Xiangqin dragged Wuqing toward the main courtyard, waving her hands as she said, "It's just the same old 'flirting with the rich' thing! As a servant, what kind of person wouldn't know how to act according to the context? I'm just too kindhearted to do it!"
Turnip nearly choked on her cheekiness.
Ren Yaohua didn't know that her fierce maid had secretly helped her vent her anger, so she just took Lei Pan'er back to the main room.
"Pan'er, are you willing to live in the main courtyard with me and your father in the future?" Ren Yaohua pulled Lei Pan'er to sit on the south kang and asked her with his head down.
Lei Pan'er's eyes were still red. Hearing this, she nodded and said softly, "Yes."
Ren Yaohua nodded her head.
"Mother, is my aunt unhappy?" Lei Paner said sullenly, pulling the tassels on Ren Yaohua's skirt.
"Why are you unhappy?" Ren Yaohua asked.
Lei Paner pouted: "Because my aunt has always wanted me to move in with her, but I didn't go. And she seemed very angry when I said that just now."
Ren Yaohua was a little curious: "Doesn't Pan'er like Auntie? Why didn't she agree to live with her?"
Lei Paner frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head: "I don't know, Daddy doesn't agree either."
Ren Yaohua sighed and nodded her head again. Lei Paner was so well-behaved and sensible that it made her feel distressed.
In the afternoon, after Ren Yaohua had the west wing tidied up, she had people bring back Lei Pan'er's belongings. Although Lei Pan'er was small, she had quite a few things, all of which were prepared for her by her second uncle Lei Zhen over the past few years. There were two boxes of small stuffed dolls carefully sewn by the maids alone, which showed how much Lei Zhen doted on his niece. It was no wonder that Lei Pan'er was closer to her second uncle than to her own father.
So, on the second day after Ren Yaohua married into the Lei family, Lei Pan'er returned to live in the main courtyard, leaving Xiao Qiao's schemes in vain. Xiao Qiao, perhaps provoked by Xiang Qin, remained silent for two days, not only not asking to see Lei Pan'er but also refusing to leave the house. Rumors circulated that she was ill. Ren Yaohua even summoned a doctor to see her.
On the third day, it was the day when Ren Yaohua returned home.
Early in the morning, Lei Ting took Ren Yaohua and Lei Paner to Ren's house in Baoping Hutong.
As soon as Ren Yaohua entered the room, Ren Yaoqi looked at her face. Seeing that her eyebrows and eyes were energetic and her face was rosy, and when she made eye contact with Lei Ting, her eyes were shining and she was slightly shy. The last stone in his heart was put down.
Afterwards, Lei Ting followed Master Ren San to the study to play chess, while Lei Pan'er was carried by Shui Ai and Xiang Qin to the backyard to pick pomegranates. Li left Ren Yaohua in the room to chat privately. Ren Yaoqi also stayed, sitting nearby, listening to Li's detailed questions with a smile, but without commenting.
When the family was having dinner together, Ren Yaoqi heard Lei Ting and Master Ren San casually mention that the Yanbei Palace's Dowager Concubine was going to hold a grand celebration for her 60th birthday this year.
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