Chen Siyuan looked quietly at the teacup in front of her. Chunlan thought that the young lady was thirsty, so she quickly poured tea for her.
Chen Siyuan looked at the tea in front of him and asked, "Why isn't it filled to the brim?"
Chunlan paused for a moment, "It's always been like this." If it's full, the water will spill out.
"Pour tea to eight-tenths full, that's the rule. Look at me, I've even forgotten that." Chen Siyuan chuckled self-deprecatingly.
She was too constrained by rules and regulations, and felt that many things should be done this way.
Is this also what Mrs. Qiao meant?
I seem to understand a little bit, but I also seem not to understand very well.
"What's going on with the old general and Madam Qiao?" Chunping knew more about what was happening inside the mansion.
"It's very quiet. Madam Qiao stays in the West Garden every day and never leaves the courtyard. The old general goes into his study every day and stays there all day."
These words made Chen Siyuan frown. The old general was not as simple as he seemed on the surface; he must be plotting something.
Suddenly a thought flashed through my mind: when the commotion was too great that day, the old general arrived. He was quite far away, but he seemed to have the scent of ambergris on him.
Could it be...?
Chen Siyuan's heart skipped a beat.
I glanced at the sky outside. If this were true, wouldn't it be terrifying?
Suddenly, a clear male voice came from outside.
"Young Madam!"
Chen Siyuan glanced at Chunping, who lifted the curtain and went to the door, where she saw the young man standing outside.
This person is somewhat unfamiliar. Considering that the entire East Garden is under Qiao Yuchen's control, could this person be one of them?
"Young Miss, it's a boy."
Upon hearing this, Chen Siyuan got up and went to the door. She saw a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes standing outside. He looked honest and upright, with a knife at his side.
After glancing at his eyes, Chen Siyuan looked at his right hand, which was completely smooth. Just when she thought she was mistaken, she inadvertently saw his left hand.
The palm of my left hand has thick calluses.
This person is skilled in martial arts and is left-handed.
They were even more curious about this person's arrival.
"Who are you?"
“Your subordinate, Hei Ye,” the young man said, kneeling on one knee and holding a card in both hands, “Young Madam, someone has sent you a visiting card.”
Chunping stepped forward, took the invitation from the boy's hand, and presented it to Chen Siyuan.
Chen Siyuan glanced at him and said, "Hei Ye, you've worked hard." From Chunping's expression just now, she knew that this person was not someone sent by her grandfather. So there was only one possibility: he was one of Qiao Yuchen's men.
"Your subordinate takes his leave." Hei Ye said, and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
Chen Siyuan was surprised; this person's martial arts skills should be above Wang Li's.
Chunlan and Chunping were quite surprised. Compared to the person from before, their martial arts skills were nothing but decorations.
What they didn't know was that Hei Ye was originally Qiao Yu Chen's right-hand man. He was specifically assigned to protect Chen Si Yuan because of what happened that day.
Even this visiting card was intercepted by him on the way and delivered to him specifically.
If the news gets through the gatekeeper and reaches Chen Siyuan's circle, who knows how many people will find out and what might happen.
Chen Siyuan turned around and sat down again, holding the visiting card in her hand, her expression changing slightly.
Tao Yifan.
Just by looking at the font of the two characters "拜帖" (a formal letter of invitation), you can tell that it was written after Tao Yifan.
I think I've made myself perfectly clear about what happened at the teahouse. Now they're sending a visiting card again. What exactly do they want?
With mixed feelings, I still opened the visiting card and glanced at it.
After reading it, he sighed and said, "Chunlan, go and prepare a gift for me and deliver it to the Tao family."
Chunlan and Chunping were shocked. What was the young lady going to do?
Do we have to let everyone know that Tao Yifan and the young lady were once engaged?
So many people are eyeing the young lady now; if things go wrong, someone could really die!
"Remember, make sure to ask Butler Yu to give the gift, and get it from the Qiao family's storeroom," Chen Siyuan instructed. "We don't know how many people are watching us, so it's better to be generous. If someone finds fault with it, who knows what kind of trouble might arise."
Chunlan and Chunping then understood the young lady's true intentions.
If you do everything in a high-profile manner, you won't give others any leverage against you.
"When you send them off, tell the Tao family that they are still adjusting to life in the capital and are deeply sorry that they cannot be there in person," Chen Siyuan said, suddenly raising her voice.
Chunping reacted quickly, "Yes, Miss, I've got it."
"From now on, you can still call me Young Madam!" Chen Siyuan sighed. After today's visiting cards, she felt it was necessary to change how she addressed herself.
“Yes, young mistress, this servant has remembered.” Chunlan and Chunping responded in unison.
He instructed the servants, trusting that they wouldn't make a mistake in addressing her, and that some people wouldn't easily find fault with her.
She always felt that if she did something flawlessly, others wouldn't be able to find any fault with it.
Being overly cautious is not necessarily a good thing.
Perhaps she should have been more proactive, making it easier for the other person to see, so they wouldn't have thought...
Seeing the young lady's expression, Chunlan and Chunping knew she was thinking about something, so they stood quietly to her side.
Suddenly, Qiao Yuchen walked in from outside, and they quickly bowed in greeting.
"Young Master—"
"Young Master—"
Qiao Yuchen saw the woman looking down as if she was thinking about something. Just as he was about to go to her side, he suddenly noticed the visiting card placed to the side.
His originally beautiful complexion turned slightly unpleasant.
Today, he misunderstood the relationship between Chen Siyuan and Wen Kai and planned to rush over and teach them a lesson. However, after checking, he found that it was indeed a misunderstanding. But he was very wary of the cousins.
Actually, it's more about feeling uncomfortable.
Seeing the invitation now only makes me angrier.
The woman had just arrived in the capital and shouldn't have had any friends, so what was the purpose of this invitation?
This invitation definitely couldn't have been sent by the Wen family, so there's only one possibility.
Tao Yifan!
Damn it!
It's him again!
Looking at the woman's absent-minded appearance, he felt that he deserved to be tortured. Why did he come back after she had already left?
"What are you thinking about?" Qiao Yuchen asked, pouring himself a cup of tea.
Drink a cup of tea to cool down first, lest you burn yourself to death.
"You're back?" Chen Siyuan seemed a little slow to react, looking at the man in front of her and instinctively asking the question.
"Hmm." In the man's mind, the fact that the woman didn't answer his question meant that he had guessed correctly.
With that thought in mind, he downed a cup of tea in one gulp.
It was very hot, but it was nothing compared to the annoyance in my heart.
"Have you eaten?" Chen Siyuan asked again.
Qiao Yuchen was furious. They had only been eating for a short time, and this woman's words were incredibly irresponsible.
Thinking about it made me even more upset.
If anyone else had made him this angry, he would have given them a good beating. But because this person is Chen Siyuan, he treats Weiwei a little differently.
"No." Qiao Yuchen laughed. "I don't know who gave them the guts to want me to treat them to those things."
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