It was an afternoon when the summer heat was at its hottest. I heard that Aunt Xi had given birth to a baby boy smoothly.

The lady's expression was one of surprise at first, then slowly calmed down, with a hint of subtlety.

Although Aunt Xi was from her room, she seemed to have her own plans. She had privately told the master that she hoped the child could stay with his biological mother.

Mr. Ruan was currently doting on her, and after hearing this, he neither said yes nor no. He had an ambiguous attitude.

The young girl couldn't help thinking that the master didn't want his wife to have two sons, and the power of the main courtyard was growing, and the balance between him and Concubine Xu was broken.

On the one hand, he doted on Concubine Xi, but he also knew that her family background was humble, and he was afraid that his son would learn bad things if he kept her.

But these words... naturally he couldn't tell Aunt Xi.

In this way, my chance has come.

Sitting in the room was boring, so the girl asked Qiu Xiu to help her dress up. She changed into a light green silk skirt embroidered with bamboo leaves, and put on a snow-green thin shirt on the table. The wide cuffs revealed her slender wrists like jade.

Dong Yu was just about to put on her the white jade bracelet she usually wore when going out.

The girl glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and then slowly gave the order.

"... bring me the two jade bracelets that my father gave me during the New Year."

"Yes." The maid took the order and left, and soon came back with the wooden box.

The girl wore two jasper bracelets on her wrists, which made her skin look even whiter than snow. The jade was crisp and made clear sounds as she moved.

So Qiuxiu opened an oil-paper umbrella and accompanied her out of the yard.

Ruan Yuluan walked around in the garden, a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. She pinched the towel with her fingertips and wiped it gently.

Slowly walking to the Lotus Pavilion, in midsummer, the lotus flowers in the artificial lake bloomed more and more grandly and densely, with a few lotus flowers dotted in the green, almost covering the entire water surface.

Compared with last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the lotus flowers today are growing more lush and grand.

The girl gently stretched out her fingertips and picked up a lotus flower that was winding to the shore. She moved closer and sniffed it. There was a natural and fresh fragrance between the stamens.

"The flowers are in full bloom." She couldn't help but smile and said, "Pick a few branches and send them to Aunt Xi!"

Aunt Xi's child was born in the hot summer season. I heard that the child had been covered with red prickly heat in recent days. Aunt Xi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, looking for medical treatment.

Giving her a few lotus flowers... is also a refreshing gesture.

The girl stepped into the flower hall of Yangliuxie and felt a cool breeze on her face. She raised her eyes and glanced at the jar in the corner, which was filled with ice cubes piled up like a small mountain.

"The Fifth Lady is here." The maid standing at the door announced with a smile.

On the kang under the window, Aunt Xi was wearing a peach-pink, light silk dress. The wet nurse beside her was holding the little boy in her arms, and the young woman was whispering instructions.

"...We need to be extra careful about Li Ge'er's diet. The cheese I brought back from the kitchen last time..."

Before she could finish her words, she caught a glimpse of the girl from the corner of her eye and couldn't help but stop talking, with a faint smile between her brows.

"Fifth sister, it's rare for you to come and sit with me." The wet nurse took the child away, and as the two of them sat down, the girl handed her the lotus flower she was holding between her fingers.

"I wanted to go talk to my third sister," the girl said with an unavoidable embarrassment on her face, "and when I passed by the Lotus Pavilion, I saw the lotus flowers were in full bloom... so I picked a few branches and brought them to you, Aunt. They're not good things, but you can just take a look at them for fun!"

Since Aunt Xi was neither attached to the main courtyard nor to Aunt Xu, she would naturally be polite to other people.

She took the lotus flowers with her fingertips, fiddled with the petals, and smiled. Hearing her humble tone, she said, "Sister, what are you talking about? Although I come from a humble background, I can read a few words... How could I not know that a gift from a thousand miles away is more valuable than the sentiment behind it?"

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