Chapter 81 Find a girl to play with

Knowing that Ruan Qinghuan was my niece, Meng Suqiu felt a little headache: "I sent someone to pick her up at Baifu Inn this morning, and they sent her home after picking her up. Don't worry about it."

Ruan Qinghuan: "Mother didn't even ask me what was going on?"

"What's there to ask? He An came to see me last night. He has investigated the matter thoroughly. Someone deliberately plotted against Qing Zhou, and this girl just happened to run into him."

Meng Suqiu felt scared when she thought about it. Fortunately it was Qingzhou that day. If it was someone with ulterior motives, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This is also the reason why she decided to send Mingxi back home.

The next day, He'an went to court early. Since returning from Lucheng, the situation in the court had become tense. The second prince was under house arrest. The disaster in Lucheng was not only caused by corruption, but also by shoddy work on the dam. The emperor asked the Ministry of Justice to list all the problems one by one.

He also ordered the three departments to hold a joint review and conduct a rigorous investigation layer by layer, that is, to investigate from Lucheng and Zhenjiang all the way up until the source of corruption was found. When this order was issued, countless officials were frightened and worried.

He'an left, and Ruan Qinghuan sighed. The emperor gave Prince Chen a glimmer of hope, but those officials who served Prince Chen were not so lucky.

No wonder Lord Qi had thought of forming an alliance with the Ruan family in the hope that He'an would protect him. In order to protect himself, he was willing to sacrifice his own daughter. The selfishness of human nature is truly reflected in these people.

Today she was preparing to return to the Ruan Mansion. When she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered what her mother-in-law said. After hesitating for a moment, she turned back to her room, took out the crossbow from her dressing table and put it on.

Old Mrs. Ruan was extremely happy to see Little Zimo. All her annoyance of the past few days was gone, and she smiled as she watched the little guy fiddling with the sketchbook on the couch.

The little boy could not read and could only look at the pictures, but he could actually laugh out loud. When he laughed, Mrs. Ruan also laughed.

Now Qingchi finally had a playmate. When he learned that his cousin had brought home a little nephew, he hurried over to see him. As soon as he saw him, he shouted, "Little nephew, I'm your uncle."

He then threw himself beside the couch, waiting for Zimo to call him uncle. Zimo was also happy to see the child, and murmured twice, "Liuliu."

"It's not Liuliu, it's uncle."

"Six six."

The adults couldn't stop laughing when they saw this.

Zhou Yunzhi joked, "This uncle is really a little young."

The old lady took over the conversation: "It depends on who you compare with. When Qinghuan has a child in the future, we Qingchi will appear older."

Ruan Qinghuan: “…”

That was it. When it came to children, grandmother and mother were always on the same side. They urged and lectured her. Ruan Qinghuan had no choice but to agree vaguely and did not dare to refute.

What he was thinking about in his mind were his two shops in the east of the city. Now that the shops had been renovated, it was time to prepare for opening.

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After dinner, Ruan Qinghuan had to take Zimo back home. Qingchi, who was originally in high spirits, looked downcast upon hearing this, and it was obvious that he didn't have enough fun.

Zhou Yunzhi coaxed, "Qingchi, be good. Your cousin will bring Zimo to play with you some other day."

"Auntie, can't we let Zimo live in our house?"

Zimo was fine when he was playing, but when he heard that he was going to stay, he rushed into Ruan Qinghuan's arms and said, "Zimo, follow mother."

Ruan Qinghuan was in a dilemma. Zimo was always clinging to her, but Qingchi looked very pitiful. After a long struggle, Ruan Qinghuan squatted down and said, "How about Qingchi go home with me and stay for two days?"

When Ruan Qingchi heard this, he was so happy that he danced with joy. In his opinion, it would be better to go to his cousin's house and play with his little nephew instead of listening to his two sisters quarreling every day at home, so he agreed immediately.

Seeing this, the old lady agreed and only warned: "When you arrive at the prime minister's residence, you must follow the rules and not cause trouble for your sister."

In the second room, Ruan Xiaoyue sat in front of the dressing table, then stood up and paced in the room. She was restless and let out a sigh from time to time.

The scout looked outside for a long time, but did not see Ruan Xiaorou coming back to get information. He stamped his feet in anger and said, "This girl is as slow as a snail. She is really useless."

Just as she was complaining, Ruan Xiaorou came back. As soon as she entered the door, her sister grabbed her arm, and she was startled.

"Why did you come back just now?" Ruan Xiaoyue was so anxious that she wanted to hit someone.

Ruan Xiaorou was a little confused for a moment: "I sent my cousin away and sent my grandmother back to Jingxin Pavilion and came back, why is my sister angry?"

"Okay, okay, Ruan Qinghuan is leaving?"

Ruan Xiaoyue nodded: "Today, Qingchi and Zimo had so much fun playing together. Qingchi almost cried when my cousin left. Later, my cousin had no choice but to take him back to the prime minister's residence, saying that he would stay for a few days."

Ruan Xiaoyue, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was about to sit down when she suddenly stood up and asked, "What did you say? Qingchi followed him?"

No matter how good-tempered Ruan Xiaorou was, she was a little angry: "Sister, can you please stop getting so startled? It's frightening me to death."

Ruan Xiaoyue didn't bother to say more to her. She pushed the person away and chased after her. But when she reached the door, the prime minister's carriage had long disappeared.

Before, she was upset because she was hoping that Ruan Qinghuan would leave quickly. Now, she was upset because she was worried about Liu Yueru's plan and whether it would hurt Qingchi. She didn't know what Liu Yueru wanted to do, she only knew that she was teaching Ruan Qinghuan a lesson.

The sky gradually darkened, but the market in the capital was still bustling as usual, with the sounds of hawking being heard incessantly. The sound of someone selling candy figurines could be heard outside, and the two boys looked up at the same time, looking at Ruan Qinghuan expectantly.

The two chubby little guys made Ruan Qinghuan laugh uncontrollably. Since he had already had dinner, he stopped the driver and thought of walking around the street to buy them some delicious food.

Seeing the candy seller go to the alley on the side, Qingchi pulled Zimo and chased after him. Ruan Qinghuan hurriedly asked Xia Lian to catch up, then told the driver to wait in front and went over there himself.

There were many forks in this alley, and Ruan Qinghuan followed the sound all the way, but he couldn't see anyone, so he got a little anxious. Fortunately, he shouted twice and heard someone in front of him respond, so he was relieved.

Ruan Qinghuan murmured inwardly, it was so lively outside East Street, wouldn't it be better for the candy seller to do better business outside?

Thinking of this, Ruan Qinghuan stopped and looked around the alley warily. If she remembered correctly, the alley had turned three or four corners after entering, and she was now a little disoriented.

Just as she was about to ask Xia Lian to bring the child back, two masked men suddenly emerged from the darkness. Ruan Qinghuan suddenly remembered what her mother-in-law said yesterday.

She didn't want to doubt Ruan Xiaoyue, but it was just too much of a coincidence. Worried about the two children, Ruan Qinghuan didn't want to delay any more time: "What do you want to do? Who ordered you to do that?"

"No one told us to do this. We just wanted to have some fun with some girls."

The big man in front walked over as he spoke. He thought Ruan Qinghuan would be scared, but he saw her suddenly raise her hand, and then something flew over. By the time he reacted, the short arrow had already shot into his thigh, and he was howling in pain.