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  The people sitting in the house are all relatives of two gentlemen, who were granted honors by Emperor Chengzu during the Jingnan Rebellion. It has been seven or eight generations since then. At that time, they were prominent and powerful officials, but later their descendants were mostly demoted or punished for crimes. Even among the remaining few families, most have declined, leaving only these two families with some power in the imperial court. They also have their own ways of protecting themselves.

  The Blue Family, every generation will produce one or two extraordinary prodigal sons, often causing some not-so-big-not-so-small indecent affairs, for the imperial historians to report to the emperor, to smear the Blue family's reputation, so that emperors throughout history can rest assured about their family - without high virtue and prestige, they cannot possibly form cliques.

  If it's said that the Blue Lord's family has passed down this method as a lifesaving trick for generations, then the Xu Lord's family lifesaving trick is a bit forced.

  Their family situation is similar to that of the Chu family, with a thin male population and a single heir in each generation, making it precarious and tense. Think about it, with a thin population and an unprosperous family, which emperor would worry about them?

  Actually, the two life-saving moves used by General Lan and General Xu were not created by either of them, but rather adopted from their predecessors. Among the twenty-four meritorious officials who helped Emperor Gaozu of Tang establish the country, each had a renowned name! However, in the end, they still met with death or exile, and only one or two families managed to pass down their noble titles without worry.

  These two families, due to their sparse population, often produce some unworthy sons who commit acts that are not serious crimes but bring shame to the family.

  The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked; the high bird is exhausted, the good bow is hidden; the enemy country is broken, and the strategist dies. This principle, gentlemen all understand.

  The ladies who were just gossiping in the house were a few madams, and the young ladies all sat silently at the back. Chu Ke'er took a sip of tea and glanced around, mainly to take a look at the stunning beauty of the Lan family that was mentioned earlier. As with all women, she also had a mind for comparison, and having heard that the woman was so beautiful, she naturally wanted to see it for herself.

  Several beautifully dressed women sat by the window, Chu Ke'er easily found the beauty without much effort. She indeed lived up to her reputation for being stunningly beautiful, with a captivating loveliness that made even the first glance from the woman somewhat heart-pounding.

  Wearing a pink satin cheongsam with autumn fragrance, embroidered with cherry blossom patterns and adorned with eight treasures, her skin as white as snow, beautiful beyond compare. A pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling yet not smiling, shining brightly like water, a delicate nose, and a small mouth that was lightly pursed, exuding endless warmth and elegance, unintentionally making the people around her look dull in comparison.

  The woman felt Chu Ke's gaze, looked over and nodded at her with a smile. Chu Ke also hastily returned the nod, just as she heard a woman in a lotus-colored satin cheongsam say: "Zi Xiang, look at this..." She was holding something to show the beauty, but found that Zi Xiang was looking this way, so she followed suit and nodded at Chu Ke with a smile.

  Chu Ke'er walked over and sat down in the chair across from them with a smile, saying: "Are you two young ladies from the Lan Manor?"

  It was originally a very ordinary greeting, Chu Kei went to greet her proactively, also because both of them were looking at her, just politeness, but such an ordinary action made that beautiful woman Lan Zixian surprisingly widen her eyes!

  Although she hastily lowered her eyelids, the long eyelashes instantly covered up the surprise in her eyes. When she lifted her eyelids to look at Chu Keqi, she had already recovered her normal smile. However, that extremely surprised expression just now did not escape Chu Keqi's eyes.

  "She is the seventh Miss Lan, I am not, my surname is Zhang, and I am a relative of the bride." The lady in the lotus-colored dress said with a smile.

  Chu Kei hastily smiled and nodded, but her heart had already moved. Her actions were ordinary, so Miss Zhang didn't find it surprising, and Lan Zixuan's astonishment was also due to her own actions... which meant - she might be someone familiar with herself?

  If it's because she was familiar with me before, and I just came over like that with a distant greeting, making her astonished, normally, she should be surprised to ask, for example: Ke Ai, what's wrong? You seem so distant?

  Or thought she was playing with her and asked: Kaitie, what's wrong?

  Chu Kei's mind was filled with some doubts, wanting to say that it was because of the disagreement with her past self and hiding it, but it didn't seem like it. In short, this blue beauty's reaction was really thought-provoking. How did she get familiar with this Lan Tixian in the past? Because of who did they become familiar? She smiled on her face, thinking doubtfully in her heart.

  More ladies and young misses came into the house one after another. The Duchess of the Imperial Uncle's Mansion also came over to take a look. After she left, Chu Yuntin and several concubine-born misses from the Li family as well as their relatives' daughters arrived. The Li family was now a prominent family in the imperial court, and their relatives were all from noble families. Chu Yuntin seemed very familiar with them, and after entering, they exchanged greetings again.

  As soon as they sat down, Chu Yun Ting smiled and said: "Li San's daughter over there suggested that everyone paint a picture or write a couplet to match today's lively scene, and give it to the groom and bride to add some festive atmosphere. We all thought it was a good idea, but just the few of us felt it was too little, so we came to pull you guys together to play along."

  Everyone was originally sitting and also boring, just eating snacks were full, having this game is good, and not difficult, so they all agreed. A group of maids had already neatly cleaned up a few tables and chairs, set up pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.

  Chu Xiangyi saw Chu Yunting smile at her with deep meaning, and she got up to present the treasure first. She couldn't help but feel puzzled in her heart. Didn't she know yet? Was she still following her original plan to make things difficult for herself?

  If Chu Ke hadn't heard Zhu Yichen and his brother Zhu Yihan talk about their family background, she might still not have understood what Chu Yun Ting meant. Now that she thinks about it, she understands, and also figures out the previous incident of appreciating the snow.

  I was brought up by a servant woman, this servant woman wasn't someone specially invited from somewhere to teach and educate the young ladies, but rather a confidant beside the mistress of the house, illiterate, yet knew how to raise spoiled and unruly young ladies.

  So, Chu Yunting thought she was not dignified and wouldn't wear wooden clogs. With a heart full of laughter, she pulled Li Lankun along to watch the joke. Li Lankun's social connections were vast, as could be seen from the many guests who came today. She wanted to use Li Lankun's mouth to spread this matter in the official circle, so that Chu Keqin would lose face and not dare show her face again. Even if Zhu Yuxuan still had ideas, he would be deterred by his own reputation. That's why when she found herself standing silently in the pavilion, she lost her composure and let out a shrill scream.

  Today, I'm afraid it's also certain that one's abilities are limited, and the words written or paintings drawn may be laughable to others, hence this proposal.

  Chu Ke's eyebrows were raised, and it turned out that Chu Yunting didn't know yet! The backyard was already on fire, Zhu Yu had been taken away by her own sister, and she was still foolishly entangled with someone unrelated to herself here!

  Chu Xue's words were necessary to remind her, lest this endless self-comparison continued.

  Chu Ke smiled with pursed lips and stood up, seeing that there was still an empty case, the other young ladies were still thinking, so she went over smiling and said: "I also have a poem, I'll offer it to you."

  Walked over, picked up a pen, held it upright and wrote a seven-character poem.

  The poem is ordinary, but the words are extremely beautiful. Chu Ke'er learned to write from a Han teacher when she was a princess, and she worked hard at it, writing a beautiful small seal script. Not to mention the imperial court at that time, even among the high officials and scholars, there were probably only a few who could compare with her, let alone the women in this house now!

  As soon as it was written, the poem had not yet been commented on, but the brushwork had already caused astonishment. Everyone passed it around to look at it, and many people exclaimed: "It's really rare! Seal script is difficult to write, and a woman can produce such writing, it's too rare!"

  "With such a treasure in front of us, we don't have to show our ugliness anymore!"

  "You think this is a competition? I said it's just to add some joy for newcomers!"

  That poem was passed into Lan Qixiang's hands, Chu Ke'er took a special look at it. Lan Qixiang glanced at it and revealed a slightly surprised expression, but quickly covered it up. Looking at her appearance, it seemed that she had never seen Chu Ke'er's handwriting before, and didn't know how good or bad her writing was in the past. It was just that today was the first time they met, and like everyone else, she was surprised by Chu Ke'er's beautiful small seal script.

  Chu Ke'er only took a glance and turned away, smiling as she looked at the other side where the painting was not yet finished. Chu Yunting was still holding her brush in shock, staring at herself. In her heart, she thought, "Surprised again? What's the point of coming here? It's just going to be a hassle!"

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