked casually: "Where did Mianmian come from?"
"Lanyuan." Ruan Mianmian said directly.
Feeling Ruan Chen's hands holding her tighten, Ruan Mianmian heard his concerned voice coming from above her head: "Why are you going to Lanyuan? Doesn't that Gu Ling'an live there?"
"Mianmian, are you looking for Gu Ling'an?" Gu Qingrou was a little curious.
Ruan Mianmian shook his head: "No, I'm passing by, let's go in and have a look."
"What's there to see?" Gu Qingrou blurted out.
"Second Auntie doesn't like that girl Gu." Ruan Mianmian was not asking but affirming.
Gu Qingrou waved her hand and said, "It's hard to say whether I like her or not, but she is quite polite and even comes to visit me."
"Oh, did she offend you?" Ruan Mianmian saw that Gu Qingrou was displeased with Gu Ling'an and continued to inquire.
"No." Gu Qingrou frowned, "How should I put it? She's a pretty girl, but she just feels a bit indescribable."
"Mom, don't worry too much about irrelevant people." Ruan Chen said lightly.
Gu Qingrou exclaimed after hearing this, as if she had taken in Ruan Chen's words.
Ruan Mianmian was surprised in her heart. The third brother's tone of voice was very similar to that of her second uncle, but seeing that her second aunt agreed so simply as if she was used to listening to him,
The relationship between the third brother and the second aunt, mother and son, is a bit like that between herself and her mother, Ruan Mianmian secretly smiled in her heart.
"Fake." Ruan Mianmian said suddenly.
"What's fake?" Gu Qingrou asked casually.
Ruan Chen thought for a moment and then laughed: "Mianmian means that Gu Ling'an looks hypocritical."
"Hypocritical, yes, those are the two words. I forgot them just now." Ruan Mianmian added.
Gu Qingrou thought about it and it was true. She was just straightforward and not stupid: "Mianmian is right. Gu Ling'an smiles at people, but the smile does not reach her eyes."
Ruan Chen reached out and touched the head of the little breast dumpling. Ruan Chen's voice was very gentle: "Now that I know, I won't see her again."
"By the way, she came to see Second Aunt." Ruan Mianmian suddenly mentioned.
Ruan Chen's eyes turned to Gu Qingrou, obviously waiting for her answer.
"She wants to stay in the Hou Mansion. She doesn't look up when she looks down. She comes over to sit there and doesn't say anything." Gu Qingrou's expression turned cold when she said this.
Although it passed by in a flash, Ruan Mianmian did not ignore it. Ruan Chen, who had always been attentive, naturally noticed Gu Qingrou's abnormal expression.
"Who else was there when she came that day?" Ruan Chen asked casually, looking down at Ruan Mianmian in his arms. This chapter has been completed!