Osmanthus fragrans was originally delighted, thinking that the young master was really handsome and smelled good on his body, was it the scent of agarwood? Suddenly hearing this angry shout, he was frightened to death, his hand trembled, and the book slipped from his fingertips.

  Lin Shiquan's hands were quick and his eyes were fast, he snatched the book before it fell to the ground, and with just one glance, he saw the faint red mark on the page. He raised his head again, and saw the rouge on Guigui's lips, his face darkened, and in a low voice, he said: "Get out!"

  In the blink of an eye, the two young masters with smiles on their faces suddenly turned hostile, as if they wanted to tear people apart and eat them. Gu Yuan was so scared that her face lost all color, her lips slightly open in fear, staring at the two men, a layer of tears quickly welling up in her eyes, her hands and feet trembling: "Young Master, please spare me, I didn't do it on purpose..."

  Lu Xian didn't even look at her, his face gloomy as he pulled out a white silk handkerchief from his sleeve and carefully wiped away the faint red mark on the page.

  Lin Shiquan saw that Guiyuan was still standing there motionless, and he couldn't help but want to lift his foot and kick this frivolous and shameless little servant who had smeared black on Lin Jianrong's face out.

  Spring Bud, who was decocting medicine on the side, found something amiss and hastily held up a rush fan to apologize with a smile: "What's wrong? What is this?"

  Longan was like seeing a relative, tears streaming down: "Spring Bud sister, I really didn't mean to..."

  Chun Ya's gaze swept slowly from her lips to the book in Lu Xie's hand, and suddenly she laughed: "You lazy girl, didn't even wash your hands before coming to work? Look at the mess you've made, why don't you hurry up and apologize to Young Master Bao by kowtowing? Go to Gong Mama's place to receive your punishment?"

  Osmanthus immediately knelt down and loudly gave Lu Xuan a bow: "Young Master, please forgive your slave!"

  Lu Xianlian didn't even glance at her, but instead kept his eyes down and continued wiping the book.

  Chun Ya smiled and said: "Young Master Biao, don't worry, go have dinner first, I'll think of a way."

  Lu Jie was silent for a moment, then casually threw the white silk handkerchief on the stone table, handed the book to Chun Meng, and turned around to leave.

  "Thank you, Chun Ya sister, I really didn't mean to." Gu Yuan got up and thanked Chun Ya, who furrowed her brow and stared at her lightly saying: "Do you still remember the grape that served beside Big Sister earlier?"

  Guigui's face turned as white as a dead person. "Big sister got married early, you were young and may not remember. At that time, big sister had a favorite maid named Putao, who was beautiful and lovely, but unfortunately died suddenly one night." Chunya's voice was cold: "She was just like you, liked to play with makeup and powder every day. Usually, she would talk about it with half a girl's tone, but after her death, she only got a broken quilt. I don't want big sister's reputation to be damaged because of this, so I'm saying this, that's all, whether you listen or not is up to you." Without waiting for Guigui to respond, she frowned and walked away with the book.

  Osmanthus stupidly stood still for a long time, and then took out the silk handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe off the lipstick on his mouth, until his lips were sore. He sneaked out of the west wing like a thief, not daring to return to the main hall to serve, but hid in the east wing, sitting by the ancient well, dazed for a long time, before remembering to change his muddy skirt. Even if Master Bao was handsome, he couldn't be more important than his own life.

  Lin Jinyong silently held his bowl, watching Lin Shiquan first pick the largest oil-fried peach blossom fish and put it in Lu Xian's dish, then scoop a spoonful of vegetable tofu for Lu Xian. Lu Xian looked very satisfied with her food, as if she couldn't get enough, and suddenly felt a bit suffocated, gently putting down her bowl to rinse her mouth with tea water.

  Mrs. Tao hastily said: "Why don't you eat? Is something uncomfortable?" As she spoke, she again wanted to reach out and touch Lin Yanni's forehead.

  Lin Jiner slightly turned his face away with a hint of impatience: "No, I'm full."

  "Full already? You usually eat two or three bowls, but today you only had one."

  Lu Xian heard this and couldn't help but put down her chopsticks, sizing up Lin Jinrong once. Among these rich young ladies who were already thinking about being slender at the age of eight or nine, it was rare to hear that anyone would eat as much as she did.

  "What are you looking at?" Lin Jirong gave him a white eye, stood up and saluted to retreat. As soon as he entered the east wing, he saw Guiyuan coming to greet him with a smile, serving tea and water, so diligent. Thinking of her behavior just now when she was eager to please Lu Xian, he couldn't help but be curious: "Why didn't you come to serve me earlier?"

  Osmanthus secretly measured Lin Jingrong's expression, grasping his sleeve and saying: "The slave suddenly came to Kui Shui." It seems that Master Biao didn't say anything, she now only hopes that the Bodhisattva in Qingliang Temple can bless Chunmeng to wipe clean the rouge on that book, and not make a fuss about it.

  Lin Jinrong saw that she had indeed changed into a new dark skirt, and didn't ask any more questions. He walked to the window and sat down on the windowsill, leaning against the windowsill looking at the green buds of the plum blossom tree: "Lizhi, when will this season's taxes be collected?" How come I haven't heard about buying silver for tribute yet? "It's still early. It should be around the time of the wheat harvest." Lizhi handed him a hot compress: "Third Master didn't say that we have to wait until after the winter wheat and spring silkworms are harvested, right?"

  Lin Jinyong slumped down on the couch, gazing at the wisps of smoke curling up from the celadon incense burner, sometimes swirling and sometimes rising straight up. She couldn't help but let out a long sigh, she really couldn't wait any longer.

  Chun Ya stared blankly at the book in her hand, she had tried every method, but couldn't remove the red mark without damaging the book. Just as she was struggling with this problem, she suddenly heard Lu Xian order Chang Shou to go eat, she quickly stood up and nervously looked at Lu Xian, just thinking of pleading for Gu Yuan, when she saw Lu Xian glance at the book lightly and say: "Take it to your fourth sister and tell her it's Mr. Zhu's rare book, ask her what to do? Even pranks should have a limit."

  Spring Bud was taken aback, then immediately delighted, and knelt down to pay respects: "Yes, I'll take it to give to the young lady right away." The careless plan of Guiyuan was actually a wicked prank hinted at by Lin Jiran, which made everyone look good, and there was no need to secretly hide it from the Tao family.

  Is this a prank? Is he going to make her compensate for the book? Or is it to remind her to keep an eye on the servant girl by her side? Lin Jingrong sneered and flipped through the book, seeing that the cover was exquisite, the paper was of high quality, and it was still a handwritten copy. The words were written with great style, and when he turned to see the seal, he confirmed that it was indeed a rare book from the Zhu family, and its value was not low. He casually put it on the table and said, "It's easy to handle, Spring Bud sister, just wait a moment."

  Got up and looked for a silver knife, buried his head against that point of redness and scraped it for a while, wiped the paper with a cloth twice, and handed it to Chunya: "Done."

  "Miss is really clever," Chun Ya exclaimed delightedly. "I'll take it to Young Master right away."

  Actually this method is too simple, it's just that the girls don't dare to use this method. In their eyes, books are precious and fragile things.

  Lin Jinyong turned around and looked at Guiyuan, saying lightly: "I'll go talk to the madam, how about I send you away?"

  At the sound of Guiyuan, her usual spirit and delicate air all disappeared. With a "thud", she knelt down and crawled to Lin Jinyong's face, tightly hugging his legs, tears streaming down, filled with remorse: "Miss, Miss, I don't want to die, I was wrong, I won't dare again."

  Lin Jian looked at Guiyuan with a calm and indifferent expression, as if he was looking at an object, without any emotions. That year, Ning'er was gone, and Lu Xian and she were like strangers. One night, he suddenly kicked open her door, staring tightly at her who was awakened in confusion, biting his teeth and not speaking.

  Lychee and Gui's servant rushed up, one on the left and one on the right, tightly holding him back and persuading him in a bitter tone. He turned his head to face Gui's servant and smiled: "You two are indeed as close as gold. What's the big deal about just a maid? Alright, give her to me and I'll continue." Then he strode away.

  The next morning, Lin Yuzhen came to talk to her, praising her for doing a good job. Since Ning'er's death, Lu Xian had not shared the same room with her again. How could the Lu family possibly cut off their descendants? Then Guiyuan brought up the concubine, and everyone praised her for being virtuous. However, she couldn't even begin to explain herself. The maidservant who had been given to her as a dowry had already betrayed her by secretly sleeping with the master, which was already a shameful thing. If she were to come out and make a fuss to clear things up, it would only be a laughingstock for others to see. She couldn't bear to lose face like that. All she could do was swallow her anger and humiliation.

  Guizhi stayed in the house crying for a whole day and night, with a small bundle of clothes in front of her, kowtowing to beg to leave, saying that she had no face to see her again, and couldn't be persuaded to stay. Lu Yun advised her to let Guizhi go, otherwise it would be a mess between the two mother-daughter pairs - one being her own personal maid and the other being her concubine. She agreed.

  At that time, Guigui was also holding her knees and begging bitterly, saying it was all his fault, being momentarily confused and doing things that wronged her, and promising to hand over the child to her when he had a son in the future, promising not to fight with her about anything...

  After all, there's nothing worth arguing about, and she doesn't deign to argue with anyone. She still has some dignity. Lu Xian left home three days later, taking Changshou with him, and didn't return until Old Master Lu died, when they came back for the funeral. The two of them were like strangers when they met again.

  A dog cannot change its nature of eating feces.

  Lin Jinyong raised an eyebrow and said in a low voice, "It's good that you know you've made a fatal mistake. I'm letting you off this time because of my affection for Gui Auntie. If there's a next time... it's better if you find a cleaner way to die, one that won't drag others down with you." It had nothing to do with Lu Xuan, but rather her own hatred towards being betrayed by those close to her, being treated like an idiot and being manipulated in front of everyone without being able to do anything about it.

  These few words, not to mention the longan, even the lychee was frightened with wide eyes. Lin Jiran smiled at Gu Yuan: "Were you scared? What I said is true, you should know that a girl's reputation is most important. If you want to die, say it early."

  Guiyuan's body hair all stood up, and he involuntarily let go of Lin Jiran's hand, trembling his lips: "It... Miss, no more next time."

  "Go and wash your face! I don't like seeing people with a long face."

  The osmanthus retreated with a rustling sound, Lin Jinrong frowned and pinched the space between his eyebrows, raised his eyes to see Miao Xia standing at the door looking at him timidly, subconsciously thinking that she had seen what he was doing just now, so he looked at Liuzhi with some blame and said softly: "Miao Xia, what's wrong?"

  Miao Ya suddenly took out a book and said anxiously, "Miss, Young Master said you are too hateful. It's okay if you don't compensate for the book, why did you have to tear it?"

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  My body still hasn't recovered, my bones are cracking with a loud noise, I'm completely exhausted. I'll update again tomorrow. Double pink is going to be the death of me, I've lost half my life already.

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