Song Jiangmei nodded gently: "It's me. Is Uncle Zhu here?"
“Yes, yes,” the butler nodded as he turned to lead the way for her. When they reached the flower hall, he added, “Please wait here for a moment, I will go and fetch the master.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Congjian's deep voice rang out from outside the door: "No need to invite me."
He entered the flower hall with a smile and said, "Amei's here? Have you had breakfast? Didn't my Ayu come back with you?"
Last night, Song Jiangmei sent someone to deliver a message, saying that Ayu had arranged to go see the lanterns with her, and then the two returned to her residence and drank some wine. Ayu couldn't hold her liquor and fell asleep at Song's residence. To avoid worrying the Zhu family, she specially sent someone to inform them of this matter.
Because Song Jiangmei had visited the Zhu residence several times, and the person she sent was Fuyao, her personal maid, Zhu Congjian quickly believed her and didn't ask any further questions.
He was puzzled to see Song Jiangmei arrive alone this morning.
Could it be that Ayu is still asleep? Then what is she doing here?
Just as he was thinking, he heard Song Jiangmei say, "Uncle, Ayu left Yujing by boat early this morning. Miss Gu is doing business in Linzhang and has encountered some trouble. Ayu is worried about her and also about Yuchaifeng's business. After all, correspondence is inconvenient, so she asked me to tell you early this morning that she is going out for a while and will come back when things are resolved, so you don't need to worry about her."
"Also, she's used to using Green Kite, so I have another matter to discuss with her today: to arrange for someone to send Green Kite to her."
Zhu Congjian slammed his hand on the table in annoyance: "You're really getting more and more ambitious!"
But what's done is done, and he couldn't bring himself to be angry. He could only thank Song Jiangmei for making the trip, and at the same time, he hurriedly told the housekeeper to tell Lüzheng to pack her things so she could rush to Linzhang to take care of her daughter.
Upon learning that Song Jiangmei had arrived in a hurry and hadn't had breakfast yet, he instructed his servants to go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and bring it to her.
Unable to refuse the hospitality, Song Jiangmei drank some yam and purple sweet potato porridge, and also had some crystal buns, auspicious cakes, and other snacks.
Just as she finished eating, Lüzheng finally arrived carrying her bundle.
So Song Jiangmei bid farewell to Zhu Congjian, took Lüzheng and left the Zhu residence, getting into a carriage.
After sitting down in the carriage, Lüzheng finally couldn't hold back any longer and looked anxiously at Song Jiangmei: "Miss Song..."
Song Jiangmei sighed and patted her hand: "Don't worry, your young lady will be fine. We just need to do as she says. When you see Lord Wei later, do you remember what to say?"
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