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Coming and going in a hurry, I actually had a feeling of emptiness in my heart.

It was just like when Xuelang left me in the middle of the night, dressed in his own clothes, and walked out of our small courtyard in the outskirts of the capital, returning to the residence of his grandparents' and parents' called 'Xue Family', which made my already thin self-esteem sink even further into the dust.

In the face of this young man of Feng Qingyue, I feel endless grief and a humble feeling that seeped into my bones.

How can a man like me be worthy of such a bright and intelligent young man?

I sat alone in front of the long table in silence for a while, unable to control the tears dripping down on the brocade paper in front of me, wetting the bright and brilliant peach blossom pattern on it.

After half a day of crying in a daze, he had actually forgotten the original reason. I couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. I had already made up my mind to become invincible on the day of my rebirth. However, he would still lick at his wounds when there was no one around.

After adding all the water in the ice cracked platter that was used for the water hibiscus, I placed it on the table and washed my face with water. It was a good thing that Shopkeeper Xiao was very meticulous. He had placed the target comb and the fragrant powder cake in the drawer under the table. Apart from the circles around my eyes and the tip of my nose, there was still some infrared light that could be seen through the mirror.

After sitting down again for a while, I called the Rookies in.

"Miss, what's wrong with your eyes?"

Even with her makeup, she was still unable to escape from the eyes of the maidservants that were already there day in and day out.

"Maybe I slept too much, and I'm feeling a bit swollen."

I rubbed my eyes and pretended to be sleepy. Shopkeeper Xiao's body trembled as he shot me a complicated look in his eyes.

Even his heart seemed to beat faster. Did he hear what Jiang Ming and I did just now?

By the time I thought about it again, he had already lowered his head and retreated to the side.

Forget it, what had happened in the first place, there was nothing to hide!

When they went home in the car, Lan Ling was already waiting anxiously in the house. Seeing that I had returned, he hurriedly went up to greet me and said, "Miss, the old master originally said that he would be arriving this afternoon, but it is already the last hour and fifteen minutes, and there is still no news! "What should we do?"

Although I didn't say it out loud, I understood what Lan Yan was saying.

The letter my father returned with said that he would be home this morning. It was after noon, but he still hadn't returned. There was no reason for a merchant to travel overnight. It was very likely that his father had been delayed on the way and would not be able to return today. However, my original plan was for my father to come back. If this was the case, then the family's dinner party would naturally have to respect my grandmother and take care of my father. Because there were three aunts in the family, naturally we would have to set up another table, while mine, my grandmother, my mother, my father and my three younger brothers and I would have to eat together. Since my mother is still locked in the yard, so she definitely can't come out, then the only people left at our table are us women and children. If this were the case, it would be better to just sit down and join in on the fun, regardless of whether they were concubines or concubines.

This is indeed a thorny problem, not to mention that my three brothers and grandmother are not familiar with each other. The eldest brother is still better, and the youngest brother will inevitably have to be carried by his own mother.

Lan Ling knew that I had to weigh this matter as well. She lowered her head and followed me to the back of the room. She helped me change my clothes, waiting for me to make up my mind.

"Last time, I saw a half moon table made out of pear wood and two people. Go and bring out five of them, with two in the middle and the rest on both sides, one on the left and two on the right. Surround them in a semicircle and place them at Fanghua Pavilion. Have Old Lady Zhou call a group of musicians to come in."

Lan Li's eyes lit up as she smiled and nodded repeatedly, "That's good." Reaching out to help me tie the sash under my armpit, I trotted out of the screen arrangement.

"This madman!" Coincidentally, she bumped into a green bandit who was carrying hot water in. If she hadn't avoided the attack and almost got knocked down by Lan Ling, the green bandit couldn't help but laugh and curse at her.

After washing my face and brushing my hair, I patted my stomach and lay down on the brick bed. "Quickly go to the kitchen and ask if there's anything else to eat!"

I haven't run out of rice since morning. Previously, Jiang Ming had to keep his spirits up, but later, he felt aggrieved and had no appetite. Now, he finally had something that pleased him.

I'm sure that the green bandit also heard the rumbling sound of my stomach when I changed my clothes. He immediately covered his mouth with his hand, smiled, and went out to pass the food.

Rice porridge, sweet eggs, spring bamboo shoots, fried quail, when I saw the dishes placed on the table, I couldn't help but click my tongue.

There was an apologetic look on Lu Kui's face as he explained, "Since the kitchen has already started preparing the dishes for the evening, there are still some food for the old lady in the morning. This servant will …"

Although the green bandit was a strict and solemn person, but no matter where he went, he would always be able to open up the situation. This time, he didn't know which mother in the kitchen he had sold to.

I picked up the sweet egg with my chopsticks and swirled it around in the bowl. "Do you know what this is for?"

Rice porridge with brown sugar eggs was specially made to nourish the body of a woman in the latter part of the pregnancy.

After drinking a bowl of porridge with the fried quail, I took the green bandit to Lanxin's place. The room was empty. She was in the kitchen with her maidservants, making mooncakes, and when she saw me, she asked me what I was doing, her face still cold and mixed with sugar.

When I told her about the banquet tonight, Lan refused without thinking, saying that I had already decided to enjoy the moon with the maidservants in my room. I had expected that she would not come, so I left her with two boxes of freshly baked mooncakes.

After carrying two boxes of mooncakes, I brought Lu Que and crossed the stone bridge from the flower courtyard to Fang Hua Pavilion. From afar, we could see lights and decorations, and the shadows of people were gathering. It was very lively.

The tables had been arranged as I had told them, covered with the flags of rattan and yellow flowers, and on them were red and gold hexagonal boxes of candied fruit. There were two tables in the middle and two chairs on the left side of the table. On the right side of the first table, there was a chair made of pear wood. The remaining three chairs were made of curved willow wood and were covered with turmeric mats.

Apparently, not only did she fully grasp my meaning, she also detailed it in detail.

When Lan Lingyun saw that I didn't immediately come over, she instructed the other mothers in front of her to walk around the pavilion with a smile. One line after another, she explained where she was going to place the lights, where she was going to place the tree screen, and where she was going to place the incense sticks.

Mid-Autumn Sacrifice Month is a tradition.

Seeing that she had made the necessary arrangements, I nodded my head and smiled. "I'll leave it to you!" This caused the female servants who were carrying items to laugh and say, "This is truly strange! The young lady is more like the young miss, and the young miss is more like the young miss. "

The person who spoke was Wang Ma's own family in her grandmother's courtyard, and Liu Ma who was in charge of overseeing Wang Ma's wife in the outer courtyard. Although there was some disrespect in their words, they did not often walk around the inner courtyard, so it was possible that they did not know the seriousness of their words. But with just that one sentence, it made Lu Kou crease his eyebrows. It was probably because of Wang Ma's face that he didn't say it out loud. Lu Kou pursed his lips and scowled for a long time. Lan Lingyun, on the other hand, was completely different. She smiled as she patted the mother's shoulder and scolded, "All you have to do is talk to us and wait for your little peach to enter. See if I give her a hard time!"

"Aiyo!" "Ouch!" Mother Liu gave an exaggerated bow, laughing until she was out of breath, "I'm apologizing to the girl! Miss, please forgive me this once! As long as you take care of our little girl, I'll be willing to be your slave! "

At the side, his mother, who was wearing green clothes, laughed and spat at him. "Young lady, why do you want this old thing to be your slave!? "You might as well tell me a good marriage to make me grateful to you!"

The surrounding mothers who had their ears perked up suddenly laughed. The conversation was very lively, someone actually pulled Lan Ling and said, "Miss, I have a nephew here …"

"Miss, let me show you the music group!"

Seeing Lan Li's red face like a cooked prawn, like she was hiding her ears from the wind, pulling me, I smiled and nodded my head. Lan Lu was relieved for a while, and instructed all the mothers to hurry up and work, then quickly led me to the sound box where the artists were placed.

Standing below and listening to a song, "Spring River Autumn Moon Night", the zither was somewhat unpracticed, often strumming the strings out of tune, but the people playing the lute were all experts.

"Give this to the lute player."

I took one or two small silverware pieces of Ruyi pattern from the pouch at my waist and handed them to Lan Li.

Not long later, Lan Lingyun walked down the pavilion's stairs with a puzzled look on her face. In her hand was a round object wrapped in a handkerchief.

"The artist said that Miss Mo is also a person who loves to enjoy the peace and elegance. He had something that he wanted to give her."

The sight of it was shocking.

Lying on the handkerchief in my hand is the jade buckle on Jiang Ming's waist. I have touched every single cloud pattern on it before, and it is already familiar to me.

I hastily looked towards the top of the pavilion. Jiang Ming was wearing a lotus green robe with his hair tied into a bun. There was a bamboo hairpin on his head and a lute in his arms.

Perhaps because he saw me, a smile appeared on his face, white as jade, bright as the dawn.

My eyes were dazzled by such clear and clear eyes. I hurriedly lowered my head and slowly rubbed the fine and smooth lines on the jade pendant.

It even seemed to carry the burning temperature of a youth.

"Let's go back!"

I caught the two maidservants off guard and turned around, causing them to be a little surprised.

"Miss, is this shift not good? Should we let Mommy Zhou change one more time?"

"No …" "There's no need …"

I don't even know why I stuttered.

Two red clouds rapidly flew up from the side of my face. The feeling of being carried by him, which suffocated me, returned back to my body, making me feel dizzy.

Regardless of whether he was hit by cold water on his face, the burning sensation lingered on. Even after the night was over, I was still drowsy after the ceremony. I looked around blankly as I listened to the zither music that seemed to have an extraordinary color in it. For a time, I was absent-minded.

"Elder sister!"

The little boy's clear and childish voice sounds in my ears. I only just came back to my senses.

The third brother in front of me was holding a lantern in his hand. He tilted his head and stared at me with his bright eyes.

"Elder sister?"

The little boy seemed dissatisfied with my hesitation and came forward to shake my skirt, causing the big red halibut bag tied around my waist to bounce back and forth.

"What did Yi'er say?"

I could only smile apologetically at Aunt Mo, who nodded at me with a smile.

"I said that I really like this big sister's party, especially this band. Can big sister call them over? I want to reward them!"

I felt dizzy.

How could a three year old child know how to reward!

No wonder Aunt Mo wanted to give me such a weird smile.

It was obvious that she had used her youngest son, who was the most useful, to pin gold on my face.

I couldn't help but smile wryly, what Aunt Mo said could be considered as' making a mistake '. Even if I didn't hate her, it would still be fine.

Not long after, Jiang Ming, who was carrying a lute in front of him, was followed by a group of dainty young ladies who were led by Song Ma into Fanghua Pavilion.

I couldn't help but feel a pang in my stomach. Seeing how naturally I knelt down, it really did look like that was the case!

"You are class chairman Lan Xi!"

Aunt Mo, who was holding the child, suddenly lost her voice. She pointed at Jiang Ming and stood up with a look of pleasant surprise.

Class Rep Lan Xi?

How could it be him?

"Aunt Mo!"

Jiang Ming stood up and bowed deeply towards Aunt Mo.

"Is your master well?"

Aunt Mo's expression was filled with unmistakable joy.

"Ten years ago, Master passed through hard times and entrusted Lan Xi class to me."

Jiang Ming lowered his head with a cultured look on his face.

Aunt Mo sighed to herself and explained to me with a smile, "In the past, I was studying with this child's master, because his master was talented, intelligent and beautiful beyond compare. Just now, it sounded like your art from afar, but it turned out to be you! "Young miss, you are awesome for being able to invite Lan Xi class."

Just how much of this Jiang Ming's abilities do I not know?

He had originally thought that he was just impersonating one of the artists, but he turned out to be the class owner.

He was just a young master of an official's family, how could he mix with these prostitutes? He even acknowledged the famous Lan Xi class as his master!

If that was the case, then Young Master Lan, who had been summoned to the palace for the empress dowager's fiftieth birthday, was none other than Jiang Ming!

No wonder when Lu Ping went to see it, she couldn't forget it. She would often talk to me about that handsome and pure Young Master Lan's charm.

"It's just a coincidence! Just a coincidence! " I laughed and exchanged a few words of laughter with Aunt Mo as I glared hatefully at the man who was still standing upright in front of me.

From my vantage point I could just make out the smile on his face under the cowhide octagonal lamp hanging from the treetops.

It was like melting ice and melting snow.