After receiving the message from the maidservants, Zhang Jin furrowed his brow and lightly scratched the surface of the table with Lan Kes fingernail, "The Beautys Ode?"

  She propped her chin with her left hand, staring blankly ahead and muttered: "Is he going to write a beautiful womans poem?" She couldnt help but recall the look in Xiao Langs eyes when he looked at that cheap girl yesterday. Those eyes seemed really ordinary. Also, what was good about that cheap girl? She didnt even look as good as herself, and her background was even more unbearable, what did she have that was good?

  As she thought about it, the anger sparked by Xiao Mos coldness yesterday dissipated a lot. Many women immersed in love like to make excuses for their partner and comfort themselves. Now Zhang Mian was thinking that Xiao Langs coldness yesterday was just because he was preoccupied with thinking about how to write that beautiful womans poem.

  Before she knew it, she thought of him writing about the various women in Zhang Fus household, and also writing about someone with a gentle heart and clever nature. She bit her lip and said, "Forget it."

  Seeing the maidens had not come back to their senses, she turned around and said seriously: "I said forget it, didnt you hear?" As soon as her voice fell, an older, about seventeen or eighteen years old, beautiful maid immediately chimed in: "Go tell those people, say its the young lady who said so, that worthless girl is not worth her attention."

  "Yes, Ill go and pass on the message right away," replied the maid promptly.

  The crowd just dispersed, and on the other side, Zhang Jin was propping his chin with his left hand, his tender white fingers weakly writing two words on the table over and over again, "Xiao Mo".

  A Lu carried a lunch box and ran in excitedly, "A Qi A Qi."

  Facing Zhang Qians smiling eyes, Ah Lu smiled and placed the food box in front of her, saying quickly: "Miss, the people in the kitchen are really strange. Yesterday they were all indifferent to me, but today someone even came up to talk to me. Hehe, this is the meal I cooked, isnt it quick?"

  "En, very soon, youre really a capable kid!"

  A Lu was taken aback, and suddenly shouted: "Good! You dare to mock me!" She rushed towards Zhang Qi, who was petite and weak, and pounced on her. The two of them rolled to the ground together, and their laughter echoed even farther away.

  Laughing and laughing, Ah Lu suddenly stared at Zhang Qi in a daze. Dazedly looking at her, Ah Lu exclaimed: "Ah Qi, I just found out that you look very good when you smile." Afraid that Zhang Qi wouldnt believe her, she nodded vigorously after saying it.

  Zhang Qi couldnt help but burst out laughing. She sat up straight, smoothed her disheveled hair with her fingers, and said calmly: "Whats the use of being good-looking?"

  "Good-looking is of course useful!" Ah Lu immediately rounded her face and said loudly: "If its good-looking, people will like it, and the person who likes it will also like it!"

  Zhang Qi stroked her hair with his hand and said with a suppressed smile, "Alright, I know. You look good. The person Ah Lü likes will be delighted by her."

  A Lu stretched out her hand and pushed away her hand, just about to respond when a series of footsteps came from outside.

  Before long, a clear voice came, "Is Zhang Shi Aqi there?" It was an unfamiliar voice.

  A Lu was the first to react, and she responded loudly: "Im here, Im here."

  The voice said: "Twelfth Brother says he wants to see her."

  Her father said he wanted to see her? Zhang Qi was stunned for a moment, and Ah Lu had already jumped up with joy. "Really, really? Thats great, Ah Qi, hurry up and get dressed." As she spoke, she pulled Zhang Qi up forcefully.

  Its time to dress up.

  Zhang Qi replied softly, "I know, please wait a moment." After responding, she stood in front of the copper mirror and carefully combed her hair, which had been messed up earlier. She then combed her bangs down, and they fell densely over her face, even covering her eyebrows, making her flat face look even flatter.

  She then took out a worn-out spring dress from the trunk and put it on. Zhang Qi turned to Ah Lu and whispered, "Ill go alone." Ah Lu was worried and wanted to say something, but seeing Zhang Qis determined face, she retreated a step back in silence.

  The one standing outside the door was a delicate and pretty, fifteen or sixteen years old, finely dressed maid. Just by looking at her attire, she looked more like a young lady than Zhang Gui did.

  The maid stood at the foot of the stairs. She looked Zhang Qi up and down before nodding and saying, "Follow me."

  Zhang Shi-er Langs residence is located in the center of the entire Zhang Mansion. This location is where the eldest son and the elder members of the Zhang family reside.

  Zhang Qi followed the maid step by step and arrived at the study outside a courtyard two quarters of an hour later.

  "Let her in."

  "Yes."

  Under the leadership of the maid, Zhang Qi lowered her head and entered the study. As soon as she went in, the maid quietly retreated.

  Zhang Shi-er Lang was practicing calligraphy on the desk when he heard Zhang Qis footsteps coming in, and without looking back, he called out: "Sit down."

  According to the role played by Zhang Qi, she should have rushed up happily and played with him. However, seeing his serious expression, he was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, so she stood quietly on one side, waiting, without sitting down.

  After a while, Zhang Shierlang gently put down his brush and looked up at Zhang Qi.

  He stared steadily at Zhang Qi.

  After a serious look, Zhang Twelve Langs eyebrows slightly frowned and said: "Too thin."

  Is it wrong of her that shes too thin, when in fact shes still just a little girl and doesnt have the blossoming beauty of an adolescent yet?

  When Zhang Twelve saw Zhang Qi looking at him with a hint of fear, his heart softened and he said warmly: "You child!" After a pause, he sighed: "Your mother said that she wanted to send a daughter-in-law to Amo, so I thought of you... Youre a lovable child, and yesterday when I saw Amo looking at you, he didnt seem to mind. So I was thinking of sending you over." His wife was the daughter of the Xiao family, and earlier she had told him that Princess Qingxiu had taken a liking to Xiao Mo and insisted on marrying him.

  Xiao Shi did not want to marry into the royal family, so he thought of giving his son a concubine first. In this way, the usually proud Princess Qingxiu and the newly enthroned Emperor would naturally feel embarrassed and would not mention this marriage again.

  It turns out that the Xiao family gate is a bit higher than the Zhang family, and Xiao Mo is also famous outside. He himself is a smart and polite person, and can be called a talented young man of his time. His own illegitimate daughter followed him, which was a blessing.

  But looking at it carefully today, Ah Qi is still too young and inexperienced. She would be better if she was more mature and beautiful.

  Zhang Erlang shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, forget it, you can go now."

  As soon as his voice fell, Zhang Qi had already knelt down and bowed to him, quietly and gently backing out like a wooden puppet. What happened to the lovely girl he met yesterday?

  Slightly disappointed, Zhang Shi-erlang shook his head again. He had no idea that at this moment, Zhang Qi didnt dare to get close to him. What if he suddenly became furious and insisted on sending her to Xiao Mo as a concubine? Wouldnt that be a huge loss?

  Zhang Qi slipped out of the door, quietly covering it with her hand. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into Zhang Jin, who was hurrying over in quick steps under the support of Er Bi.