At this moment, I heard a gust of wind blowing behind me.

When I turned around, there was only a dark street behind me, with no one left. The wind was blowing coldly across my clothes, making a sound. At this time, the door had already opened.

From inside, a familiar voice came, and said in a scattered manner: "When you go back, just convey our meaning to your master."

"Please rest assured, Princess."

"Please rest assured, please go back."

I heard that the sound was from Han Ruoshi, but the other voices were very strange.

When I looked up, I saw the door open and a large group of people walked out of the inside. The formation seemed to be quite large. The two servants walking in front were holding lanterns in their hands. The cold wind suddenly poured in was blown by the door. The bright red light of the lantern became swaying, making the faces of the people behind me a little dim and difficult to see.

Among them, the thin and weak and slender one is also the one I am most familiar with, and it is today's birthday star Han Ruoshi.

The people who walked out side by side with her were all unfamiliar. They could only vaguely see their gorgeous clothes and cautious expressions. As Xiao Yusheng said, they did not look like southerners, nor were they local celebrities in Jinling.

And at this moment, they all saw me when they looked up.

Those people probably didn't expect that it would be so late. There was a woman standing on the empty street at the gate. Especially under the dark sky, it became even more strange and unpredictable. The people were stunned for a moment and stopped there.

"My daughter, this person is—"

Han Ruoshi seemed to have expected that I would stand here for a long time. She just looked at me with the corner of her eyes, then smiled at the people and said, "I don't care. Be careful, look at the road."

Although the people were a little hesitant, seeing that she was so calm, it was hard to say anything else, so they walked down the steps with her and passed by the rain. Not far or near, they saw the people looking at me with a surprised look in their eyes.

I also looked at them quietly.

When they reached the street, Han Ruoshi stopped to say goodbye after their repeated persuasion. The people bowed to her and said goodbye. Finally, there was a tall and very rough-looking man. He had been walking at the end of the crowd before, standing there like a wall. At this time, he turned around and looked at me, as if he was hesitating for a while, and finally walked towards me.

He bowed and said, "Is this Mrs. Pei?"

I glanced at him and nodded: "Yes."

I thought this man asked me what I was going to say to me, but he bowed to me and said, "I have been looking back for a long time."

"Um?"

I frowned, looked at the man in front of me with some inexplicable actions, and vaguely felt that he seemed to be a little different from those before, so I asked tentatively: "You are—"

Before he finished speaking, Han Ruoshi slowly walked over.

"Do you know each other?"

The man glanced at her and then looked at me, but he didn't say anything else. Instead, he bowed and said in a rough voice: "Good."

Han Ruoshi also said softly: "Let's walk slowly."

My brows frowned slightly, and looked at the back of the man who looked like a ridge, and turned around and walked away with his several followers. After a while, their figures disappeared into the dark night at the end of the long street.

At this time, Han Ruoshi turned around and looked at me.

Under the bright red lantern light, her smile seemed a little ethereal: "Sister Qingying came back so late, why didn't she knock on the door?"

I also curled the corners of my lips: "Chaking the door, is it useful?"

She smiled gently and said, "How come it's useless? After all, my sister is the wife of this mansion. Could it be that who dares to lock her sister out of the door?"

Hearing her say this, I remembered the door that I couldn't open just now, and what Su Su had been turned away several times before, of course I understood what was going on. The anger accumulated in my heart almost made me angry, but at this moment, the words that Xiao Yusheng had just said suddenly sounded in my ears-

"The man from Hongyanlou is seeking survival; and this person seeks power."

...

I recalled the people who came out with her just now, and the one who came to greet me specially.

If I was not mistaken, those who left directly after they came out were probably not local celebrities in Jinling. Listening to their accents and what Han Ruoshi said to them, these people are likely to be powerful gentry from all over the Central Plains. It is very likely that they were the envoys sent by the group of people who gathered in Yangzhou during Pei Yuanzhen's wedding.

In order to cover up the eyes and avoid being discovered, the birthday dinner of these two princes was used as a cover-up.

As for the last person who came to greet me, his figure and appearance did not look like a person from the Central Plains.

A foreigner who is not from the Central Plains, but who has contacts with the Han family or Pei Yuanxiu may only come from one place.

When I thought of this, my heart couldn't help but feel a little cold.

So, the sarcasm and sarcasm that were almost about to be expressed just now were swallowed by me at this moment. I only looked at her, turned around and left.

She didn't expect that I would leave like this, and she stood there and couldn't recover. Until the cold wind blew and I had already walked into a far place in the gate, I vaguely heard the maid beside her advised her to go home quickly. I didn't ask any more, and walked quietly to the inner courtyard alone.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the coldness. Susu sat under the lamp with a piece of silk squid that had not been embroidered. When she saw me coming in, she hurriedly stood up and said, "Miss, you are back."

"Well, what about Miaoyan?"

"Miss Miaoyan has already fallen asleep."

I walked to the room there carefully to take a look. Miaoyan was lying on the bed, sleeping peacefully, and her sleeping look was particularly calm. After looking at her for a while, I put down the tent, turned to Susu and whispered: "Has anyone been here?"

"I sent people there several times, but I've blocked them back."

"Who sent people?"

"If the young master sends someone, it must be the one cloth. I think it is not the one cloth, it must be the two there."

“…”

I smiled, but I couldn't tell that Susu was quite smart.

But this is probably the reason why I can't knock on the door tonight.

After Xiao Yusheng said those words to me, and then looked back at the actions of the Han sisters, or Han Ruoshi, everything was not that difficult. She wanted to marry Pei Yuanxiu, and now I was the biggest obstacle. My attitude at their Hongmen banquet that day was already very tough. It was basically impossible to make me let go of my promise.

So, tonight, I closed the door of the mansion and kept me out, not only to make me feel uncomfortable and embarrass me, but more importantly, she deliberately let me see her send the guests out.

With my experience, it is not difficult to guess the origin of those people.

After I knew about this, according to my personality, I would definitely question Pei Yuanxiu, and so—

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sneer.

Xiao Yusheng was right. This woman is indeed different from those in Hongyan Building. She is even much higher than those in the palace.

In the past, I underestimated her.

At this moment, the door outside was pushed open, and Pei Yuanxiu's voice came in from outside—

"Qingying?"

I turned around and looked at Miaoyan who was sleeping heavily, and whispered to Susu: "Serve Miss Miaoyan well." Seeing that she nodded and agreed, I turned around and walked out.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Pei Yuanxiu take off his coat and hang it on the hanger beside the bed, while looking around. When I saw me coming out of Miaoyan's room, I smiled and said, "You're going to see Miaoyan, how about her?"

"Sleep."

"oh."
Chapter completed!