Part 1: A Dream Within A Dream / Rebirth of Ill Fated Concubine

Chapter 012 Enjoying Flowers

Jiang Ruan picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and then looked at Chen Fang on the side.

Chen Fang bit her lip tightly. She had been used to Jiang Ruan's gloomy and depressed mood in the years in the manor. Who knew that Jiang Ruan seemed to have changed after falling into the water, like a slowly withering flower that suddenly gained infinite vitality and began to bloom again. 

Jiang Ruan's temperament was unfamiliar to Chen Fang. This official lady was now full of beauty in every move. She seemed to be accustomed to a pampered life, with a kind of nobility that was incompatible with this place.

Chen Fang naturally didn't know that after Jiang Ruan was sent to the palace in the previous life, there were many conspiracies and plots in the palace. If she was not careful, she would be caught by someone, and her behaviour could not be wrong. The rules in the palace were very strict. 

The almost harsh training of the teaching nanny made her master the etiquette to perfection. After being in the unique environment of the palace for many years, her noble temperament was naturally cultivated. It's not a big deal for a beauty in the palace to have such etiquette, but when a poor young lady who has lived in a country farm for many years has such a demeanour that she is untainted by mud.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Ruan asked.

This attitude is like a master talking to her servant. Chen Fang's face flashed a trace of resentment, but she barely suppressed it, touched her hairpin, and said with a smile: "Miss, a pot of Moon Beauty was sent here a few days ago. I have been taking good care of it. The buds are getting bigger and bigger these days. It looks like it will bloom tonight. If you are interested, why not go and have a look."

"Moon Beauty?" Jiang Ruan pondered: "This season does not seem to be the season for Moon Beauty to bloom."

Chen Fang hurriedly said: "That's right. Generally, Moon Beauty blooms in summer and autumn, but this pot blooms early. It is very rare. Why don't you go and have a look."

Without waiting for Jiang Ruan to speak, Lian Qiao said: "It's late at night and it's freezing outside. How can you let the girl walk around? What if she gets cold? The girl's body can't stand the tossing now."

Zi Su also said: "Why not put the Moon Beauty in the house so that the girl can see it in the house."

Chen Fang frowned: "The beauty under the moon, as the name suggests, is fun to enjoy under the moon. If you look at it in the house, it's just like ordinary flowers. What's the point? Besides, the beauty under the moon is in the account book. I can't move it at will."

Lian Qiao wanted to say something else, but Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "In this case, let's go and see it tonight."

"Miss," Zi Su advised: "It's too cold outside. It's troublesome if you get frozen."

Chen Fang covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Zi Su, Sister Lian Qiao, the young lady has agreed, what are you still talking about? The most important thing for us servants is to listen to the master's orders. How can you make decisions for the young lady at will? Isn't it bullying the young lady?"

These words were heartbreaking, and Lian Qiao and Zi Su both changed their faces. Jiang Ruan put down the teacup and said slowly: "Fang'er is right, but I can discipline my people myself. Fang'er is beyond my expectation. I didn't expect that she also likes such elegant things as appreciating flowers under the moon." 

Chen Fang stroked a lock of long hair hanging on her chest: "Although I grew up on the farm, I like to read some poems on weekdays. Appreciating flowers under the moon is an elegant thing, and I like it very much." 

After thinking for a while, Chen Fang said again: "By the way, at midnight tonight, Miss must go to the Pear Garden as agreed. The beauty under the moon is placed at the entrance of the Pear Garden, and I will go there at that time." 

"I know." Jiang Ruan nodded. 

Chen Fang breathed a sigh of relief: "I will leave first, Miss, don't forget it." After that, her eyes wandered around the room again, and then she left happily. After Chen Fang left, Lian Qiao said angrily: "What a joke, elegant, bah, you think you are the master just because you wear someone else's clothes! You don't even take a piss to see who you are, shameless!"

Zi Su looked at Jiang Ruan worriedly: "Miss, are you really going to the Pear Garden? Miss, I have something to say. Chen Fang is a sarcastic person. It's abnormal to show her kindness like this. Be careful of other thoughts."

Jiang Ruan smiled faintly. Zi Su and Lian Qiao were two maids. Before entering the palace in the last life, Lian Qiao was beaten to death for speaking rudely to Jiang Quan. In fact, it was just that Lian Qiao was unwilling iang Ruan to replace Jiang Susu to enter the palace, so she found Jiang Quan to plead for mercy, but somehow angered Jiang Quan and ended up with a tragic death. In the end, it was all for the sake of protecting her. 

Although Lian Qiao was fierce and straightforward, she was a measured person. Jiang Quan's rage was also due to the contribution of Jiang Susu and her mother.

Zi Su accompanied her to the palace safely. It must be that Jiang Susu and her mother saw that Zi Su was gentle and would not cause any trouble, so they let her accompany them. When she forced the palace, she let Zi Su run away with Pei Er, but Pei Er was eventually caught. She thought Zi Su is also in danger.

These two maids accompanied her in her short and tragic past life, and accompanied her wholeheartedly, but she didn't save any of them. Just like Pei Er and her elder brother.

Zi Su and Lian Qiao saw that Jiang Ruan was hesitant to answer, and looked at her with some doubts, and were shocked by the coldness in Jiang Ruan's eyes. When she was about to say something, Jiang Ruan smiled again, and the coldness just now was swept away in an instant: "I know."

"Knowing that she has bad intentions, do you still want to go?" Lian Qiao asked: "Too risky."

"This appointment must be kept." Jiang Ruan said: "It's just not to appreciate the flowers, just to collect debts."

"Collect debts?" Lian Qiao was even more confused.

"Lian Qiao, I have something for you to do." Jiang Ruan told Lian Qiao to lean over and whispered.

Chen Fang left Jiang Ruan's room and walked forward happily. After she walked out of the yard, the people outside the yard saw her coming out and hurriedly asked, "How is it? Did she agree?"

"Of course she agreed." Chen Fang pouted: "Now that she is so down and out, she will not miss this opportunity when I mention the beauty under the moon. Brother, where is the thing you promised to give me?"

Chen Zhao grinned happily and took out a crystal clear jade bracelet from his arms: "Good sister, brother has not loved you in vain. After the matter is done, brother will definitely thank you well."

Chen Fang couldn't wait to take the bracelet from Chen Zhao's hand and put it on, and said with satisfaction: "The quality is good." After that, she remembered something and glared at Chen Zhao: "Do you really like her? What's good about that vixen? The master doesn't like her, and there is no future for her."

"Hey, I'm not going to marry her," Chen Zhao said happily, "With such a beautiful concubine at home, I don't have to go to brothels in the future, which saves a lot of money. I have never tasted the taste of a lady from an official family. Although she is a poor lady, she is still tender and delicate. Well, I won't talk to you about this. I'm leaving first. Remember to keep it a secret."

"I don't want to bother with you." Chen Fang snorted and turned away.

(End of this chapter)

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