"It turned out to be her." Gu Yunran murmured in a low voice.
Ruizhu didn't hear clearly. Seeing Gu Yunran's expression, she asked curiously, "What's wrong with Second Madam? Is there any problem?"
After hearing Ruizhu's words, Gu Yunran came back to her senses and put away the painting. "I've seen this girl before. She was a low-ranking maidservant beside the Empress. I met her once in the palace."
Ruizhu was stunned: "Someone from the Queen's Palace?"
"Yes." Gu Yunran nodded solemnly. "Although I've only met her once, my memory is excellent. She has the same mole at the corner of her eye."
"Do you think there are two people in this world who look exactly the same?"
Ruizhu shook her head: "I don't know, and I have never seen it before."
"None of the twins I've ever seen are exactly alike. There are always some differences between them."
Gu Yunran placed the painting on the table: "I'm still worried, what if it's not from the same person?"
"You are like this..." Gu Yunran waved to Ruizhu. Ruizhu took a step forward. Gu Yunran whispered a few words in her ear and Ruizhu nodded.
"I understand. Don't worry, Second Madam. This isn't a problem. Second Master has a spies in the palace. I'll tell him to investigate."
"good. "
Ruizhu took the painting and went to find Li Jingmo again. She took out a silver ingot and placed it in front of Li Jingmo.
"This is your reward."
Li Jingmo looked at the silver and asked, "Do you think I am doing this for this little bit of silver?"
Ruizhu shook her head. "I know you're not. You don't even look down on this little bit of silver. Your cloak alone is priceless, so your identity must be extraordinary."
"Since you don't want to talk, I won't ask any more questions."
"I won't ask you for help in vain."
Li Jingmo took the silver in his hand, turned it around casually, and then put it in his arms.
"Since Ruizhu has said so, I will respectfully obey your order and accept the silver."
Ruizhu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that he would really accept it. She swallowed her saliva.
"That's natural."
"But I have one more request."
"you say. "
Ruizhu swallowed her saliva and said, "Please help me copy this painting again."
Li Jingmo held out his hand: "Silver."
"Ah?" Ruizhu didn't react for a moment. When she finally understood, she nodded, "Okay."
Then he took out another ingot of silver from his waist and handed it to Li Jingmo.
Li Jingmo was drawing at the desk, while Ruizhu was sitting at the table next to him waiting.
Before she knew it, she fell asleep on the table.
Li Jingmo looked at her sleeping, smiled, walked around the table, walked over gently, took the cloak and put it on her.
Looking at your still pretty face, his hand couldn't help but reach out, wanting to touch that fair cheek.
But just as he stretched out his hand, he paused in mid-air and finally withdrew his hand.
He returned to his desk and continued painting, but this time he was painting Ruizhu instead of someone else.
A cold wind blew by, and the window made a clanging sound, which seemed to wake up the sleeping people.
Ruizhu frowned, and Li Jingmo hurried over and closed the window.
Ruizhu finally woke up. She raised her head and looked outside in confusion.
"How long have I slept?"
Li Jingmo walked to the desk and hurriedly put the painting away: "One hour."
"Ah? It's been an hour."
Ruizhu stood up and her cloak fell off. Only then did she notice that she was covered with Li Jingmo's cloak.
She looked at Li Jingmo quietly, with an indescribable feeling in her heart, and a blush unconsciously appeared on her face.
"Have you finished your painting?"
Li Jingmo was quite calm and contented. He rolled up the copied painting and handed it to Ruizhu: "It's done."
"Thank you very much!"
Ruizhu ran out in a hurry with the painting in her hand and her head lowered.
Uncle Wang just brought over the cooked porridge and ran out in a hurry when he saw Ruizhu.
"Miss Ruizhu."
He greeted her, but Ruizhu seemed not to hear him at all and ran away without even looking up.
"Sir..." Uncle Wang said, "Sir, why don't you just tell her directly?"
Li Jingmo raised his hand to interrupt him, "I am a dying man, and I don't want to implicate anyone."
Uncle Wang sighed: "Why do you want to give up on yourself, young master?"
"Perhaps your illness is not that serious, and there is a way to remedy it."
"Uncle Wang." Li Jingmo smiled bitterly. "Don't try to comfort me. I've had this disease for so many years, and it's impossible to cure it. I know it in my heart."
"Even Imperial Physician Mu is powerless to save me. He can only give me a few more years to live. Is there anyone more capable of saving me?"
Uncle Wang put the millet porridge on the table, lowered his head and stopped talking.
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After returning to Biyun Pavilion, Ruizhu changed her clothes and went out.
Gu Yunran gave one of the paintings to Taohua.
"Taohua, go to Wanfu Mountain and run again."
" yes."
"Miss, you should drink some ginseng soup." Zhuye cooked the ginseng soup and brought it to Gu Yunran. "You have lost weight in the past few days."
Gu Yunran scooped a mouthful of ginseng soup with a spoon and asked, "How many days until the New Year?"
Zhuye smiled and said, "My lady, I calculated that there are about twenty days left."
"Miss, do you miss the Second Master?"
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