All Qin Yunuan knew about Zhang Ruting was from Fang Ziying. She had described her cousin with two sentences. One was that he was glowing and towering, and the other was that his medical skills were outstanding.
Zhang Ruting had been waiting at the winding corridor for a long time. He looked gentle and modest with his white robe and the white ribbon on his neatly tied-up hair.
However, his greeting to Qin Yunuan who was walking towards him slowly was very offensive. "At last, The Third Miss of the Qin Family came."
In his eyes, there was watchfulness, vigilance, and unspeakable disdain. Qin Yunuan understood all the emotions in his eyes in just a moment.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Qin Yunuan made a curtsey politely and kept a three-step distance from Zhang Ruting carefully. She always bore in mind that between the sexes, there should be a prudent reserve.
"I am not going to beat around the bush," Zhang Rutin
The carriage stopped at the main entrance of the Grand Commandant's Mansion. The horizontal inscribed board was radiant in the evening glow as if it had been gilded. Qin Yunuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at the vermilion courtyard wall. This was the place she lived for ten years or so. And this was also the place where her simple dream was buried. She counted days and years, but she never figured out how her story would end. The return was mixed with feelings. Her feelings were set aside when Qin Yunuan saw Dou Qing'e, her legal mother, in the courtyard. She hid all her emotions under a bland and gentle expression, "Good evening, mother." Dou Qing'e had bright eyes, white teeth, and decorous appearance, wearing a jade headband on her forehead. As a woman already in her thirties, she had no wrinkles around her eyes, which was surprising. But her face of grace disappeared after Qin Yunzhuang stepped out of the carriage. "Yun Zhuang, Yun Z
She should have known the answers. A concubine would never visit her courtyard for fun with such a large troop behind her. Besides, being a daughter of a late concubine, the Third Miss had the most broken courtyard that didn't even worth a visit. Concubine Liu put one finger with a bright red polished nail on the corner of her lips lazily and smiled, "Ah, Third Miss loves to joke. I'm a bit of a boor, and I don't have that high spirits. It's just that I had lost a hairpin and was looking around for it since I can't remember where it was." She said so, giving Qin Yunuan a meaningful glance. If this little girl dared to stop, her disrespect for elders could be added to her crime. "Well, I see." Qin Yunuan dragged her tone and smiled indifferently. "Then please, Concubine. Baochuan was about to rise, and I have to go and see." Finishing her words, she went straight to the tiny room eastside, without paying any attention to those searching serva
The situation had suddenly turned around. Concubine Liu's face was pale and blushed at the same time because of the shock. She immediately did what she was best at and began to murmur in tears, "Sis, don't listen to Third Miss. You've seen it as well just now. Her little actions were quite suspicious, and it's normal that I suspect her." "What about the white jade hairpin? I was not in my yard yesterday. Baochuan is only five years old and he knows nothing. Your hairpin was already found in the stable, and yet you still try to blame it on me. What's the reason?" "I'm just, just trying to be sure." Concubine Liu's tone sank. "Oh, just in case," Qin Yunuan hold the tears that she squeezed out and said to Dou Qing'e, "Mother, you see. Even though I am a junior and have no say in this household, I couldn't let people suspect me without a course. My birth mother passed when I was young, which makes people think that I don't have a mother. Mother,
This cousin was no ordinary. This was the first thought of Qin Yunuan after hearing the report from Maner. "By the way, Tong said yesterday that the fourth aunt's husband is a key official in Jianzhou. What kind of official position is that?" Qin Yunuan finished her last stitch and a vivid picture of plum blossom in the snow was completed on the handkerchief. She was going to let Maner find a way to sell these embroideries so as to save money for a few more poem copies for Baochuan. Maner thought for a while and said, "I heard that he is the transshipment officer of Jianzhou." "Miss, is this a high official rank?" "Well, the rank is not high, but it's quite well paid." Thinking of this, it was reasonable that Su Chenghai was so generous. "However, I heard that the young master had a bad relationship with him since a few years back," Maner looked out of the window and whispered, "I heard that the young master wanted to travel fa
Nanny Gui sent Fusheng out and she was about to persuade him. She knew Yunzhuang was kind of obsessed with the young master of family Su, but Yunzhuang grew up and cousins should not be over close. What's more, Yunzhuang should have known the plan of his mother that she should be the daughter-in-law of the Emperor. Nanny Gui should tolerate her words and thought it was not so appropriate to persuade happy Yunzhuang at present when she saw Yunzhuang's eyes full of love towards the young master.Su Chenghai who had spread his money out earned some praises. Nearly just in a moment, the whole mansion of Grand Commandant knew that there was a rich and generous, handsome and outstanding guest coming to the mansion. After the dinner, Concubine Liu determined to let Su Chenghai stay at the mansion for the night.In the evening, heavy snow fell down again.At Cui Xuan courtyard, a teacup fell down on the ground. Dou Qing'e blushed and did not want to se
It seemed that the present Su Chenghai was a little bit different. He wore a long gown with a belt, which looked very straight and tall, but the slant jade pendant and his sweaty forehead expressed his coming in a hurry. All of these were perceived by Qin Yunuan only because others paid much attention to the red coral behind him.“Beautiful red coral!" Concubine Liu was delighted, "My Young Master Su Chenghai, is that from East Qin too?" That red coral was much valuable than her black pearl."Right," Su Chenghai answered with a smile, "It is a first meeting gift for my aunties from me, a junior. Yesterday I came here in a hurry and I had no enough time to carry it to the mansion. It was taken here just now, and please forgive my impoliteness.”Dou Qing'e's upset was relived. Though the officials were very different from businessmen, everyone loved money. She tolerated her happiness and craziness and pretended to be calm, "Thanks for your sincer
To a beauty, what mattered most was the face. This time, Qin Yunzhuang must be very mad.It did not take long before Dou Qing'e rushed into the yard. Hong Luan stood behind her, with her face swollen, as if she had been slapped."Where's Yunzhuang?" Although Dong Qing'e maintained her demeanor as the head woman of the family, her unease face had betrayed her real feelings."Dr. Zhang is treating sister Yunzhuang in the room," said Qin Yuwan, who was a honey-mouthed person, just like her mother, Concubine Liu. "Relax, mother. Sister Yunzhuang's face will be fine." Unfortunately, she was also as thoughtless as her mother.Not surprisingly, Qin Yuwan observed the scornful look of Dou Qing'e. But then, her hatred was replaced by sadness when Zhang Ruting pushed the door open and came out. Zhang Ruting greeted Dou Qing'e first and then began to talk about the condition of Qin Yunzhuang."From now on, please pay special atte
In a moment, Dou Qing'e glared at Qin Yuwan and asked her in a loud voice. "Prince Ray?" That was ridiculous! If Qin Yuwan really did that, then she was a bad liar. First, Prince Ray would not entrust a concubine's daughter to send things for him. Second, an exalted royal member like him would not take those evil things like Ningxianglu as presents.Before Qin Yuwan replied, Concubine Liu stood up angrily and pointed to the servant girl on the ground. "What are you talking about? I heard that Hong Luan was almost beaten to death when I passed by. How could she say anything? You must have made this up," she scolded.The round-faced servant girl trembled and then kowtowed to Dou Qing'e. "I do not dare to cheat you, ma'am. Sister Hong Luan did confess those things before she fainted. I just passed on what she said exactly.""Humph," Dou Qing'e squinted at Concubine Liu. "You do wish for her saying nothing, do you?"Concubine Liu had n