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"Our Fifth Miss is as straightforward as ever!" Miss Wen smiled at Fifth Miss Xue, who was sitting on the edge of the brick bed and passing a bun to her.

The air in the room was stifled. There were those who were smiling at her with their shallow eyelids, while others were waiting to see Miss Wen make a joke of herself.

Miss Wen was such a keen and knowledgeable person, how could she not know what these little girls were thinking?

Smiling faintly, Miss Wen did not point it out. She took the tight-fitting golden hairpin and walked towards Fifth Miss Xue before squatting down in front of her.

"Are you really willing to give me delicious buns?" Miss Wen asked the person sitting on the brick bed with a smile.

Fifth Miss nodded. She put the deformed bun that she had gripped next to Miss Wen's mouth and said in a tender and sweet voice, "Big Sister, eat!"

Miss Wen took a bite from the Fifth Miss's hand and slowly chewed it a few times before swallowing it.

"Delicious!" Miss Wen patted the fifth lady's head. Smiling, she handed the golden hairpin to the fifth lady. "We agreed that this is elder sister's gift of gratitude!"

The ladies in the room were all surprised. Just the gold was worth fifty taels, as well as gems and workmanship. I roughly estimated that one hundred and fifty taels wouldn't be enough.

If it was converted into silver, it would be around 1500 taels of silver!

This steamed bun was too expensive!

Eldest Miss Xu's face was full of shock. She glared at her third sister who was sitting on the brick bed and protecting the bun tightly.

At the side, Second Miss Xu covered her mouth with a handkerchief. Her eyes were slightly squinted as she looked at me with a smile that was not a smile.

What are you looking at me for?

I'm not the one who stopped your sister from taking it!

The smile on Second Young Miss Jiang's face was somewhat bitter as she praised with a smile: "Sister Wen, you are so generous!" He picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Was she thinking of the difficulties Lady Jiang faced when she applied for her dowry?

Although General Jiang had been guarding this border for ten years, the White City was a land of hardship and cold. Furthermore, General Jiang wholeheartedly wanted to promote himself to the rank of an official, so he didn't dare to do anything that would ruin his reputation. Instead, he would often put money on the table to pay his respects to his superiors.

Now that he wanted to marry Miss Jiang into that family, he naturally couldn't let her daughter marry him and be looked down upon by others.

One must know that most of these Qing Liu officials came from the south of the Yangtze River, which means that in recent years, the Jiang and Zhejiang provinces have paid great attention to ten miles of red makeup!

"I don't want to!" Seated by the brick bed, Miss Xue shook her head like a rattle. No matter what, she refused to take the hairpin from Miss Wen.

Fifth Miss Xue once again shocked everyone.

A young girl, who doesn't like these shiny jewelry, not to mention that the phoenix hairpin was made of thin golden threads, reflecting the sunlight with layers and layers of light. Even in Grandmother's private stash, one might not be able to find such a craftsmanship!

Fifth Miss Xue bit her lips as if she really liked it, but she still insisted that she didn't want it.

When Miss Wen saw this, she was exceptionally happy. She then took off a piece of jade pendant with gold and jade inlay and placed it together with the hairpin.

"This is the greeting gift that big sister gave you. Take it!"

Eldest Miss Xu's face turned increasingly ugly, as if she was extremely regretful that her sister had missed such an opportunity.

Fifth Miss Xue stretched out her hand and caressed the smooth and warm jade pendant. She immediately retracted her small hand and timidly looked up at Miss Wen. "Can I borrow elder sister's jade pendant for a few days?"

Miss Wen laughed out loud, she touched Fifth Miss Xue's soft hair, and gently said to Fifth Miss Xue: "What do you mean borrow? This is yours! "

As soon as she said that she wanted to hand everything over to the Fifth Miss.

Fifth Miss blushed and waved her hands, then whispered, "No! No! My mother won't let me take other people's things! "

Miss Wen laughed even more. She scratched Fifth Miss Xue's nose just like how I usually do. She playfully said: "Our Fifth Miss is really sensible!"

Fifth Miss raised her head to look at the tall Miss Wen and smiled sweetly, her face completely red.

Fifth Miss Xue knew that it was impossible to take anything valuable, but she didn't necessarily know the principle of taking anything at all.

Although the mutton fat jade pendant was also very beautiful, upon closer inspection, one could see that the place where the gold and jade met was a blemish. It was just that it wasn't obvious when compared to the shiny new gold!

This method was better than craftsmanship. Although it was hard to come by something with strange thoughts, the value of it was not too high.

I smiled and took Miss Wen's hand: "Although elder sister has good intentions, I still have to put in a lot of effort in hastily giving such a precious gift!"

Although the Xue Wen family has a good relationship with him, but the Xue family is, after all, here to socialize with the Wen family with the airs of an official. If they were to recklessly give away such a precious item, not only would the Xue Clan feel that the Wen Clan's motive was impure, but the Wen Clan would also inevitably attract a reputation as a fan.

Merchants pay attention to the profligacy, so lifting a stone to smash their own feet Miss Wen would never do it!

Miss Wen took out such an expensive item because she didn't want these so-called Miss Shangguan to look down on her.

This subtle thought is all too familiar to me!

Miss Wen had a clear mind, she immediately understood what I meant. She pulled my hand and said with a smile: "Sister is polite, I didn't think it would be like this!"

I took advantage of the opportunity and chased after her. I took the hairpin from her hand and tiptoed to put the hairpin back into her bun. I mischievously looked at her. "But I can't let you take advantage of me!"

"I think we should give that jade pendant to our Lin'er to play with!" I angrily pointed at the jade in her hand.

"Good!" Good! We'll listen to you! " Miss Wen took my hand and handed the jade pendant over to me. "Then give this jade pendant to Fifth Miss!"

She was afraid that Miss Xue would not accept it, so she felt a little awkward!

I accepted it with a smile and weighed it in my hand. "Aren't you afraid that I'll hide it myself?"

Miss Wen said with her hands on her hips: "I was still looking at you!"

I smiled and gave the jade pendant to the Fifth Miss. I pretended to whisper to her but said in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, "Quick, take this. I swindled this from your Wen family's elder sister!"

The Xu Sanniang across the table stared at the jade pendant in my hand without changing her expression.

Fifth Miss Xue was amused by my words, but she still refused to accept them. She bashfully smiled and said, "Fourth Sister told me not to rob someone of their love!"

Although Miss Xue was born into the Xue family, she was a noble and righteous person!

Why did Xuelang speak of his fourth sister in the past, only saying that she was mischievous? On the other hand, the elder sister who spoke of righteousness and morality was even more respected by her!

I thought I could live a peaceful half of my life with Xue Lang in my previous life.

I lightly tapped Fifth Miss Xue's head and said with a smile, "What? Am I not your sister?

After a long while of persuasion, Fifth Miss Xue finally accepted the jade pendant. I helped her tie it on the towel inside, and the long red tassel fell all the way to the bottom of her skirt.

Fifth Miss Xue's face was flushed red. Her face was full of excitement and satisfaction as she smiled and rubbed the jade pendant hanging on her waist.

When the ladies saw her, they couldn't help smiling, and I took the opportunity to treat them all to a taste of the pastry.

Miss Wen held a piece of hazelnut cake and said, "Just now, there was a hint of laurel fragrance from the sugar bun and a bit of rose fragrance. Now, this hazelnut cake has both the aroma of hazelnuts and the sweetness of chestnuts."

I took turns pouring them a cup of tea from the pink teapot and answered with a smile, "Sister really has such a clever mouth!"

As soon as he said that, the sound of a plop came from the brick bed, followed by the sound of a little girl screaming.

"What's wrong? "What's wrong?" I hastily put down the teapot to have a look.

The broken porcelain pieces, mattresses and large cushions of the brick bed were all wet. The soaked tea leaves were listlessly stuck to them, making them look very miserable!

Miss Xu and Miss Xue had already rolled up into a ball. The two of them huddled together in front of the brick bed while Miss Xu pressed down on the Fifth Miss's body, constantly pulling at something.

"Hurry up and open it!" I pointed at the foot of the kang and scolded the people around the two ladies.

Miss Xu's wet nurse went to pull her.

A four or five-year-old child, just by exerting as much strength as he could muster, was immediately embraced by the wet nurse.

Even so, the anger on Third Young Miss Xu's face had yet to subside. Her originally white and tender face was now completely red. She kicked her hands and feet in an attempt to break free from the wet nurse's embrace.

In his wildly swinging hand, he held a few bright red threads.

Fifth Miss Xue leaned into her wet nurse's embrace and sobbed. Tears streamed down her face, but there was only the sound of choking.

The wet nurse's eyes turned red. She patted Fifth Miss Xue lightly in her arms and kept comforting her, "Sister, don't be afraid! "Don't be afraid!"

Even though she was his master, he was the one who brought her up. It must have hurt to see her being bullied!

The two of them were both young mistresses from aristocratic families and surrounded a group of wives and mothers. It just so happened that they started fighting!

If something like this had happened, they would have questioned the servants. The two ladies are standing next to their own mother, so I can't start reprimanding her!

There was a girl standing by the side with a basin in her hands. She was slightly plump and wore a green and blue scale armor. The one I recognized was a second class maid named Lan Xi in my room.

I pointed at her and said, "What do you want? Why are you guys so fine, and just watch the two ladies fight? "

Lan Xi fell to her knees in a flurry. Her entire body was splashed with water kicks. All of her green armors were stuck to her body.

Her voice trembled strangely as she said with trembling lips, "Your servant … "Servant …" Guilty. "

I sighed!

From the looks of it, this girl should be around 16 or 17 years old. She should have long since achieved the position of a head maid. Yet, she was still suffering at the level of a second class maid.

Anyone with a discerning eye would be able to tell that I didn't want to reprimand her. I just wanted to use her to warn the servants by the two young misses' sides!

If it were Lan Yi, she would have already seized this opportunity to complain about the fight between the two ladies!

Yet, this maid had said 'guilty'!

Now even if he didn't do anything, I wouldn't be able to escape responsibility!

I couldn't help but to blame Lan Lan. Why isn't this girl coming over to cook a steamed bun? Why hasn't she returned yet?