"Collection of Flowers?" Yu Tang and Gu Xi were both confused.

Xu Xuan said proudly, "It is a book that reviews various flowers from various places. Yin Mingyuan wrote it for ten years and revised it every two years. Now it has become a model and guide for many people to buy flowers."

Yu Tang exclaimed: "Your Lord Yin is so amazing."

As far as she knew, Yin Mingyuan had edited several books.

Gu Xi immediately realized the significance of this book. She smiled and said to Xu Xuan, "I never thought that someone would spend the energy to compile such a book. I also like to plant flowers and grass. Can you give me a copy?"

Some people like to support Yin Mingyuan's books. Even if Xu Xuan doesn't care about Gu Xi, she is not as disgusted as she was when she met her before. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Okay! I hope I can find this book on your bookshelf in a few years."

"It depends on what you say." Gu Xi didn't like dealing with Xu Xuan either, but reality forced her to deal with Xu Xuan. She said, "Even if it's not on my bookshelf, it will be on my brother's and my sister-in-law's bookshelf."

As they were talking, Yu Tang decided to go to the flower farmers recommended by Xu Xuan and invite them to come to the yard to take a look, and hand over the Pei Mansion's garden to them to tidy up. This way, in the summer, the garden can have some new varieties, making it a beautiful sight to behold.

Gu Xi didn't know why he came, but luckily the Fifth Miss came over at this time.

After everyone exchanged greetings, Fifth Miss immediately joined in the conversation between Yu Tang and Xu Xuan.

Miss Zhang looked at her carefully from the side until their conversation came to an end. Miss Zhang hurriedly said to Yu Tang: "Actually, I came here to give you an invitation - Grandmother said that it is rare for you to come to the capital, and she wanted to invite you to her home."

We must go to the Zhang family, but when is the right time to go? Yu Tang thinks she should ask Pei Yan first. She immediately smiled and said, "Miss Zhang is too polite. We should have gone to visit the old lady, but we are all young and don't understand many things. Although we have been here for two days, many things at home have not been sorted out. We are so anxious that we didn't dare to go to greet the old lady. You reminded us now."

As for when to go, there was no clear response.

In this way, she could discuss with Pei Yan some matters concerning the visit to the Zhang family.

It can be seen that Miss Zhang is also a very clear-headed person. She continued with a smile: "It is our family that has not considered it carefully. Is there anything else we can help you with? Just ask. I dare not say anything else, but we have plenty of people in our family to help you buy things or run errands."

Yu Tang thanked them, but he didn't agree on a specific time with the Zhang family.

Miss Zhang was very patient. She accompanied Xu Xuan to play at Pei's house for a day and had dinner at Pei's house. Then Yin Mingyuan, who came to pick up Xu Xuan, sent her back to Zhang's house.

Mrs. Zhang asked Miss Zhang, "How is the Pei family?"

Miss Zhang felt that she had no right to comment on this matter. She just told Mrs. Zhang what she had seen and heard. Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "It seems that Miss Yu did not marry into the Pei family just by luck." Then she told her third daughter-in-law, "When the women of the Pei family come over, you should take out the set of Butterfly Love Flower pastel-colored plates and dishes that I have treasured in my storehouse to entertain the guests. Our two families should treat each other as close friends."

The third wife agreed with a smile.

Pei Yan felt that Yu Tang and the others could go to Zhang's house anytime: "Men's affairs have nothing to do with women. Just go and have fun. If you don't want to go, I will take care of the Zhang family."

Yu Tang had a good impression of Miss Zhang and felt that the Zhang family was not a mean family. He should go to the Zhang family to pay his respects to Old Madam Zhang.

Pei Yan ignored these trivial matters. He was thinking about Zhang Ying's words: "It is impossible for me to retire completely after serving as an official to this level. I have understood all the things you said. As for Lord Shen, no matter if he is a fence-sitter or not, he will have to step down in two years at most, even if he doesn't want to. As for who will take over after he steps down, it depends on everyone's luck. But Lord Shen is so scheming, I'm afraid he has big plans, we have to be careful."

So his mentor is trying to take advantage of the situation?

No wonder he had to find a way to appease Fei Zhiwen.

Among their fellow apprentices, only Fei Zhiwen and Jiang Hua became third-rank officials and had the opportunity to compete for the position of Grand Bachelor of the Inner Court. Jiang Hua had already had significant differences in political views with Zhang Ying before Zhang Ying retired. If Fei Zhiwen had backed out first, Jiang Hua would most likely have taken the position. It would have been a laughing stock then, as the student supported by the teacher had entered the Inner Court, but had different political views from him... This incident would have made the literati laugh for at least fifty years, and might even have gone down in history.

This is what Zhang Ying is most distressed about.

Pei Yan decided to meet Fei Zhiwen first and make some things clear.

Yu Tang took the initiative to send someone to the Zhang family to deliver a visiting card, saying that he wanted to pay his respects to Old Madam Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang was naturally very willing.

After hearing this, Xu Xuan also wanted to go along.

Old Madam Zhang loved this niece-in-law who was pregnant the moment she came home. She even had to let Miss Zhang stand aside. When she heard that she was coming, she directly ordered the nanny beside her to open the storeroom and take out several thick cushions, and told them to be used exclusively for Xu Xuan: "She is a pregnant woman now, and we can't let her down."

Miss Zhang looked at the thick cushion and felt a little sympathy for Xu Xuan. Then she thought that Xu Xuan could eat some fruits and cold vegetables at Yu Tang's place. Suddenly, she felt that there was a reason why Xu Xuan went to Yu Tang's place every day. Yin Mingyuan indulged her like this, perhaps because he knew that Xu Xuan was being watched too closely by her family and he felt sorry for her.

When going to the Zhang family, Gu Xi is naturally indispensable.

Gu Xi didn't expect that Yu Tang would give them a monthly salary of fifty taels.

You know, even Pei Laoan only gets thirty taels of silver a month.

Of course, someone like Pei Laoan doesn't need to rely on monthly wages to make a living, but the fact that Yu Tang gave her so much money at least shows that Yu Tang has no intention of deducting money from her.

Gu Xi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

If their relationship was already settled and Yu Tang wanted to make things difficult for her, she would have ways to deal with Yu Tang, but it would not be beneficial in the long run to have a falling out with him.

When she went to pay her respects to her sister-in-law Yin, Yin asked her if she had eaten enough. She hesitated for a moment, but still told her the truth.

Yin was unaware of the grudge between them, but she knew that the monthly allowance of the head wife of the Gu family was only thirty or fifty taels of silver. With the part she paid back from the public treasury, she could already live a decent life.

She couldn't help but smile and said, "Your brother occasionally mentioned Yu to me, saying that she was a good person. You know, men look at women differently from us women. I didn't think it was a big deal. I never thought that your brother was right this time. This woman has a good mind and temperament. You should get along well with her."

Gu Xi felt like there was something stuck in his throat, but he had no way to spit it out, so he could only digest it silently.

Yin had already looked through the things Xu Xuan asked Gu Xi to bring. She laughed as she looked at them, then turned to Gu Xi and said, "My sister-in-law is no longer a good person. She is even more naughty after getting married. Do you know what she asked you to bring me? The pickles in the pickle shop at the east end of the city are sold before dawn every day and are sold until the afternoon and evening. I can't even buy them myself if I want to eat them!"

Is Xu Xuan trying to play a trick on her?

Gu Xi's face looked even uglier.

She managed to hold it in for a long time, and Yin asked her, "The Jiang family is getting married, will you go then?"

Gu Xi didn't know if he could go.

Seeing her like this, Yin thought for a while and said, "You'd better try to attend. Almost all the officials and families in the capital have gone. The Jiang family will definitely send a letter to the Pei family. You'd better go and tell Yu. People are afraid of face to face, and I believe she will definitely be willing."

This means that she should go and ask Yu Tang for help.

Gu Xi felt a little embarrassed.

Yin watched this secretly, feeling somewhat displeased.

She knew that her sister-in-law had a stubborn temper, but whether she would be stubborn or not depended on the time. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head when it is time to do so.

Yin was not the kind of person who liked to stir up trouble. If Gu Xi didn't answer, she wouldn't try to persuade him. She just pulled herself out of the situation: "Of course I can take you here, but you still have elders around. If you bypass them, it will easily cause trouble. It's better not to do that."

She was afraid that Gu Chang didn't know the seriousness of the matter, so she agreed to Gu Xi's request in private. When Gu Chang came back, she also reminded him about this matter. In order to prove her worry, she told Gu Chang how much Yu Tang paid to Gu Xi every month: "When they were in Lin'an, they only had ten taels of silver. When they came to the capital, Yu raised their salary five times. As you said, she is not that kind of stingy person. As the elder brother and sister-in-law of her mother's family, we must not hold our younger sister-in-law back."

Yin almost said directly that Gu Xi's mother died early and her stepmother did not teach her how to handle the relationships within the inner house.

Gu Chang listened and nodded slightly, saying, "I'm sorry to trouble you to take care of these things. I'm very busy during this period of time."

He had never thought that the Peng family would take over the Sun family's shabby business. There were some people pointing fingers at him. He wondered if he should go to the Hanlin Academy to hide first. If that was the case, he would have to ask the Li family or the Zhang family to help him.

Gu Chang looked at Yin, who was busy instructing the maids to help him change clothes, and fell into deep thought.

Gu Xi was unwilling to ask Yu Tang for help no matter what.

She went to ask for help from the second wife of the Pei family.

The second wife of the Pei family was busy with social engagements during this period, so Yu Tang helped her take care of her daughter, and Pei Hong was handed over to Pei Qi. She was very grateful to Pei Yan and his wife, and was very surprised to hear that, and said, "The Jiang family should invite our family over, right?" But she was afraid that she had seen it wrong, so she asked the maid beside her to look for the invitation.

The maid brought the invitation over. Mrs. Pei opened it, took a look, and handed it to Gu Xi with a smile: "Look, it says that all of us in the family are invited to attend. You must come with us!"

Gu Xi suddenly realized at this moment that compared with Yu Tang, she was just a junior in the eyes of others. With Yu Tang around, she only needed to post a message to Yu Tang. As for whether she would come or not, and whether Yu Tang would take her with him, that depended on Yu Tang's intention. She was just an attendant.

For the first time, she clearly felt the gap between her and Yu Tang.

If she wanted to change this gap, unless Pei Tong became a senior official of the third rank, otherwise, she would always be just a junior serving Yu Tang in public.

No name, no seat.

Gu Xi suddenly understood why her mother-in-law forced Pei Tong to make progress.