A life of ups and downs is pure joy

At the door of the mansion, a woman was seen standing. She was wearing a light lotus purple dress and a white robe with a hood. A gilt hairpin inlaid with white jade was casually inserted diagonally in her bun. She wore light makeup, which only enhanced her complexion. Her cheeks were a little flushed by the cool breeze. The maid beside her was also hunching her neck and blowing on her hands because of the cold.

"That's my sister Mo. She's waiting for me." Lin Qinghuan lifted the curtain of the carriage from a distance and saw the line that he was most familiar with.

"Huan'er, your robe looks pretty good." Lin Mo stretched out his arms towards Lin Qinghuan who got off the carriage and ran towards him. He had taken care of this younger sister all the way up, just like a biological sister with the same father and mother.

"Sister Mo, are you cold? Just wait for me inside." Lin Qinghuan happily but distressedly exchanged the hot water bottle in her hand with Lin Mo's slightly cold one.

"I figured it was time for you to arrive, so you just stood there for a while." The two sisters walked into their mother's house together, arm in arm. The housekeeper beside them also called for the servants to take the large and small packages that Lin Qinghuan brought back.

"Huan'er, you come back every few days, and each time you bring a large wooden box with a small package. Are you planning to empty the Xiao Mansion?" Lin Qingyao was supported by someone and was waiting for her sisters in the front yard. Looking at the things Lin Qinghuan brought, she couldn't help but joked.

"Big sister, those are all supplements that my in-laws' grandmother asked me to bring back for grandma. Here are the cloths, silks and jewelry that Huan'er bought specially for you. Each one is carefully selected by Huan'er." Lin Qinghuan and Lin Mo stepped forward to support the pregnant Lin Qingyao, and said happily.

"My Huan'er is becoming more and more sensible. She thinks of her older sisters whenever she does anything. She has really grown up." Lin Qingyao looked at her younger sister whom she had raised with great satisfaction.

Ever since Lin Qinghuan had the original owner's memories, she felt like an older sister like a mother when looking at Lin Qingyao.

"What about mother? What do you think of the satin I picked for her?" Lin Qinghuan picked up the cloth in his hand and looked around but didn't see He Su.

"This dark crimson color is her favorite color. Hey, there is a phoenix eye pattern on it. I always thought that no one except Luo Feng knew about this flower." Lin Qingyao walked forward carefully and touched the silk and said in surprise.

"That's true. The maid in my room doesn't know about this flower." Lin Qinghuan said.

"The Phoenix Eye Flower is also known as Attachment. It cannot survive without the soil of Luofeng City, so my father named it the city flower. When my aunt first saw this flower, she liked it very much, so there is a Phoenix Eye Flower Pavilion called "Bie Yilian" in the Marquis' Mansion in Luofeng City." Lin Qingyao said to her sisters, vaguely remembering her dear aunt's smiling face and graceful figure, and then pinched Lin Qinghuan, who was exactly the same as her at that time.

"It turns out that those flowers were planted by my mother!" Lin Qinghuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Silly girl, how could your aunt, who has never done any housework, plant flowers? Her hands are used for playing the piano and painting. It was your father who asked the gardener to plant such a large patch of hibiscus flowers for your aunt, just to win your smile." Lin Qingyao said.

Lin Qinghuan then realized that he was indeed a little ridiculous, and then he looked at Lin Qingyao and Lin Mo with an awkward smile.

"Hey, where is mother?" Lin Mo asked again.

"My mother went to Donglin yesterday. She said that my uncle had another son, so she went to share in the joy." Lin Qingyao swayed for a while and felt a little tired, so she pointed to a stool and asked her to go over and rest.

"What about Yi'er? Why don't I see her?" Lin Mo felt that the day was quite quiet today, so he said.

"She is like a horse without a cage. She runs outside to play every day. She is very busy. She went out with Miss Zhou and her sister-in-law Huan'er early in the morning. She said she would be back before lunch and she didn't forget to ask me to make some of their favorite foods." Lin Qingyao, like He Su, is now worried about her tomboyish sister.

"Has mother found big brother?" Lin Qinghuan asked while sitting next to Lin Qingyao.

"When you mentioned that, I remembered that Yu Zhi stayed in his mother's yard for quite a while a few days ago. When he came out, he saw his mother smiling happily. Was there something happy going on?" Lin Qingyao was feeling quite ill now, and her memory was a little worse. She wanted to ask about this, but she couldn't remember it.

Lin Qinghuan looked around at them, then dismissed the servants and told them about Lin Qingyi. Lin Qingru was playing with the jewelry and watching curiously as the three sisters chatted happily. She was still young and naturally not interested in getting married, but she was very happy about the velvet flower hairpins that Sister Huaner brought her. She tried on this and that with the maid Lianrong.

"Oh, Yu Zhi came here for this matter. There are a lot of literati and poets around him. I know that the one closest to him is Lord Li. Although he is not from a noble family, he is a talented and virtuous person. I just don't know if he has a family. I don't know much about him." Lin Qingyao nodded and said.

"He has no family. Huan'er has already inquired about it. He is alone. His mother lives in Luofeng, and now she has a maid to serve her. He also has a younger sister who was promised to someone else years ago. Now she goes back to take care of her orphaned mother every few days." Although Lin Qinghuan has no other skills, he is very quick in investigating things.

"How come you are so smart." Lin Qingyao looked at Lin Qinghuan and smiled dotingly.

"The third young lady is back." The voice of the old woman came from outside.

"I'm a little late." Lin Qingwan's face was a little flushed. She must have left in a hurry. She spoke as soon as she came in.

"We just arrived and haven't even finished our cup of tea yet." Lin Mo said.

"Change the hot water bottle for Third Sister. I see her hands are a little red from the cold." Lin Qinghuan stepped forward and held Lin Qingwan's hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled, then took out the mahogany hairpin from the wooden box behind him.

"This hairpin is so special, it looks very rare." Lin Qingwan praised Lin Qinghuan as she looked at the head ornament swaying in front of her.

"Such a special hairpin must be matched with my talented sister. How about it, third sister, do you like it?" Lin Qinghuan inserted the hairpin into Lin Qingwan's bun with a smile.

"I like it. Huan'er has always had very good taste." Lin Qingwan touched the hairpin on her bun, smiled sweetly, then gently patted Lin Qinghuan's face and said.

"I see you came in a hurry. Is something wrong at home?" Lin Qingyao asked with concern.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that my husband contracted a cough from the concubine in the backyard a few days ago, and is still bedridden. My mother-in-law asked me to take good care of him, and I can only do as she said." Lin Qingwan had no feelings for Wang Xing, the son of Taichang Qing. To her, he was like a burden. Lin Qinghuan secretly raised her eyes to look at her. Lin Mo was even smarter and could tell from Lin Qingwan's indifferent tone that there was discord between the couple.

"Now that I'm home, I'll have tea and play with my sisters and put my husband's family matters behind me for the time being." Lin Qingyao said to her group of sisters, and then glanced at Lin Qingwan who was chatting with Lin Qinghuan about the satin on her body, and shook her head helplessly.

The sisters chatted about the gossips of the people in Jinhan City, covering their mouths and laughing from time to time.

"Huan'er, have you taken the medicine Mo'er prescribed for you?" Lin Qingyao touched her belly and suddenly looked up at Lin Qinghuan and asked.

"Big sister, I've been eating, but I don't know when I'll have any reaction. I've been eating every day..." Lin Qinghuan suddenly covered her mouth while speaking, her face quickly flushed, "Oh..."

"Hahahahahaha... Huan'er, what do you do every day?" Lin Qingyao found it funny when she saw Lin Qinghuan's expression, so she started jokingly.

"No... I didn't do anything... Second sister, what's on your face?" Lin Qinghuan quickly changed the subject and looked at Lin Mo.

"What's wrong with my face?" Lin Mo asked curiously, touching his face.

"Hahahahahaha..." Lin Qingyao couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Lin Qingwan looked at Lin Qinghuan with complicated and envy eyes, and felt some strange emotions in her heart.

When Lin Qinghuan looked at her, Lin Qingwan smiled at her again, and the two continued to talk about the new arrivals in the cosmetics shop a few days ago.

"It smells so good..." The two started talking again. Lin Mo sat next to Lin Qingyao and listened to her pulse carefully.

Mother Huang went to the big kitchen today. Li Xue followed her and helped. She was happily helping to pick vegetables. After all, she was still young and was very happy to return to Suheju. When Lin Qinghuan moved to Qingboyuan, he said that he would send her back.

The three sisters from the shooting range, who had returned with the aroma of food, also walked into the front yard of the Marquis' Mansion with laughter and joy. Lin Qingyi even jumped onto the martial arts training platform playfully, and Xiao Qiannan followed behind her. The two exchanged a few moves with their wooden swords.

"Nan'er, aren't you hungry?" Lin Qinghuan, who was going to the door to look for them, shouted from the rockery corridor.

"Sister-in-law, we'll be there soon." Xiao Qiannan put down the wooden sword in her hand when she heard Lin Qinghuan's voice, and went to Lin Qinghuan with Lin Qingyi and Zhou Wutong. The girls walked towards Tengjing Pavilion in the main hall.

"Wow, a table full of dishes, so rich!" Lin Qingyi sat down happily. The maid brought over a wash basin and towel. Everyone washed their hands before sitting down and started eating.

"Huan'er, the greatest thing you did when you were a child was to bring Mother Huang back from the farm." Lin Qingyi muttered while eating.

No one heard clearly and looked at her curiously, but they saw that this silly girl was eating too fast and choked and coughed.

"Eat slowly and drink slowly. No wonder daddy always tells you to eat without talking." Lin Qingyao patted her on the back and said complainingly.

"It's so spicy." When Lin Qingyi recovered, she quickly fanned her tongue with her hand and frantically looked for a cup of water to drink. The maid serving beside her quickly handed her water.

"I see that you have been more unrestrained these past two days than before. Maybe it's because your mother is not around. You are becoming less and less like a girl. Drink slowly." Lin Qingyao felt a headache watching her sister letting herself go like this. Then she looked at Zhou Wutong and Xiao Qiannan, who were also girls who knew kung fu and looked like ladies from wealthy families.

"Mother will definitely stay longer this time. I really hope that my talkative aunt can spend more time with mother to reminisce and chat about the past." Lin Qingyi said after she recovered.

Lin Qinghuan smiled and said, "Now that mother is away, there's no one nagging you, right? But big sister is still here."

Lin Qingyi glanced dejectedly at Lin Qingyao who had been staring at her, quickly smiled bitterly, and ate more restrainedly.

After the meal, the maids brought over the wash basins and hand towels. The girls picked up the tea cups filled with medicinal decoction to rinse their mouths, and then washed and wiped their hands gracefully. After the meal, snacks and fruits were already on the table.

"I heard that some time ago the emperor sent people to bring Princess Minghui, who was born to Princess Lingluo, back to Jinhan City. Is this true?" Lin Qingyao asked.

"Yes, it was the Crown Prince who personally sent someone to pick him up." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Princess Minghui, why haven't I heard of this before?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously. Lin Mo and Lin Qingwan also looked at them in confusion. Lin Qingyi and Zhou Wutong had already run to the backyard of the side hall to play pitching pots, so they were naturally not interested in the topic of their sisters.

"She is Jin Han's little bully, very powerful." Xiao Qiannan said unhappily.

"I always thought that the female leader of Jinhan City was my Nan'er." Lin Qinghuan said with a smile.

"I'm not as powerful as her. After all, her mother is the eldest princess of the late emperor and the elder sister of the current emperor. She's quite arrogant." After Xiao Qiannan finished speaking, she looked at Lin Qinghuan, who was smiling like a flower, as if she suddenly remembered something. Then she turned and saw that the eldest sister of the Lin family had no unusual expression on her face, so she said nothing more.

After chatting for a while, everyone went to pay their respects to the grandmother of the Lin family. Lin Qingyao went back to the yard to rest, while the others went to Suheju to embroider and chat. When Jia Xu came to the Marquis' Mansion in advance to take his beloved lady back, Lin Qingwan also said goodbye to Lin Qinghuan. After all, there was a seriously ill burden waiting for her to go back and observe the virtues of a woman.

Lin Qingyi and Zhou Wutong pulled Hongqi to play with knives and shouted for a while. Lin Qinghuan looked at the setting sun in the distance and thought about not going back tonight. After all, He Su was not at home, and there was only the unreliable Lin Qingyi. Her grandmother was also old, and she was very worried about the pregnant Lin Qingyao.

"Has anyone from the house come to report whether my husband has returned?" Lin Qinghuan asked while leaning against the door frame.

"No, the eldest master has not returned since he left home early in the morning. He may be busy at the official office. He always has a lot of official business." Yun Xiang replied.

"I don't know if he is hungry or has eaten. Otherwise, I will go and bring him some food and tell him to come to Suheju to find me tonight." Lin Qinghuan said after thinking for a while.

"Young Madam, the eldest master will definitely be happy if he sees you bringing him food." Yun Xiang said as he squatted not far away and took care of the potted plum trees he had transplanted a few days ago.

"Mom Huang, please make some dishes that my husband likes. I'll send them to him later." Lin Qinghuan shouted towards the small kitchen.

"Oh, I got it, girl." Li Xue's voice came from the kitchen.

"Sister-in-law, do you want me to accompany you?" Xiao Qiannan, who was playing, turned around and asked.

"No need, Nan'er, you can go home by yourself after dinner. I'm staying in Suheju tonight. My mother is not here, and I'm worried about my elder sister." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Okay." Xiao Qiannan nodded at her, then looked at Lin Qingyi, "It's my turn, Sister Qingyi."

Lin Qinghuan looked in the direction of the small kitchen, then rolled up her sleeves and walked towards that place. Yun Xiang looked at her back in confusion.

As the sun set completely, the sky turned from blood red to dark blue. Lin Qinghuan and Yun Xiang sat on the bus with their lunch boxes as cushions and headed to the official residence where Xiao Yi usually stayed.