She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

That night.

The three little rabbits had been kept in cages since they were brought back. Ah-yi and Yun-li felt that this was not a good idea, so they asked Yun-cheng to find a way to build a nest for the rabbits in the yard.

The shop was closed, and A'an came back from outside and saw Yuncheng busy in the yard.

A fence surrounds a corner of the wall, and a large area where the floor tiles were pried open is planted with grass seeds. After a few days, the seeds will take root and grow into lush green grass sprouts.

Ah-yi stood behind him with her arms folded, looking at Yun Cheng and Yun Li in confusion as they took credit for the work. "Look, isn't my design particularly cozy and suitable for little rabbits to live in? The place is so big, and they can run around freely."

Yunli actually thought it made sense and nodded.

Ah-yi couldn't stand it any longer. She walked over and stopped Yun Cheng from opening the cage, "Don't be impatient!"

"Eh? Hello, Madam!" He turned around suddenly and smiled when he saw it was Ah'ao. "I'll put the rabbit in now."

The three of them, regardless of age or status, squatted in front of the fence.

"Let me ask you," Ah-yi asked Yun-cheng, "Where did you find this rabbit?"

Yun Cheng was stunned. "It's in the woods next to the patrol camp."

"Be more specific."

"In the cave."

"...Where is the cave?" Why is your answering like you are herding sheep, taking only one step at a time?

"Hole?" Yun Cheng looked even more confused. He glanced at Yun Li, who was even more confused than him. "In the soil?"

Ah-yi stared at him again and pointed inside the fence, "What is this?"

"Grass?"

When he said this, Yun Cheng opened his mouth and looked silly.

Ah-yi couldn't help but laugh, "What's under the grass?"

"earth?"

This is playing enlightenment literacy, right?

So Ah-yi, who played the role of the enlightenment teacher, looked at these two "young children" who had not yet developed their wisdom and began to summarize, "You found a rabbit in the hole in the soil, and then built a nest for it in the soil."

He spoke in a persuasive tone, but after a few words he couldn't hold back his words anymore, laughing as he said, "We don't even have to wait a few days for the grass to grow. Come tomorrow morning, they'll definitely have dug a hole and run away!"

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and then Yunli burst into laughter.

Yun Cheng stared at the three rabbits with moving lips for a while, then scratched his head shyly, and a blush instantly climbed up his green cheeks.

Yunli and Yuncheng both grew up in the marquis's mansion and had no experience in raising animals. It was natural that they could not think of the reason behind this for a while.

Ah-yi grew up in Madam Cui's house. Madam Cui allowed her to have fun freely but was strict about her studies. So when she was young, she had raised cats and dogs, as well as rabbits, chickens and ducks.

That is to say, there are few people in the Shangshu Mansion, otherwise there would be chaos every day.

That was also the time when I received the most love after being abandoned. Time flies by, and the self who laughed out loud back then could not have predicted the situation I am in now.

Life is like playing chess. It’s not about planning, but about taking one step at a time.

Ah-yi pursed her lips and rolled up her sleeves as if she was smiling. "Come on, we have to put the floor tiles back, otherwise the ground will be full of holes made by rabbits. We can rake out the grass seeds and plant them somewhere else."

Hengzhi came out to get some tea and happened to see these three people squatting on the ground like mushrooms.

"I said that no one brought tea after I called for a long time. Did he forget about his master completely after he got a new wife?"

The voice suddenly rang out, and when it got dark, no one noticed the deepening shadow on the ground. Ah-yi looked up suddenly and found that the person behind her was slightly bent over, and the two of them looked at each other awkwardly.

"Oh my god..." Yunli was working hard when suddenly someone appeared beside him. He screamed in fright, but when he found out that the person was the young marquis, he lowered his voice and said, "You scared me."

Amid the strange tones of the four-legged creatures, two people were secretly looking at each other from beginning to end.

Ah'ao estimated the lifespan of her neck and quickly leaned her body back.

The young marquis was noble and wore expensive clothes, but he squatted down beside Ah'an, who was wearing a cotton dress, and lifted the brick that she had not moved.

Ah'ao went over to help him roll up his sleeves with great tact. Halfway through, she suddenly remembered that her hands were also covered in dust.

Never mind. He can’t see it in the dark anyway.

After a busy period, the ground was finally leveled.

Hengzhi glanced at the gray-faced Yuncheng and felt that he looked exactly like the day he stepped into the rabbit hole.

Distinctly stupid.

When he looked back at A'an, he saw that she was also smiling with some indulgence, as if she was looking at her younger brother or sister.

Just like there has never been any transaction between people, this is an ordinary night in her mundane life, and she has long been integrated into the night here.

"Okay, let's not go to the kitchen again to take them over. I'll carry the rabbits back to the room. Go back and have some rest." A'ao waved her hand, turned her back and yawned sleepily.

Hengzhi: ...I came out to find someone to pour tea, but I did a lot of work in vain and still didn’t get to drink any water.

"Yunli, ask someone to bring tea to the main courtyard."

The young marquis was pleased and helped Ah-yi carry the rabbit cage with satisfaction. There were three rabbits in it, and she couldn't even lift her hands after carrying it all the way.

"Why, do you want to say something?" The two of them walked across the stone bridge on the water, one in front and one behind. The bridge was curved, and the crescent moon in the sky was also curved.

A pair of shadows passed by lightly, the bright white moonlight on their bodies was like a red line that cannot be seen in the world.

The pond extended from the main courtyard and became a canal elsewhere in the courtyard. When Ah-yi heard Chu Qingfang say this that day, she suddenly discovered the beauty of the courtyard's structure.

The young marquis is not only good at studying military tactics, but is also very proficient in leisurely pursuits.

Ah-yi heard him ask and tilted her head, "How do you know?"

According to the rules, ordinary servants of the main courtyard were not allowed to enter. So after entering the Moon Gate, it became much easier to talk.

"Just you say it." Hengzhi took the lead and walked to the door, but did not wait for A'ao to come and open the door. Instead, he turned around and pushed the door open with his back.

So when Ah-yi came up quickly, except for the three rabbits between the two of them, the few steps across the threshold stood opposite each other. In the deep and quiet night, it was like a bundle of silk being entangled.

Extremely touching.

But no one noticed.

"Do you remember the last time I told you about the strange fragrance of the man at the entrance of Xuyun Temple? For ten consecutive days, I first smelled this smell on Liu Jingming." Ah'an was talking to herself, but she saw Hengqi still didn't change his posture, walking backwards like a child, "... Watch your way carefully! Later, when Chu Qingfang came to see me, he actually smelled a faint smell on the Chu family's housekeeper He. Don't you think it's strange?"

Heng Qi hummed, looking nonchalant, "What does Chu Qingfang want you to do?"

…Does this matter?
Ah Yi ignored him and continued to analyze, "You said before that Wei Guohui has a force behind him, and now Liu Jingming is clearly his ally. Does this smell like a clue? I plan to go to the Chu Mansion Spring Banquet to take a look."

"Do you suspect the Chu family?"

The cage was placed on the ground, and the tinder lit up instantly. Ah-yi held the small candlestick to the flame of the cage, and then the two of them lit up all the lights in the house.

"Not really." Ah's wife didn't understand. "Chu Hui has been in Kezhou for almost twenty years, and he was invited by your father himself. You can't just doubt him. It's always better to go and take a closer look."

Hengzhi turned around, the candlelight illuminated his face, making it look much softer. "It just so happens that I also have some unanswered questions. I'll go with you."

Ah-yi sat on a round stool and had to look up to see the young marquis's features. "That couldn't be better."
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On the fifth day of February, the spring rain was as heavy as oil. In the still damp and cold Kezhou City, there were fewer people.

Only the horse-drawn carriages of various families were still heading towards the Chu Mansion.

This street was quiet, and there weren't many people. Ah-yi looked outside through the gap in the carriage curtain, and when she saw that there were not many people around, she got off the carriage.

In order to show his true love, Hengzhi put his arm around A's waist, and the distance between them instantly became closer.

"You're already doing business on the street, are you still worried about being discovered here?" Heng Zhi lowered his head and whispered in her ear teasingly.

Ah-yi smiled and whispered as if they were in a love conversation, "Do you think I haven't checked the market? You ladies in Kezhou never go to places like East Street to buy things."

When they arrived at the door, the servant of the Chu Mansion quickly came up with a paper umbrella and announced loudly, "The young marquis and his wife are here——"

At the Spring Banquet, men and women sat separately, on the left and right sides of a specially built corridor.

Most of the guests at the banquet had arrived and were talking to people they knew.

Hearing the increasingly loud reports one after another, everyone stopped talking and looked in the direction of the coming and going.

Under the paper umbrella, there was a pair of people wearing strangely similar blue spring clothes.

Men wore jade crowns and women wore blue crabapple flower jewelry.

Maybe it was because of the blue clothes, one of them looked colder than the other. But the girl was holding the man's arm, and the man was holding the umbrella steadily, and not a drop of rain fell on her.

And this action is extremely intimate.

Or maybe marrying into a marquis's mansion would provide for her. The governor's wife, Yang, snorted in her heart, stood up with everyone else, and bowed reluctantly.

"Welcome to the Marquis Zhao and the Madam Zhao."

In previous years, Hengzhi came as a prince. There were no dukes or dukes at the banquet, only the governor Qin Shengguang and his wife Yang were toasting.

Today, the young marquis and his wife have redefined the situation without saying anything. This also means that no matter how sinister people are, no matter how many rebellious thoughts they have in private, they must obey the Heng family again.

The two of them sat down separately, one on the left and one on the right, at the top seats.

Mrs. An, the wife of the Chief Clerk, greeted Ah-yi warmly as always, "It's been a long time since I last saw you, Madam Young Marquis. Has your foot healed? You were injured during the winter hunt. I really didn't prepare well enough."

Yang's fake smile froze after hearing her words.

What does this mean? The winter hunting and horse racing was organized by Yang, and bringing up the past right away was a sign of her sincere disaffection with her.

Seeing that Mrs. Chu's smile had faded, Ah-yi quickly tried to smooth things over, "Thank you for your concern. It's just a minor injury and I've recovered a long time ago."

The rest of the people also tried to smooth over the issue by changing the subject.

The long table faced each other, and Hengzhi sat at the end of the corridor. When they looked up, they could see each other among the wine glasses.

As the toasts were going on, Hengzhi raised his wine cup and glanced at A'an from a distance.

He kept his usual dissolute look and tried his best to hide himself in the crowd.

But only the smile in his eyes seemed as if he was offering this glass of wine to his new wife from afar.

Ah'ao lowered her head, chuckled, picked up the cup and drank it all.

I wish both of you get what you want today.

(End of this chapter)