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  When the Crown Prince's consort said so, everyone couldn't help but come out. The Fourth Master and Zhu Yuhuan were standing in the main hall. The young ladies of the mansion, led by Jin Shu, came forward to pay their respects. Although Jin Shu was older than the Fourth Master and Fifth Master, they first paid their respects to the Crown Prince's consort, then to Jin Shu, the eldest miss, before finally paying their respects to the other young ladies of the mansion. The relatives temporarily lined up in the back.

  The young ladies have finished their greetings and entered the house. On this side, Chu Yun Ting first stepped forward to pay her respects, and the two of them hastily returned the courtesy. Next, Chu Ke Qi and Chu Yun Qing came over to pay their respects.

  Li Lankun felt a bit awkward, she wasn't a guest invited by the county prince's mansion either, and she was an unmarried young lady. Being asked to pay respects to the two gentlemen made her feel embarrassed, as if her face would lose its dignity. She had just come out earlier to look for Chu Yunting, thinking that she could get Chu Yunting to help her muddle through this situation. But who knew that Chu Yunting's nose was not a nose and her face was not a face? Li Lankun felt stifled in her heart, but she thought it wouldn't be good if others saw her making a fool of herself. So she steeled herself, blushing bright red, and followed closely behind Chu Keqi, hastily paying respects to the two gentlemen without even checking if they returned the courtesy, before quickly turning around and rushing back inside.

  Then some of the high-ranking maids next to the princess knelt down and kowtowed to the two masters, followed by the women from the princess's side who also came in to pay their respects.

  In front of a group of people, Zhu Yuhuan didn't dare to say anything special to Chu Keqi, and could only say one sentence when she turned around and entered the house: "Keqi, eat more today, drink more"

  Chu Ke'er couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and turned around to ask, "Isn't it just a matter of eating and drinking more during the capping ceremony? What's the point of me eating and drinking more?" But when she saw Zhu Yuhuan laughing happily with his white teeth showing, she couldn't help but want to smile again. She nodded her head: "Fifth Brother, congratulations!"

  Zhu Yuhuan received her congratulations and smiled extra happily, nodding: "Good"

  The luncheon was held in the side hall of the county king's mansion, a spacious and luxurious flower hall filled with the scent of sandalwood. In the middle was a round table made of purple sandalwood, inlaid with large marble, surrounded by eight immortals' tables and taishi chairs. A long, low platform divided the space into four small rooms, each decorated differently: some had rockery basins, others had bronze tripods placed centrally, while walls hung with precious swords or displayed long, narrow desks holding books, paintings, zithers, and chessboards; one room even had an eight immortals' table and a wax plum blossom, perfect for sipping tea and engaging in elegant conversation.

  Everyone can tell by looking at the decorations here that this is a place where the Duke and Duchess usually come to relax.

  The purple sandalwood carved round table in the main hall has already been set with wine and dishes, the prince's wife stands beside the king's wife, holding chopsticks and standing by to wait for the king's wife to dine.

  There were still jade wine cups on the table, and the Princess of the County was in high spirits today. The sisters accompanied her to drink a few more cups. After dinner, the Princess of the County wanted to take a rest, and the Crown Prince's wife did not dare to neglect her, supporting her as she went to the main house in the backyard.

  The girls sat in the house chatting for a while before dispersing, Chu Yunting and a young lady from the Junwangfu went out talking, Li Lankun was intentionally or unintentionally left behind.

  The estrangement between the two of them was silent and unnoticed, and no one would have noticed if Chu Kui hadn't been paying attention to them with a preoccupied mind.

  Chu Ke was dawdling behind, slowly and leisurely. Cai Yun had been serving her for some time now, and she was used to it. She stood at the door of the flower hall, holding Chu Ke's light-colored cloak in her hand, waiting.

  The sisters didn't know what they had discussed and where to go next, but suddenly they all left, leaving only the unpopular Chu Xue and Li Lankun who was deliberately ignored, slowly following behind, as well as Jin Shu Xiaojie who wasn't interested in anything.

  Chu Ke smiled and went up to Jin Shu's older sister and said: "Big sister, where are you thinking of going now?"

  Miss Jin Shu hastily said: "I want to go back and rest for a while, I'm a bit tired, my head is dizzy..."

  Chu Ke's eyes were slightly disappointed, and she stood still, watching Jin Shu and the maid hurry away. She turned to look at her own maid, Caiyun, as Li Lanjun emerged from the doorway with a faint flush on her face and a hint of anger in her eyebrows.

  "Caiyun, I want to go to Yunzhu Pavilion. There's no one there, I'll go and calm down for a bit." Chu Ke said.

  Caiyun was taken aback, but she hadn't expected such a proposal. Subconsciously, she opposed it: "Third sister, Yunzhuguan is very cold at this time... It's a good place to go in summer and autumn, but no one goes there in winter, it's too desolate."

  "Is that so? Alright then." Unexpectedly, San Guniang didn't insist at all and lightly agreed, turning around to walk forward with Cai Yun following behind her. San Guniang neither went to the Cloud Bamboo Pavilion nor returned home, but instead strolled aimlessly in front.

  Li Lankun came out to see that Chu Yunting had walked ahead with a group of people and hadn't stopped to wait for her. She couldn't help but feel both angry and indignant. The princess asked herself a few more questions, could she blame herself? How could they shift their anger onto her? It was really too much!

  She made up her mind, went back and packed her things, tomorrow morning, no matter what, she would go back.

  It's just that at this moment, she didn't know where to go. She and Chu Yunting lived together now, but going back to see Chu Yunting might not guarantee that her anger would dissipate.

  After listening to Chu Ke's conversation with the maid, she had an idea. Since Yun Zhu Pavilion was empty, she might as well go over and take a stroll around, killing time for the rest of the afternoon. By evening when she returned, Chu Yuntian should have calmed down by then too.

  Having thought of this, she said to her maid: "Let's go to the Cloud Bamboo Pavilion and take a stroll. We'll run into Maid Baozi in a little while and ask for directions."

  Her two maidservants hastily replied, and the three of them asked for directions as they made their way towards the Cloud Bamboo Pavilion.

  The men's lunch was with Zhu Yuhuan and other brothers, who were eating with the Duke. Although they also drank some wine, they didn't dare to drink freely, and after finishing lunch, they all felt a bit unfulfilled.

  The young master supported the county king back to rest, and someone smiled and suggested: "Why don't we find a place to continue drinking?"

  Everyone naturally agreed, but Zhu Yuhuan saw that the speaker was his third brother Zhu Yuyue, so he didn't echo. The crown prince wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to win over his brothers and must have hoped that everyone would wait for him here. Third Brother Zhu Yuyue couldn't possibly not understand the crown prince's meaning, yet he made this proposal, which naturally had its own ulterior motives.

  Other brothers may not know, but Zhu Yuhuan is clear that the prince is a person with great ambitions, and San Ge Zhu Yuji - - - ambition has never been smaller than the prince.

  Zhu Yuhao said that the wine table was already set up there, and everyone laughed and joked about going to his place. Zhu Yuhan knew in her heart, but she still had to follow the crowd, so she followed everyone to San Ge's courtyard. As they walked, she looked around and saw Zhu Yuzhen turn back and go to the back, seemingly to use the restroom.

  He quietly followed behind the crowd, thinking about what Zhu Yuchen had just told him.

  Kai Xi wants to get Yi Chen, the crown prince, alone in the Cloud Bamboo Pavilion, what is she thinking of doing? At first, when he heard that Kai Xi had such an idea, his heart sank, and his face must have looked terrible at the time.

  So Yī Zhēn quickly figured it out and hastily explained to Kè Qì: "The Crown Prince's consort still hasn't stopped causing trouble for her, sending a cautious and cunning maid to be by her side. That day when they went to admire the snow, she even invited the Duchess of Jun, who knows what kind of scheme she's cooking up. If Kè Qì doesn't do anything and just waits around, with that maid watching her, it won't be long before the Crown Prince's consort gets a hold of her weakness."

  "But what is she looking for Zhai Sheng for? Still alone... I'm really a bit worried"

  "I don't know what she wants from Shizi, but that day she accidentally walked outside and couldn't talk to me for too long. However, I think maybe she just wanted to show off in front of Shizi, to make him see the maid following her? Or perhaps she wanted to go back and have Shizi speak up to the Duchess? In any case, it's absolutely not what you're thinking..." Zhu Yuxuan shook his head and said: "How can you think like that?"

  Zhu Yi Huan looked at him and believed, because after all, Zhu Yi Chen understood Ke Qi better than himself. Moreover, it wasn't just Ke Qi who met the Crown Prince alone, was Zhu Yi Chen not by his side?

  He thought of this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As for the Crown Prince's consort, he was powerless to do anything about it, and still had to take care of a delicate girl who was struggling with him. He really was...

  The crown prince saw the king of Jun back, and when he came out, he heard his subordinates say that San Ye had invited all his brothers to his place, except for Er Ye from De Fu Jun Wang's side, who went to the toilet and didn't catch up.

  The crown prince smiled faintly and returned to the place where he had just eaten. As expected, he saw Zhu Yuxuan turning around by himself here. Seeing him, he hurried over, smiling and bowing: "Your Highness."

  "They went to Lao San's place, it's all in the past." The young master said with a faint smile.

  Zhu Yichen fell silent for a moment and didn't answer immediately.

  "What? Don't you want to go?"

  Zhu Yichan smiled and said: "Where does the young master want to go at this time?"

  The crown prince smiled faintly in his heart. This elder male cousin was actually more perceptive than his own brothers. He thought to himself with a smile, "Me? Hmm, I'll have to think about that."

  Zhu Yichan said, "The bamboo forest surrounding the Cloud Bamboo Pavilion is perfect for drinking. Last time we came back from hunting, we roasted meat there. The leftover rabbit meat and yellow sheep meat are still there. Young Master, how about we go roast some meat? Maybe they'll find out again."

  The crown prince smiled faintly: "Find them? I'm afraid they're all drunk and can't find their way"

  Zhu Yichen fell silent again, his palms sweating.

  The prince smiled and said: "However, we two brothers can also drink and walk, let's go to the Yunzhu Pavilion"

  Zhu Yichan was overjoyed but didn't dare to show it too much, so he just respectfully nodded his head. The two of them then walked along the corridor towards the Cloud Bamboo Pavilion.

  The young master said he was going to Yunzhu Pavilion when the two attendants behind him had already turned and run away.

  When the two of them walked to the entrance of the Yunzhu Pavilion, they saw a row of more than ten maids holding red lacquer trays, all covered with silver lids, and others holding basins, towels, spittoons and other items, standing at the door waiting.

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