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Qingning's hand that was carrying the tea cup slightly paused. Today's matter had been twice as successful, so he would inevitably have to put in more effort in the future.

Qingning thought back to how he had to spend so much time and effort to cure this scourge. It was also because he would be caught in the middle of the night in the same room from time to time.

How could there be such a thing in the apocalypse?

She still felt tired. Prince Rong, who was always outside, had slept on her daughter's bed and crawled into her bed. She probably didn't feel any better than her.

Thinking of this, his heart felt much better.

Qingning thought for a moment and rejected the offer, "Being a doctor is too troublesome, forget it!"

As his voice fell, no one replied for a long time.

Lifting his eyes, he saw that the bead curtain was slightly moved, the sound of rustling could be heard.

Qingning drained the cup of tea in one gulp. The night was quiet, and there was a slight breeze. It was unknown when that person had arrived, nor was it known when he had left.

In a few days, it would be the birthday of the Peach Blossom lady, who was worshiped by the incense in the mortal world. That day was actually also the eightieth birthday of the current Grand Empress Dowager.

Amongst the many struggles within the royal family, it was a miracle that someone could live to such a high age.

Lady Lin and her daughter went out of the temple to burn incense.

The sun was shining, and the air was filled with a fresh and fragrant smell.

Qingning, his concubines, Sixth Miss Lu Mengyu and the others were sitting in the garden with the Old Mistress, drinking tea and chatting. Lady Lin and his mother had restrained their aura a lot after Lu Mengke's incident.

Finally, after a few days of peace and quiet, the Countess told the other aunts, "Grand Empress Dowager's birthday is coming up …"

The second butler came over with a brocade box half a meter long: "Madam, the palace has sent someone to send you a set of peach blossom clothes and a letter for the Spring Festival!"

"Spring Festival?" Lu Mengyu's voice was soft and filled with unconcealable curiosity.

"Bring it over for me to take a look!" The madame was obviously in a good mood. She opened the brocade box in front of everyone, revealing a set of clothes that looked like beautiful flowers. Although the white dress was just a fold, the lifelike peach blossoms embroidered on the top of the clothes were extremely eye-catching.

"This must be the Hundred Blossom brocade from the Soaring Cloud Pavilion!"

The Hundred Blossom Jin was still unable to meet the demand. It was even more curious that it was indeed the card with the golden inscriptions. Her eyes stared at it but she did not say anything, waiting for the madame to continue.

"It's the Misty Cloud Mountain where the Peach Blossom Meet was set up. It's the place where the original emperor of the Northern Plains took his first meeting with the current Grand Empress Dowager. There's a Peach Blossom Matriarch Temple at the foot of the mountain, and when the peach blossoms bloom, it's said that it's the best time to seek a marriage." The Old Mistress slowly closed the post, as if she was recalling the beautiful words that the crowd had been envious of when she was young, "Back then, the Empress had formed an affinity with this place, and her love for this place was deep. Furthermore, she had built the Hua Meng Bei Palace at the Misty Cloud Mountain, and ordered people to plant gold peaches, and preferred peach blossoms for her. Every time, on the day of the Grand Empress Dowager's birthday, she would come to the Hua Meng Bei Palace to celebrate.

Speaking of which, the words were very clear, the Grand Empress Dowager's birthday was a big day for everyone, to be able to attend this banquet in the upper class, it would either be Young Master Wang Sun or the officials' daughter, to casually gather them, wouldn't that be a golden destiny?

"My humble concubine had once heard from my mother about that grand occasion. However, this Spring Festival has not been held for many years, so I can't recall it immediately!" Mrs Zhao, the young woman carrying the child, smiled, a little embarrassed.

Sixth Miss hadn't even gotten to the stage yet, since it wasn't a good thing to do. Consort Li glared at her with disdain, "I've only heard of it before, and it isn't something I've actually been to before!" They were both official eunuchs. Some people flew up to the branches, while others could only become concubines. Everyone was the same. What was there to brag about in the past?

On the other side, Qingning didn't have much interest in the fish, so she sat down by the small pond and started swimming. The small pebbles flew out from her hands, flying past layers of water ripples, and scattered into groups of carp waiting for their master's feed.

"It's been seven or eight years since I've last done this …" The old man placed the card back to its original position, and called for the person who was not there yet, "Qingning, come over here!"

Hearing this, she walked forward unhurriedly, and the few aunts looked enviously at the peach blossom gown wrapped in brocade silk that the madame handed over to her. "Keep it well, this peach blossom feast is not ordinary. You should properly learn your etiquette in the next few days, and not be rude in front of a noble!"

Qingning said "got it" and without even looking, he sent Zhinuan to receive it. The aunts who were originally chatting with Le Le Le had unsteadily looked at the brocade box, closed it again, and did not have the interest to stay any longer. After hearing the madame's words, Zhinuan more or less wanted to read and learn some of the zither, chess, paintings, and so on, they could not help but feel that the old man's words were a little trivial.

She responded briefly before bringing Zhinuan back to the courtyard.

Logically speaking, this kind of camouflage should not let a young lady like her, who had a bad appearance, leave, especially since there was only one set of peach blossom clothes. Lu Mengyan who was originally raised as a young miss, out of this world, was out of the ordinary.

After entering his own room, Qingning did not think about it anymore. Seeing the embroidery rack the old lady had sent over, she felt a headache, and could only call for external help. "Zhinuan!"

"Ai …" "Ai …" The brocade box was placed on the table. The little girl answered several times, but did not raise her head.

Qingning took a glance at her, and saw that the young lady's eyes were fixated on the peach blossom gown, as if she was someone who would not be able to walk even if she saw beautiful clothes!

"Since you like it so much, I'll give it to you!"

Her tone was casual. It was fine as long as she could wear clothes. She had never paid attention to embroidery or other things.

Zhinuan who was laughing foolishly for such a long time was shocked, he immediately stopped and said: "No way, this is a Peach Blossom Water Banquet, we must definitely wear it. We don't even have a young miss, how can we accept this?

"Moreover, the texture of this Hundred Blossom Jade Embroidery, the number one embroidery lady in the Yongan, Liu Xiaoxian's peach blossom appearance, are all top quality items. I only saw them once when I was young, and that's for a while!"

Ever since she said that she could not read a single word, Lu Lianghua and the Old Mistress could not bear to continue watching. Since she had reached a certain agreement that her literary skills were no good, she had to be proficient in women's red and other stuff, for Zhinuan's cooking skills were good, what did embroidery look like, and what kind of things Qingning was confused about, the girl actually knew a lot, it was more than enough for her to embroider some small things occasionally.

Zhinuan's attention shifted over to the other side, and started to use the new flower embroidery. Qingning used the embroidery needle to study if it could be used as a substitute for the silver needles.

At the moment, both master and servant were busy with their own business. Outside the window, the feeling of spring gradually intensified. A gust of wind blew past, and the fragrance of flowers suddenly assaulted people.

Unknowingly, it was already noon, and footsteps were approaching from outside. Qingning raised his head to look, and saw Lu Lianghua, who did not even have time to wear his court attire, following behind a servant, and just as he entered the house, he called for someone to take out the brocade box that was delivered today.

"Father! What are you doing? " Qingning stood up, extended a hand to block the path of the servant, and the one who opened his mouth was Lu Lianghua.