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

"I later realized that it was just my narrow-mindedness that led me to misunderstand my sister and mother."

"It was my mother who told me that women also have women's backbones, and she didn't want us to have lifelong regrets. In fact, I am not as pure as I look. I am just an ordinary woman, like grass, stone and rubble. I also have many little thoughts and calculations, but I have never hurt anyone and I dare not cross the line in my heart."

"That line is like a natural chasm, and it also seems to be a thin line in the sky, but I always feel that I can live a much easier life after crossing it. But I don't want to, for fear of forgetting the way I came, and also for fear of forgetting the many kindnesses I have received along the way."

"My mother saw all of this, but she was still willing to make plans for me. She even wanted to marry me back to Longxi and protect me for the rest of my life."

As he spoke, Zhao Fangyu's eyes moistened and his voice choked up a little: "In the capital, I am like a crane in a cage, like the oriole in front of my grandmother's door. I seem free, but in fact my legs are always tied."

"It was my mother who took me out of Shangjing and let me know that there is such a free place in the world."

Zhao Fangjin couldn't empathize with him, but she had seen with her own eyes how Zhao Fangyu had come this far. She felt distressed and sad, but all her emotions were not as strong as the tear on Zhao Fangyu's cheek.

"It's all your fault. You made me cry too." Then she wiped away Zhao Fangyu's tears and straightened her hairpin.

"Since you like Longxi, take a good look at the boys here."

"When it comes to the most important things in life, you must choose someone you like. Don't force yourself to give in, and don't let things go haphazardly."

"My mother and I are both in the capital. If you are wronged in the future, it will take a month to file a complaint, and it will be difficult for me to come here to help you..."

Zhao Fangjin thought of Zhao Fangyu's marriage and felt very worried. She always hated that she couldn't find a perfect man at this time to match with her fourth sister, who was the best person in her eyes.

The two sisters comforted each other, put on their makeup again, and then went to find the eldest lady together.

The eldest lady already knew that the two were feeling sad in the house. When she saw them coming out, she couldn't help but laugh, "Our eldest and fourth daughters are smart. They haven't even started their lives yet, but they've probably already thought about everything for the next thirty years."

Zhao Fangyu lowered his head shyly, and so did Zhao Fangjin. After being teased by the eldest lady, everyone got on the carriage. In addition to the two sisters of the Zhao family, there were also the Ninth Mother, the Tenth Mother, the Thirteenth Mother, and the Fourteenth Mother of the Li family.

The one they attended was the Peach Blossom Spring Banquet held by the prefect's family on the banks of the Tiangang River.

The double-petaled peach trees in Longxi are world-famous for their bright colors and rich fragrance. The flowers are large and compact, and are only the size of peas at first. After blooming, the petals burst open to the size of copper coins. The petals are so dense that you can't even tell where the center of the flower is.

The Zhao family also has its own gold-sprinkled jade peach, but the feng shui of the capital is different from that of Longxi. The gold-sprinkled jade peach has become more gentle when it arrived in the capital, unlike the peach blossoms grown in Longxi, whose warmth can be felt from a long distance away.

When the wind blows, the small and thin petals fall in the wind. It is better to be free and easy at this moment than to be in a sea of flowers.

After sitting down, Zhao Fangyu asked someone to pick some flower petals, washed them and added them into the warm wine. He seemed to truly experience the romantic and unrestrained scene in the story book where the immortals stood in the wind, eating wind and drinking dew.

The weather is fine today, and the noble families went out for an outing without driving away the common people. They simply marked off a piece of land so as not to compete with the common people for enjoyment.

The Li sisters who attended the banquet today were both dignified and elegant, and their every move was full of charm that others could not imitate.

Especially Fourteenth Lady, who, at such a young age, actually has some of the air of a lady.

Zhao Fangyu couldn't help but cheer up again, not wanting to embarrass the eldest lady. Little did she know that others also praised her for her noble family character.

There is a small stream here that is diverted from a tributary of the Tiangang River. The stream is gentle and clear, with peach petals floating down from time to time, as well as a few pieces of red paper. Those who are curious would fish them out, and they only contain some poems that Cui Lang left behind when he traveled around.

Because of the two pieces of red paper, the topic of the banquet changed from flowers, birds, insects, fish, rouge and makeup to Qinghe Cui Lang and Qinghe Jun Cui Zimin.

Fearing that Zhao Fangyu didn't know, Shisiniang told her, "Qinghe Cui Lang is a relative of the Li family. When he passed through Longxi, he stayed at the Li family. Later, he went out to travel and left poems in various places in Longxi."

"Cui Lang's poetic talent is like the bright moon. Among the eight talents in the world, Cui Lang alone accounts for seven of them. Therefore, Cui Lang's poems are also widely circulated among women."

Zhao Fangyu nodded, indicating that he understood. This famous Cui Lang, who was as bright as the moon, was probably not only a talented poet, but also had good looks. Otherwise, how could he attract so many noble ladies?

Compared with Cui Lang of Qinghe, other young men were eclipsed and gradually no one mentioned him anymore. Zhao Fangyu knew that he was definitely not worthy of such a talented man who was famous in Longxi and Qinghe, so he couldn't help but ask, "Seventh brother and his friends are here today too, where are they?"

Shisiniang smiled and pointed to the grassland on the other side of the Tiangang River: "Over there, men and women sit separately. Most men ride horses and wrestle there, and some who are not good at martial arts have also enclosed a small area near us to drink and write poetry."

Zhao Fang Yuxun looked over there, but the Tiangang River was so vast that the figure on the other side was as small as a bean and could not be seen clearly.

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Shi Erlang rode his horse as fast as the wind, wishing he could leave everyone behind.

He had heard from Fourteenth Lady that the fourth sister of the Zhao family would also be attending the Bitaochun Banquet today.

When he thought of the day when the eldest son of the Sun family spied on Zhao Fangyu, Shierlang felt as if there was a ball of fire burning in his chest, burning his entire heart dry and scorched. He wished he could ask someone to take it out and see if it had been roasted into a block of charcoal by this nameless fire.

Qillang couldn't catch up with Shillang and could only wait for Shillang to come back.

Twelve Lang ran back and forth several times. Fearing that the horse could not bear it, he stopped to let the horse rest for a while. Then he picked up the bow and arrow and went to shoot arrows at a person nearby.

Qillang noticed that Twelve Lang was in a bad mood, so he walked up to him and started shooting arrows with him.

Qilang's martial arts were inferior to Shierlang's. He was kicked by Shierlang before he could shoot a few arrows: "Don't stand next to me with such lousy skills. I feel ashamed!"

Qilang kicked back, "I was complaining that you couldn't recite the book and made me copy hundreds of manuscripts, but you dare to despise me?"

"You're like a firecracker this early in the morning. Who has offended you?"

Shi Er Lang was kicked into silence and became fed up. He threw away his bow and arrows and went to the Li family's shed to drink. He said to Qi Lang who followed him, "I don't know either. I'm just angry."

"Whenever I think of Sun Jia Dalang's shifty look, I get angry!"

Qi Lang's eyebrows were slightly curved, and his eyes looking at Shi Er Lang were filled with an inexplicable kindness: "Angry? The eldest son of the Sun family did things unrighteously and had a bad character. What does that have to do with you? Didn't you beat him back on the spot?"

"He just glanced at his two cousins a few times, but you got so anxious and angry that you even bothered Suifeng so early in the morning. What was your reason?"