Caixia was confused when she heard this. "Miss, I don't understand what you are saying anymore. You are from a famous family, how can you be compared with a dog? Even I, a maid, would not eat what a dog eats, so how can you eat it?"

Xu Qingqing: “…” Next time I read a romance novel, I’ll have to ask Caixia to read it with me, otherwise it will be difficult to chat.

"Miss, let's go out for a walk. Let's also go to Seventh Sister to ask for marriage." Caixia was eager to try.

In the end, Xu Qingqing compromised. She didn't want to be forced to eat dog food, but Caixia was willing to eat it.

She stood up, took out her handkerchief, and adjusted the tassels on her temples. "Forget it, I'll take you out for a walk."

Seeing that the young lady was willing to go out, Caixia happily followed her.

Xu Qingqing went out with her personal maid and was seen by the general's wife.

The general's wife has been worried about her daughter. She found that she was not as lively as before. She knew that it was mostly because of her face.

Now he was extremely happy to see his daughter leaving the house to visit his seventh sister.

"Changfeng, follow me and don't let anyone bully Qingqing."

"Don't worry, mother. Your son will never let anyone bully his sister."

After Xu Changfeng finished speaking, he turned around and followed.

In order to let his sister have fun, he just followed her from a distance, making sure that his sister was not bullied.

During the Qiqiao Festival, the streets are several times busier than usual.

Young boys and girls who usually don't go out will go out today to pay their respects to the Seventh Sister.

Xu Qingqing looked at the bustling streets. This was the first time she celebrated the Qiqiao Festival after leaving the palace. Before entering the palace, her brothers always took her out to play.

A few years passed in a flash.

Xu Qingqing felt a little sad that time passed so quickly. She was almost twenty years old.

"Hey, isn't this Qingqing? Are you here to pay respects to Seventh Sister as well?"

Xu Qingqing heard a familiar female voice. She turned around and saw a woman in rose-red clothes standing less than two meters away from her. The woman had exquisite makeup on and wore an extravagant pearl hairpin on her head.

And this woman is Cao Yanran, the legitimate daughter of Duke Cao, who is one year younger than her and likes to compare herself with others in everything.

She just can't stand it, so every time she sees her comparing herself with others, she will say something back.

Cao Yanran is not someone who is easy to bully. Every time she wears gold and silver, she will show it off.

At every tea party, it is inevitable that a few rich girls would show off their headdresses, clothes, etc.

After Xu Qingqing came out of the palace, she only met Cao Yanran once, and it was at a party hosted by a group of rich ladies for her.

At first she thought they really missed her, but after she went there she realized that their purpose was just to see how sad she was after being kicked out of the palace.

It was a pity that they were disappointed. She was very happy and not disappointed at all.

Cao Yanran did not come out alone. There was someone standing next to her. That person was the top scholar whom she had rejected before, Du Zhiheng.

A few days ago, I heard the news that the top scholar and the Duke's daughter, Cao Yanran, were about to get engaged. When I saw her today, I knew the rumor was true.

Du Zhiheng saw Xu Qingqing who rejected him. He had heard that Xu Qingqing was disfigured. Now seeing her wearing a veil, it goes without saying that her face must have been badly disfigured, but he still found it a little unbelievable.

This is probably a matter of time. Will Xu Qingqing regret rejecting him?

Du Zhiheng stepped forward to greet her, "Miss Xu."

Xu Qingqing simply ignored Cao Yanran's deliberate attempt to get close to her and said with a smile, "Today's Qiqiao Festival is so lively, how can I be missing?"

She glanced at Du Zhiheng again, "The number one scholar is here too."

Du Zhiheng lowered his head to glance at Cao Yanran. Although she was not as pretty as Xu Qingqing, she was still a beauty. What's more, compared with the disfigured Xu Qingqing, she was even better.

"I'm here to accompany Yanran."

Cao Yanran raised her head and looked at Du Zhiheng, her eyes full of shyness.

Xu Qingqing rolled her eyes. She had just gone out and hadn't even had time to play, but she was already being force-fed dog food. She was being fed it without any prior experience.

Cao Yanran withdrew her gaze and looked at Xu Qingqing, taking a look at the veil on her cheek. As a woman, she knew very well why people wear veils. It must be because they are too ugly to be seen in public.

She was slightly inferior in appearance before.

Now, Xu Qingqing is not even worthy of being compared with her.

Cao Yanran's eyes were filled with pride: "Yes, Qingqing likes lively occasions the most. The Qiqiao Festival is so lively, Qingqing will definitely not miss it, but..." Cao Yanran looked around and pretended to be surprised and said: "Why did Qingqing come out alone?"

Xu Qingqing glanced at Caixia beside her, "Who said I came out alone? Didn't Miss Cao see my maid?"

Caixia also cooperated and took two steps forward.

The smile on Cao Yanran's lips froze. He knew what she meant, but he still deliberately mentioned the maid. Are maids considered human beings?

"I heard a while ago that someone came to propose marriage. Why didn't you bring Qingqing along?"

Xu Qingqing is disfigured now, and those who are willing to propose marriage to her are all from an unequal family. Most people would try to avoid her if they knew she was disfigured.

In front of Du Zhiheng, Cao Yanran must have heard of the blind date before.

Cao Yanran said this just to slap her in the face and embarrass her.

"Really? I didn't even know someone was proposing marriage, but you knew about it. Do you have the ability to predict the future? Then tell me when I will meet my ideal husband."

Xu Qingqing looked at Cao Yanran with a smile on her face, as if to say, "I've been waiting for you."

Cao Yanran found that Xu Qingqing was a little different from before. She would never speak like this before.

"I just heard about it. Since Qingqing said no, then it must be someone else's nonsense."

Xu Qingqing said, "Today it's said that I'm engaged. Will it be said tomorrow that I gave birth to a child out of wedlock? It turns out Miss Cao likes to associate with people like this. No wonder we've only met once since I left the palace. Fortunately, fortunately, I won't be friends with people like this, so as not to lower my standards."

Cao Yanran's expression changed immediately after hearing this. After entering the palace, her ability to confront people has improved.

She clenched the handkerchief in her hand in anger, but forced a smile on the surface: "It's just a joke, Qingqing, don't be angry."

Xu Qingqing rolled her eyes at Cao Yanran and ignored her. She was already in a bad mood, and meeting Cao Yanran made her mood even worse.

Just as she was about to leave, Cao Yanran called her unwillingly, "Qingqing, guess the lantern riddles and give away the lanterns."

Xu Qingqing looked in the direction of Cao Yanran's finger, and saw a platform in front of her with a banner on top of it. It read: Guess a riddle and receive a pair of blessing lanterns. Guess three riddles in a row and receive a day trip to Evening Breeze Villa.

The back mountain of Wanfeng Villa is planted with maple trees. Now it is autumn, and the maple trees all over the mountain look like a sea of ​​fiery red flowers from a distance.

Evening Breeze Villa is a private villa and is not open to the public. You can go in for a day trip. Who would be willing to give up this opportunity?

The platform was crowded with people, both men and women, all wanting to compete for a day trip to Wanfeng Villa.

Seeing that Cao Yanran was interested, Du Zhiheng naturally wanted to compete since he was the top scorer.

"I'll try."

Cao Yanran looked at Du Zhiheng shyly, feeling proud and happy.

"OK."

Du Zhiheng smiled, glanced at Xu Qingqing, then walked into the crowd and went up to the platform.

Cao Yanran looked at Xu Qingqing with a smile on her face, "Qingqing, you should join us too. Then we can go to Evening Breeze Villa together."

At this time, a figure walked out from the crowd, climbed onto the platform using Qinggong, and after standing firmly, he howled at Xu Qingqing: "Sister, brother will help you."

Xu Qingqing saw the young man on the platform and waved her handkerchief at him in surprise, "Brother, come on."

When Cao Yanran saw Xu Changfeng standing on the high platform, with his handsome appearance and charming eyes, she felt unhappy.

At first she liked Xu Changfeng, but she hinted many times and asked Xu Changfeng to propose marriage, but was ignored, so she agreed to let her father marry the top scholar Du Zhiheng.

Although she was unwilling in her heart, she thought that Du Zhiheng was the top scorer and Xu Changfeng had nothing and could not compare to Du Zhiheng at all, so she would definitely win and could feel proud at the same time.

There were many people who participated in the competition, but after just looking at the number one scholar, they wanted to back off. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to show off one's skills in front of the number one scholar? There were a total of six people on the stage. These six people were also famous families in the capital, and they were well-educated. Naturally, they wanted to compete.

Just when the lantern riddle guessing game was about to begin, a figure flew down from the platform. When that person landed steadily on the platform, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The man was wearing a dark purple wide-sleeved gold-woven brocade robe. He had a noble temperament, a purple gold crown on his head, and flowing black long hair. He looked like he had walked out of a painting, which was amazing.

The man had a pair of phoenix eyes, as if he didn't care about anything, and looked a bit carefree and unrestrained.

"This young man is very handsome."

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"Whose son is this? Why haven't I seen him before?"

There was heated discussion and praise all around.

Only Xu Qingqing stared at the man on the platform for a long time, somewhat unable to believe that he would come to Daxia today.

I haven't seen him for almost fifty days, but he is still very handsome, and looks even more handsome with the fan in his hand.

Finally saw Jun Wuxian again.

Cao Yanran was also amazed by the young man on the stage. She was curious about which famous family he came from, and she also had the illusion that she had met him too late.

She turned her head to glance at Xu Qingqing, only to see that she was staring at the young man.

"Qingqing, are you obsessed with him? But it's normal. He's so handsome." Cao Yanran said in a joking tone.

Xu Qingqing rarely denied or said anything against him, but nodded in agreement: "Well, he is indeed very handsome, much more handsome than the top scholar."

Cao Yanran's expression, which had just eased, turned ugly again after hearing this. She snorted in her heart, "Don't you even look at how badly your face has been ruined? Do you still want to covet him?"

"Du Zhiheng is indeed not as handsome as him. I value his character rather than his appearance. Besides, Du Zhiheng is a top scholar, and beauty alone cannot compare to him."

Xu Qingqing stared at the figure for a long time and uttered unconsciously, "Not entirely."

Cao Yanran was unhappy, but she didn't want to expose her feelings, so she just wanted to let her see the knowledge of the top scholar.

"We'll know after we see it later."

Xu Qingqing ignored Cao Yanran.

With the sound of a gong, the lantern riddle guessing game began.

The representative of the organizer was a man in his thirties with a handsome face, and one could tell at first glance that he was a scholar.

Behind him was a row of red lanterns, each containing a riddle.

"Gentlemen, guessing lantern riddles is a quick-answer question. Whoever knows the answer can speak it out first. Don't worry about being a gentleman."

After the representative of the organizer finished explaining the rules, he came under the red lantern, grabbed the tassel and pulled it down, and the riddle came out.

There is a seed in the watermelon (guess a word) Jun Wuxian: "Lonely."

Before the six people could react, Jun Wuxian answered first, and they were a little confused for a moment.

The organizer smiled and said, "This gentleman has answered correctly. The answer is: I am alone."

Xu Changfeng couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Mr. Jun, you are amazing."

When Jun Wuxian came up, Xu Changfeng noticed him. His sister must be happy when Jun Wuxian came.

Jun Wuxian smiled slightly: "Thank you."

Du Zhiheng glanced at Jun Wuxian. He also knew the answer, but he was just a little slower. He wouldn’t have such a good opportunity next time.

The second riddle is, two wings are hard to fly, it can be used as clothes and a house, it is better to let the floods wash away the sea than let the sun dry up the house. (Guess an animal) Jun Wuxian: "Clam."

Jun Wuxian still took the lead.

The organizer couldn't help but take another look at Jun Wuxian, "This gentleman answered correctly. The answer is clam."

Xu Changfeng stared at the riddle for a long time, but still couldn’t guess it. He looked at Jun Wuxian with wide eyes, “You can guess this?”

Not only Xu Changfeng was surprised, but the other young masters were also surprised, because just as they finished reading the riddle, Jun Wuxian had already answered it. Who could compare with this?

Du Zhiheng frowned. He didn't expect that he, a top scholar, would be at a disadvantage.

A young man asked Du Zhiheng curiously, "Top Scholar, have you guessed it?"

Du Zhiheng pretended to be calm and said, "Of course I guessed it, but I answered a little slowly."

The man praised: "The champion is really different."

The organizer's representative reminded him again, "This gentleman has already answered two questions correctly and won a pair of blessing lanterns. If he answers one more question correctly, he will be eligible for a one-day tour of Evening Breeze Villa and can bring a companion."

If they didn’t grab the last question, they would have no chance, so they were all rubbing their hands, eager to try.

The third riddle is: A group of sheep came, guess a fruit The seven people were stunned when they saw the riddle.

Xu Changfeng scratched his head and turned to look at Jun Wuxian, "Master Jun, do you know?"

Jun Wuxian chuckled, "You don't know?"

Xu Changfeng answered honestly, "I don't know."

"Even Master Jun doesn't know about this." Someone couldn't help but ask Du Zhiheng, "Does the top scholar know?"

Du Zhiheng frowned, feeling that this was not a riddle. The sheep is coming, what the hell is going on?

The representative of the organizer looked at the seven young men in front of him calmly, as if he had expected it, and raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Jun Wuxian waved his folding fan and whispered two words: "Strawberry."

Du Zhiheng sneered: "There is no such fruit as strawberry."

The organizer's smile froze for a moment, then he smiled again and asked, "Sir, please answer the riddle."

Jun Wuxian said calmly, "A group of sheep came, and they naturally need to eat grass. Once a group of sheep have eaten the grass, the grass will be gone, which sounds like strawberry."

"But Daxia doesn't have this kind of fruit."

"That's right, I've never heard of it."

Everyone began to raise doubts.

Xu Changfeng still remembered that his sister wrote home saying that she wanted to eat strawberries. "I heard that my sister ate strawberries in the palace."

Jun Wuxian turned his head and looked at Xu Changfeng, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Qingqing has eaten strawberries?"

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