Chapter 3: Confrontation in the Wind and Snow
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On the windy and snowy winter day, Ren Yaoyi stepped out of the inner room, every step she took signaled the impending undercurrents within the family.
The memories of the past were like snowflakes in the winter, slowly drifting down in Ren Yaoyi's heart, those forgotten pasts became exceptionally clear at this moment. She remembered that in her last life, when her mother and third sister returned, she was unable to greet them in time due to her aggravated condition, and then when her father returned to the house, she wore the clothes and jewelry that her father had brought back from Kyoto to meet the guests, which made her third sister, Ren Yaohua, even more dissatisfied with her.
Ren Yaohua thinks that she has not taken her mother to heart, while Ren Yaoqi resents her mother for treating her sister a thousand times better than herself, willing to accompany her sister in her sufferings but leaving her in the mansion under the care of her aunts, and even when she is gravely ill, she has not sent anyone to visit her, but instead sends the doctor to her healthy third sister. When Ren Yaoqi thought she had forgotten these past events, they gradually became clear again, and she began to perceive the hidden cats and dogs behind those things back then.
Someone was secretly playing tricks, constantly provoking the relationship between her and Ren Yaohua.
“Fifth Miss? If you don't drink it, the medicine will get cold.” Jin Oranges saw her frowning at the medicine bowl and busily urged with a smiling face.
Ren Yaoyi frowned and took the medicine bowl, bringing it to her lips. Jin Qiang saw that she was willing to drink, just about to breathe a sigh of relief, Ren Yaoyi moved the bowl of medicine away again, her brows frowning even more tightly: “Why do I feel that today's medicine looks more bitter?”
Jinjie's heart jumped, her eyes swept towards the bowl of medicine, and smiled forcibly, “How could it be? Miss, you haven't even entered your mouth ......”
Ren Yaoqi slanted a glance at her from the corner of her eye and arrogantly said, “This young lady has been sick for a long time and knows that today's medicine is bitter as soon as she smells it!”
“This ......”
Jin Qiang forced her temper to squeeze out a smile, wanting to continue to persuade, Ren Yaoqi added: “You go to find Auntie Fang and ask for a dish of shredded black plums to come, the kind that are pickled with mint leaves and honey together, with snow sugar sprinkled on top.”
The corners of jin orange's mouth twitched, it turned out that it was so hard to talk today because of greed, but in her heart she was relieved and got up, saying, “Slave girl will go now.” Saying this, she turned around and went out.
Ren Yaoqi saw her figure disappeared in the inner room, then put away the haughty color on her face, put on the thick cotton jacket and got off the bed, carrying the medicine bowl and walked behind the screen in the inner room, poured the medicine in the bucket of Christine. After that, she went back to the bed and sat down, and thought about the remaining drops of medicine in the bowl and dabbed some on the corner of her lips.
Jin orange soon came back, came in and saw the bowl of medicine empty could not help but froze, Ren Yao period has been a little impatient said: “How to go for so long! Want to suffer me to death ah!”
Jin orange busy hand a plate of plum silk passed up, Ren Yao period with the silver brazier next to the plate took a piece of the entrance, after satisfied half squinted his eyes: “Good sweet--”
Jin Qiang's eyes are secretly aiming at the medicine bowl, and then looked at Ren Yaoyi, when he saw that there is still residual medicine juice at the corner of her mouth, he was satisfied, and his smile was also more sincere: “This Wu Plum Silk is made by Auntie with her family's secret method, and can't be eaten anywhere else. This year's rainfall, the north several planted a good plum garden were flooded, so aunt also only pickled so a jar, last time nine young lady said to eat, aunt also do not give it, said to be reserved for the fifth young lady's. Nine young lady therefore with our aunt and the medicine of the nine young lady. Ninth Miss therefore with our aunt a few days of anger it.”
Ren Yaoqi saw the curtain outside move, suddenly inclined her head towards jinquan and winked, laughing: “Thank you for telling me this, so the ninth sister is so petty, you didn't tell me and I didn't know it. But don't worry, I won't let her know that you spoke ill of her with me.”
Jin orange smelled a white face, she did not mean to say bad things about ninth miss behind her back.
“Fifth Miss, I ......”
Ren Yaoqi interrupted her words and took off a glistening and transparent white jade bracelet on her wrist and handed it to Jin Kuang's eyes, “I never treat my own people poorly, this is a reward for you.”
Jin Qiang glanced at the bracelet, her heart jumped, and the words she was about to retort were swallowed.
She looked around, carefully received the bracelet into her sleeve, and softly said, “Slave girl thank you for the reward, Miss Fifth.”
Ren Yaoqi covered her small mouth and yawned, “I'm sleepy, I want to sleep for a while, you go down.”
“Yes, Fifth Miss.” Jin Oranges waited for Ren Yaoyi to lie down and retreated.
Ren Yaoyi waited for a while and softly called out, “Who's outside?”
After some rustling, the two maids, Qingmei and Xuexi, lifted the curtain and came in.
“Miss, what are your orders?” Qingmei attentively came forward and said.
Ren Yaoyi said, “Come and wait for me to get dressed and get up.”
Qingmei smiled and said, “Miss, what do you want to do, just tell the slave girl, or don't get up?” But her eyes glanced at Ren Yaoyi's wrist.
Ren Yaoyi pretended not to see her line of sight, and said with a smile or not, “This young lady wants to go to the toilet, can you also take over?”
Qingmei busily said, “Then, then putting the little jacket on is it.”
Ren Yaoqi frowned: “Do you want me to catch a cold, or do you want me to be unclothed and unseemly when I go to the toilet!”
What kind of decency do you need when you go to the toilet? Isn't it like this in normal life? Qingmei sweated.
The Xue Li on the side was busy to come forward: “Miss don't be angry, slave servant serving you to dress is.” While also rushing at Qingmei to make eyes, let her do not talk too much.
Xue Li waited for Ren Yaoyi to put on a thick jacket and a pleated skirt.
“Go and bring me that lynx skin thick cloak.” Ren Yaoyi instructed Xue Li.
Xue Li was startled, this was the costume for going out?
“Miss? Are you going out?” Qingmei had already opened her mouth and asked.
Ren Yaoyi ignored her and only glanced at Xue Li.
Sydney was swept away by her eyes and had to get up, “Eh, slave girl will go now.” Before turning around, she made a wink towards Qingmei.
Qingmei smiled and said, “Miss, where are you going? Speak with the slave girl, so that the slave girl can go and make arrangements.”
Seeing Ren Yaoyi ignoring her, she rolled her eyes, “Slave servant goes to prepare a hand stove for you, lest you go out and catch a cold.” Saying this, she turned around and left.
“Stand.” Ren Yaoqi called out in a faint voice, although it was only two soft words, it caused Qingmei's footsteps to pause.
“Go and find my long chain with two hundred and fifty six beads.”
“Yes, miss.” Although Qingmei's heart desperately wanted to go to Sister Zhu to report, she did not dare to disobey Ren Yaoqi's words, and busily went to the dressing table, and in a short while, she found out a string of pink, white, and gold pearls the size of a thumbtack and strung it into a long chain.
“Miss, will the slave girl put it on for you?” This chain is too long, if Ren Yaoyi wear it, it will take three or four turns to do it, usually she is too cumbersome not to wear it, today I don't know how to suddenly think of it.
Ren Yaoqi shook her head, “I think this chain is rustic, you change it for me.”
“Ah?” Qingmei was stunned, “How does Miss want to change it?”
Ren Yaoyi pointed to the pearls on the top and said, “Take them apart, a pink one, a white one, and a gold one so that they are intermingled in the string.”
Qingmei again bitterly went to the closet to find a needle and thread.
At this time, Xue Li had already found the lynx skin crane cloak, seeing Qingmei still in the house without leaving, she couldn't help but frown.
Ren Yaoqi let Xue Li give herself a simple comb, put on the crane cloak, and was about to go out.
“Qingmei leave the string of beads, Xue Li come with me.”
Glancing at Qingmei, Xue Li hesitates for a moment, but still catches up and goes to beat the curtain for Ren Yaoyi.
Ren Yao period this is the first time in two days to go out, outside the curtain is lifted, the cold wind will be wrapped with goose feather big snowflakes swooping back and forth, ice slag hit the face of raw pain.
Even if you wear thick, the body is still warm, but the face is instantly frozen cold, eyelashes stained with snowflakes, blinking a blurred vision.
She hadn't seen the wind and snow of the Northlands for years.
“Miss it's cold outside, it's better to go back?” Xue Li carefully advised.
Ren Yaoyi period did not pay attention, she pulled the wind hat on her head downwards, covering most of her face, and then walked towards the main room without looking back, the further she walked the faster her footsteps became, and later on she even jogged.
“Fifth Miss, be careful of the slippery ground--” Sydney chased after her.
Ziwei courtyard is not small, the west wing is still separated from the main room by a hall and a large courtyard.
Ren Yao period along the corridor dashed all the way through, from connecting the copy hand corridor corridor door tube out of the time also almost stepped on the main room under the eaves of the corridor half melted light snow slipped and fell, but when really stood in the door of the main room is a little bit close to the countryside love timid.
A few threads of light leaked out from under the indigo blue curtains embroidered with gold and jade, and Ren Yaoyao was very happy.
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