She gazed at Jiang Wanru, who was lowering her eyelids, and after a while, she thought that the woman in deep thought was quite lovely to look at, with eyebrows and eyes curved like the crescent moon in the night sky. (To be continued)

  Jiang Wanru's thoughts turned around, thinking that men could make decisions based on temporary passion and impulse, but she absolutely couldn't accept this kindness vaguely. She didn't want to cultivate another enemy for her own future unintentionally.

  Jiang Wanmu saw through Jiang Wanyi to the true nature of the obsessive woman, whose heart was actually smaller than a needle's eye. Jiang Wanyi had previously gone to great lengths to be with Lian Zimo, only to have her good intentions turn into a wolf in sheep's clothing one day. Unable to face her own emotional failure, she irrationally hated this unrelated victim.

  Jiang Wanru thought of the words of the young master's wife: "The family is not at peace, and a capable person is being wasted. Even Jiang Mo, who was originally considered a promising person by many people, has been weighed down by family matters over the years and has become more and more degenerate day by day. Alas, the young master couldn't bear to see him waste away and tried to persuade him, but all he got in response was 'It's all my own fault, I have no one else to blame.'"

  Jiang Wanru knew that the words of the Crown Prince's wife often had a deeper meaning. She swallowed back the words on the tip of her tongue, "If this marriage is wrong, then Lian Zimu must be even more in the wrong. He abandoned that woman who used all her heart and soul to love him." Jiang Wanyue still remembered how she had seen from afar, Lian Zimu's smile when he faced her, but it was a past matter that could no longer be brought up. After the incident, Jiang Wanru thought back on the Crown Prince's wife's words, thinking that perhaps she had good intentions, using the matter to warn her that the three-year deadline was approaching.

  Jiang Wanru thought of Shi Zifei's words again, and at the same time, she also thought of that inexplicable couple. She recalled how every time she had to attend a gathering, when she inadvertently glanced over at the couple, they would look at her with an inexplicable gaze. One of them had a distracted expression on his face, revealing a hint of faint shame. The other's eyes were filled with hostility towards her, their gaze fierce and hateful, as if they wanted to fight her to the death.

  Jiang Wanruo faced with these two people, she could only secretly sigh and wish for a medicine that would make the couple forget their past encounters with her. She was already from a different world than them, but due to the relationship between the Wang and Lian families, they still occasionally had opportunities to meet. In Jiang Wanruo's heart, the Jiang family was just like them - an old matter that had long since passed, even if they met again, it would be like two strangers accidentally brushing past each other.

  Jiang Wanru looked up at Lian Hao, her face filled with gratitude, and said in a low voice: "Third Master, I can already recognize some simple characters. I don't want to trouble you during your rare leisure time because of my affairs. That would make me feel uneasy." The fact that Lian Zimo had taught her to read in the past was a thorn in Jiang Wanru's heart. It was precisely this matter that made her regard herself as an arch-nemesis. Past events are lessons for future ones, and she couldn't deceive herself into repeating similar mistakes.

  She would be guilty of a crime if she accepted Lianhao's kindness this time. Jiang Wanting didn't want to ruin her future peaceful days, so she decided to dispel Lianhao's thoughts no matter what. When Lianhao first heard Jiang Wanting's words, he felt a surge of joy in his heart, but after a moment's thought, he felt that Jiang Wanting was making excuses to reject his approach. Seeing Lianhao's fallen face, Jiang Wanting quickly added another sentence: "Third Master, there are many things going on in the mansion now, I heard that the Crown Prince and Second Master are busy every day. The Queen must have a lot of things to do, it's inevitable that she will call Third Master over to discuss something."

  He only needed to stay in the courtyard for too long, and the princess would always have something to do, calling someone to come and find him, letting Lianhao go to help her deal with it. When Lianhao heard Jiang Wanyu's words, he thought about his own limited number of rest days, and recently after returning to the Wangfu, his mother didn't let him be as free as before, but instead gave him some tasks to do. A smile appeared on Lianhao's face, and he said: "Well, you can follow the people in charge of the courtyard to learn about recognizing characters and writing, they will know some characters and can write."

  Jiang Wanru saw that the matter was easily resolved and smiled, nodding in agreement to Lian Hua's proposal. Lian Hua and Jiang Wanru tacitly agreed not to mention this matter again, while the queen sent someone to the courtyard, saying that there was an urgent matter at her place and asking Lian Hua to hurry over to help. After Lian Hua left, the housekeeper brought over several large pieces of fabric and handed them directly to Jiang Wanru for selection, taking advantage of Lian Hua's absence from the room. Jiang Wanru touched the soft fabrics with her hand, her brow furrowed deeply as she realized that her rough sewing skills were not suitable for such fine materials.

  Jiang Wanru was worried that she would waste the good fabric, and when she hesitated, she could only follow the suggestion of the housekeeper and choose a piece of light blue and a piece of gray, two plain colors of soft fabric. She also accepted the help of the housekeeper, who personally cut out ten men's handkerchiefs for her. The housekeeper saw Jiang Wanru looking at the fabric with a worried face, naturally understanding her concerns, the softer the fabric, the harder it was to sew, and the easier it was to spoil.

  The housekeeper could help her cut out the size of the handkerchief, but she couldn't lend a hand to help her make the handkerchief. The housekeeper understood what Lianhao meant, that he wouldn't care about the quality of the handkerchief, but just wanted Jiang Wanru to make it herself. The housekeeper smiled and comforted Jiang Wanru, saying: "Madam, the handkerchiefs used by Master San have always been made of this fabric. Although the material looks a bit too soft, you can do it carefully and slowly, using less force when sewing. These ten handkerchiefs can still be made. Even if they are not done well, you don't have to worry, there is still some of this fabric in the warehouse."

  After the housekeeper left, Jiang Wanru gazed at the roughly cut handkerchief with a sorrowful face. When Jiyuan entered the room from outside, Jiang Wanru had finally managed to embroider a small border on the handkerchief after much difficulty. Jiyuan sat silently on one side working on her own project, her small face filled with sweet smiles. Jiang Wanru's face twisted in frustration as she undid the tight strings once again, and when she looked up at Jiyuan's smiling face and saw the red flower shoes in her hands, she let out a deep sigh.

  Ji Yan raised her head and glanced at Jiang Wan's handkerchief, putting down the work in her own hands. She reached out to take the handkerchief from Jiang Wan, quickly undoing the threads, then spoke softly to Jiang Wan: "Miss, since there is no one else in this room, let us do it as we used to - I will sew the edges of the handkerchiefs and you just focus on embroidering the flowers." At this point, Jiang Wan had no other choice but to personally make ten men's handkerchiefs with such good fabric; with her skills, she feared that even by next year, she would still be undoing threads.

  Jiang Wanru nodded in agreement with Jiyuan's words, and she relaxed a bit, standing up to move around. She had already thought about what kind of flower to embroider on the handkerchief, and for simplicity, she embroidered a pair of dark green leaves on the right side of the handkerchief, only embroidering the veins of the leaves. This pattern was simple yet elegant and good-looking, and more importantly, even if her embroidery skills were not great, she didn't have to worry about it looking ugly. Jiang Wanru walked over to Jiyuan, watching as she slowly embroidered the edge of the handkerchief, one stitch at a time, until one side was complete.

  Ji Yan slightly raised her head and smiled at Jiang Wanru, asking: "Miss, can we leave the mansion tomorrow?" They had tried twice before, but due to various things happening in the Wang Mansion, they hadn't been able to leave. Jiang Wanru nodded firmly towards Ji Yan, saying: "We can. We must be able to leave the mansion. Fang Zheng's engagement is tomorrow and the wedding will take place before the new year, so on these two days, we cannot miss our two shares of congratulatory gifts." Ji Yan couldn't help but laugh at this, saying: "My parents and brother only care that we attend, they don't mind about those gift things."

  Fang Zheng's marriage was finally settled, and his eyes were not low. He took a glance at the big servant girl beside Chu Yangshi, and that servant girl, named Bi Lu, also looked shy when she saw Fang Zheng. After they exchanged glances, Fang Zheng proposed to Chu Yangshi, saying: "He hoped to redeem Bi Lu's freedom for her, and if she couldn't bear to part with her master, she could continue to serve her master in the future." Later, Chu Yangshi whispered to Jiang Wanyu, saying: "Among the servant girls by my side, only Bi Lu is a thoughtful person. The others only know how to suffer when they come out, but no one thinks that coming out can also bring a loving partner. Fang Zheng is a responsible person, and I don't worry about Bi Lu suffering with him."

  Chu Yang led by Jiang Wanru, took a look at Fang Zheng and felt that this man was not of high birth, his appearance was average, but he was still a capable and grateful person. She first greeted the several big maids beside her, among whom only Bi Lan and Bi Lu were willing to marry out of the house, while others preferred to stay in the house. Chu Yang brought two maids to meet Fang Zheng under the pretext of buying fabric. Bi Lu took a liking to Fang Zheng at once, while Bi Lan thought Fang Zheng talked too much. Fortunately, Fang Zheng also liked Bi Lu, and this marriage was finally settled.

  Jiang Wanru had confidence in Chu Yang's subordinates and also believed in her vision. That day, she heard that Chu Yang had already let Bi Lu regain her freedom and asked someone to help them choose a auspicious day for engagement and marriage. She said emotionally: "After getting to know sister, I always make sister worry about my affairs." Chu Yang listened to her words, but couldn't help sighing repeatedly, saying: "I just think that we two watched you jump down with our own eyes, this heart is unbearable. Thinking again about your future days, how difficult it will be to get through, thinking about it makes me sad."

  Jiang Wanru believed what Chu Yang said, as if she was looking at the person she had grown up with. She smiled and comforted her, saying: "Sister-in-law, it seems that I received too much love and kindness in my previous life, so this life I have to repay some of it. The past and present days are just used to repay the debts of my previous life. As for the future, brother-in-law said that there will definitely be good days ahead." Chu Yang's eyes turned slightly red as she looked at her and said in a soft voice: "After you leave the Wang mansion, if you meet a good person, don't listen to what others say. As long as he is a good person who treats you well, you can choose to spend the rest of your life with him."

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