"Xie Lingqin, you stop right there!" Xie Lingyu flicked her sleeve, sneering as she turned around to look at Xie Lingqin's unstoppable back. "After all, Danling is your brother. Why are you so heartless?"
"Oh, where did I treat him badly?" Xie Lingqin turned around leisurely, her face still indifferent.
“He is growing up, but you make him eat vegetarian food with his grandmother. He studies hard and only gets a few days off, but you make him spend all his time eating vegetarian food and chanting scriptures in his grandmother’s yard.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Lingqin suddenly smiled.
"You cold-hearted person, how dare you laugh?" Xie Danling walked over from the other side at this moment, seemingly looking for Xie Fayu. She happened to hear the two talking, and her snow-white face was clearly annoyed, her two sword-like eyebrows furrowed tightly.
"I haven't done anything wrong, nor have I harmed anyone, so why can't I laugh?" Xie Lingqin's gaze swept over Xie Lingyu and Xie Danling's faces, her voice soft.
"Big sister, Danling is still young, only thirteen years old..."
"Oh?" Xie Lingqin raised an eyebrow slightly. "So, Xie Lingyu," Xie Lingqin's gaze fell suspiciously on Xie Lingyu, "you think that compared to fifteen strokes of the cane, fasting and chanting scriptures is more unbearable and more painful?"
"This..." Xie Lingyu was speechless for a moment, but then she saw Xie Lingqin's smile widen. "Or perhaps, you think that being filial to one's mistress is a very difficult thing to do?"
"you……"
"Stop your little schemes. Aside from the brainless Xie Danling, nobody wants to play with you. I'm busy." Xie Lingqin's words suddenly turned cold, her smile vanished, and she turned and walked away.
Zihe followed closely behind.
Behind her, Xie Lingyu's face was pale and dark. After a long while, she turned around, looked at Xie Danling, and said with a gentle smile, "Danling, it's alright, don't worry. As long as you behave well, you can go out and play in a few days."
Xie Danling nodded blankly, a hint of doubt showing between the young man's handsome brows.
Fifteen large boards and...
"Danling, don't take it to heart. After all these years, it's understandable that my elder sister is a little blunt when she suddenly gains the support of Prince Yi."
Xie Dan listened to Xie Lingyu's words and saw Xie Lingyu's slightly aggrieved expression. The thoughts that had just arisen in his mind subsided, and he nodded, "Yes, Second Sister is right. By the way, Second Sister, have you found Second Aunt?"
"Sigh, we're looking for her, but we can't let Father know." Xie Fa, the owner, looked worried. After a moment, he looked around and gestured to Xie Danling, "Go back to Grandmother's courtyard quickly. Grandmother is strict, but don't take it to heart, and don't hold a grudge against your eldest sister." After saying this, Xie Lingyu smiled and walked away.
Xie Danling stood there, opened her lips, and then frowned.
He actually wanted to tell Xie Lingyu that his grandmother wasn't actually that strict, and was actually... quite good to him.
So, big sister...
Xie Danling looked again in the direction Xie Lingqin had just left.
Xie Lingqin said he was brainless? What right did she have to say that? Why was her second sister always so gentle to him, and why did everyone in the mansion try to please him, while she just kept going against him?
...
Meanwhile, the music that had started before dawn had gradually faded away, but the lingering sound was still beautiful. In addition, not only Yuwen Xian's subordinates received the news, but the common people also had their own channels for communication.
As a result, the entrance to Jinhua Tower, which is always bustling with people, was already crowded with people early on.
The crowd, however, were all focused on the shop across the street—still covered by a red cloth.
High-ranking officials, wealthy merchants, and ordinary people alike were all drawn to the area.
At this moment, the three musicians in white robes at the door slowly put away their zithers and, led by a servant, stepped aside.
"Huh... New shops open all the time in the capital, but this is the first time I've seen one open like this..."
"Yeah, they've come up with all sorts of tricks, and we're here too. Why aren't they opening their shops? Aren't they afraid we'll leave?"
"How strange, how strange."
"Let's take another look..."
The crowd was so large and noisy that it blocked the entire wide road, making it completely impassable.
Meanwhile, people in Jinhua Tower were filled with worry.
"Shopkeeper, tell me, what exactly is going on across the street? Such a grand event, if it were hosted by some important person, we couldn't possibly have been unaware of it."
"Yes, shopkeeper, I did see that it was the young master Bai Yu from the Bai family coming and going before. We didn't ask anything and didn't find anything special, so we didn't think much of it. But the Bai family has long since fallen on hard times. How could they afford such a grand occasion today?"
The man being addressed as "shopkeeper" was a middle-aged man with smooth, rounded eyebrows. He possessed the shrewdness of a businessman, yet was not vulgar. He glanced at the two waiters on his left and right, a look of doubt on his face. "It is indeed strange."
"That's right, there haven't been any orders coming down from above lately."
"By the way, innkeeper, do you know who the owner of this restaurant is?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper glared at Deng Feng and said, "This is not a question you asked, so don't ask it."
"oh."
The two waiters scratched their heads. Yes, they had been working at Jinhua Restaurant for several years, but they still didn't know who the owner was. So, when others asked, it wasn't that they were pretending not to know or didn't want to reveal the information; they genuinely didn't know.
Xie Lingqin's carriage had to stop far away due to the traffic jam. She and Zihe got off the carriage, changed into men's clothes, and then climbed into a quiet, deserted alley.
As soon as they landed, Bai Yu walked over with a happy expression. "Yan She, you've finally arrived! Do you see? Do you see? There are so many people outside our shop! If they all rush in to eat maocai, then... we're going to be rich!"
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