Half an hour later, she emerged from Nongfeng Hall, her face filled with joy as if bathing in the spring breeze. The three thousand taels she brought in were left behind, indicating the matter was settled.

The young girl’s slender figure walked towards the Four Arts Bookstore in the east of the city.

She couldn’t return to the mansion yet to avoid being traced back after the matter was exposed. She still needed to circle around a few times.

... 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

When Ye Zhi returned to the Ye Mansion, she went straight to Tingling Garden, wanting to get things clarified. But as she stood in front of the tightly closed doors, she hesitated and didn’t knock.

After knocking, what would she say?

Should she question Qin Yin’s matter? She knew he was the future Azure Dragon, so wasn’t doing things under the Little Traitor perfectly normal? The Little Traitor had the right to privacy; not telling her was also very normal...

After all, she wasn’t the Little Traitor’s wife, just an ordinary friend. Why should he tell her? He had the right to keep things hidden.

She paced back and forth in front of the Tingling Garden’s door, and eventually gave up, choosing not to inquire further, and turned to leave.

As the black gold sunk westward, a hint of rose-tinted clouds faded on the horizon.

Just as you hour arrived, the Ye Mansion became bustling and busy.

In the main hall.

The Minister couple appeared vibrant, joy illuminating their brows and eyes as they cheerfully instructed the servants on how to arrange things properly here and pay attention there, sometimes delving in themselves.

Ye Zhi didn’t quite understand: "Father, Mother, is this all just to celebrate Xiao Chen finishing the autumn entrance exams and you two started making such a fuss since afternoon. Is it that necessary?"

The Ye Family head just hung an ink-blue scroll properly, sweeping it with their eyes from left to right before nodding.

Mm, it looked much more pleasing now.

After finishing, she cast a reproachful glance at her youngest daughter, advising:

"What do you know, child? Mother has something important to announce tonight. Dress neatly today, appear graceful, and don’t embarrass us in the evening."

The Ye head’s sharp eyes caught sight of fallen leaves in the corner and walked over, casually calling a passing maid: "Hey, hey, hey, how come there are few fallen leaves not swept here? Come and sweep them."

"Yes."

The maid, taking orders, immediately started cleaning.

Ye Zhi held a begonia-patterned handkerchief, wiping her non-sweaty forehead, to indicate her speechlessness...

Isn’t this too exaggerated? Those two leaves were embedded in the corner, her eyesight was very good, not even able to be seen clearly, yet her mother spotted them, striving for cleanliness to the utmost. Could it be her mother belonged to the Virgo constellation?

A tender childish voice called out.

"Auntie, Auntie, hug~"

Ye Zhi turned around.

Huanhuan was holding Little Ah Che, alongside Ye Fu, the Lingbo Fairy couple, Housekeeper Tan, Changzhou, and others.

She happily took over her nephew to play, then looked up and playfully said, "Sister, you arrived with Little Ah Che, master is good." Greeting her sister and the master politely.

Little Ah Che, seeing his auntie, squinted his eyes with a smile, bending like crescent moons, his short arms and legs flailing delightedly in her embrace, calling softly: "Auntie, Auntie..."

Ye Zhi had to hold onto her little nephew while dejectedly chatting with others: "I didn’t expect mother called you all over, even Qinglian, Xiao Qian are coming later, saying there’s something important to announce, asked me to call more companions to witness."

She was frustrated, as was Huanhuan: "Yes, Aunt Ye specifically instructed us to come for today’s celebration dinner a few days ago, and I still don’t know what she’s going to say. On the surface, I only know it’s for celebrating Xiao Chen finishing the autumn exams."

Once Aunt Ye finished speaking, she began to anticipate what it was unmistakable that called her parents to come along too, and Aunt Ye also said it was Ah Zhi’s master, joining to have a simple meal together or something.

Soon, Ye Lin arrived with his wife and children to the main hall.