Chapter 9: The Beauty Rolls Up Her Pearl Curtain, Seated Deep in Thought with a Frowning Brow

  Old Mother Luo hastily complied and at the same time ordered a servant girl to send each of the two girls back to their rooms.

  Luan'er said in a low voice: "Luomama is indeed very shrewd and unscrupulous. In my opinion, this matter is clearly the result of Ruoxi's overbearing behavior, always trying to get ahead and take advantage, which has nothing to do with Luomama's usual flattery."

  I remember the time I took a bowl of ice sugar pear and silver ear cup to Ruo Xi's room, there was indeed a wealthy and generous guest who rewarded Mother Luo heavily and told her to take good care of Ruo Xi. Mother Luo wasn't smiling from ear to ear when she agreed, was she? It seemed reasonable, so I nodded in agreement. Suddenly, I remembered that I had been watching the commotion for too long, and the honey stewed loquat paste might have cooled down, so I quickly bid farewell to Ruo Xi and rushed to Peach Blossom's room with the honey stewed loquat paste.

  Just as I was thinking about this matter, coincidentally, I saw Ruoxi wearing that golden silk embroidered cloak, which set off her slender figure, shining with pearls and jewels, strolling in the backyard to admire the magnolia flowers, looking so majestic. In the end, it was still given to her, I suppose it was Old Mother Luo who intervened on her behalf.

  Jinzhuan had not asked for dim sum for several days, probably still feeling melancholy. As the saying goes, "not steaming buns to fight for mouth air", now Jinzhuan has lost both her clothes and her face, she must be so angry that she can't eat or sleep, how could she have the mood to eat dim sum?

  The little slave girl following behind Miss Ruoxi looked unwell, lacking energy. I remembered the rumors among the maids and decided to ask her about it. I hurried forward and first greeted Miss Ruoxi with a bow, then turned around and asked the little slave girl: "Little slave girl, you don't look well, what's wrong?"

  The little slave looked at me, forcing a smile: "Last time I had a fright, to be honest, my spirit hasn't recovered yet, I have a bit of fever and not much energy throughout my body."

  The creek girl picked a branch of magnolia in her hand and admired it, then smiled and said: "You are also too tender, I'm afraid you've mistaken some playful girl who has come out to play for a ghost, your face is pale, so you just think you've seen a ghost."

  "Miss, I really saw it!" The little slave girl looked at Xi'nan's skeptical expression and hastily explained: "That night, I went out to pour water and clearly saw a woman in red walking under the building. I only wanted to see which miss it was, but when she lifted her face, it was completely white, with no nose or eyes!"

  "Little slave, don't mention this again," said Ruoxi, frowning and revealing a sharp gaze. "Let's just forget about the others, but I'm afraid even I will have to bear the reputation of being a fake and deceitful person along with you."

  "Yes, I dare not mention it again. Perhaps that day I really got my eyes blurred by the flowers." The little slave saw that Ruo Xi was unhappy and quickly lowered her eyebrows and followed Ruo Xi to walk towards the Huāzhī River.

  I think Xiaonu is not talking nonsense. Besides, I've seen flying rotten skulls with Mei Cai, and that faceless female ghost might not be an illusion either. There are too many things in this world that can't be explained by common sense.

  I was still in a daze when that clear voice sounded again from behind me: "Foolish kid, aren't you even afraid of the new things that happened today? To think about it, that red-clothed female ghost is not even as good as a human being. She's not even afraid of a little girl, no wonder she's ashamed to show her face."

  I turned around and it was none other than the Longjing young master from yesterday! The parrot with bright green feathers flapped its wings and shouted loudly: "Shameless! Shameless!"