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This triumphant banquet, rife with undercurrents, ultimately came to an abrupt end.

On the way back to the mansion, everyone remained silent, with only the sound of cart tracks rolling over the bluestone slabs being particularly clear in the night.

Xiao Ran was about to ask Chu Ling for an explanation when she only saw Yun Fu waiting at the gate of the mansion with a lantern.

The little girl excitedly took her arm: "My cousin said there's an urgent matter in the army, and he specifically asked me to tell my cousin-in-law—" She deliberately dragged out the words, noticing a slight blush creeping up Xiao Ran's ears, "to tell my cousin-in-law not to worry, that he will definitely return in three days."

"Who gave you permission to call me that..." Xiao Ran lowered her head to adjust the lamp wick, but the flame trembled at her fingertips, just like the heartstrings that skipped a beat at that moment.

"It's only a matter of time..." Yunfu stuck out her tongue, looking quite playful.

Xiao Ran remained silent, and the two entered the mansion.

The next morning, Xiao Ran hurriedly went out.

Two years later, she should go and visit her maids.

As soon as she stepped out of the mansion, Yunfu followed her.

"Sister-in-law, my cousin said I have to protect you!"

Xiao Ran tapped the tip of her nose: "You're so weak, how can you protect me?"

Yunfu hummed twice: "Sister-in-law, don't underestimate me."

As the two were talking, they had already arrived at East Street.

Following her memory, Xiao Ran approached the shop.

This shop used to be a restaurant, but its location was too remote, so it couldn't stay open and was put up for sale.

Xiao Ran's original intention was not to make money, but only to find a safe haven for her maids, so she took over the shop and turned it into a small teahouse.

Xiao Ran had originally intended to offer a few cups of tea to passersby, but now she saw a long queue outside the teahouse.

She was slightly puzzled.

I asked a passerby for a bit.

A passerby laughed and said, "Young lady, you don't know this, but Wanfu Teahouse doesn't sell tea, it sells people."

"A person? Could it be someone who does that kind of thing?" Yunfu spoke bluntly.

The passerby chuckled twice, then quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, young lady, you've misunderstood. I meant people's craftsmanship and skills."

They understood the meaning of this sentence as soon as they stepped into the shop.

In the center of the shop, several people sat around, all looking surprised, then suddenly clapping with delight. Looking up, they saw Chun Tao in a long cloth gown, muttering something, which made everyone laugh.

Chuntao unexpectedly became a storyteller.

Female storytellers have been extremely rare throughout history, so perhaps out of curiosity, Xiao Ran asked one of them.

The man was listening with great interest and was about to refuse her, but when he saw the girl carrying tea and snacks not far away, he took the time to answer her.

"It was novel at first, but who knew that the girl's pronunciation was so clear and her descriptions so moving that she could make black sound white, and she would stop at the very point that made one's teeth itch, making it impossible to stop."

As he spoke, the tea and snacks were served. He ate them while saying, "And these pastries are absolutely delicious... Although I've never tasted Shanyun Pavilion's pastries before, those are only for wealthy people, but these pastries are fragrant, soft, and inexpensive... If you ask me, they are much better than Shanyun Pavilion's."

He said he was in high spirits when he heard faint piano music coming from upstairs, so he stopped talking and hummed a couple of soft notes.

The sound of the zither felt familiar to Xiao Ran.

Is that the sound of a zither from Tianxiang Tower...? Is that Xiaolan?

As she was thinking, she heard the sound of porcelain shattering behind her.

She turned around and saw Chen Zijin looking at her in disbelief.

"Miss Xiao!?"

Chen Zijin was dressed in green, with flowers in her hair. She looked a bit plumper than before, and even had rouge on her face, making her completely different from her former self.

She smiled from the bottom of her heart:

"it's me."