Gu Xi couldn't help but smile slightly.

The smile is humble and gentle.

At such times, she would behave more low-key and calm, making people feel that she was trustworthy, patient, and someone who could accomplish great things.

This is the correct attitude.

Yu Tang was also laughing.

She knew that when she said this, everyone would think that she wanted Gu Xi to take charge. In this way, her idea gave Gu Xi the credit, and she was too honest. If the young ladies of the Pei family were just people who just muddle through and go with the flow, then it would be fine. If she suffered an injustice, others might think she was too stupid. But the young ladies of the Pei family were all upright and kind people, and they would definitely not erase her achievements so easily.

Actually, she discovered all these when she was carefully observing Gu Xi's actions.

She learned it from Gu Xi.

Sure enough, after hearing the news, Gu Xi couldn't hold back her surprise, and pretended to remain silent, waiting for someone to push her forward, and then she would say a few more humble words to take over the event. However, the young ladies of the Pei family all widened their eyes at the same time.

Therefore, when the eyes of the young ladies of the Pei family fell on Gu Xi, and Gu Xi slightly avoided Yu Tang's eyes, Yu Tang smiled even more happily in his heart, and said slowly: "How can I trouble Miss Gu? When I was studying with my father, I saw several ancient recipes for making Buddhist incense, but I didn't have much interest in them before, so I didn't pay much attention. This time I suddenly remembered it, and I thought, can we study Buddhist incense based on those ancient recipes, and then teach the nuns and lay people in the temple to make it, so as to better improve the chewing of the people in the temple, and also let them have something to kill time in their spare time."

Before Yu Tang finished speaking, Gu Xi and the young ladies of the Pei family were dumbfounded.

The Fifth Miss even jumped up and said, "Sister Yu, is your recipe for making incense reliable? My grandfather said that many learned scholars would share their knowledge with the public, but would never show their private recipes to others. What if those ancient recipes were just written casually by the author?"

The fourth young lady thought something completely different, but she spoke just as directly as the fifth young lady, saying, "Sister Yu, have you ever made this kind of incense before? What if you can't make it well? Wouldn't it be a waste of manpower and material resources? Sister Gu has made incense herself, so she must have experience. I think we should ask Sister Gu to help teach those nuns and lay Buddhists how to make incense. Why bother?"

The third young lady frowned.

She felt that if this was true, Yu Tang was a little narrow-minded.

Yu Tang saw it clearly, but before she could retort, the Second Miss had already jumped out and said sincerely: "Miss Yu, I think this matter should be handled by you and Sister Gu together - Sister Gu is responsible for teaching those nuns and lay people to make Buddhist incense, and Miss Yu is responsible for explaining it to the two old An people. Let's discuss how to sell Buddhist incense. Good wine needs no bush. If we expect Ku'an Temple to sell Buddhist incense by itself, I'm afraid they can't support themselves. I'm afraid our family alone can't use so much Buddhist incense."

Yu Tang smiled.

She really likes the young ladies in Pei Mansion.

Even if the Second Miss favors Gu Xi, she will still reason with him.

What a pity, since she was targeting Gu Xi, she would not let Gu Xi run away.

"It's not that I don't want Miss Gu to help!" Yu Tang deliberately pretended to be embarrassed, "Do you know why I think it's not a good idea to let Miss Gu teach the people in Ku'an Temple how to make incense?"

The young ladies of the Pei family shook their heads one after another, and Gu Xi also listened attentively, looking as if she wanted to find something to hold against her.

Yu Tang said, "The incense made by Miss Gu is indeed nice. I have also received gifts from Miss Gu before, and I know that Miss Gu is good at making incense. However, the incense made by Miss Gu is after all a private affair. It is not good to let it flow out. If it is taught to the nuns and lay people in the temple to make it in large quantities... I always feel a little uneasy. Why don't we find a new incense recipe. Or Miss Gu can provide another suitable incense recipe, but we have to keep it secret and no one is allowed to tell it to others."

If you do nameless good deeds, what good deeds are you doing? !

Gu Xi instinctively wanted to object, but when the words were on the tip of her tongue, she suddenly realized what was going on and didn't say them out loud.

After hearing Yu Tang's concerns, the young ladies of the Pei family all nodded. Even the second young lady, who didn't like Yu Tang very much, said a little embarrassedly, "Sister Yu is calmer than us. We really can't let Sister Gu take the blame for this matter."

Gu Xi was extremely angry, but she couldn't say anything to refute Yu Tang. Her eyes turned sharp when she looked at Yu Tang, and she thought in her heart that if Yu Tang really wanted her to help but not to take credit for it, she would have to find an excuse to push the matter aside and let Yu Tang and the Pei family do it on their own, so that they would also know that doing good deeds is not that easy.

Seeing Gu Xi's angry expression, Yu Tang was secretly happy in his heart. He smiled and said in a clear and generous voice: "Thank you for the compliment, Second Miss. However, I am too young after all. I still need to discuss such a big matter with the elders. I think, should we go and tell the Second Madam first to see if she thinks it is feasible?"

Although the young ladies of the Pei family were stunned at first, they soon burst into cheers and said that this was the way to do it.

Having good intentions is a good thing, but good intentions do not necessarily lead to good results.

Several young ladies from the Yu family began to discuss enthusiastically whether this was feasible or not.

One asked whether Yu Tang's ancient incense recipe was reliable, another asked whether the materials for making incense were easy to buy, and another asked who should be sent by the government to manage Ku'an Temple... They didn't even know whether the plan was feasible or not, but after a while, several people had already started thinking about how the Buddhist incense of Ku'an Temple would become popular in Lin'an City and that people from Hangzhou would come here because of the fame.

Gu Xi sat there with a fake smile, not participating in the discussion, just watching from the sidelines.

Yu Tang was overjoyed.

Even if she had read about the incense recipe in a book when she was studying, she would not have paid attention to it.

She never liked these things since she was a child.

The incense recipe that she would write to the women of the Pei family later was donated by Gu Xi five years later to raise funds for the Zhaoming Temple.

Zhaoming Temple was so popular, and the one thousand taels of donation that Gu Xi raised was just the icing on the cake. She might have donated it to Ku'an Temple, which needed it more, and the Buddha would not blame her.

She quietly chanted "Amitābha" a few times in her heart.

Aunt Chen came in and smiled and stopped them: "Keep your voice down. I heard it as soon as I left the hall. I am here to bring Young Master Yang here on the orders of the two old Ans."

The second young lady blushed.

The third, fourth and fifth young ladies all exclaimed "eh" in unison to the second young lady.

The second young lady was so embarrassed that she almost crawled into the cracks of the floor. Only then did the three young ladies from the Pei Mansion let her go.

Gu Xi looked at him and curled the corners of his mouth.

Yu Tang found it interesting, so he took a seat next to the window frame and left a gap, wanting to see clearly what Yang Yan looked like.

The fifth and fourth young ladies, relying on their youngest age, smiled and lay on her back, refusing to get up, while competing with Yu Tang for a spot by the window frame.

Yu Tang had no choice but to say, "Then we each only watch for two breaths, and the rest of the time is the Second Miss's. What do you think?"

The second young lady was embarrassed and annoyed, and said, "I don't want to know what he looks like!"

"Yes!" Yu Tang teased her, "Second Miss can go into the hall to serve tea later, we can only watch here."

The three Miss Pei smiled at the second Miss again.

The second young lady's face was so red that blood could drip out. The fourth young lady hurriedly said, "Stop talking, Master Yang is coming in."

Yu Tang didn't bother to talk to the Miss Peis anymore and stood on tiptoe to look out the window.

Aunt Chen came in with a young man wearing a royal blue silk gown with five-bat floral patterns.

He is tall, handsome, elegant, and appears to be in his early twenties. He is calm and steady in his every move.

Yu Tang thought this person should be good.

But in her two lifetimes, she had never seen a man more handsome than Pei Yan.

She took a look and then stepped back, saying to the Third Miss who wanted to take a look but couldn't squeeze in, "Come and take a look too. Otherwise, Young Master Yang will go into the hall."

The third young lady smiled silently and squeezed together with the fourth and fifth young ladies.

Yu Tang smiled, and when he raised his head, he met Gu Xi's somewhat cold gaze.

She didn't shy away.

She did nothing wrong and was not afraid of Gu Xi's scrutiny.

Gu Xi was surprised.

She thought of the time when Yu Tang first came to Pei's house... When did Yu Tang become so bold? Was it because of Pei Yan?

Gu Xi sneered.

Yu Tang looked at her calmly, with a composed expression, until the long sigh of the Fourth Miss echoed in the tea room, and her attention was diverted.

"What's wrong?" The second young lady hadn't seen anyone, and she became worried at the slightest sign of trouble.

The fourth young lady sighed again and said, "My second sister is going to get married soon..."

It was a nonsensical remark, but it indirectly praised Yang Yan.

The second young lady was so worried that she was confused. Before she could react, Yu Tang and the others had already understood what was said and were all laughing. When the second young lady finally understood, Aunt Chen came in and asked the second young lady to serve tea. The second young lady hurriedly followed Aunt Chen and ran away, causing Yu Tang and the others to laugh again.

Yu Tang was still thinking about his aunt's cousin, so when he saw that everyone could leave, he went back to his room first: "I'll go write the incense recipe, so that I have something to report when I go to see the second wife later, and I won't let the elders think that we are just acting on a whim."

The third young lady agreed very much and said for the first time: "Sister Yu, I will go back to the room with you."

The fourth and fifth young ladies also clamored to go.

Gu Xi couldn't bear to see people surrounding Yu Tang, and she also wanted to avoid the matter, thinking, "You are awesome, aren't you? Then I won't say a word, and see what kind of Buddhist incense you can make?" Anyway, if things are done well, it has nothing to do with her, and if things fail, it can't be blamed on her.

She said, "I didn't get enough rest at noon, so I won't go. Call me when you go to see the second wife later."

Gu Xi really wanted to know the attitude of the elders of the Pei family.