Zhu Dan's lips stiffened: "Why do you call me that? Don't you like to call me Ahao the most?"

Lu Xiaoyun shook her head: "It's different."

He is no longer the Zhang Hao of the modern era, and even if he is, there is no longer any connection between them.

“Yun’er…” He reached out and placed his fair, well-defined hand on Lu Xiaoyun’s slightly tanned hand.

Lu Xiaoyun was so startled that she pulled her hand back: "Zhu Dan!"

Zhu Dan stared at his hands for a long time before saying, "Lu Yucheng is your older brother here. I knew a couple of days ago that Father was going to bestow a marriage upon him and Miss Qi, so I ordered someone to investigate these matters. I think you will need them."

He understood his father's thoughts best.

"Don't worry, Miss Qi is very good, and the Marquis of Nanyang is also very good. The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is in an awkward position. In other people's eyes, it is because the Emperor is wary of them that he has arranged this marriage."

He smiled and said, "In fact, ever since the Marquis of Nanyang led the way in surrendering to the Great Zhou, they have been wholeheartedly devoted to being subjects of the Great Zhou. He has raised his children very well. Miss Qi is exceptionally beautiful, gentle and dignified, and she and Prince Lu will surely be able to live a loving and long life together."

Lu Xiaoyun looked up at Zhu Dan. She wanted to say thank you, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.

Zhu Danping stared straight at her, lowered his voice, deliberately making it low and magnetic, with a soft breath at the end, extremely gentle: "Yun'er, whatever you want, I can give it to you."

Lu Xiaoyun opened her mouth slightly.

Zhu Dan wanted to place his hand on it, but after thinking about it, he only gently rubbed his fingers together.

"So, tell me, how can I get you and Fourth Brother to switch bodies back? Yun'er, I've already lost you once, I can't lose you a second time. I was wrong before, please give me a chance to make amends, okay?"

"Twenty years have passed, Yun'er, and I have been filled with regret every moment."

Lu Xiaoyun remained silent, looking down and stroking the ring on her hand. The score on it had increased again in the past two days, becoming - points.

Zhu Yu sent a letter to her through Qi Yu, saying that Old Madam Lu was very biased and had taken away her mother's dowry as soon as she returned, and even wanted to confine him to his quarters.

Fortunately, his father and brothers did not agree.

...

In Tongjia Courtyard, Qi Yu came to report: "Miss, I found out that Miss Qi made an appointment for this afternoon at Shenshi (3-5 PM)."

Two days ago, after hearing from Lu Yucheng that his father wanted to bestow Qi Wanting upon him in marriage, he asked Qi Yu to inquire about Miss Qi's hobbies and whether she would be going out recently.

What others tell him is never what he has seen with his own eyes.

Upon inquiring, it was discovered that Qi Wanting's most beloved zither had broken a string and the edge of the zither had cracked a couple of days ago, so she sent it to Linglong Pavilion for repair.

She had arranged to pick up the piano today.

Zhu Yu stood up: "Okay, let's go."

Li Feng asked in confusion, "Miss, where are we going?"

"Go find Lu Jinpei."

Li Feng didn't understand. Did going to find the Third Miss and Miss Qi have anything to do with it?

She turned to Qi Yu and asked, "Do you understand?"

"Um."

Li Feng scratched his head, wondering why Jiang Chuan was the dumbest person by Prince An's side, and she was the dumbest person by Miss's side.

When Lu Jinpei saw Zhu Yu, she was reminded of her fine huanghuali wood cabinet with three horizontal beams, jade nanmu wood screen, and carved canopy bed.

She slammed the door shut behind her, glaring angrily at Zhu Yu: "What else do you want to take from my place?"

The bed in her room is just a few planks, okay? Her mother said she wanted to get her a better bed, but she insisted on getting one even though it hurt her back.

Zhu Yu looked behind her and then went to push the door open.

Lu Jinpei was startled and spread her arms wide, gripping the door frame tightly on both sides.

Zhu Yu took a step back, distancing himself from Lu Jinpei.

Lu Jinpei looked at her elder sister in astonishment, as if she were a monster that her elder sister didn't want to get close to.

Then Zhu Yuyu said, "Oh, it's nothing. I just remembered that I haven't cooked a whole flute feast for you yet. I feel really bad about owing you for so long. Today the weather is fine, perfect for eating flutes outside in the courtyard."

Lu Jinpei was furious. She thought she had long forgotten. So much time had passed, how could she still remember what happened at the New Year's banquet? Why is this person's memory so good?

Li Feng chuckled and counted on her fingers: "Third Miss, my cooking is delicious! Steamed, fried, or with scallion oil, any way you like. Would you like to choose one?"

Lu Jinpei's eyes reddened again, and she stomped her foot angrily: "You, you're bullying me!"

"Would you like to learn to play the xiao (vertical bamboo flute)?"

"What?" Zhu Yu's words came out so quickly that Lu Jinpei didn't react for a moment.

Lu Jinpei carefully took two steps closer to Zhu Yu, trying to see if he had said something wrong.

This time, Zhu Yu didn't back down. He looked at her and asked, "Flute, do you want to learn?"

Lu Jinpei immediately held back her tears and tugged at his sleeve: "Then can you tell me when you learned to play the xiao (vertical flute)? And who did you learn it from?"

I learned it in my dream.

Lu Jinpei rolled her eyes: "Tch, who are you trying to fool?"

"You know you're just trying to fool me, so why are you asking?"

Lu Jinpei: "..."

"Then I'll give you a new xiao (vertical bamboo flute), and you can teach me to play it, okay?" She had seen it; last time her elder sister returned to the mansion, she directly let Li Feng take the xiao and burn it as firewood.

She thought the food cooked with it would taste better, since it was so expensive. So she squatted down at the kitchen door to see what the servants were cooking, but the food she didn't like was still just as bad as before.

She wanted to say that it was such a nice and expensive flute, but her elder sister said that if she didn't like it, she should just burn it. That was too wasteful, since it belonged to His Highness Prince An.

But then I thought, they've already divorced Prince An, so let's not talk about it anymore.

"Deal!" Zhu Yu strode away with his two maids.

Before leaving, Qi Yu whispered something to the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper nodded helplessly, looking as if the Third Miss had been sold out again.

Lu Jinpei led Zhu Yu to visit several musical instrument shops along the way.

This one is not satisfactory, that one is not liked.

The group turned around and entered the "Linglong Pavilion".

"It's settled then, this is the last store. If you still can't find anything you like, then don't buy anything." Zhu Yu seemed a little annoyed that he was accompanying a young girl shopping.

"At worst, you can just pick an expensive one, okay?" Lu Jinpei gritted her teeth. She didn't know why, but the things from those musical instrument shops used to be quite good. But today, they just seemed so-so.

My older sister has been accompanying her for so long, she's really embarrassed. Oh well, let her have her way this time.

As it turned out, her older sister didn't appreciate it at all and even rolled her eyes at her.

I'm so angry!

Lu Jinpei turned around angrily and bumped into Qi Wanting, who was carrying a zither, as she came out from the inner room.

With a loud "thud!", the newly repaired zither fell to the ground and broke in two.

Qi Wanting's face turned pale instantly. That was her favorite zither, a birthday gift from her father when she was ten years old. Although her family was the Marquis of Nanyang, because they were a member of the former imperial family, her father and the rest of the family dared not be extravagant.