The three of them left the house together and took a carriage straight to Wanyueju.

Liang Jinghe was used to being among a group of dignified and polite young men from aristocratic families in the capital, and had never seen such a noisy person.

I originally thought that one was enough, but these two siblings have a lot of things to say. Just now when they were in the mansion, Jiang Shuyan was deliberately reserved in order to behave like a lady in front of him, but now when they discuss the food she is interested in, it's like she has opened her mouth and can't stop.

Liang Jinghe was annoyed by their chattering, so he took the opportunity to sneak out and clean up for a while under the pretext of going to the toilet.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of Wanyueju, he saw Shen Qingxi getting off the carriage. Thinking of what his mother said yesterday, he frowned, turned around and went back to Wanyueju.

Jiang Shuyan saw him coming back and said happily, "Cousin, the waiter just said that they have an activity here. If you guess a lantern riddle correctly, you will get a cake. My second brother said he wants to try it. Do you want to join in?"

Recently, due to the floods in Hangzhou, prices of various items have skyrocketed. Cakes that normally cost a few dozen coins now cost over a hundred coins. However, the wages of the people have not increased, resulting in poor business in all walks of life.

Wan Yue Ju took this opportunity to launch a special event, offering free cakes for guessing lantern riddles, which was a great gimmick to attract customers.

He didn't pay much attention just now, but now he saw that there were many red papers hanging on the table where Yiji played the piano. He thought that was the lantern puzzle.

Jiang Wenhao has already taken one down, but he couldn't come up with the answer after thinking for a long time. There is a time limit. If he can't guess it, he has to return it to the store and get a reward of one penny.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Jiang Wenhao casually gave an answer, but it turned out to be wrong. The waiter took the paper from his hand, and he sighed and took out a penny from his wallet to reward the waiter.

Liang Jinghe took a look at the piece of paper and said to the waiter who was about to leave, "Let me see it."

"Okay." The waiter handed him the paper.

Liang Jinghe took it and saw the words written on it: Ninety-nine, guess a word.

Then he handed the paper back to the waiter.

The little flame of hope that had just ignited in Jiang Wenhao's eyes was extinguished in an instant, and he sat down and continued to eat his cake.

The waiter thought he couldn't guess it, and was waiting for the copper plate, when he suddenly heard him utter a word lightly: "White."

The waiter was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was telling the answer. He immediately took out the lantern riddle book he carried with him, opened it, checked the answers, and then said loudly, "This young man got the answer right. You will be rewarded with a cake."

Jiang Wenhao was overjoyed. He jumped up from his seat, came over, put his arm around his shoulders, and praised him, "Not bad, cousin. You figured out such a difficult lantern riddle."

Jiang Shuyan looked at him with eyes full of stars, thinking: "How can there be someone so handsome and talented!"

Then he looked at his brother who only knew how to laugh foolishly, and said, "We are all from the Jiang family, but why are there so many differences between us?"

Liang Jinghe smiled and said, "This lantern riddle is not difficult. My cousin can't guess it, maybe because his thinking is wrong."

"Speaking of which..." Jiang Wenhao shook his head, puzzled: "Ninety-nine, guess a word, why is the answer white?"

Liang Jinghe was about to answer when a sweet and pleasant female voice suddenly interrupted him, saying, "Because ninety-nine is one hundred minus one, wouldn't it be white if one is removed from the word one hundred?"

The three of them looked over at the same time, and saw a little girl in a light blue gauze and brocade dress with orchid embroidery walking towards them. She had a delicate and pretty face, and was very likable.

Jiang Wenhao was stunned at this moment, and said bluntly: "When did Hangzhou have such a pretty little girl?"

Liang Jinghe didn't say anything, but just tightened his grip on the teacup.

Shen Qingxi walked up to him and bowed, "Meet the prince."

Liang Jinghe nodded and said, "It is inconvenient for me to show my true identity outside. Miss Shen, please call me Mr. Liang next time you see me."

Shen Qingxi was stunned for a moment, and actually felt that Liang Jinghe was a little too cold today. She lowered her eyelashes and replied softly, "I understand. I will pay attention next time."

Jiang Shuyan saw that the atmosphere was strange, and quickly smiled and said, "You are so beautiful, did you know your cousin before?"

It turned out to be his cousins.

Shen Qingxi smiled and replied, "Yes, I have met Mr. Liang a few times before."

"Is that so? Your last name is Shen, right? There aren't many people with the last name Shen in Hangzhou. Which family are you from?"

"My father, Shen Yue."

"So you're the daughter of the richest man in Hangzhou." Shen Wenhao extended his hand to her and said, "Hello, I'm Jiang Wenhao, the legitimate son of Prefect Jiang."

Shen Qingxi shook his hand back somewhat awkwardly, "My name is Shen Qingxi."

Only then did she realize that the Prince and Prefect Jiang were actually cousins. No wonder Prefect Jiang invited him to his house.

Originally, she thought that Jiang Muyu was making up this excuse on purpose to prevent her from meeting the prince, but she didn't expect it to be true and she had misunderstood.

But these two men also came from extraordinary families, and she was unconsciously inferior to them.

Fortunately, Jiang Wenhao and Jiang Shuyan were both sociable and friendly, so they were not awkward at all when they first met her. They invited her to sit down and started chatting with her.

Liang Jinghe had been listening beside her, occasionally saying a word or two, but he didn't even bother to look at her.

Shen Qingxi was very sensitive, how could she not notice it? But she was puzzled. He was fine yesterday, why did his attitude towards her suddenly become so cold today?

She couldn't help feeling a little lost, and even lost interest in chatting.

Seeing this, Jiang Wenhao suggested going to the racecourse.

It is a time of flooding and it is impossible to take a boat trip. I am afraid that the water of West Lake will spread to the shore.

The racecourse is quite good, as the terrain there is higher and has not been affected much. In addition, there is plenty of grass after the rain and the weather is clear and crisp in autumn, making it a perfect time for horse racing.

Liang Jinghe had no objection, as he had always been the best among his peers in archery.

Seeing that he had agreed, Shen Qingxi gritted his teeth and agreed even though he was not very good at riding a horse.

The four of them got up and prepared to go to the racecourse. Before leaving, Jiang Shuyan packed up the pastries that Liang Jinghe had won and took them away.

The racecourse was some distance away from the city's edge. It was already afternoon when they arrived there, and a glimpse of the sun just happened to appear in the sky, making the weather much brighter than before.

The Jiang brothers and sisters took archery lessons here and have become regular visitors to the horse farm. They even have their own exclusive horses.

At their age, they still ride short young horses.

Jiang Wenhao's horse was a black-maned horse, completely black and shiny without a single spot of other colors, very beautiful, while Jiang Shuyan's was a white horse, with a gentle temperament and easy to train.

Liang Jinghe also picked a black horse with only white hooves, while Shen Qingxi picked a chestnut horse that looked docile.

The stable boy helped them to lead the horses out, and the three of them stepped on the stirrups, pulled the reins and ran away.

Only Shen Qingxi, supported by her maid and servant, rode up tremblingly, and even her fingers trembled uncontrollably as she held the reins.