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I couldn't stop him. I could only watch as he and the two servants, dressed in thin linen, shivered in the north wind.

At the first and second doors, I instructed Gong Erniang's wife to bring the young masters back quickly so as to avoid a chill and add a few more troubles.

However, I still saw the letter holding my brother's hand as the carriage drove out of the Yang family along the alley. The letter had its shoulders hunched and its head held high as it saw me off.

I laughed and shook my head.

With such a stubborn personality, it was hard to tell who he was following.

The road was bumpy, and I had woken up earlier than usual, and I fell asleep on my pillow. I didn't even dream of sleeping until Lan Lan, who was in the same car as me, called out to me for a long time before I came to my senses.

Lan Li took out the target from the drawer, pouting and complaining, "... When exactly did you become the leader? "

This is because I'm so busy these days.

I placed the target on the table and poured some osmanthus oil on the grill. I took a sip from my messy temples and said smilingly, "Very soon! "Very quickly!"

After about half an hour, the sky turned from gray to clear, and our carriage entered the alley on the back street of Xue Mansion. The wife of the Xue Manor was already waiting at the door. When she saw our carriage stop, she greeted them happily. "Your servant greets Miss Biao, your three families."

This must be Little Lu's so-called married mother, Old Lady Xia.

He wore a long scarlet gold hairpin, a pair of red gold clove earplugs on his ears. He wore a dark green fox-hair suit with a dark blue tweed skirt, which was even more respectable than those of the old matriarchs of the wealthy and wealthy families.

I looked at the floating jade bracelet on her wrist and smiled.

No wonder he was so dignified and acted like a smart person.

It must be because today was Ning Lin's birthday, and the people coming here today were all the ladies of noble families. She was afraid that if Little Lu lost a bit of her reputation, she would definitely take out her secret book.

I looked at her coldly. Lan Li took out a purple and red bag from her sleeve and handed it to the woman.

I smiled.

This time, Lan Ling was wearing two kinds of purse. Inside the blue one was a five-point small piece of silver, and inside the purple one was a five-point small gold ingot. He would never be able to figure it out if he were to think about it directly.

Old Woman Xia took the bag, her face revealing a faint expression of "only so-so" as she welcomed us in with a smile.

Upon entering the back door, there was a small palanquin with a blue cloth inside, welcoming two sturdy and healthy women. Upon seeing me, they hurriedly squatted down to greet me. Lan Lingyun took the blue pouch and gave it to them, then helped me into the palanquin and followed old woman Xia to walk to the side.

From my chair I heard Lan speak to Mrs. Xia.

"Mother Xia, why are all the pavilions decorated with colorful silk?"

Old woman Xia purposely raised her voice so that even I, who was sitting in the sedan chair, could hear every word clearly.

"Miss, haven't you heard that our young master has just pointed to the head of the table? The Xue family, from the old ladies to the few other wives, were all overjoyed, saying that they would have a great feast, but our young master said that this was only the first step for the scholars, and that it was not good to make a big deal of it. So, we took advantage of the birthday of our fifth young miss and invited people we were familiar with. Those who know of it can be considered to be celebrating the eldest young master's birthday, and those who don't know can only be treated as adding blessings to our young miss's birthday celebration. As the Old Granny had invited a lady from her family to come over, she had decided to surround the pavilion, so as to avoid bumping into any of the ladies. "

I laughed to myself in the sedan chair.

I've always been curious why Little Lu would bring me into the Xue Manor without a trace of doubt.

So she thought I was up to this.

That was why he had told his servants to welcome me at the door and give me such a big mouth.

Otherwise, how could a mere steward mother like her dare to discuss the young master in front of Miss Biao?

Little Lu was really good at scheming!

Old Lady Xue took advantage of this time to hold a big feast, and specifically asked the madams to bring a young lady of similar age to attend. It was obvious that she wanted to tell Eldest Young Master about the marriage and find a powerful Yue Clan so that he could ascend to the heavens in the future. Since I was still in my filial days and couldn't come to these lively places to cause trouble, Little Lu specifically found me a convenience so that I, the daughter of a humble merchant, would have the chance to be chosen as Young Mistress Xue.

I sneered in my mind.

My innocent daughter's family, if they were to have an affair in the Xue Manor with the Eldest Young Master of the Xue Clan, the Xue Clan, in order to pacify the situation, would naturally secretly marry me into their clan.

With my identity and status, I'm just a concubine. The left side is the difference between an ordinary concubine and a noble concubine.

But if I leave the Yang family, then it is really like saying 'not responding every day' and 'not responding very quickly'. Mrs. Xue thought how I managed to get in, it would be like pasting a plaster on her white jade like son, if I don't deal with him, then it would be good, how can she protect me.

Young Master Xue is someone I can't count on, and I've seen him through and through in my past life. Furthermore, they could be considered to be in love with each other. Now, they were merely a couple that matched each other.

At that time, the only thing I could rely on was a cousin of Little Lu's, Little Lu.

The palanquin carried the clock and landed at the entrance of the courtyard. The powder wall was gray and tiled, while the white snow and red plum was small and exquisite.

"This is our Fifth Miss's house. The names of the young ladies are all given to us by the old lady, and they are the words for the title of Eldest Young Master."

I nodded towards old woman Xia with a smile and had an expression of interest.

Old woman Xia smiled obsequiously as she said, "Our family's eldest young master."

A maidservant who had not combed her hair rushed in to inform the others.

It was a small courtyard with a stone path in the middle, with plum blossoms growing on both sides. Following the northern wind, a wisp of a delicate fragrance drifted over.

After the first entrance hall, Little Lu was holding the hand of Fifth Miss Xue and standing under the eaves, smiling at me.

I hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Little Lu. I smiled, "This big cold Tian'er, why have you come out? "You make me feel embarrassed!"

Little Lu poked her daughter's head and said in a displeased tone, "Who says it isn't!? The cold wind outside was breaking his skin! "Isn't it this girl? I heard that you wanted to come, but she insisted on going out to wait for you!"

Fifth Miss and Little Lu were sitting side by side on the beauty bed in the middle. Hearing my mother's words, they only pursed their lips and smiled, but didn't have much of a relationship with me.

I inwardly lamented the passing of time. Fifth Miss had also reached a certain age where one could distinguish what was meant by 'kind words' and what was meant by 'truth'.

Even I, as an adult, don't have much feelings for Fifth Miss, who I've only met a few times, let alone a child like her.

After receiving the teacup from the maid, I smiled indifferently and accepted her kindness. "I've let you drag me out!"

Saying that, I took the purple sandalwood box from Lan Li's hands and waved it towards Fifth Miss. "Ning Lin, I know that today is actually your birthday. This is for you!"

The little girl's big eyes flickered. Seeing her mother nod, she smiled and quickly walked over. She picked up the wooden box and tilted her head as she asked, "How did elder sister know?"

The rules of a girl's boudoir were not told to anyone before she was married. Usually, only her biological parents would know. After the girl was born, they would either delay her birth by a couple of hours or push it back by a day or two before the news of her giving birth to a girl would be made public.

I smiled and patted her head. "That, of course, is because I'm smart!"

After teasing Ning Lin for a bit, I coaxed her to open the box I gave her. How could a little girl not like these shiny, golden objects? Ning Lin was making a fuss about swapping them with her own. Little Lu's heart ached for her daughter. She couldn't keep her daughter busy, so he told her to go back to her room with him to change her clothes and jewelry. Little Lu and I sat opposite each other and chatted about family matters for a while. Ning Lin ran out from behind the screen, wearing the jewelry I had given her, and had already changed into a pink and purple jade hairpin embroidered dress with narrow sleeves. She looked especially delicate as she kneeled at her mother's feet, acting like a spoiled child, pestering Little Lu about how she looked.

Little Lu gave her daughter a hairpin as she smiled and said, "It looks good." Ning Lin immediately beamed with happiness. She stood up, clamoring that she was going to pay her respects to Old Lady Xue and ask her grandmother to look at her new clothes.

Little Lu smiled as she embraced her daughter. With a gentle face, she turned to me and asked:

"We always have to go to the old lady's place for lunch. Go and pay respects to our old lady as well!"

I naturally followed the guest and host. I placed the teacup and teacup in my hand on a few small plates at the side and followed Mrs Lu out of the room.

Mrs. Xue lived in the main house of Xue Mansion, and I had been there several times before. The cypress was sharp, the eaves tall, and the room was carved in black lacquer.

When we entered, Mrs. Xue was sitting across from a maid playing chess. When the maidservant saw us enter, she hurriedly stood up and bowed under her skirt. Her actions were calm and unhurried, as if she were a young lady.

Little Lu stretched out her hand to support the little girl, smiling, "Miss Ziyun is getting more and more handsome!"

She had a straight face and an unrestrained attitude. Although she was not a beautiful woman, she had an air of elegance.

Ziyun let out a soft laugh and replied to Little Lu: "Third Young Madam's mouth is getting stronger and stronger!"

Third Wife pulled Ning Lin and I forward, bowed to Old Lady Xue, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped the empty cheeks on both sides and cried, "Old Ancestor, take a look! Now, even big sister Ziyun started to amuse her daughter-in-law! In other words, the parrot in your room will not like me anymore! "

Everyone in the room started laughing. As Old Lady Xue cleaned up the chessmen, she said, "That's right! Aren't you the most unforgiving person in the world? "Why don't you take her back to your room and tell her to serve Third Brother and see if she still gets anything big in the future!"

Ziyun's action of picking up the chess pieces slowed down. Her face turned pale and she quietly raised her eyes to look at Little Lu.

Little Lu's expression did not change. She only pushed Miss Lin forward, "If even the old lady doesn't decide on behalf of her daughter-in-law, then let's just look at your grandson's daughter's face!"

Old Lady Xue took the opportunity to hold Ning Lin's hand and smiled. "You look very well dressed today. I've never seen you wear this hairpin before."

Ning Lin's little face was completely red as she smiled and said, "This is a gift from my cousin!"

Old Mrs. Xue seemed to have noticed my presence. She stared at me for a long time, then asked Little Lu, "Isn't this the Yang family's child?"

Little Lu quickly replied: Exactly! Since Big Sister is gone and the capital is far away, my wife decided to take her over and stay with my wife for two days. "

Mrs. Xue looked at me blankly.

I was startled. Did Little Lu not tell Old Lady Xue about this beforehand?

Ziyun put the chess pieces back into the chess basket, took the teapot to refill the old lady's cup, took the opportunity to whisper in her ear.

A look of realization appeared on Old Lady Xue's face as she took a sip of her teacup and nodded her head.

Ziyun tiptoed away and put the chess board and the chess basket back into the cabinet at the side.

Old lady Xue asked me to sit on the chair next to her and asked me a few questions in an indifferent manner. It was all about Grandmother, but in the time it took for an incense stick to burn, I asked her why Grandmother wanted to move out, when and where …

I understood.

She was afraid that Old Lady Xue had lost too much of her memory due to her old age. She was already starting to lose her senses.

In my previous life, Matriarch Xue didn't exist in September of next year. At that time, I was already following her. When she came back, she spread her clothes wide and laid on the bed without making a sound. Behind the scenes, people went to find out that the old lady couldn't bear the summer heat and was suffering from an emergency.

So it was because of the foreboding, but the Xue Clan had concealed it.

No wonder the Xue Clan was in such a hurry to marry the Eldest Young Master.

Needless to say, if anything happened to old lady Xue, he'd have to wait another three years. More importantly, Old Lady Xue came from the Cai Family, which was the same family as Esteemed Empress Dowager had been. If the old lady left, the connection between the Xue Family and the Cai Family would be broken. Not only would the Xue Family have no hope of recovery, it would also be extremely difficult to arrange a good marriage for their young miss.

After Mrs. Xue had nagged me for the seventh time and made sure that my grandmother would send her an invitation the day she left, Mrs. Xue finally led her daughters through the door.

I have a sense of relief at having survived.