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It was too similar.

Jiang Wan's gaze slightly froze as she looked at Xiao Rui.

The look on his face just now was just too similar to the look on his face when the two of them swore an alliance in their previous life.

However, in the end, the two of them did not die a good death.

"Shh!" Jiang Wan made a booing gesture, asking Xiao Rui to whisper to her, "The heavens are actually very angry, we can't be too flamboyant …"

"Oh ~!" Xiao Rui pretended to be suddenly enlightened and nodded, then whispered in Jiang Wan's ear, "Then, we'll secretly be happy, so no one will know …"

After he finished speaking, he took the opportunity to kiss Jiang Wan's fair skin. A tender little neck...

The next day, Jiang Wan's second aunt, Madam Qiao, sent a greeting letter to the Jin palace, wanting to come visit Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan was worried that her second aunt had something urgent, so she said to Clove, "I've been at home for the past two days, I can come anytime she wants."

Lilac answered and left.

In the afternoon, Madam Qiao came to visit him alone under the sun.

When she stepped into the bamboo garden, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This courtyard was truly worthy of being called the "Bamboo Garden". The two sides of the courtyard had been planted with tall bamboo, like two natural barriers that blocked out the heat.

The four towering trees in the courtyard were like many umbrellas, covering the entire courtyard in their shade. As a result, in the middle of summer, one could still feel a hint of coldness in the courtyard.

And in the small pond in the middle of the yard, the pink lotus flowers that were either in bud or in bloom stood gracefully amidst the dark green lotus leaves, emitting waves of a sweet fragrance.

Life had been so good!

Madam Qiao led a maidservant into the bamboo garden's banquet room.

Jiang Wan, who had specially changed into a new robe, quickly went to receive him, ordered someone to serve him tea, and then served him watermelon and grapes. Only then did she ask, "Second Aunt, what is it that you can't get someone to pass on a message? "Why do you have to come personally?"

"I was afraid of the delay in passing on the message." Mrs Qiao sat in the banquet hall, not bothering to drink her tea, and instead directly asked, "I wanted to ask, did you have any plans for this trip to the Western Mountain?"

Jiang Wan instantly understood.

The West Mountain was the closest summer resort to the capital, but because most of the aristocratic families in the capital had their own courtyards, there were very few inns.

This time, the palace decreed that all the first-class madams would go to the West Mountains to celebrate with Princess Luojia. If so, living here would become a big problem.

Second Aunt must have come here because she had no place to stay. After all, on this summer's day, after travelling for three to four hours, she had to find a place to dress up before coming out.

So she secretly sent people to the front yard to ask Xiao Rui's opinion, to see if they could get their second aunt to go with them.

Not long after, the maidservant that went to the front courtyard came back and nodded at Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan knew that this was Xiao Rui's agreement, so she made an appointment with Madam Qiao to set off on the 14th day, thinking that it would not be that hot on a hot day, so she left early.

When Madam Qiao saw the large stone in her heart drop to the ground, she chatted with Jiang Wan for a while before taking her leave.

Cheng Ziyi, dressed in the Imperial Physician's uniform, leaned against the windowsill and reached out to pick up the water curtain that was dripping from the eaves. He inwardly sighed at Xiao Rui Xuan for his intelligence, knowing that he had set up a water wheel behind Zhixiang's residence and was using the water's power to drive the water wheel to pour water on the roof to cool it down.

"Did you come here today to play with this?" Xiao Rui, who was making the tea, glared at Cheng Zixiu.

Today was the day that Cheng Zixiu would come to check his pulse.

Cheng Zixiu whistled lightly, leaned on the windowsill and looked around, then asked curiously, "Why don't you see Mr. Jin today?"

Xiao Rui's hand that was poking around with a teaspoon paused slightly.

Mr. Jin was his most trusted aide, and he always stayed close to him at Zhixiang Residence. It was no wonder that Cheng Zixiu would ask about him.

"He has some private matters to attend to, so he's on leave from me." Xiao Rui lowered his gaze, pouring all of the tea leaves into the Trinity Cup in front of him. Then, he held up the small clay pot that was still burning, and poured boiling water into the cup.

The tea leaves that he had just put down, under the effect of the boiling water, were being stretched to their fullest extent as they flew up and down. At this moment, the aroma of the tea overflowed.

Cheng Zixiu took a sniff and jumped down from the windowsill. He walked over to Xiao Rui and smiled, "What good tea leaves have you had recently?"

"Phoenix Tree Fir Tea from Chaozhou." Xiao Rui used a cup of tea to draw Cheng Zixiu's attention away from Mister Jin. After all, the fewer people knew about the trip to Shanxi Province, the safer it would be.

Cheng Zixiu drank the cup of tea in one gulp. He was surprised to find that he had not only tasted the fragrance of the green tea, but also tasted the sweet alcohol of the black tea.

"Chaozhou? Did Fujian send more goods over? " Cheng Zixiu held the cup of tea in his hand. As he played, he asked with an unsatisfied tone.

"Yes, this trip was quite fruitful." Xiao Rui smiled, then stretched out his hand towards Cheng Zixiu and flipped through the pages, "At least this number."

"Five times?" Cheng Zixiu asked in shock.

"Ten times!" Xiao Rui shot him a look of contempt.

Cheng Zixiu sucked in a breath of cold air.

He knew that he had been making a lot of money in the sea business all these years, but he never thought that he would be able to make so much! Even with the profits, it had increased a dozen times!

No wonder Xiao Rui was always so generous, he didn't need money at all.

After Cheng Zixiu was left speechless for a while, he finally remembered his purpose in coming here. He ran over to the window to take a look.

In the huge courtyard, Lin Yuan was playing with two big yellow dogs that were as tall as a person. That dog looked different from what he usually saw, golden yellow in color. The hair all hung down, so long that it seemed to droop to the ground.

Cheng Zixiu turned around, walked over to Xiao Rui Xuan, and sat down next to him. "Are you really going to let Shardbearer leave?" he asked in a low voice.

"It's not that I want her to quit, it's that she's already had thoughts of retreating." Xiao Rui sighed helplessly, "The rules of the Shadowless Pavilion are that as long as you enter for ten years, you can decide to stay."

"But even so, you can't let her go!" "Don't you know how important she is to me?"

"How could I not know!?" How many messages Shardbearer has given us over the years. " Xiao Rui said with a wry smile, "But she's worried about her senior brother in Fujian now, it's time for them to reunite."

Cheng Zixiu shook his head, frowned, sighed, and said, "It's a pity that I've suffered so much. There's no one in the palace who can pass on the message."