Later, Xu Lanyin saw a beautiful young woman in her twenties walking over with a little boy. They were surrounded by a group of servants, one of whom was Aunt Qian. The young woman was in poor health and very thin. And that little boy, who else could it be but Chai Zixiao, the man she had been thinking about for days?

Chai Zixiao also saw Xu Lanyin. He was stunned at first, and after making sure he was not mistaken, he shook off his mother's hand and ran over, shouting, "Aunt, Aunt, why did you come to see me just now? I missed you so much." The rest of his voice was filled with tears.

Xu Lanyin hugged Chai Zixiao who jumped into her arms and said with a smile, "Didn't I come to see you? Little Xingxing has grown fatter, taller, and more beautiful."

Chai Zixiao hugged Xu Lanyin's neck and said with a pout, "I miss you, I miss my aunt, I miss Grandma Xu, I miss Sister Jia, I miss Uncle Ting, I miss Daddy Zhao, and I miss Uncle Min." He counted them one by one, and this was the ranking of these people in his mind.

Xu Lanyin nudged his chubby face with hers and said with a smile, "They all miss you too. Uncle Zhao has also come to the capital and will come to see you another day. They also brought you a lot of gifts. I came in a hurry, so I'll give them to you another day..."

Ma took Xu Lanyin's hand and said a few words of thanks, then said, "Something big happened at home, and I have to go and ask the elders what we need to do. I'll talk to Sister Xu when I have time." She asked Chai Zixiao to play with Xu Lanyin, and she quickly went to the upper room.

Xu Lanyin took Chai Zixiao for a walk outside, talking about how much she, Qin, Min Jia and others missed him.

The few of them walked around outside for nearly half an hour. Xu Lanyin felt that the princess and the others had finished discussing everything they needed to discuss, so she led Chai Zixiao to the upper room.

Xu Lanyin went in and saw Madam Chai, Ma, and Chai Jingjing all there. The eldest princess hated Chai Zhengguan and Old Shen so much that she hadn't even bothered to send the younger generation to the second house to offer condolences or help after Old Shen's death.

Chai Jingjing said to Xu Lanyin, "My grandmother said that you are my cousin now." She then said to Chai Zixiao, "From now on, you should call her cousin aunt, and I am your aunt."

She really minded that Chai Zixiao called Xu Lanyin "Aunt" and herself "Aunt Jing", and she particularly disliked Chai Zixiao saying things like "Aunt is very, very beautiful".

Chai Zixiao twisted her body and said with a pout, "No, I just want to call her aunt and call you Aunt Jing."

The princess waved and smiled, "Monkey, Aunt Jing is your real aunt, you're not wrong to call her that. You're closer to her by calling her 'cousin aunt', and you're treating her like a member of the family."

No matter how young Chai Zixiao was, he knew that he had to please the eldest princess and obey her unconditionally. He said "Oh" and climbed onto the Luohan bed and leaned into the eldest princess's arms.

Ma also smiled and said, "Cousin, if you have anything to say in the future, just tell me and don't be polite to your sister-in-law." As she said that, she took off a red gold filigree and gem-inlaid peacock hairpin from her head and gave it to Xu Lanyin as a gift.

People of the same generation don't have to give gifts when meeting someone, but Ma is grateful to Xu Lanyin, and she had prepared this gold hairpin long ago. She would give it to the eldest princess regardless of whether she recognized her mother as her adopted daughter or not.

Xu Lanyin accepted it and thanked him. She then smiled at Chai Jingjing, who was younger than her, and said, "It's a gift for my cousin. I'll give it to her some other day."

Chai Zixiao said proudly, "My cousin aunt has already given me a meeting gift at my home far away, as have Grandma Xu and Father Zhao."

When he heard the eldest princess say that calling auntie his cousin would make all aunties feel like family, he was very willing to call Xu Lan his cousin.

Ma smiled and said, "From now on you can't call me Grandma Xu, you have to call me Grandma."

Chai Zixiao was puzzled, "Why?"

Ma smiled and explained, "Because she wants to be the daughter of my great-grandfather and the sister of my grandfather."

At noon, the maid from the outer courtyard came again to report that the prince consort had gone to Jingzhao Prefecture and would not be back until the afternoon or evening.

Several younger relatives accompanied the eldest princess for dinner, while the others returned to their respective courtyards. Unable to sleep, the eldest princess leaned against the Luohan bed to pretend to sleep. Xu Lanyin taught Nanny Ning and Nanny Li some psychological suggestion techniques for treating insomnia. Both Nanny were shrewd people, extremely skilled at understanding people's minds. Having served the eldest princess for so many years, perhaps learning some techniques could help her fall asleep more quickly.

In fact, Xu Lanyin was eager to go home and wanted to go home early to tell him about the situation here. She also wanted to go to the teahouse, which was about to open in the middle of this month.

At the end of the Wei hour, Madam Chai and Chai Jingjing arrived together.

The eldest princess and Madam Chai were chatting in the house, while Chai Jingjing took Xu Lanyin to the west wing.

Her maid brought a set of Go and a set of chess.

Chai Jingjing asked, "What do you choose, cousin?"

Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "I don't have the talent of my cousin. I can't play Go, and I'm not good at chess. How about we play checkers? I'm pretty good at checkers."

Chai Jingjing looked down on her and said, "Checkers is for children. I'm not interested."

Xu Lanyin smiled again and said, "I heard that my cousin plays the flute well. I accidentally heard a very beautiful little tune in the mountains of my hometown, and I learned to hum it from her. I want to have the musicians play it when the teahouse opens. Please listen to it for me and see if the tune is suitable for the guzheng, pipa, flute, or dongxiao."

When Chai Jingjing heard it, she thought it was a very nice little tune. Although she said, "What kind of nice little tunes can there be in the mountains," she still looked at Xu Lanyin seriously.

To make the Beijing Xinyun Teahouse more appealing, Xu Lanyin specifically thought of several songs from her past life that would be accepted and enjoyed by this era. One of them was "Bai Suzhen at the Foot of Qingcheng Mountain," a simple and catchy tune. It was a bit too cheerful, though, and hardly suitable for a teahouse. Now, it was perfect for entertaining the young girl who played the flute well.

Seeing that Chai Jingjing was indeed interested, Xu Lanyin began to hum softly.

After Xu Lanyin hummed once, Chai Jingjing's eyes widened and she said, "Hum it again."

Xu Lanyin hummed it twice more, and Chai Jingjing smiled and said, "This little tune is indeed very beautiful and suitable for playing on the flute. However, it is too cheerful. People playing chess in the teahouse all think slowly, which doesn't suit this little tune."

Xu Lanyin seemed to have just realized, "Oh, that's it."

Chai Jingjing asked the maid to fetch the flute while she wrote the sheet music according to the tune. The sheet music consisted of Chinese characters, with slashes under them or extra radicals added next to them.

Xu Lanyin had heard that there were several types of ancient musical scores, but she didn't know what this score was.

When the maid brought the flute over, Chai Jingjing began to play it. After a few times, she was able to play it accurately.

The beauty was pleasing to the eyes, and she was wearing ancient clothes. This gave Xu Lanyin the illusion that she really looked like the White Snake who had transformed into a human form while practicing at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain.

She praised sincerely, "My cousin has an immortal figure, and when she plays this fairy music, it's like a fairy from the Moon Palace descending to earth."