I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

The manor is not too big, but it has farmland, ponds, forests, a few guest rooms and a few small hot springs.

It is a good place for vacation and leisure.

An Muxi really envied these powerful and wealthy families, who all knew how to enjoy life. When she had enough money in the future, it would be great to have a manor like this to live in.

Hire a few tenant farmers to take care of it and grow some food and vegetables, it would be like a paradise.

Lu Qingfeng was waiting at the door early. Lu Qingxue smiled and joked, "Is Miss Jiang not here yet?"

Lu Qingfeng was a little embarrassed. In front of his sister, he completely lost the decisive young general look in the military camp. He smiled shyly, scratched his head and said, "I have arranged a carriage to pick her up."

"I gave this opportunity to you on purpose. Well done, keep it up!"

Lu Qingxue patted her brother's shoulder with satisfaction.

An Muxi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Happy birthday, Master Lu! This is a gift for you!"

As she handed over a mahogany box, Lu Qingfeng was a little surprised. He didn't expect An Muxi to give him a birthday present.

But he still took it and opened it. There were several porcelain bottles inside, filled with pills and ointments for healing.

He said to An Muxi gratefully, "Thank you, Xi'er." Since Li Rui was not around, it felt more intimate for them to call him that.

"Okay, you continue to wait at the door, we'll go in first." Lu Qingxue pulled An Muxi and walked in.

Qiu Shuang, Qiu Yue and Lu Qingxue's two maids also followed.

Lu Qingxue took An Muxi around the farm, introducing everything as they walked.

"You see, the water in the fish pond over there is very deep. When I was a kid, Afeng, Li Rui and I jumped in to catch fish, but my dad pulled us out and beat us up.

We often climbed trees in the forest on the hillside to get bird eggs. Although Li Rui doesn't like to talk, he is actually a mean guy.

He did a lot of bad things and ended up blaming my brother, who often took the blame for him. My brother was simply the scapegoat.”

An Muxi burst out laughing. She didn't expect Li Rui to be such a person.

"Back then, my father promised Concubine Rong to teach Li Rui martial arts. Li Rui has a good talent and has made rapid progress. My father also likes her very much.

I just didn't expect that Concubine Rong would die so early. Seeing him gradually become depressed and cold and taciturn, we deliberately tried to make him happy and indulge him."

An Muxi didn't expect Lu Qingxue to suddenly change the subject and start to develop a sad tone. This was what she feared the most. Her eyes became sore after just a few words.

Lu Qingxue quickly stopped talking. If they continued talking about this topic, the two of them would hug each other and cry.

"Okay, I won't say any more. Look at my mouth. It's just that the scene really brought back some memories."

"Let's go see if the guests have arrived?"

The two walked towards the main door and saw several guests arriving.

An Muxi knew most of the people who came, including Bai Jingchen, Gu Anyan, and Jiang Siyu. There was also a woman whose name seemed to be Zhuang Yaner. Among them were two tall men whom she didn't know, and they looked like Lu Qingfeng's good friends in the barracks.

Lu Qingfeng came over with a few people and said to Lu Qingxue, "Sister, please help me greet the female guests. Let's go over there and catch some fish and grill them."

Lu Qingxue stepped forward with a smile: "Sisters, you are finally here. Let's go, I will take you for a walk first."

Last time when we saw Dai Meng off, everyone was already familiar with each other, and the girls chatted very intimately.

An Muxi noticed that Zhuang Yan'er didn't talk much, but just listened to everyone's conversation with a smile, and occasionally looked at Lu Qingxue. Why did her eyes look a little affectionate?

An Muxi quickly denied her own guess. She must have been overthinking.

Being with people who share the same values ​​makes you feel very happy. Before they knew it, they had walked around for a long time.

After staying in the city for a long time, you will find that everything in the village is fun.

The women were chatting excitedly, and then they saw the men had caught several big fish.

Seeing that they had almost finished their shopping, Lu Qingxue quickly said, "Let's go in and have some refreshments. We prepared some barbecue today. Let the men prepare it."

Several people had no objection. They followed Lu Qingxue into a banquet hall that was separated by a screen in the middle, with seats for women on one side and men on the other.

Tea and snacks had been prepared long ago, and the maids quickly brought clean water for everyone to wash their hands.

Then everyone started chatting again while eating snacks.

"An Yan, when will you and Master Bai get married?" Lu Qingxue heard that the two had completed the three matchmakers and six betrothal procedures.

Gu Anyan replied a little shyly: "The auspicious date chosen by the elders is two months later."

An Muxi deliberately asked Jiang Siyu: "Yu'er, among the sisters present here, only you and Miss Zhuang have not found their ideal husbands yet. Do you have a favorite candidate in mind?"

Jiang Siyu was suddenly asked so directly, and Lu Qingfeng's handsome and tough face flashed through her mind. She was a little embarrassed to answer.

Lu Qingxue was more direct: "My brother likes you, and I think you two are a good match. How about you consider him?"

Even though Jiang Siyu had a good psychological quality, she still blushed when asked these two people.

An Muxi saw this and quickly came to the rescue, saying, "Princess, you are being too blunt, aren't you? Princess Yu'er means that you might as well just marry Prince Lu."

Jiang Siyu: ...

But she didn't evade it anymore and replied directly: "I think Prince Lu is very good."

Lu Qingfeng and a few men had just finished grilling fish and meat and were walking into the house when they suddenly heard Jiang Siyu's words. His ears instantly turned red.

The men nearby all laughed mockingly.

Fortunately, the old woman on the farm brought in the grilled fish and skewers from outside, and the men also sat down at the next table.

This eased the embarrassment between the two. Lu Qingxue and her brother invited everyone to eat.

The cook also cooked a pot of hot mutton soup and served a bowl to each person.

Eating barbecue and drinking mutton soup on a winter day like this is a special experience.

An Muxi learned her lesson this time and didn't drink again. She didn't even take a sip of fruit wine. She didn't want to embarrass herself again.

Everyone finished their meal happily, and then it was time for free activities. Suddenly, An Muxi found that everyone was in pairs, and she was the only one alone.

Forget it, she wasn’t lonely with Qiu Shuang and Qiu Yue with her, so she just took a stroll to help digest the food.

When I walked to the woods near the hillside, I suddenly heard the voices of two women talking.

One of them was Lu Qingxue, and she recognized it immediately.

"Yan'er, I'm sorry that I haven't had the chance to see you. You won't blame me, will you?"

The voice that choked with sobs was Zhuang Yaner's: "I don't blame you, but I miss you so much. Now I'm already seventeen years old, and my family is pushing me hard. I can't hold on any longer. I really don't know what to do."

Lu Qingxue said with a bit of melancholy and bitterness: "Can you wait for me for another year? I will definitely find a way. Is your mother still so strict with you now?"

Zhuang Yan'er did not answer this question, but just said: "Okay, I will wait for you. Everything is fine at home. You should take care of yourself too."

An Muxi opened her mouth so wide that an egg could fit in it, so she quickly covered her mouth and quietly left with Qiu Shuang and Qiu Yue.

Did she hear something incredible? Are Lu Qingxue and Zhuang Yaner really a couple? This is the lily blossoming.

No wonder Lu Qingxue said that she had no romantic feelings for Li Rui. It turns out that she already had a girl she liked!

In this day and age, lesbian relationships are definitely not tolerated by the world, and the two of them are destined to be a pair of star-crossed lovers.

But Lu Qingxue had already married Li Rui, what did she mean by that? How was she going to solve the problem? Was she going to bring Zhuang Yan'er to the Prince Rui's mansion as well?

After walking around for a long time, everyone came back. Jiang Siyu followed Lu Qingfeng shyly. It seemed that the two of them had expressed their feelings to each other.

Gu Anyan was also shy and timid when following Bai Jingchen, and An Muxi was speechless. Was she here to eat dog food today?

Fortunately, the two big guys from the barracks were laughing and making the atmosphere quite lively.

Several people were arranged to take a hot spring bath. An Muxi liked this project very much. The hot spring pools here were not big, so she was assigned to the same pool with Gu Anyan.

The two were familiar with each other and were not shy anymore. They took off all their clothes except for their bellybands and went into the hot spring.

Suddenly Gu Anyan looked at An Muxi's collarbone and said, "You actually have a plum blossom birthmark here, it's quite nice."

An Muxi didn't care: "Yes, I was born with it." She knew about this birthmark since the original owner was very young, so it must have been congenital.

Gu Anyan exclaimed again: "Your white jade pendant looks so familiar, how come it is the same as Jingchen's?"

An Muxi was startled. She had been wearing this white jade pendant since she came here. It seemed that she had it since she was a child in her original body's memory, so she had been wearing it all the time.