The Marquis's wife took the sheet music and thought for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up: "Jiyao can play!"

"She is the old lady's grand-niece. Did you see her at the flower-viewing banquet?"

"Yes, we just met."

I couldn't win an argument with her, so I stormed off in anger.

Upon hearing this, the Marquis's wife immediately became alert: "She didn't offend the divine physician, did she?"

Shen Qiyin: "She didn't 'bump' it."

Next, Miss Shen recounted in detail to the Marquis's wife what had happened after she met Jiang Jiyao.

Upon hearing Jiang Jiyao screaming in pain from being pricked by needles, Marquis Wu'an couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hahaha... indeed, the wicked are always punished by the wicked, hahaha..."

Then he got punched by the Marquis's wife, and immediately stopped laughing.

Withdrawing her fist, the Marquis's wife turned to face Shen Qiyin, and her gentle and tender demeanor returned.

She said apologetically, "Today's events were all the fault of the person who spread the rumors. I apologize to the doctor on her behalf."

"Madam, you flatter me."

Jiang Jiyao is a relative of the old lady's family and a junior, so it's unlikely that the Marquis's wife would interfere too much.

However, she didn't intend to ask the other party to help her vent her anger or anything. She just thought it would be better for her to be the villain first, so as to avoid Jiang Jiyao accusing her first.

"The divine doctor probably doesn't know that Ji Yao lost her parents at a young age and was raised by her uncle's family, so it's inevitable that they neglected her upbringing."

"Now that she has been brought to the Marquis's residence, the old lady dotes on her very much, which is why she has developed such a spoiled and arrogant nature."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Marquis Wu'an said indignantly, "He's just spoiled!"

"If you ask me, we should give her a good beating and see if she's still so arrogant then."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin silently gave him a thumbs up.

Marquis Wu'an, as if he had found a kindred spirit, exclaimed excitedly, "Right? Right? You think so too, don't you? You deserve a beating!"

Then he was hit hard by the Marquis's wife.

Now they're completely obedient.

It was nearly dusk when I left the Marquis of Wu'an's residence.

When we returned to Guangrentang, it was time for dinner.

Dazhuang was sizzling and stir-frying vegetables in the kitchen, Sanwa was wiping the table, Rendong was setting out the bowls and chopsticks, and Chunsheng was feeding Ah Huang.

A warm current flowed through the depths of Chen Xiyin's heart.

Family members sit idly, the lamplight warm and inviting.

That's roughly the case.

During the meal, Shen Qiyin's gaze occasionally and unintentionally swept over Sanwa, clearly sensing that he was avoiding her.

She noticed that he had been avoiding her for the past two days.

She guessed that he was afraid she would ask him if he knew Qin Li.

But his resistant attitude clearly showed that he didn't want to talk about it, so how could she possibly get the answer out of him? She might as well save her breath.

Back at the Shen family home, Shen Qiyin told Ren Dong about Xiong Lu's offer to teach her martial arts. She was overjoyed and wished she could rush to Qiying Pavilion to find him immediately.

Thinking that martial arts training was hard work, and that taking on other things at the same time would be too tiring, Shen Qiyin said to Ren Dong, "How about we don't learn the flute?"

But Ren Dong sternly refused: "No! This servant wants to learn!"

Having many skills is never a burden.

Only children make choices; she wants them all!

As the master and servant were talking, they suddenly heard a "thud" outside, as if something had hit the door.

When Shen Qiyin opened the door to check, there was nothing unusual.

The night was clear and dust-free, and the moonlight was as silvery as silver.

Apart from the osmanthus tree whose fragrance could be smelled for miles, there wasn't a single ghost in the courtyard.

Shen Qiyin guessed that perhaps a stray cat had accidentally bumped into the door and made a noise, so she closed the door, bolted it, and prepared to go to bed.

But before she could even sit on the bed in the inner room, she heard another "thud".

This time it came from the window.

Shen Qiyin and Ren Dong exchanged a glance and spoke at the same time.

"Who is deliberately trying to scare us?"

"Could it be a ghost?"

The second sentence was spoken by Miss Shen.

As soon as the words were spoken, there was another "thud." In the stillness of the night, when all was quiet, the sound was particularly clear and chilling.