Li Xiao touched Ruan Qingluo in front of her,
It was not the most expensive one in the shop, but it seemed to be her favorite.
It was soft,
It was clear,
It felt dizzy, and there was a misty aura from the inside to the outside.
She liked this feeling,
It was like the clouds in the sky, like the color in the fog.
"Can I buy this roll?" Li Xiao turned to look at Momo Zhang.
Momo Zhang smiled and said, "My lady,
You can buy whatever you want. "
Wasn't that the case?
Lord Chen had told her to buy what the lady liked the most,
She could buy whatever she wanted,
She could buy whatever was expensive and whatever she liked.
Momo Zhang felt that it was right. After all, Lord Chen was a bachelor. He didn't have any hobbies or entertainment, and he didn't spend much money.
It was right to buy decent clothes for the little girl.
Li Xiao looked at the shopkeeper again.
"That's for sure." The little shopkeeper smiled, his eyes shining like gold.
After looking, he knew that he was right. He had indeed met a rich new customer.
"Look at your,
This Ruan Qingluo,
It's best to match this colored silk,
Look at it,
With this, the color that comes through is so noble.
It also exudes a bit of liveliness and cuteness, and the color of your eyes is also a bit brighter. Miss, at your age, it's best to dress like this. "The little shopkeeper pulled over a bolt of translucent green colored silk and handed it over to Li Xiao.
Li Xiao tilted her head and looked at it. She nodded and said, "It's really beautiful."
As she spoke, she raised her head and smiled at the little shopkeeper.
The little shopkeeper was immediately stunned on the spot. That pair of bright and dazzling eyes, when the eyebrows and eyebrows curved, was captivatingly beautiful.
It made his heart suddenly speed up and beat wildly.
Oh my god!
How could there be such a beauty in this world? Whose lady was this?
Why had he never seen her before?
Li Xiao lowered her head and stroked the colored silk. Then, she looked at Ruan Qingluo, who she had taken a fancy to. The smile on her face was sweet and charming.
Quite a few people saw this and took a few more glances.
The two young ladies standing on the other side couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Li Xiao. One of the young ladies took a few glances at Li Xiao and couldn't help but say to her friend, "Is that Lord Chen's wild cousin?
Do you see the carriage at the entrance?
The House of Chen's … "
"I heard that they're going to have a coming-of-age ceremony soon. It's going to be very grand … I heard that she's going to be Lord Chen's lover …"
"Keep your voice down. What are you saying? Go back and tell Mother to slap your mouth."
"That's what everyone says. It's not like I'm the one …"
Li Xiao's movements of stroking the fabric slowed down, and her eyelids narrowed slightly.
She had always had sharp ears and eyes, so she naturally heard the whispers in the room clearly.
Just as she was frowning slightly, a hand suddenly reached out and pulled Ruan Qing Luo away from her.
Li Xiao raised her head in surprise and looked at that person.
She was a young lady with a lot of jewelry on her body and was full of nobility.
She wore a bright pink dress and had an arrogant expression on her face.
"I heard that Heir Apparent Qiao really wants to marry you?" The young lady in pink saw Li Xiao looking at her and suddenly leaned over to ask with an unfriendly expression.
Her tone was frivolous and her eyes were full of contempt.
Li Xiao widened her eyes and glared at her. She pursed her lips tightly and didn't intend to say anything.
The young lady in pink snorted and asked again, "If you marry Heir Apparent Qiao, then what will happen to your wild cousin, Lord Chen?
You two are a match made in heaven. One can't find a wife, and the other is raised by someone else. Who knows what kind of plaything is that … "
Li Xiao tightened her grip on the colorful cloth and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Miss, our young lady will buy this Ruan Qing Luo."
Momo Zhang reached out to snatch the cloth from the young lady in pink's hand. She couldn't help but feel angry when she heard the young lady talk about Li Xiao.
After all, they had been together every day for the past few days. Although she had initially wanted to fool and bully the little girl, she could tell that Miss Li was a pure and innocent person after spending time together with her over the past few days.
Momo Zhang was also very angry when she saw others humiliate her.
The young lady in pink suddenly turned around and slapped Momo Zhang hard across the face.
"You —" Li Xiao turned around and stared at the young lady in pink in shock.
"What's wrong?"
The girl in pink raised her chin at Li Xiaoyi. Her eyebrows were also raised high as she looked at Li Xiaoyi from a condescending angle. "Your servant doesn't know how to respect his seniors and interrupted. I'm just helping you teach him a lesson."
Li Xiao bit her lip and glared at the young lady in pink. She began to plot.
"Shopkeeper, I want this Ruan Qing Luo."
The young lady in pink pressed down on the gauze roll that had just been brought in. She smiled at the shopkeeper, but her smile was full of her usual arrogance.
The shopkeeper looked at Li Xiao awkwardly. He hesitated and said, "Third Young Lady, this roll of cloth, this young lady already —"
Qian Yueting tilted her head slightly and lowered her chin. The aura in her eyes changed.
The servants of the Minister's Mansion who were standing behind her also straightened up a bit.
The shopkeeper pursed his lips awkwardly. He didn't know how to continue the conversation.
Li Xiao looked at the Ruan Qing Luo in Third Young Lady Qian's hand. Although she didn't know that Qian Yueting was the third daughter of the Minister of Works, she knew that this Third Young Lady in pink was not to be trifled with.
But she thought about it. She had gone out to buy clothes and everyone knew that she was Chen Jue's cousin.
If she was bullied badly, it wouldn't be her face that would be lost, but Lord Chen's.
They could now stab her in the back and say that she was Lord Chen's wild cousin.
Once today's matter was made public, they would definitely spread it privately. They would say that Lord Chen's cousin was bullied by the Third Young Lady of a certain household.
Lord Chen was such a proud person that he would never let anyone bully him in the entire capital.
Such an upright and righteous lord …
She swallowed and turned to look at Third Young Lady Qian.
Third Young Lady Qian immediately smiled at Li Xiao. Her smile was full of arrogance.
That kind of strong sense of superiority that made people unhappy almost hit them in the face.
Li Xiao suddenly stretched out her arm and snatched the Ruan Qing Luo when Third Young Lady Qian raised her head and pretended to be arrogant. After her fingers grabbed the roll of gauze, her eyes fixed on the position and her fingernails dug into the gauze.
"What are you doing?"
Third Young Lady Qian pressed down on Qing Luo's fingers and slapped Li Xiao's hand away. She glared at Li Xiao.
The servant of the Qian Family also took a step toward Li Xiao.
Li Xiao retracted her hand. Her fingers still felt like they were pricked by the Third Young Lady Qian's slap.
At that moment, she saw what was going to happen in a moment.
She pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes, but only took a step back.
Then she took a deep breath and put on a somewhat seductive expression. She smiled slightly and said, "I'll let you have this kind of trash. A tattered lady like you is only worthy of this kind of rags."
"What did you say?" Third Young Lady Qian glared at Li Xiao, as if she was going to hit her in the next moment.
Although Momo Zhang was slapped, she didn't shrink back. When she saw that Third Young Lady Qian was going to hit her, she also took a step forward.
Wang Chao, who was guarding the carriage at the door, saw that Momo Zhang was hit. At this moment, he was standing two steps behind Momo Zhang and Li Xiao. As long as someone dared to raise their hand toward the people in Lord Chen's mansion, even if it was to hit a servant, he would not hesitate to go up and arrest them.
Li Xiao Xie, on the other hand, was not afraid of the Qian Third Young Miss. She reached out and pointed at the soft Qing Luo that the Qian Third Young Miss was pressing down. She provocatively tilted her head, and her clear eyes, imitating the Qian Third Young Miss, revealed a contemptuous light.
She learned from others and applied what she had learned.
Third Young Lady Qian lowered her head and looked at Qing Luo. Sure enough, she saw that there was a small hole in the thin layer of fog. "Ouch."
She frowned and pushed Qing Luo's scroll forward in disgust.
The little shopkeeper was shocked and hurriedly pulled Qing Luo to him carefully. When he saw the hole, his face immediately turned red and a thin layer of sweat appeared on it.
Oh, it must be because the two ladies were fighting over it.
What should he do?
He raised his head and looked at Li Xiao and Third Young Lady Qian. Both of them acted as if it had nothing to do with them.
Third Young Lady Qian secretly cursed her bad luck and rolled her eyes at Li Xiao unhappily. After thinking for a while, she smiled faintly and said, "I heard that you are going to be of marriageable age this month?
At that time, I will also go to the House of Chen to have a look. By the way … I will also see how to recognize a shabby wild cousin and how to recognize her coming of age ceremony. "
After saying that, Third Young Lady Qian curled her lips and walked around Li Xiao as if she was full of disgust.
Li Xiao looked at the little shopkeeper and then looked at the Qing Luo in the little shopkeeper's hand. She turned her head to Momo Zhang and said in a low voice, "Buy it. I also want that colored silk."
"But Miss …" Momo Zhang frowned.
"My waist is thin. I can cover that hole and it won't be seen." Li Xiao nodded and said with certainty.
"Then give me a discount." Momo Zhang glanced at the little shopkeeper.
The little shopkeeper immediately showed a bitter face.
Li Xiao was turning to the door. When she heard this, she turned back and said, "I'll buy it at the original price."
Momo Zhang was stunned. Even the little shopkeeper was a little surprised.
Li Xiao had already turned her head to look at Third Young Lady Qian, who was walking out of the door.
Third Young Lady Qian was walking out with the help of a servant. She had just lifted her foot over the threshold and walked down three steps at a time.
Although she was annoying, she had the demeanor of a young lady from a noble family. She had some graceful charm.
Li Xiao watched Third Young Lady Qian walk down the steps. After two steps, she turned her head and was about to walk to her carriage, which was parked in the side alley.
Li Xiao saw this moment and suddenly shouted, "Hey!
Third Young Lady Qian! "
Her voice was particularly clear and loud.
Momo Zhang was about to take out money when she was startled by Li Xiao. She had never heard Li Xiao speak so loudly. Moreover, a lady shouldn't shout like this.
She was a little confused. This Big Sister Li Xiao wasn't so unreliable in the past.
Moreover, why did she stop Third Young Lady Qian?
Everyone in the room, including Wang Chao, the shopkeeper, the other young ladies, and the servants, looked at Li Xiao.
Including Third Young Lady Qian, who was walking on the road.
Li Xiao smiled sweetly at Third Young Lady Qian. As she smiled, she counted in her heart — one, two, three …
Third Young Lady Qian stood there and looked at Li Xiao's strange smile. She was a little displeased and said, "Why did you call me?"
In the distance, several horses were galloping toward this street.
Even on the city streets, they didn't slow down.
The pedestrians on the road all stepped aside. The horses' hooves stepped on the ground, causing sand and stones to fly …
Six …
"Nothing. I just wanted to say that you're welcome to come on the day of my hairpin ceremony."
After Li Xiao finished speaking, she turned her head to the shopkeeper and turned her back to Third Young Lady Qian. She looked like she didn't want to talk to anyone.
Baffling …
Third Young Lady Qian rolled her eyes at Li Xiao. She turned around and walked away, muttering as she continued in her previous direction.
At this moment —
The three galloping horses galloped through the streets and alleys, running through the center of the street on the left in front of Third Young Lady Qian.
The horses' hooves stepped hard on the ground, stepping on a nail-sized stone. The stone had an arc on one side. Under the huge pressure of the horses' hooves, it suddenly flew out like the fastest and sharpest hidden weapon in the world. It contained the weight of the people on the horses, the weight of the horses, and the weight of the galloping speed —
But when the stone flew out, what was revealed was the sharpness on the other side of the stone.
The speed was too fast. No one had thought that there would be such an unexpected disaster, and no one had tried to prevent or defend against such an unexpected disaster.
When the stone brushed past Third Young Lady Qian's eyes, crossed her nose, and bounced to the other side … splashing a string of blood in the air, no one could react.
Li Xiao stood in the cloth store, quietly standing in front of the cloth cabinet, quietly looking at Third Young Lady Qian on the road outside the door. From the beginning to the end, she seemed to have expected all this.
She just quietly waited for this moment to happen and silently watched it all happen.
Li Xiao finally listened to the shopkeeper's recommendation and chose four rolls of cloth. When the shopkeeper wrapped them up and handed them to her, it was already a mess outside the door.
The ladies who were buying cloth in the house had already rushed to the door, and many passers-by were nearby pointing and whispering.
Everyone stretched out their heads, wanting to see what was going on with the heart-wrenching cries and the blood.
Li Xiao didn't know what happened to Third Young Lady Qian. When she touched Third Young Lady Qian's hand, she saw that Third Young Lady Qian was almost shot by a flying stone when she turned to walk down the stairs to her carriage. The stone just brushed past the back of Third Young Lady Qian's head. A few strands of hair and a pearl hairpin were shot away, but she was fine.
It was just a staggered number of ten. If Third Young Lady Qian stopped for more than ten seconds, she would have been shot by the stone.
Therefore, the reason why Li Xiao stopped Third Miss Qian was because he wanted her to stay in that position for more than ten seconds, and then … not miss that stone.
She didn't know where Third Young Lady Qian would be hit, but she knew that she would definitely be injured.
When she went down the stairs, she remembered the etiquette and posture that Momo Zhang had taught her. She slightly lifted her skirt and walked very slowly.
Her mother had taught her to walk slowly like this. She had to walk gracefully like a lady from a noble family. She had to be calm and elegant.
When she passed by Third Young Lady Qian's group, she looked through the gaps in the crowd and saw an old woman carrying Third Young Lady Qian to her carriage. The ground and the old woman's clothes were splattered with blood.
Third Miss Qian's delicate face was covered in blood. One of her eyes and the bridge of her nose were protruding, which was where the blood was flowing out.
Li Xiao only glanced at it, then followed Momo Zhang to their carriage under Wang Chao's protection.
Along the way, no one noticed that Li Xiao had been clenching her fists and her back was straight. She was nervous and slightly trembling because of some strange emotion.
After the young shopkeeper sent off Li Xiao, he hurriedly put down the cloth in his hand and walked out of the door. He muttered, "Oh, what happened?
What happened to Third Young Lady Qian? "
The young man standing on the side rubbed his hands and shook his head. "The stone went through her eye, so she's probably blind.
Her nose was also scratched and her face was disfigured. "
"Aiyo … What are we going to do?" The shopkeeper's face immediately scrunched up, and his voice tightened a bit.
Under the bright sun, pedestrians were hurrying around. After Third Young Lady Qian and her group left, only the blood on the ground in front of the cloth shop was left on the street.
But after a few minutes, the people nearby stopped talking about it. It was as if it was just a snack like "today's weather is good" or "yesterday I ate 200 grams of meat".