Mr. Pei was going to meet a guest, so it would not be appropriate for Chen and the others to stay here, so everyone stood up and said goodbye.

Old An thought for a moment and said, "This is the first time I've met the Wu family from Huzhou. You two can go sit in the flower hall first."

The main reason was that they were worried that the gifts brought by the Wu family would not be enough, which would cause inconvenience to the female members of the Wu family.

Everyone knew what was going on, and they went to the flower room behind the hall in twos and threes with smiles on their faces, leaving only the second wife of the Pei family to help Old An entertain the guests.

The third, fourth and fifth daughters of the Pei family had not seen Yu Tang since yesterday afternoon, so they were naturally very happy to see him now. They pulled Yu Tang aside and chattered, "The incense made by Ku'an Temple has been delivered to Zhaoming Temple. We went to see it last night. It will definitely be famous by then."

Because the things came with the carriage of the women of the Pei family, and the Buddhist incense that was to be donated to Zhaoming Temple was placed in the hands of the manager sent by the Pei family, Yu Tang did not ask about it. Unexpectedly, these girls ran over to see it last night.

She nodded with a smile.

The second young lady of the Pei family was not very close to Yu Tang. She walked behind with Miss Xu, and she looked like she wanted to chat with Miss Xu but didn't know what to say, which made Miss Xu roll her eyes secretly. However, for Mr. Yang's sake, she took the initiative to talk to the second young lady: "Did you sleep well last night? I felt that there was a strong smell of sandalwood in the room, which kept me awake most of the night. In the end, I was too tired and fell asleep in a daze." After that, she pointed to the young lady of the Pei family and Yu Tang who were walking in front of them: "I just heard them talking about Buddhist incense. Is there anyone in your family who is good at making this? Do you have any other scents of incense? Can you give me some? I have asked someone to buy incense, but Lin'an is so small, I don't know if I can buy good-smelling incense."

Miss Pei knew what kind of family the Xu family was, so she naturally didn't want to offend Miss Xu. Moreover, Miss Xu was going to marry the Yin family, and she was going to marry the only son of the eldest son of the Yin family, a 19-year-old young scholar... She hurriedly said, "The one who is good at making incense is the eldest cousin of the eldest son, who is the fiancée. You should know her. She is the eldest daughter of the second son of the Gu family in Hangzhou." She whispered and told Miss Xu about how they helped the Ku'an Temple make Buddhist incense.

Miss Xu's eyes rolled as she listened. After the second lady finished speaking, she said, "I don't know this Miss Gu. However, I know Gu Chaoyang from the Gu family. What is the relationship between him and this Miss Gu?"

Miss Pei smiled and said, "She is Gu Chaoyang's sister."

Miss Xu said "Oh" again and said, "If I remember correctly, the wife of their family is a concubine? I just don't know which family she is from?"

She had no impression of him, so he was definitely not from a wealthy family. She had heard that the wife of the second branch of the Gu family had a narrow vision. Her husband was not good at studying, and she also suppressed her illegitimate brothers. Now the second branch has no talents. If it weren't for Gu Chang, they would probably have long been out of the Jiangnan family.

Miss Pei was very curious about how she knew Gu Chang.

Miss Xu said, "He and Yin Mingyuan are in the same department."

Yin Mingyuan?!

Miss Xu's fiancé.

Miss Pei looked at Miss Xu.

Miss Xu nodded without any shyness, and said generously: "I heard that Gu Chaoyang is very talented and handsome, so when Yin Mingyuan went to participate in the poetry meeting, I asked him to take me to see him. I think he is okay, not as good-looking as Yin Mingyuan, but more robust than Yin Mingyuan."

Miss Pei had seen arrogant people before, but she had never seen anyone more arrogant than Miss Xu. When she heard this, she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

The fourth young lady who was walking in front suddenly turned around and exclaimed, "Wow!", saying, "Sister Xu is amazing. She actually dared to attend the poetry gathering of scholars."

Miss Xu waved her hand in disapproval and said, "Yin Mingyuan has been studying in our home since he was a child. It's no big deal for me to ask him to take me to a poetry reading!"

It was already amazing that her fiancé agreed to take her, a woman, to the poetry reading!

The young ladies of the Pei family looked at her with admiration.

Yu Tang's attention was focused on the word "Yin". She looked at the young ladies of the Pei family, thought for a moment, pulled the third young lady, and whispered, "What is the origin of the Xu family? Who is Yin Mingyuan?"

Miss Three glanced at Miss Xu quickly, and seeing that she was concentrating on talking to the other ladies, she hurriedly whispered, "Miss Xu's great-grandfather was the Prince's Guardian and the Minister of Personnel, and her great-grandfather and great-uncle were both Prime Ministers. Now the head of the Xu family is her father, who is the Grand Academician of the Wuying Palace and the Minister of War. One of her uncles is the Governor of Shaanxi, and another uncle used to be a military historian in the Censorate, and was transferred to the Salt Transport Commissioner of Jiangsu and Zhejiang this spring. Yin Mingyuan is her fiancé, a scholar-official, and is observing government affairs in the Ministry of Justice."

It took Yu Tang a while to figure it out.

In other words, the old lady of the Li family and Mrs. Yang San are both girls from Miss Xu's future husband's family.

No wonder she was so respectful to Mrs. Yang San.

Miss Pei San saw that Miss Xu was still talking to her sisters, and quickly said, "She is an old woman. Although Yin Mingyuan is very good at studying, he is in poor health. The marriage between the Xu and Yin families was arranged by the older generation. I heard that Madam Xu was very dissatisfied and spread the word that she had read Miss Xu's fortune and that it was not suitable for Miss Xu to marry early, so she wanted to keep her until she was 20 years old. The two have not yet married."

Are you afraid that Yin Mingyuan will die early?

The Xu family is really tough!

The little man in Yu Tang wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickly glanced behind him, and continued to gossip with the Third Miss: "Then the Yin family won't say anything?"

Miss Pei smiled and said, "Yin Mingyuan likes Miss Xu and will not marry anyone else."

"Ah!" Yu Tang cried out in surprise, subconsciously suppressing his voice, and couldn't help but look behind him again.

This time she was not as lucky as before, and her eyes met directly with Miss Xu's.

Yu Tang smiled guiltily at Miss Xu.

Miss Xu's eyes turned, she left Miss Pei behind and walked over quickly, took Yu Tang's arm, and said with a smile: "Sister, did you ask others about me? I don't like the sandalwood scent in the temple, sister, please give me some incense with a different scent!"

Yu Tang smiled at her shyly and said, "I don't like incense, I like perfume. How about I give you half a bottle of perfume first? I only brought one bottle this time."

This perfumed dew was the gift that Yu Wen and Mr. Wu brought to her when they went to Ningbo last time.

It is said to smell like rose, which is quite nice.

But the perfume must be sealed well, otherwise it will lose its fragrance soon.

Fortunately, they were only staying in the temple for three or five days, otherwise even if she gave her half a bottle of perfume, she probably wouldn't have enough to bottle it.

Miss Xu smiled and said, "Oh, I finally met someone who likes perfume as much as I do. I'll go get it from you after lunch."

Yu Tang felt that her expression didn't look like she was going to get perfume, but rather like she was going to explore a secret...

However, since she had agreed, even if Miss Xu came to her to explore the secrets, Yu Tang had no choice but to receive her.

Everyone quickly sat down in the flower hall.

Several young ladies of the Pei family hurried to their respective grandmothers to show their filial piety.

The fifth young lady followed Yu Tang.

Mrs. Yang San sat next to Mr. Yi and reminisced about the past. From the tone of her voice, it seemed that the elders in the family had been colleagues with Mr. Yi.

Miss Xu looked left and right, then stood with Miss Fifth and Yu Tang.

She asked Miss Five, "When is lunch in your house?"

The fifth young lady shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

Miss Xu looked helpless and asked, "So when do you usually have lunch?"

The Fifth Miss said, "It's a quarter to noon."

Miss Xu nodded with satisfaction, took out a gold pocket watch from her pocket, opened it with a snap, took a look, and said with a sense of despair, "One more hour."

Yu Tang and Miss Wu's eyes were glued to Miss Xu's pocket watch. Miss Wu even asked, "Is this a pocket watch? It's really beautiful."

Miss Xu nodded slightly, stretched out her hand and said, "Do you want to take a look?"

The fifth young lady shook her head quickly and said, "My father also has one. But I have never seen one this small."

Yu Tang had seen Li Duan use one in his previous life. It was the same as the Fifth Miss’s, but he had never seen one so small.

Miss Xu said nonchalantly, "It was custom-made by someone, and it's pretty accurate."

The Fifth Miss asked, "Are you hungry? How about I ask Ah Shan to bring you some snacks?"

"No need." Miss Xu sighed, looking bored, and said listlessly, "I'm not hungry, I just want to know when we can leave. I want to go to Sister Yu's place to see what kind of perfume she brought back."

You might as well say you can't stand such gatherings!

Yu Tang and the Fifth Miss rolled their eyes at the same time.

She giggled and asked Miss Five, "Has your eldest cousin come? Do you know where he lives?"

The Fifth Miss said, "Not only has my eldest cousin arrived, but my second cousin and my younger brother have also come. Of course they live in the outer courtyard! But I didn't ask where they live. What do you want to do? Do you want me to ask a steward?"

Miss Xu whispered to them, "The Yang family praises your eldest cousin to the skies, saying he's even more talented than your third uncle. I want to see what he looks like."

The fifth young lady was stunned and murmured, "More talented than my third uncle?"

Why does this sound so awkward?

Yu Tang thought about the things in his previous life and felt that the Yang family was building up momentum for Pei Tong.

In her previous life, she didn't know who Pei Tong married, but he got married in the capital. In this life, there have been great changes, and she didn't know whether Pei Tong would follow the old path of her previous life.

Seeing this, Miss Xu asked Miss Five, "Then do you know what time your Third Uncle comes to greet Old Master Pei every day?"

The Fifth Miss was puzzled and asked, "Why are you asking about this?"

Miss Xu said indifferently: "I'm just asking."

Yu Tang glanced at Miss Xu.

Miss Xu laughed and said to Yu Tang and Miss Wu, "I saw a pomegranate tree outside when I came here just now. How about we go pick some pomegranates?"

The Fifth Miss and Yu Tang looked at the women in the room and shook their heads.

Miss Xu decided to go by herself.

Yu Tang felt that the current Zhaoming Temple was very complicated, so he pulled Miss Xu aside and said, "When Master Wu Neng prays for us, do we have to write down our names and birth dates like we usually do? What if someone tumbles over them?"

The birth date and time are related to future fortune, and Dengxian will never tell others, especially girls.

Miss Xu's attention was diverted, and she hurriedly said, "We also wrote when we were in Hongluo Temple, but we had to put it in a big red envelope and seal it with a special method, and put it in a sealed box. Don't worry, no one will know."

"That's good!" Yu Tang seemed relieved and continued to ask Miss Xu about the prayer meeting.

Miss Xu talked endlessly about her experiences and did not mention leaving.