That year, Ruan Xiaoren and Xiaoniang gave birth at the same time. Xiaoniang gave birth to a stillborn baby, and she herself died as well.

Although Ruan died, she was lucky enough to give birth to a son who survived.

When she saw Ruan Ziyi, she thought of her younger brother who died at birth, and she tried to hold back the sourness in her nose.

Is this tragedy a trick of fate or man-made?

Ruan Xinchen unconsciously looked at Chu Li.

I hope you really have news about Cui Er.

The moment her eyes met Chu Li's, Ruan Yihe stepped forcefully and stood between them.

"Second sister, what are you doing standing there? Your face is cold, come in quickly."

No one welcomed her, but she came anyway.

Ruan Xinchen entered the house, and a warm feeling came over her, melting the snowflakes on her cloak.

She took off her cloak and handed it to the maid.

Then, he gave a proper smile and saluted Chu Li through Ruan Yihe.

"I have met His Royal Highness the King of War and I pay my respects to His Royal Highness."

Hit the snake at its most vulnerable part. Ruan Xinchen knew how to hurt this family.

Ruan Yihe had a stiff smile on her face, and her nose was almost crooked from anger.

Is this seducing her man in front of her and deliberately demonstrating to her?

Seeing that the situation was getting tense, Ruan responded quickly and stepped forward to mediate.

"Xinchen, come and sit down. Today is our family reunion dinner, and we don't need to do these fake rituals. There is no prince or princess today, only your sister and your sister."

Ruan Xinchen stood up with a smile, walked to the seat Ruan Xiaoren had arranged for her and sat down.

The seat next to her was empty, which stood out.

Ruan Hong asked: "Why are you here alone? Where is the prince?"

Ruan Xinchen replied: "The prince has something to do, so he came here today."

When Ruan Yihe heard this, she curled up the corners of her mouth unconsciously.

She knew very well what kind of person Chu Xuanche was.

He has a brain problem, is elusive, and often disappears for unknown reasons.

He is moody and difficult to get along with.

Whether he has anything to do or not, he can accompany Ruan Xinchen back to her parents' home.

I thought to myself, I am not doing well, but you, Ruan Xinchen, are not much better off.

No matter how bad I am, I am still the benefactor of Zhan Wang Chongxi's success. No matter how bad he is to me, how bad can he be?

But you are just the same. Chu Xuanche, that madman, can do anything. He can drown you in the pool wherever he chooses.

Thinking of this, Ruan Yihe felt better.

Ruan Xiaoren pouted and complained, "Really? It's almost the New Year, what could possibly happen? He didn't even come back with me for the reunion dinner, and he..." Ruan Xiaoren paused and asked with concern, "Xinchen, is the prince really good to you?"

Can anyone care about her?

Oh, she just did it on purpose, just to make her laugh.

"No, I'm fine." She said calmly.

They simply don't believe it.

There was a mocking look on everyone's face.

Ruan Ziyi said directly: "Who are you trying to fool? Will being nice to you make you come back? That's right, you are a concubine's daughter, marrying the prince of Prince Gong's mansion is marrying up. He originally wanted to marry my sister, but..."

"Ziyi, shut up."

I don't have that many thoughts when I'm young. I just say whatever comes to my mind.

What needs to be said should be said without hesitation.

Although Ruan Ren stopped him, he had already said what he needed to say.

Chu Li, who had been silent the whole time, now slowly spoke, "Why was it Miss First who was supposed to marry into Prince Gong's mansion, but was replaced by Miss Second?"

Ruan Yihe looked extremely unhappy and was nervous as she secretly fiddled with her handkerchief.

Ruan Hong and Ruan Xiaoren were already embarrassed and looked at each other.

Finally, it was Ruan who spoke up, "Your Highness, it was my daughter who understood and said the wrong thing. After Xinchen's mother died, she was taken in by the old lady to be raised. As for a granddaughter, it is natural that she is closer to her parents. Of the two sisters, Xinchen is more favored by the old lady.

So when the old lady was still alive, she arranged a marriage for Xin Chen, and that was the prince of Prince Gong's mansion. This matter was arranged by the old lady and Mrs. Shen. They were from the same county and had known each other since childhood. "

Ruan Hong also responded: "Yes, my mother was most worried about Xinchen. She was worried that no one would take care of Xinchen after she left, so she entrusted her to Elder Shen to take care of her. But she didn't expect Elder Shen to be sick. When he was sick, he even knew who he was, and he forgot my mother's entrustment."

Chu Li: "You, the father, are still alive, how can the old man entrust the second young lady to a man?"

Ruan Hong: “…”

"There's a lot of work at the yamen, so I don't have much time to take care of the children."

Chu Li couldn't help but smile, but said nothing more.

Ruan Ziyi was glared at by Ruan Xiaoren. He knew he had said something wrong and dared not say a word.

Ruan Yihe was full of grievances, but thinking that she was released so easily, she didn't dare to say much.

She didn't want to be grounded again.

There was no more laughter in the room, but they just stared at each other, each more embarrassed than the other.

Finally, the housekeeper said that the food in the kitchen was ready and we could start the meal, which broke the awkward silence.

Ruan Hong smiled and invited Chu Li to the dining hall for dinner.

Ruan Xiaoren winked at Ruan Yihe and asked her to push the wheelchair.

Then Chu Li rejected it without mercy, "Let Ling Lie come over."

Ruan Yihe's hands froze in mid-air, her eyes almost filled with tears.

After all, he dared not disobey Chu Li and went to ask Ling Lie to come in and push the wheelchair.

"Ling Lie, go push the prince to the dining hall for dinner."

"Yes, princess."

Ling Lie went into the house.

Ruan Xinchen came into the room and passed by Ruan Yihe with her head raised. She didn't even look at her and just walked past her.

When he was about to pass by her, he heard her lower her voice and say, "Don't laugh at me because of you. He is very happy that I was granted marriage with his permission, but how good are you? Ruan Xinchen, no matter how much he likes me, he still came to the Ruan family with me. Look at you, Chu Xuanche didn't even come. In fact, you are more pitiful."

Ruan Xinchen was speechless. "Everyone is comparing who is happier, and you are comparing who is more pitiful? I'm comparing with you, and you win, okay."

"You..." Ruan Yihe was so angry that she felt that Ruan Xinchen was deliberately making fun of her.

Why did she do that? She was clearly living a good life, why did she think she was a joke?

Ruan Yihe stomped her feet and followed angrily.

The lunch was quite clean, and due to Chu Li's pressure, no one squeezed anyone.

Only Ruan Hong chatted with Chu Li from time to time, and they were all about court affairs.

Ruan Xiaoren and her daughter had been glaring at Ruan Xinchen.

She was used to it. She could kill people with just a straight look.

After the meal, Chu Li left on the pretext of going to the bathroom, and gave Ruan Xinchen a wink before leaving.

Ruan Xinchen understood and told Ruan Hong directly that he wanted to go back to the small courtyard where he used to live to take a look.

Ruan Hong didn't ask anything and agreed directly.

She was about to get up and leave when Ruan asked, "What are you going back for?"

Ruan Xinchen said: "I left a lot of vegetable seeds under the eaves and planned to take them to Prince Gong's Mansion. I opened up a vacant lot in Prince Gong's Mansion and planned to grow vegetables."