"You are Li, and I am Tao. Although it is a homonym of the word Tao, it can be considered related. Every time I think about the genius name I have, I feel relieved from the bottom of my heart. Although there are only you and me in our fruit family, I am still proud." He took a big bite of the apple and said lazily.

"You are talking nonsense. You don't behave like a man. You..." The old woman sat in the main seat and looked at Chi Tao with disgust.

Seeing her angry seemed to make Chi Tao even happier. He continued eating his fruit and said, "What are you talking about? Why don't you continue? I also want to see what unpleasant words you can say now."

"How could He Ci fall for a man like you?" The old lady held the Buddhist beads in her hand with a cold and contemptuous look.

Upon hearing the name, Chi Tao's carefree expression immediately subsided. He sat up straight and said, "Your daughter's taste is always better than your son's. From what I've said, it seems like your son has become a daughter, right?"

"What a pity! The dream of having a grandson has been shattered." Chi Tao said gloatingly.

"Get out of here." The old lady was touched in the sore spot and pointed at Chi Tao and yelled.

"I've been waiting for you to say this. I'm going to go talk to my precious daughter. You can just sulk by yourself!" Chi Tao finished the last bite of the fruit, threw the core casually on the table, and stood up to walk out.

Chi Li hurriedly followed Chi Tao out. She didn't want to offend the old lady.

As soon as Chi Tao left the house, his expression changed drastically. He glared at Chi Li and asked, "I heard you took a concubine?"

Liuguang, who was at the back, smiled shyly and lowered her head quickly.

"Ah? You are so well-informed. Who told you?" Chi Li asked.

"Of course I have my own spies." Chi Tao said mysteriously.

"Come on, no one else probably knows about this except him." Chi Li smiled. She was not so stupid that she couldn't even guess this.

"Are you just like that?" Chi Tao thought this was the calm before the storm. In the past, Chi Li would have been so angry that she would have thrown things on the spot.

"What else do you want?" Chi Li shrugged to indicate that it was no big deal.

"Let's get back to the topic. Is it appropriate for a woman to take a concubine?" Chi Tao pretended to be angry.

"What's wrong with that? I just married a concubine and didn't kill anyone." Chi Li said.

Chi Tao thought what she said made sense, but he would never admit it, otherwise his trip would have been in vain.

"Did you come here just to tell me this? I always feel..." Chi Li carefully observed Chi Tao's expression.

The corners of Chi Tao's lips, which had been deliberately pulled down, twitched. He stared at Chi Li with his dark eyes and said, "You've changed a lot."

"You're not the first person to say that." Chi Liwei said with her face raised.

"As long as you remember the purpose of coming here, you are still my good daughter."

Chi Tao's words seemed to be reminding her of something, and Chi Li felt inexplicably strange.

"If your mother were still alive, she would definitely not let you take a concubine." Chi Tao said in a deep voice.

Chi Li was silent. The topic suddenly became heavy and she really didn't know how to respond.

Chi Tao seemed to be just saying it casually. He put away the sudden dullness on his body and said with a smile: "The palace banquet is about to begin. You must be ready. I won't stop you."

What are you preparing for? Chi Li was confused for a moment, but she stopped thinking about it. She was only left with the excitement of the plot to come.

Seeing that she was unable to hide her excitement, Chi Tao seemed to reveal a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

"I'm leaving. Remember to miss me, Li Zi." Chi Tao patted Chi Li's left shoulder twice with his right hand.

Chi Li leaned back after being slapped by him. She gritted her teeth and looked at Chi Tao with resentment as he quickly left.

Liuguang stepped forward and held Chili's arm and said, "Miss, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Chi Li twisted her slightly painful shoulder twice and waved her hand.

This old man is so weird!

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Chi Li had been doing nothing for a while. When she began to suspect that Chi Tao and the system were just kidding about the palace banquet, Liu Cai brought good news.

"Miss, the old lady is going to make a skirt for you!" said the little girl happily.

"Ah? My grandmother did it for me by hand? It turns out she likes me so much." Chi Li touched her face narcissistically.

The smile on Liucai's face froze, and the look in her eyes clearly told Chi Li, you're dreaming!

Chi Li said a little embarrassedly: "Okay, I guessed wrong, take your gaze away, Liu Cai, I know you despise me."

Liu Guang, who was combing Chi Li's hair, said like a lackey, "Miss, don't be sad. I am willing to make clothes for you for the rest of my life."

Chi Li said with emotion: "Liu Guang, you are so kind."

Liu Cai felt a sense of crisis. She rolled her eyes and looked at the big fat goose huddled in the corner and said, "Miss, I am willing to help you chase the goose for the rest of your life. Miss, I will chase it now."

The big goose shook its body and ran out of the room skillfully.

Liuguang stopped Liucai who was about to chase after her and said, "First, tell me why the old lady asked someone to make a dress for the young lady."

"Oh, I almost forgot. The old lady ordered the purchase of dresses and jewelry for the two young ladies because there was a banquet to be held in the palace."

Liu Cai's voice suddenly became quieter, and she whispered, "I heard that on the surface this is just an ordinary banquet among the nobles, but in reality it's to choose a concubine for the prince."

"Who told you that?" Chi Li asked casually.

"I overheard that Yuan'er in the eldest lady's courtyard was bragging to her maidservants about her young lady becoming the imperial concubine." Liu Cai whispered.

"Is that so? Hehe, I'm going to have a beautiful skirt." Chi Li was happy at the thought of taking advantage.

The tailor came quickly, took my measurements, asked me some questions about Chi Li's preferred colors and fabrics, and then left.

That night, Chi Li lay happily on the soft bed, ready to fall into a sweet dream.

"Deng Deng..."

There were two crisp knocks on the wooden window, like a meteor across the night sky. Before Chi Li could come to her senses, a man in black broke in through the window like a ghost.

After a brief shock, Chi Li quickly regained her composure. She could recognize this figure even if it turned into ashes.

"Bai Zhenxi, you are quite polite. You even remember to knock twice before going through the window." Chi Li slowly sat up from the bed, with a hint of teasing in her tone.

"Teacher has been here? I just learned the truth about the death of my master's wife. Are you..." Bai Zhenxi's expression was like an overturned palette, complicated and difficult to understand. He stared at Chi Li, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"What?" Chi Li got off the bed in confusion, walked quickly to a meter away from him and stopped, her eyes full of confusion.

"Ah, I forgot, you are a lotus fairy, how could you obey his arrangement for this matter." Bai Zhenxi seemed to have a sudden epiphany, his right hand tightly grasped Chi Li's left shoulder like an iron clamp, his eyes as bright as the brightest stars in the night sky, as if he was expecting to get a positive answer from her.

Chi Li was even more confused. She twisted her shoulders, shook Bai Zhenxi's hand off, and said, "No, let me sort it out first. What's the truth about Master's Wife's death? And did Chi Tao give me any plans? I think he's weird, too."

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