A life of ups and downs is pure joy

The wind blows, the snow falls, and snowflakes flutter down from the sky, like white feathers flying freely, or like transparent butterflies dancing freely. The roofs, branches, and courtyards are all covered in silver, like a fairyland.

Early in the morning, Lin Qinghuan wrapped herself in a thick warm winter fleece robe, and waited for everyone with Lin Mo in the main living room by the fire. They had agreed that today Lin Yuzhi would take them to the East Market to do some shopping, stroll around, and eat at a restaurant.

Seeing Lin Qingyi's figure from afar, the little girl also felt cold, so she wrapped herself in a thick silver-gray robe today. It was rare for Biyun to follow her.

"Second sister and Qinghuan came so early? I thought I would be the first one here." Lin Qingyi saw the two people roasting by the fire and quickened her pace to walk over.

"Huan'er knocked on my door early in the morning, in a hurry. I thought there was a fire in one of the rooms or attic." Lin Mo looked at Lin Qinghuan helplessly. It was her fault for disturbing her sweet dream early in the morning.

"I was so excited about going out to play today that I couldn't sleep the whole night." Lin Qinghuan said with a grin.

"Listen to what this young lady of the Lin family has become." Lin Ancai's annoying voice came from behind.

Lin Qingyi walked over and grabbed Lin Ancai's neck, pressing half of his body so that he couldn't stand up. "Did someone say to give in to me? Come on, let's have a fight?"

"Sister, I was wrong, I was wrong. I really can't beat you." Lin An admitted his defeat in just a second, shouting "Ah!" in surrender. Lin Mo saw this scene from the side and kept covering his face and laughing.

When Lin Yuzhi and Ning Junze walked in on the snow, the scene in front of them was really beautiful. Zong Zhi was a handsome and elegant young man, as bright as a jade tree in the wind, walking in the snow to suit the occasion. If Xiao Yu was there too, they could have debuted on the spot and named themselves the Da Sheng Dynasty Handsome Men Group.

"Big brother, you must have been sleeping in. Huan'er has been waiting for you since early morning." Lin Qinghuan stepped forward and pushed him out. "Hurry up," he kept urging.

"Why is Sister Huan'er so anxious to go out for a stroll?" Ning Junze asked puzzledly. He had only heard that Lin Qinghuan seldom went out of the house, but he never thought that he had only gone out once in his life.

"Fourth brother, it's been two years since Qinghuan last left the house." Lin Qingyi said, and wanted to touch the sword at Ning Junze's waist.

Ning Junze looked at Lin Qinghuan, and she glanced at him as well, and actually saw a hint of pity in her eyes.

"I just don't want to go out. There's nothing good about it after thinking about it..." Lin Qinghuan quickly replied pretentiously.

Before she could finish her words, Lin Qingyi grabbed her shoulders and, with the strength of a young girl, she stumbled several steps towards the door. "You're still stubborn, let's go. I don't know who was so excited that he didn't sleep all night last night."

"You two, slow down~" Lin Mo chased after them.

"The carriage is ready, please come in, Junze." Lin Yuzhi looked at the backs of his three sisters, smiled and greeted Ning Junze before setting off.

"Qinghuan, come and sing a song for your sister." The three girls were sitting in one carriage, and the three young masters were sitting in another carriage behind them. Lin Qingyi lifted Lin Qinghuan's chin with her fingers and said with a smile.

"Now that third sister is not here, Sister Yi, do you want to listen to some music?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her and said.

"How can it be the same? Even if Third Sister is good at playing the piano, it's torture to listen to her music every day. Fortunately, she is unwell today, otherwise she would have to play all the way. Come, Xiao Huan'er, sing a song for us." Lin Qingyi took advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders around at this time and sat in an extremely casual manner. She looked very comfortable with her legs crossed.

"Huan'er, come here. Normally, I see you humming a little tune while drying medicine. Now that there are only three of us sisters, why don't you sing a song with lyrics?" Lin Mo also encouraged her.

"Did I hum a song? How come I didn't know it?" Lin Qinghuan tilted her head and looked at Lin Mo, refusing to admit it and asked her.

"Do you want me to call Chu Xia for a confrontation?" Lin Mo said as he was about to lift the carriage curtain.

"Okay, okay, I just hum when I'm happy." Lin Qinghuan reached out and held her, so that Chuxia wouldn't say that she hums little tunes for fun every day.

"Come on, let's sing the song you hum every day, such as Chanjuan or Mingyue." Lin Qingyi said with a mischievous smile.

"When will the bright moon appear? I raise my cup to ask the blue sky. I don't know in the palace in heaven, or what year it is tonight. I want to ride the wind to return, but I'm afraid it's too cold up there in the jade buildings. I dance with my shadow, but it doesn't seem like I'm in the human world... I wish we could live long, and share the beauty of the moon together even though we're thousands miles apart." Lin Qinghuan became a little sad as she sang.

"Qinghuan, this little song is too sad. Let's change it. Hey, why are you crying?" Lin Qingyi opened her eyes and saw Lin Qinghuan with tears in her eyes. She asked anxiously. Lin Mo also reached out to wipe her tears.

"I miss my elder sister." Lin Qinghuan replied with a trembling voice, and suddenly lost control and sobbed uncontrollably.

"Good Huan'er, elder sister will come back to stay with brother-in-law in the spring. You just need to wait for two more months and you will be able to see her." Lin Qingyi patted Lin Qinghuan's little face, trying to comfort her melancholy mood.

"Yeah, I'm happily waiting for big sister to come back, and now I want to go out and play happily too." Lin Qinghuan adjusted his mood and said with a smile.

"Huan'er, come here, take this pill." Lin Mo poured a cup of tea, took out a black pill from the exquisite little medicine bottle and handed it to Lin Qinghuan.

"What is this? It smells delicious." Lin Qingyi moved forward to sniff it. "The medicine Sister Mo gave me must be useful. Take it quickly."

Lin Qinghuan took it and swallowed it with tea. It was so big that he almost choked.

"This effect is not as good as the decoction, but it is too troublesome to carry soup with us when we go out to play, so I made some pills for Qinghuan to use in the future." Lin Mo said.

"Sister Mo, it's great to have you." Lin Qinghuan said movedly, pulling Lin Moyan.

"Am I okay?" Lin Qingyi put her hand up and asked.

"Okay, you are all Huan'er's best relatives and best sisters. Huan'er is extremely happy." Lin Qinghuan said coquettishly.

With the servant's cry, they arrived at the carriage stop in East Street Alley. The three sisters got off the carriage gracefully one by one. After all, there was a sign of the Marquis' Mansion on the carriage, and it could not lose its dignity. So at such a formal moment, Lin Qingyi was also elegant like a little princess.

The three young men were already waiting for them at the street corner. The girls passing by were stealthily glancing at them and whispering shyly to each other.

Lin Qinghuan really couldn't stand this veil. Although it was made of thin gauze, she was still not used to having something blocking her eyes, so she kept blowing into it. Lin Yuzhi couldn't help laughing at her behavior.

"Big brother, when can I go out to play and show my face to others openly?" Lin Qinghuan asked in annoyance.

"Just wait until you get married." Without waiting for Lin Yuzhi to answer, Lin Qingyi solved her confusion.

"Then do I have to wait until I'm eighteen?" Lin Qinghuan calculated that there were still six years left, so it seemed that Lin Qingyao could go out freely and openly.

"In our Da Sheng Dynasty, the average marriage age for girls is between sixteen and twenty, with palace maids being an exception. However, if one wants to enter the palace to be a wife, then the age for selection is between thirteen and eighteen. I heard from my mother that the customs in Dayan Kingdom are even more liberal, and girls can get married between fourteen and twenty-five, and girls in the boudoir don't have to wear this thing." Lin Qingyi said, pointing to the face covering on her head.

"Aunt Guan is from Yan, and Sister Mo'er is also half Yan. So when will Sister Mo'er get married?" Lin Qinghuan looked at Lin Mo mischievously and said with a sly smile.

Lin Mo smiled, lowered his head and said nothing, thinking about something.

Lin Qinghuan and Lin Qingyi looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"You two naughty brats, are you bullying my second sister again?" Lin Yuzhi came over. Maybe it was because Lin Qinghuan and Lin Qingyi were smiling too obscenely, so he thought in his heart that they were bullying others again.

"I dare not. I can walk without breathing heavily and run outside all thanks to Sister Mo's medical skills. She is the fairy doctor who gave me my second parents. I dare not bully anyone except Sister Mo, whom I have to coax." Lin Qinghuan took Lin Mo's arm and said to Lin Yuzhi.

"Huan'er, I don't have that ability. I was just giving you medicine and acupuncture as instructed by my senior brother." Lin Mo replied shyly, his face flushed.

"Young Master, everything has been arranged in Yage." Sanli, the servant boy beside Lin Yuzhi, ran over breathlessly and reported.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Lin Qinghuan took Lin Yuzhi's arm and hurried to the most luxurious Wangyue Tower. It was said that it was a famous tower that combined delicious food, reading and singing. The consumption was naturally outrageous, so generally only dignitaries could come here to consume. Famous families from all over the country would also come here because of its reputation.

"Zui Qing Feng? What an elegant name." Lin Qing Huan read the plaque on the elegant pavilion and pushed the door open. Inside stood several maids, dressed elegantly and simply. A red nanmu wood table was placed by the windowsill, with benches surrounding the table on three sides, seating six or seven people. The windowsill was slightly higher than the table, offering a wide view and a perfect vantage point for viewing the stage below. The play had already begun, and fruits, cakes, preserves, and tea were placed on the table.

The opera downstairs was being sung very lively, and she, who didn't like to listen to the babbling, was attracted by it at this moment. The general who protected the country and loved the people fought against three thousand foreign enemies alone. His love for the people moved the fairy, the beloved daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, and the fairy turned into a virtuous wife and had a happy marriage with the general. However, the gods and humans were not allowed to be together. Therefore, the goddess mother, who had given birth to a pair of children, could not bear the general to be punished by heaven, so she returned to heaven alone to be punished. The Emperor of Heaven could not bear to see the fairy secretly combine with humans and have offspring, so he made the girl of the twins extremely ugly. She could not see outsiders since she was a child, so the girl never left the general's house until she grew up. She could only hide in her room and feel lost. Although her parents and brothers loved her very much, her ugly appearance still scared away the guests who came to the house. This girl spent her whole life atonement for her parents' love.

"Why do I feel that the girl in this play is so similar to me?" Lin Qinghuan felt more and more puzzled the more she listened. Why did the prototype of the person in this song look so much like herself?

"This kind of entertaining opera is just something the scriptwriter made up. Huan'er, don't think too much about it." Lin Yuzhi looked at Lin Qinghuan and quickly pushed the fruit in front of him towards her. "Come, try your favorite fruit."

"Qinghuan, the girl in the opera can't leave the house because she is extremely ugly. She is different from you." Lin Qingyi said.

Ning Junze glanced at Lin Yuzhi, and the two exchanged extremely complicated glances. Then Ning Junze raised the corner of his mouth, as if something very funny had happened.

"I heard that this play has become popular recently. It sings about the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion in Luofeng City." The men and women in the private room next door were talking happily.

"I also heard that the daughter of the Marquis's family has never left the house even though she's in her teens. There were a few flower shows at the mansion, and her ugly appearance scared many handsome young men so much that they never dared to set foot in the mansion again."

"Oh my God, how ugly is that face? It seems that this is a play within a song, and the characters in the play!" The man sighed.

"Hmph, what's the use of her being the daughter of a marquis? No one dares to marry her." The last female voice was particularly harsh.

"I'm going to see what that blind person said." Lin Qingyi slammed the table angrily and wanted to go to the next room to find out what was going on.

Lin Ancai grabbed her and said, "Fourth sister, this is not something you should be involved in."

Before Lin Yuzhi could react, Lin Ancai and Lin Qingyi had already taken people to the private room next door and started a big commotion. "Tell me, where did you hear this nonsense?"

"This, this has spread throughout Luofeng City, Second Young Master, it really wasn't spread by us." When the others rushed to the elegant pavilion next door, the man with a bruised nose and swollen eyes knelt on the ground begging for mercy, and the woman huddled aside and trembled.

"Ancai, don't hurt innocent people." Ning Junze stepped forward and used the sword at his waist to block Lin Ancai's stick that was about to fall.

"Fourth brother!" Lin Ancai looked at Ning Junze in confusion.

"Thank you, sir, for saving our lives." The group of people kneeling on the ground looked at Lin Ancai with secret joy in their eyes, and the girls huddled aside wanted to sneak away.

"Did I allow you to go?" Ning Junze said slowly and in a low voice, his expression was completely different from usual.

The door was closed with a bang, and the girls were so scared that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"It's no use begging me, go beg her." Ning Junze pointed at Lin Qinghuan and said to them.

"Girls, we were wrong. We shouldn't have talked about you behind your back, but we also heard it." The girls knelt beside Lin Qinghuan and cried for mercy.

"Tell me, who told you to deliberately spread rumors next door?" Ning Junze tapped the corner of the table lightly with his sword and asked slowly.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Ning Junze in confusion.

"Sir, we don't know what you mean?" the leading girl asked in a low voice.

"Do I need to say more about who can sit in Zuiqingfeng's elegant pavilion in Luofeng City?" Lin Yuzhi said coldly.

"Please spare us, sir. We were forced to do this. Please spare us." After hearing this, the girls immediately panicked and cried for mercy.

"Tell me, who instructed you to sing this play today? And who asked you to deliberately make loud noises and act rashly in the next room?" Lin Qingyi angrily slammed the table and asked.

"This play is performed every day. It's not something we can control. This, this..." The leading girl looked at the nobles in front of her timidly and didn't dare to say a word.

"Don't make me ask you again." Lin Qingyi growled in a low voice.

"The maid of the rich lady gave us some silver and asked us to tell the rumor when we saw someone in Zui Qing Feng. We just collected the money and did the job. Please spare our lives, sir." Several people kowtowed until their heads turned red.

Lin Qingyi wanted to ask more questions, but Lin Qinghuan stood up and said, "Let them go." She knew she wouldn't get anything out of her, so why bother getting angry with these scapegoats who were just trying to make a little money? "Actually, I'm not angry. Whether I'm stunningly beautiful or hideous, I don't care what these people say, because I'm the one and only Lin Qinghuan."

Lin Yuzhi glanced at Lin Qinghuan, smiled slightly, and patted Lin Ancai's shoulder, "Go back and listen to the music."

Ning Junze looked at Lin Qinghuan with a hint of amusement and curiosity in his eyes, then smiled, with his sword hanging at his waist. Before turning around, he whispered a few words into the ears of a group of people kneeling on the ground, who then collapsed to the ground in fear.