In the east courtyard, Wen Qingzhu listened to Mother Ye's reply.
Wan Ze came to Yanyuan to wait for Wen Qingzhu, with Aunt Yue accompanying him.
Aunt Wu in the West Courtyard naturally got the news. Of course she knew Wanze's identity.
He immediately dressed Wen Qinglan up and asked her to wait in the small garden.
Aunt Wu herself was trying to find a way to get Aunt Yue to come to the West Courtyard.
Wanze got impatient waiting in the east courtyard, so he went out for a walk.
Unexpectedly, while walking around, I met Wen Qinglan who was playing on the swing.
The two of them each had their own thoughts, and after each bowing, they started chatting.
Aunt Yue from the West Courtyard realized something was wrong and immediately sent someone to knock out Aunt Wu while she went to fetch Wen Qinglan back.
Wan Ze thought that the future was long, so he said goodbye and left Yanyuan.
Aunt Wu notified someone early in the morning to ask Wen Mingqian to come.
When Aunt Yue was about to punish Wen Qinglan, Wen Mingqian appeared at the right time.
Wen Mingxuan felt something was wrong and followed Wen Mingqian back to Yanyuan.
Wen Qingzhu looked at Wen Mingxuan beside him and said with a gentle smile, "Is Mingxuan worried about sister?"
Wen Mingxuan nodded: "Well, Tenth Brother asked his father to lift the ban in advance. He was still staying in Zimingtang. Today he suddenly wants to go back to Yanyuan. I thought something happened here again."
"Don't worry, sister is very powerful." Wen Qingzhu looked outside the door, his thoughts gradually drifting away.
With Wan Ze's status, Aunt Wu would definitely not let him go.
Because Wen Mingqian is in the west courtyard, Aunt Yue is difficult to control.
After testing Wen Qingzhu's reaction, she simply let Xiyuan do whatever he wanted.
Aunt Wu immediately sent a message to the Wu family.
Wu Shan had just been promoted in recent days, and he originally didn't want to attend Mrs. Wen's birthday party.
But he suddenly got news that the fifth prince was going to the Wen family.
The afternoon before the birthday party.
On the way back from Zimingtang, Wen Qingzhu was bumped into by a boy who was helping deliver gifts.
"What did you do?" Lu Tao stretched out his hand to block Wen Qingzhu.
"Sorry, sorry!" The boy hurriedly bent down, picking up things and apologizing to her.
Hearing this voice, Wen Qingzhu felt inexplicably familiar.
"Wait! Look up."
The boy paused and slowly raised his head.
It's an unfamiliar face.
But when she looked into his eyes, Wen Qingzhu smiled immediately and said, "Lu Tao, let this boy help deliver the things in your hands to the east courtyard."
"Huh?" Lu Tao was puzzled.
"Slave, I obey." The boy in front of him bent down to pick up the thing in Lu Tao's hand.
Lu Tao was wondering when a letter suddenly slipped under his hand.
Immediately, Lu Tao shook hands and grabbed what was in her hand into the boy's hand.
When they arrived in the east courtyard, Wen Qingzhu asked Jasmine to reward him with a gold ingot.
The boy took it obediently, bowed and thanked: "Thank you, Miss Seven."
"You've finished your work." Wen Qingzhu looked into his eyes, feeling suddenly at peace.
"It's done. The master is fine there. Please don't worry, Miss Seven." The young man nodded and smiled.
Lu Tao stood aside, feeling baffled.
Why didn't she understand a word they said
After seeing the boy off, Wen Qingzhu looked at Lu Tao and said, "Give it to me."
Only then did Lu Tao react and hurriedly handed her the letter in his sleeve.
"Miss, who is this person? He doesn't look like a member of our Wen family at all."
After opening the letter, what came into view was the handwriting she had known for many years.
Even though he is still young now, his calligraphy is very successful.
It is also rare in this capital city, which is full of talents.
After reading the letter, Wen Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miss?" Lu Tao called her when he saw that she was absent-minded.
Wen Qingzhu recovered his wandering thoughts, looked at Lu Tao and said, "He is Mr. Fu's friend."
"What!" Lu Tao was immediately startled, and then turned pale, "It's actually him! How dare he sneak into our Wen family openly!"
Since the last time she and Lu Tao were in danger, Fu Lie rescued her and Dongzi rescued Lu Tao.
It stands to reason that Lu Tao should be very grateful to Dongzi, but for some reason, every time Lu Tao mentions Dongzi, he gnashes his teeth with hatred.
That night, Wen Qingzhu prepared an extra gift.
Mrs. Lei San is coming to celebrate her birthday, so I want to meet her.
The next morning, noisy voices were heard outside the house.
Lu Tao was dressing Wen Qingzhu when Jasmine hurried in.
"Miss, there is a noble person at home. The fourth lady asked my servant to invite you to Zimingtang."
"What noble person?" Wen Qingzhu didn't care.
Jasmine said anxiously: "The Fourth Madam said that this noble man came quietly and came as a friend of the Ninth Young Master."
Wen Qingzhu, who was holding the hairpin, paused with his hands.
Ninth Master’s friend—
Jiang Yuancheng!
Closing his eyes, Wen Qingzhu suppressed the hatred in his heart.
When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were indifferent, and he put down the hairpin in his hand. Wen Qingzhu told Lu Tao: "Change your hair and face to a simpler one. We have a distinguished guest at home, so it's not appropriate to make it public."
"But—" Lu Tao hesitated.
Two days ago, the old lady specially asked the Wen family's daughter to dress carefully.
Third grandfather made a special trip to the east courtyard last night to ask her to dress up Wen Qingzhu today.
Wen Qingzhu turned to Jasmine and said, "Go and report to the Fourth Madam and tell me that the old lady asked me to go directly to the Fushou Hall. The Purple Ming Hall is closed for the time being."
"Yes." Jasmine responded, but stood still.
Wen Qingzhu asked again: "If you have any questions, just ask."
Jasmine replied: "When I went to Fuyuan to deliver something, the fourth lady told me that when I went out, I heard Qianxiang instructing the little maid. It seemed that she was going to dress up Miss Eleven as soon as possible. I am waiting for you to come over and go to Ziyi together. Mingtang.”
"Ha." Wen Qingzhu knew that Yang must have had this idea in mind.
Wen Qingxin himself has a bad temper and is prone to getting into trouble.
If Wen Qingzhu is here, whatever happens to Wen Qingxin, Wen Qingzhu will be there to take care of it.
To put it bluntly, he told her to take the blame.
Nowadays, the Wen family has many guests, even though the folk customs in the capital are open.
But if the daughter's family takes the initiative to defer the money, it will not be a good reputation.
Since he was Wen Mingliang's friend, how could Wen Qingzhu dare to cross Wen Qingxin's side.
Yang is really good at calculating.
"You can just go ahead and reply. No matter what the fourth lady says, just say that the old lady asked me to go to Fushou Hall, and I dare not disobey her."
"yes."
Only then did Jasmine retreat.
In the end, Lu Tao gave Wen Qingzhu a plain head and face.
But even so, her face is still unforgettable.
Wan Ze is still here, and now Jiang Yuancheng is here too.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to fight a tough battle today.
After thinking about it, Wen Qingzhu picked up the eyebrow pencil and started putting on makeup.
Less than half an hour later, Lu Tao looked at Wen Qingzhu dumbfounded.
It turns out that Wen Qingzhu was naturally beautiful, but when she put on her own makeup, she suddenly became a bit weird.
"Little Miss, would you like me to help you put on your makeup again?" Lu Tao felt that her makeup was not as good as her usual bare makeup.
The old lady and the third master had told her before that if Wen Qingzhu appeared like this now, I'm afraid she would be hated by the two masters.
"No, this is good. It won't steal the limelight from the sisters." Wen Qingzhu didn't want to stand out, especially when there were so many people.
Green Tao wants to cry but has no tears.
After preparing everything, Wen Qingzhu rushed to Fushou Hall with Lu Tao and Jasmine.
As soon as I walked out of Yanyuan, I met several unfamiliar faces.
We didn’t know each other, but we actually bumped into each other and smiled at each other.
Finally approaching the entrance of Fushou Hall, Wen Qingzhu saw Wan Ze and Wen Mingyu standing there from a distance.
"Miss, the young master cousin and the second young master are waiting there." Lu Tao was a little worried.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but curled his lips when he thought of his face today.
"Lu Tao, wait for Jasmine and I to go in first, and then you can go in later."
"Yes, yes." Lu Tao was confused. Could it be that without her, Wanze would still be able to recognize her
It turns out that Wanze really didn't recognize it.
Wen Qingzhu changed his usual cold demeanor and deliberately approached Fushou Hall talking and laughing like the ladies from other families who came in and out of Fushou Hall.
Wan Ze squatted with Wen Qingzhu several times in Yanyuan, but he never met her once.
Today I heard that Wen Qingzhu would come to Fushou Hall early in the morning, so he also came to stay there.
The Wen family doesn't have many relatives, but there are many people who want to have relations with the Wan family.
This time the Wen family held a birthday banquet, and many guests came.
The grandsons and grandsons in the family were gradually reaching their age, and as long as they were related by relatives, they were all invited over.
During the Queen's funeral a few days ago, the capital was dull for a long time.
But if there is a young man of the right age at home, he must find a chance to see each other.
The birthday banquet of the old lady of the Wen family is an excellent opportunity.
Not to mention too many, there are still ten or eight ladies who come in and out of Fushou Hall.
Wan Ze didn't dare to stand too tightly, but every time someone wanted to go in, he would take a closer look.
In front of Wen Qingzhu, there happened to be three maids walking in surrounded by a young lady.
Wan Ze glanced at it and saw that it was not Wen Qingzhu, then he looked away.
When Wen Qingzhu saw this, he and Jasmine discussed the rouge they used this morning, and followed the young lady in front with a smile as they walked in.
Wanze didn't let her go, but it didn't look like what he remembered, so he turned back.
Wen Mingyu didn't want to stand here and looked at the door.
Just when he saw Wen Qingzhu's back, he immediately pointed to the door and said, "Cousin, that one looks very similar!"
Wan Ze rolled his eyes at him: "What I looked at was not her."
When Wen Qingzhu completely entered, Lu Tao saw Sister Songyan leading a group of maids to go in.
She quickly followed him.
"Sister Songyan."
Song Yan was a little strange and looked behind her: "Where is your lady?"
Lu Tao smiled and pointed inside: "We're already in!"
"Really? That's just right. Come in with me." Song Yan was favored by Wen Qingzhu and had always been very polite to the people in the east courtyard.
There were many people in the house, and Mrs. Wen never expected that so many people would come to her birthday banquet.
In addition to in-law relationships, there are also some noble families, including the hairpin family.
Wen Qingzhu was considering whether to go and pay his respects, when Wen Qingfang's voice suddenly came from beside him.
"Seventh sister doesn't need to go there for now, I'm waiting here too."
Wen Qingzhu looked back and saw that Wen Qingfang made people's eyes shine today.
She has dark eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, a beautiful nose and cherry lips, decent makeup, and a bright red butterfly dress, which is noble with a hint of playfulness.
Only then did Wen Qingzhu think that Wen Qingfang was twelve years old this year.