The Chu family is of high social standing, more than a match for my elder brother. Perhaps we are truly destined to be together in this life?
[Moreover, the Chu family chef's cooking is incredibly delicious. The book mentions that after Chu Qianxue got married, this chef went to the Zhu family with her.]
Afterwards, the Zhu family encouraged Chu Qianxue to put the cook in the main kitchen to prepare meals for the whole family.
After Chu Qianxue's incident, the cook was also imprisoned by the Zhu family and ultimately burned in the kitchen.
Ye Lanyin's heart sank.
A pair of probing eyes looked at Chu Qianxue, a trace of pity for her past life's experiences in her heart.
It's very similar to myself...
Upon hearing this, Chu Qianxue's fair face immediately flushed red.
"Um... Wanwan, you can't say things like that. Your brother and I are innocent..."
Chu's mother immediately chimed in, smiling, "Madam Ye, the little princess is so adorable."
Ye Lanyin said softly, "I'm sorry, Miss Chu, it was Wanwan who was rude."
"It's alright, Madam Ye," Chu Qianxue said, feeling inexplicably downcast.
Ye Lanyin was unaware that Chu Qianxue and Lin Rui'an had any connection; she only knew it was a mother's expectation.
"If you two are truly destined to be together, wouldn't that fulfill the wishes of your mother and me?"
"Madam, please don't joke. Young Master Xiao is currently at a prime time for pursuing an official career and making a name for himself. How could we possibly be destined to be together?"
"Besides, my mother was right about the marriage arranged by parents and matchmakers."
Ye Lanyin sighed. It is said that arranged marriages by parents are perhaps the right choice than one's own.
But she had been tricked and walked into the lion's den. After hearing her daughter's heartfelt words, she was certain that Chu Qianxue's death in her previous life must have been extremely tragic.
But heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. Even if she did tell them, the Chu family would only think that she disliked the Zhu family.
This will not only cause trouble for the regent, but also cause his eldest son, who has just entered officialdom, to get into trouble.
Thinking of this, Ye Lanyin raised her hand, broke off a branch beside her, and held it in front of her eyes. "These peonies were brought from Xuan Yue Kingdom by the Regent, who traveled a thousand miles to get them."
"The regent told me that this peony tree would grow better than the one next to it."
"But now, Madam Chu, do you think, like me, that the tree the Regent had his eye on was not as nice as the one I bought from the street?"
A gust of wind blew through Madam Chu's hair, making the stray hairs on her forehead a little messy, and the messy hairs obscured some of Madam Chu's vision.
Through her blurred vision, Lady Chu felt that the peony brought by the Regent Prince was more graceful and more beautiful.
She tucked her messy hair behind her ear, preparing to answer Ye Lanyin.
But once her vision cleared, Madam Chu was deeply attracted to another tree.
The peony on the left has larger and more vibrant flowers, but upon closer inspection, the surrounding petals seem somewhat withered, and even the leaves are not as lush as those of the peony on the right.
Although the peony on the right is not as large as the one on the left, its petals are clean and neat, as if it had just opened last night.
Madam Chu tried to read information from Ye Lanyin's eyes with her calm gaze, but Ye Lanyin's eyes were filled with nothing but gentleness.
"It seems that the flowers of our Holy Kingdom are still the best..."
Xiao Wanwan was not even half the size of a peony tree, and the peonies on top of her head pressed against the top of her head, making her feel annoyed for a moment.
She reached out her chubby little hand and yanked the peony off.
Then, dissatisfied, he threw it on the ground, saying, "It hurts so much..."
Before she could finish speaking, a thorn on a peony leaf pricked her hand, and blood dripped from Xiao Wanwan's small hand onto the ground.
"Ouch, it hurts! Waaah..."
Xiao Wanwan suddenly felt a sharp pain and burst into tears, interrupting their conversation.
Ye Lanyin suddenly looked down and saw that her daughter's hand was bleeding.
She was startled, then took out a handkerchief from her body, squatted down, carefully took her hand, and blew on it.
"Wanwan, the leaves and stems of peonies have thorns. How could you be so careless?"
"Waaaaah, Daddy's flowers are no good, no good, no good! Mommy~ throw them away quickly~"
Ye Lanyin took out a handkerchief with heartache to wipe the blood off Xiao Wanwan's hands, saying as she did so, "Alright, after the banquet, Mother will have Huamei take it out."
Just as Ye Lanyin was speaking, her fingertips inadvertently touched Xiao Wanwan's blood. A strange dizziness struck her, and the scene before her eyes began to blur, as if covered by a thin mist.
Ye Lanyin stopped what she was doing and shook her head.
Chu Qianxue was squatting next to Xiao Wanwan, only focused on comforting her, and did not notice Ye Lanyin's expression.
Madam Chu quickly helped Ye Lanyin up and asked, "Madam Ye, are you alright?"
Ye Lanyin shook her head slightly, her head feeling as heavy as if it weighed a ton, the discomfort making her breathing somewhat labored.
Seeing her mother like this, Xiao Wanwan's little face was full of worry. "Mother, what's wrong?"
As she spoke, Xiao Wanwan placed her hand on Ye Lanyin's face.
In that instant, Ye Lanyin's previous discomfort completely disappeared.
Ye Lanyin stared blankly at her daughter, but was afraid that her daughter would notice that something was wrong, so she forced a smile and said, "It's nothing, I just felt a little sorry to see that your hand was pricked."
Chu Qianxue, who was standing nearby, quickly comforted Ye Lanyin after hearing her words.
"Don't worry, Madam Ye. I just checked Wanwan's hand, and it's already healed."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lanyin grabbed Lin Wanwan's hand that had just been stabbed, only to find that the wound had disappeared.
For a moment, her hands trembled slightly.
"It's healed! It seems children's healing abilities are truly amazing."
"Wanwan, you can't touch these things casually anymore, understand?"
Xiao Wanwan pouted, looking aggrieved, and said, "Okay, I know."
I didn't do it on purpose.
The flowers Dad bought are awful, even worse than the flowers from the mistress's room.
Ye Lanyin: "..."
"..."
The banquet ended as dusk fell.
Ye Lanyin couldn't help but tell the Regent about what happened to her daughter's hand during the day.
"Husband, come here for a moment."
The Regent had just finished his bath, his strong, muscular body wrapped in a wet bathrobe. Upon hearing Ye Lanyin's words, he put down his clothes, walked to Ye Lanyin's side, and pulled her onto his lap.
"What's wrong?"
Ye Lanyin felt a little uncomfortable at his deep voice, and shyly got off him. Then, blushing, she said in a serious tone:
"My husband, I noticed something unusual about our daughter today."
"What do you mean by that, Madam?"
The Regent Prince was on the men's side of the table today. Although he paid attention to Ye Lanyin at one point, he was then pulled away by his colleagues.
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