After the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion was reborn, she divorced and married the prince!

Song Mingli brought Ye Zhen to a pavilion in Guiyuan and asked Zisu to get the gift box from the carriage.

Zhao Yezhen took the gift box, and her cute face blushed.

She stroked the gift box with both hands, as if she was reluctant to open it.

"Come and see if you like it." Song Mingli said.

Zhao Yezhen then slowly opened the box. She was stunned by the exquisite workmanship of the revolving lantern.

The horse-riding picture painted on the silk lampshade made her open her eyes wide and look at it carefully.

"Is this... a lamp?" Zhao Yezhen asked uncertainly.

Song Mingli smiled slightly and asked her to take out the lamp and light the candles that had been prepared in advance.

Zi Su on the side lit the candle.

After a while, the heat from the burning candle pushed the lampshade to spin.

"Ah? It moves?" Zhao Yezhen widened his eyes in surprise.

She looked up and down the revolving lantern carefully, as the horse-riding figure on it kept spinning in circles.

The smile on Zhao Yezhen's face grew bigger and bigger. "It's really beautiful. It's so fun during the day. Wouldn't it be more fun to light it up at night?"

"Do you like it?" Song Mingli asked.

Zhao Yezhen smiled with her eyebrows curved and nodded heavily, "I like it very much. I have never seen such an interesting lamp."

"This is called a revolving lantern. It's rare on the market, and even rarer to find one with such exquisite workmanship."

"My second brother really put his heart into it." Song Mingli said with a smile.

Seeing that Zhao Yezhen likes it so much, she will definitely take the opportunity to say good things about her second brother.

Zhao Yezhen's cheeks turned red from smiling. She looked up inadvertently and stood there in a daze.

Song Mingli followed her gaze and saw his second brother standing on the distant corridor.

There is a small lake between the corridor and the small pavilion, and in the lake there are rockery made of Taihu stones stacked in an orderly manner.

The two of them looked at each other from afar across the lake and the rockery.

Song Mingli watched from the side and vaguely smelled a sweet fragrance in the air.

"Second Young Master Song, this way!" Someone called the second brother.

Song Yunqi nodded in this direction.

"What are you looking at?" asked the friend, looking towards the pavilion on the other side of the lake.

Song Mingli turned sideways and half-blocked Zhao Yezhen.

"My sister." Song Yunqi said.

When the friend saw it, it turned out to be the Princess of Jing. He immediately bowed, not daring to look any further, and told Song Yunqi to leave.

"Look, there are a lot of people here. As a man, he is not afraid of what people say, but he is afraid that it will affect your reputation." Song Mingli smiled at Zhao Yezhen.

Zhao Yezhen's face turned red all the way to her neck. "I know... my mother said that only when you truly love someone will you cherish them and treat them with care."

After saying that, she quickly covered her face with her hands.

My cheeks are so hot...

When she gets back, she will tell her parents everything that happened today.

Second Brother Song is a very nice person. Even though she is married and lives not far away, she can still come back often to accompany her parents!

Brother Song would not fail to ask her to go back to her parents' home.

Well, that’s what I said!

Zhao Yezhen had made up her mind. She carefully extinguished the candle, put the revolving lantern back into the box, and asked the maid to take it back to the carriage and put it away.

……

Xu Songyi failed in his attempt to save the beauty and went to find his elder sister in a dejected mood.

"Why are you so useless? You can't even handle such a small matter?!" Princess Cheng frowned, "We became friends because Song Yunqi saved the daughter of the Zhao family!"

Although Xu Songyi is afraid of his older sister, it doesn't mean he has no temper and is willing to be scolded.

"How can you blame me for this? If big sister had arranged it well, she wouldn't have asked Princess Jing to go along!"

"If Princess Jing hadn't held her back, I would have rescued her by now!"

"You blame me for everything? Can I stop Princess Jing from going with them? Or can I push Princess Jing into the water with them?"

Xu Songyi was indignant. He sat at the table angrily, turned his face away and didn't even look at his elder sister.

"Speak louder!" Princess Cheng said, "so that everyone in Gui Garden can hear it."

Xu Songyi snorted, said nothing, and didn't even look at her.

Princess Cheng couldn't help feeling sad when she thought about her useless brothers and sisters, and then about Princess Jing's family which was declining but thriving.

I guess, when Song Mingli talks to his brother, he doesn't have to suppress his anger and coax him in a gentle manner like her, right?

"Alright, where there is a will there is a way. Don't be discouraged when you encounter setbacks." Princess Cheng said in a relaxed tone, "Since the hero failed to save the beauty, she must have been prepared and will not go to the waterside again."

"By the way, you didn't let her see you, did you?"

"If she sees you, it will be troublesome!"

Xu Songyi then looked at Princess Cheng, "Am I that stupid? Of course she didn't see it!"

"I saw Princess Jing holding her back, and she retreated immediately after she failed to fall into the water!"

"I'm hiding in a very secret place. There's no way they can find me."

Princess Cheng nodded, "That's good... For this gift, find a secluded place with no one around and give it to her quietly."

Princess Cheng said this as she pushed an exquisite rosewood gift box to Xu Songyi.

Xu Songyi looked at the box and then at Princess Cheng.

"I don't even know her, can she accept it?"

Princess Cheng smiled slightly, confident, "Have you forgotten her origins?"

"Although she is the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, she has been living in exile for more than ten years, living a life of sleeping in the open and singing to make a living."

"Why is she hidden in the Duke's Mansion and rarely goes out? Isn't it because the rules are not good and the Duke's Mansion is afraid that she will be embarrassed if she comes out?"

"Girls like this are the easiest to coax. With your looks, temperament, and background... and some sweet words of flattery, it shouldn't be difficult to coax a girl into accepting your gift, right?"

When Xu Songyi heard his elder sister’s recognition of him, he cleared his throat and straightened his back.

"As long as she accepts your gift, our family will send someone to propose marriage. Even if the Duke's Mansion refuses, they will have to accept it." Princess Cheng smiled slightly, "After all, the Duke's Mansion cannot let her bear the reputation of private transactions."

Xu Songyi then reached out to take the gift box, "Is this the Dongzhu butterfly hairpin that my mother prepared for you?"

Dongzhu is expensive because it is difficult to mine.

Jewelry made of Dongzhu is a symbol of status and nobility.

When Xu Songyi paid his respects to his mother in the morning, he saw his mother wrapping up a Dongzhu butterfly hairpin with great care...so he guessed that the gift he was asked to give to Zhao Yezhen was the Dongzhu butterfly hairpin.

But when he opened the box, he was stunned.

"Red jade hairpin?" Xu Songyi frowned. "This hairpin looks familiar?"

Princess Cheng snorted, "This was originally a birthday gift for my third sister, but she is not worthy of it! She doesn't deserve this gift!"

Xu Songyi was a little unhappy. "She is the legitimate daughter of Duke Qin after all. What good things can't she use? You want me to give her a gift? Give her the gift I gave to my third sister? Can I give her that gift?"

Princess Cheng glanced at him and said, "What do you know? I've already said that she was found in the countryside. What does she know about Dongzhu and Hongfei? Does she understand the value of Dongzhu?"