Traveled through time and became the darling of the whole family

A few days later, Master Ling brought Ling Sichen to propose marriage and to make an engagement. According to the rules, it was up to the masters of both sides to make the decision, but to show their importance, Madam Ling and Ling Bingqing also came.

The matchmaker followed the process step by step. After about half an hour, the process was completed, the two families exchanged marriage certificates, and the marriage was settled.

Both families gave the matchmaker some wedding money, and the matchmaker said some auspicious words happily and then left.

Jiang Xu and his wife invited Master Ling and others to have dinner at their house. Tao Ling was not a shy person, so she agreed without hesitation. Master Ling was also a man who listened to his wife's arrangements, so he agreed as well.

While Master Ling and Ye Zhengde were talking in the study, Ye Quanyong and Ye Jiaxuan dragged Ling Sichen to Ye Quanyong's yard for a test. Ye Quanyong and Ye Jiaxuan felt that it was too easy for Ling Sichen to marry Ye Qingyin, so they had to test him carefully.

Ling Bingqing stayed in Ye Qingyin's yard with the two sisters from the Ye family.

"I didn't expect that Ayin would become my sister-in-law like this. Sister-in-law, you must protect me well." Ling Bingqing joked.

Ye Qingyin felt embarrassed when being called that, her face flushed, "We haven't gotten married yet, you should just call me like before."

"Although we haven't gotten married yet, this matter has been settled and there's no way around it." Ling Bingqing said with a smile.

"That's not necessarily true. If Ling Sichen wasn't nice to my sister, my sister wouldn't marry him." Ye Ziyu said.

"No way. If my brother treats Ayin badly, my mother will beat him to death." Ling Bingqing said.

"You can't say that. After all, this life is shared by my sister and Ling Sichen alone. No matter how much Madam Ling forces Ling Sichen, their life will still not be smooth and happy."

"Who knows what the future holds? Why worry so much?" Ye Qingyin said with a smile.

"Then I also want my sister to live a good life." Ye Ziyu muttered.

"I know. Ayu loves my sister the most." Ye Qingyin pinched Ye Ziyu's face.

"By the way, will you all attend the Spring Banquet next month?" Ling Bingqing asked.

"Spring Banquet? What is a Spring Banquet?" Ye Ziyu asked.

"The Spring Banquet is an event held by the Ministry of Rites. Officials, their wives, daughters, and sons will all attend. They will write poems, play pitch pots, and so on. However, it is mostly for the wives to find suitable partners for their children, and for the masters to build relationships."

"Oh~ It's held by the Ministry of Rites. Will the royal family attend?" Ye Ziyu asked.

"Over the years, the Emperor has rarely attended. Sometimes the Empress and concubines would attend, but the princes and princesses would attend almost every year. After all, this is a rare opportunity to leave the palace."

"oh oh."

"Sister, do you want to go?" Ye Qingyin asked. In the past, the eldest wife would never go to the Spring Banquet, but the second and third wives would attend.

"Let's talk about it later. I haven't made up my mind yet." Although Ye Ziyu had never attended such a large banquet, she wanted to go and take a look, but she was a little scared because she was socially anxious...

"We'll talk about it then." Ye Qingyin said.

"Then if you go, I will go. If you don't go, I won't go either." Ling Bingqing didn't participate in the party in the past, but this year Tao Ling urged her to attend the party. However, if Ye Ziyu and her sister didn't go, there would be no point in her going. Even if she didn't go, she could say that Ayu and the others didn't go.

*

"Mom, what do you want to talk to me about?" As soon as Ye Jiaxuan entered the room, the candle went out and the door closed. Ye Jiaxuan frowned, "Who? How dare you break into the general's mansion?"

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you." Ye Ziyu sang the song while holding a cake in her hand. Liqiu and Lixia held candlesticks beside her, and all the others followed behind and clapped to the rhythm.

"Second brother, happy birthday, make a wish." Ye Ziyu held the cake in front of Ye Jiaxuan.

Ye Jiaxuan was stunned by the situation. Seeing the cake brought over by Ye Ziyu, he said, "I hope..."

"Brother, if you tell your wish out loud, it won't work~"

Ye Jiaxuan closed his eyes upon hearing this, and tacitly agreed in his heart, "I hope Ayu can be as happy and healthy as she is now, and I hope everything is well in the Ye family."

"Okay." Ye Jiaxuan opened his eyes.

"Blow out the candles." Ye Ziyu said.

Ye Jiaxuan blew gently and the candle went out, and Liqiu and Lixia lit the candlestick in the room.

Ye Ziyu put the cake on the table and said, "The first cut of the cake should be made by the person celebrating the birthday." Ye Ziyu handed the knife to Ye Jiaxuan.

"How do you cut this?"

"Just... cut it like this, and I'll do the rest." Ye Ziyu gestured.

Ye Jiaxuan cut the cake according to Ye Ziyu's instructions, and then Ye Ziyu took Ye Jiaxuan's knife and began to distribute the cake to everyone.

"Try it quickly." Ye Ziyu said.

Everyone took a bite and said, "It tastes good, Ayu, did you make this yourself?" Jiang Xu said.

"Ayu made it herself. I thought it was delicious the first time I ate it." Ye Qingyin said.

"Why aren't we the first ones to taste it? Ayu is so partial." Ye Quanyong said.

"I didn't know if it would be successful the first time I made it, so I tried it at Zhizhi's house." Ye Ziyu said with a smile, "If it doesn't taste good, how dare I harm you."

"Okay, you don't dare to harm your brother and mother, so you harm me." Ye Qingyin pretended to be angry.

Ye Ziyu made a face.

"Hey, second brother, here's the birthday gift." Ye Ziyu took out the birthday gift she had prepared.

"Thank you, Ayu." Ye Jiaxuan took it and prepared to open it.

"No, the birthday gift can only be opened after Second Brother goes back. No one would open a gift in front of others." Ye Ziyu said.

"Didn't Ayu open the welcoming gift right in front of us last time?" Ye Qingyin joked.

"That's different, and that was placed directly on the table by my brothers and sisters." Ye Ziyu said.

"Okay, I'll go back and open it." Ye Jiaxuan said with a smile.

Jiang Xu, Ye Qingyin and Ye Quanyong also gave Ye Jiaxuan the birthday gifts they had prepared for him. They chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms.

"Second brother, I have something to talk to you about." Ye Jiaxuan left and Ye Ziyu followed him.

"What's the matter?" Ye Jiaxuan stopped.

"Go to your room." Ye Ziyu said.

"What can't be said here? Why do we have to go into the room?" Ye Jiaxuan asked.

"Hey, let's go." Ye Ziyu pulled Ye Jiaxuan away.

Back in the room, Ye Jiaxuan poured Ye Ziyu a cup of tea and said, "Sit down."

They sat down, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Hehe." Ye Ziyu laughed foolishly, and Ye Jiaxuan was shocked. "Just say what you want to say. I feel uneasy when you laugh like this..."

Ye Ziyu: ...

Ye Ziyu rolled her eyes at Ye Jiaxuan and said, "Here." Ye Ziyu took out another wrapped gift.

"Didn't you give a birthday gift? Why another one? Why didn't you take them out together just now?" Ye Jiaxuan took it with a smile.

"It's not given by me." Ye Jiaxuan paused when he heard that. "What was it?"

"Zhizhi asked me to pass it on." Ye Ziyu stuffed the birthday gift into Ye Jiaxuan's hand. "I was experimenting with making cakes at Zhizhi's house before, so Zhizhi knew that my second brother's birthday was coming soon, and she thanked him for his help during this period."

Ye Ziyu later remembered that she had wanted to ask Ye Jiaxuan about his feelings and attitude towards Liu Zhizhi, but she forgot about it because of Ye Jiaxuan's illness. It was only when Liu Zhizhi sent Ye Jiaxuan a birthday gift these days that Ye Ziyu remembered it.

"Oh, it's just a small matter. No need to be so polite. Please thank Miss Zhizhi for me." Ye Jiaxuan put the gift aside.

"Before I knew it, my sister got engaged." Ye Ziyu suddenly sighed.

"Ayu, you have seen Lin Yun's true face, so you can't be with him." Ye Jiaxuan thought that Ye Ziyu had not forgotten Lin Yun yet, and when he saw that Ye Qingyin was engaged, he felt sentimental again.

Ye Ziyu knew that Ye Jiaxuan had misunderstood, "Second brother, don't worry, I'm not so blind that I can't tell people apart."

Ye Jiaxuan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine."

"So, second brother, do you have a girl you like?" Ye Ziyu suddenly changed the subject.

"Cough cough cough..." Ye Jiaxuan was choked.

Ye Ziyu quickly patted Ye Jiaxuan on the back to help him calm down.

Ye Jiaxuan took a while to recover and asked, "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"It's because I thought that my eldest and second brothers are almost old enough to get engaged and start a family, so I was curious and came to ask my second brother." Ye Ziyu found an excuse and said.

"Why don't you go ask your brother?"

"I want to ask my eldest brother, but I just want to give you something. Since I'm here now, I might as well ask my second brother first. So... second brother, do you have it?"