Chapter 52 (1/2)

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<hr>Chapter 52: Lantern Festival

Day by day, as spring began, the weather became better and better And, just like the weather, a person'sSu Su and Xia Yan's treat Ruan had become extremely courteous Ever since she had been confined in her courtyard, there were no longer any sightings of Jiang Li anymore Apart fro</e satire, the rest of her days were actually passed ordinarily and peacefully It seemed like it should have always been this steady and calm

Lu Zhu poured a cup of red jujube and lotus seeds tea^[1] And in the tea, was some of Sophora japonica^[2] (Chinese scholar tree) nectar that had just been delivered to the kitchen; its glistening colour was extre Ruan carelessly flipped through the book in her hand

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”Miss should stop and take a break as our young lady has already read for half aalready” Lu Zhu sht that our Miss was planning to become the top scorer in the palace exaly scolded, ”you can even tease our young Miss, too You're beco Ruan and hed, ”but it is actually true, Miss, did ?”

[3] Nú bì ( 奴婢 ) – This term is often used as a deferential term of address for one's self as a slave servant This term is also similar to the status of serfdom in the feudal times wherein e to their masters Often, these servants were considered property or chattel that could be bought, sold or gifted with their contracts Beco a cri to pay a debt, however, in some cases, some people beco poverty during poor harvests and famines as a way to help their families More information about this can be found here, as the medieval Korean, japanese and Chinese societies had similar social caste syste Ruan looked upon her two quibbling servant girls before her and was about to say a feords but just then, she saw Lian Qiao walk in with a cold expression on her face On a usual day, Lian Qiao would also be s without exception To see this expression of hers, she definitely had encountered so Ruan to speak up, Lian Qiao had already started to speak ”Just now, by Yan Hua Yuan but was then called to a stop by furen's trusted servant, Li momo She said that our Ruan Ju was understaffed and furen had personally selected a few yatou, and after a short delay, they would be sent over Bah! To even say that she had been content with her own position over these past few days, and sure enough, she has been uneasy instead and is harbouring bad intentions So, she has decided to plant some staff in our courtyard”

”You, could you speak a little softer” Bai Zhi proed, ”the walls have ears”

Lu Zhu frowned too, ”this is truly too excessive then”

Jiang Ruan chuckled and slowly picked up her cup To borne such a banner of having 'good intentions and thoughtfulness' for her, to slant such false pretences towards her, as of yet, she could not refuse such advances One could not always brazenly harbour suspicions of the ed the household; Xia Yan had always been like this Wrapped around her presuht 'packaged' exterior, who truly knehat kind of vile and despicable intentions that she had underneath all of that?

All of a sudden, as if it hispered in her ears, she see lady, this old slave has soh death At that time of furen's death, it wasn't at all by chance and was definitely related to that woman from Yan Hua Yuan This old slave wanted to stay in the fu to continue to find some evidence but who could have known that I would have now fallen to such a state These words oflady may not believe but this old slave has been with furen for so many years What furen's body condition was like, this old slave was extremely clear At that time, the way that illness of hers appeared was fishy and thelady, furen</eers unconsciously gripping the handle of the fine porcelain cup tightly, Jiang Ruan's gaze had turned chilly Xia Yan had so to do with Zhao Mei's death, these words of Zhou Quan also knew of this matter and yet, had been excessively tolerant about it until now, then in the days ahead, he could hardly blaht of this, she then heard so Lady, Du Juan jiejie</ely walked in, ”the old Mada lady to co Ruan stood up and asked with a warm tone, ”I have troubled Du Juan jiejie to make a trip here, ill now leave at once Does Du Juan jiejie</ehed, ”Eldest Miss, please don't address nubi as such, ard As to what the matter could possibly be, nubi is unclear too but can only notice that in these days ahead, the Lantern Festival should be taking place soon”

The Lantern Festival Jiang Ruan's pupils abruptly contracted as her expression suddenly turned rigid Her hands seemed to have stiffened up and she was unable to relax as if she were a stone that had been planted in an upright position in the spot where she currently stood

Bai Zhi worriedly looked on, ”Miss, what's wrong?”