Chapter 233: Arrived at Qingzhou 8

Jiang Yeqian was just about to get up when he suddenly caught sight of Si Jin, who was looking at him with admiration.

Si Jin said, “You’re so amazing.”

“What? Amazing?” He had only said some regular words, but now a boy was looking at him with admiration. His goosebumps felt like they were about to fall to the floor.

Si Jin wanted to give him some applause. “Your analysis is so thorough.”

Jiang Yeqian pursed his lip. He said, “Being a pet is not my life goal.”

“??”

Si Jin was about to ask him what his life goal was, but Jiang Yeqian got up and left before he could.

Qi Qingyao slept for a while before waking up. She called Li Qing over and gave him her response to Heir Pei’s invitation, “We’ll go together tomorrow.”

Heir Pei’s mood brightened significantly when he found out that she agreed to go.

He had intended to reject the invitation to the banquet the next day, but if this woman wanted to go… then he would go with her.

The forces in the city should be pretty curious about her.

He was curious too about how she would deal with it.

…

At the Lu family residence.

Dong Jing observed that his master’s mood did not improve in the slightest although he was already back at Qingzhou City. On the contrary, he became very quiet, a little bad-tempered even.

“Master, you look annoyed.” Looking at the darkening sky outside, Dong Jing had the servants prepare the bath water.

Lu Yan sat on the soft bed, petting the white cat in his arms. He mumbled, appearing to have a headache, “I thought that Qi Qingyao was going to call me her grandfather. I’d acknowledge it and, after that, I’d obtain Master Li Qinglian’s whereabouts from her, but this woman treated me like a stranger.”

The Master was feeling gloomy because of that?

Dong Jing changed the topic deliberately. “Master, are you going to the banquet held by the Jiang family tomorrow then?”

“I heard that many people visited the Pei family house this afternoon. Everyone went to visit Heir Pei,” Lu Yan said.

“Yes.” Dong Jing nodded sternly.

“He’ll probably go to the banquet tomorrow. That means that she’ll go too. As for me, if this woman will go, I’ll go as well.” Lu Yan started to analyze the situation.

Dong Jing paused. “Master, how do you know that Miss Qi will go?”

He had reached that conclusion without any proof.

Lu Yan said dismissively, “She’s a lively person and has to be in the thick of the action all the time. She’ll definitely join the crowd over at the Jiang family house tomorrow.”

…

At the Jiang family house.

Jiang Siliu sat in front of the mirror and took off the pearl hairpin in her hair. She rummaged around her jewelry box for her prettiest hairpin, and called Qi Qingzhu in.

Jiang Siliu pointed to the several pearl hairpins on the table. “Qingzhu, which one do you think will look the best on me tomorrow?”

“They’re all pretty,” Qi Qingzhu scanned the table and said, her head lowered.

Jiang Siliu frowned. “Be honest.”

Qi Qingzhu pointed at one of the pins. “I think this white jade hairpin suits you best, miss.”

She had already gotten her answer, but Jiang Siliu was not satisfied yet. She took out several sets of extremely grand outfits and set them out on the bed. “Which of these three do you think looks best?”

Qi Qingzhu thought about it for a while. She did not dare give a flippant answer, and so she said seriously, “This bright yellow dress will look very striking in the winter; This red one will make you stand out; and this green dress will make you look gentle and demure.”

“Not bad.” That was also what she thought. She had asked her servant because she wanted to see if her servant had the same thoughts as she did.

Qi Qingzhu had already been working at the Jiang family house for some time. She knew Jiang Siliu’s personality clearly, so she took the initiative and said, “If you want to wear the yellow dress, the jade hairpin will be a better match. If you want to wear the red one, wear that gold hairpin. If you wear the green dress, wear the white jade hairpin. It’ll look more elegant.”

Jiang Siliu thought about it for a while and agreed. Gritting her teeth, she set down the red and green dresses and picked up the yellow one. “I’ll wear the yellow dress. Let the guests have the opportunity to show off too! Although I’m the host, I don’t want to stand out too much.”

Qi Qingzhu nodded slightly.

After Jiang Siliu let her leave, Qi Qingzhu returned to the side room for a break. She thought about when she could get time off again.

After the banquet tomorrow, if Miss is in a good mood, maybe she could allow her some time off to return to the village one more time.