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Early in the morning, a carriage drove out from the Ye Mansion gate, and after walking for nearly two hours, they slowly entered the Meng Mansion gate. According to tradition, the carriage stopped outside the second door, Mu Lan raised the curtain, and Jin Lan saw that the one waiting at the side was Madam Meng's side, the first servant, Qing Yu.

Qing Yu walked up to Jin Lan with a smile, bent his knees, and bowed, "Miss Ye has finally arrived. Our family's young lady has been looking forward to it since she woke up, and has asked about it many times already."

Recalling Meng Ruhan's weird appearance, Jin Lan couldn't help but laugh, "I came late, I'll personally apologize to Sister Ruhan later."

Qing Yu laughed, and was preparing to lead Jin Lan into the garden, but when she saw the two servants following closely behind, she laughed and said: "The young ladies are enjoying the flowers in the garden, I'm afraid that they will need to finish their lunch before leaving. Madam has specially instructed me to prepare some hot tea in the second hall, let the two Mama s and the big brother who is driving the carriage rest first."

The two women, one tall and one short, who followed the carriage, were specially arranged by the Old Granny to follow them, to look at Jin Lan, just in case anything happened. Now that Qing Yu had mentioned it, they started to hesitate.

Seeing the two wives hesitating on the spot, Jin Lan lowered his eyes, covering the cold glint that flashed in the bottom of his eyes. The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said in a bland voice: "Two Mama s, wait in the small hall.

Hearing that, Qing Yu knew that the two were not Jin Lan's close friends, and immediately laughed: "Madam has specially cleared out the random people in the garden, only the girls are here to enjoy the flowers."

The meaning of his words was that if all the young ladies at the side acted in such a way, then Ye Family's actions must be really a little overboard.

Among these two wives, the tall one was the old lady's confidante with the surname Wang. Normally, the mansion called her 'Lady Wang' and she was quite quick-witted. She immediately knew that she shouldn't dream of following the young lady today. He didn't continue to persist and bowed to Jin Lan with a smile before retreating to the side.

Qing Yu nodded her head in satisfaction, she then called over Little Maid who was waiting by the side, and had her lead the two grandmothers towards the hall, and only after doing so did she lead Jin Lan and the rest into the Inner Court.

Watching as the golden tide moved further and further away, the short granny lightly pulled at the old granny Wang who was walking in front and whispered: "The old granny has instructed me to follow Second Miss closely."

Old Lady Wang glared at the old woman, her face full of impatience. How could she not know of the things that the old lady had personally instructed her to do? However, this Meng Mansion was not like other people's. Forget about the others, what if they angered Madam Meng, then when the time came, they would be the ones unlucky enough to run errands for them.

Furthermore, the old lady was just worried that Second Miss might have some tricks up his sleeve. As long as she protected the carriage, would she still be able to escape?

The old woman retracted her hand after being glared at. However, when she thought of the old lady, her eyes rolled and she muttered in embarrassment, "This errand was ordered by the old lady. If it was delayed …"

"What are you talking about?" Old Lady Wang saw that she was becoming more and more out of tune, and immediately said in a low voice with a sullen face: "Now that young lady is in Meng Mansion admiring the flowers, let's keep watch here, don't make any noise with other matters!"

After being yelled at by Lady Wang, the woman immediately became obedient. She lowered her head and obediently followed behind Lady Wang, lifting her feet and entering the small hall.

However, the two of them did not realise that although they were speaking softly along the way, they could still hear the Little Maid leading them as she walked out of the hall, and ran back into the garden.

About half an hour later, an ordinary looking green carriage slowly drove out from the Meng Mansion's back door. Waiting for the carriage to disappear around the corner of the alley, the opened back door suddenly slammed shut, as if it had never been opened before.

The green caravan looked as inconspicuous as the road, but the interior of the carriage was very comfortable. In addition to the sofa-satin cushions and pillows, there were fine snacks to be had.

Mu Lan sat at the front of the carriage uncomfortably, and only after the clamoring sounds outside became clearer, did she finally relax a little, but she anxiously asked: "Miss, are we out of Meng Mansion?"

"Yes." From the start, she didn't believe that the old lady would let her down. Although that old woman Wang's identity was hidden, in her past life, she had served beside the old lady all day and all night, so what could she hide from her?

If it was her previous life, she would definitely bring Grandma Wang and leave behind the Mama Tang. But now … A faint trace of ridicule flashed past Jin Lan's eyes. She was no longer a young, ignorant, and random Second Miss.

When the carriage reached the bustling city square, it stopped. Mu Lan lifted the curtain and jumped off the carriage quickly.

It was not a fair today, there were not many people coming and going in the market, but Mama Tang and Mu Lan still carefully crowded around the golden light, afraid that they would be hit by it.

Jin Lan looked around, then turned to Mu Lan and said: "Mother's appetite has not been very good recently, I remember that Mother really loves to drink fragrant apricot nectar, there is a hundred year old shop that specializes in selling various fragrant nectar, go buy some, and bring it back for Mother to taste later."

Mu Lan followed Jin Lan's gaze and looked forward. Indeed, not far away, sshe saw a sweet nectar shop with a golden signboard, looking at the crowds of people in the shop from afar, he could not help but grin: "Lady's eyes are really sharp, this servant will go right away." She started to run in that direction.

Jin Lan smiled lightly, calling her back, "It's rare for me to come out today. You bought a box of fragrant honey, and then you went to the Hundred Flavors Temple to buy two boxes of milk powder and fragrant cake. Yes, I also bought a box of cream crumbs and cinnamon nectar each."

"What's the point of buying so many pastries? If young lady wants to eat it, wouldn't it be better for us to make it ourselves? " Mu Lan was confused, doesn't this lady normally only eat Mama Tang made pastries? Why did she have to buy so much from the outside now?

"If I told you to go, then go. Why are you asking me so many questions?" Mama Tang laughed and scolded Jin Lan while protecting him.

Mu Lan secretly stuck out his tongue, then laughed: "Then miss, please wait for a moment, this servant will go buy it right away."

After seeing Mu Lan's figure nimbly shuttling through the crowd, Jin Lan withdrew her gaze and brought Mama Tang to the rice shop on the left.

Moreover, with regards to Yan Ye, the less people knew about him, the better. Even in the letters he wrote to Meng Family, she had only mentioned the rice shop, he did not say a single word more.

He was not afraid that the Meng Mansion would send people to investigate. His men were most likely extremely appropriate, otherwise, he would not have allowed her to find this person the moment he opened his mouth.

Thinking about Yan Ye, a pair of eyes that were as deep as ink appeared before Jin Lan's eyes.

I wonder if the wounds on his body have healed? How are you doing in the capital? Looking at the clothes she was wearing that day and the carriage that allowed her to borrow the Northern Prince's Mansion, she was probably not an ordinary person …

Mama Tang carefully guarded Jin Lan, but discovered that she seemed to be absent-minded. She couldn't help but call out softly, "Miss, what's wrong? But what's wrong? "

Jin Lan felt as if he was in a trance. He blinked a few times before regaining his senses. A faint layer of blush appeared on his delicate face. "It's fine."

After walking about a dozen or so steps, Jin Lan and Mama Tang stopped in front of a grain store.

The shop was not big and looked rather new. On the door hung a plaque with the words "Zhou Ji Rice Shop" written neatly on it in golden paint.

It seemed like this was the place. Mama Tang walked towards the interior with big steps, but she had no choice but to follow along.

There was only a shop assistant who was in his early twenties watching them enter. When he saw them enter, he thought that they had arrived for business, so he greeted them enthusiastically, "My greetings to you, young lady. May I know if young lady wishes to buy some rice or noodles? We have a new batch of top-grade green rice in our shop. Each of them is sparkling and translucent like pearls, and they are extremely sweet and sweet. Do you want to take a look, young lady? "

Jin Lan didn't bother with superfluous words and asked straightforwardly, "This young man, is your shopkeeper surnamed Shi?"

Seeing that they were not here to do business, the shop assistant became less excited, but said enthusiastically, "Miss must have found the wrong place. It is clearly written in this shop that it is Zhou Ji Rice Shop. Our shopkeeper's surname is Zhou but not Shi."

How could this be? Jin Lan was startled, she clearly remembered that he was surnamed Shi, even the Mama Zhu said he was a Manager Shi, how did he become surnamed Zhou? Could it be that he had found the wrong place?

"Girl, is it here?" Mama Tang was also a little suspicious.

Jin Lan shook his head and looked at the waiter. He asked softly, "Little brother, is there another restaurant nearby called Zhou Ji Rice Shop?"

"Who doesn't know about Yangzhou City? There's only one Zhou Ji Rice Shop in the East Gate Market." The shop assistant said in surprise.

Only one? Jin Lan's heart chilled. 'Did I really remember wrongly?' She couldn't help but want to ask more, but before she could, she saw the shop assistant's eyes light up as he took two steps forward to greet her. "Manager, you're back."

Jin Lan's eyelids twitched heavily. He turned around and saw a middle-aged man of around forty striding into the shop.

"Who are these two?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Jin Lan and the Mama Tang.

"This lady is here to find a shopkeeper with the surname Shi, so I said they probably found the wrong place." The shop assistant blurted out the situation.

"Oh?" The shopkeeper's pupils constricted as he once again sized Jin Lan up. After a long while, he asked in a deep voice, "I wonder why Miss is looking for Manager Shi?"

Even though there was a layer of green cloth separating them, Jin Lan could still detect his probing gaze. His heart immediately skipped a beat, and he replied: "An old friend from Lingji Temple has come to visit."

The storekeeper nodded his head and turned to the storekeeper. He instructed: "Quickly, bring the jade-green rice ordered by the Li Residence to the storekeeper." After saying that, he extended his hand to Jin Lan and gestured, "Young lady, please come in."

Jin Lan and Mama Tang looked at each other for a moment before following the shopkeeper into the inner hall.

The shopkeeper invited them to sit and personally brewed tea for them before returning to the main topic at hand. He asked, "Although they are old friends, they seem to be strangers. Does Miss have any proof?"

"Of course." Jin Lan lightly took off the bag tied around his waist. He stretched out two fingers and took out something from within. He held it in his hand and after a moment of hesitation, he opened it in front of the shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper saw this, his expression changed greatly!