Thinking about this, He Jiuniang felt a little regretful. No matter what, it was Qian Xing's fault, and his family and children should not be implicated. He Jiuniang still wanted to help.
After the matter was resolved, she didn't linger and quickly left, disappearing from the courtyard in a few flashes, her movements so fast that even the guards on duty couldn't see her clearly.
Did something just pass by?
"What could it be? Probably just some birds or leaves or something. Don't be so paranoid!"
They were just being paranoid, checking out every little noise they heard, only to find nothing. They just got back, and now this guy is saying he heard something. Isn't that just making a fuss?
He thought that guy was just desperate to make a name for himself; how could anything have happened to him?
At this moment, He Jiuniang had returned to the place where she had been with the maid. The maid had been back for a while and, not seeing her, had been searching around.
He Jiuniang called out, "I'm here!"
As she spoke, she waved and walked over to the little maid.
"I looked around, but I still couldn't find it."
The maidservant also felt a little guilty: "This servant couldn't find it either..."
That was a hairpin that Lord Lu had given to Madam Lu. Now that it was gone, she was worried about taking responsibility. After all, she had always been with Madam Lu, and it was her mistake that she hadn't noticed Madam Lu's hairpin was missing.
He Jiuniang, of course, wouldn't be so bored as to make things difficult for a mere maid, and said, "It's alright, it's alright, it's my own fault. I'll look for it again later! We should be going to the ceremony now, let's hurry!"
"good!"
The maidservant breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that He Jiuniang was so easy to talk to. She turned around and went to lead the way for He Jiuniang. But after taking only two steps, she was dazzled by something golden in the grass. She hurriedly went over to take a look, picked up the thing from the ground, and showed it to He Jiuniang.
"Madam, look, is this your hairpin?"
He Jiuniang took it, nodded and smiled, "It's like finding a needle in a haystack! Thank you so much!"
As she spoke, He Jiuniang took out a small piece of silver and gave it to her as a reward.
The maid took it, her face beaming with joy. She hadn't expected that the hairpin she had been searching for so long would be found in the bushes nearby. She had gone back and forth several times without seeing it, it was truly amazing!
When they returned to the front yard, the bride and groom were already performing the wedding ceremony.
Because Qian Xing's parents had passed away, they paid respects to two memorial tablets when paying respects to their parents. Even so, everyone still showed great respect, and the newlyweds bowed to their parents again and again, surrounded by congratulatory voices.
With the announcement of "Send her to the bridal chamber," the bride was led away.
It's strange, really. Today is their wedding day, and the bride should have been brought from her parents' home, but since she had been living at the Qian family's house, there wasn't even a formal wedding ceremony today. All the rituals were completed right there at the Qian family's house.
After all this, He Jiuniang had no idea what Qian Xing really thought about the bride. He clearly valued the wedding and had prepared everything very well, yet he was so careless in this matter, which was truly rare.
However, this was not something she should care about. She clapped and congratulated everyone, and when Lu Baichuan gave her a probing look, she raised her right hand and gave an OK sign.
Although she never told Lu Baichuan what it meant, because of their long-term interaction, Lu Baichuan understood the meaning of her gesture even though she never said it.
His thin lips curled up unconsciously. Great, another day of successfully living off a woman.
Seeing their interaction, Mrs. Sun rolled her eyes.
To openly transmit information in front of so many people—does that mean they're blind?
She felt that the couple had gotten a bit too cocky lately, and she would have to give them a good talking-to when she got back.
After the ceremony, the guests continued to enjoy the songs and dances in the garden, toasting and laughing together in a lively atmosphere.
Old Lu had already drunk quite a bit, and he was afraid that if he drank any more now, he would be punished by Sun when he got back. So he made an excuse that he was dizzy from drinking too much and couldn't drink anymore.
Just when they thought they could escape, someone spoke up: "Old Master Lu has had too much to drink. Why not have some tea to sober up? This tea is no ordinary tea. Drinking it will make you feel like you're in paradise. The old master will definitely like it!"
As they were talking, someone instructed a maid to make tea, while the others continued to introduce Old Man Lu.
Old Lu was curious when he heard these people praising the tea so highly, so he asked, "Is there really such a tea in the world? Can drinking it make one feel like they're floating on air?"
"Of course! Drinking that tea can make you forget all your troubles and become the most carefree and comfortable person in the world!"
Lu Baichuan sensed something was amiss upon hearing this, but he didn't say anything, only giving Old Man Lu a meaningful look.
Old Lu rarely interacted with his son in this way, but perhaps because of blood ties, he understood his son's meaning with just a glance. Following the man's words, Old Lu continued to ask, "This is truly amazing. Could you tell me about the origin of this tea? I've never heard of such a fine product in my hometown. Is this tea a specialty of Jingzhou?"
The man chuckled and said, "That's really not true! This tea originally came from Qingyin Garden. Later, the housekeeper's wife also started this business; she's now the new wife of the prefect. I heard that the new wife is good friends with Xinran, the leader of Qingyin Garden, so they started this business together. We used to either go to Qingyin Garden for tea or to the teahouse opened by the new wife. Only these two places sell this Qingyin tea; you can't get it anywhere else!"
"That's right! We've been drinking Qingyin tea for a long time, and we crave it if we don't have it for a while, so we always keep some at home. It seems that Qingyin Garden has been envied by its competitors lately, and all the tea they delivered has been destroyed. We can't buy any even if we wanted to, so we can only come to the prefect's house to drink some!"
"Haha, did the Prefect marry a new wife just to drink this Qingyin tea? He's truly farsighted!"
...
During the banquet, there was another round of praise for the prefect, and no one felt that there was anything wrong with the prefect divorcing his first wife and marrying a new one.
Just then, the maids brought out the tea, the steaming hot tea drawing eager anticipation from everyone.
Many people have drunk it and have stored it at home. Now that the tea from Qingzhenyuan has been destroyed again and again and it is impossible to buy the stored tea, they usually only brew a little bit to drink when they can't bear it anymore.
But today, having come to the prefect's residence, and knowing that the new wife is in this business, while other families may not have it, the prefect's family certainly does. So, with the mindset of "why not drink if it's free," everyone decided to switch from alcohol to tea.
Since they gave gifts anyway, it's not unreasonable for them to have a few cups of tea, right?
Old Lu was initially quite interested in the tea, but after seeing the others around him drinking it down in big gulps and their expressions becoming somewhat strange, and then seeing his son shaking his head at him, he refused to drink it no matter what.
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