Yan Jin lost both his parents when he was young and was raised by Jiang Feng. After supporting him to attend a private school for seven years, Jiang Feng took him by his side to teach him how to do things.

Yan Jing lives up to his name, and his name was given to him by Lin Tingxu.

Therefore, Yan Jing's loyalty to the Lin family is even greater than Jiang Feng's. Following Jiang Feng, he is smart and cautious in what he says and does.

After he finished telling the story of Lan Wanyun, he did not leave, but lowered his head and moved his ears.

Seeing this, Lin Luoling knew that Yan Jin wanted to talk to her in private, so she led Yan Jin to her study.

After closing the door, Lin Luoling said, "There's no one here, just tell me the truth if you have something to say."

Yan Jin nodded and said in a low voice: "I heard that a few days ago, His Majesty learned that Prince An's mansion had a fire, and His Royal Highness Prince An's cough worsened. He was furious and sent the chief eunuch of the Zhengde Palace to come to Xuzhou in the capital day and night.

I think he scolded Governor Cao angrily, and Governor Cao was so scared that he went to Prince An's mansion that night. I heard that Governor Cao left after dawn.

It was said that the eunuch came to convey the emperor's oral order to ask Governor Cao to come to the capital. The next morning, Princess July summoned the eunuch to Prince An's Mansion and forced him to accompany her for two days.

Yesterday, the emperor issued an order to Xuzhou, asking the eunuch to return to the capital alone to report."

Lin Luoling smiled knowingly when he heard this, knowing that Governor Cao had already submitted to His Royal Highness Prince An, and asked Yan Jin: "Is there anything else?"

Yan Jin shook his head, and Lin Luoling asked him to go back to the Lin Mansion and report to Jiang Feng first.

After Yan Jin left, Lin Luoling pulled Chen Yin and acted coquettishly, lying that she had been bored in the yard for several days and wanted to go out for a walk.

Chen Yin guessed that Yan Jin must have said something to Lin Luoling in private, and since Lin Luoling needed to go out of the house to do something, she agreed without hesitation.

Lin Luoling turned around and asked Zhou Jiaoling to take Zhu Qingyao out for a stroll. Like a greedy cat, she said, "Let's go to Dangui Haitangzhai to buy some sweet osmanthus cakes to sweeten our mouths, and then go to Yunshangfang to pick out some skirts."

Zhou Jiaoling immediately thought of the day when Lin Luoling took them out of the house to Rende Hall to check Zhu Qingyao's pulse, using the excuse of buying silk fabrics.

When they came back, Maine asked her too many questions and she evaded the question by saying that she had used it to make a skirt.

These past few days, Zhou Jiaoling was so focused on how to torture Mei Yin and how to persuade Zhu Jingzhong that she forgot about this matter.

Zhou Jiaoling smiled and said, "I think the new dresses for Qingyao and me have been made recently. Let's pick them up on the way. The Hundred Flowers Festival will be here in a dozen days."

Lowering her eyes, Zhou Jiaoling asked Zhu Qingyao, "During the Hundred Flowers Festival, mother will give Qingyao a new dress. Let's call your father and go to enjoy the flowers, okay? We have to dress Qingyao up to be more beautiful than the flowers."

In the past few days, Chen Yin gave Zhu Qingyao acupuncture to detoxify her, and she showed some improvement. Zhu Qingyao would cry and make a fuss occasionally, and would also laugh happily, but she didn't grow at all.

After hearing what Zhou Jiaoling said, Zhu Qingyao shook her head like a rattle and said in a baby voice, "I want to eat osmanthus cakes. They are delicious. I want to eat them."

Because Chen Yin didn't want Zhou Jiaoling to hold Zhu Qingyao all the time, he picked a maid from Shuxi Pavilion to play with Zhu Qingyao in the backyard every day, saying that if Zhu Qingyao got more sun and ran more, it would help Zhu Qingyao grow taller.

After hearing what Zhu Qingyao said, Zhou Jiaoling held her forehead and said, "This child has really been fed to the liking by the Second Young Madam."

Zhu Qingyao thought that Zhou Jiaoling didn't let her eat the osmanthus pastry. She had been in Shuxi Pavilion these days and had become familiar with Lin Luoling. She walked up to Lin Luoling and pulled her skirt, raised her head and blinked her eyes, as if saying: Sister-in-law, give it to me.

Seeing Zhu Qingyao like this, Lin Luoling picked her up and said with a smile, "Let's go... take sister Qingyao to eat osmanthus cakes."

I saw Maine standing by the courtyard wall.

Zhou Jiaoling raised her voice and said, "Sister Chen Yin said yesterday that Second Young Madam's heart palpitations have not healed yet. Let me hold Qingyao. Don't tire Second Young Madam out."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qingyao immediately said, "Go down...Qingyao, go down...walk by yourself."

Lin Luoling put Zhu Qingyao down, held her hand and said, "Okay, okay, our Qingyao is an obedient and sensible girl."

After leaving the house, Zhou Jiaoling told Mei Yin, "I'm going out with the Second Young Madam. You go back to Lanxiang Courtyard first. If the Second Master comes back, tell him that the Hundred Flowers Festival is coming soon. The Second Young Madam loves Qingyao so much that she made a new dress for her. Let's go to the clothing store to get it."

Mei Yin responded, bowed to Lin Luoling and Zhou Jiaoling, then turned and left Shuxi Pavilion.

Lin Luoling and the others got on the carriage one after another. When the driver was about to whip the horse, Lin Luoling lifted the carriage curtain and said to Bizhi, "You don't have to go with Tong. Go and keep an eye on Meiyin to see where she goes and who she meets."

Bizhi took the order and turned back to Yongning Marquis Mansion.

Without taking a detour, when the carriage passed by Tianxiang Tower, Lin Luoling opened the side curtain of the carriage a little and looked intently.

I saw several craftsmen repairing the third floor of Tianxiang Tower, and it was almost finished.

The carriage stopped, and Lin Luoling and others entered the "Dan Gui Hai Tang Zhai".

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen said familiarly, "I haven't seen Miss Lin for a few days. How many sweet-scented osmanthus cakes did you buy today? I'll pack some for Miss Lin."

Seeing that there were no other customers in the shop, Lin Luoling smiled and said, "Take one first and give it to my sister."

Sister Chen was a talkative person. She took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, squatted in front of Zhu Qingyao, and said with a smile: "Oh, the little sister brought up by Miss Lin is really pretty. Look at her eyes, they are round and big, delicate and beautiful, she is a delight."

Although Zhou Jiaoling doted on Zhu Qingyao, because she came from a brothel, she was very strict with Zhu Qingyao's behavior.

Without Zhou Jiaoling's consent, although Zhu Qingyao wanted to eat it, she did not dare to take the osmanthus pastry handed to her by Mrs. Chen. Instead, she tilted her head and raised it, staring at Zhou Jiaoling eagerly.

Seeing Zhou Jiaoling nod, Zhu Qingyao happily took the osmanthus pastry and started eating. After eating, she remembered that she had not said thank you, so she thanked Mrs. Chen again.

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "You are really well-educated. Your thanks are not in vain. I will give you that piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

Lin Luoling saw that there were not many sweet-scented osmanthus cakes left in the long ceramic plate, so she said, "It seems that Mrs. Chen's business is getting better and better. It's only a few hours now, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes are almost gone."

Then he changed the subject and said, "I see there are still 40 or 50 yuan left. Since my sister likes it, Mrs. Chen can just pack them all for me."

Mrs. Chen said in embarrassment, “The Tianxiang Tower had a fire a few days ago, so we hired craftsmen to repair it. The girls in the Tianxiang Tower had nothing to do and could not make any money, so they were in a bad mood. So they took the sweet osmanthus pastry I made. I made more today, and look, there is only this much left.

It’s not that I’m stingy and don’t want to give it to Miss Lin, but Fengying from Tianxianglou sent a message early in the morning, asking me to leave ten yuan for her. Look at this…”

Lin Luoling waved her hand and said, "Everything has a first come first served basis. Keep the ones that Sister Chen ordered, and I'll take care of the rest."

Mrs. Chen immediately said, "Okay!"

After Chen Sao finished wrapping the cakes, Biyou took out some silver and heard Chen Sao shout, "Xiao Liuzi, you watch over the shop. I'll go back and make some more sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. These are for Miss Fengying. If anyone comes to buy sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, ask him to come back in two hours."

The back curtain was lifted, and a fair-faced young man of about fourteen or fifteen years old came out.

Lin Luoling got what she wanted to know, so she left "Dan Gui Hai Tang Zhai" and got on the carriage, asking the driver to go to Yun Shang Fang.

From "Dan Gui Hai Tang Zhai" to Yun Shang Fang, you can just pass by the Qiong Lou Yu Ge.

But when they arrived at the Jade Tower and Lin Luoling lifted the curtain to take a look, she and Chen Yin realized how serious the fire of Young Master Jiang was.

The door of the jade pavilion was closed, no workmen came to repair it, and most of the second floor was burnt black.

Lin Luoling sighed inwardly: His Royal Highness Prince An asked Jiang Chi to set these three fires, which can be said to be a strategy that kills three birds with one stone. It is a good plan and a good calculation!

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