Yun Wenfang glanced at Ren Yaohua, his gaze fixed on Ren Yaoqi's face. Ren Yaoqi lowered his head and drank his tea, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Yun Wenfang said with a half-smile, "Let it be a pavilion." Then he turned and left.
After Yun Wen let her go, Ren Yaohua didn't insist on going back.
As soon as Yun Wenfang left, Madam Yun came over.
Madam Yun had just emerged from Old Madam Yun's courtyard. Passing by the garden, she heard her daughter was at the waterside pavilion and came to see her. Seeing the Ren sisters, Madam Yun spoke to them lovingly for a moment.
Seeing Madam Yun coming, Ren Yaohua thought that Madam Yun might have something to tell Yun Qiuchen, so she sat for a while and then said goodbye. Madam Ren sent the nanny beside her to see them out.
Just as they left the garden, Ren Yaoyin suddenly stopped and said, "Oh, Qiuchen said he wanted to lend me a poetry book, but I forgot to take it."
Ren Yaohua frowned: "Let the maid go back and get it."
Ren Yaoyin shook her head: "This booklet is Qiu Chen's treasured collection. She treasures it very much. I'd better go back by myself."
The maid who escorted them out hurriedly said, "This servant will accompany Miss Ren back."
Ren Yaoyin smiled and said, "Madam, please send my sisters out. I've been to the Yun family several times and have visited this garden several times, so I'm very familiar with it. Qiuchen should still be in the garden and not have wandered far. I'll be back soon."
No one could persuade her, so they could only let her go back to find Yun Qiuchen with her personal maid.
Ren Yaohua glanced at Ren Yaoyin's back, seeming to be thinking about something.
Over there, after the Ren sisters left, Yun Qiuping and Yun Qiufang also returned to their respective courtyards. Madam Yun and Yun Qiuchen dismissed the maids and servants who were serving them and talked by the pond.
"Aunt wants Fangfei to marry my second brother?"
Madam Yun nodded. "But your grandmother didn't agree. Instead, she told me to take advantage of the Qianjin Banquet to meet some of the ladies."
Yun Qiuchen couldn't help but frown: "But what's in Second Brother's mind..."
Mrs. Yun shook her head and interrupted, "He'll have to put his thoughts aside sooner or later. He thinks we don't know about his little plan."
When Yun Qiuchen heard her mother say this, she realized that her grandmother must have made plans for Yun Wenfang's marriage. She didn't know what to say anymore, so she asked, "Then has Grandmother said anything about how to arrange my eldest brother's marriage?"
There was an almost inaudible sound of falling leaves breaking not far away, but the Yun family mother and daughter did not pay attention.
"The Yun family's preferred candidate for the eldest daughter-in-law is the princess. Your grandmother won't easily change this unless the Yanbei Palace has other plans."
Yun Qiuchen thought about it and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Mother, what do you think of the Ningxia Wu family?"
"The Wu family? I heard that the Wu family has been on good terms with the Yanbei Palace since the old Yanbei King was still alive. The Wu family's current power in Ningxia is also due to the support of the Yanbei Palace."
Yun Qiuchen shook his head: "I'm not asking about that. I'm asking about Wu Yiyu, the eldest daughter of the Wu family."
Wu Yiyu, the eldest daughter of the Wu family, had also met Madam Yun several times. Seeing her daughter mention Madam Yun at this time, she immediately thought of something and frowned, "Does Ting'er have any ideas?"
Yun Qiuchen hurriedly said, "It has nothing to do with my brother. My brother..."