Shen Yunxi agreed and quickened her pace of breakfast, not expecting Lin Chen to arrive so early.

However, it's understandable when you think about it. The Lotus Viewing Festival doesn't require attending the morning court session, so Lin Chen could leave directly from the Lin residence without being late, and it's reasonable for him to arrive early.

Just after Shen Yunxi finished her breakfast, Shen Anyu arrived, and the two siblings set off together to the reception room to meet Lin Chen.

"Brother Lin, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I'm slow, please forgive me." Shen Yunxi said apologetically.

Lin Chen didn't mind waiting at all. "It's not that Yunxi made me wait, it's that I arrived a bit early. Women need time to dress up, so I should wait."

Shen Yunxi covered her mouth and chuckled, "In that case, shall we go?"

"Let's go, let's go!" Shen Anyu said excitedly, with his personal maid Xiaoyu following behind him.

Xiao Yu looked at Shen Yunxi with a slight surprise. The young lady had never liked the young master and never took him out. After hearing what the young lady from the third branch said, she felt that the young master had made her lose face.

Unexpectedly, things have changed a lot during this time. Not only is she willing to take the young master out, but she also buys him a lot of things. Today, on the Lotus Festival, she is willing to take him out to play. Xiaoyu is also happy for her young master. Miss finally cares about her brother.

"Okay, let's go," Lin Chen said with a smile.

Being able to admire the lotus flowers with Shen Yunxi was a very happy thing for Lin Chen.

No one knows how happy he was last night that he couldn't sleep. The reason he was happiest was that Shen Yunxi gave up her feelings for Jun Xuan, which meant that he had a chance.

When Shen Yunxi came over just now, Lin Chen was almost dumbfounded. Shen Yunxi was truly stunningly beautiful today.

Shen Yunxi, who was already beautiful, added exquisite makeup and her hair was carefully styled. Paired with a sky-blue gauze dress, her swaying figure was almost dazzling.

Lin Chen also had to exert a lot of willpower to avoid staring directly at Shen Yunxi, for fear of offending the beauty.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the reception room.

"Sixth Brother, are you ready to leave? Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister have also come along. Why don't we go together?" Shen Leyi said as she entered the reception room.

Behind Shen Leyi were Shen Tang, the fifth son of the Shen family, and Shen Siqi.

Since Shen Tang hasn't participated in the imperial examination yet and has nothing to do, he's happy to go out and about, especially since he knows Lin Chen is coming and wants to go with him.

Although Lin Chen's official position is not high now, everyone understands that this is only temporary and he will probably be promoted to one of the Six Ministries soon. It is best to get closer to him.

Shen Yunxi ignored Shen Leyi and Shen Siqi, and instead focused her attention on Shen Tang.

On the surface, Shen Tang is a humble and polite person, but in reality he is ruthless and vicious, and also petty, even more petty than many women. In the past, he treated people differently depending on their status in the mansion.

Lin Chen's expression stiffened. He didn't care about Shen Anyu, since Shen Anyu wouldn't affect him.

But if Shen Siqi goes along now, he might get entangled with her, and he might even have fewer opportunities to talk to Shen Yunxi.

However, no matter how unwilling Lin Chen was in his heart, he did not show it on his face. He smiled gently and said, "If you all would like to come together, that would be fine. It'll be more lively with more people. What do you think, Yunxi?"

Shen Yunxi chuckled. Since they had come to her doorstep, she certainly wouldn't refuse to let them go together. Besides, Shen Leyi was able to go because she had sent a message to the Empress Dowager.

She was fully aware of Shen Leyi's plans for today, and her intention was to make Shen Leyi pay the corresponding price.

Shen Yunxi glanced indifferently at Shen Leyi, then nodded, "Of course, let's go together then."

So, the group went to the lotus pond together.

Because Liantang is located on the outskirts of the capital, it used to require a carriage to get there. Shen Anyu and Shen Tang rode in Lin Chen's carriage, Shen Yunxi rode in her own carriage, and Shen Leyi and Shen Siqi rode in another carriage.

Inside the carriage, Zhizhi took out the prepared pastries and tea for Shen Yunxi and arranged them, then sat down beside her.

Zhizhi still looked at Shen Yunxi with some worry, "Miss, now that you know that the Fourth Miss is going to harm you, you must be careful. I'm still a little worried about you."

"Silly girl, the one who should be worried is not me, but Shen Leyi." Shen Yunxi sneered, "She thinks her schemes are so clever, but what happened? Don't worry, now that I know her plans, I won't be the one who will be embarrassed later."

Hearing that Shen Yunxi was willing to help, Zhizhi finally felt relieved. She had always felt that her young lady was too kind, but now it seemed that she was finally willing to help, which was a good thing.

It's not good to be bullied all the time; we have to fight back.

Before long, the carriage stopped. It had arrived at the edge of the lotus pond. There were many carriages there today, so it was not allowed to drive into the innermost part of the pond. People could only walk in.

However, since everyone is here to admire the lotus flowers and enjoy delicious food, they certainly don't mind moving around.

The entire lotus pond covers an area comparable to a royal palace, so you can imagine how large it is. It was built on the orders of Junxuan's grandfather.

In this respect, that emperor was indeed someone who knew how to appreciate beautiful scenery.

The area around the lotus pond was bustling with activity, and vendors were enthusiastically hawking their wares. Most of the people who came to admire the lotus flowers were young men and women, and lotus pods were being sold everywhere.

Don't assume that the lotus pods are picked from the lotus pond. This lotus pond is guarded by officials. You can only look at the lotus flowers, not pick the lotus pods. Moreover, most of the lotus flowers here are water lilies, and everything is for viewing purposes only.

The vendors selling lotus pods pick them from their own fields, and the pods are relatively large, unlike the small ornamental lotus pods.

Many painters also appeared in this area. They could paint here, depicting ladies holding lotus pods or lotus flowers, and the money they received was not low.

Shen Yunxi and her group got off the carriage and walked inside. Putting aside everything else, it was a great idea to enjoy the scenery first.

At this moment, Shen Anyu walked in front, with Xiaoyu beside him, while Shen Yunxi and Lin Chen walked side by side behind him, the two of them talking quietly.

Seeing the two chatting happily, Shen Siqi's eyes were filled with anger, especially Shen Yunxi's smile, which she found extremely irritating!

Shen Leyi knew, of course, that her younger sister had a crush on Lin Chen and Jun Xuan. Both of these people were connected to Shen Yunxi, so it was no surprise that the two sisters disliked Shen Yunxi.

However, Shen Leyi is better at hiding it; she will pretend to have a relationship with Shen Yunxi to deceive him.

Shen Siqi, however, had no such thoughts. Her disgust was written all over her face as she glared at Shen Yunxi in front of her.

"Damn it, what right does Shen Yunxi have!"