A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Xiao Qiannan finally got her wish and was able to return to the Xiao Mansion. It was also because Lin Qinghuan understood Liu Ji's intention that she went to find Xiao Bowen with Xiao Yi, and got him to nod in agreement.

"After Nan'er returns home, I will tell her not to bother you." Xiao Yi put his arm around Lin Qinghuan's shoulders and walked into Qingbo Courtyard. The maids and servants inside looked at the two of them with sidelong glances. The scene was really pleasing to the eye.

"You take a rest for a while, I'll take you on a boat ride." Xiao Yi took Lin Qinghuan's delicate little hand and went back to the room.

It was very hot in the summer, and taking a boat tour to enjoy the lake was a nice and elegant thing to do. However, Lin Qinghuan did not expect that Prince Ning Jinyang would be there too.

"From now on, you can just call me big brother like you and Yi'er do in private. There's no need to be so distant." Ning Jinyang saw that Lin Qinghuan was very restrained, so he kept calling him Your Highness the Crown Prince.

"Yes, big brother." Lin Qinghuan said.

"We'll get off when we get to Leyinfang in front." Ning Jinyang said as he sat by the window and pointed to an independent small island not far away.

"Where is Le Yin Fang?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously while looking at the island in front.

"You haven't been here before, Yi'er. That's really too much." Ning Jinyang teased Xiao Yi deliberately.

Lin Qinghuan looked at the two of them strangely.

Xiao Yi took Lin Qinghuan's hand and helped her get off the boat. Lin Qinghuan was a little uncomfortable because she didn't have a personal maid to serve her today.

The island is not large, but it is decorated very elegantly. After walking for a while, Lin Qinghuan saw the gate of Le Yin Fang, and there were many servants standing at the door.

As soon as Lin Qinghuan arrived on the island, he heard the sound of stringed instruments and orchestral music. The sound became more obvious after entering the Music Hall.

"The masters are here, please come in and rest." A woman about twenty-four or twenty-five years old came towards them. She was wearing a light blue chiffon skirt, half revealing her beautiful figure.

The woman saluted Ning Jinyang and walked forward to hold Xiao Yi's arm as usual. Ning Jinyang coughed, and then she noticed that there was a beautiful lady following Xiao Yi.

"Who is this beautiful fairy sister?" Zi Yan looked Lin Qinghuan up and down and asked, thinking that there was a new person in Le Yin Fang.

"She is my wife." Xiao Yi said.

"No wonder she's so beautiful." Zi Yan didn't get too polite with Lin Qinghuan after hearing this. Although she had never seen her, she had heard some stories about her, such as the story of Xiao Yi's favorite concubine in the hunting ground, so she didn't pay much attention to this young girl who looked so young.

As Lin Qinghuan walked in with them, she looked around. It was a really nice place with beautiful scenery and people. Even the maids who served tea and water looked very pleasing to the eye.

After entering the main hall, Lin Qinghuan discovered that there were not only Xiao Yi and Ning Jinyang who came here to have fun today, but also many officials she had met or not, and each of them had two beautiful women sitting beside them.

Lin Qinghuan didn't know why Xiao Yi brought him here. It didn't seem appropriate, but he didn't explain too much. He just kept picking up food and pouring water for him. Zi Yan, who was standing next to them, looked at Lin Qinghuan strangely.

After watching the singing and dancing for a while, Lin Qinghuan felt very bored, so he whispered to Xiao Yi that he wanted to go out for a walk.

Xiao Yi glanced at Zi Yan, and she helped Lin Qinghuan up and went out from behind the screen.

"You go back, I'll just walk around by myself for a while." Lin Qinghuan felt a little uncomfortable being followed by Zi Yan, so he said to her.

"Then should I call a maid to accompany Madam?" Zi Yan said.

"Sister, don't bother me." Lin Qinghuan said and walked towards the garden by herself.

Zi Yan looked at her back and muttered, "With such a temper, no wonder the master doesn't like you." After that, she went back to the front hall.

Ning Sijue walked out of the room where the two of them had separated. He didn't expect that Xiao Yi would actually bring Lin Qinghuan here, but when he heard Zi Yan's mumbling, his fists clenched unconsciously.

Everywhere you go in the garden, you can see women who are good at playing the piano like Lin Qingwan sitting among the flowers, practicing gracefully. Some of them play music together in groups of three or five. Lin Qinghuan walked to a pavilion and sat down to rest. It must be said that this place is really a good place. No wonder these East Palace cronies are good officials in front of others but really know how to enjoy themselves behind their backs.

"Chang Le heard that the master was coming and started going crazy again." Lin Qinghuan heard the sound of women relaxing and chatting in the flower cluster behind, and unconsciously pricked up his ears.

"She is also pitiful. She was born with good looks, but I heard that she was born in a bad family. The master took pity on her and asked her to stay here because of her high attainments in music. I never thought that she would become so crazy now." The woman said, occasionally mixing in the sound of her fingers plucking the strings.

"She thinks she is noble and is obsessed with the monastery owner. However, with her background, she can't even become a concubine in the mansion. Yet, she is still obsessed with the monastery owner. She is a pitiful woman."

"I heard that the abbot treated her very well before he got married, and he even taught her to play the flute himself. In fact, I really thought she could... at least be a concubine." The woman said, her voice sounding a little regretful.

"Hmph! Except Zi Yan, who here doesn't like the abbot? It will never be her turn. She just gives it to herself... Forget it, forget it, no more words. We've practiced enough for today, let's go." The two women packed up their musical instruments and got up to leave.

Lin Qinghuan felt very uncomfortable after listening to half of the gossip. No wonder the words spoken in the corner were the best.

"Qing Huan."

"Sixth Prince, you are here too!" Lin Qinghuan had not seen Ning Sijue since they parted at the hunting ground.

"I didn't expect you to be here." Ning Sijue walked into the pavilion and sat down opposite Lin Qinghuan.

"I have never thanked you properly for saving my life at the hunting ground. It's because I was ignorant." Lin Qinghuan said.

"The Marquis saved my father, and I saved you. It's a life in exchange for a life. No need to thank me." Ning Sijue looked at Lin Qinghuan gently and said.

"Sixth Prince, you are showing favor to Qinghuan by saying this. How can Qinghuan be equal to the emperor's order?" Lin Qinghuan said with a smile.

Ning Sijue looked at Lin Qinghuan, who was smiling in front of the flowers, and her beauty was so great that even the flowers couldn't compare to her. Then he smiled slightly and said, "I'm glad you understand what I mean."

Lin Qinghuan said nothing, smiled and nodded, then began to look at the flowers and plants around her.

"Do you know where this is?" Ning Sijue asked.

"It looks like a place for listening to music and enjoying oneself." Lin Qinghuan said. Isn't this the paradise on earth where the rich and powerful enjoy themselves? How could she say it in front of others?

"This island is the most famous music house in Dasheng. It is full of first-class musicians. People from the palace and the royal palace all come from here." Ning Sijue said.

"I just came in and saw the plaque. It has three huge characters." Lin Qinghuan suddenly remembered the conversation between the two women and asked, "Who is this owner?"

Ning Sijue looked at her for a long moment, "Don't you know?"

"I don't know. I don't know much about Jinhan City." Lin Qinghuan said.

Xiao Yi and Zi Yan were talking about the recent important events and some information in Le Yin Fang, while looking for Lin Qinghuan who had gone out for a walk alone. Zi Yan told Xiao Yi that every time Chang Le heard that he was coming, his madness would come back and he would always make a fuss about going to look for him.

After Ning Sijue left, Lin Qinghuan sat in the pavilion in a daze. She didn't expect that the owner of the pavilion who drove Chang Le crazy was Xiao Yi. It turned out that her husband not only had several concubines in the mansion, but also many women outside. Lin Qinghuan suddenly felt very sad. What she pursued was to make an agreement with her favorite brother Yu to be a couple for life, but now she had to share a husband with so many women. It must be very unhappy.

Lin Qinghuan thought about it for a long time and finally figured it out. Since she didn't love him anyway, they might as well just live together like this.

"Madam is in this pavilion. We had a hard time finding her." Zi Yan's voice interrupted Lin Qinghuan's thoughts. When he looked up, Xiao Yi was also looking at him.

"It's cool here, so I'll take a rest." Lin Qinghuan said as he stood up.

Xiao Yi noticed that something was wrong with her, so he stepped forward and took her hand, "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine. Is the banquet in the front hall over?" Lin Qinghuan asked him with a smile.

"Not yet. There will be a desert style performance later. I'll come to see you." Xiao Yi said, touching her face. Zi Yan felt even more puzzled when she saw the two of them. It was not that the abbot did not like his wife, but now it seemed that they were in love with each other. However, when she saw Lin Qinghuan's appearance, she felt that any man would like her.

"Yeah." Lin Qinghuan nodded obediently.

The Desert Style performance was very eye-catching. The women were particularly flexible. Lin Qinghuan felt like she was watching an acrobatic show. However, all the dancers here had one thing in common: they were dressed very coolly. The dignitaries in the audience were all staring in awe, including the Crown Prince Ning Jinyang. However, Xiao Yi always felt that Lin Qinghuan was hiding something and was pretending to be relaxed.

In a villa at the northernmost end of Leyinfang, several maids were taking care of a very beautiful and cold woman.

"He came to see me, right?" Chang Le, wearing a red long dress and with disheveled hair, sat in the room, staring at the door blankly and asked.

"Miss Changle, the abbot just told us to take good care of you and didn't come here." The maid next to her said honestly.

"No, he won't want to see me. The abbot has me in his heart." Tears were streaming down Chang Le's thin face, and he looked very pitiful.

"Chang Le, stop being crazy. You know who the owner of the shop is. How can you enter the Xiao family? If you really have the ability, you would have entered long ago!" Zi Yan walked in slowly, looking at the woman and said, "Do you know who came with the owner of the shop today?"

"Who is it?" Chang Le looked up and asked.

"Princess Changping, the most beautiful woman in Dasheng, is also the wife of the abbot. I think those rumors are false. The abbot's mind is entirely on this fairy." Zi Yan said.

"Impossible, impossible, he has me in his heart. I want to see him, I want to see him." Chang Le suddenly pushed Zi Yan away frantically, causing her to fall directly onto the maid. Chang Le, wearing a red dress, ran in the long alley illuminated by the setting sun.

"Hurry up and catch that crazy woman." Zi Yan shouted loudly.

The banquet in the front hall was over, and the dignitaries left one after another. Xiao Yilin Qinghuan and the prince also arrived at the dock.

"The abbot..." Chang Le chased to the dock barefoot with his hair loose.

Lin Qinghuan was sitting on the boat and seemed to hear a woman's voice calling from the dock behind. She looked around curiously, but the boat had sailed away. She vaguely saw a red shadow, but it disappeared after a while.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yi and Ning Jinyang were chatting, but they saw Lin Qinghuan looking back.

"Huan'er, do you think this place is interesting? From now on, just ask Yi'er to bring you here to play every now and then." Ning Jinyang said to Lin Qinghuan.

"Yeah." Lin Qinghuan nodded and ignored the two of them, looking at the scenery on both sides.

It was already dark when the two returned to the Xiao Mansion. Xiao Qiannan also returned home. At this time, she was in Qingyin Pavilion, acting coquettishly with Liu Ji and telling her about all the unhappy things in the palace.

"Young Madam, you've been tired all afternoon. I've prepared some water for you. Go take a bath and relax." Yun Xiang said as he supported Lin Qinghuan.

Xiao Yi also went to the study to handle some official business.

After taking a bath, Lin Qinghuan lay down on the bed with a flushed face. Her mind was in a mess. Although she no longer thought about whether there was still a possibility of being with Gong Heyu, her husband had so many romantic debts and it was not the love she hoped for. But when she thought about how he treated her gently and also treated other women gently, she felt very unhappy.

Lin Qinghuan was half asleep when she felt someone hugging her and kissing her. The familiar scent told her that Xiao Yi had returned, but she was clearly awake but just wanted to pretend to be asleep and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

"Huan'er, are you asleep?" Xiao Yi asked softly. Seeing no response, he hugged her tightly and stopped talking.

When Lin Qinghuan heard his even breathing in her ears, she slowly opened her eyes. What came into her sight was Xiao Yi's handsome face with delicate and fair skin and a high nose bridge. With such looks and family background, it was no wonder that women all admired him.

Lin Qinghuan now saw Xiao Yi as both strange and familiar. Was this the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with? But when she thought of all the women who had slept with him, Lin Qinghuan became angry again. She turned her back to him and fell asleep angrily.

Because of the brief insomnia last night, Lin Qinghuan felt listless when he woke up.

"If you are so tired, just rest for a while. You don't need to pay your respects to your mother today." Xiao Yi stood there with his arms stretched out, and Yun Xiang was tying the belt of his official uniform for him.

"It's okay, you'll be awake after a while." Lin Qinghuan was sitting there, Chuxia was tying her hair into a bun for her and carefully inserting a hairpin.

"I'm leaving first." Xiao Yi left the yard in a hurry without having breakfast.

Xiao Qiannan was also in Qingyin Pavilion today. Lin Qinghuan didn't expect that she would get up so early. She and Li Jiaxin were admiring the new flowers in Liu Ji's yard, while Hu Taoniang was alone.

"Bow your greetings to my sister-in-law." Xiao Qiannan stepped forward and bowed when she saw Lin Qinghuan.

Lin Qinghuan looked at her thoughtfully, wondering what this girl was up to.

After a few people chatted with Liu Ji for a while and then went back to their respective courtyards, Xiao Qiannan said goodbye to Li Jiaxin and caught up with Lin Qinghuan who was heading to Qingbo Courtyard. Yun Xiang was scared and stepped forward to protect Lin Qinghuan.

"What are you doing? Am I going to eat my sister-in-law or something?" Xiao Qiannan looked at Yun Xiang unhappily.

Lin Qinghuan signaled Yun Xiang to step back, and at the same time she also took a few steps back to keep a safe distance. Unexpectedly, Xiao Qiannan came forward and took her arm affectionately, pulling her towards Qingbo Courtyard.

"Sister-in-law, when will you return to my mother's home?" Xiao Qiannan asked after hesitating for a long time.

"I have an appointment with my second and third sisters for the day after tomorrow. What's wrong?" Lin Qinghuan asked Xiao Qiannan in confusion.

"What time the day after tomorrow?" Xiao Qiannan asked.

"Greet your mother and you can go."

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the mother's yard the day after tomorrow."

"What are you waiting for me to do?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"Accompany my sister-in-law back to my mother's home." Xiao Qiannan said.

"Ah?" Lin Qinghuan and Yun Xiang looked at Xiao Qiannan in confusion.

"Sister-in-law, you are not going to reject me, are you?" Xiao Qiannan looked at Lin Qinghuan in disbelief and asked, with disbelief in her eyes.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Yun Xiang, then looked at Xiao Qiannan's strange behavior, and could only nod in agreement.

"Then sister-in-law, please go back to the yard slowly." After Xiao Qiannan said this, she turned around happily and went back to Mo Shuang Pavilion.

"Young Madam, what does the young lady mean?"

Lin Qinghuan shook his head.