Zhou Shu knew very well that her daughter had been looking forward to marrying Xuan Min since the year she came of age, but she was afraid that she was hurt by Cui's cruel words and that was why she said that she didn't want to get married out of anger.

Chen Shuyi's eyes were firm, "Mom, I'm afraid my second cousin and I are not destined to be together. My second aunt clearly doesn't want me to marry him. Even if I force myself to marry him, I will be too weak to have children next year and they will definitely arrange for my second cousin to take a concubine. I don't want to share a husband with someone else."

"Yier, I'm sorry for you. If I hadn't accidentally fallen that year..." Zhou Shu's eyes were filled with tears. "I'll go back and tell your father that we'll break off the engagement and return to Yuhang."

Shen Shuyi hugged her, "Mom, I will be fine, don't worry about breaking off the engagement, let's wait for an opportunity to avoid gossip."

The Zhou family is nice, but Cui and Zhou Xuanmin are not easy to deal with. If she proposes to cancel the engagement, who knows what might happen.

When it comes to breaking off the engagement, she must occupy the high ground of public opinion and must not let Zhou Xuanmin get away with it!

It would be best if Zhou Xuanmin and Princess Huiji could be dragged into this!

…

On the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd, the Chu State had the custom of feasting by the water and outing in the suburbs in spring.

Old Madam Zhou wanted to let Shen Shuyi, who had come from afar, relax and also wanted to bring her together with Zhou Xuanmin, so she asked Zhou Qian, who was on vacation, to take his brothers, sisters and cousin to Qujiang Lake for a walk and enjoy the peach blossoms.

Chen Shuyi dressed up specially, wearing a goose yellow gauze skirt, a jade hairpin in her hair, and walked lightly with lotus steps to meet everyone.

Zhou Qian and his companions had already prepared everything and the carriage, and were just waiting for the girls in the family to go out.

He heard footsteps and looked up.

The moment I saw Shen Shuyi, it was like the bright moon rising over the boundless river, or like the morning glow breaking at dawn, shining brightly.

Shen Shuyi unexpectedly met Zhou Qian's gaze, and saw that he naturally looked away.

Zhou Miaorong saw the pearl hanging between Shen Shuyi's eyebrows, and walked forward curiously and said with a smile, "Cousin, this makeup is really beautiful."

"Thank you for the compliment, cousin. Let's get in the car." A hint of shyness flashed across Shen Shuyi's smile.

Zhou Xuanmin unexpectedly looked at Shen Shuyi for a second longer before riding out with his brother. His cousin seemed to have changed a little this time when she came to Luoyang.

In the past...she might have sneaked up to him and whispered to him.

But the number of times they talked during this visit to the mansion was few and far between...

Chen Shuyi and Zhou Miaorong were in a carriage, Zhou Ningxiang and her brother Zhou Xuanze were in another, and Zhou Qian and Zhou Xuanmin were riding horses beside the carriage to protect it.

Chen Shuyi opened the carriage curtain. The sun was shining brightly, and the warm breeze of early March blew gently, making people feel happy.

As we approached Qujiang River, we could see from afar young girls and young men walking along the water, picking orchids. They were wearing brightly colored clothes and playing together.

The Chu people have an open-minded character. Today is March 3rd, the day for men and women to travel together. Men and women in brightly dressed clothes naturally let go of their restraints and travel together hand in hand.

After getting off the carriage, Zhou Xuanze, who was only ten years old, was eager to fly a kite, and specially picked an eagle-shaped kite.

Zhou Ningxiang was worried about her brother so she went with him, "Big sister, cousin, Xuanze and I are going to fly a kite."

"Go ahead." Zhou Miaorong said with a smile.

This year, Zhou Miaorong got engaged to Qi Yuanlin, the eldest son of the Minister of Rites. They were going to get married in August, a good time for a fruitful harvest.

The two haven't seen each other since their engagement. Today is March 3rd and they exchanged letters to arrange a meeting at Qushui Bridge. As soon as she arrived at Qujiang Bridge, Chen Shuyi found that her cousin looked absent-minded.

Shen Shuyi knew that her grandmother had specifically told them to take good care of themselves, and she didn't want to ruin someone's good deeds, not to mention that she still had things to do, so she took Zhou Miaorong's hand and whispered softly.

"Cousin, I'm a little tired and want to rest under the peach tree and have a cup of tea. You can go play with my cousin and the others."

The Zhou family brought servants with them when they came for the trip. The servants chose a place with fallen petals early in the morning, set up tables and chairs, and made tea and snacks.

Zhou Miaorong felt embarrassed for leaving, but today was a rare opportunity to see her fiancé, as they had made an appointment a long time ago.

"Can you really do this alone?"

"Of course." Shen Shuyi said with a smile, "Aren't there two cousins ​​here?"

"Well, I'll go for a walk over there. Yi'er, if you've had a good rest, you can come over there and play with me."

"Okay." Shen Shuyi really walked towards the peach blossom forest.

Zhou Qian and Zhou Xuanmin followed not too far away, with Zhou Qian always a few steps behind, as if he was intentionally giving his second brother and cousin enough space to get along.

The three of them drank tea under the peach tree, and Shen Shuyi soon discovered that Zhou Xuanmin was ready to make a move.

In the previous life, the original owner also went for an outing with them, but he got tired after only a few steps and had to rest in the peach blossom forest.

Zhou Xuanmin, who was supposed to accompany her to appreciate the peach blossoms in the peach forest, said he was going to pick a bunch of beautiful peach blossoms for her, but he never came back, leaving the original owner waiting under the peach tree for most of the day and fell ill after being blown by the wind.

Shen Shuyi wanted to see where Zhou Xuanmin went this time.

As expected, after a cup of tea, Zhou Xuanmin stood up and looked at Shen Shuyi, “Cousin, do you want to go and enjoy the peach blossoms?”

Shen Shuyi was weak and had just walked a long way. Now that she had just rested for a while, she naturally couldn't walk anymore. She apologized, "Cousin, go ahead. I'll take a rest."

"Well, I'll go find you some beautiful peach blossoms."

Zhou Xuanmin took a step forward and left.

Zhou Qian frowned when he saw this.

Now only he and his cousin were here. If there weren't a few servants making tea, they would have been even more embarrassed. Even though there were servants here, he stepped away a few steps to avoid suspicion.

Shen Shuyi looked at the man standing at a distance with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery in the distance. She called out, "Cousin Yan Zhao."

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