Chapter 21 People are more delicate than flowers
The fourth master died young, and the fourth wife became a widow at a young age, with only her son to rely on.

The fourth lady was worshipping Buddha in the front yard. When she heard her son was back, she hurried over to see him. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw a woman in disheveled clothes running out of the house. She ordered the maid beside her to stop the woman and ask her about it. The woman told the truth about Lu Qilang's inexplicable temper just now, crying and saying, "The seventh young master scolded me for being ugly and refused to serve me."

This concubine was originally a maid in the Fourth Madam's room. Because of her beauty, Lu Qilang asked for her. The nanny beside her was the concubine's aunt. After listening to her niece's crying, she smiled and said to the gloomy Fourth Madam, "Ying'er is already an absolute beauty. It may be that the Seventh Young Master is in a bad mood today, so he is in a bad mood."

The fourth lady glanced at the concubine kneeling on the ground, fiddled with her Buddhist beads, and said with a dull face: "No matter how beautiful a person is, it's hard not to get tired of looking at her too much." Then, she waved her hand at the concubine and said: "Go down, since the seventh young master doesn't like you anymore, don't hang around him anymore and don't make my son upset."

The concubine had no choice but to leave. After the others left, the fourth lady again instructed the maid beside her: "Since my son is tired of these little girls, you should take the silver tomorrow and go out to buy two skinny horses so that my son can change his taste."

When the old woman heard this, she hurriedly threatened, "Madam, the mansion does not allow children to raise skinny horses. If the third lady finds out, it will be terrible."

In the East Palace of the mansion, the third master is the eldest and the third lady is the head of the family.

The fourth lady rolled her eyes at the old woman and said in a low voice, "Why are you so stubborn? Why don't you choose a good person and buy her in? Just say she's a maid and put her in my room first. Then, after a while, quietly send her to my son's room."

Seeing her master was angry, the maid quickly agreed. The fourth lady fiddled with her Buddhist beads and murmured sadly, "All the children in the mansion have their fathers to protect them, but my poor son lost his father before he was born. As a mother, I naturally have to love him more."

As she spoke, the fourth lady walked into the room and saw her son lying alone on the bed in a daze. She quickly stepped forward to comfort him: "Son, what's wrong? Who has made you unhappy again? Just tell me and I will take care of it for you."

Lu Qilang turned away angrily: "Mom, don't interfere in my business."

The fourth lady turned him over and said with a smile, "My son, if your mother doesn't care about you, who will? Tell me what makes you unhappy."

After a lot of coaxing, Lu Qilang finally spoke up and said, "Mom, I want you to go ask the aunt in the West Mansion for someone."

When the fourth lady heard this, she immediately understood what her son meant and asked, "Who do you like?"

Lu Qilang said: "She is a concubine in the prince's room."

The fourth lady originally thought that her son had taken a fancy to the maidservants of the wives of dukes and marquises. When she heard that it was the young master's woman, she hurriedly said, "My little ancestor, how can this be possible? Don't you know what kind of character the young master is?" She then coaxed him, "I will buy you two good ones in two days. Give up this idea quickly."

"I want her. I can't live without her." Lu Qilang is already a 20-year-old man, and he acts like a naughty boy in front of me.

The fourth wife was at her wit's end, and she felt sorry for her son, but she didn't have the courage to provoke the young master, so she had to retreat and said, "I'll remember this, but I'll have to wait a while. The young master is not young anymore. I heard that the mansion is trying to arrange a marriage for him. Although the young master is not easy to mess with, as long as he gets married, according to the ancestral rules, the concubines in a man's room are all decided by the clan wife. When the new wife enters the house, she will definitely not keep the previous people in the room. When the time comes, I will mediate and get them to my son's room after they are driven out."

Lu Qillang also knew that it was extremely difficult to get someone legitimately right now, so he had to agree reluctantly, but he was still impatient in his heart.

Seeing her son looking depressed, the fourth lady felt distressed and comforted him, "The weather has been so nice these days. Don't stay in the house all the time. I just heard from the fifth lady that Wu Lang will take the girls from the two mansions to go outing in the next two days. You can go with them and relax."

When Lu Qilang heard this, he suddenly became excited.
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On this day, Qin Xiaoning went to the private school with the Sixth Girl as usual. After school, the two met Lu Qilang as soon as they came out of the bamboo forest.

"Hello, sister-in-law, hello, sixth sister."

"At this hour, the boys' school hasn't even finished its session yet. Why are you skipping school and wandering around again?" asked the Sixth Girl.

"There are too many people in the private school, and I find it too noisy, so I look for a quiet place to recite my lessons." As he said this, he deliberately shook the book in his hand, but his eyes unconsciously slipped towards Qin Xiaoning.

Qin Xiaoning didn't like this person, so she said goodbye to the Sixth Miss and left. Lu Qilang greeted the Sixth Miss and said, "Your sister-in-law seems to be a good person. With her company, the Sixth Sister won't always complain about being bored." "The people around Second Brother are naturally good."

As she said this, the Sixth Miss was about to leave, but was stopped by Lu Qilang: "Sixth sister, I heard from my fifth sister in the mansion that you are going to go for an outing in the suburbs tomorrow, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" the Sixth Girl asked back.

"Nothing?" Lu Qilang asked casually, "Who's going to the mansion?"

"Me, Fourth Sister, and..." Halfway through her words, Sixth Girl blinked and said with a cautious look, "Just the two of us."

After all, the Sixth Miss was young, and her little thoughts were immediately seen through by people with ulterior motives.

Lu Qillang laughed inwardly and talked to Sixth Girl about this and that, but Sixth Girl became impatient with him and left her to chase Qin Xiaoning, only to find that she had already gone far away.

Qin Xiaoning returned to Qingsong Garden. As soon as she entered the house, she saw Amber and Songzhi fiddling with new clothes. When they saw her come in, Songzhi said happily, "A Ning, come and have a look. Your Shu brocade skirt is finished. It's so beautiful."

"So fast." Looking at the beautiful skirt that was shining, Qin Xiaoning's eyes couldn't help but shine.

Since the prince has proposed to give this material to Qin Xiaoning, as the most capable person around the prince, it is natural that I want my master to see the gorgeous clothes on the beautiful woman as soon as possible.

With dozens of embroiderers working on it, how could it not be fast?

"Good girl, come and try it on." As she said that, Amber couldn't wait to help Qin Xiaoning change clothes.

As the sun sets, its afterglow shines into the courtyard, adding brilliant colors to the house with its carved corridors and painted buildings.

Walking in the crimson sunset, as soon as Lu Ji stepped into the yard, he saw a little girl wearing a pink Shu brocade peach flower shirt standing under the peach tree on the corridor. The breeze caressed her gently, and the petals fell colorfully, sticking to the girl's fluffy hair. The flowers were beautiful, and the girl was even more charming.

"My Lord, does it look good?"

She stood under the peach tree, looking at him with a hint of shyness in her vast and radiant eyes, and spoke to him gently.

He subconsciously walked forward and stopped not too far from her, staring at her. Although his expression was still as cold as usual, there was a smile in his eyes.

Just stood there, not saying anything.

Seeing that he remained silent, she gently lifted her skirt and turned around. The pink petals swirled in the wind. She looked like a butterfly in her pink skirt, as if she could fly away at any time.

She looked at him and said angrily, "It's really hard to ask you to say something complimenting."

Her little face was wooden and her eyes were filled with anger, but in Lu Ji's eyes, she seemed to be acting coquettishly towards him.

He liked her cute and innocent look the most.

(End of this chapter)