Mrs. Xu's fireplace party was not held in her own home. She borrowed a plum forest from the Yunyang Academy. Walking in the snow to look for plum blossoms is an extremely elegant thing to do.
Ren Yaoqi, Ren Yaohua, Liu Menghan and other talented women were writing poems and drinking together. Although Ren Yaoqi did not like to recite poems and compose couplets, under the influence of Master Ren San and Mr. Pei, she was able to write some of the most common poems about plum blossoms and snow with her female companions.
Ren Yaoqi's cheeks flushed after drinking a few glasses of sweet fruit wine. She had originally thought that this fruit wine was similar to the one she and Xiao Jinglin had drunk before, a sweet juice. She hadn't expected that the fruit wine prepared by the Xu family, although with a very light taste, actually contained alcohol, but generally speaking, it wouldn't make people drunk.
However, Ren Yaoqi is not an ordinary person. She has a very low alcohol tolerance and can get drunk after half a glass. So other people may get drunk after drinking fruit wine, but she gets drunk on her face. Fortunately, it is not serious.
Seeing that Liu Menghan and another young lady were having a lively poetry competition, Ren Yaoqi stood up and wanted to go out for a walk to get rid of the smell of alcohol. She said goodbye to Ren Yaohua and said she was going to change clothes, then left the greenhouse with apples and mulberries.
It was still snowing outside, and it was particularly cold today. Apple came forward to help Ren Yaoqi put on her hood carefully, and handed her a small heater for her to hold in her hand, then helped Ren Yaoqi walk carefully.
Ren Yaoqi originally wanted to stand outside for a while, get some fresh air to get rid of the smell of alcohol, and then go in, but she saw Hongying walking towards her in the snow. The other maids had all put on thick cotton jackets to keep warm, and Xiangqin wanted to wrap herself up like a dumpling, but Hongying was still wearing thin clothes.
She walked without an umbrella or a hat, and her hair and shoulders were covered with snowflakes, but she didn't care. When she saw Ren Yaoqi, she seemed to be blinded by the wind and snow. She paused and blinked, then stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Miss Ren San. My master invites you."
Ren Yaoqi was also very happy to see Hongying. She hadn't seen Xiao Jinglin for two months and didn't expect to run into him here today. She let Hongying lead the way and she slowly followed, holding Apple.
It's just that Hongying seemed to be more silent today than usual, but Ren Yaoqi didn't care, as Hongying was never a talkative person.
Hongying took Ren Yaoqi to the plum forest.
The plum forest at this time of year was at its most beautiful, with rosy buds blooming and auspicious snow covering the ground. The plum forest was very quiet, with the sound of falling snow. Ren Yaoqi looked around and was about to ask Hongying where Xiao Jinglin was when she saw someone walking out of the plum forest. She was stunned and couldn't help but stand still.
Xiao Jingxi walked over wearing a dark-colored fur cloak.
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