In fact, there are not no young ladies among the guests of the Princess Mansion today.Xie Ruanruan is a lady from the direct branch of the Xie family. Her grandfather is the elder brother of the old son-in-law and his mother. However, after the old son-in-law married the princess, the ancestors of the Xie family at that time presided over the separation of the family, and the two families moved less and less. .After the old son-in-law passed away, Mr. Xie gave up the position of patriarch to his son, and passed away within two years.The current patriarch is exactly this Xie Jin'an, and his favorite name is Xie Ruanruan, who is about the same age as Qingwen, only two months older than her.

Today at Qingwen's birthday banquet, the eldest lady of the Xie family brought her daughter Xie Ruanruan, but when she came, she found that no one at the banquet had brought any young ladies, and Madam Xie was a little embarrassed.Gong Nai got the order of the Eldest Princess, and arranged the Xie family to a shelter in a corridor before the banquet.Just now, the Eldest Princess left the table to change clothes, and went to the shelter to show her face.According to the original intention of the Eldest Princess, she would definitely not pay attention to them. It was Gong Nai who persuaded her that Qingwen was the Xie family after all, so she had to give the Xie family a face.

Seeing the princess coming, Mrs. Xie and the other sisters-in-law of the same clan at the same table quickly stood up to avoid it, and bowed in fear.Xie Ruanruan also knelt down behind her mother, the young man was so curious that he couldn't help secretly looking at the eldest princess secretly.Since she hadn't seen Qingwen, she was very curious about this sister of the same age in her heart. Halfway through the banquet, she found an excuse to come out to breathe.

The two Xie sisters ran into each other on the veranda.Xie Ruanruan was born with a friendly face, saw the girl in costume standing at the other end of the veranda, guessed it was the granddaughter that the Eldest Princess had just found, so she walked up and smiled and said: "You are sister Qingwen, right? I am your cousin Ruan Ruan. I have always wanted to see my sister, but I dare not come to the door easily, for fear of disturbing the princess's cleanliness."

Qingwen stopped walking and looked at her with her head tilted. She has a round face, slightly rounded lips and eyes, low eyebrows, and no sharpness on her face. She is not aggressive when she looks at her. She looks like Mrs. Zhang Chao. faces they like.

"Sister Ruan Ruan." Qingwen responded with a smile.Madam Gong had already informed her about the situation of Xie's family, and this young girl of her age naturally attracted her attention.

"It's rare to see my sister, let's sit in the pavilion and have a good conversation." Xie Ruanruan said softly.

Qingwen nodded in agreement, and Xie Ruanruan affectionately took her hand up the stairs.Shuangqin placed the tea fruit on the stone table, and laid soft cushions on the stone bench.Qingwen and Xie Ruanruan sat down face to face, and she asked, "What does my sister do for fun in the mansion? Did the mansion invite a female gentleman? What books did you read in the past?"

Qingwen was a little puzzled by her enthusiastic attitude, but answered her questions one by one calmly.

"I don't like reading, and there is no female gentleman in the house. I spend time talking with my grandmother on weekdays."

Xie Ruanruan didn't expect Qingwen to speak so directly, her eyes flickered slightly, she smoothed things over and said with a smile: "I don't like to study either, it's just that the juniors in the family, both male and female, have to go to school, if I don't go, I won't fit in." The family invited a female teacher for me and several sisters, and I have two hours of classes every day. Although I don't like reading, I think it is quite interesting to be with my sisters. Sister Qingwen, why don't you come and join us Going to school, the sisters at home have heard your name a long time ago, and look forward to getting acquainted with you."

Qingwen responded with a faint smile, without comment.Xie Ruanruan didn't get a response, she pinched the teacup awkwardly to hide her discomfort, her hand shook slightly, her sleeve hooked to the side dish, and when she came back to her senses, a bowl of ice skin spilled on her dress .

Xie Ruanruan let out a low "Yeah" and hurriedly stood up, the little maid behind her pulled the embroidered handkerchief to help her wipe, but a large stain had been left on the moon white skirt.Xie Ruanruan frowned tightly: "Too bad, I didn't bring any clothes when I went out today."

As the host, Qingwen naturally couldn't stand by and watch, so she suggested: "Sister, why don't you come with me to my room and change your clothes. You and I are about the same size, so I'll lend one to my sister."

Xie Ruanruan was so ashamed that her ears were flushed, and she mumbled, "I made my sister laugh."

Qingwen now felt that she was a little more real and cute, so she led her back to her room.She opened the cabinet and took a newly made pleated skirt with scattered flowers and handed it to Xie Ruanruan, saying: "I haven't worn this dress yet, my sister can replace it."

Xie Ruanruan felt uneasy and quickly shook her head and refused: "How can I wear your new clothes?" Seeing a half-worn skirt with a lot of flowers in the open closet, she pointed to Qingwen and said, "Just this one. , I changed it back home, starched it and returned it.”

Qingwen took a closer look and found that it was an old dress she had worn in the past, so she didn't care, and took the skirt to Xie Ruanruan, who then avoided the side room to be changed by a maid.

After Xie Ruan Ruan came out after changing clothes, she thanked her again.

Qingwen said: "We've been out for so long, let's go back to the table now." Xie Ruanruan quickly answered yes, and the two went out hand in hand, feeling a little closer to each other.The teahouse and Shelter Garden are not on the same road, so the two separated on the side road.Xie Ruanruan said with a bit of reluctance: "I don't know why, but when I saw my sister, I felt kind. I wasn't such a reckless person in the past, sister, remember to post me later." After finishing speaking, she turned and left.

Shuangqin helped Qingwen go back, and smiled softly: "Miss Xie is wearing Miss's old clothes, looking at her back, she looks a bit like Miss."

Qingwen let out a "huh" in surprise: "Really? I really didn't notice it." She turned her head to look at Xie Ruanruan's back, and found that he had gone far away.

The master and servant looked at each other and smiled.Shuangqin suddenly said to Qingwen: "Miss, your skirt is also stained." Qingwen took a serious look, there were indeed a few small stains, because there are guests here today, so don't be too casual.Qingwen looked depressed, and the master and servant went back to the yard and changed the dirty clothes on their bodies.In the past half a day, Qingwen has gone back to the yard three times, can she not be depressed!

After the two finished changing, they returned to the tea room, only to find that there were only the Eldest Princess, Princess Bei Jing and Yuan Shi left in the room.

Seeing Qingwen's master and servant returning to the table, the room was silent for a moment, and several people in the room stared at Qingwen's face with uncertain expressions.

Qingwen was secretly vigilant: "What's the matter?" She looked at the eldest princess who stood up abruptly and asked, "Why doesn't grandma sit down and drink tea?"

The Eldest Princess still had some fear in her eyes. When she saw Qingwen, she immediately took her into her arms, and it was rare for her to reveal a trace of emotion. She said in shock, "It's good that you have nothing to do."

Qingwen was confused and didn't have time to think about it, so she only comforted her frightened grandmother softly.

This matter has to start with Yuan Shi.She only said that she followed Qingwen out the door, but failed to catch up with anyone, so she asked the little maid to lead her to the garden for a walk.Soon, she returned along the same road, and vaguely saw a young girl in front of her, who looked like Qingwen.She was about to call out to Qingwen, but suddenly she saw a few big men covered their faces from the high wall, blocking the girl.

Yuan Shi was so frightened that she couldn't stand up, a hand dragged her to hide in the nearby bushes.Yuanshi held his breath, only to hear a rough voice from among the villains saying viciously: "Are you the granddaughter of the princess?"

The girl was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, and exclaimed: "Who are you? How dare you break into the princess mansion."

The villains looked at each other for a while, fearing that the girl would reveal their whereabouts, without saying a word, they stepped forward and struck the girl unconscious with the back of a knife, put him in a sack and carried him on his back, and disappeared quickly.

The person who dragged away the Yuan family just now was Shui Rong. When he returned to Beijing today, the mansion said that the old concubine had gone to the princess mansion, so he also came, firstly to pick up his grandmother, and secondly to visit Qingwen.As soon as he entered the door, he found a few people with strange whereabouts. He followed them all the way and sent Shui Jing to inform the guards of the Princess Mansion.Before Shui Jing turned back, the villain arrested a young girl and prepared to escape.

Shui Rong asked Yuanshi to go back and inform Princess Dachang, and he followed closely without saying a word.Yuanshi came back in a hurry and secretly reported the news of Qingwen's kidnapping to Princess Dachang and Princess Beijing.Seeing that there was an accident, Madam Gong arranged for all the guests to leave quietly, and said that the eldest princess was suddenly ill and could not entertain the guests, and Qingwen also went to serve her grandmother.The guests bid farewell tactfully.

After hearing Yuan's news that Qingwen had been taken away, Princess Dachang felt as if she was in the midst of a thunderstorm for a moment, and she regained her senses under the hint of the palace nurse, and managed to maintain her composure.Unexpectedly, Qingwen, who was thought to be missing, suddenly reappeared in front of her eyes.

After the eldest princess was startled, she almost thought that she was old and dim-sighted, and this was the obvious gaffe.The old concubine was also clapping her chest, clasping her hands together and chanting Amitabha.While she was glad that Qingwen was safe and sound, she also worried about her grandson.This child is really reckless, there are guards in the princess mansion, he even put himself in danger, nothing will happen, right?The more the old dowager thought about it, the more disturbed she became.

Here, Qingwen listened to Yuanshi explain the ins and outs again, her brows were tightly furrowed, and the next moment she was shocked: "Oh no, it was Miss Xie that they took away."

"Which Miss Xie?" Yuan Shi asked suspiciously, obviously she was not familiar with the Xie family.

"It's Xie Ruanruan," Qingwen said anxiously, "I just took her to change clothes in my yard, and she came out of my yard wearing my old clothes again, she must have been mistaken for me."

Sure enough, the next moment Gong Nai frowned, brought in an anxious lady, and said to the Eldest Princess: "Mrs. Xie's daughter is missing."

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