Chapter Twenty-Three: Things Have Gone Wrong

However, it was only after Si Fangming left that Yuan Siyin was able to calm down and figure out what had happened in the past two days.

First of all, the original book did not have the original owner of this body witness the theft of Yu Shiyan's red bean hairpin; instead, she ran into it while delivering ginseng on a whim.

Secondly, Si Fangming is the second male lead, and he should fall in love with the female lead at first sight after she returns from the frontier.

Everything's in chaos, everything's in chaos.

That's absolutely outrageous!

Could it be that her actions caused a series of changes in the plot?

But what does Guan Sifang have to do with this?

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But it seems that besides trying to find a powerful backer to survive and make it to the finale, she has no other options.

That's why she was thinking about whether she could make a good use of Shen Ruolan's situation.

Although the methods used are low-class, they can satisfy both himself and her, so why not?

"Purple Iris!"

Yuan Siyin called out to the house from afar.

Upon hearing the commotion, Zi Yuan soon came out carrying a bowl of chilled plum soup: "Lord Si has left? What a pity about the plum soup I just brought out."

"I'm leaving. He just came here to annoy me. I'm not going to mention him anymore."

Yuan Siyin waved her hand, took the porcelain bowl, and sipped the icy plum soup before making up her mind and instructing, "Didn't I ask you to ask the embroidery workshop in the capital to sew a hairpin-shaped ruqun? Go there again."

"Have them work overtime and get me another one done. It doesn't have to be exactly the same, just something that looks close enough."

"work overtime?"

Zi Yuan was momentarily stunned.

The young lady has been spouting out random new words lately, leaving everyone completely confused.

"Oh right, tell them that overtime pay is calculated separately. Don't worry about that. I'm very conscientious. After all, we have to protect the basic rights of workers."

Although I didn't understand it, it seemed to make a lot of sense.

As expected of a young lady!

Zi Yuan took a moment to process this before nodding and backing away, but before she could take more than a few steps, she turned back.

"By the way, Miss, the Qixi Festival is just around the corner. Are you going to the palace this year, or staying outside?"

"Naturally, it's to go to the palace."

Yuan Siyin blurted it out without hesitation.

How could she possibly miss the opportunity to improve her favorability?

"If that's the case, then we'll have to prepare a few Ropas."

Why?

Could it be that she missed some important plot point again?

"Miss is confused. In previous years, when the palace held the Qiqiao Lantern Festival, the young ladies who were invited to the palace would give embroidered items, such as handkerchiefs or sachets, to their friends and the young gentlemen who came to the palace with them."

Although the young lady has no one else to send her to, sending her to the Empress Dowager would be a good idea.

Yuan Siyin: "..."

Zi Yuan, you betrayed me.

What do you mean your young lady has no one to send her off?

Who would dare refuse the gifts she gives away?

Um?

Yuan Siyin angrily drank the plum soup in one gulp.

But then again, I hope this Qixi Festival isn't going to turn into a massive matchmaking event...

She inexplicably shivered.

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When Yuan Siyin appeared in the brightly lit and decorated Imperial Garden, carrying two handkerchiefs, the scene before her eyes deeply stung her.

Everyone seemed to have arranged it in advance, standing in pairs chatting and laughing. Every pair looked like a perfect match, a truly pleasing sight.

Even her Rosabh is a pair!

She was alone, disheveled in the cool night air.

What did she say?

It was a self-fulfilling prophecy!

She turned around and silently separated the two handkerchiefs: "You two aren't a good match, break up."

Suddenly, a soft, silvery laugh reached my ears.

Yuan Siyin looked up and saw a woman in pink with her hair styled in double buns holding a small lotus lantern and tilting her head to look at her. Her two shallow dimples made her look especially cute.

Yuan Siyin unconsciously swallowed.

It looks so soft and cute... I really want to poke it.