"This is the recipe for hot pot broth. Keep it and practice it carefully these next few days. Once the weather gets cooler, I'll reopen the hot pot shop, and then I'll entrust the hot pot broth business to you."
As Li Youran spoke, she handed a piece of paper with the hot pot base recipe written on it to Bai Niangzi.
Bai Niangzi, who was engrossed in her work, was deeply moved that Li Youran treated her so well, entrusting her with such an important prescription.
As she ate the last cabbage leaf, she stuffed the secret recipe for the hot pot broth into her bosom and patted her chest as she spoke to Li Youran.
"You can rest assured that I will not let a second person know about this."
For Li Youran, this was just a recipe for hot pot base, not that important. However, seeing Bai Niangzi's confident expression, he couldn't bear to disappoint her, so he nodded, looking quite moved.
"It would be so much better to just stroll around the streets by yourself on the Qixi Festival. Why do they have to mix with a bunch of unfamiliar people? I really don't understand what they're trying to do."
Li Youran pouted and muttered complaints as she tried on the clothes the Crown Princess had prepared for her to wear on the Qixi Festival the next day.
"The Qixi Festival is not only a festival for girls to practice their skills, but also a festival for men and women to fall in love. This gathering is to use the Qixi Festival as an excuse to give unmarried young men and women an opportunity to get together."
The Crown Princess looked at Li Youran, who was wearing a light purple dress, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that her younger sister not only had a face that could launch a thousand ships, but also a graceful figure.
The light purple dress not only gave Li Youran an ethereal and fairy-like feel, but also an air of nobility.
She took a step forward, spread her arms, looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and was very satisfied.
Light purple is a color that's hard to pull off. If your skin isn't fair enough, it can make you look dark and sallow. Li Youran, however, has fair skin, so wearing light purple clothes doesn't make her look dark at all; instead, it makes her skin look even fairer.
"Sister has excellent taste; I really like this dress."
In front of the Crown Princess, Li Youran made no attempt to hide her thoughts and smiled as she spoke to her.
"But, sister, I'm already engaged. Isn't dressing like this a bit too flashy?"
Li Youran reached out and touched the purple dress, feeling the silky smooth fabric. It was clearly a royal-grade material, something ordinary people couldn't afford.
The gathering was attended by daughters and sons of officials, and her flamboyant and high-profile attire was bound to attract too much attention.
"This suits you perfectly. After all, you are a princess."
The Crown Princess didn't feel there was anything wrong with it, but she felt that Li Youran was missing something. She turned around and picked out a pure gold jade hairpin from the jewelry box and walked over, personally inserting it into Li Youran's hair.
"You're not wearing any jewelry at all, which is a bit too plain. Purple is a symbol of wealth and nobility, so this pure gold jade hairpin would be perfect for you."
Li Youran usually keeps a low profile and never wears pure gold jewelry, but when she looked up at herself in the bronze mirror, she felt it suited her perfectly and accepted it.
The Qixi Festival banquet was held in a royal garden located near the moat. Regular, formal banquets, but not overly serious ones, were also held here.
Before Li Youran could finish getting ready, the steward rushed in to report that Jiang Qianqian and Zhou Caidie had arrived at the mansion and were waiting.
Li Youran dared not delay, fearing that she would delay the two women from seeing their lovers. So she hurriedly put on her clothes, inserted the pure gold jade hairpin into her hair, and rushed off.
"Fortunately, Feng Yun only has me in his heart, otherwise I really wouldn't feel comfortable letting him attend the banquet with you."
Jiang Qianqian looked at Li Youran with envy, her face full of admiration. Her fair skin was something she had always dreamed of, and especially her light purple dress, which she had never dared to hope to wear.
As Jiang Qianqian spoke, she looked down at her dark, yellowish skin. But then her expression brightened, and she looked happy.
“My husband Feng Yun said he knows a secret place in the garden, so today the two of us are going there to spend some time alone together.”
Li Youran was slightly taken aback when she heard this; she hadn't expected that people in ancient times would be so open-minded.
But when he looked up at Jiang Qianqian, he saw that she looked innocent and naive, and he couldn't help but wonder if she really knew what a world for two meant.
"You Ran, you look really beautiful today."
Zhou Caidie looked at Li Youran with a lovesick expression and said.
Seeing this, Li Youran looked at Zhou Caijie and saw that she was drooling from the corner of her mouth. So she naturally took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped the drool from the corner of Zhou Caijie's mouth.
"Don't be obsessed with her, she's just a legend."
Seeing Li Youran say this, Zhou Caidie's eyes sparkled even more.
Li Youran awkwardly looked away, unable to bear Zhou Caidie's fangirl expression.
"Miss, Young Master Feng has also arrived."
After the carriage arrived at their destination, Jiang Qianqian and Zhou Caidie, like butterflies, rushed towards their ideal husbands.
Li Youran slowly stepped down from the carriage. Hearing Xiao Hong's words, she looked up and saw Feng Yu standing in front of her with a smile on his face.
Li Youran originally thought that Feng Yu would not attend such an event because he had not fully recovered, but she did not expect Feng Yu to come.
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