"He was disliked by Princess Mingyang, what does it have to do with me?"

Shen Ruyi looked at him, wondering why he came today.

Shen Ci choked, but thinking that he still had a mission to do today, he stopped blaming her.

"Then come up. There's a new Zuixinlou restaurant. Let's go and try it. Qinghua has already ordered wine, food and snacks and is waiting for us over there. And as for the prescription, I apologize to you as well."

Shen Ruyi glanced at him.

There must be something wrong when something is abnormal. What do Shen Ci and Gu Qinghua mean?

Seeing this, Shen Ci urged, "Get in the car quickly, it's cold outside."

It looks like pure concern.

"OK."

Shen Ruyi got in the car without saying anything more.

Shen Ci breathed a sigh of relief and handed her a piece of candy, "I made it myself, try it."

"My tooth hurts. I don't want to eat anymore." Shen Ruyi shook her head and didn't take it.

She will no longer take such small favors seriously.

There is no need.

Shen Ci frowned.

Shen Ruyi was not like this before. As long as he gave it to her, she would happily accept it no matter whether it tasted good or not.

This is the first time I heard that she had a toothache.

In the end, we became distant.

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable, Shen Ci turned around and threw the candy on the snow, clenching his hands on his knees.

Shen Ruyi caught a glimpse of his movements and sneered.

Now, he couldn't pretend anymore.

The atmosphere in the car was a bit dull. Shen Ci felt uncomfortable and tried to find something to say: "What gift have you prepared for the Gu family's old lady's birthday in ten days? Do you need my help?"

"It's already prepared, no need to worry about it, brother."

"OK."

Shen Ci was silent for a moment, then said, "Your wedding with Qinghua will be held soon. The Gu family has sent someone to propose marriage this morning. We also need to prepare. Your mother died early, so you have to embroider the dowry yourself."

"If you don't want to do it yourself, just find two embroiderers to work overnight. It will definitely be done before the wedding... What style of wedding dress do you like?"

Shen Ci said this and turned to look at her.

Thinking that after marriage she would be forced to go before the Emperor to clarify the matter of the prescription, and then have to go to the clan house for punishment, she felt a little relieved.

After all, it was a bit cruel for her, a little girl, to spend the rest of her life in Xinzheku or the laundry bureau, so she thought things would be a little better before she left.

"If you need anything else, tell me in advance. After all, I am your second brother. As long as it is something you really want, I will prepare it for you."

The two were very close to each other. Shen Ruyi felt a little annoyed when she heard what he said, so she turned her head and looked at him, "Are you serious, second brother? Can I have whatever I want?"

"Of course." Shen Ci nodded.

Shen Ruyi said, "I don't want anything else. I just want the piece of brocade that the Queen Mother gave me half a month ago. I want to use it to make my wedding dress."

Shen Ci frowned when he heard this, "No, that piece of Yunjin has already been given to Jiaojiao..."

"Oh."

Shen Ruyi smiled sarcastically.

Shen Ci was choked and his face looked ugly for a moment.

"In that case, there's no need to say such empty words, so that I don't have to spend time and energy dealing with you."

Shen Ruyi turned her head to look outside the car and ignored him.

Shen Ci stared at her profile with a frown on his face.

It seems that his relationship with this sister will never get better.

In this case, the only thing I can do today is to give her drugs.

She also forced me to do it.

Shen Ci clenched the medicine bottle in his hand and made up his mind.

After getting off the carriage, he hid the things in his sleeves and said to Shen Ruyi, "By the way, Ruyi, on your birthday last time, we were too busy with Jiaojiao to celebrate for you. We felt a little guilty, so we prepared a surprise for you upstairs. Why don't you go up and take a look first?"

"What surprise?"

Shen Ruyi raised her head and took a look at the newly opened Zuixinlou.

The lower floor is where you eat, the second floor is where you drink tea, and the third floor seems to be where you live.

She really couldn't think of any surprise that needed to be prepared here, so she kept it in mind.

"You'll know when you get up there."

Shen Ci smiled mysteriously and glanced upstairs, "It's in the innermost room on the third floor."

"OK."

Shen Ruyi nodded, but did not plan to go upstairs directly. Instead, she said, "I'm going to the toilet first."

Shen Ci wanted to reach out and hold her.

But then I thought that since she was going to the toilet, there seemed to be no reason to stop her, so I had to let her go.

Shen Ruyi quickly turned around Zuixinlou and went to the toilet at the back.

Fang Fei, who had been waiting at the back door, hurried over. Seeing that no one was around, she quickly said, "I came here with Master Gu, but I didn't dare to go forward. I just heard that the Master will host a banquet for others here in a while, and even the eldest princess, the crown prince and others will all come."

“Although I don’t know what they are going to do, it must be a big deal!”

Fang Fei was nervous and held Shen Ruyi's hand, "Miss, you asked me to come and watch over you. Are you worried that they will harm you?"

Shen Ruyi had a complicated expression, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm still not sure whether it will harm me or not. So, go to the outskirts of the city and find the old beggar, and tell him that I have a drinking party at Zuixinlou, and I might get drunk and get into trouble, and ask him to come and help as soon as possible."

Fang Fei nodded, "I'll do it right away!"

Shen Ruyi stuffed some change into her pocket and said, "Buy something hot to eat on the way."

Fangfei ran away with the change.

Shen Ruyi turned around, took a deep breath, and walked towards the main entrance of Zuixinlou.

Just at this moment.

A figure left the terrace on the second floor of Zuixinlou, entered the teahouse opposite, and said hurriedly:

"Your Highness, the brothers of the Shen family have set up a trap for Miss Shen in Zuixinlou, intending to make Master Gu and Miss Shen a fait accompli. They have also invited the Crown Prince and the Princess to come. I'm afraid things may be a bit troublesome..."

The person sitting by the window of the teahouse was Rong Yan.

He narrowed his eyes when he heard that, and said in a deep voice: "In that case, then go find someone and tell Shen Jiaojiao."

"Okay, I'll do it right away!"

Fengying left quickly.

Rong Yan sneered and said, "Push me down the stairs."

Han Jiang stepped forward, pushed him out through the back door, and then got on the carriage, "Your Highness, where are we going now?"

"I'll wait here. Go change a carriage and we'll go to the back street of Zuixinlou."

In the dead of winter, the man's voice felt as cold as if it were soaked in ice and snow.

…

A street apart.

Shen Ruyi returned to Zuixinlou, and when she entered the room she saw Gu Qinghua just coming down from upstairs, while Shen Ci and Shen Yu were already seated.

And the so-called other guests have not arrived yet.

Seeing her come in, Gu Qinghua greeted her warmly: "Ruyi, we have been waiting for you for a long time, please take a seat."

He had a smile on his face.

Such a warm look made Shen Ruyi feel dazed for a moment.

Ever since Shen Jiaojiao came, Gu Qinghua has never smiled at her like this again.

Every time they met, he either disdained her, forced her to apologize to Shen Jiaojiao, or scolded her for being jealous and vicious.

Today, the sun rose from the west.