I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

As winter passed and spring came, Zhao Zhihuai's marriage arrangements gradually settled.

"In a few days, I will ask you monkeys to follow me to the Pilu Temple."

The eldest lady sat at the top drinking tea, while the younger ones below were so happy that they wanted to jump up. Even Zhao Fanglan, who was usually the most reserved, smiled for a rare moment.

There are some things that the eldest lady doesn't say, but Zhao Fangyu, who lives in the same courtyard with her, understands that this trip to the Pilu Temple is more than just a simple outing.

I'm afraid Zhao Zhihuai's marriage has been decided, and he wants to meet the girl.

It would be too conspicuous for one person to go out, so the two families agreed on a date and then traveled together as a family. "Coincidentally" letting the young people meet each other is also a way for big families to find marriage partners.

Although it is better not to meet before marriage, no family would really let their children marry blindly.

On the fifteenth day, all the girls and boys of the Zhao family dressed up and went to the Pilu Temple in a grand procession.

Zhao Fangjin, Zhao Fangyu and Zhao Fanglan were in the same carriage. As soon as they got on the carriage, Zhao Fanglan started smiling and reached out to poke the little bump on Zhao Fangyu's head.

"But you are outdone by your fifth sister. She wore two pearl bud crowns today. It's rare for her to go out and play. Why are you so plain?"

Zhao Fangyu leaned towards Zhao Fangjin with a smile, but did not respond: "Really? Then I'll have to take a good look later. I'm wearing the earrings my mother gave me today. I originally wanted to wear a flower string, but it's too heavy and it makes my head hurt. My sister said I can only wear it when I'm older."

What kind of string of flowers could be so heavy? After all, everything that comes out of the eldest lady's hands is good.

Zhao Fanglan didn't get the upper hand. When she met Zhao Fangjin's eyes as dark as a pool of ink, she lost interest in talking. She fanned herself with the small fan in her hand and looked at the street scene outside through the gauze curtain.

Zhao Fangjin also saw the two identical little crowns on Zhao Fangyun's head. Zhao Fangjin also had a pair of similar crowns when he was a child.

Tie the pigtails into a round pearl crown, like a flower bud.

According to Aunt Song's share, it was absolutely impossible for her to take out such jewelry. After all, this crown was given to Zhao Fangyun by Zhao Minshan.

Maybe Zhao Minshan himself didn't even remember that Zhao Fangjin had a pair of the same crown. A concubine's daughter wore jewelry similar to that of a legitimate daughter on her head, and she wore it when she went out. It was embarrassing no matter how you thought about it.

Zhao Fangjin was angry, and Zhao Fangyu didn't understand why, but he was not stupid enough to bring bad luck upon himself, so he softly handed the pattern on his handkerchief to Zhao Fangjin to see.

Zhao Fangjin looked closely and thought it was something rare, but it turned out to be a mess of strange things.

"...Fourth sister...you still need to practice more."

Zhao Fangjin also couldn't understand what was going on in Zhao Fangyu's little head. This good sister of hers knew nothing about needlework, but was good at poetry and songs, and was extremely smart in arithmetic, which completely suppressed Zhao Fanglan.

The carriage swayed, and the light from the window pane fell on Zhao Fangyu's face, making her look even whiter and more tender.

Zhao Fangjin glanced at Zhao Fangyu, who was a little sleepy and confused, and thought that it would be great if she was really his biological sister.

Unfortunately, there is no if. No matter how good Zhao Fangyu is, she is not her biological sister.

The little bit of sympathy in Zhao Fangjin's heart quickly dissipated. Zhao Fangyu saw it clearly, but didn't say much. He just nudged himself into Zhao Fangjin's arms like a little pig.

Pilu Temple is a large temple in the local area. It attracts pilgrims in an endless stream on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, and its vegetarian food is also famously delicious.

Zhao Fangyu came for the vegetarian food, Zhao Fangjin was taken by the eldest lady to visit his sister-in-law, and Zhao Fangyu strolled around the Buddhist temple by himself, and ended up at the crabapple forest in the temple.

There are many crabapples planted in the Pilu Temple, with layers of tender red petals, green pollen and leaves, some of which are still fresh with dew.

Zhao Fangyu picked a tender flower bud and thought it was very beautiful. However, such a beautiful flower was not as beautiful as the pearl crown on Zhao Fangyun's head.

That kind of crown...

I don't know how much money I can get if I change it into silver.

From a distance, Zhao Fangyu heard some noise in the woods, like a commotion, and the voice sounded extremely familiar.

Zhao Fangyu was worried about something happening, so he took advantage of his small size, and the fact that this was a Buddhist temple with guards at the entrances and exits, so nothing serious would happen, so he bravely ran towards the noisy area.

It was two little girls arguing.

And one of them is an acquaintance of Zhao Fangyu!

The girl in blue clothes had a sad look on her face. Her watery eyes looked pitifully at the girl opposite her, but the words that came out of her rosy mouth pierced people's hearts.

"Sister, why are you being unreasonable? It was me who was the first to notice the white plum blossoms and wanted to pick one to bring back to mother, but who would have thought that this sister would..."

Zhao Fangyu's heart skipped a beat and he felt that something was wrong.

She had a hunch that just by looking at the woman's clothes, she knew that she would be difficult to offend.

There are many pilgrims at the Pilu Temple. Today is neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the lunar month, so the number of people who come to fulfill their vows and burn incense is far less than in the past. Moreover, most of those who come to burn incense are ladies with women's hair combed, and there are even fewer girls of Zhao Fangjin's age.

The girl in front of me is fair and clean, with a pair of round and bright almond-shaped eyes. Her whole demeanor does not seem like that of someone from a poor family.

Zhao Fangyu was afraid that the person Zhao Fanglan had offended was Zhao Zhihuai's blind date, and he was pacing anxiously under the tree.

"Chun Shao, go find your eldest sister and tell her that your third sister is quarreling with someone. I can't stop them, and they don't look easy to mess with."

"Call someone else to block the door. Don't let this get out."

Zhao Fangyu didn't want to be labeled as mean because of Zhao Fanglan's stupidity.

Seeing Zhao Fangyu's serious expression, Chunshao ran away very quickly. Zhao Fangjin arrived quickly, and Zhao Fangyu had already stepped forward to persuade the crying Zhao Fanglan to stop.

The girl with round almond-shaped eyes opposite was also calmed down.

Zhao Fangjin brought a lot of people with him, and as soon as Zhao Fangjin arrived, Zhao Fanglan stopped acting like a troublemaker.

The crying look immediately stopped, and she acted as calm and gentle as a chrysanthemum.

Zhao Fangjin looked around and saw that Zhao Fangyu had the situation under control. He couldn't help but give her an admiring look. Zhao Fangyu smiled and took over the conversation: "What's this sister's name? Do you like sweet snacks?"

"Sister, you've been standing for a long time, so you might as well take a break. My family brought Longjing red bean cake today, which is different from the ones sold outside, so you might as well try it."

Zhao Fangyu turned around and introduced the girl with almond-shaped eyes to Zhao Fangjin. When he mentioned Zhao Fanglan, the girl couldn't help but look disgusted in her eyes.

Zhao Fangyu looked at Zhao Fangjin with a smile, and immediately pushed Zhao Fanglan behind him tacitly.

The girl opposite introduced herself and said that she was the daughter of the Minister of Rites.

Zhao Fangjin couldn't help but hold Zhao Fangyu's hand tightly, and Zhao Fangyu had the same reaction.

Zhao Fangyu turned around to take the snacks brought by Chunshao, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Fanglan who was standing behind him with her head down.

She was wondering whether Zhao Fanglan knew that this little girl was the one that the eldest lady had chosen with great difficulty for Zhao Zhihuai to be his legal wife.

"Why are you looking at me, Fourth Sister? Is there something wrong with my face?"