Lian Hao, upon hearing the news, hastily made his way to the entrance of the courtyard. As he approached, he met the housekeeper emerging from the gate. The housekeeper looked at Lian Hao's anxious expression and her eyes slightly sank as she smiled and greeted him: "Third Master is well." Lian Hao slowed down his pace and nodded lightly in response before entering the courtyard. A moment later, a thunderous greeting echoed through the courtyard.

  Jiang Wanru heard the cheerful greetings in the courtyard and thought that Lianhao's masculine charm was quite enticing. He hadn't come for many days, and this person who had been lonely in the empty courtyard for so long, suddenly saw him and was overjoyed to this extent. Jiyuan came in from the back door, heard the commotion in the courtyard, and asked: "Miss, have they been locked up?" Jiang Wanru smiled and looked up, saying: "No, it's just that they've just received news that they can go out, and now they're seeing their long-unseen master again, they're overjoyed."

  Ji Yan heard the news that they could go out and excitedly looked at Jiang Wanru, saying: "Miss, we'll leave the mansion soon to inform the brothers about this good news." Jiang Wanru smiled at her and pulled her closer, speaking in a low voice: "You can leave now and let them know the news so they can be at ease. I will still follow the usual routine of entering and leaving the Wang Fu for the next two days before going out again. Now, I need to be careful with my actions, I don't want to give the Wang Fei another chance to cause trouble and keep me stuck here for a few more days, I don't have time to be trapped here every day." Ji Yan listened to Jiang Wanru's words and quickly left through the back door.

  When Lian Hao entered the room, Jiang Wanmu was hesitating whether to remove a tangled thread on the surface of her shoe. She heard the footsteps and saw Lian Hao coming in, so she quickly stood up from the edge of the table, bowed and greeted him: "Third Young Master is well." Lian Hao smiled and nodded, saying: "Wanmu, from now on, don't call me Third Young Master, but Third Master. A few days ago, my grandparents instructed that since there are young masters in the house, we elders will be promoted to the master generation." As he spoke, he sat down at the edge of the table and glanced at Jiang Wanmu's shoe on the table.

  Lian Hao stared at the thread ball on the shoe in surprise, and when he looked up, Jiang Wanru had already sat down. He asked, "Wanru, what pattern are you embroidering?" Jiang Wanru took over the shoe and smiled lightly, saying, "Third Master, I'm embroidering a blooming flower." Lian Hao was thoroughly shocked by Jiang Wanru's embroidery skills. His finger pointed at the thread ball, saying, "This flower is too big, I can't see its original shape."

  Jiang Wanmu glanced at the large ball of thread on her shoe. She thought that if Lianhao could see patterns in this tangled mess, he must be a god. But she found it strange that Lianhao had nothing better to do than sit here and chat with her about such trivial things. She continued to hesitate over whether to undo the stitches or not, saying casually: "The first time I embroidered flowers, if I could only manage something like this, it just proves I have no talent for it. I'm thinking about whether to undo it or not. If I undo it, I'll be wasting a lot of thread. But if I don't undo it, I'll be wasting a whole shoe."

  Jiang Wanru looked at Lian Hua with a hint of surprise, her eyes narrowing slightly as she said: "You can leave the mansion today, why don't I take you out for a stroll? You can clear your mind and decide whether to tear it down or not when we get back." Jiang Wanru still remembered the news about Lian Hua and the Crown Prince's wife being in-laws. Suddenly hearing Lian Hua say such considerate words, she raised her eyes to look at him, studying his smiling face carefully as she said: "Today isn't my day to leave the Wang mansion, if I go out, it will only make the Princess Consort unhappy again."

  Jiang Wanru carefully observed Lian Hao's expression, unable to detect any pretence in his demeanor. This made Jiang Wanru vigilant, reminding herself to be cautious, while maintaining a normal expression towards him. As she finished speaking, she noticed that the people who usually followed Lian Hao were not present in the room today. She glanced at the doorway, where two lovely maids stood with tea and water, their faces flushed with tension as they gazed inside, their eyes occasionally darting nervously towards Lian Hao.

  Jiang Wanmu covered the smile in her eyes and beckoned to them, saying: "You two come in. Today, San Ye's attendants didn't follow him here together, so you two serve San Ye carefully." The two little maidservants happily stepped forward into the room, one going ahead to pour tea for Lian Hua, the other going ahead to pour tea water for Jiang Wanmu. After they finished these tasks, they stood properly in the corner of the room. Seeing Jiang Wanmu nod, she said to Lian Hua: "The princess's sealing off of the courtyard is actually a good thing. Look at these two little maidservants, both are more clever and sensible than before."

  Jiang Wanmu said this with a curved eyebrow and a smiling face. The two little maids looked at each other happily, then lowered their eyes, looking obedient as they listened to orders. Jiang Wanmu smiled as he looked at Lian Hua's hair, which was adorned with a golden crown, and her purple brocade robe with four auspicious flowers. His sitting posture was casual and relaxed, but his handsome face turned serious again, revealing obvious displeasure in his expression. Jiang Wanmu felt that the person sitting in front of him was extremely arrogant, giving people attitude at the slightest disagreement, which was a waste of his good looks.

  Lian Hao gazed at Jiang Wanru, who had a smiling expression on her face, and his countenance became even more unsightly. Her previous words of encouragement to the maidservants to climb onto his bed and use every opportunity to attract his attention had been clearly and thoroughly conveyed to him by Ming Yu and Ming Tou. He now understood that this woman in front of him had never taken him seriously. Lian Hao stared intently at Jiang Wanru, thinking that her eyes were not particularly large, but rather bright. Her complexion was not as pale as many other women's, but instead appeared rosy. Her lips seemed to lack a vibrant red color, yet looked soft and warm.

  Lian Hao looked at Jiang Wanru with a mixture of curiosity and annoyance, recalling her previous words that had rejected him. He thought to himself, "All the women in the world adore me, why is she so different?" He raised his head and gazed at Jiang Wanru's simple hairstyle adorned with only one golden hairpin, and said with a displeased expression, "A woman should wear multiple gold, jade, and silver hairpins on her head to look lively and festive. You should add more hairpins later." He then looked down and saw that Jiang Wanru was wearing a pink-purple embroidered blouse, and glanced at her waist, only to find no exquisite pendants or decorations.

  He pointed out and said: "Look at your waist, how can it be empty. Look at the two sisters-in-law, when walking, the jade ring is light and moving, the body is elegant and beautiful beyond compare." Lian Hao had seen women with many jade pendants on their waists since childhood, and the sound of jade rings was light when they moved. He had never carefully looked at Jiang Wanru before, now he looked at her waist, raised his head to look at her smooth earlobe, not even an earring hole. Looking again at her empty neck, empty hands, his eyebrows involuntarily furrowed together.

  Jiang Wanmu sighed inwardly, so he was giving himself a sugarcoat first to lay the groundwork for his subsequent words of disdain. Neither the young master's wife nor the second young master's wife had the habit of wearing a full head of gold hairpins, jade hairpins, and silver hairpins on ordinary days. To put it bluntly, they weren't street vendors selling hairpins who needed to wear a full head of them. The sound of the jade ring at the woman's waist lightly rang out, accompanied by her light footsteps and slow pace. Her figure indeed had great imaginative power. However, Jiang Wanmu didn't want to waste his hard-earned money on this right now.

  The young mistress had once pointed to the several strands of jade pendants around her waist, smiling happily and saying: "Yesterday, one of the jade rings broke here. The young master knew about it and specially gave me an extra one." Jiang Wan also liked to hear the soft sound of the jade ring when walking. However, after inquiring about the price, she lost that luxurious heart. In the Wang Fu, using some cheap jade rings could only attract disdainful glances from the servants. Moreover, such jade rings were prone to breaking if moved slightly faster. Buying them back for decoration would also require hard work to prevent injury when they broke. For Jiang Wan, it was torture, not enjoyment.

  Jiang Wanru wouldn't say such things to Lian Hua, it was like asking him for something. She just lowered her eyes and listened humbly to Lian Hua's words. He spoke strongly, the wind blowing over the mountain ridge. Jiang Wanru remained calm, listening to Lian Hua's criticism of herself from head to toe. "Look at your shoes, so many colors, you didn't choose, but chose dark green, and among so many patterns, you didn't choose, but chose the cowherd flower pattern." Lian Hua continued speaking, finishing a cup of tea in between.

  The little maid was so scared that she didn't dare to raise her head, holding her breath as she quickly poured the tea. She immediately retreated to the corner and stood there. Jiang Wanru glanced at the two little maids who were about to shrink into the wall, then looked up at Lian Hao, who was still examining the room, trying to find more faults. In a soft voice, she explained: "The color and pattern of the shoes were chosen by the second young master's wife because she thought they looked good. If I don't look good in them, it's my fault."

  Lian Hao said with a tone of no reason, "You know yourself that wearing this doesn't look good, why not choose another color and pattern?" Jiang Wanru heard this and couldn't help but smile bitterly. From small to big, she had always been given things by others, when did she ever get to make her own choices? To say something unpleasant, even her marriage was decided by others, she just went along with their intentions. She glanced at the maids standing in the room, looking at their pale little faces, and said, "You two go down and bring some hot tea." The two maids looked at Jiang Wanru with gratitude in their eyes and immediately exited the room.

  Jiang Wan looked at Lian Hua, who was clearly not willing to give up easily. After thinking carefully, she said with a light smile: "Third Master, I have never had the right to choose, only the right to accept. Some things you say are nothing, but I can't bear to listen. The Young Master's wife and Second Young Master's wife are both people who take care of me, and I don't want to offend them unintentionally."

  Jiang Wan looked at Lian Hao's increasingly dark face, smiled and said: "There is only more than a year left, I hope to leave the Wang Fu smoothly. Third Master, I have no relatives to rely on, nor do I want to offend anyone in the Wang Fu. You see that I have been obedient for more than a year, please show mercy and spare my life. I know I'm not good at anything, when I married into the Wang Fu, it wasn't my idea, but I didn't oppose it either. In the Wang Fu, I haven't enhanced the reputation of the Wang Fu, nor have I caused any trouble for the Wang Fu."

  Lian Hao's expression changed uncertainly, his eyes gazing at Jiang Wanru with a complex look. "Am I not good enough for you?" he asked. Jiang Wanru's heart tightened upon hearing this, and she hastily shook her head, saying: "Third Master is a heavenly talent, it's my good fortune to be able to climb high with you." Lian Hao's expression improved somewhat, and he said: "I'll take you out for a stroll now that the weather is warm and the flowers are blooming beautifully outside." Jiang Wanru was bewildered by Lian Hao's words, which kept changing direction, and upon hearing this, she could only let out an astonished cry.

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