Empress Xian was satisfied with Qin Yanran.

Qin Yanran not only possesses a stunning beauty, but also has extraordinary talent. In addition, she is the jewel in the crown of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion and has always been known as the capital's number one daughter.

How could Empress Xian not be satisfied with this daughter-in-law?

Apart from Qin Yanran herself, the huge power behind her is what Concubine Xian cares about most.

The military power of the Qin and Su families. If he gets them, would he still worry that his son can't become the crown prince?

Qin Yanran came to the piano platform and knelt down.

"I'll play the piano for a while, you guys go out."

When she is upset, she relieves her anxiety by playing the piano.

She played a song she had recently learned called "Longing".

She has a good sense of music and outstanding talent. Musician Zhang also praised her for her good playing skills and said she is the best student among all his disciples.

But the piano music she heard in Lihua Lane unconsciously emerged in her mind.

That senior brother also played "Chang Xiang Si".

Compared with his piano playing, mine always seemed to be missing something.

If she was the best, what would the senior brother say? Qin Yanran played for a while, but couldn't calm down. She asked the maid to put away the zither, and took a collection of poems and lay on the chaise longue to read carefully.

While reading, I fell asleep.

I don’t know if she was scared by her father’s reaction today, but she actually had a nightmare.

She dreamed that her father's words came true. A man really came from outside and said he was her grandfather's son. He asked her father to return everything in the Duke's Mansion to him.

Then, a woman came and snatched away her status as the first daughter, and also snatched away her marriage with the Third Prince—

The woman said that she was the true noble lady destined by heaven and the queen who was the mother of the country.

Qin Yanran woke up with a start.

…

Su Xiaoxiao took a box of freshly baked snacks and went to the house in the east to pick up Dahu.

A servant opened the door for her.

The servant stared at her blankly, smelling the aroma of butter emanating from the box, and drooling: "You are..."

Su Xiaoxiao said politely: "I am Da Hu's mother."

The servant made a quick gesture and said, "It's Da Hu's mother. Please come in."

Su Xiaoxiao stepped over the threshold.

The servant led her into a clean and simple room. There were no extra furnishings in the room except for a guqin, a guzheng, and two cushions, one large and one small.

The servant said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Madam, please sit down for a while. My young master is taking Da Hu to the back to pick fruit."

Afraid that Su Xiaoxiao might worry that her son would run around with the child, the servant quickly added, "It's our own orchard, not far away."

Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "It's okay, you go and do your work, I'll wait for you."

When Master Zhang came back from outside, he heard a melodious sound of piano as soon as he entered the yard.

It's a zheng.

He... plays the zither?

He also composed a new song? This song is completely different from the songs I've heard before. It has a strong rhythm and tempo, and carries a hint of murderous spirit that looks down on the world. It's like heavenly music descending, and it's soul-stirring.

He seemed to see a man with a sword under the city wall, fearless of thousands of troops!

So shocking…

Master Zhang got goosebumps after hearing this...—— Su Xiaoxiao entered the house.

Father Su sat on a small stool and looked up at her. "You came back alone? Where's Da Hu?"

Su Xiaoxiao said, "Oh, I went to the orchard with the owner of that house to pick fruits. There was meat stewing in the pot, so I came back first."

Old Man Su knew that orchard and had passed by the gate several times. The fruits there were big and beautiful.

It smells really good.

Very greedy.

Thinking of something, Su Cheng suddenly said, "My daughter, do you want to go out to see patients recently?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Yes, not much, what's wrong, Dad?"

Su Cheng said, "Well, didn't you make snacks these past two days? I saw that we couldn't finish them anyway, so I took them to the market with your brother to sell. Then, uh, we took a small business by the way."

"Oh." Su Xiaoxiao was a little surprised. No wonder Su Ergou asked in a half-awake state if he wanted to sell cakes. It turned out that he had already sold them.

"What kind of snack do you want?" she asked. Old Man Su said, "Just...wife cakes, any filling is fine."

"Two hundred." Su Cheng coughed lightly, "Spring Breeze Tower."

Chunfenglou is the largest brothel east of Zhuangyuan Street.

Su Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched: Dad, have the girls in the brothel taken a fancy to you again? After my dad started selling cakes, everyone was waiting to be my stepmother -

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and asked, "How much?"

Su Cheng stretched out two fingers.

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Two taels?"

In the town, the girls once raised the price to one hundred coins each in order to compete for Su Cheng's cakes.

Su Cheng shook his head.

It can’t be two hundred coins. The price isn’t that high in the capital.

Su Xiaoxiao guessed upwards: "Twenty taels?"

Su Cheng: "Two hundred taels."

Su Xiaoxiao: “!!!”

Zhongshan also brought an order today.

After tasting the snacks Su Xiaoxiao gave him, he gave some to his former companions.

Everyone liked it very much and asked Zhongshan where he bought it.

Zhong Shan signed: "It's okay if you don't have time to do it."

"We have time." Su Xiaoxiao signed, "We can finish it tomorrow morning."

Soon, Da Hu also came back.

It was the servant of that family who sent him back.

The servant smiled brightly when he saw Su Xiaoxiao: "Madam, my son really likes the snacks you make. Could you please make another box tomorrow?"

As he spoke, he took out a purse and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao: What happened today? All the orders came in at once? Is this a way to make ends meet after three years of not opening?

…

After Da Hu left, Ling Yun sat alone in the room tuning the zither.

It's strange that the tone of each string of the zither, which has not been used for several years, is still accurate.

Master Zhang came over with a bowl of hot millet porridge.

"At least eat a few bites." said Master Zhang.

"I've eaten." Ling Yun said.

Zhang Qinshi smiled and said, "Don't lie to me."

"Really." Ling Yun opened the snack box on the table, "I've finished eating."

Zhang Qinshi smiled and said, "Deng An ate it, right?"

Deng An was the servant who served him personally.

"I ate it." Ling Yun said.

Zhang the Lute Master said, "You are doing this again. In order not to eat, you deliberately lied to me that you have eaten."

Ling Yun thought for a moment and said, "I'd lie to you if I were a puppy."

Master Zhang: “…”

It was harder to get him to eat than to climb to the sky. Musician Zhang was used to it and changed the subject: "The new song I composed today is good."

Ling Yun gave him a strange look: "Have you composed a new song?"

Musician Zhang said, "You composed a new piece of music."

Ling Yun asked, "Do I have it?"

Musician Zhang said, "Yes, it's the song you played on the zither."

Ling Yun stroked the zither in front of him and said, "I didn't play it."

Master Zhang was stunned.

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