Three days later

The flower banquet at the Vice Minister's residence was held as scheduled. This time, apart from Mo Qian, all the young ladies from the Suning Earl's residence were invited to attend.

As for Mo Qian, the female lead found an excuse to keep her in the mansion to chant sutras and pray for the old lady who was about to return home!

Early in the morning, the maidservant beside the female protagonist arrived at Yanfei Garden.

"Lvzhu, it's almost time. The eldest young lady asked me to call the second young lady to the Buddhist hall to pray for blessings. It wouldn't be good if we missed the appointed time."

"It is Hongjuan, the head maid of the female lead, who spoke with a serious expression on her face and a hint of urgency in her voice."

“It’s still early, Miss hasn’t gotten up yet. I’ll wake her up when it’s almost time, and I promise we won’t be late,” Green Jade replied firmly, her voice tinged with a hint of coldness.

"No, that won't do. If the second young lady gets up, she'll need to get ready, which will take even longer. It's best for her to get up now."

Hongjuan continued, her face showing a hint of determination, and her voice involuntarily grew a few decibels.

"Stop talking, I'll go wake the second young lady up right now," Hongjuan said. She then made a move as if she wanted to go inside.

"No, let me wake Miss up. You should go back first. It wouldn't be good if Miss needed someone to serve her without you by her side."

Greenie blocked Red Beauty's path, smiling as she spoke. Her voice held a hint of concern.

"No need for that. The eldest young lady specially arranged for me to come because she didn't want the second young lady to be late. If she missed the appointed time, she wouldn't be able to get along well with the old lady, and that wouldn't be good."

"Our eldest young lady said that sisters should remind and help each other. The eldest young lady is also concerned about the second young lady."

Hongjuan continued, her face still showing loyalty to the female lead. Her voice was exceptionally excited.

"On behalf of my young lady, thank you for your concern, Miss. We appreciate your kind gesture, but please don't trouble yourself any further. I've got this all covered," Green Pearl said with a forced smile, her voice tinged with gratitude.

"I won't bother you. Never mind, I won't argue with you anymore. It's more important to wake up the Second Miss quickly," Hongjuan said, trying to push aside the green bamboo in front of her and walk over. A hint of impatience was on her face.

"Wait, leave this to me. I promise I won't mess things up," Green Pearl said, trying to put on a warm expression.

"Let go, don't waste your time here." Hongjuan's expression turned sour this time. She said angrily, her face looking rather unpleasant, her brows furrowed tightly.

After saying that, he made it seem like he wanted to force his way through.

Meanwhile, Greenie was trying her best to stop them, and in the struggle, the door was opened from the inside.

"What's wrong? It's so noisy outside, what happened?"

Mo Qian opened the door and stood in the doorway, asking a question with a hint of displeasure at being woken up. Her voice was icy.

"Second Miss, we should pray for the old lady early today. The eldest young lady sent me to call you, so as not to be late."

When Hongjuan saw Moqian come out, she showed no panic. She then spoke calmly, her voice carrying a hint of seriousness.

"Big sister really cares about me." Mo Qian looked up at the sky, which was still completely dark. Judging from the time, it was around 3 AM. She said with a forced smile, her voice carrying a hint of coldness.

"The eldest young lady also wanted me to wake the second young lady up in advance, so that she wouldn't oversleep and it would get back to the old lady, which would be bad."

Hongjuan followed Moqian's gaze and looked up at the sky. A moment of stiffness flashed across her face, but she quickly recovered and explained with a smile, her voice still carrying a hint of laughter.

"Okay, I understand. You can go back now. I'll be there on time." Mo Qian didn't want to argue with the female lead's maid anymore, so she wanted to get rid of her and said this with a serious expression on her face.

"Alright, Second Miss, I'll head back now." Seeing that Mo Qian was trying to shoo her away, Hong Juan didn't try to keep her. She bowed to Mo Qian and left.

Meanwhile, after watching Hongjuan leave, Lüzhu said angrily to Moqian.

"Miss, this young lady is going too far! Sending someone to call you so early!"

"There's still quite a while before the prayer time! This is just too unfair!" Green Pearl said indignantly from the side, her voice filled with barely concealed anger.

"Don't be angry. The angrier you get, the more they'll laugh at you," Mo Qian said teasingly when she saw Lü Zhu's furious expression. Her voice was tinged with amusement.

"Miss, I'm just so angry! They went too far! They're specifically targeting you to bully you!" Green Jade said immediately after hearing Mo Qian's words, her face still showing a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Yes, I know. Don't worry, things will change soon." Mo Qian looked up at the distant sky and said in a dreamy tone, with a hint of indifference on her face.

After exchanging a few words with Lü Zhu, Mo Qian went back to her room and went to sleep.

It's obvious that the female lead is deliberately making things difficult for her!

The real purpose of waking her up to pray for blessings was to torment her!

Mo Qian continued sleeping, completely unaffected.

Mo Qian woke up when Lü Zhu called her from outside the door.

"Miss, let me help you get dressed. Now that you're all ready, we can have some breakfast, and it will be just the right time to go to the Buddhist hall," said Greenie as she helped Mo Qian get dressed.

After Mo Qian finished dressing, they styled her hair with a hair ornament.

Then, a maidservant brought breakfast over.

Mo Qian sat in the chair and slowly ate her breakfast, stopping only when she was about 80% full.

Afterwards, whenever I thought of going to the Buddhist temple to chant sutras and pray for blessings, I would inevitably have to kneel down.

Mo Qian tied a pair of knee pads that she had prepared beforehand to her legs. After everything was ready, she led Lü Zhu toward the direction of the Buddhist temple.

The closer you get to the Buddhist temple, the less people there are.

Normally, only the old lady of the Suning Marquis's mansion would come to this Buddhist hall to chant sutras and recite Buddhist prayers; other people rarely came here.

In addition, since all the young ladies in the manor have gone to attend the flower banquet at the Vice Minister's residence today, there are far fewer masters in the manor.

This made the mansion seem even more spacious.

When Mo Qian arrived, she saw Li Mama, who served the old lady, tending to things in the Buddhist hall.

"Greetings, Second Miss." Upon seeing Mo Qian, Madam Li first bowed and then greeted her, her face showing a hint of indifference.

"Yes, I've come today to pray for my grandmother's well-being," Mo Qian said to Li Mama, her face showing humility and her voice gentle.

"I know, Miss, please come here. This is a new futon that I prepared in advance."

Then, Li's mother continued. After speaking, she led Mo Qian towards a prayer mat.

Afterwards, some classic texts such as the Classic of Filial Piety were placed in front of Mo Qian.

It also contains the Four Treasures of the Study!

"Mom, you can go downstairs now." After seeing Li's mother's series of actions, Mo Qian prepared to send her away.

After all, some people are quite unhappy about it!

"Yes, Second Miss, I'll go down now. Call me if you need anything." After hearing Mo Qiandi's voice, Madam Li replied with a gentle expression.

"Okay, I understand," Mo Qian said calmly.

I took two steps to the side and suddenly felt something was wrong with my feet!

A flicker of surprise crossed his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.