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

After all, he was going out to visit someone, no matter whether he had other purposes or not, clothes make the man, and the eldest lady would never let Zhao Fangyu dress too poorly.

Sure enough, in the evening, Mother Cui came over with a group of little girls following her.

"The fourth young lady will be going out to meet guests tomorrow. Although Miss Yan Zhen is related to our family, she cannot wear anything too casual."

"The embroidery room is still busy making new spring clothes. If the fourth young lady can't find something that suits her, the eldest young lady still has some clothes from her childhood."

Zhao Fangyu's eyes swept over everything behind Mother Cui. Although she only mentioned spring clothes, in fact, there were clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter.

There is a small box at the back, which should contain jewelry.

Zhao Fangyu thanked Mother Cui in a baby voice. Since the first-class housekeeper of the eldest lady came to deliver something, Zhao Fangyu had to express his gratitude.

There was no such thing as just grabbing a handful of silver or copper coins as a reward like in novels and TV dramas. When Zhao Fangyu came to Qingping Courtyard, there was not a single copper coin on his body!

Aunt Qian's external personality was persistent and strong. She would rather suffer losses herself than not support her natal family. She feared the eldest lady like a tiger and dared not have any evil thoughts. That was why she was able to escape unscathed after scheming against the eldest lady.

With such meticulous planning that had already begun when she was pregnant, it was naturally impossible for her to leave any loopholes such as leaving money on the original owner.

Children of five or six years old didn't expect her to give them any gifts. What Cui's mother and others wanted to see was just an attitude.

Zhao Fangyu is very good at expressing his opinions.

The previous generation was a social animal, and expressing one’s opinions has been deeply engraved in their DNA by the beatings of society!

Zhao Fangyu did not serve the snacks himself as that would have seemed too embarrassing.

She pulled Mother Cui into the house, and Xiangyao was responsible for serving people, such as serving tea and water.

Mother Cui was so happy to be served that she ate a few pieces of pea yellow and left Zhao Fangyu's room happily.

"Such large and well-proportioned pearls. This headband is worth half a year's allowance, isn't it?"

Zhao Fangyu pretended to be amazed and took the headband to look at it carefully, and found that there might be more than half a year's share.

Sure enough, there was a reason why Aunt Qian tried her best and took such a big risk to send Zhao Fangyu to the main courtyard.

Any little bit of money that the mistress of the house gives out can offset the entire year's hard-earned savings of the concubines.

"Tomorrow... wear that azure and indigo jacket and tie this."

In the middle of the embroidered blue jacket there was a round pattern, with round little sparrows and round winter persimmons. The thin branches were bent by the weight and covered with a thin layer of snow.

There is gold thread woven on the indigo skirt, and when the weather is good, it will sparkle as you walk.

Sure enough, Zhao Fangjin’s things, even if they were old and had been stored for a few years, were several levels better than Zhao Fangyu’s new ones.

Early the next morning, Zhao Fangjin finished his studies early and took Zhao Fangyu to the Duke's Mansion.

"My cousin is always sincere to others. If she has done something, she has done it. If she has not done something, she has not done it. You said that it was my cousin who pushed you. Do you dare to confront my cousin now?"

Zhao Fangjin stared at Zhao Fangyu with scorching eyes. The two blue to purple gemstone hairpins on his head looked like new eyes, dazzling Zhao Fangyu's eyes.

Zhao Fangyu scratched her little hands, raised her eyes to look at Zhao Fangjin, then lowered them again, looked again, and raised them again, repeating this several times.

Finally, as if he couldn't hold it in any longer, he asked, "Big sister, did you bring me here today not just to give me snacks?"

Zhao Fangyu looked bewildered and a little hurt, but he was laughing in his heart:

Zhao Fangjin had his suspicions about Zhao Fangyu's fall into the water, but he did not raise them at the best time to investigate. Instead, he waited until everything was settled before making such a gesture as if he was trying to force a confession. To Zhao Fangyu, who had worked in the workplace, this was simply ridiculous.

This matter should have been a decision made by Zhao Fangjin himself in private, and even Meng Yanzhen might not even know about it.

Zhao Fangyu rarely stared into Zhao Fangjin's eyes, straight and without dodging: "When big sister made the decision, she was already biased in her heart. It doesn't really matter who is right or wrong."

"Big sister likes cousin more, so no matter whether Xiao Si is right or wrong, big sister will not like Xiao Si as much as she likes cousin."

If this behavior happened to a woman in her twenties or thirties, Zhao Fangjin would recognize it as a provocation, but when it happened to a six-year-old girl like Zhao Fangyu, he could control her completely.

In Zhao Fangyu's opinion, Zhao Fangjin was too soft-hearted.

Because she was soft-hearted, she did not stop her half-sister from entering Qingpingyuan, nor did she stop Mother Cui from sending her clothes. Even when she wanted to get the truth, she had to consider the reputation of her cousin and half-sister. In the end, she was in a dilemma and made a decision that was not a decision.

You can't have both shark fin and bear's paw. This is a truth that you should have understood since childhood.

Until he met Meng Yanzhen, Zhao Fangyu felt a little depressed.

Meng Yanzhen frowned the moment he saw Zhao Fangyu. When he saw clearly that Zhao Fangyu was wearing Zhao Fangjin's childhood clothes, his brows furrowed even more.

"Why are you wearing brocade clothes?"

Zhao Fangyu answered honestly: "My elder sister took me out to play, and the clothes were given to me by my elder sister."

Meng Yan really couldn't understand why Zhao Fangjin brought this little guy here, and looked at Zhao Fangjin in confusion.

Things did not develop as Zhao Fangjin expected. The relationship between Zhao Fangyu and Meng Yanzhen was very peaceful.

"What have you been doing lately, sister? Do you also attend classes every day like my elder sister?"

Meng Yanzhen nodded, and looking at Zhao Fangyu, who had gained a little weight recently, he couldn't help but reach out and pinch her.

"Last time I saw you, you were still gloomy. It's true that clothes make the man. After you put on the brocade clothes, you look completely different."

Zhao Fangyu smiled at Meng Yanzhen embarrassedly and didn't say much.

With lowered eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Meng Yan really wanted her face, and she took the initiative to raise her face and move closer.

"You're a little fatter than the last time I saw you. It's obvious that Fang Jin has taken good care of you."

"I heard that you fell seriously ill after falling into the water?"

When Zhao Fangjin heard Meng Yanzhen get to the point, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Please speak carefully."

Zhao Fangyu was almost half-hugged by Meng Yanzhen, and slowly told him what happened that day.

"I don't know who bumped into me. Xiangyao and I were playing hide-and-seek that day, and when we were playing hide-and-seek, we heard someone crying on the other side of the wall. The voice sounded like my third sister. I thought something happened, so I went to the corridor to find my third sister and asked her why she was so sad. But I ran too fast and bumped into someone by accident."

"That person was taller than me. He fell into the water before I could see his face. I only remember that person was wearing an orange-red dress."

"Second sister never wears such bright colors. Third sister might, but she was in school that day, so I misheard her voice."

"My aunt said that there were guests in the mansion that day, and I must have offended the guests, so my aunt wanted to wait until the guests left before calling a doctor for me, so as not to disturb the guests."

Meng Yanzhen and Zhao Fangjin looked at each other and had some idea in their minds.

Zhao Fangyu didn't know, but Zhao Fangjin and Meng Yanzhen both knew that it was not only Meng Yanzhen who went to the Zhao family as a guest that day.