In the evening, in the front yard of the Tang residence, Tang Shiyan was dizzy from the noise made by the Lou clan elders, and he walked back to the residence with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

As soon as he stepped into the yard, he saw a snow-white little thing crawling at his feet, chirping and following him closely.

"Xue'er, why are you here?" Tang Shiyan bent down and picked it up, sighing, "Poor little thing, your master is gone, where have you been these days? Is there anyone feeding you?"

Xiaoxue hummed twice at him in resentment and lay motionless in his arms.

Seeing this, the doorman stepped forward and whispered, "Master, it was Miss Jiang who brought it back."

Tang Shiyan lowered his eyes. It was fate that he met her.

He handed the snowflake to his servant and instructed: "Send it to the Bamboo Forest Garden and give it to Miss Jiang. Tell her that it belongs to an old friend who has made great contributions to the cause. Ask her to treat it well."

"Yes."

In the west wing of Guizhi Courtyard, Jiang Muxia fed him the medicine and returned to her own courtyard.

She returned to the Bamboo Forest Garden and saw Qinghong feeding Xiaoxue.

Now Qinghong was the only one serving her in her room. Liu Ying wanted to assign another maid to her, but she strongly refused.

After Jiang Muxia finished washing up, she picked up Xiaoxue, took out a handkerchief to wipe its mouth, and praised it in a low voice, "I didn't expect that you were so young and you could be a spy. You are really great."

After playing with it for a while, I put it in the new nest next to the bed and went to sleep.

……

Ji Di and his ilk were all killed, and as November was approaching, the weather was getting colder. When he had nothing to do, Jiang Muxia began to prepare the things he would take back to the county. In mid-November, they had to rush back to Suanzao County.

The Tang family was going to perform the betrothal ceremony, and the wedding date was agreed upon in correspondence between the two families before she came to the county town.

After that, Tang Zhongbai went to the Tang family in Beijing to pick up his bride and hold the wedding.

It would take half a month to travel from Suanzao County to the capital city if everything went smoothly. The auspicious date for their wedding was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, so they had to leave the county in late November.

It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Tang Zhongbai has injured his leg. I wonder how his recovery is going and whether it will delay his journey.

There are too many variables, so they have to prepare in advance, and they really don’t have much time left.

"Madam, do you want to take these materials away?" Qinghong opened the box. Inside were all the things that the ladies and sisters-in-law had given her when she came to the county. She casually put them into the box without having time to check them.

She casually flipped through the various silks and brocades, all of which were top-quality materials. She would be living in the county in the future, and she liked to wear cotton fabrics. She would just give these things away as gifts.

"Pah." She closed the lid. "Forget it, just leave it here. We'll come back later. We'll talk about it then."

"Well, there's nothing to pack."

Qinghong looked at the empty house. She had only brought some autumn and winter clothes when she came. Madam had made her a few winter clothes and had packed them in a box and placed them at the door. There was nothing else.

She doesn't like to bring too many things when she goes out, so a small bag is enough.

"No, just take a rest."

She asked Cao Jun'an to buy some local specialties from the county and prepare them before they left.

"Madam, the lady goes out to buy things every day. Should we go and help her?" Qinghong asked tentatively.

After Caiyun's death, she begged the Madam to send Qinghong back to her hometown. She knelt in front of Jiang Muxia and begged hard before she was allowed to stay and serve.

After this incident, her personality changed a bit. She used to be very straightforward and would strictly follow her master's orders without any hesitation. Now she has learned to be flexible and when she is undecided, she will come to ask Jiang Muxia for advice.

Her previous expressionless face became more lively, and she was willing to lower her head and give in.

But only Jiang Muxia knew that she had been heard crying under the quilt on the couch in the outer room many nights.

Although she felt distressed, she did not want to destroy her last bit of self-esteem.

The only friends and family she thought of as friends were either dead or exiled. She was left alone to face the world.

No matter how good Jiang Muxia was to her, their different identities and the difference between master and servant meant there was always a barrier between them.

Jiang Muxia smiled lightly and shook her head at her, "Silly girl, what the Madam is doing now is not suitable for us to interfere."

Of course, it was not appropriate for her to get involved. Liu Ying was preparing the betrothal gifts for the marriage proposal. If she, a woman waiting to be married, got involved, she would be laughed at.

Qinghong didn't understand and looked a little confused.

"You will know when you get married."

On the eighth day of the eleventh month, the winter solstice, Tang Shiyan got up early, went to the yamen and led all the officials to the observation deck on the outskirts of the city to perform a sacrificial ceremony. After that, they were given a half-day holiday and went home to celebrate the festival.

Tang Zhongbai was already able to walk with the help of a cane. After lunch, Cao Jun'an sent someone in a carriage to invite the two of them to the tavern for a chat.

In the private room on the second floor of the tavern, Cao Jun'an set up a sumptuous banquet and invited a group of his good friends.

Lu Xinning and Jiang Qiangang were among them.

Tang Zhongbai was surprised and asked, "You have something important to ask of us. Tell me. I will do whatever I can to help you before I leave."

"You?" Cao Jun'an looked at him with mockery in his eyes, "You should take care of yourself first. If you are really lame, be careful that Miss Jiang doesn't want you."

Everyone bit their lips to hold back their laughter. Jiang Pizi coughed lightly and tried to smooth things over for him. "No one can help with this matter today. Who else can help Master Cao with this important matter in his life except himself? Unless, of course, he can't..."

Jiang Pi Zi made efforts in eliminating the traitor, so Hu Yu asked Tang Shiyan to arrange for him to work as a clerk in the ritual room of the yamen.

Cao Junan picked up a pair of chopsticks and threw them at him, cursing, "Jiang, it's a great day, don't force me to beat you up."

Everyone laughed, but they were all surprised. His marriage with Liu Xuer had been in a stalemate with his family for several years. Did his family give in?

No matter what, it is a happy event that a pair of star-crossed lovers finally get married after all the hardships they have endured.

Such a bad guy fought with his family for many years for Liu Xuer's reputation, but he didn't cross the line.

He is a real man. Jiang Muxia looked at him differently and was happy for Liu Xuer.

"Are you not planning to have a wedding?" Jiang Muxia asked.

"She has followed me for so many years and suffered so much grievance. Naturally, I will not treat her unfairly. Three days later, I will host a banquet at my home in the south of the city to entertain all the relatives and friends in the city. No one present is allowed to be absent." Cao Jun'an was a little drunk even without drinking. His cheeks were flushed and his deep eyes were watery.

After the banquet, in the carriage, Tang Zhongbai whispered to Jiang Muxia, "This kid paid a heavy price. His father said that if they don't have a child within three years, he must take a concubine. He must not leave Chenliu County within three years, otherwise he will adopt another son and remove him from the Cao family tree."

Jiang Muxia disagreed. Cao Junan had done all kinds of outrageous things. What did Cao's father do to him?

In the end, it was still a compromise.

"I think the old man made such a demanding request just because he wanted to have a grandchild as soon as possible. I think Sister Liu is healthy and if they hadn't stopped her, she would have had grandchildren long ago."

Tang Zhongbai looked at her expectantly, his eyes ambiguous, "Well..., so, I will be married one month later than him. I wonder if I can hold my son by this time next year?"

Jiang Muxia blushed and said with a smile: "You are shameless."

Turn your head away and stop looking at him.

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