The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Yinglan held a playbook with a somewhat conflicted expression. These children, all under ten years old, were different from the guests she usually received at her residence; she had never served them before.

Logically speaking, once you've entered the main hall, you can't just sit there doing nothing.

Because of their young master's issues, they naturally couldn't organize any elegant activities like the "Flying Flower Game".

Games like pitch-pot can only be truly enjoyed outdoors.

Now only this opera excerpt remains...

However, this is clearly not something they can understand at their age.

Sister Yingrui also went to the small kitchen to check on the pastries. Now she's the only second-class maid here, which means all the problems are on her shoulders.

She had only been transferred here a few days ago.

She was really worried sick...

Ning Xiaohe glanced in her direction with a keen eye and noticed that the head maid seemed to be struggling with something. Her eyes were slightly lowered as she looked at the group of people awkwardly chatting inside the room, as well as Yan Shanshan, who remained silent, seemingly upset about something, or perhaps simply unwilling to acknowledge Ye Shuyin. She probably guessed what Yinglan was thinking.

She glanced at Yan Shanshan, who was standing there in a daze, and silently stepped back. When she saw that no one else had noticed her, she slowly and gracefully walked up to Yinglan.

"Miss Ning, is something the matter?" Yinglan, who was deep in thought, was startled by Ning Xiaohe's sudden appearance in front of her.

However, the day before, they had memorized all the female relatives of official families using picture books, and immediately recognized the woman in front of them as the adopted daughter of the Ning family.

Ning Xiaohe glanced at the small round table with its three legs and the young ladies from noble families gathered around it, and smiled gently, saying, "It's like this. I noticed that no activities have been arranged at the manor so far, presumably because the unexpected arrival of the young lady disrupted the original plans. And some activities are not suitable for today's situation, so I dared to ask you, sister, I heard that the Mu family keeps some birds, perhaps we could use them to relieve some boredom?"

Yinglan looked bewildered and puzzled. "Birds?"

When did the manor start keeping birds?

Why didn't she know?

"Thank you, Miss Ning. You are absolutely right. I will make the arrangements right away." Yingrui hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

Ning Xiaohe smiled, turned around and went back to Yan Shanshan's side. She bent down to refill Yan Shanshan's teacup, and no one noticed that she had left for a short while.

Yinglan looked at Yingrui blankly, "Sister, which courtyard keeps birds?"

Yingrui bit her lip, her gaze deep. After hesitating for a moment, she still said, "Let the Third Miss prepare to sing one of her best songs."

Yinglan was taken aback.

Third Miss? Mu Simiao from Aunt Xu's side?

Suddenly realized something.

Aunt Xu's name is Yan Yuxu, and her surname is Yan...

This……

It seems the master's anger has truly reached the servants.

Having a concubine's daughter act as a little bird to entertain these legitimate daughters is really...

Upon hearing the servant's words, Musiliao's face darkened, looking extremely unpleasant.

But she still managed a forced smile and said she understood, and then she would get ready and go over.

While she was busy serving Ye Shuyue, the Yan family girl started causing trouble.

She knew that the Yan family wouldn't treat her well because of her mother's situation, so she focused her attention on this princess, which only made them more irreconcilable enemies.

Oh well, it's just singing a song for a group of children. No one else will know what happened inside, so it's not embarrassing.

"Xixi, you're living in the Duchess's courtyard now?" Ye Shuyin asked, feeding her while trying to get most of her information out of her.

This little girl is completely innocent; she answers any question she asks, and she also discovers that this little girl seems to know nothing at all.

She doesn't look like someone who was raised as a lady from a respectable family at all.

"Yes, Auntie is very good to Xixi."

The curtains on the stage were drawn back, and Musiliao, dressed in white with her hair down, played and sang while holding a pipa.

Yan Shanshan was thinking, "This little girl is really something. She was so fond of me just now, but she hasn't spoken to me at all since she came in. She's been talking to that annoying Ye Shuyin the whole time. Why is that?"

But as soon as he heard the music, his expression hardened, and he looked up at Musiliao on the stage, who resembled a parasitic vine.

If she had to name the person she hated the most, it would be Musiliao.

Ye Shuyin doesn't even rank!

Especially her distinctive southern accent, which was just as repulsive as her mother's.

Musiliao caught a glimpse of Yan Shanshan's angry glare out of the corner of her eye, but she remained completely unfazed. After all, she was just a child; a few more glances wouldn't hurt her.

Ye Shuyin raised an eyebrow and looked at Ning Xiaohe behind Yan Shanshan, continuing to feed the little girl next to her, and said with a smile, "Slow down, come on, have some water."

Mu Yuxi had never heard anyone sing before, but she found it extremely interesting. Looking at the beautiful woman on stage, she felt that the woman looked somewhat familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

After Musiliao finished singing, she smiled and put down her pipa, saying, "I am not very talented; I only know this one song. I don't know any more."

Yan Shanshan placed the teacup on the table, looked up at her, and gave a subtle smile. "Is that so? Then I'll trouble you, Third Miss, to play it a few more times. After all, it's all form and no soul. Without more practice, how can you possibly be worthy of the nobility? Don't you think so, Third Miss? Oh, I forgot, you can't be called Third Miss yet! After all, you haven't been recognized by the mistress and are being raised outside. But if you're not called Third Miss, what should you be called?"

Yan Shanshan turned her head to look at the others, her face full of curiosity, as if she was genuinely curious about how to address her.

"Yes, I heard that she gave birth outside the mansion. Only after the young master was born were she and Concubine Xu brought into the mansion."

"An illegitimate child?"

"Don't you know? I heard her mother had some shady dealings with a lot of people before."

"I heard that they were previously in the Yan family and were given the surname Yan."

"With Lord Yan's temperament, even the princess couldn't stop him from taking a concubine, isn't that..."

"That's right, who knows if a child born to an outsider is their own? That's why Shanshan said she can't be called the Third Miss anymore."

"In other words, the Mu family has two daughters, one an empress and the other a general. How can she be worthy of the third daughter's status?"

Musiliao's face turned pale as she looked at Yan Shanshan, who sat in the main seat, looking as fragile as a delicate white flower.

Unfortunately, it's mostly girls here, not men who fall for this kind of thing, so it's basically a waste of time.

Mu Yuxi stopped eating the pastries and looked around in confusion as the sisters who had just been praising each other suddenly turned hostile towards the sisters on stage.

She couldn't quite understand what was happening.

However, she could understand the malice of one person, but she simply couldn't understand the purpose of everyone uniting against a common enemy.