Everyone stood up and saluted Xiao Jinglin, who nodded. "I heard there's a flower viewing event here, so I came to take a look. You can do whatever you want, don't worry about me."
Li hurriedly asked someone to add more seats.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and walked forward. He scolded her, "Jinglin, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me when you received the letter?"
Xiao Jinglin also smiled: "What? Are you scared?"
Ren Yaoqi blinked: "How can it be a shock? It should be a surprise. I thought you would not be back until mid-month."
Xiao Jinglin nodded to the ladies who greeted her, then said, "I came back early this morning. I had planned to come see you tomorrow, but Xiao Jingxi said you were having a flower viewing party today, so he asked me to come over and take a look."
Hearing Xiao Jinglin mention Xiao Jingxi, Ren Yaoqi paused.
Although she didn't know how Xiao Jingxi knew about her family's flower show today, she could probably guess Xiao Jingxi's intention in asking Xiao Jinglin to come. Li and her family wanted to gain a foothold in Yunyang City. With the recognition of the princess or the Yanbei Palace, they would have a smoother journey.
Xiao Jinglin didn't see the expression on Ren Yaoqi's face. She looked around at the bonsai. Although she couldn't tell the difference between the rare varieties of flowers and those planted in the garden, she still hesitated to take out the pot she had just brought in a hurry.
Hongying, who was following behind Xiao Jinglin, did not see the confusion on Princess Xiao's face. She saw the princess looking at the flowers in the yard, so she ran out and brought in the flowers they had left on the carriage.
When everyone saw Princess Xiao's maid bringing flowers, they all looked over curiously.
"Huh? What kind of flower is this?" A younger lady came over curiously.
Xiao Jinglin had a serious look on his face.
"Ouch, there are thorns on it!" the little girl exclaimed, covering her finger.
Liu Menghan and Chen Zhiyi looked at each other, then asked cautiously, "Is this... a cactus?"
"Huh? Cactus? Is a cactus a flower?"
"Isn't this cactus in bloom? It counts...it counts as a flower, right?"
Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jinglin and couldn't help laughing.
Xiao Jinglin nodded and said to everyone, "This was planted by my second brother. I saw that it was quite rare to see it bloom, so I brought it here to join in the fun."
Upon hearing this, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the Second Young Master Xiao.
Who is the Second Young Master Xiao? He's a banished immortal! The flowers he grows are definitely different from ordinary flowers! Even if this is just a pot of blooming cactus.
So when he looked at the cactus, his doubts turned into various speculations.
Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jinglin teasingly. Others might not know, but she knew that Xiao Jinglin's favorite thing to do was to use Xiao Jingxi as a shield.
Afterwards, when the sun got a little brighter, Mrs. Li entertained everyone in the large flower hall that she had cleaned up earlier.
Ren Yaoqi found an opportunity to take Xiao Jinglin to his room to talk.
Although the two had not seen each other for two years, they often exchanged letters, so there was no sense of strangeness between them.
However, Ren Yaoqi found that Xiao Jinglin seemed to have grown a lot taller. She was about the same height as her before, but now she was half a head taller than her. And maybe because she was often on patrol outside, Xiao Jinglin's skin color was a little darker, which made her look more well-defined, and she had a beauty different from other girls in the boudoir.
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