The birthday banquet of Miss Bai Si of Zhen Nan Hou Fu was set at noon.

  It was said to be a banquet, but in fact it was just an invitation to gather with sisters who had been friends for a long time. By the beginning of next year, Bai Si Miss would become the legitimate wife of the Crown Prince and enter the East Palace. It's not easy for her to leave the palace, and it's also not easy for sisters to enter the palace to see her.

  It was the last birthday she spent in her parents' home, and for Bai Si Miss, it was not only precious but also extraordinary.

  The future crown prince's precious and heavy banquet invitation, those who received the invitation naturally felt honored, and the gifts that came with it were also very valuable.

  Cui Ling followed Su Zi Hua into the White Fourth Miss's Zhen Luan Xuan, and was immediately dazzled by the glittering treasures on the Eight Immortals table.

  She felt a sudden panic and hastily pulled Su Zihua's sleeve, "Fourth sister..."

  Su Zi drew close to her ear and asked in a low voice, "Fifth sister, what's wrong?"

  Cui Ling bit her lip and said with great embarrassment, "Grandmother asked me to choose a birthday gift for Miss Bai according to my own will. I heard that Miss Bai is about the same age as me, so I thought our hobbies should be similar. So I picked up a few small toys from Jiangnan, including a set of movable puppets and a wooden waterwheel."

  She paused slightly, looking over with a pleading gaze, "I didn't think everyone would give these..."

  On the table of Zhen Rong Xuan's main house, many gift boxes were arranged in layers, some of which had been opened, and the little maids were sorting them out, revealing shiny pearl, jade, gold-made jewelry of various colors, checking their quality, admiring their luster, all of which were high-end products, worth a lot.

  In front of these treasures, the small trinkets and decorations made of bamboo and wood in her box are simply unbearable to look at.

  Cui Ying felt somewhat disheartened. This was her first time mustering up the courage to go out and socialize, who would have thought that such a mistake would occur...

  Su Zi Hua heard the words and couldn't help but laugh, she was just about to comfort her younger brother and sister's low mood, when a warm and gentle girl's voice came from inside the house, "Is it Fourth Aunt Yuan who has arrived?"

  Miss Bai wore a pale pink dress with silver silk embroidery of peonies, her hair adorned with eight treasures cloud flowers and jade dots, her skin as white as jade, her eyebrows and eyes like stars, her red lips like cherry blossoms, elegantly walking out of the house.

  She smiled and walked up, "Just mentioning Fourth Aunt earlier, finally arrived. This...".

  Miss Bai's eyes couldn't help but hold a few points of surprise, "Is this the fifth lady of the Yuan family? What a beautiful person!"

  Su Zi Hua smiled and took the purple sandalwood box from Mei Tui's hand, taking out a pair of white jade hairpins with red beads and handing them to Miss Bai Si. "I personally drew the design, and asked Master Xu from Zhen Bao Zhai to make it. This style suits you very well, and it looks great when worn at home."

  She turned her face to look at Cui Ying, and saw that her fifth brother and sister had shrunk behind her, quietly hiding the box containing gifts behind their back.

  Su Zi's painting was very helpless, she directly handed the box from Cui Ying to Bai Si Miss, "This is a few pieces of Jiangnan decorations carefully selected by my fifth brother and sister, made of wood and bamboo, not worth much money, but rare and exquisite, rarely seen in Shengjing, take it away to play."

  Miss Bai opened the box curiously and saw that it was an exquisitely crafted doll, she couldn't help but laugh, "I've seen this at my sister's place in Jianning Houfu, I wanted to ask her for it, but she wasn't willing to give it to me."

  She was overjoyed and fondled these exquisite little things here and there, playing with them for a long time until someone came to urge her from inside the house. Only then did she put away the things and hand them over to her personal maid, Da Yu, repeatedly instructing her to hide them first.

  Miss Bai said with some embarrassment, "Sister Zhou, Sister Luo, and Sister Shi are all fond of playing tricks. If they see such a good thing, they will definitely fight with me for it."

  The guest has taken a liking to it, and the host's family cannot refuse her. She is about to enter the Eastern Palace as the Crown Prince's consort; if they are reluctant to give up even this small thing, people will say she is stingy.

  Miss Bai Si really likes these little things, which makes Cui Ling somewhat unbelievable.

  Just the pearl rings and precious hairpins on the Eight Immortals table, without considering the value of the material itself, just talking about the exquisite shape and fine workmanship, are all considered beautiful and elegant. Even she, a woman who doesn't usually like jewelry and dressing up, can't help but feel fond of them, let alone others?

  But she carefully observed the expression of Miss Bai Si, and found that her joy was genuine. This joy was written between her eyebrows and eyes, without any pretence, it seemed that she really liked these things.

  Cui Ling's heart couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and the tension from just now also dissipated. "If Fourth Miss Bai likes it, I still have some more."

  Last year, her father Chui Cheng-kai went to Jiangnan and brought back several boxes of things, including silk, satin, jade jewelry and rare ancient books. She didn't like reading or dressing up, so she only took a box of small toys from the folk market, including a seven-piece puzzle board, nine linked rings, wooden puppets with strings, a walking bamboo frog and a wooden bird that could chirp.

  She didn't want to leave these small things for the two younger sisters born by her stepmother, nor did she want the sisters from another house to take advantage of them, so she brought all of them to the Yuan family.

  Although she wouldn't admit it, in fact, because it was given by Choi Sung-gai, she treasured it very much.

  Miss Bai Si welcomed Su Zi Hua and Cui Ying into the house, saying to Cui Ying, "That's a good idea, I'll definitely visit your esteemed residence another day. Don't forget what you said today, Aunt Yuan Wu."

  She paused for a moment, smiled and said, "My maiden name is Rong Hua, if Aunt Yuan doesn't mind, just call me Sister Rong."

  Rong Jie'er is a nickname, and Bai Ronghua allowed Cui Ying to call her that, which means she acknowledged her.

  Choi Yong felt a wave of kindness wash over him, and his heart was filled with warmth.

  She couldn't help but feel a little disdain for herself, having experienced a lifetime of things, and yet she had never seen such turmoil in her past life. She had even died so heroically, and should have been able to face prosperity and adversity with equanimity, strolling leisurely and watching the clouds rise and fall with ease.

  This is the standard a trans woman should have: substance, refinement, and a story to tell.

  But she was now moved by a little girl whom she had met for the first time in her life with a bit of kindness.

  Although it's a bit unconvincing to say so, she thought that this was probably because... her life had been without bright colors for a long time.

  After her mother's death, she once thought that this strange era was a cold and indifferent net cast by Zhang Bing, which only trapped her alone in it, without leaving any warmth for her.

  So when she is willing to open her heart, all sincerity and kindness can warm up her icy heart that has been frozen for too long.

  Cui Ying thought, it's time to abandon the past, look forward to the future and start anew!

  Zhen Rong Xuan is facing the lake, with a half-house built on the water in the east, and Bai Ronghua named it Zhen Rong Shui Xie.

  Su Ri was chatting with Pingyuan Hou Fu's Zhou Er Miss, Jianning Hou Fu's Zhu Wu Miss, Zhong Ding Bo Fu's Luo San Miss, and Muyang Bo Fu's Shi Liu Miss, who had all arrived. Some were gathered together chatting, while others sat by the north window gazing out at the scenery on the lake.

  Bai Ronghua smiled and said, "The fourth and fifth sisters-in-law of the Yuan family have arrived!"

  Miss Shi Liu jumped down from the window and curiously walked in front of Cui Ying, "Are you Yuan Wu's wife? The other day my fourth brother received a letter from Yuan Wu, and he also told me to go to the Town National General's mansion to chat with Aunt Wu when I have nothing to do."

  She affectionately held Cui Ying's hand, and exclaimed with admiration, "Yuan Jia's fifth sister, you are really beautiful! I said so, he must have married a heavenly beauty, Yuan Wu Ge is thousands of miles away, but still misses her deeply!"

  Cui Ling was taken aback for a moment, and then she began to lament in her heart. Although Yuan Wulang was not there, no matter where she went or what she did, his shadow was always with her.

  This time is good, except for her grandmother and sister-in-law at home, she actually wrote a letter to ask someone else to find her to chat!

  He's really... really capable!