Chapter 107 People Always Learn
Ye Yunchu threw his chopsticks down as if he had nowhere to go.
When they were heading to the stables, Li Mutou came up to them and said, "My Lord, are you still going to ride Zhuifeng out today? I'll go get it for you."
Ye Yunchu ignored Li Mutou and went inside to bring Zhuifeng out.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Li Mutou didn't dare to say anything.
Although the prince was cold in the past, he would always say a few words to him. If the prince had not had a cold face as soon as he entered the stable, Li Mutou would have thought that he had offended the prince by being inconsiderate.
Ye Yunchu was about to leave with the horse.
He then glanced at the box of snacks on the small table beside him. It was the box he gave to Li Runrun last night.
Seeing the prince looking at that place, Li Mutou wiped his mouth embarrassedly: "My sister just gave it to me. She said it was a delicious snack given by the prince and asked me to try it."
She ignores others, but uses the snacks he sends as a token of affection, giving them this and that.
Ye Yunchu ignored him, walked out of the stable and rode away on his horse.
Li Mutou was still worried, wondering if the prince would be unhappy if he ate the snack. But he also remembered that he had seen Li Runrun bringing him food when the prince came back in the past, and he didn't seem angry.
I guess I'm in a really bad mood today.
Li Runrun and Li Bai were walking in the garden when they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them. She and Li Bai moved to the side of the road and asked who was riding a horse in the marquis's mansion and riding so fast.
It turned out to be the prince.
Li Runrun instinctively galloped over, and there happened to be a mud pit in the flower bed on the side of the road, and the prince's horse hoof stepped into it.
He rode past, splashing mud and water all over the unsuspecting Li Ruanruan.
Li Ruanruan closed her eyes and then reached out to touch the mud on her face.
Li Bai hurried forward and wiped her with a handkerchief.
Li Runrun also took out a handkerchief to wipe the mud off her face and body.
Li Runrun walked over, looked at the mud pit with the horseshoe prints, and then looked at the wide stone road.
If it weren't for the fact that he looked urgent, I would have suspected that he did it on purpose.
When the prince goes out today, will he bring anything for Xu Wan? They are engaged, so it should be a good thing.
It is only natural that the prince treats Xu Wan well.
When the mud and water fall on clothes, they immediately leave mud marks that cannot be wiped off.
Fortunately, there were not many, and Li Runrun had no plans to go back to the East Courtyard to change clothes. The old lady's birthday banquet was about to take place, and a double-sided screen embroidered with different colors had to be made in a hurry. They had already decided to embroider a birthday picture, which was much more complex and delicate than embroidering flowers and grass.
Seeing Li Ruanruan coming back, Ye Qiaoqiao grabbed her and said, "This is the birthday scroll I bought from outside. I think this one is the best. What do you think?"
Li Ruanruan picked it up and nodded: "You have good taste."
"But if we want to paint this on the screen, we need to ask big brother for help."
Li Ruanruan nodded: "I think he will agree. After all, he is willing to be filial to the old lady."
Ye Qiaoqiao clapped her hands in satisfaction: "Is Big Brother in the mansion?"
"I just saw him riding out on his horse. He must have something urgent to do. The mud on me is from his horse running over there."
Ye Qiaoqiao burst out laughing: "Big brother, why don't you get off your horse and apologize to you."
He came down to apologize to her, and if he didn't, he would scold her and say she was blocking the way, and that would be fine.
Li Runrun said nothing, but just looked at the birthday picture again. In it, the South Pole Immortal was holding a longevity peach, with auspicious clouds, pine and cypress trees, and a fairy child smiling and wishing a happy birthday.
It looks very festive.
"Neither of us can finish this pattern, so why not choose something simpler?"
"When I was choosing, I thought, if we can't finish it, I'll ask all the embroiderers in the shop to embroider it. I won't let them embroider the main thing, but embroider the auspicious clouds. I think their skills are impeccable. Since I want to celebrate grandma's birthday properly, I can't be perfunctory. I also sincerely want to please grandma. Everything else is secondary."
"It's hard for you to be so sincere, so let's work overtime."
"Um?"
"It's just hard work, working day and night."
Ye Qiaoqiao nodded: "With big brother's painting, our craftsmanship is guaranteed to be flawless. Grandma will definitely be very happy."
As they were chatting, the maidservant beside the Marquis' wife came over. This maidservant was not as arrogant as Nanny Wang. It seemed that the two old maidservants beside the Marquis' wife had made mistakes before, so she warned them and punished the servants.
Seeing Ye Qiaoqiao, she even bowed and said, "Greetings, Second Miss. Miss Xu is here as a guest in the mansion, and the mistress invites Second Miss to accompany her."
Then the nanny looked at Li Ruanruan, without any greeting, and said bluntly: "Since the prince's concubine is here, let's go together."
Li Ruanruan knew Xu Wan had come with ill intentions, so she grabbed her handkerchief and asked, "Did the Marquis' wife call me too?"
"Of course I did. I was just about to look for you after I found the Second Miss, and since you two happened to be together, I decided not to run away separately."
Ye Qiaoqiao and Li Runrun looked at each other.
Li Ruanruan changed her clothes before going over, at least to look presentable and not be compared too badly to Xu Wan. Although she didn't have her family background, she had nothing else to lose, and now she was wearing the clothes made by the prince, which was not bad at all.
After changing, the two of them went over with their maid.
Ye Shuang was also there, and not only Xu Wan came, but also Ye Shuang's good friend Chen Ru.
She is the legitimate daughter of the Imperial Observatory.
This is what Ye Qiaoqiao whispered to Li Runrun, and she also said that Miss Chen was also a capable person and knew some divination.
When Ye Qiaoqiao went over, because the Marquis' wife was still there, Xu Wan and Chen Ru were both dignified. Only Ye Shuang, who always loved to act coquettishly, said something to please the Marquis' wife and make her smile.
Ye Qiaoqiao and Li Runrun came over to greet them.
The Marquis's wife asked Li Runrun to serve tea and snacks to the young ladies. Except for Ye Qiaoqiao, Li Runrun was particularly careful when changing their tea. After all, she had suffered losses twice in tea.
People always learn their lesson.
Li Runrun served perfectly, standing by with a tea tray in her arms like a maid.
Ye Shuang looked at this scene with great pride and exchanged glances with Xu Wan.
Chen Ru also smiled while looking at Xu Wan's expression.
With sarcasm and contempt for Li Runrun.
Only Ye Qiaoqiao felt upset. Li Runrun was her good sister, but she was bullied like this.
Mingming Ruanruan is so good and knows so many things. She is much more capable than all the young ladies here.
But he was trapped in this backyard and suffered humiliation because of his status.
Ye Qiaoqiao secretly made up her mind to talk to her elder brother and ask him to help Ruanruan get a higher status.
Now that the Marquis’ wife is in power, she can only suppress her anger.
Ye Qiaoqiao didn't even drink a sip of tea. She felt sorry for Li Runrun. She thought that if she drank the tea, Runrun would still have to serve her tea.
Ye Shuang deliberately picked up the walnuts from the box of dried fruit snacks and said, "Sister Wanwan loves walnuts, right? These are the walnuts my brother specially brought for us. We are only able to eat some because of you."
The Marquis’ wife smiled and said, “Is there such a thing?”
Then the Marquis's wife told Li Ruanruan: "Since Miss Xu likes to eat it, peel some for her."
Li Ruanruan leaned forward and said, "Yes."
She stood aside and began to use tools to peel walnuts for Li Ruanruan. However, the walnuts were hard and her hands were cold in winter. Unlike Xu Wan, who was holding a hot water bottle, her hands were not as flexible.
Because she embroidered Suzhou embroidery, her hands were well-maintained without any calluses. However, when she peeled the walnuts, her fingertips turned red and her knuckles ached.
When they gathered together to chat, she peeled walnuts for a long time, and she didn't dare to stop even after the walnuts piled up.
In the end, the marquis's wife said she was tired and wanted to take a nap, so she let the young girls play.
Xu Wan didn't eat the walnut either, thinking it was just a way to torture her.
As soon as the Marquis's wife left, Ye Shuang seemed to become the boss. She walked over, picked up the soft walnuts that had been peeled, and put them into her mouth.
Then he grabbed a walnut and threw it at Li Ruanruan's face: "Pah! What kind of walnut are you peeling? It smells just like you, sour and smelly."
Li Ruanruan lowered her hands, then looked up at Ye Shuang.
Ye Shuang was still a little afraid of her, and then took advantage of Xu Wan's support. Who was Xu Wan? She was the future prince's wife.
Ye Shuang stiffened her back again and mocked Li Ruanruan: "Did you clean the chamber pot without washing your hands before coming here to peel walnuts? Luckily Sister Wanwan didn't eat them, otherwise it would have been really disgusting."
Li Ruanruan looked at Ye Shuang and said word by word, "Because I have to serve the prince, I haven't cleaned the chamber pot for a long time. Even if I did clean the chamber pot, I would have washed my hands. Miss, you can rest assured after eating."
Xu Wan didn't eat it, but Ye Shuang did. Ye Shuang wanted to laugh at her, but she was as stupid as a pig and couldn't even speak.
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