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Xi Shi and the others did not know that Xu Minglan had made such a plan. They only thought that she was wholeheartedly waiting for them to put on their dresses and that the four of them were so busy that they had to wait for to wake up first thing in the morning to tie all the dresses together.

All of the girls in the room had only fallen asleep after almost all of them were awake at dawn. It was Xi Shi's turn to be on night duty. When it was morning, Xu Minglan got out of bed, and opened his eyes, wanting to look at the dresses they had changed overnight. Xi Shi took it and tried it out with her, and after looking at it for a long time in front of the copper mirror, he finally unhappily took it off.

Xu Minglan saw that the two of them were still standing there, and impatiently said, "Why aren't you two going? If we're too late, we won't be able to make it in time. "

With a sigh, Xi Shi picked up the bundle's skin from the ground, patted off the dust, and said dejectedly, "There are still a few more years until I, as a young lady, have to go out. I will endure it for now, so as to not let young lady chase after me out of the courtyard. "When you're old enough, I beg of you to be merciful and grant me that promise."

Xi Chun was startled when she heard it, she had never thought of leaving Xu Minglan. From the moment she was assigned to the Xueju, she had already planned to marry Xu Minglan to her husband's family. Serving someone was not a long-term plan. If she could become Young Master's room's servant and she came from the Xu family, then she would be more considerate than those foxes outside …

Xi Chun was angered by what she said and argued, "Sister Xi Shi doesn't have to sound so bad. Everyone go their own way, but Sister Xi Shi take care of yourself, don't fall down!"

Xi Shi scoffed, "Fine, since you have the good intentions to advise me, then treat it as me feeding the dog with my heart, and in the future, you don't have to call me Big Sis anymore. I, Xi Shi, am just a lowly person who can't afford to be called Aunt!"

Xi Chun was also angry for a moment before saying these harsh words, but in the end, both of them had completely fallen out with each other. As Xi Shi's words stung them, tears immediately began to flow down her face. She didn't want the people in the mansion to see a joke like this, so she wiped her tears away with her sleeve. Seeing that Xi Shi ignored her and left, she couldn't help but call out to him.

Xu Minglan saw that the two of them had come back one after the other, but she didn't see anything strange about Xi Chun. She was only concerned about letting Xi Shi hurry up and iron the green bean curd set, and also let Xi Qing and the others comb her hair. When they were all neatly dressed, the bright red color reflected the green of the beans. It was quite pretty.

"Alright, let's leave it at that." Xu Minglan looked at herself in the copper mirror and nodded in satisfaction.

At this time, Xi Qing took out a red coral pouch embroidered with white and blue sky silk, and a pink one embroidered with light gray and golden brown silk. She placed it on Xu Minglan's waist, indicating her to pick it.

Xu Minglan lowered her head and looked, then pointed to the one at the front: "Take the same colour and match it."

In his heart, Xi Qing also felt that the coral redness was better, so he bent down and tied it for her. When he turned around, he realized that Xi Chun's eyes were red, and the expression on Xi Shi's face was cold and hard.

Now was not the time to ask, she had already prepared the clothes Xu Minglan was wearing when she went out as a guest, and Xi Shi was going to follow the lady out again. Xi Qing could only wait for the carriage to leave, before capturing Xi Chun and asking him what had happened.

Xi Chun only said that she and Xi Shi could not be considered sisters. In the future, if Xi Qing wanted to talk to her again, he would ignore Xi Shi. If he wanted to talk to Xi Shi, he would have to pretend that she was not in the room.

Xi Yun and did not know what to do. Although they had advanced to Xueju in succession, after getting along with each other for a few years, they had become more like sisters than if they were blood sisters.

At the moment, he could only wait for Xi Shi to return from the Fu Clan and ask them about the reason why he wanted to do so. Xi Qing accompanied Xi Chun in the room for a while before they both went back to their own beds to sleep.

As for Xu Mingwei and the others, they sat in carriages and went back to the Fu Clan, while Xu Mingmei and Xu Mingwei squeezed together and chatted and laughed, ignoring Xu Minglan.

Xu Minglan coldly snorted in her heart. Seeing how they were dressed, Xu Mingmei put on a skirt made of fireworks, making the dress seem light and delicate, matching her expression. 's original dress had been changed by her, and today she was wearing a different set of narrow collars yellow robes. That kind of color could easily match the yellow of her face, but wearing it on Xu Mingwei's body, couldn't be more suitable.

Xu Minglan felt that her jealousy was unbearable. Looking at the color on her body, she felt that it was even dirtier than the color of Xu Mingwei's clothes.

Xu Mingwei did not miss her gloomy expression. If everything in the world was not good, then how could it be possible to be ahead of everyone else? Xu Minglan's dissatisfaction was that she could not see what she had, but every time she looked at someone else, she could see what they had. How could such a person get up happily?

As he was thinking, the carriage came to a steady halt in front of the Fu Family's gate. The Fu Family servants who came to welcome them accepted the invitation, smiled and led them towards the Emerald Pavilion where Fu Ninghui lived.

On the way, Xu Minglan asked the woman who was guiding the way if any of the young miss from other families had arrived.

The old woman answered with a smile, "I didn't expect that the girls would arrive early. Our family's young lady is still copying scriptures at this time, the young ladies should go to the Miss Biao's yard first, our family's young lady will come looking for us soon."

Xu Minglan silently cursed, who would avoid copying the scriptures while the host would send out a invitation. Although she was smiling, she said, "We came at the wrong time and disturbed the peace and quiet of the mansion."

The old woman quickly waved her hand, "I dare not say that, the few ladies are esteemed guests who cannot be expected. The old woman just saw a moment ago and said that the virgin girl in front of Guanyin was from the mortal realm, but she's so beautiful that she can't even match up to that year painting."

Xu Minglan turned and looked at Xu Mingwei, but did not say a word.

The woman didn't seem to mind. She went around the fake mountain and pointed to a house on the high platform, "Ahead is the Emerald Pavilion, the girls pay attention to the ground. These floors are all paved with pebbles, and if you take the advantage of pressing on the acupuncture points on the soles of your feet, you'll easily stumble over it."

After they were reminded by their wives, they all looked down. Indeed, from this point onwards, there was a long stone path in front of them. The pebbles were not flattened like the others, but instead, they stood on end, protruding out from the mud and forming a small bed.

Since Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingmei were guests, they intentionally wore thick embroidered shoes today, so it was not strange for them to be walking around. When Xu Minglan went out in the morning, he wanted to look good, but wore soft silk embroidered shoes with beads. Right now, walking on the shoes had a lot of unspeakable pain, afraid that she would lose her composure in front of others, she could only endure.

The old woman quickly noticed her abnormality and said, "Miss's shoes aren't suitable for walking, or are you letting this old servant carry them?"

Seeing Xu Minglan's hesitant look, she laughed, "It's also this old servant's fault, I forgot that the guests on this side were not used to walking, I should have brought the distinguished guests to take a detour around the other side."

When Xu Mingwei heard her, she knew that she was giving him some space, so she gave her an extra glance. She was in her forties, and looked extremely friendly.

Since the other party had already said so, Xu Minglan also couldn't bear the pain anymore. She nodded her head to thank the woman and allowed her to carry him across the stone path.

Bi Tao secretly pulled on Xu Mingwei's sleeves, her eyes sweeping across Xu Minglan's body, meaning that it would be fine if she carried it. Xu Mingwei shook his head, as long as it had something to do with the fourth wife, he could hide as far as she could.