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"I wonder whose daughter you have taken a fancy to?" I laughed like a dog.

"You're the smart one!" Grandmother laughed and tapped my forehead.

In the end, I couldn't get the girl out of my grandmother.

Time flew by quickly as they chatted and laughed together. After lunch, Grandmother said she was tired, and Lanxin and I stood up to say goodbye and went out of the room together.

"Yesterday, I saw a few peach blossoms in Aunt Chen's courtyard. It's so cute. Elder sister, do you want to come and take a look with me?"

In the entire palace, where the flowers and trees were the most flourishing was the Tranquil Heart Temple.

The words I said to invite her to admire the flower seemed to have no meaning at all.

"Alright!"

I'm not the only one who's putting on an act.

Lan Xin was beaming with happiness as she smiled in a gentle manner.

I muttered to myself, "What a crafty guy!" Laughing, he went over and took her arm.

Lan Ling, Lu Ke, and a young woman dressed in a blue maid uniform stood together under the porch.

"Miss!" When Lan Ling and the green bandit saw me come out, they all came up to me and greeted me.

The unfamiliar young lady stood timidly behind Lan Xin, her head lowered in fear.

"This is Spring Festival."

Lan Xin saw that I had been looking behind her, so she smiled and pulled the little girl out to meet me.

"This is Eldest Miss!" Lan Xin pointed at my casual introduction.

'This girl actually doesn't know me! '

"Miss!" The voice was so soft that it sounded like a mosquito, and it made a crooked bow. It was obvious that it was the child of a small family.

I smiled and nodded, then pulled Lan Xin toward the door.

"This is the maidservant that my grandmother assigned to you?"

A young girl like this was assigned to the house to be the head maid.

Thinking about how such an audacious and wonderful person like Lan Xin could be accompanied by such a person and even help her manage the affairs of the house, I couldn't help but be a little shocked.

On the bright side, Grandmother was very fond of Lanxin.

Was this something Grandmother had secretly done?

"No!" When Lan Xin arrived in front of me, her gentleness was gone.

"Then where did you get her?"

I was shocked.

Although the Yang family was only a merchant house and not as strict as those aristocratic families, there would never be a servant girl who did not know the basic etiquette.

Since they are not from our Yang Family, then Lan Xin must have got them from somewhere.

How dare she be so bold!

What would happen if someone found out?

"Where are you thinking!" Lan Xin glared at me. "I asked for her from the ointment room!"

Although it was called a slurry washroom, it was actually not meant for the masters to wash their clothes. It was meant for the maids and servants in the rooms to slurry and wash their clothes and sew their clothes.

Most of the master's clothes were expensive, and they were only worn for a few hours before being washed. What was the use of that strong old woman in the washroom knocking out the soil with her large club?

Like my clothes, they were mostly washed by Lan Li and Lu Ping. After they were washed by the maidservants, they were put back into the box.

Normally, he wouldn't even be able to see his mistress. No wonder he would treat the blessings and gifts that girls usually used to do so uneventfully.

"Didn't Grandmother send you a suitable maid?"

Instinctively, it was impossible.

Since he had already accepted Lan Xin as his female cousin, why would he care about such trivial matters?

"No, I took the initiative to exchange it!" Lan Xin happily turned her head to look at Chun Yu who was right behind her. Her eyes were filled with satisfaction.

The spring rain hung its head and its eyes were fixed on the ground. It seemed unintentional, but in reality, its ears were pricked as it listened to our conversation.

Even though he couldn't get through the rules, he seemed to be a smart person.

"You're quite a clairvoyant!" I laughed and teased her, then led her to pace over to the pink wall outside Aunt Chen's courtyard wall.

It was a quiet afternoon, and the two or three branches poking out from the wall had a quiet beauty to them.

Lan Xin had a bright smile on her face as she spoke with a beaming smile.

"The day I entered the manor, I was injured. My hands couldn't get any water on them, but my clothes were dirty. None of the mothers in the washroom were willing to help me, so I was the only one who asked if I could help her when she was done. "

This could be considered an opportunity.

"This is her fortune!" I replied indifferently. Following Lan Xin, I entered the Lady Chen's courtyard.

The resurgence of vegetation was exactly the beginning of spring.

The peach blossoms on the branches had already bloomed, but the ones below were still budding.

Just like last time, the main house's door was tightly closed. The head maid and mother Xiao, who were called Dual-Embroidered, were sitting on the porch at the entrance, sewing while talking with smiles on their faces.

"Miss! "Miss Biao!" Double embroidery eyes sharp, smiling to stand up to salute us.

Xiao's mother also smiled as she stood up to greet them. "Miss and Madam, how are you free today?"

"Seeing that spring is just right, I came to see what Aunt was up to!"

"What a coincidence, Auntie has already stopped resting!"

There was an apologetic smile on Mama Shen's face.

"Don't worry, let's take a look around. We'll come back later to bother Aunt!"

Before I could say anything, Lanxin interrupted Xiao's mother.

Mama Shen smiled and said, "Why don't the two misses sit down and have a cup of tea first?"

Although the first room of the western courtyard was not as exquisite as the Tranquil Heart Temple, there were still a few places to go. Especially that octagonal pavilion, which was surrounded by dense peach trees. Currently, the peach blossoms were flourishing, giving off a somewhat "fragrant and beautiful grass, falling in splendor" shape.

Mama Shen led the two of us up to the pavilion and directed the maidservants to serve us tea and snacks.

The pavilion was built halfway up the mountain. However, his mother's body was fat and she busied herself with it for a long time. Sparkling sweat droplets covered her forehead.

He left the young serving maid behind and came to do all these chores himself?

Lan Xin and I looked at each other. We both felt something was amiss.

"Why didn't the double embroidery lady come to serve us?" I held the teacup in my hand and slowly sipped the tea within.

Xiao Ma smiled as she looked behind me and said meaningfully, "This young lady is a bit inconvenient."

Inconvenient?

How could it be inconvenient to look at such a lively person just now?

Taking advantage of Mother Shaw's inattentiveness, I shot a look at the green bandit.

The green bandit smiled at me, lowered his head, and slowly took two steps back.

Lan Lingyun talked a lot, and the Green Bandits kept quiet. If I don't have Lan Ling around me for a while, I'll be able to find out, but once I go to the Green Bandits, no one will be able to notice me.

But when Mama Shaw turned around, she saw that Greenwood wasn't standing behind me.

"Where's Lady Lu Kui?" After a moment of absent-mindedness, Mother Xiao laughed.

"She went to the restroom!" I took the teacup and lied calmly with a red face.

Mama Shaw threw me a smile that I understood.

In just a moment, the green bandit returned with a slightly confused look on his face.

Mother Xiao seemed to have deliberately given us the opportunity to speak, as she took advantage of Lan Xin to ask about the local customs and customs of Jiangnan.

"The double embroidery lady is sitting right in front of the corridor. Just now, she only had one flower in her hand, but now, half of it has been embroidered out."

The meaning behind his words was that the double embroidery process had always been about needlework.

Are you sewing there?

Why was it that Mother Xiao would rather drag her heavy body to serve her rather than allow the double embroidery to replace her own?

How strange!

"Mom, auntie is awake!" A round-faced little girl appeared from behind the mountain. She charmingly called out to Mother Xiao, who was chatting happily with Lanxin, "I heard that Miss and Miss Biao are here. Aunt said she wants to invite them in!"

Mama Shen turned around and smiled. "Young Mistress!"

The more she looked, the more she felt that this Shen mom and the double embroidery was a little strange.

"In that case, let's go down!"

Lan Xin, who was standing to one side, had a leisurely look on her face. She stretched out her hand and fondled the peach blossoms that were reaching out from the branch lovingly.

When we arrived at the Lady Chen's room, the Lady Chen, who had just risen from her chair, was dressed. Seeing that we had been brought in by her mother, she also curtsied and left.

After that, he poured tea and moved the tables and chairs, all by himself. He was so tired that his forehead was covered in sweat, and even his embroidery did not show up.

Aunt Chen was sitting on the bed in a white Sanjiang Sansuo jacket, with a navy blue one-piece jacket over the outside. Her face was sallow, and her bright eyes looked like they were bulging out from her face.

Looking at the faint azure color under her eyelids, I retracted the words that were about to reach my mouth.

If I remind her to be careful, I'm afraid she'll be even more worried and unable to sleep soundly, won't I?

After conversing with Aunt Chen for a while, her entire person had a sickly look on her face. Her pair of eyes seemed to weigh a thousand kilograms as they drooped down to cover her eyes.

Lanxin and I had to get up to leave.

When he was pregnant, not only did his face lose its liveliness, it even had a thin and yellow face. How could he give birth to a healthy child?

Lan Xin and I walked out of the courtyard side by side in silence.

The moment I stepped out of the courtyard, Lan Xin tugged on my hand. "Don't worry. I'll take care of her for you!"

I thought I would have to put in a lot of effort to persuade her, but she actually offered to help me.

"Thank you for your trouble!"

That was true.

After being invited by Lan Xin to sit in her courtyard, it was time for dinner. After having dinner with her and chatting and laughing with her grandmother, he brought Lu Kui and Lan Lingyun back to the courtyard.

"Tell your mother to pay respects to Grandmother tomorrow!" Taking advantage of the moment that the green bandit brought in some water to wash my feet, I followed the words of the green bandit.

"Miss?" The green bandit looked up at me with a dazed look in his eyes.

"That's a good thing!" I threw her a reassuring smile.

"Could it be?" Lu Kui's tone was both surprised and happy.

I smiled and nodded.

"This servant will definitely have my mother dress up beautifully tomorrow!" Green Cock wiped my feet with a towel and smiled as he tried to make up his mind.

I couldn't help laughing.

I really can't think of Mrs. Zhou with her lily-white hair!

"Alright!"

If that's the case, I'm looking forward to seeing how you dressed up, Old Lady Zhou!