Chapter 465 and others
Apart from this little episode with the lanterns, the group had a great time throughout the evening.
They guessed riddles, bought various snacks and gadgets, and except for Cui Rulin who had something on her mind, everyone else returned home happily.
After the Lantern Festival, the festive atmosphere gradually faded. In three months, it would be the wedding day of Yuan Zian and Cui Ruxun, so the Cui family returned to their own courtyard.
Tang and Tan were busy preparing Cui Ruxun's dowry. According to the rules in Zhanyang, the bride and groom could not see each other three months before the wedding. The bride had to embroider her wedding dress at home, commonly known as embroidering blessings. So, Cui Ruxu stayed at home to accompany Cui Ruxun.
At the beginning of the new year, there were a lot of things to do in the shop and the farm. Apart from occasionally making an appointment with Huo Wan to visit Cui Ruxun, or going to Prince Kang's Mansion at the invitation of Princess Linyang, Yuan Ziyu was extremely busy the rest of the time.
The wedding date of Princess Linyang and Ji Huaixuan was set for the eighth day of March. Two days before the wedding, Yuan Ziyu specially prepared a piece of high-quality ginseng and a set of gold filigree and ruby head ornaments and gave them to Princess Linyang as a makeup addition.
As for Huo Wan's desire to go to the battlefield, a few days after the Lantern Festival, Yuan Ziyu found time to talk to Huo Wan, appealing to her emotions and reasoning with her. In the end, he managed to dissuade Huo Wan from going to the battlefield, which made everyone feel relieved.
Cui Ruolin didn't know what to say to Tang and Tan, but she dragged Cui Rumei to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion frequently under the pretext of accompanying the elder lady.
Originally, Yuan Ziyu didn't care. She and Liu were both very busy and had no time to take care of these little things.
However, that day, Yuan Ziyu was coming back from the farm and passing by the garden when he saw a girl who looked like a maid scolding a little girl.
"You're so slow in replying. What else can you do?" The older maid had a face full of anger. After she finished speaking, she was still not satisfied and poked the little girl's forehead hard, causing the little girl to take a step back.
"Sister, please forgive me. I won't dare to do it again next time." The little girl had tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry. She just begged for mercy in a low voice.
"Hmph, next time you dawdle and delay things like this, watch out for your skin." The maid said with disdain, "Get lost."
After hearing this, the little girl quickly lowered her head and ran away. The older maid glared at the little girl's back and turned in another direction.
Yuan Ziyou frowned. The maid's face looked familiar, but he couldn't remember which courtyard she was from. So he asked Qingzhi, "Which courtyard is this maid from?"
"Second Miss, this maidservant is not from our family." Qingzhi looked at the maidservant's back with disdain and said, "That is the shadow of the maidservant of the fourth cousin."
"My fourth cousin's maid?" Yuan Ziyu then remembered that it was Cui Rulin's maid. However, when the maid saw him, she always lowered her head and stood behind Cui Rulin, so he felt that she looked familiar but could not remember her.
"That's right." Qingzhi pouted, "She's so arrogant all the time. If we didn't know she was the maid of the fourth cousin, we would have thought she was the maid of Liufengyuan."
Yuan Ziyou smiled and glared at Qingzhi: "Sister Bishuang has never scolded a little girl like this."
"That's right." Qingying smiled and said, "She is much more arrogant than Sister Bishuang."
"That's true." Qingzhi nodded in agreement. "Second Miss, you don't know. I heard from the little girls in the yard that Ying is always bossy and bossy. It's really annoying."
Yuan Ziyu frowned when he heard this. It was a bit too much for a cousin's maid to act like this in the mansion. Even their own maid wouldn't be so arrogant.
"I heard that Ying'er is like this in the Cui family." Qingzhi said in a low voice.
Yuan Ziyou narrowed his eyes: "This is not the Cui family."
After saying that, Yuan Ziyu looked at the direction Ying'er left and frowned again: "Aren't my third and fourth cousins accompanying grandma? That Ying'er doesn't seem to be going to Shousong Hall."
"Yes, that's certainly not the case." Qingzhi was very clear about this: "It is said that the fourth cousin has a habit of sitting in the garden and enjoying the scenery at this time every day."
"Every day?" Yuan Ziyu looked at Qingzhi and asked, "Is she alone, or is her third cousin with her?"
"Only she." Qingzhi said, "The third cousin is always with the old lady."
Yuan Ziyou thought for a while after hearing this and said, "Let's go and take a look."
“Hey.”
Yuan Ziyu took Qingying and Qingzhi and walked in the direction Ying'er left. During the walk, Qingzhi asked a few little girls, and soon, the master and servants found where Cui Rulin was.
At this time, Cui Rulin was sitting in a pavilion. There was a pot of tea and a plate of cakes on the stone table. The maid named Ying'er was whispering something in Cui Rulin's ear.
Cui Rulin frowned for a while, then relaxed her brows. Because they were still some distance away, Yuan Ziyu could only vaguely hear a few words like "soon" and "don't worry".
After hearing Ying'er's words, Cui Rulin asked uncertainly, "Really? Are you really coming back today?"
"Yes, I have heard the truth," Ying'er nodded hurriedly and said, "Fourth Miss, please relax."
Cui Rulin nodded, lowered her head and took a sip of tea without saying anything. These days, she has been sitting here every day waiting for Yuan Zian out of habit.
She found out clearly that Yuan Zian had been living in the Jingxi Camp. In the past, when he lived there, whenever he came back, he would go to Shousong Hall and Liufeng Garden to pay his respects to Madam Yuan and Liu. This was the only way to Shousong Courtyard, so she waited here every day just to meet him as soon as Yuan Zian came back.
Yuan Zian and Cui Ruxun are about to get married, and she doesn't have much time. Now Cui Ruxun is embroidering her wedding dress at home and can't meet Yuan Zian. Cui Rulin feels that this is her best opportunity.
However, Yuan Zian has been in the Jingxi Camp, so she can only seize the opportunity to "encounter" Yuan Zian by chance.
Cui Rulin knew that it was impossible for Yuan Zian to fall in love with her in such a short time, so she had to find another way. As for how, she would just have to deal with it improvisationally when she met Yuan Zian.
Cui Rulin felt a mixture of panic and excitement in her heart. This was her chance to change her fate and marry into a marquis's mansion, and she would definitely seize it.
Yuan Ziyu looked at Cui Rulin from a distance and saw that she was drinking tea while looking in one direction seemingly casually.
Looking in that direction, Yuan Ziyu raised his eyebrows slightly. This was the only way to get to Shousong Hall from the outer courtyard.
Is Cui Rulin waiting for someone?
Who is she waiting for?
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