Chapter 459: When I see you, I feel very close to you

Yu Mingzhu smiled and looked at Xingxing: "Miss Yu, what do you mean by getting rid of it? I just asked Mr. Mo how the story of Zhongcuofu was written."

Xingxing looked at Yu Mingzhu for a while and saw that she was calm and didn't think she was wrong. Xingxing thought to herself, Miss Yu, if nothing else, has a very good mental quality.

Fortunately, a disaster was prevented from happening in time. Xingxing didn't have the heart to argue with Yu Mingzhu about this, nor did she want to say hello to Yu Mingzhu anymore, so she turned around and left.

Yu Mingzhu's eyes narrowed, and the smile on her face faded a little, not reaching her eyes.

Yu Mingzhu came out of the house and happened to meet Qin Rui who was looking for her at the other end of the corridor.

Qin Rui called out "Mingzhu" happily, came over affectionately, and took Yu Mingzhu's arm: "Mingzhu, why are you here? I saw Yu Xingxing passing by here just now. You two were playing here just now?"

Yu Mingzhu forced a smile: "Yu Xingxing? She probably still holds a grudge against me for believing Qinqin's claim that she was poisoned, so she doesn't want to talk to me."

Qin Rui immediately stood up for Yu Mingzhu: "How could she do that! Mingzhu, you are right, it was Bai Huanqin who misunderstood Yu Xingxing. You just believed Bai Huanqin!... Yu Xingxing too, she looks like a well-behaved girl, how could she be so confused about right and wrong! Mingzhu is so good, but she holds a grudge against you, it shows that she is uneducated!"

Yu Mingzhu's beautiful face showed a hint of sadness: "Rui Rui, don't say that. Maybe I did something wrong."

"How could it be!" Qin Rui was so distressed, "Mingzhu, you are of noble status. Your father is the prince of the Duke of Xin's mansion, and your mother is the beloved daughter of the Princess of Deyang. Yu Xingxing should have greeted you when she saw you! How could she ignore you!"

Qin Rui became more and more indignant as she spoke, "No, I have to go find her!"

Yu Mingzhu grabbed Qin Rui and said softly, "Forget it. I heard that Yu Xingxing came from the mountains, so she might not be well-educated. Besides, I am the host today and she is the guest. How can the host find fault with the guest?"

Qin Rui was still a little angry: "Mingzhu, you are just too nice!"

Yu Mingzhu just smiled and said, "Well, now it's time to leave the banquet. I should go back and see the guests off."

Qin Rui took the initiative to ask Yu Mingzhu out: "Mingzhu, do you want to go to the lantern party in the south of the city tonight? Do you want to go with us?"

Yu Mingzhu smiled and said, "My three brothers said they would take me to see the lanterns tonight, so I'm afraid I can't make an appointment with you."

"It's okay, it's okay." Qin Rui waved her hands, full of envy, "Your three brothers really love you to the core. You're nothing like my stinky brother, who spends all day reading in the study room, and he's almost become a nerd!"

Yu Mingzhu curled her lips with a hint of complaint: "...sometimes they just love me too much. I even told my eldest brother that since he still loves me so much even though he has a wife, he should also pay more attention to my sister-in-law."

Qin Rui looked at Yu Mingzhu with envy.

The two of them left arm in arm, chatting and laughing.

Xingxing returned to the small pavilion. As soon as she entered, a kind-looking nanny came over and said that it was the Duke's wife who wanted to see her.

The ladies around looked over with envy.

Xing Xing was a little surprised: "Mother-in-law, what does the Duke's wife want to talk to me about?"

Nanny looked at Xing Xing lovingly: "Miss Yu, our old lady heard that you saved Miss Hui and wanted to thank you in person."

Xingxing thought about it for a while and followed the nanny to the side room.

This is where Lou Ruhui rested. She was injured and had not yet woken up. Lady Xin came to see her.

The maid helped Xingxing to open the curtain, and a faint scent of Zen incense surged out from the inner room.

A faint mist was wafting from the green-glazed Suan Ni incense burner on the small table nearby. Through the slightly hazy air, Xing Xing looked at the old lady sitting in the upper chair, who was wearing a crimson dress with an endless swastika pattern.

This old lady of Duke Xinguo had gray hair and was very kind-hearted. She was twisting a string of Buddhist beads in her hand and looking at Xingxing with a smile.

Xingxing took a few steps forward and bowed to the old Duke's wife, saying, "Xingxing has met the old lady."

The old lady of Duke Xin said with a smile: "I am old now, and people from a distance are a little blurry. Good boy, come forward."

The old lady of Duke Xin couldn't help but laugh at Nanny Qingluan beside her and said, "Speaking of which, this child has a really nice voice, like a lark. I don't know why, but I like him so much the moment I hear him."

Madam Qingluan smiled and said, "Isn't it? I am presumptuous to say that Miss Yu's voice sounds good to me, and I like it."

Xing Xing's face turned slightly red due to the compliment, but she still walked forward confidently and stood a few feet in front of the seat of the old lady of Duke Xin.

When she came forward, the old lady of Duke Xin saw Xing Xing's appearance clearly. She was stunned for a moment, looked around for a while, and then called Xing Xing: "Good child, come closer."

Xingxing felt a little strange, but still took two steps forward.

The old lady of Duke Xin couldn't help but reach out and hold Xingxing's hand. She looked at it carefully and murmured, "You are indeed very beautiful, but I don't know why. I feel so close to you when I see you."

The old lady's hands were somewhat warm, and she held Xingxing's hands. Xingxing did not object, and let the old lady look at her slowly.

Xingxing's maid smiled and said, "Madam, many people feel that they like our young lady as soon as they see her. Our young lady is particularly popular."

Xingxing couldn't help but cough lightly.

This sounds just like Wang Po bragging about herself while selling melons.

Qingluan stood beside the old lady of Duke Xin and also looked carefully. Suddenly, she clapped her hands and suddenly realized, "Old lady, look, Miss Yu's nose and mouth look like the old lady's when she was a child?"

When the old lady of Duke Xin heard this, she looked at it carefully for a long time.

She was older now, and after looking at it for a long time, she suddenly realized, "You are right, this child really looks like Atong when he was a child."

The old lady of Duke Xin couldn't help laughing, "I was wondering why I felt so friendly towards this child the moment I saw her. I was just wondering, is it because I know that she saved our sister Hui?"

The old lady of Duke Xin looked at Xingxing with kind and warm eyes. In Xingxing's heart, she was an amiable elder.

Xing Xing pursed her lips and smiled, and did not ask who the "A Tong" that the old lady of Duke Xin was talking about was.

The old lady of Duke Xin held Xingxing's hand and was unwilling to let go.

"I heard from the Duke before that your brother, General Yu, is a rare talent in our Great Xia once in a hundred years." The old lady of Duke Xin said with a smile, "If I had known earlier that the sister of General Yu was so popular, I should have sent you a letter to come to my house to play."