After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

Yi'an returned home and looked into Xuntao's room. She was already asleep.

"Zifei." Yi'an called him over, "Pack my things. I need to go back to Zhaoding City."

Zifei said, "Sir, aren't you going to take Xuntao with you?"

Yi An shook his head: "No need, send two people to protect her, this trip won't take long."

Zifei nodded: "Yes."

Yi An walked into the house, took two steps and stopped, and asked, "Are the things I asked you to prepare ready?"

Zifei said, "When it's ready, put it in the inner room."

Yi An went in, picked up the thing and weighed it. It made a clanging sound and he said, "It's a bit heavy." He looked at the end and said, "And the size is not right. Prepare it again."

Zifei picked up the things and said, "Yes, sir."

-

The servant walked quickly to the main hall and bowed slightly: "Miss, the Madam is here."

Qin Hanlin put down the teacup: "Bring her in, Mo'er, go and arrange a place for her to live."

Moer nodded in agreement and bumped into two people just as he walked to the door.

"Madam." Mo'er bowed, but Mother Qin ignored her, took out a silk handkerchief, wiped her tears from her face, and cried, "Hanlin, if you don't take action, your brother will..."

Qin Hanlin just felt a headache. She rubbed her brows and said, "Mother, please sit down first."

Mother Qin said, "Your father has already gone to ask for help, but given our current situation, those people are just changing their attitudes according to the situation and don't care about our previous friendship at all."

"What kind of affection is this? There are only interests between families." Qin Hanlin said coldly.

Mother Qin was stunned by her tone, her eyes twitched twice, and she began to cry again: "Hanlin, you are the only promising daughter of our Qin family. The Qin family will have to rely on you in the future!"

Qin Hanlin said calmly: "Depend on me? Then why do you insist on saving him? Will saving him bring disaster to the family's reputation?"

Mother Qin immediately cried in front of her, grabbed her hand and questioned: "How can you say that about your brother? He just woke up late! When he passes the imperial examination in the future, our Qin family will be very proud!"

Qin Hanlin didn't want to listen to these high-sounding and stupid words. She waved her hand and said, "Mother, go down and have a rest."

Mother Qin immediately lowered her voice, moved closer to her, and asked, "Hanlin, are you... sure?"

Qin Hanlin said: "I know what's going on."

Mother Qin smiled happily and patted the back of her hand, "This is my good daughter."

After Qin's mother left, Mo'er came in with the bird's nest. Qin Hanlin asked, "Mo'er, have you arranged everything?"

Mo Er handed the bird's nest to her and said, "It's all arranged, Miss. It just cost us a lot of our own money."

Qin Hanlin said: "It doesn't matter, as long as things can be successful."

Moer looked at her, frowned, squatted down and said: "Miss, I think you have changed now."

Qin Hanlin's hand holding the spoon trembled, and he forced a smile and asked, "What changed?"

Moer thought for a while and said, "Although you didn't like to laugh before, your words were soft and pleasant to the ears. Now you feel a chill."

She paused, "Miss, are you tired?"

Qin Hanlin didn't think she was overstepping her bounds after hearing this. Mo'er had been with her since she was a child, and she was the only one who was willing to tell her this.

"Maybe it's because there have been a lot of things going on recently. I'm a little tired." Qin Hanlin said. She put down the bowl and looked into Mo'er's bright and round eyes. "Mo'er, you should go to the place I arranged. If the truth comes out, you don't have to go with me..."

Mo Er shook her head vigorously and said firmly: "I don't want it, Miss, we agreed to stay together forever."

Qin Hanlin stroked her cheek and said softly, "Okay, I will do my best, for you and me."

-

The next day was the Toad Palace Festival. Except for Xia Nian and Xia Hou Yu, the rest of the people went out.

Xia Nian had a rare moment of free time, so she put on the dance dress Meng Yin made for her and began to review the dance she had performed previously.

Under the maple tree, she was wearing a red dress, with her hair tied up in a bun, revealing her snow-white and slender neck, not at all gaudy. She smiled lightly, her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, with a little frost of autumn, and just blended in with the warm colors around her.

Her whole body was covered with a layer of golden halo, as if she was dancing in the painting, or as if she was the person in the painting.

Fu Nian came back from outside with the news. When he saw this scene, he hurried to the study.

Xiahou Yu was writing something inside. When he heard a knock on the door, he let him in directly.

Fu Nian went in and said, "Master, I got the news that they are gathering the people from Western Xinjiang who are outside."

Xiahou Yu didn't even raise his head, supporting his cheek with one hand: "Well, let them watch carefully."

Fu Nian nodded and said with a smile: "Master, the lady is dancing outside, it's so beautiful."

Xiahou Yu immediately raised his head, with a questioning look in his eyes: "Is Ah Nian dancing?"

Fu Nian said: "Yes, it's in the maple garden inside. Pavilion Master, didn't the Madam tell you?"

"Of course I told you." Xiahou Yu's hand holding the pen trembled, and he said seriously, "Go down."

"Got it."

After Fu Nian left, Xiahou Yu could no longer sit still.

Ah Nian told him to just walk around the yard, but he didn't expect her to be dancing! She was even facing away from him. Did she not want him to see?

Tomorrow is the Toad Palace Festival. Could it be that she wants to...

Xiahou Yu stopped his thoughts in time, dropped his pen and ran towards the maple forest in the backyard.

Sure enough, Xia Nian's figure was particularly obvious in the sea of ​​red, but she had finished dancing and was stretching her legs, with her long legs raised high above her head and leaning against the tree trunk.

Xiahou Yu felt a little unhappy and quickened his pace forward.

"Anian, why do you suddenly want to dance?" Xiahou Yu asked.

Xia Nian turned around. She had just finished dancing, her face was flushed, her eyes were misty, she looked at him so innocently that Xia Houyu was dazzled for a moment.

Xia Nian put down his legs and said, "I haven't danced for a long time. I finally have some free time, so I have to dance, otherwise I will forget everything."

Xiahou Yu asked: "Isn't it for tomorrow's Toad Palace Festival?"

"No." Xia Nian looked at him like an idiot. "The selection of goddesses for the Toad Palace requires that the candidates must be unmarried. Who did I marry?"

As she said this, she walked around Xiahou Yu and was about to go outside. Xiahou Yu stretched out his arm to hold her and said, "Why didn't you tell me? Apart from the time in Zhaoding City, I have never seen you jump."

Xia Nian smiled and said, "I don't usually have time to jump."

The two walked side by side out of the forest. Xiahou Yu insisted, "No matter what, when this is over, Ah Nian has to jump for me once."

He took out a silk ribbon from his arms, which was soft and gauze-like.

"You gave it to me in Zhaoding City before."

Xia Nian took a look and said, "I didn't expect you still kept it."

"I will stay here forever." Xiahou Yu said.

At this time, two men in gray walked past them. They were the doctors in the mansion. They lowered their heads and bowed slightly to them.

Xia Nian glanced at them subconsciously, and was hugged by Xia Hou Yu's shoulders and leaned into his arms.

Xia Nian said: "It's just a ribbon."

Xiahou Yu lowered his eyes and said seriously, "It's not an ordinary ribbon."

Xia Nian smiled, and suddenly felt a chill on her back, as if someone was staring at her. She turned around abruptly, and saw only a warm-colored corridor.

Xiahou Yu followed her and stopped, asking, "What's wrong, An Nian?"

Xia Nian frowned and shook his head gently, "It's okay, let's go."

At a nearby corner, the man in gray punched his companion and whispered, "That's my lady, did you just look at her casually? If you stared at her back for so long and were discovered by Lord Xiahou, you'd be in trouble."

The man touched his head and smiled naively, "I haven't seen him many times before. I took a closer look today and found that he is truly a fairy-like figure."

Another man said, "That's right. Although our lady was a dancer before, she is very powerful. Madam Xiahou Jing knows about this, right? She was the one who got her into Ju'an Temple."

The man paused for a moment and said with a smile, "It's really amazing."