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Jiang Wan originally thought that Xiao Rui would take the opportunity to do something to her, but he only gently kissed her. He kissed her, then took her hand and put her in his arms and put her to sleep.

"I'm so tired today. I just want to hug you and have a good night's sleep." Xiao Rui whispered into Jiang Wan's ear, and soon, the sound of his breathing could be heard.

Jiang Wan slightly raised her head, only to discover that she was completely suppressed by him.

So she tried to withdraw her hand.

Xiao Rui held her hand tighter.

Jiang Wan tried a few times but to no avail, so she could only let him have his way.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Rui used her thumb to caress her palm. Her face felt hot from scratching, but her heart felt as if it was being touched by a feather.

Jiang Wan simply turned around and buried her face in Xiao Rui's embrace, greedily absorbing the unique scent from his body. She, whose eyelids were growing heavier, also fell asleep.

While she was still in a daze, Jiang Wan seemed to hear someone nagging at her. She waved her hand, answered with a dazed expression, turned over, and continued sleeping.

When she opened her eyes again, the sky was already bright. There were chickadees hopping about on the branches outside the window, chirping noisily and noisily.

She laid on the bed and stretched lazily, touching the side of the bed. The side where Xiao Rui had slept on before had long since turned cold, and her heart had also become empty.

Suddenly, she remembered that Xiao Rui seemed to have said something to her before she left.

But she couldn't remember a word.

Jiang Wan cried out in grief, pulling the blanket over her head to cover herself, but she could faintly smell the scent of Xiao Rui's body from the blanket.

"Fourth Miss, are you awake?" Hearing that there was movement in the inner room, Clove lifted the bamboo curtain and poked her head in.

"What time is it?" Jiang Wan lay straight on the bed, but didn't want to move.

"Just after dawn." "Yes," Clove replied.

When Jiang Wan thought of how she still had to pay her respects to the Qin family, she lost all her sleepiness and lazily sat up.

"Just now, someone from Jun Yating Hall said that because the Fifth Miss bestowed the title of noble guest to the palace, the Madam decided to go to the temple to burn incense for a petition today, not to pay her respects."

Jiang Wan recalled Jiang Shu's personality and feared that she would have to burn two more incense sticks for Buddha to protect her. Otherwise, it would be hard to say if her life in the palace was a blessing or a curse.

Since there was no need to pay respects to the Qin family, Jiang Wan was in no hurry to make it. She called her mother in to help her comb her hair and change clothes.

Jasmine carried her food box as well and walked back. As she was passing by the first floor, she curiously glanced inside the house. The usually bustling house was abnormally quiet today.

She thought of the women she had just heard in the kitchen, chattering as they worked.

"Did you hear? Madam wanted to release the pearls and jade in the fifth lady's room. She was just asking if there were any suitable servants in the house."

"That's great. Big sister, isn't there a little brat in your family?"

"Aiyo, our temple is so small, I'm afraid we can't afford such a big Bodhisattva."

The few ladies laughed because they didn't see Jasmine's gloomy face at all.

When the Fifth Miss entered the palace, she was unable to bring along the pearls and emeralds that had served her before. Coincidentally, both of them had reached the age limit, so the Madam decided to just match them with each other.

And their Fourth Miss was a year older than Fifth Miss, but the Missus was not anxious at all.

The food in her hands seemed to have become heavier. She couldn't help but curse and curse Lady Wang in her heart in the kitchen. She didn't know what kind of crazy things caused her to fill a full box today.

"Look! Every day, I have to carry such heavy food. It has even thickened my arm!" The moment she put down the food box, Jasmine complained a little.

"What's there to fear if your arms are thick? This way, your future brother-in-law won't dare to bully you anymore! " The lilac that had been made into a bed for Jiang Wan lifted the bamboo curtain and walked out of the room. She glanced at Jasmine with a ridiculing look, and joked with her.

Hearing that, Jasmine became anxious, her face red as she shouted through the bamboo curtain towards the room behind: "Fourth Miss, look at Little Cai's mouth, you don't need to care about her!"

However, Jiang Wan walked out with a smile on her face. Watching Jasmine take out the dishes one by one from the food box, she curiously asked, "Why are there so many today?"

"Who knows?" Jasmine shook her head, "Maybe that old granny Wang forgot that the Fifth Miss is no longer at home and prepared a double."

"Not necessarily." Clove came over and said, "I've asked Pearl about it before. Although Fifth Miss usually eats pretty well, the dishes definitely aren't as good as our Fourth Miss."

"I was afraid Pearl would say that I was purposely showing off, but I didn't have the nerve to tell her." Clove glanced at the bird's nest congee that Jasmine had just brought out and said, "It's this one. Madame didn't even have the chance to eat it twice that year, so don't mention someone like Fourth Miss who only needs to drink it once every few days."

"Eh? "How did this old woman Wang interfere?" "No wonder she wouldn't let me check the dishes in the kitchen every time. If other rooms knew that our house is so delicious, this old granny Wang wouldn't be able to bear the consequences, right?"

"Who cares!" Lilac didn't seem to mind at all, "I'll feed you well all day long, and I won't even spend a single cent on you. Who wouldn't be secretly happy!?"

Jiang Wan, on the other hand, stared blankly at the table full of breakfast. She suddenly felt that the table's food was definitely related to Xiao Rui's greetings.

Just at this time, a servant girl who was on duty at Jun Yutang suddenly ran up, panting while looking at Jiang Wan, "Fourth …" Fourth Miss … Fast... Fast... "The imperial edict has arrived …"

At this moment, Jun Yutang was in chaos.

née Qin quickly sent people to inform Jiang Chuanzhong who had gone to the Ministry of Justice. She also wanted to put down her clothes and change into clean and decent clothes.

"Where's Fourth Miss?" While she was changing her clothes, she did not forget to ask the servant girl beside her.

"Fourth Miss said she will come over after she changes her clothes." The young maid replied.

"Then you can leave." née Qin nodded, dismissed the maidservant, and then said to Mother Du beside her, "Why is this imperial decree here so early?"

"Aiyo, my wife," said Mother Du as she tidied up Madam Qin's clothes. "It's better if you come early than late. If you've already gone to the National Guardian Temple and you still rush back to receive the decree, wouldn't that be even more troublesome?"

Hearing this, it seemed to make sense to née Qin. After tidying things up, she brought Mother Du into the yard.

After changing her clothes, Jiang Wan was already quietly waiting in the courtyard. The Qin family couldn't help but size her up, and they saw that she was still standing there obediently with a calm expression.