I was flattered after crossing

"Just now we were short of one person, now we are all here." I whispered, shaking my head happily and humming a song: "I am like a fish in your lotus pond, just to wait for the bright moonlight with you."

At this time, Ye Lan walked in from outside holding a zither. He was wearing a dark red gown with dark plum blossom patterns on it that were faintly visible under different lights, making him look particularly elegant.

"Ye Lan pays her respects to the prince and princess. Greetings to Miss Ling'er." Ye Lan bowed to us politely.

"This is the second prince." I quickly introduced him to Ye Lan.

Ye Lan nodded slightly and bowed to Xiao Zhengchen: "I am Ye Lan, paying my respects to the Second Prince."

Xiao Zhengchen looked at Ye Lan's clothes, then turned his head to look at Lei Lei's skirt, and agreed unhappily: "Hmm~"

I quickly took over the topic and said to Ye Lan with a smile: "Mr. Ye, you came quite early. I thought you came with the people from the silk shop. Please sit down quickly."

"Thank you, Princess. I was supposed to come with the people in the store, but I wanted to come early to help~" Ye Lan replied with a smile, and then sat down next to Xiao Zhengchen.

"Should I move over and let Ye Lan sit next to me so you can hug her on both sides." I whispered to Lei Lei.

"Stop it and get back to work." Leilei responded to me in a low voice.

At this time, Xiao Zhengchen suddenly spoke: "How did Mr. Ye get to know Miss Ling'er?" He asked casually while slowly folding the red paper in his hand.

Hearing this question, Ye Lan was slightly startled, but quickly regained his composure.

He smiled and replied, "In response to your question, Your Highness, I first met Miss Ling'er in Fengle Tower. At that time, Miss Ling'er liked to listen to my playing, and had her own unique insights into music. That's how we got to know each other." After saying that, he nodded slightly, as if he was full of nostalgia for this memory.

Then, Xiao Zhengchen asked again: "Oh? Then you said just now that you should have come with the people from the Silk Shop?"

Ye Lan quickly replied, "That's because I left the restaurant and went to work at the silk shop, so I said that."

Xiao Zhengchen raised a barely perceptible smile and continued to ask, "Look at Mr. Ye's clothes. The material and style must be expensive, right? I wonder how many songs you need to play to be able to afford this outfit?" There was a hint of teasing in his tone, as if he wanted to find some flaws in Ye Lan.

"Chen'er..." Xiao Zhengxuan looked at his somewhat rude brother with slight anger.

Ye Lan frowned slightly and muttered to herself, "Why does the Second Prince always target me?"

But he still maintained a polite smile on the surface and replied, "The princess will designate a piece of material every season and make a set of the latest style of clothes for Miss Ling'er and me so that we can show them to customers in the store most directly."

At this time, Xiao Zhengchen glanced at Lei Lei's skirt out of the corner of his eye and murmured to himself: "Oh~ I thought..." When the words came to his lips, he realized that something was wrong and did not continue.

"As for how much money I can make..." Ye Lan continued, "I have to thank the prince and princess for giving me the job opportunity to work in the silk shop. Now the money I earn every month is equivalent to my income in the past year."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhengchen snorted disdainfully and muttered: "(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~what's so great about it~"

Ye Lan smiled and responded, "Yes, it's really nothing great, but by making money through your own efforts, you can improve your living conditions. When you have enough money in the future, you can take better care of your partner.

"Oh, why am I telling the Second Prince all this? He should be underage." After saying that, Ye Lan shook her head to herself, and then looked at Xiao Zhengchen.

"Pfft..." I really couldn't help but chuckled.

Xiao Zhengchen kept his head down, folding red paper in his hands, but his speed was obviously much faster.

He was still mumbling: "Who is small? I am not small. I am almost the age of coming of age~ I will soon reach the age of coming of age~"

Seeing this, I quickly turned around and said to Xiang'er beside me: "Xiang'er, go to the kitchen and see if lunch is ready? I'm very hungry now." Xiang'er agreed and ran out quickly.

Then, I stood up, stretched, and said, "Let's go have dinner. I'm really exhausted after doing so much work this morning."

After hearing this, Lei Lei nodded repeatedly: "I'm hungry too, let's go~"

We both walked out of the house arm in arm. As we walked out the door, I whispered to Lei Lei, "Hey? Why does the tension seem to be getting stronger?"

Lei Lei helplessly turned her head to look at Xiao Zhengchen who was following closely behind her, only to see that he had a gloomy face and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Who knew they would come so early~ Besides, my mind is not here right now~" She smiled helplessly.

"If not here, then where? On Guard Wei? Hehehe~ You'd better be careful. Chen'er is not an easy person to deal with. He should have noticed your cloak when he came in just now." I reminded him in a low voice.

"Alas, there is no possibility for him and me... I've said this before. But... it would be great if he could see it clearly today." She sighed softly, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

I leaned over and whispered, "I hope so. But then again, Master Ye's eloquence is still as amazing as ever!"

"He! He is much better than before. He speaks differently to different people. No matter whether they are young wives or old ladies, he can coax them into buying whatever they ask!" Lei Lei described it vividly, with admiration in her eyes.

"Wow, that's the best-selling item in our store!"

"Yeah! Absolutely."

Lunch went relatively peacefully, but I was afraid that Xiao Zhengchen would say something inappropriate to Ye Lan again...

As more and more people arrived in the afternoon, the atmosphere of the annual meeting gradually became more lively.

Shopkeeper Jin also came with the jewelry he had chosen. These jewelry were indeed top-quality, each piece was dazzling and irresistible.

"Cui'er, take this box. You and Xiang'er must remember to carefully keep these jewelry and the silver that was just wrapped. Don't make any mistakes. Then identify the lottery box and put these items together. Don't make any mistakes at this stage." I instructed.

"Okay, don't worry, Princess." After saying that, Cui'er carried the box to the toilet.

I smiled and nodded. After returning to the living room, I found that Xiao Zhengchen was no longer there. He must have been dragged away by others to chat. I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was a good thing, so that he wouldn't have to find another opportunity to pick on Ye Lan.