My wife is fierce and 91 years old is an interesting thing

  Le An's heart was even more indignant, why? I am the biological one, she is just an outsider niece, relying on her good father and mother to support her, and not putting our authentic princess in her eyes!

  Chu Le Yi didn't miss the resentment in Le An's eyes, and her heart felt a thrill of excitement. So they weren't as harmonious as she thought, maybe I can deceive that silly girl Yang Lan, taking advantage of her parents not being around, perhaps something can be done!

  If they were all here, it might not be possible! Now that the Duke of Jingguo and the Crown Prince are not around, only Yang Lan is left, and it's not a matter of grasping at straws. If this matter succeeds, it would be perfect to report back to Father and gain merit, and being able to win over the Duke of Jingguo would be a great achievement!

  Thinking of this, her mind quickly turned to thoughts, and she felt that the idea in her heart was feasible. If someone could help out, it would be even better. Perhaps she should go to her maternal grandparents' house and discuss it with several of her male cousins.

  "Hey! Don't be too sad, after all, you have the Empress Dowager's protection! I heard that the three officials are going to choose a son-in-law soon, who knows when it'll be your turn? If you can choose someone who suits your heart, it won't be easy!" Chu Le Yi looked at her with concern, hinting at something.

  Le An knew she and Liu Ge weren't on the same wavelength, so she still had some guard up in her heart. Upon hearing this, she merely raised her head to glance at him once before smiling nonchalantly: "What qualifications do we daughters have to speak? Just listen to Father Emperor and Mother Empress's opinions." Her response was seamless, without a single hint of abnormality.

  Lowering her head, she couldn't help but think of that elegant and refined young man, like a clear moon. She didn't know if he would notice her, but in terms of status, he was already quite superior. If he could obtain an official title, she might be able to ask the Empress to arrange their marriage.

  Chu Le Yi didn't see anything and dropped the subject, instead bringing up another matter. "Speaking of which, it's getting hot lately, a few days ago friends invited me to go horseback riding and hunting in the western suburbs! Many young ladies went too. Gentle County Mistress also agreed to join us, you come too! Let's call Quiet An Ming Yu and others as well, the more people the merrier!"

  Le An's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, but she was also afraid of getting too close to the second prince and causing misunderstandings. Her face showed some hesitation, and after a moment of deliberation, she said with a gentle smile: "I'll ask them later if they're going or not, and I'll let you know then!"

  Chu Leiyin sneered coldly in her heart, not even daring to take charge of this matter, yet she dared to run to Yang Lan's side and show off. What was the basis for that? With such a brainless move, how could she be Yang Lan's opponent? Which eye would look up to her?!

  She smiled warmly. "Alright! If you're willing to go, I'll call up the Third Princess and the Tenth Princess to come along with us. And if the Eighth Princess is willing to come too, we can call her as well! It's not easy for her to leave the palace even for a day."

  Le An thinks that with so many people going together, it's worth considering. Girls' homes and boys' homes are always different, no need to be too evasive, turn around and tell Mingyu about it, go together, maybe they can even see him!

  As she thought of this, she couldn't help but curve up the corners of her mouth in a sweet smile, her pink face flushed with spring, revealing a hint of girlish shyness, such a captivating smile naturally didn't escape Chu Leyi's eyes.

  Chu Le Yi couldn't help but wonder who it was that Le An had taken a liking to. If she knew, it would be easier to deal with her and take advantage of the opportunity to gather information about the Sixth Prince, which would also be useful for Father.

  Yang Lan caught a big fish on the other side, and they were all excited, Ming Yu told the servant to carry the bucket. Yang Lan and others went down the Rain Flower Platform, just in time to run into Chu Le Yi.

  Zhou Ying and the other person hastily performed the ritual, "to pay respects to the County Master of Le Yi."

  Chu Le Yi was conferred as a county mistress but without any title, so everyone called her County Mistress Le Yi which was also not inappropriate.

  Chu Le's expression remained calm as she accepted the greetings from the two, but her eyes turned to Yang Lan, who stood there with a calm gaze, looking at herself without speaking or moving, and not giving her any courtesy. Her heart couldn't help but feel annoyed.

  Chu Le Yi was about to say something when she felt a tug on her sleeve from behind, courtesy of Le An. She suddenly came back to reality and remembered that Yang Lan was older than her by generation, so she should be addressing her as "Aunt".

  He reluctantly bent his knees slightly and hastily performed a perfunctory courtesy, "Greetings to Aunt!"

  Yang Lan nodded slightly and immediately bowed her head and bent her knees, performing a standard courtesy, "Jing An pays respects to County Master Le Yi."

  Ming Yu saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and stood up to mediate, "Why did Le Yi come alone? Is there anything fun on your side?"

  Chu Le Yi's expression changed, and she stiffly smiled, "I just invited Le An to go hunting in the western suburbs together! I plan to invite a few more people, it's more fun with more people! You guys come along too! This time of year is perfect for outings, with the warm spring weather and blooming flowers."

  She happily invited several people and seemed very enthusiastic.

  Yang Lan had little contact with Chu Le Yi before, but her mother had said not to get too close to the second prince's family, so she didn't want to go.

  It seemed that Chu Le Yi had noticed Yang Lan's reluctance, and she became a bit anxious. Le An Xin's heart moved slightly, and he smiled as he said: "Exactly! Since everyone has no problem with it, then we can all go together. It's rare to have such good weather! I'll call Fu An too, the other day she heard that Jing An had returned and wanted to come out of the palace to see you!" Her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, her expression warm and gentle.

  Thinking of Fu An, Yang Lan's heart softened a bit. If Fu An were to go too, she wouldn't be able to refuse. She still liked that girl very much. After some thought, going to play didn't seem like a bad idea either. She couldn't force herself to do something after all. Whatever comes, we'll deal with it then.

  So he nodded casually, "Alright! You call Fu An up and I'll go, it's been a long time since I've seen her, I want to chat with her!"

  Le An's face smiled and was easy-going, but in his heart he felt very embarrassed. If I didn't pull up Fu An, wouldn't you give me face? What's so great about it, it's just a red-topped white-footed goods, sooner or later I'll have my own day of favor too.

  "Alright! Just send me a message when the time comes, I haven't been out for a run in ages!" Mingyu saw Yanglan nodding in agreement and followed suit.

  "Alright, I'll write you a letter later." Chu Leyi was delighted to see things going smoothly and her smile became even brighter.

  A few people dispersed to find their friends, and on the other side, Wen Rou sent Ya Tou over to pass on a message, "Please inform the ladies that my master says please come over, as we are preparing for a banquet."

  "Let's go, we're done!" Zhou Ying smiled and nodded, also letting someone take the fish away to clean it up.

  Zhou Ying and the other two returned to the party, a group of girls had already chosen familiar friends to sit nearby, seeing several people coming over, they all greeted Zhou Ying, Yang Lan and the others.

  "I was saying, Jing'an, how come you've been gone for so long? Is there something fun going on? Tell us about it!" The young lady from the Zuo family's household teased with a smile.

  "Come on, tell us, you can't just let her off like that! If she can't say it, make her drink, haha!" Another girl who was playing with them also laughed along.

  Yang Lan found a table to sit down, smiling and looking at them, "What do you want to hear? There are many interesting things! I'm afraid you can't keep up!"

  "Aren't you going to learn from Master Minghui? Where have you all been? Any fun things, teach us!"

  The girls were all raised in the boudoir, rarely going far away from home, so they were all very envious of Yang Lan and wanted to hear about what was different outside.

  Yang Lan thought for a moment and picked one thing to say, "Alright! Let me tell you about the countryside. My master and I often go to the village in front of Puzi Temple to offer free medical consultations. We bring some medicine to treat the sick villagers, who are very enthusiastic and often give us dates, eggs, and other things as a thank you. Some even invite us to dinner."

  Another time we ate at a peasant's home, and he gave us a kind of pancake that I had never seen before. Guess how she made it?" She said this and then deliberately paused, smiling at all the girls in the room.

  The girls were listening with great interest when they suddenly stopped and asked curiously, "What other ways are there to make pancakes? Isn't it just pan-frying?"

  Yang Lan shook her head and continued, "At first I thought so too. Farming households are all very frugal and wouldn't dare to put in oil, how could the pancakes be delicious? At first, I also thought they might not taste good, but I went to see them make pancakes and found that their methods were quite different."

  They put the remaining oil residue into the dough and kneaded it together, making a big pancake. Then they placed it under the stove, covering it with ash. They also roasted sweet potatoes and potatoes in this way, throwing them directly into the ash and covering them up. After a while, when they dug them out, they were cooked!

  "What? Isn't that dirty? How can you eat that?" The girls exclaimed in surprise, frowning in disgust, thinking it was filthy.

  Yang Lan smiled slightly, her face radiant with a soft glow, exuding an air of confidence that was quite captivating. "I tried some, the rural households' cooking is all clean and free of impurities, the sweet potatoes have skin on the outside, but once you peel it off, the inside is very sweet. The potatoes are bland to eat, I love eating sweet potatoes, they're so sweet and silky, and when they're roasted, the slightly charred skin has a hint of smoky sweetness that's really unique!"

  That pancake wasn't big, about the size of a bowl mouth, took out and patted off the furnace ash, the inside of the pancake was crispy, with oil residue very delicious to eat, the oil residue in the peasant household is also a very precious food, if it weren't for my master always giving free medical treatment to their family's elderly, they wouldn't even dare take it out to eat!

  He had a young child staring at me, swallowing saliva. I carefully examined them and found that only the buns of my master and mine had oil residue in them, while all the others did not, including the bun held by his young son which only contained some wild vegetables. I tasted some and they were quite delicious, so I gave the rest to the child to eat. Later, I saw that their cured meat was made very well, so I bought some back home and added more copper coins as payment for the meal.

  "Wasn't life so tense for farmers back then?" A girl couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little melancholic.

  Suddenly a voice raised its tone, asking in an unharmonious and questioning manner, "Since his family is so poor, why don't you give more silver? Instead, you're stingy and only gave a few copper coins, it's clear that you're also petty." A spoiled and unreasonable female voice rang out.