"Second sister, you look a little pale, are you feeling unwell?"
She looked sincere and worried. If she didn't let Jiang Ruoting feel miserable this time, she would have lived in vain!
"I..." Jiang Ruoting was about to say that she was fine, but she changed her mind and suppressed the thought, "Maybe I didn't pay attention to the cold yesterday, and the wind is a little uncomfortable now."
Jiang Ruohua Jiang Ruohua, she hated Jiang Ruohua the most because this woman would make her so powerless even if she did nothing!
If she said that she was fine now, she would be fooling people, and even a fool would be able to see that she was unhappy. It was obviously she who brought the person here, and now she was unhappy again. Isn't she destroying her image?
"Ah, this is no small matter." Xie Shuyan took a thin cloak from the maid and put it on Jiang Ruoting, and then said to the boatman, "Boatman, please hurry up."
Seeing this, the boatman silently accelerated and rushed to the pleasure boat.
"Second sister, hold on a little longer. The pleasure boat has entered now, and we can get on." Jiang Ruohua held Jiang Ruoting in her arms with concern.
Isn't she fond of playing the role of sisterly love? Then she will accompany Jiang Ruoting to play it well. If people have accumulated resentment and anger, they will release it sooner or later. She wants to see how long Jiang Ruoting can hold on.
And the moment when it is released for no reason must be as wonderful as she imagined.
It was obvious that Jiang Ruoting showed a little resistance. Jiang Ruohua pretended to be stupid and thought that she was uncomfortable. She tried to comfort her. Other ladies, led by Xie Shuyan, also came over to care about her.
At this moment, Jiang Ruoting wanted to be alone and digest the emotions in her heart, but now she could only force a smile to respond to the care that she didn't need at all.
Moreover, there was no place to hide on this small ship. Jiang Ruoting was young after all. Although she inherited the calculations of the third wife, she couldn't help but be impatient. The more she tried to avoid digesting it herself, the more Jiang Ruohua cared about her!
"Second sister, don't lie to me. Are you really okay?" Jiang Ruohua looked very concerned and hid her smile in her heart.
Uncomfortable? It's right to be uncomfortable!
The others also kept their concerned eyes on her, and quietly, Jiang Ruohua gradually changed in the eyes of several people.
This experience really made Jiang Ruohua feel indescribable!
For Jiang Ruoting, it was a lot of hard work to get on the pleasure boat. Jiang Ruohua helped her up, and then her maid boarded the pleasure boat from another small boat to take over her master.
"Let's find a quiet and sheltered place to rest first." Xie Shuyan said with concern, "Don't worry, sister Jiang, we will take care of you naturally. Don't worry, take care of your own health."
"Second sister, don't worry about me anymore." Jiang Ruohua even took her hand and patted her, "I know what you mean, second sister. If you always worry about me, I, as your sister, will be ashamed. You should have a good rest. If you still feel uncomfortable, remember to send the maid to tell me."
Seeing Jiang Ruoting unable to find her flaws and could only swallow all the reluctance to nod, there was only one word in her mind.
Cool.
It was really cool. She was full of resentment in her dream, and now she knew that it would be so good to take revenge! Everything around her became bright!
Leaving Jiang Ruoting behind, the rest happened as planned. It must be said that Jiang Ruoting was very purposeful in everything she did. The young ladies she was friends with either had their fathers or ancestors hold important positions in the court, or were daughters of famous noble families, or had been engaged since childhood and had husbands from famous and prestigious families. In short, these girls, headed by Xie Shuyan, had good natal families and good husband's families, and lived a smooth life. She was only afraid that she would be gone in the days after her death in her dream. These casual friends also helped Jiang Ruoting a lot.
The women of the noble families were not completely secluded. Their words and deeds represented their husbands' families. Some of them planned the future for their husbands by getting to know the wives of the rich and powerful. She did not understand this in her dreams, so even though she was a princess, she had never interacted with any of the ladies. In order to establish a relationship, those ladies would rather please Zhao Yuexi than take her princess seriously, which made her feel no presence in the circle of ladies, let alone fulfilling her duties as a princess and making friends with the ladies so as to win over their husbands for the King
of Ying. Although she had put the King of Ying aside now, she thought that socializing was inevitable. She was unwilling to do these things for men now, but she could not escape doing these things for herself and her family. It was beneficial for her to make friends with these future rich and powerful ladies.
"Sister Zhang, please teach me again. I can't do this well..."
The ladies from the imperial court gathered together to paint, write poems, write couplets, play music, dance, taste tea and incense. They also knew how to play cuju, but they couldn't do it well on this painting boat. Some of them even shared their new balm jewelry.
Miss Zhang Wanyuan smiled and took the tea from Jiang Ruohua's hand and demonstrated it again. Jiang Ruohua watched from the side and seemed to praise sincerely: "Sister Zhang's hands are really dexterous. I can't do it. I'm afraid I need to practice more."
"It's just practice makes perfect. Sister Jiang has just met him, and she's already amazing enough to be this good." Zhang Wanyuan chuckled and looked at Liu Xiyun who was sitting next to her and said, "You're much better than Sister Liu!"
Liu Xiyun pouted slightly: "Okay, why do you involve me? I'm not good at this tea, but you can't beat me in this dance."
All the young ladies laughed, and no one was unhappy because of such words. No one deliberately brought up the matter of Jiang Ruhua's broken engagement. After all, the prince had called off the engagement, and it was obvious who was dissatisfied with whom. Everyone was chatting in a harmonious manner, and they started to urge Liu Xiyun to dance.
Liu Xiyun was naturally not vague, and she was not stingy about dancing with the sisters. The place where they landed was just half exposed, and they could see the clear water outside. The addition of a dance naturally made the scenery beautiful.
"What a coincidence, I brought a zither." Jiang Ruohua said happily, "Sister Liu, if you don't mind my poor piano skills, how about I play for you?"
"Okay, I'm just in need of piano music, how can I mind Sister Jiang!"
Hua Chan presented the zither, but it was not the good zither from last night, but a standard zither. Jiang Ruohua didn't intend to show off too much, nor did she intend to play too well. The most important thing was to be able to fit in with this group of people. There was no need to be too sharp when getting along with others.
After all, in the dream today, she was proud of her future status as a princess, and was dragged here because Jiang Ruoting was on both sides. She couldn't fit in the topic, so she was naturally excluded by them. When she met Prince Ying and Zhao Yuexi on the pleasure boat, it was the most chaotic moment of the day. But at the same time, Jiang Ruoting played the piano and got along well with this group of noble ladies.
And at this moment, Jiang Ruoting happened to pass by.