Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

The next morning, servants from the Xunyang Prince's Mansion came to the door, bringing gifts and a letter specially for Yin Yin.

After the people from the Xunyang Prince's Mansion left, Yinyin read the letter once. Before she could tell Yu Miaoqi, she heard that Wang Yingman had come to pay her respects.

“That’s strange,” Yu Miaoqi put down her teacup. “She suddenly remembered to pay her respects to me at this inconvenient time. Let her in.”

Hongfu went to deliver the message as instructed, and soon Wang Yingman came in: "Mother, sister."

Yu Miaoqi waited until Yin Yin returned the greeting before asking, "Didn't you send someone earlier saying they weren't feeling well and wouldn't be coming to pay their respects?"

Wang Yingman showed no embarrassment at being spoken to like that to her face: "Perhaps I was a little tired yesterday and couldn't get up for a while this morning. Now that I've rested for a while, I'm all better, so naturally I wouldn't dare to delay my important matter of coming to pay my respects to Mother."

“It’s no big deal for her to come and pay her respects to me,” Yu Miaoqi said, not bothering to investigate the truth of her reason since she had given one. She told her to sit down in the lower seat.

After Wang Yingman settled in, she saw a large box in the hall and asked, "What's this?"

Seeing that she was deliberately feigning confusion, Yin Yin smoothed the tassel on the fan and said, "It's a little trinket that Princess Xunyang asked me to bring to the capital from Yingzhou. Sister-in-law, you've come at just the right time. I was just about to ask you to open the box and look at it with Mother."

“Oh,” Wang Yingman leaned forward slightly, “then I have indeed come at just the right time.”

Seeing this, Yinyin didn't delay. She handed the key she had just found in the mailbox to Dongxin and told her to open the box.

Dongxin smiled as soon as she saw the contents of the box: "These are all things that Miss has been longing for."

Upon hearing this, Yin Yin stood up, and Wang Yingman followed suit.

The box contained nothing of great value, just things that could be found anywhere in Yingzhou, such as dried goods produced locally and some toys I used to play with as a child.

Since this was the first time I opened it after it was installed, there was inevitably a strong smell when I got close.

Wang Yingman covered her nose with a round fan and frowned: "It smells so strong, could it be spoiled? Or should we have someone throw it away far away?"

Yin Yin frowned but ignored her, instead smiling and turning to Yu Miaoqi: "Mother, there's peach gum specially for you!"

"Oh?" Yu Miaoqi then walked over. "These two children are the same. It's not like there aren't places to buy them in the capital. Why did they have to ask the Princess to bring them all the way here?"

Yinyin took her arm and replied, "The ones I bought in the capital are just as good as the ones they picked themselves. This is all from their hearts!"

After saying that, Yin Yin looked at Wang Yingman and said, "Sister-in-law doesn't like this smell, so I'm not sharing any with her."

Wang Yingman casually put down the fan: "Sister, you can keep it yourself. I don't need these things."

Yinyin originally didn't want to give it to her, but now that she heard this, she was even happier and immediately ordered someone to carry the box to her own storeroom.

After the three of them sat down again, Yin Yin didn't want to talk about the letter anymore. Instead, she said to Yu Miaoqi, "If we want to host a banquet for the Fourth Princess and the Tenth Princess at the manor, the current number of people is probably not enough. I need Mother's help."

Before Yu Miaoqi could speak, Wang Yingman asked with interest, "What are your thoughts now, little sister?"

Yinyin glanced at her: "The estate isn't very big. The initial plan is to invite only the two princesses, the queen consort, and a few close ladies and young women."

"Just this many people?" Wang Yingman's face showed some disapproval. "Quite a few people knew about this that day. It's not appropriate for you to invite this person but not that one. Why not invite them all, like the Tenth Princess this time, and make it a bigger event?"

Yinyin immediately said, "What are you saying, sister-in-law? How can I compare to the princess? The well-trained palace servants in the princess's residence are far superior to those on my estate. Even now, inviting these few people requires my mother's help to make arrangements so as not to be neglected."

“Why belittle yourself, sister? Your estate is spacious enough to accommodate even more people,” Wang Yingman said, gently waving her fan with anticipation in her eyes. “For example, you should invite those gentlemen who are good at poetry to write poems and inscriptions. This will also make your estate more famous.”

No wonder you stayed behind today and even offered suggestions; you were waiting for this!

Yinyin was a little annoyed and lost focus, accidentally pushing the folding fan halfway open.

Don't even think about using my estate for a secret meeting!

She lowered her eyelids, composed herself, and casually closed her fan: "It's just a family estate for leisure, why does it need such a big reputation? Besides, if just anyone can go to the estate, what will become of it?"

Wang Yingman disliked her choice of words: "We are all talented scholars, why do you have to be like this, sister?"

"What's wrong with me?" Yin Yin feigned confusion, then said willfully, "I just don't like strange men coming to my estate. From now on, my estate will only host female guests, except for my elder brother and his friends."

“Sister, you’ve gone to so much trouble to renovate the estate, is that all you’re thinking about?” Wang Yingman deliberately provoked her, then said as if she were doing it for her own good, “I was also saying that you have a good relationship with the master, and that the estate’s reputation will improve… Never mind, I was overthinking it.”

Wang Yingman deliberately left her words unfinished, but Yinyin wasn't fooled: "Why don't you finish what you're saying, sister-in-law? What does the reputation of the estate have to do with my elder brother? It's not like he doesn't have places to entertain guests. Besides, didn't I just say that my elder brother and his friends are capable?"

Yu Miaoqi also said, "Yinyin's estate is naturally under her own control. She can invite whoever she wants to come, and she will keep anyone who doesn't want to come out."

Yinyin nodded in agreement, and said meaningfully, "The estate is a private property with an owner. In any case, without my permission, even if someone walks to the gate, they are not allowed to take a single step inside."

“Mother,” Yinyin called out, deliberately saying, “There shouldn’t be such an ungrateful person, after all, going to someone else’s estate without permission is considered thief and can be beaten to death.”

Wang Yingman said with dissatisfaction, "My sister has always been gentle, how come she suddenly has such a strong sense of hostility?"

"Is this what you call having a lot of hostility?" Yin Yin's eyes widened slightly, looking incredulous. "Is it wrong for someone to trespass on private property?"

"Does my sister-in-law mean that if a stranger ignores the servants blocking the way outside and barges into your room, you should still greet him with a smile?"

"Oh dear, look at my mouth," Yin Yin lightly touched her lips with her fan, then unfolded the fan, feigning shame, but actually trying to hide her cold eyes and mocking face. "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I misspoke. Please don't hold it against me."

"After all, my sister-in-law is the most gentle, generous, and understanding daughter of the Wang family. How could she possibly hold my unintentional mistake against her, right?"