Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Since she had decided to hold another banquet, Yinyin naturally started preparing invitations first.

Since the intention was to appreciate plum blossoms, the post was selected with plum blossom patterns.

However, the color scheme of this paper looked too plain. After thinking about it, Yin Yin added a little gold powder to the ink while grinding it. The final ink was very different from the gold ink used for copying scriptures. The main color was still black, but it could reflect a bright luster under the light, and there was a little residual gold at the end of the characters.

Yinyin tried writing a few words and was satisfied with the color adjustment before putting pen to paper on the post.

After writing and letting the invitations dry, Yin Yin didn't send them out immediately. It was almost the Lantern Festival, and Zhan Zheng was still on holiday; there was no one to help deliver the invitations to the princesses, so there was no point in rushing.

After putting away the invitation and washing her hands, Yin Yin went to Yu Miaoqi's room in the main room of Dongchang Courtyard.

As Yinyin approached the gate, she saw Wang Yingman coming out of the courtyard.

Upon meeting her head-on, Yin Yin had no choice but to call out, "Sister-in-law."

Wang Yingman nodded slightly when she saw it was her, but suddenly called out to her just as she was about to pass by: "I heard that on the day of the New Year's Eve palace banquet, Yinyin, you ran into my parents. They didn't see me. Did they ask about me?"

Since being placed under Yu Miaoqi's control, Wang Yingman felt like she was living in misery every day. She was busy, but there were always many trivial things to bother her.

After several months of this, Wang Yingman felt like a flower that had lost its water, withering away quickly. It wasn't until the New Year that she was able to relax for a few days, as Yu Miaoqi didn't want her to disturb her mood. However, she dared not neglect to pay her respects, fearing that she would return to her previous life too soon.

However, recalling the incident where the Zhan family encountered the Wang family when they left the palace, Wang Yingman felt a renewed sense of anticipation. Perhaps the relaxed atmosphere of the New Year celebrations was a subtle way her parents had warned the Zhan family not to see her at the palace banquet.

Yinyin could guess some of what she was thinking. After a moment of silence, she told the truth: "The Prime Minister and the Madam did not mention it that day, but my elder brother had spoken to the Prime Minister earlier, so perhaps he mentioned it then?"

Wang Yingman's mood plummeted with Yin Yin's answer, but then hope returned: "Yes, it must have been mentioned before."

When Wang Yingman looked at Yinyin again, she finally smiled and told her what was going on inside: "Mother is picking out your clothes for the Lantern Festival. You should go in quickly."

Yinyin nodded, watched Wang Yingman leave happily, and then turned and went inside.

When Yu Miaoqi saw her, she asked, "Someone said you were here earlier. Why have you been out for so long? It's so cold outside. Aren't you afraid of getting cold?"

“My sister-in-law asked me a few questions, but only paused briefly. I was still holding a hand warmer, so my hands are still warm,” Yin Yin said, extending her hands to Yu Miaoqi for her to examine before telling her about Wang Yingman. “The rest is just my guess, but when we met at the palace gate, I didn’t mention it at all.”

"Let her be happy for a few days. After this New Year, she will naturally not be as carefree as she is now," Yu Miaoqi said, deciding Wang Yingman's future with one sentence. She then turned around and asked someone to bring out the clothes for Yinyin to see.

"This garment is made of Moonlight Silk, and I had it trimmed with rabbit fur. Try it on first, and if you still feel cold, you can wear a vest over it later."

Moonlight Silk is actually a white material. Because the raw materials are of high quality and the weaving is dense and fine, the resulting fabric is soft, smooth, and has a strong luster.

Indoors, the lighting isn't great, so it might look a bit ordinary, but under bright light, it becomes extremely beautiful. Especially when the moonlight is bright, the reflection and refraction of light on this fabric create a beautiful effect, as if moonlight is flowing across it, hence the name "Moonlight Silk."

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the moon is big and round, and it's a festival where people can go out, the beauty of this Moonlit Silk is perfect for showing off at such a time.

Yinyin quickly put on her clothes and changed into a blue satin dress.

As soon as she came out of the inner room, Yu Miaoqi's eyes lit up.

Yin Yin already had a small face and outstanding temperament, and now, wearing the Moonlit Silk dress, she looked even more ethereal and otherworldly. Normally, this would have made her seem more aloof and cold, but the decorative rabbit fur, with its fluffy texture, added a touch of liveliness and childlike innocence to Yin Yin.

Yu Miaoqi looked Yin Yin up and down, dissatisfied with her overly simple hairstyle: "You should restyle your hair and put on the hairpins and earrings to see if it looks good."

Upon hearing this, Hongfu quickly restyled Yinyin's hair into a double bun and, following Yu Miaoqi's suggestion, added a few more delicate hairpins and ornaments to it, thus giving Yinyin a more playful look.

Now, Yu Miaoqi was satisfied.

While taking aloofness to the extreme can be a style, mothers still prefer their daughters to be happy. It's better to leave aloofness and composure for after marriage, allowing them to be lively and adorable when they're still young. What's wrong with that?

Once a suitable look was decided, Yin Yin changed out of the outfit. Yu Miaoqi told Hong Fu to put it away carefully before saying, "On the Lantern Festival, I'll have your older brother accompany you to walk away illnesses and admire the lanterns."

Yinyin looked up in confusion: "Isn't Mother going?"

Yu Miaoqi laughed: "Of course I'll go, but I'm too lazy to go anywhere. I'll just stay in the private room on the second floor of the shop and look around. When you're tired of playing, come find me for a meal."

It's normal that Yu Miaoqi, though wanting to join in the fun, didn't want to move around in crowded places during the Lantern Festival.

Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Then what kind of lantern does Mother want so that Big Brother can go and win it back as soon as possible?"

“How can I ask your older brother to win?” Yu Miaoqi looked at her, holding her cup. “What if I’m afraid and want you to win it back?”

“Then I’ll go,” Yin Yin answered without hesitation. “But my skills are not as good as my older brother’s. I’m afraid I won’t be able to win some of the more difficult ones. I’ll have to ask my older brother to help me out.”

The mother and daughter chatted away, and before long, they had almost finished planning their schedule for the Lantern Festival. When Zhan Zheng returned and heard about it, he naturally went along with their arrangements.

However, there was one matter that Yu Miaoqi intended to let Zhan Zheng make his own decision.

"On the Lantern Festival, we'll all be going out. What are your plans regarding the Wang family?"

"We've already let her relax in the manor, so there's no reason for her to push her luck and leave," Zhan Zheng clearly had no intention of letting Wang Yingman disrupt his good mood for his trip.

In fact, according to his previous thinking, festivals like the Lantern Festival were the perfect opportunity to find fault with Wang Yingman, so there was no reason not to let her go out. But now that his mother and sister were in high spirits, it wouldn't be worth it to let Wang Yingman go out and meet with someone in secret, ruining their fun.

“I almost forgot,” Zhan Zheng said to Yin Yin, recalling the message the Tenth Princess had asked him to pass on before the Lantern Festival holiday. “The Tenth Princess and the others are also going out of the palace that day. She asked you to wait for her. After you win the lantern, we can go together to pray for good health.”