After turning around and seeing the carriage enter Ding'anhou Mansion from the back door, Jiu'er's anxious heart finally fell.
"Sister is back!" Ruan Mianmian heard someone calling before she even got out of the car.
Lifting the curtain of the carriage to look, Ruan Mianmian grinned: "Brothers, what a coincidence."
"You go out to play secretly without saying a word, we will go with you." Ruan Chen stepped forward and stretched out his hand to Ruan Mianmian.
Putting her little hand on her brother's arm, Ruan Mianmian was carried out of the carriage by Ruan Chen.
"I'm not afraid of affecting my brothers' study."
"Come on, it depends on who you're lying to." Ruan Xiao exposed Ruan Mianmian mercilessly.
Ruan Jin turned around and ordered the boy: "Tell grandma and the third lady that the princess is back and is with us."
"Are these brothers gathered here specifically to wait for me? Is there something wrong?" Ruan Mianmian glanced around and found that Ruan Zhao was also present.
Ruan Chen held Ruan Mianmian's hand: "Come with us back to Moli Zhai."
"I'm hungry. Can we go after lunch?" Ruan Mianmian touched his stomach. He just drank a few cups of tea while listening to music and didn't even eat snacks.
"Let's go to Motunzhai to eat together. We haven't eaten yet anyway. Just tell the kitchen to bring lunch over." Ruan Zhao suggested.
It seemed that something was really going on, and it was not a small matter. Ruan Mianmian nodded in agreement.
When we arrived at Molu Zhai, the people in the kitchen were very agile. Mrs. Ruan heard that Ruan Mianmian was also dining at Molu Zhai, so she asked someone to bring more dishes.
The five brothers and sisters gathered around the table, Ruan Mianmian ate with gusto, and Ruan Xiao also ate quite deliciously.
The other three people were preoccupied and didn't eat much, especially Ruan Jin, who only picked up a few chopsticks and sat next to him.
After finally filling up the Five Zang Temple, Ruan Jin's people retreated, and Ruan Mianmian also motioned for Jiu'er to go out.
"Brother, what happened to you?"
Ruan Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Hey, Mianmian, why can't it be the second or third brother when something happens to the eldest brother?"
"The second brother and the third brother are insiders. The eldest brother can't even eat."
Ruan Mianmian pointed to Ruan Jin's bowl: "Look, I only took a few bites of rice."
"Observe carefully." Ruan Xiao gave a thumbs up.
"Tell me." Ruan Mianmian held her cheek and looked at Ruan Jin with a smile, "I can't guarantee that I can help, but I will try my best. I guess you have no choice but to come to me."
"Mianmian, I didn't want to find you originally, but my second brother said you have a way." Ruan Jin hesitated and said.
Ruan Mianmian glanced at Ruan Zhao, but she didn't expect that she still had such a status in the eyes of her second brother.
"Brother, please tell me first and listen."
Seeing that Ruan Jin was hesitant to speak, Ruan Zhao interjected, "Brother, there's nothing bad to say. There is a classmate who has a good relationship with eldest brother, but she has experienced great changes recently, and we want to help her."
"Classmate?" Ruan Mianmian blinked, "Isn't this classmate a female?"
"Yes." Ruan Chen frowned and shook his head, "The trouble is that she is a woman."
"Isn't this classmate a great beauty?"
Ruan Zhao's eyes flashed with confusion, "How do you know?"
"Is this classmate good at playing the piano?"
"Mianmian, you are so amazing." Ruan Xiao was extremely surprised.
Ruan Mianmian sighed: "You are talking about Miss Xiaoxiao from Yuanyuanlou, right?"
"How do you know?" Ruan Jin stood up suddenly.
"I just met her."
"What?" the four brothers exclaimed in unison.
It was Ruan Jin who reacted first. He asked in surprise: "Have you gone to Yuanyuan Tower?"
"I'm going to listen to the music." Ruan Mianmian said matter-of-factly.
Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but laugh. A three-year-old girl like her just went there. What was there to make a fuss about?
"So what?" Ruan Mianmian rolled her eyes at Ruan Zhao.
Ruan Xiao said: "You are a woman."
"I know." Ruan Mianmian was very calm, "I am still a three-year-old girl."
Yes, regardless of gender, Ruan Mianmian is only three years old anyway, so at most his grandfather would scold him as "Nonsense".
Ruan Mianmian knocked on the table to remind: "Brothers, can we talk about business?"
"Have you seen her?" Ruan Jin's tone contained unusual concern.
Ruan Mianmian glanced at Ruan Jin: "She? Who is she?"
Seeing Ruan Jin lower his head, Ruan Mianmian stopped teasing him: "Are you asking Miss Xiaoxiao?"
"Yes, is Bingying okay?" Ruan Jin added after speaking, "Her name is Lin Bingying."
"Well, what a good name, the person lives up to his name." Ruan Mianmian praised.
Ruan Xiao squeezed to Ruan Mianmian's side: "Why did you suddenly go to see her?"
"Listen to the music." Ruan Mianmian pretended to be confused, "Didn't I make it very clear?"
"Coincidence?" Ruan Xiao's tone clearly didn't believe it.
Ruan Mianmian nodded without hesitation: "Coincidence."
"How did you guess it was Miss Lin?"
"Because she really doesn't look like a Yuan Yuan person. Besides her temperament, Qin Yi told me that she has an extraordinary background."
"It seems to make sense." Ruan Xiao patted his head.
"Okay, fourth brother, don't dwell on this trivial matter." Ruan Mianmian turned to Ruan Jin, "Brother, tell me the whole story clearly. I was confused by you."
Ruan Xiao didn't know anything about it, so he followed Ruan Mianmian and listened to Ruan Jin and the other three talking to each other.
It turns out that the father of Miss Xiao Xiao, also known as Miss Lin Bingying, was the Minister of Industry, Lin Shilang. He was responsible for supervising the Summer Palace built by the Emperor specifically for the Queen Mother to take care of herself in her old age.
Unexpectedly, something went wrong a while ago. The emperor was so angry that he was thrown into prison and his family property was confiscated.
The Lin family members were living on the streets. Miss Lin was drugged by her stepmother and sold to Yuan Yuan House.
Ruan Mianmian understood as soon as she heard this. It is said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the Lin family would never be so depressed that they would sell their daughter. It seemed that the stepmother had taken the opportunity to kill her.
"Did you just find out?"
Ruan Mianmian recalled that day when she overheard her brothers discussing Xiaoxiao's piano skills, and it was because of this that she decided to go to Yuanyuan Tower.
"After the Lin family's accident, a few of us secretly looked for Bingying, but we couldn't find her," Ruan Jin explained.
Ruan Chen said: "A few days ago, we heard that the new oiran of Yuan Yuan House played the piano very well, and we became suspicious. Yesterday, a classmate went to Yuan Yuan House to confirm our suspicion."
"Wait, wait." Ruan Mianmian was very interested, "Tiandao College still recruits women? Do men and women still study together?"
Ruan Xiao explained Ruan Mianmian's doubts: "There is no mixing, but there are two classes specifically for girls."
"That means I can go too?"
"You are still young. You usually go there when you are seven or eight years old. There are two classes for girls under ten years old and girls over ten years old."
"I understand." Ruan Mianmian's eyes wandered as he remembered the key point, "Since they are separated, I think my brothers have a good relationship with Miss Lin."