The next morning, Caiyun trotted to the corridor and raised her hand to knock on the door, but it opened from the inside.

Tang Zhongbai was dressed neatly, but his eyes were dark. He walked out of the house with a tired look on his face and closed the door behind him.

Caiyun looked surprised, they were sleeping together.

Tang Zhongbai stared at her and said, "Let her sleep. No one is allowed to disturb her."

"Yes." Caiyun knelt down and saluted, then returned to her room.

Tang Zhongbai looked at her gossiping face and called out to her, "I just stayed with her in her room for one night, don't talk nonsense."

Caiyun's face froze, and she quickly replied, "Yes."

As soon as he left, Jiang Muxia got up. After all, this was not her home, and she still had to save face in her future parents-in-law's home.

It was still drizzling and the ground was muddy everywhere. After she paid her respects to Liu Ying at Guizhi Courtyard, she returned to her own courtyard.

It was raining and she couldn't go anywhere. When she woke up in the morning, she found that there was no one beside her. Tang Zhongbai had left early for her reputation. Now she thought about begging him to stay with her last night, and her cheeks turned red.

She was secretly annoyed at her abruptness, which must have caused trouble to him. She did not dare to go to Qingsong Courtyard to find him, and sat alone in the room, bored and thinking about her own things.

Someone came into the yard in the rain, his footsteps were heavy and slow.

She opened the door in surprise, only to find that it was Nanny Zhang.

Her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he had heard some gossip and came here to teach her a lesson?

She took a breath and prepared herself to be criticized.

"Madam is here. There is something I want to ask, would you be willing to help me?" Madam Zhang came to the corridor, put away her umbrella, and asked with a smile.

She was able to greet me with a smile. She was indeed a maid from a wealthy family. She could maintain such a calm attitude even when scolding people.

Jiang Muxia didn't dare to look into her eyes, and lowered his head and said, "Just tell me, I'll do my best to help if I can."

Aunt Zhang was a little embarrassed. "The mooncakes that Madam made yesterday were delicious. Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and she just mentioned it casually. I dare to ask Madam if you are willing to teach me how to make mooncakes. When Madam wants to eat this in the future, I can help her satisfy her craving."

She finally breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he was not here to teach her a lesson.

Relieved of her nervousness, she readily agreed.

Following Aunt Zhang to the kitchen, they made all the dishes again. Because today was the Mid-Autumn Festival, they made a lot of dishes again, some for dinner in the evening, and some for the servants in the mansion, so that they could also have a rich holiday.

When she finished making the mooncakes and walked out of the kitchen, she found that the rain had stopped.

She carried a bag of mooncakes prepared for her cousin's family and walked quickly towards Qingsong Courtyard.

The gate of Qingsong Courtyard was closed. She knocked on the door and a servant came out and told her that Tang Zhongbai had gone out after breakfast and had not returned yet.

She was disappointed and planned to ask him to lead the way to her cousin's house, but she was disappointed.

At noon, Tang Zhongbai came to her with a happy look on his face.

He entered the yard and took her away.

"What's wrong? Where are you going?"

Qinghong and Caiyun hurriedly followed. Tang Zhongbai stopped and said, "You don't have to follow me. I'll take her out for a while."

"This..." Qinghong hesitated, "Madam asked us to..."

"I'll go talk to the madam." Tang Zhongbai looked at Jiang Muxia and asked, "I'll take you to Jiang Qiangang's house. Do you have anything to give him?"

"Yes." Jiang Muxia quickly came into the house and took out the mooncakes she made, then trotted out of the yard, "Let's go."

Jiang Qiangang lived in the West City in the west of the city. By chance, he was spotted by his master who was visiting a friend in Suanzao County. He pestered Jiang Lingye and spent ten taels of silver to accept him as his own.

His master saw that his family did not value him, so after bringing him to the county, he devoted himself to teaching Jiang Qiangang all the lacquerware skills he had learned throughout his life, and entrusted his only daughter to him on his deathbed.

Today, Jiang Qiangang is guarding the shop left to him by his master in Xishi, and lives in the backyard of the shop with his master's wife and his wife, a family of five.

The carriage stopped in front of a lacquerware shop called Shao's. Jiang Muxia lifted the curtain and saw Jiang Qiangang standing at the door, looking at her with a smile.

He hasn't changed much from the same year ago, except that he has become more mature and stable.

The misfortune of the eldest wife had been told to him in a letter a long time ago. After receiving the letter, he did not go back. He simply attached a few words to the letter and entrusted the person to her.

He had been bullied and suffered all kinds of injustice at home, so it was hard for him to let go of the past and take care of them.

"Second brother." Jiang Muxia jumped out of the car and handed him the mooncake in her hand, "It's just a little token of my appreciation."

Tang Zhongbai asked someone to move the gifts on the carriage to the shop and then let the carriage go.

"Look at you. You came to the county and I haven't treated you well yet. Now you have to spend money."

Jiang Muxia said unhappily: "Second brother, what you said is right. I am your younger sister, so I should come to see you first. Where is your sister-in-law? Where are the children? I haven't seen them yet."

"They are preparing food in the backyard, come in."

Jiang Qiangang welcomed the people in. He deliberately fell behind a few steps, pulled Tang Zhongbai and asked in a low voice, "Is everything okay at home?"

Tang Zhongbai was surprised, "What could possibly happen to my family?"

"I heard about it all. Madam Lou died in your house. The whole city is saying that Mu Xia had a conflict with her and was angry and killed her. I'm worried..."

"Do you believe she killed him?"

Jiang Qiangang's voice suddenly rose, "Of course I don't believe it. Although my sister has a bad temper, she can't possibly do anything to kill someone."

Tang Zhongbai laughed out loud, but when he saw Jiang Muxia stop and look at him, he quickly retracted his smile.

He lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, the real murderer has been found. It was Mrs. Lou's own fault and she was retaliated against. It has nothing to do with our family."

"That's good." Jiang Qiangang felt relieved. He was scared when he heard the news early this morning. The Lou family is wealthy and powerful. Although Tang Shiyan is the prefect, he often has to consider the Lou family's mood.

If the Lou family puts the blame on my sister, the Tang family will have a hard time protecting her.

In the main room, a kind-looking old lady and a pretty girl were setting the dining table, and in the yard, two children were playing around. When they saw someone coming, they looked at her curiously.

Jiang Muxia greeted them with a smile, she bent down and said, "Hello, Auntie, Hello, sister-in-law."

The people in the room heard the voice and looked up at her. Shao walked towards her with a smile, "Sister, you are finally here. Your brother has been looking forward to seeing you day and night. He is almost tired of it."

She looked at Jiang Muxia openly and praised, "Sister is really a wonderful person. I like you so much."

Jiang Muxia suddenly felt someone pulling her skirt. She looked down and saw a little girl who looked like a white ball pulling the corner of her clothes. She looked at her with her big black eyes flashing and called out, "Auntie."

"Hey." Jiang Muxia responded crisply, bending down and picking her up.

He took out two exquisite pink and blue purses from his bosom, gave one to the little girl and put the other into the hands of the little boy hiding behind Shao.

"When I first met you, my aunt gave you a little toy."

The little girl's hand loosened and the purse fell to the ground. Shao hurriedly picked it up. The purse was already opened and the things inside were exposed.

Shao exclaimed and stuffed the things back to give them back to Jiang Muxia.

"No, it's too expensive. We can't accept it."

The boy had opened his purse and took out a small golden apple with a red string, which was as big as a thumb.

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