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  Lychee blinked and said in a low voice, "It seems that the young master wants to invite the Lu brothers and sisters to Pingji Temple in the eastern suburbs to admire the maple leaves. The slave saw the letter covering up and deliberately explained that you are for the sake of saying goodbye to Auntie."

  Lin Jinyong saw that she was so transparent, as if she had already seen through her unintentional feelings for Lu Xuan. Her heart couldn't help but be startled, and she covered it up by lightly pinching her, scolding in a low voice: "You're really scaring me, you've said this, and Fifth Young Miss will definitely come!"

  Lychee gazed at her expression, with a mischievous smile on his face. But in his heart, he thought it was a pity. It's said that these days, Lu Xian had visited several famous scholars and gentlemen in Pingzhou, and his reputation soared, being favored by many families. The eldest lady took advantage of the fact that the fourth, sixth, and seventh young ladies were all under house arrest, and made great efforts to invite Lin Yuzhen to bring the Lu siblings over for a visit, and then arranged for them to go out and play together.

  Today is another day for the young master to take the lead, and Lu Xuan goes to watch the maple leaves. Lu Xuan goes, and Lu Yun will naturally also take the opportunity to go. The fifth daughter-in-law will also follow suit to accompany her cousin. The drunkard's intention is not in the wine, everyone can see the intention of the main house, but Lin Yu Zhen, the old lady, and the old master have not expressed opposition, so no one dares to say more. Even the second wife only dares to scold the servants.

  Obviously the fourth daughter is more prominent, also compared to the fifth daughter, she is more gentle and kind-hearted, with more outstanding talents, yet the old lady still favors her! Lychee couldn't help but sigh again.

  Before long, the crisp sound of "clack, clack" of wooden clogs hitting the bluestone slab came up. Lin Wuren hadn't arrived yet, but his voice had: "Fourth sister, I'm here! Thanks for your hospitality, I'm so excited! What are you doing?"

  Lin Jinrong went out to greet her, but saw Lin Wufeng's eyes smiling like a crescent moon, with two teardrop-like pearl earrings on her ears, wearing a goose-yellow cloak outside and a brand new pink-green brocade jacket inside. Her small waist was wrapped in a piece of dark green plain silk waistband, not covering one grip, and two dark green auspicious knot silk ribbons tied two warm white jade pendants to press the skirt, indeed as fresh and lovely as spring willow.

  Lin Wu stopped Gu Yuan from helping her take off her cloak, and said with a smile: "I've been wanting to come see Fourth Sister, and also want to go tell Grandfather that it's not Fourth Sister's fault, she shouldn't be punished! But..." Her phoenix eyes curved slightly as she continued in a conciliatory tone: "But Mother said that once Grandfather has made up his mind about something, we can't easily defy him. If I were to cause more trouble now, it would only add to your worries!"

  Lin Jinrong nodded in response, but didn't expect her to come and do anything for him. He said straightforwardly: "Wu Mei has a kind heart, and Big Aunt is also very considerate. I was wrong that day too, and it's right that I should reflect on my mistakes and accept punishment. Come, sit here, I've already asked someone to boil water." As he spoke, he made a welcoming gesture.

  Lin Wu's eyes curved, warmly grasping Lin Jianrong's arm, softly saying: "Sister, I'm about to leave immediately, afraid it won't be possible to have tea with you together. Just say it straight, what do you want me to do for you, I'll go and do it right away."

  Lin Jinrong didn't stand on ceremony with her either, and bluntly stated his requirements. Lin Wu smiled and said, "What's difficult about this? I'll go talk to him right away!" After finishing speaking, she hastily ran off, looking like she was afraid that Lin Jinrong would ask her where she was going and what she was doing.

  Lin Jianrong watched as Lin Wu's lively figure disappeared into the distance, thinking to herself that it seemed both families intended to pair Lin Wu with Lu Xian, and hoped they would succeed, unlike her own experience.

  After a while, a little maid from Lin's house came over to deliver the message that Lin had already spoken with Mrs. Dai and she agreed to talk to Old Lady at an appropriate time, asking Lin to wait patiently for news.

  It was evening before anyone came to summon her. Gu Mama had gone out for a stroll and learned that the farewell banquet for Old Mrs. Tao and her son was about to begin, guessing that Lin Jingrong might not be able to attend, feeling distressed but could only come back to report.

  "Alas! What a pity that it's all in vain! It's possible that the mistress didn't take it to heart and didn't bother to mention it. Miss, you're too gullible!"

  "Shut up!" Gu Yat Yat looked at Lam Kin-yung with concern, scolding Gu Yuan angrily, and Gu Yuan pouted and shrank to one side.

  Lychee didn't show anything, but her eyes were all filled with sympathy for Lin Jinyong. The old lady was probably resentful that Lin Jinyong had bypassed her and gone straight to Old Master Lin - as long as Old Master Lin intervened, no matter how he handled it, it would make the old lady look incompetent in managing the household. With a grudge in her heart, why wouldn't she take the opportunity to bully Lin Jinyong a bit?

  Lin Jian quietly got up and looked out the window at the gloomy sky, deep in thought. Was it really that she shouldn't have had something that she didn't deserve to have? No! She didn't believe that. She had successfully prevented her parents' relationship from deteriorating completely due to Lin Yizhen's mother and son. She had successfully sent her brother to Old Master's study room. Even if this time didn't work out, it would definitely happen in the future. She knew that many big events would occur later on, as long as she put her mind to it, it was just a matter of time.

  She relaxed her tense emotions and turned around to face everyone, saying: "Light the lanterns, serve the meal."

  Gui's mother saw that she was not moved, and there was no sign of the easy tears and grievances of before. She was secretly puzzled, but also felt that this quiet and steady Fourth Young Miss was better. With a flurry of activity, everything was soon settled.

  Lin Jinrong washed his hands and rinsed his mouth, then ordered Liuzi to take the remaining flute and sit on the couch by the window. He began to play with a mournful sound that was not loud but had great penetrating power. The sound of the flute pierced through the drizzle of autumn rain, accompanied by the sounds of the wind and rain, as if it could pierce through one's heart and strike repeatedly in their chest cavity, making people recall sad memories and become melancholic again.

  The osmanthus was not so heartbroken, but had a resentful face: "Miss still has the mind to play the sheng?"

  Lychee glanced at her and said in a low voice, "Miss's thoughts, how can we slaves guess? Just talk about the things two days ago, did you guess it? I didn't guess it."

  "Alas, I am no match for my sister," said Gu Yuen with a sideways glance and a sigh. "Since Miss has guided her in writing every step of the way, she must be more able to guess Miss's thoughts than I."

  Lychee smiled, completely giving up on talking to her about these things. She turned around and added a piece of incense with the word "heart" written on it to the small censer by the wall. She lazily poked at the white ash inside with the incense stick, too lazy to talk to her again.

  Lin Jiner played tune after tune, and only then did he feel the depression in his heart gradually dissipate. It was about half a watch later that someone came to knock on the courtyard door. Lin Jiner didn't stop at all, but just gestured for the servant to go open the door.

  It was Qingli who came in, standing beside Old Lady Lin with a faint smile on her face. She stopped under the curtain and said to Lin Jing: "Fourth Miss, it's an honor from the old lady. Tomorrow, Aunt Tao is going back to Qingzhou, and she wants Fourth Miss to go with her to bid farewell!"

  Lin Jinrong put down the Tao Rong and turned around to see Qing Li burst out a brilliant smile: "Thank you, Old Lady, please ask sister to tell her for me, after I go to pay respects to Aunt, I will go to her place to thank her."

  Qingli smiled and said, "The old lady has been feeling a bit weak lately, and just had to entertain her aunt, so she's exhausted. She needs to rest now. Fourth young lady can visit another day to pay her respects, it's the same."

  Lin Jinrong then brought a few points of fear: "Qingli sister, did I just blow the sheng, also disturb grandmother's quiet?"

  "No, the young lady's flute playing is extremely good." But it made people feel a sour heart after listening, only feeling the bleak wind and rain, autumn cold and heavy dew, countless heartbreaking things surged up in their minds. The old lady really couldn't bear to listen anymore, plus Wu Shi was there praising Lin Jing's flute-playing skills even more, saying that on Lin Jing's 12th birthday, she had sent a pair of ancient flutes, wondering if the one being played today was one of them? Madame also took the opportunity to say a few good words, and only then did the old lady let it go and spare her this time.

  Lin Jinyong blushed and smiled, instructing Li Zhi to send Qingli out. Li Zhi caught the hint, quickly grabbed a handbag and, under the pretext of sending Qingli out, discreetly handed it over to her.

  Lin Jinrong lowered her eyes and wiped the jade pendant clean with a silk cloth, then put it back in its box and handed it to Gui Yatou to keep. She ordered Gui Yuan to light the lanterns, Li Zhi to open the oil umbrella, and she herself wore wooden clogs, heading towards the Tao family's courtyard.

  Halfway through the journey, I saw a string of lanterns in front of me, and more than ten people were surrounding several people and walking towards this side. Litchi was shocked to see the figure of a man among them, and hurriedly called Lin Jingrong: "Miss, I don't know where these guests are from, they're still coming in at this time, let's hurry up and avoid them."

  But then heard someone in front giggling and saying: "Is that Fourth Sister up ahead? Don't run, it's us." It was Lin Wu's voice.

  Lin Jinrong didn't bat an eyelid. Lin Wu wasn't supposed to go to Pingji Temple and spend the night there, so why did he come back?

  At this time, the people in front also gradually approached, and it was indeed Lin Dazhou, Lin Sanzhou, Lin Wu, Lu Jie and Lu Yun siblings from the main house.

  Both parties exchanged greetings, and Lin Wu happily supported Lin Zhen Rong's hand, sizing her up: "Good sister, you're out? I didn't break my promise, did I?"

  Osmanthus fragrans heard this and felt somewhat indignant. Taking things without doing anything, and still wanting to humiliate Lin Jianrong's face in front of the guests, was he really invincible as a member of the main house?

  Lin Jinyong didn't bother to argue with Lin Wuyi, and instead looked down and said, "Wu Mei is enthusiastic, Da Bomo is worried, and Nai Nai is kind. Where did you all come from?"

  Lu Yun smiled and said, "We were originally going to Pingji Temple to see the maple leaves together. Who knew the weather wouldn't cooperate? We thought that if we stayed a few more days it would get better, but unexpectedly the road was cut off halfway, and the horse carriage couldn't pass through. So we had no choice but to head back. Fifth sister's body isn't feeling too well, so we sent her home first, and then came over to pay our respects to Grandfather and Grandmother."

  Lin Jinyu quietly said "oh" and was about to bid farewell, but saw Lu Yun grasping her sleeve, saying: "Just now was Fourth Sister playing the sheng? I don't know who she learned from. She played really well, can she teach me?"

  Lu Xuan said in a low voice: "A Yun, your fourth elder sister still has something to do, it's not too late to talk about it another day, don't delay her."

  What's the matter, whether it's busy or not? Looking at this, pretending to be the most considerate and gentle person in the world. Lin Jianrong's eyebrows slightly furrowed, before he even spoke, Lin Wu laughed and said: "Cloud sister, you can rest assured, fourth sister is a very harmonious person, she will definitely teach you."