After several days of heavy snow, it finally became sunny today.
The pale golden sunlight shattered on the white snow, coating everything around it with a dazzling light.
"It's rare that the weather is so good today. Why don't I take my aunt to the Anxiang Pavilion in the Meiyuan Garden? It's warm there and you can enjoy the plum blossoms. If your aunt likes it, you can also break a plum blossom and take it home to put in a vase." Xie Wu smiled.
He looked at Jiang Yingxue and said.
"Okay, I will listen to the big girl in everything." Jiang Yingxue pulled the handkerchief hard and tried her best to give Xie Wu what she thought was a gentle and kind smile.
Yesterday, she was in a hurry and she felt unsure, so she lowered her head along the way and didn't dare to take a closer look. But now, walking all the way, she could only see that the Hou Mansion was more luxurious than she had ever seen before.
No wonder my mother said my father was short-sighted...
It turns out that she really can have a better way out!
"Auntie, you're welcome, just call me Ah Wu." Xie Wu curved her lips and smiled.
"Ah Wu." Jiang Yingxue suppressed her excitement and followed the good path.
Seeing the two of them making love and affection, Xie Yuan couldn't help but curl her lips, staring at the two of them with a half-smile and saying, "Look at how affectionate my sister and cousin are. I didn't know, I thought you were a family."
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Jiang Yingxue's face froze slightly, and the hand holding the handkerchief couldn't help but squeeze it hard.
Xie Wu smiled sweetly and continued Xie Yuan's words, "Look at what the second sister said, my aunt is my grandmother's distinguished guest, so naturally we should treat her well."
"Dignified guest?"
After Xie Yuan said this, the corner of her mouth immediately curved into a sarcastic smile.
After hearing this, Jiang Yingxue felt embarrassed. She called out to Xie Yuan, "Second Miss..." and then quickly lowered her head.
No one noticed that a little bit of red oozed out after her sharp nails dug into the palm of her hand.
"Don't worry about it, aunt. Second sister likes to joke the most." Xie Wu looked at Jiang Yingxue gently and said.
Jiang Yingxue raised her head and glanced at Xie Wu gratefully.
Just talking like this all the way, a few people quickly entered Yimei Garden.
In the white snow, cluster after cluster of red plum blossoms are vying to bloom. The white ones are whiter, and the red ones are redder. The layers are spreading towards the sky. The beauty is really shocking and dazzling.
Jiang Yingxue was shocked.
She originally thought that the Hou Mansion was big and gorgeous, but she didn't expect that there was such a large red plum forest hidden in the Hou Mansion!
"Hasn't my cousin seen plum blossoms?" Looking at Jiang Yingxue's appearance, Xie Yuan sneered.
"The second girl is joking, I didn't expect this Yimei Garden to be so big." Jiang Yingxue put away the shock on her face and smiled gently at Xie Yuan.
Xie Yuan sneered again, then turned her face away neatly and looked out the window.
Seeing that Xie Yuan ignored him, Jiang Yingxue had no choice but to put away the smile on her face stiffly.
With her status, it is normal for Xie Yuan to look down on her. Even if she is an old lady, she may not be happy with her cousin who shamelessly comes to marry her.
However, even if you don't want to see her in your heart, you still have to look good on the surface.
She really didn't expect that Xie Yuan would bring this matter to light again and again.
Just when Jiang Yingxue was embarrassed, a soft voice suddenly sounded.
"Auntie, would you like to try the tea I made?"
Jiang Yingxue raised her head. On the table opposite, a girl in red had a stern look on her face, and the smile on her lips was more scorching than the red plums outside the window.
Xie Yuan also turned her head. She glanced at Xie Wu and then at Jiang Yingxue, who looked grateful. The corners of her lips curled up coldly, and then she turned her head away again with disdain.
She was just a rundown person who came to the country through the help of a distant relative. Grandma herself didn't look down on her very much, otherwise she wouldn't have arranged a place and a maid for her until now. However, Xie Wu kept praising her as if she were nothing.
So, could it be that she thought she could please her grandmother in this way?
Xie Yuan couldn't help but sneered again in her heart.
Fortunately, her mother and Yulan have repeatedly warned her to be wary of her eldest sister, saying that she has a very deep mind, but now she seems to be nothing more than that!
Seeing Xie Wu and Jiang Yingxue drinking tea and chatting away, Xie Yuan frowned in disgust.
"Girl, look at the plum blossoms that I broke." At this moment, Xianyue walked in with a smile.
Behind Xianyue were Xie Yuan's maid Shaoyao and the maid Ping'er brought by Jiang Yingxue from home. The two maids each held a few plum blossoms in their hands, but the two of them together were not as many as Xianyue alone.
"The plum trees in Yimei Garden must have been bald by you, right?" Xie Wu looked at Xianyue and said with a smile.
"No! Girls know how to joke!" Xianyue replied with a pout.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to fit such plum blossoms in my room." Xie Wu added with a smile.
However, Xianyue grinned and said, "I know that I have another use for breaking so many plum blossoms. Grandma Luo said that she can use the plum blossoms to make a kind of cake, which is fragrant and delicious."
Seeing Xianyue's longing look, Xie Wu finally couldn't help laughing, and she said, "You are really... Okay, since your plum blossoms are also broken, go back and ask Aunt Luo to make plum blossoms for you.
Let’s have pancakes! But remember to leave one for me to put in the vase.”
"Yes, girl, I will definitely leave you the most beautiful one." Xianyue happily agreed, and then left happily with a small step with her arms full of plum blossoms.
"Big girl, I'll go back first." Jiang Yingxue stood up as she spoke.
Although she wanted to get closer to Xie Wu, she did not forget that the person who could make her stay in the Hou Mansion longer and more stable was the old lady.
Moreover, there was Xie Yuan next to her with disgust and indifference written on her face.
She really couldn't sit down anymore.
"Auntie, walk slowly." Xie Wu stood up and blessed her with a smile.
Jiang Yingxue smiled and stretched out her hand to help her up, and then said to her sincerely, "Miss, thank you very much."
"Auntie's words are serious." Xie Wu smiled faintly, and after saying that, she sent Jiang Yingxue out of the Anxiang Pavilion, and watched with a smile as she held the maid's hand and slowly walked down the steps step by step, until finally her figure disappeared into the plum forest.
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"When did eldest sister become so kind?"
Looking at Xie Yuan who had walked up to her at some point, Xie Wu curved her lips and smiled, looking at her with gleaming eyes and saying, "When did the second sister become so bad-hearted?"
She has good intentions towards Jiang Yingxue, but her unfaithful treatment of Jiang Yingxue does not mean she has bad intentions!
"You!" Xie Yuan's face suddenly changed, and she was about to refute Xie Wu again, but she stopped her again with another word.
"Second sister, don't be angry, I was just a joke!"
"What a joke! That eldest sister is so powerful. You can make my mother scolded by my grandmother and father with just a few words of joke, and even prevent her from leaving the door. My sister really admires this ability!
"Xie Yuan looked at Xie Wu and sneered.
Although Yang and Yulan repeatedly warned her to please the old lady and not to conflict with Xie Wu, she felt extremely aggrieved and resentful whenever she thought about her mother being grounded because of Xie Wu!
Why should she thank Wu!
She is a person whose father doesn't like her and whose mother doesn't want her. If her mother hadn't raised her, she would have starved to death!
"I can understand the second sister's love for her mother, but the reason why my grandmother and my second uncle reprimanded my second aunt is because my second aunt did something wrong. If my second sister feels that my second aunt has been wronged, I can tell my grandmother and my second uncle. It's really unnecessary."
Spread your anger on me, and I am also willing to accompany my second sister to talk to my grandmother." Xie Wu looked at Xie Yuan and said with a smile.
Her mother is now waiting for time to dilute the incident. If she goes to her grandmother to tell the difference for her mother, then her grandmother will remember the incident again!
Xie Wu is indeed as cunning as her mother said!
It's a pity that she is not stupid either!
"Sister, you are so talkative. I'm afraid your grandmother will lock me up with you." Xie Yuan looked at Xie Wu and said sarcastically.
Perhaps it's been a while since I've seen Xie Yuan. At this time, the baby fat on her face has faded away, and her stature has grown taller than before. Now she has a hint of the slimness of a girl.
Seeing Xie Yuan like this, Xie Wu suddenly smiled and said, "Second sister, you are joking again. You have done nothing wrong. Why does grandma care about you? What's more, grandma doesn't need to waste this effort, because you, second sister, are not
Do you like to lock yourself up?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Is this nonsense?" Xie Wu smiled and blinked.
Xie Yuan gritted her teeth and looked at Xie Wu, her eyes almost bursting with fire.
But Xie Wu seemed not to have seen it. She walked past Xie Yuan with a smile and sat back on the chair. She turned slightly sideways and looked out the window with her phoenix eyes shining brightly, "Last time we met,
Brother Shi and the others must be playing hut there!"
Xie Yuan's expression changed when she heard Xie Wu mentioning the meeting.
"I heard that the eldest son and second young master of Dingguo Palace came that day?" Xie Wu turned around and looked at Xie Yuan with a smile.
Xie Yuan's face suddenly turned pale.
Even after so long, she can still clearly remember what Lu Zhan said to her...
She couldn't figure out why he would say such harsh and heartless words to her. She clearly didn't do anything. She just, just liked him very much...
Thinking of this, the grievances and bitterness in Xie Yuan's heart could not be suppressed and surged out again.
"Looking back, the second aunt probably didn't tell the second sister. In fact, on that day at the court meeting, the second young master Lu brought the princess to Cuizhu Residence to ask me to question him. He said..." Xie Wu suddenly stopped.
Xie Yuan was shocked.
Although she knew that what Xie Wu said later might be detrimental to her, she still couldn't help but look at Xie Wu because it was about Lu Zhan.
Xie Wu curved her lips and smiled, "Second Young Master Lu said that he has a deep understanding of what it means to be shameless, and he asked me to teach my sister well when I have nothing to do."
Xie Yuan staggered on her steps.
Seeing that she was about to fall to the ground, her eldest maid hurriedly threw out the plum branch she had folded in her hand, stepped over and hugged her in a few steps, "Girl, are you okay?"
Xie Yuan shook her head, but tears were already welling up in her eyes.
"Second sister, isn't it you that Second Young Master Lu is talking about?" Xie Wu seemed to have not seen it, and said with the faint smile still hanging on the corner of her mouth.