He Yunyi paused while eating and slowly raised her head: "Are you serious?"
He Jingheng nodded: "I have delivered the message. I still have some things to do in the military camp, so I will leave first."
He Yunyi finished the food in the lunch box, sat in the chair and thought for a while, then gritted her teeth and walked out.
Shang Ruoyi is drawing blueprints. She has been preparing for a long time. The jewelry shop is about to open, and she must prepare enough styles.
"Miss." Shaoyao walked in and said softly, "Xiaojun is here."
"Please ask her to come in."
When He Yunyi came in, Shang Ruoyi was still drawing on the blueprint and did not look up.
"Come and help me take a look, what do you think of this style?"
He Yunyi picked up the blueprint, looked at it for a while, nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, I have never seen these styles before. You are really amazing. I don't know what good thing my brother did to marry you home."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I don't know who will be lucky enough to marry you home."
He Yunyi heard this and looked at her with sparkling eyes.
In fact, her gaze was too striking, and Shang Ruoyi couldn't pretend she didn't see it.
"If you have anything to say, ask now."
"My brother told me to come find you."
Shang Ruoyi finally raised her head from the design drawing with a smile on her face: "It seems that you have grown wings. If it weren't for this matter, I'm afraid you wouldn't even step into this threshold."
"Unfair." He Yunyi sat beside her, and said angrily, "It's all because of my grandmother and mother. I don't even go out of the house. Whenever I see them, they are either the sons of this family or the legitimate sons of that family. I'm scared just thinking about it now."
"Who are you thinking about, that exiled man?"
When she mentioned that, He Yunyi's pretty face turned red, her lips moved, and finally she let out a sigh.
"What's the point? If you don't even know his name, whether he has a family, where he came from, or what he does, what's the point of caring about him?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded seriously after hearing this: "Yes, if he was an unknown person, I think grandma would not be willing to marry you to him."
He Yunyi was a little depressed. She looked at Shang Ruoyi and said quietly, "Sister-in-law, why should a girl obey her parents' orders and matchmaker's words?"
"The so-called parents' order is that the elders of the family think that the man is of noble character, a good husband, talented in literature, and has a bright future, so they agree to let their daughter marry him. As for the matchmaker's words, they are just to find a matchmaker for this marriage, and only the wife needs the matchmaker's words."
"But they only look at whether the man is excellent from their standpoint. However, an excellent man is not necessarily the one you like. Whether the marriage is happy or not is up to you. If this man and you love each other, you will be willing to live a good life even if you have to eat coarse food in the future. But if you don't like him, even if he becomes a prime minister or a rich enemy, it will be meaningless to you. It will just be a waste of time." He Yunyi whispered, "I would rather not marry and die in the boudoir than marry someone I don't like."
Shang Ruoyi heard this and curled her lips slightly: "I like your personality."
He Yunyi seemed to have found her confidant. Over the past few days, whenever she mentioned these things to those around her, they didn't understand. Even the nanny who had taken care of her since she was a child advised her not to oppose her mother, and just wait for her mother to arrange a family for her so that she could get married peacefully.
But she refused and would not accept her fate.
Why?
A woman only marries one man in her life, so why not choose the one she loves?
"Sister-in-law, will you help?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "I'll help you."
"Sister-in-law! You are the best! I just need a bite of food. From now on, I will need you to take care of me."
"Why do you seem so alone?" Shang Ruoyi pinched her nose and said, "Don't worry, I will make your wish come true. However, whether you can marry and have children with the one you like depends on fate."
Early the next morning, Shang Ruoyi took He Yunyi out.
"Sister-in-law, where are you going?"
"You'll know when you get there."
After a while, the carriage stopped at the gate of a village on the outskirts of the city.
Two cars passed by and a grassland appeared in front of them.
"Is this the old horse farm?"
I saw several cows grazing on the grassland.
"Sister-in-law, are you going to open a milk tea shop in Beijing? Are you going to reopen Fu Sheng Ruo Meng?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "The shop is next to the jewelry store."
Just then, a familiar figure walked over.
"You finally came here." Ling Feng said with a smile on his face: "If it were any later, I would have to break into your palace."
"Thank you for your hard work recently." Shang Ruoyi said with a smile: "Have you dealt with the affairs of Xiaozhuang?"
He nodded: "There are two acquaintances. Do you want to meet them?"
Shang Ruoyi's smile deepened: "It's not that I don't want to see them, but I said at the beginning that I would never see them again."
"Since you drove them away, they have been following you to protect you. But after the fire, we left here and they have been looking for you. We suffered a lot." Ling Feng smiled bitterly: "Although they were planted by your side at the beginning, in their hearts, you are the real son."
Seeing that Shang Ruoyi didn't say anything, Ling Feng waved his hand, and two figures walked out from the corner.
"Miss." Yingxue and Xunmei knelt in front of Shang Ruoyi and said, "Miss, we know we were wrong. We dare not ask for your forgiveness. We only ask you to let us stay by your side, even if it's just to be a maid to sweep the floor or do some rough work. Please don't drive us away."
"Miss, please."
Shang Ruoyi looked at the scar on Xunmei's face and frowned: "What happened to your face?"
Xunmei touched her face, lowered her head and said nothing.
"If you haven't decided to keep you here, and you don't answer my questions, how can I expect you to be loyal in the future?"
Hearing her say this, Yingxue and Xunmei's eyes lit up. Miss, do you mean to forgive them?
"My lady, it's Concubine Zhao."
"Empress Zhao?"
"We heard that you disappeared in Concubine Zhao's palace. People in the palace said you were burned to death, but we didn't believe it. We thought you must have been locked up by Concubine Zhao, so we went to Lanqing Palace at night. We didn't expect that Concubine Zhao was surrounded by many experts, and we were injured in a few encounters. This scar was left at that time. If it weren't for Concubine Shu, we would have died there."
Shang Ruoyi frowned. She looked at the scar on Xunmei's face and took out a bottle of medicine: "Apply this. It won't take long before the scar disappears."
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