Chapter 20: Falling Flowers Are Intentional and Remless

"Hmm?" Lan Ruoyan looked at her and asked with a faint smile, "What's wrong?"

"Mother, just pity her and give her some rewards. Why do you need to take her into Lanxin Pavilion? She is the person around Ye Fei." Xiaodie frowned and said, why did the Empress have no warning at all?

"But casually ask, what will happen if there are one or two more maids in Lanxin Pavilion? What's more, isn't there Xiaodie here?" Lan Ruoyan smiled and didn't pay much attention to it. She just regarded Xiaodie as too nervous.

"Mother, you must be defensive!" Xiaodie was really anxious and stamped her feet in a hurry.

"All right, I got it." Lan Ruoyan couldn't help laughing at Xiaodie's appearance.

"My mother, the prince sent someone to send letters from the princess and Lord Su." Liu Ya's voice came from outside, and Lan Ruoyan hurriedly motioned Xiaodie to go out and get the letter.

Opening the envelope stained with breath, Lan Ruoyan thought to herself, I don't know how they are doing there. Did they see the magnificent scenery of the desert or the open scenery of the grassland?

When he saw the "smoking kiss" on Su Mu's letter, Lan Ruoyan instantly thought of Xuanyuanchen, so he wanted to open his envelope first and put down and picked up Xuanyuanlin's letter.

I have never known their situation there, and now I am somewhat relieved to see their letter. Looking at Xuanyuanlin's tone between the lines on the paper, she seemed to have let go a little, but she was not very happy. After reading her letter, Lan Ruoyan couldn't help sighing. The poor and sumptiful princess had experienced such a love, and this blow was probably irreparable.

When he opened Su Muxin and saw the word "Yan'er", Lan Ruoyan always felt that he and Xuanyuan were changing in front of his eyes. Looking at the back, he didn't write too many love words, but just said, "When will you miss each other? It's embarrassing at this night." He poured out his love blatantly. Lan Ruoyan frowned and smiled bitterly, but he was still like this.

Whether it is Xuanyuanlin or Su Mu, the grassland scenery they described in the letter makes Lan Ruoyan yearn for it. When she came to this world, she was determined to travel around the world and see the beautiful scenery all over the world, but now, it is difficult for her to even take a step forward in Lanxin Pavilion. It turns out that when a person has a concern, he really loses his freedom. She seemed to be... tripped by Xuanyuan Chen. He said that she hoped that she could fulfill her duties and manage the royal palace, but she didn't agree much, didn't she? She was used to obeying him.

There was no taste in her heart. Lan Ruoyan put the letter back and looked out of the window blankly with her cheeks. It was snowy again, but she no longer had the interest of touching the snowflakes. Is she tired of these wind and snow moon?

He walked slowly into the house from the door. Xuan Yuanchen finished his business and wanted to see his beloved princess. As a result, he saw Lan Ruoyan looking out of the window and meditatingly. He couldn't help but be curious. So he approached and found that her hands were pressing the envelope, just like the word "Yan'er personally opened". He recognized the word and had been dating for many years. How could he not know his best friend's words?

Su Mu... Xuanyuanchen looked at the envelope and Lan Ruoyan. She hadn't noticed that she was coming. There was inexplicable stuffiness in his heart. He thought she was thinking about Su Mu. Is it that she is so meticulous to her that she still can't let go of Su Mu and treat herself with all her?

lowered his starry eyes, and Xuan Yuanchen walked out of Lanxin Pavilion. However, he could have found the misunderstanding caused by his neglect.

The next days will still have the same rhythm. Although Lan Ruoyan feels bored, she has no choice but to do nothing. As long as she is the hostess of the royal palace for a day, she must take up the position of housekeeper.

Xiaodie's hand was burned last time to save Lan Ruoyan. She saw Xiaodie keep running up and down for her every day. She couldn't bear to work too hard, so she picked up her leisure afternoon and said to her, "Xiaodie, if you are injured, just wait until the injury is healed."

"Mother, if Xiaodie has a rest, there will be no intimate maid to wait on, and I don't worry." Xiaodie shook her head. The prince sent her back to take care of Lan Ruoyan. How could she slack off because her hand was burned?

"But when will you get better if you work hard like this?" Lan Ruoyan frowned and looked at the bandage on Xiaodie's hand. "You're afraid that there is no good maid to serve me, so why don't you recommend someone you can rest assured to serve me?"

"Oh, if the maidservant doesn't agree with you, I guess the Empress will frown and look at the maidservant like this every day." Xiaodie smiled. She knew that Lan Ruoyan loved her and was afraid that the princess would worry too much about herself, so she replied, "When the Empress mentioned it, the maidservant also remembered a diligent and clever girl named Qiao Niuer."

"It's interesting to hear this name. Call me to show it to my palace." Lan Ruoyan smiled. This girl's name is more common in the north, but in her previous life, she lived in fewer southern coastal cities, not to mention that in the 21st century, there were very few, but the girl listened to it and made people feel friendly.

Xiaodie nodded, and then brought Qiao Niuer to Lan Ruoyan's eyes. She saw that the girl was cute and sweet. Lan Ruoyan was also pleasant to watch, so she nodded. After Xiaodie rested, she didn't have to do many things herself. Although she was idle, she did not dare to leave Lan Ruoyan easily.

Lan Ruoyan looks at Xiaodie as if she were her sister. She is also 17 or 18 years old. In modern times, it may not matter at this age, but in ancient times, she should have been married long ago. Ancient women will be called "old girls" after 20. That situation will be worse than the "leftover women" in modern times.

She thought that since Xiaodie recommended Qiao Niuer, it showed that the two must have had some friendship in the past, so that day, after she took Xiaodie to Erhu to get the account book, she asked Qiao Niu, "Qiao Niuer, do you know who Xiaodie's favorite person is?"

"She doesn't have any favorite person. Every time I ask Sister Xiaodie, she deliberately finds an excuse to talk to her. However, in our same room, everyone knows that she like the Erhu in the account. Every time, I saw Xiaodie write a letter and secretly took it to Erhu while everyone was eating. Hey hey, Sister Xiaodie will probably wait for the day to tell us that her favorite person is the second tiger!" Qiao Niuer didn't know that there was a fiancee in Erhu's hometown. She said this and thought that the princess could complete Xiaodie and Erhu.

The last thing that didn't want to happen always happened. Lan Ruoyan wanted to explore the situation, but when she heard such news, her heart suddenly became as heavy as lead. Do Xiaodie and Erhu fall in love with each other? Or is it just Xiaodie's wishful thinking?

"Clever girl, go and call both the two tigers and the little butterfly." Lan Ruoyan said without expression.

Qiaoniu was small and couldn't see people's thoughts. She thought that Lan Ruoyan wanted the two of them to come over to complete them, and immediately ran to call Xiaodie and Erhu.

Xiaodie was coming back with the account book. As soon as she heard Qiao Niuer say that the princess asked her and Erhu to go there, she panicked. Did the Empress know anything? She asked Qiao Niuer, "Qiao Niuer, do you know why the Empress asked me and Erhu to go there?"

"How do I know this?" Qiao Niuer replied with a smile, "However, I think Sister Xiaodie's good things are probably approaching!"

"What good thing is approaching?!" Xiaodie was stunned.

"Sister, don't pretend. It's not a good thing for you and Brother Erhu." Qiao Niu said with a smile.

"Ah! What, did you say something to your mother? Xiaodie asked in shock.

"I just talked about the fact that you secretly sent a letter to Brother Erhu." Qiao Niuer looked at Xiaodie puzzledly.

"Alas! Just talk too much! That's good. It's my turn to be unlucky!" ... Xiaodie knows Lan Ruoyan best. She knows that the princess doesn't like the prince's three wives and four concubines, and Erhu's hometown already has a fiancee. If she intervenes in, if the two tiger marries her, she is a concubine. Since ancient times, women have hated the third person, and the princess must not like her to be too close to the two tigers. What should I do...

Lan Ruoyan didn't wait long before she saw Qiao Niu coming in with Xiaodie and Erhu. After the two saluted her, Lan Ruoyan asked, "Have you changed your feelings with each other?"

Xiaodie said bluntly, "Mother, Xiaodie likes two tigers and wants to entrust him for life."

Erhu looked at Xiaodie and was trembling. He had been getting along with Xiaodie, and even letters were just ordinary greetings. Although he had a good impression of Xiaodie, he thought of his fiancee, who was a childhood sweetheart, and did not dare to get too close to Xiaodie. Lan Ruoyan asked him, and he said bluntly, "Mother, the youngest is already a person with a marriage contract. I can't make any promises to Miss Xiaodie. The little one just wants to treat my fiancee who has not passed the door."

I wanted to hear her confess to the princess, so he should be moved to accept him. Unexpectedly, he still rejected himself like this. Xiaodie was sad. She regarded Erhu as a person entrusted for life, but he said this as if he had failed her past feelings for him. I couldn't help hating him, so I sobbed, "Mother, this man is so ruthless that he has stained the body of the slave, and now he has abandoned it!"

Erhu was shocked when he heard the words and said, "Miss Xiaodie, don't talk nonsense!" That won't ask for your girl's reputation!"

"You are a loser! Who did that shady thing first! What did you swear to me at the beginning!? Xiaodie only wanted Lan Ruoyan to complete her and the two tigers, so she didn't care about those so-called reputations.

Lan Ruoyan was only surprised. She saw that Yang Zi of Erhu was obviously wronged. Although she has seen a hypocrite like Xue Baitao before, Erhu doesn't look like her at all, and as much as Xiaodie and his impoverished fiancee of his hometown, Xiaodie seems to be more beneficial to his career. She estimated that Xiaodie had no choice but to say such words to force the two tigers to submit. Considering Xiaodie's face, she did not make a decision immediately, but said to Qiao Niuer, " Qiao Niuer, go and invite the housekeeper over."

After Qiao Niuer left, Lan Ruoyan's face was gloomy and did not say anything. Xiaodie and Erhu saw that she could only speak and did not dare to say anything more.

Waiting for Liu Ya to come, he immediately knelt down and said, "I forgive you. My nephew did such a thing. It was the slave who neglected to teach me. If the Empress wants to punish me, she will punish me!"

As soon as she saw Liu Ya like this, Lan Ruoyan was slightly surprised. She knew that Liu Ya was a measured person. If Erhu really could do anything unethical, he would not plead for this disappointing nephew. When Liu Ya finished speaking, she replied faintly, "Have Erhu done that kind of thing? Naturally, I naturally understand. , you take the second tiger back first and take good care of it.

"Yes. Thank you." Liu Ya immediately took the order, pulled the second tiger and retreated.

"Clever girl, you step back first." Lan Ruoyan turned her head and said to Qiao Niuer.

"Yes." Qiao Niuer peeked at Xiaodie and immediately retreated.

When there were only Lan Ruoyan and Xiaodie left in the house, she said to Xiaodie, "Xiaodie, although you have not followed me for a long time, I know who you are. What you just said is not all true. Naturally, I also hope you are happy, but the heart of the two tigers is not with you, so why do you force it? In this way, you not only ruined your own reputation and wronged your innocence, but also broke up a marriage.

Xiaodie was sad, but she refused to accept the advice and said, "Mother, I don't know what to do. As long as I think that I am so good to Erhu, but he is indifferent, I am unwilling."

"If you insist on marrying him, have you ever thought about his fiancee?" Lan Ruoyan couldn't persuade her, so she had to change one angle to explain her current situation.

Unexpectedly, Xiaodie said, "Mother, I am the same as you. The prince had so many concubines, but you still have the prince's favor. Xiaodie will definitely impress him when he marries Erhu and make him fall in love with the maidservant."

As soon as this statement came out, Lan Ruoyan only felt uncomfortable, wronged and a little angry in her heart.

Once a woman falls in love, she can't extricate herself, so she doesn't say much. She looked at Xiaodie sadly and said, "Since you don't want to accept my advice, that's all. When I misread you, you go. I don't want to see you anymore.

"Mother!" Xiaodie was stunned. The princess is going to drive her away!

"You go." Lan Ruoyan turned her head, and what Xiaodie said was the last thing she wanted to face. But the fact is that she is indeed like a person who occupies the magpie's nest, but she has no choice.

Lan Ruoyan called Liu Ya again, asked him to take 100 taels of silver from the warehouse to give to Erhu, and asked him to take his mother back to his hometown. She knew about Xiaodie, so she told Erhu not to worry about it.

The second tiger left overnight. Unexpectedly, the girl panicked and told Lan Ruoyan that Xiaodie was gone the next day!

Lan Ruoyan thought that Xiaodie was chasing the second tiger, and she was anxious, but it was not easy to find Xiaodie in person. Her identity is embarrassing and she can't convince Xiaodie. So she asked for help from Wen Wei and Lan Ruofeng. Wen Wei was free, but Lan Ruofeng helped Xuanyuan Chen in the court, and there was no time to take care of these things. Moreover, he also felt that the matter of a maid was irrelevant, but after all, it was entrusted by Lan Ruoyan, so he simply went to Xuanyuanchen. It was better for the royal palace to solve the matter.

Lan Ruofeng told Xuanyuanchen about this matter, hoping that he could send a powerful help. Unexpectedly, Xuanyuanchen came back from the palace and was in a bad mood because of a direct conflict with Wang Xuanyuan, the emperor's uncle Beiping. Hearing Lan Ruofeng talking about this matter, he directly ordered people to kill Xiaodie. I had hoped that she could serve Yan'er well, but she was worried about Yan'er. What's the use of retaining her?"

"But if Yaner is sad... what should I do?" Lan Ruofeng didn't expect Xuanyuanchen to be like this, and he was stunned for a moment. His sister entrusted him to save people. He asked Xuanyuanchen for help, and the other party directly killed people. Er...is that against the original intention?

"I have my own way to explain it to her." Xuanyuanchen was more annoyed when he thought of Lan Ruoyan than Xuanyuanzhi, and he always felt a little depressed.

Lan Ruoyan waited for the news in Lanxin Pavilion, but the final result was a suicide note from Xiaodie.

"The maidservant knows that the mother's words are right, but the maidservant can't let go of the two tigers. It's better to die to miss a person. The maidservant can't marry the two tigers in this life, but wait for the next life. Little Butterfly's Pen

After reading the last word "jue bi", Lan Ruoyan's heart trembled and the letter in her hand slipped. Xiaodie, why are you so stupid? The world is so big that there is no good man. Why give up your life for someone who doesn't love you?

At this time, Wen Wei ran over and saw the letter paper on the ground. She picked it up and exclaimed, "King Chen really killed her!"

"What did you say!?" Lan Ruoyan asked in shock.

"Didn't you tell me the day before yesterday to ask your brother and me to help find this girl named Xiaodie? As a result, your brother said that he was busy with government affairs and went to Prince Chen for help. As a result, he came back and told me that King Chen said that he would kill Xiaodie directly. Wen Wei sighed and said, "The royal people are really careless about killing and decisive."

Lan Ruoyan was so sad and indignant that she rushed to Songtang to find Xuanyuanchen and questioned him, "You sent someone to kill Xiaodie, didn't you?"

Looking at Lan Ruoyan's angry eyes coldly, Xuanyuanchen said, "Yaner, do you always have an insignificant person in your heart?" With this one sentence, he stopped talking and turned to ask her out.

Lan Ruoyan felt that Xuanyuanchen was ruthless and selfish. She snorted coldly and said, "It's not that my concubines always attach importance to irrelevant people, but the prince, you don't want to pretend to be a person at all! You can't put anything in your heart except the throne and power!"

After saying these decisive words, she returned to Lanxin Pavilion and went to the general's mansion regardless of the obstruction of the girl. Her mother's family was the last safe haven for women. Despite this, Lan Qifeng was worried when he saw his daughter coming back angrily. He asked Lan Ruofeng to find a way to comfort Lan Ruoyan first, and then called Wen Yao into the study.

Wen Wei has always been afraid of serious people. Lan Qifeng always has a straight face. She usually trembles when she sees him. Today, only the two of them are face to face, and they dare not come out.

"Miss Wen, I heard from Feng'er that you told Lan Ruoyan the cause of death of the maidservant?" Although it is a questionable tone, the meaning is affirmative. Lan Qifeng actually doesn't mind the identity of Wen Wei's Jianghu woman, but if she doesn't know how to deal with powerful relationships, it will bring disaster to the Lan family sooner or later after Fenger marries her.

Wen Wei felt that Lan Qifeng was here to plead guilty and was unhappy. Isn't it possible for his daughter's son-in-law to quarrel with her? She said bluntly, "Yes. That's what I said. I know this, so naturally I have to tell my sister. Does it keep her in the dark?"