She nodded. "Okay, but there's something I need to remind you, brother. The bandits of Shangluo Mountain were slaughtered by the men in black because of this. When the portrait is given to you, you must not let outsiders know about it."
She then remembered that Shen Hanshan was probably also having someone keep an eye on her, and she immediately became worried.
How can we find a way to give the portrait of the beauty to Cui Shenghe without anyone noticing?
"Let me think about it," Zhao Zhi said.
"good."
Cui Shenghe parted ways with Zhao Zhi at the door.
After the rain stopped, the customers in the teahouse gradually left.
Many people were astonished to see Zhao Zhi emerge from Zhan Garden.
"Wasn't that Miss Zhao the second daughter who was rejected by Prince Rui? Why is she coming out of Young Master Cui's Zhan Garden?"
"That's Miss Zhao the Second!" someone who recognized Zhao Zhi exclaimed. "Prince Rui is a womanizer, while Young Master Cui is dashing and debonair. If Miss Zhao the Second could marry Young Master Cui, it would be much more stable and fulfilling than marrying Prince Rui."
“You’re right. Everyone knows that Young Master Cui is a man of integrity and doesn’t even have a maid in his household; all his servants are male.”
The crowd began to discuss amongst themselves.
Zhao Yun snorted coldly, got up, and left.
After thinking for a moment, she went to Suxiangfang and bought a box of almonds that Zhao Zhi usually liked to eat before returning home.
Zhao Zhigang had just returned to his room and taken a sip of tea when Ah Huang, the dog in the yard, started barking.
Nan Ying came in from outside and reported, "Miss, the eldest young lady mentioned almond cookies. Would you like to see her?"
"Let my sister in." Zhao Zhi put down her teacup and went to the door to greet her.
"My sister came to see me, why did she bring something?" She happily took the almond shortbread, opened it, popped a piece into her mouth, smacked her lips, and said, "Mmm, so delicious."
She handed a piece to Zhao Yun, saying, "Sister, you should have some too."
Zhao Yun declined, saying, "I'm not hungry, sister."
Zhao Zhi looked up at her, "Does Sister have something to say?"
Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, then said that on her way to Suxiangfang, she overheard people talking about the relationship between Zhao Zhi and Cui Shenghe, and she was worried that she had been deceived.
"Zhizhi, how did you and Young Master Cui meet?"
"Well, it was just by chance that we hit it off and became sworn siblings."
Zhao Zhi chewed on almond shortbread, her speech somewhat muffled.
"Sworn siblings?" Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Is that so? Then you were overthinking it, sister."
After the two sisters chatted about other things for a while, Zhao Zhi gave the pair of gold butterfly hairpins to Zhao Yun, saying, "It will look beautiful on you, sister. I'm too active to wear them properly, so I'm giving them to you."
Zhao Yun happily accepted it and left with light steps.
Zhao Zhi gazed thoughtfully at her sister's retreating figure, then pinched the bridge of her nose.
My arms have started to itch, and my throat is getting increasingly uncomfortable.
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