But looking at him over, it seems his younger sister is never idle. Although she stays at home without going out, she seems to be busy with some business matters.

Anle blinked. "Wait for Third Brother?"

"Okay, take it."

"Um... little sister, you'll have to make a trip there."

Anle paused for a moment, then realized what was happening.

"Okay, then leave it to me."

The next day, Anle set off with He Yusheng. There were many things here that required Yu Rong's help, and he simply couldn't get away to go to the capital with her.

Anle could only take He Yusheng as a coachman to Baicheng.

Before leaving, he stopped by the Green City Lord's Mansion to say hello to Yan Qingxue. Upon hearing that he was going to the capital, Yan Qingxue packed her bags and left without saying a word.

Anyway, there's nothing to do at home, so let's hitch a ride to Baicheng for a visit, consider it a winter outing.

"Lele, why don't you take me with you? I know the capital better than you do, so I can show you around. Besides, I have friends in Baicheng, so we can have them host us. Once we get there, we can just eat, drink, and have fun."

Baicheng is adjacent to the capital, and the two cities are right next to each other. Anle naturally knew this, and nodded with a smile. Some people were willing to be her tour guide, and some were willing to provide food and accommodation. Of course, she gladly accepted.

"Okay, then you can come along."

In the end, the trip for two became a trip for four, with Yan Qingxue bringing Xiaoya along.

When Zhao heard that her daughter was going to Baicheng to find Bai Naijiong, she couldn't stop smiling. She even gave her an extra two hundred taels of silver for travel expenses, telling her to eat, drink, and have fun there.

Yan Qingxue had this in mind when she spoke to Zhao Shi. Unexpectedly, before she could even ask her mother for money, her mother gave it to her on her own initiative. She was prepared to spend a lot of time and effort to persuade her, but she didn't expect to be able to get two hundred taels of silver so easily.

Yan Qingxue walked away with such a brisk pace.

Baicheng.

The Bai family.

Yan Qingxue and Anle passed through Baicheng and stopped there for a while before heading straight to the gate of the Bai family mansion.

"Miss, isn't it inappropriate for you to suddenly appear at the Bai family's gate like this?" Xiao Ya lifted the curtain and glanced out the window, hesitatingly trying to stop Yan Qingxue.

Yan Qingxue rolled her eyes dismissively.

"What's wrong with that? Isn't it perfectly normal? He even came to visit us before. Didn't he just show up unexpectedly? And I treated him to the best food and drinks."

"How can this be compared to others? At least Young Master Bai is a man. You, a young lady, shamelessly come to him and want to stay at his residence. If word gets out, it won't be good for your reputation."

Especially since the Bai family is a prestigious family, if you come here, wouldn't it be obvious that they think you have ulterior motives?

Although you may not think so, to outsiders, your intentions are crystal clear: Yan Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Green City Lord's Mansion, wants to marry Bai Naijiong, the young master of the White City Lord's Mansion.

Yan Qingxue twitched her lips. "Pah! This lady is upright and honest. If she really wanted to give herself away, she would have said it openly. Why would she be so two-faced and coy?"

Xiaoya grumbled reluctantly, "But people will think you're seducing Young Master Bai, how shameless!" She wondered what Madam was thinking, how could she do something so frivolous?

Xiaoya had no idea that Zhao was doing this because she felt her daughter lacked femininity and that if things continued this way, she might become an old maid and never get married.

Of course, in Zhao's eyes, not being able to get married meant not being able to marry into one of the thirteen prestigious families, and not catching the eye of the young masters of those families.

These ordinary prestigious families were naturally not within her consideration.

Yan Qingxue ignored the whimpering Xiaoya, got off the carriage, and knocked on the Bai family's door.

The gatekeeper was taken aback when he saw a young woman standing outside the gate, and since she was a complete stranger, he couldn't help but ask her a question.

"Who are you, young lady? Who are you looking for?"

Yan Qingxue spoke with a smile.

"Could you please go and inform him that I'm here to see Bai Naijiong? I'm his friend Yan Qingxue, from Greentown. He'll know as soon as you mention it."

The servant said nothing, nodded, closed the gate, and went to inform the magistrate.

Since he is the second young master of the manor, it is indeed possible that he is a friend of the second young master. The second young master of their manor is a gentleman with a gentle temperament and many friends outside. Of course, the number of women he knows is too many to count on one hand.

Of course, these were all girls from other families who came to him, but I've never seen anyone so open and bold as to come to his door in person. Usually, they would send an invitation to invite him.

"This girl's actions are quite bold," the servant thought to himself before going to report.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour at the gate, just as Yan Qingxue was getting impatient, the gate creaked open from the inside. A servant opened the gate, and following behind him was Bai Naijiong himself.

Yan Qingxue glanced at Bai Naijiong with some impatience, "Slow down, if you don't come out soon, I'll think you're deliberately keeping quiet behind closed doors."

Bai Naijiong raised an eyebrow and explained, "I happened to be busy with some things in the study, and the servant who went to inform me didn't dare to disturb me, so he waited outside for a while."

Why didn't you inform me beforehand? I could have had someone greet you outside and invited you directly into the mansion, without you having to come to inform me.”

"I just wanted to give you a surprise." Yan Qingxue raised her eyebrows, said this, and then looked at the carriage in front of the mansion gate.

"I'm bringing some friends here for a short stay, could you make some arrangements?"

"Since he's your friend, then of course there's no problem. Feel free to stay, as long as you like," Bai Naijiong chuckled good-naturedly.

"No need for that. I'll just stay for one day. I'm just passing through this time and didn't plan to stay here permanently, so I didn't let you know."

Bai Naijiong paused upon hearing this.

"Just passing by? Could it be that you're on your way to the capital?"

Yan Qingxue smiled and said, "That's right, you're right. We're heading to the capital. How about it? Want to show us around and have some fun? We're practically on your doorstep now."

Just like when he arrived at her Green City Lord's Mansion, she still had to receive him and invite him to play in Golden City.

The distance between Green City and Golden City is not even as great as the distance between White City and the capital; they are practically conjoined twins.