Ren Shimin went to Yunyang City with the two paintings he had restored at the invitation of Xu Shan, the director of Yunyang Bookstore. Just as Ren Yaoqi was sending his father off, he received a letter from Xiao Jinglin.
After Ren Yaoqi came back, she started to correspond with Xiao Jinglin. They wrote to each other almost every two or three days. In fact, there was nothing important in the letters, but they both enjoyed it.
In the letter, Xiao Jinglin wrote about his recent new insights into kung fu and military tactics, what new things he had tried, and that he had become addicted to a sweet wine called Peach Blossom Wine, and had gone to buy it several times without Xiao Jingxi's knowledge.
Xiao Jingxi still didn't obey when taking the medicine. The strange grass in his study, of unknown species, couldn't be killed no matter how much he watered it.
Mrs. Xu's heart disease is no longer as serious, and her complexion looks much better. When she went to the Yanbei Palace to see the princess, she often mentioned Ren Yaoqi and expressed her admiration for her in her words.
Silly Girl, that stupid tiger, always thought that she was actually a cat. When she was in the Yanbei Palace, she liked to go and play with a Persian cat named "Snow White" raised by Nanny Xin. Every time the poor cat came out, it would be chased all over the garden by the tiger, and then it was so scared that it dared not go out again. So Silly Girl, discouraged and disheartened, developed a hobby similar to Xiao Jinglin's, drinking peach blossom wine.
Ren Yaoqi had not expected that Xiao Jinglin, who was usually taciturn, could be so talkative when writing letters, and even his language was quite humorous, which always made her laugh while reading the letters.
Compared to Xiao Jinglin's letters, Ren Yaoqi's were much more dull, usually describing what new books she'd read. Every day, she practiced the sword techniques Xiao Jinglin had taught her, and she felt her body had truly strengthened. These two things were the more interesting aspects of her life.
Later, Xiao Jinglin drew some sword techniques in a letter to Ren Yaoqi. Ren Yaoqi suddenly had an idea and stopped writing when she wrote to Xiao Jinglin. Instead, she began to draw small paintings, featuring herself, Ren Yaohua, her parents, and the maids. They were all small things she did in her daily life, and the characters were all lively and vivid.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Jinglin liked it very much and kept writing to her urging her to paint more, saying that she wanted to collect them.
The day after receiving Xiao Jinglin's letter, Ren Yaoqi had just returned from Ronghua Courtyard after greeting everyone when someone hurried in to report that the Yanbei Palace's carriage had stopped outside the gate. A girl claiming to be the princess's maid came to ask the Fifth Miss to leave.
Ren Yaoqi was both surprised and happy to hear this. She had just received Xiao Jinglin's letter yesterday, and Xiao Jinglin had not mentioned in her mind that she was coming to Baihe Town today.
This was Xiao Jinglin's second visit to the Ren family. Although she didn't even enter the door, it was a great honor for the Ren family, who came from a merchant family.
The princess refused to enter the Ren residence, so the Ren family had the two main doors open as a sign of respect. They didn't dare to lock the princess out.
Ren Yaoqi went to tell Mrs. Li about the matter, and then sent someone to inform Old Madam Ren. Then he took the apple and left.
Princess Xiao came twice to wait for Ren Yaoqi, and everyone in the Ren family looked at Ren Yaoqi differently.
As soon as Ren Yaoqi went out, he saw Hongying waiting at the door.
Hongying came forward and saluted with a smile: "Miss Ren Wu, our princess is waiting for you in the carriage." Xiao Jinglin didn't like riding in a carriage, but she always took a carriage when she came to see Ren Yaoqi because Ren Yaoqi couldn't ride a horse with her.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and nodded, then followed Hongying into the car.
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