Phoenix moon boundless

  The carriage turned around and around, and before long, it drove into a very prosperous street.

  After passing that street, the surroundings gradually became quiet. Looking at the spacious and clean alley, as well as the delicate and majestic high walls with green tiles on both sides, Lu Xuan thought to herself: It's probably almost there.

  About twenty minutes later, the carriage arrived beside a huge stone pillar with the words "Xiao Fu" on it. Looking at the six-meter-high iron gate and listening to the noise coming from inside, Lu Yue hadn't spoken yet when Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "This is my home, but I don't like staying here."

  Turning to Lu Xuan, Xiao Yan murmured: "Ah Xuan, what's good about being a woman? Before long, you'll have to get married, and after getting married, there will be even more troubles."

  Lu Xuan couldn't answer this question himself.

  As the carriage drove through the open main gate, Xiao Yan suddenly stuck out her head and called out: "Stop for a moment."

  The horse carriage swayed and came to a stop.

  Xiao Yan lifted the car curtain, revealing Lu Yue's face. She glared at those few men and said coldly, "Take a good look! She is Madam Lu, my good friend. From now on, whoever dares to look down on her will have to bear the consequences."

  Under Xiao Yan's gaze, several door gods lowered their heads and replied in a timid tone: "I dare not."

  "It's better if you don't dare."

  The horse carriage drove in.

  Pouting, Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "Ah Yue, do you know? That day when I found out you had sent me a note but was intercepted by the gatekeeper, I wanted to punish them, but my stepmother stopped me. The young girl's beautiful face twisted with suppressed anger, "I'm the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family, and yet she even stops me from dealing with a mere gatekeeper. I know she did it on purpose, just to let those people know that in this household, I am nothing. Although my grandmother dotes on me, such trivial matters are not worth bothering her about. I can't always run to my grandmother whenever something happens."

  She turned her head to look at Lu Xuan and said seriously: "Xuan, when you see her later, don't be deceived by her."

  Lu Yin couldn't help but reach out and stroke her hand, comforting her by saying, "Don't be afraid."

  Having been comforted by Lu Xiang, Xiao Yan leaned towards her, but didn't touch Lu Xiang. Instead, she lowered her head, and after a while, she lifted it up with a smile. "I'm not afraid."

  As the two women chatted, the carriage came to a stop. Xiao Yan led Lu Yue towards a courtyard, smiling as they walked: "Ah Yue, why don't you take a look at where I live first? When Grandma summons us, we'll go over."

  "Alright."

  The two women walked along the way, and the maidservants flowed continuously. When they saw Xiao Yan, they all bowed their heads in courtesy. Occasionally, someone would secretly glance at Lu Yue with curious eyes.

  Xiao Yan's boudoir was on the second floor. As soon as the two women arrived at the pavilion, Lu Yue had not yet entered the boudoir when a maid came running over, smiling and bowing to Xiao Yan, saying: "Big sister, the mistress says that you brought back Miss Lu, why didn't you let her take a look too? She still wants to thank Miss Lu for helping big sister."

  The maid's voice was clear and crisp, with a hint of lightness.

  Xiao Yan said faintly: "Alright, tell Mother we'll be right there."

  "Yes, elder sister."

  That maid walked away, Xiao Yan called someone to bring water to help Lu Yue clean her face, while coldly smiling and saying: "Want to show off your own power and many eyes? We haven't even sat down yet and you've already come to summon people."

  Lu Xuan washed her face and reapplied a layer of makeup before Xiao Yan took her downstairs.

  The courtyard of Xiao Dafu's wife was just next door, and the two women had not yet approached when a burst of cheerful chatter and laughter came from the courtyard, making it seem particularly lively.

  Just then, a soft and gentle voice came over, "You few little hooves, really don't know shame."

  As soon as the voice fell, several girls burst out laughing, and a girl's voice came through: "It was obviously Auntie who started it, yet she said we were shameless. Waaah, I'm going to die, I'm going to die..." Amidst the fake crying, the laughter grew even louder.

  Xiao Yan sneered coldly on one side: "It seems that my sisters are also here." She looked at Lu Yue and reminded her: "My stepmother is the most venomous, and her family's power is great, she has won over the hearts of my several cousins."

  Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan finally understood where the difficulties of Xiao Yan and her brother lay. This great lady not only controlled the Xiao household but also won over people's hearts. As a result, Xiao Yan and her brother were left isolated and helpless. No wonder last time she was able to escape unscathed despite being caught red-handed.

  Just as Lu Yue was lost in thought, Xiao Yan had already put on a smiling face. She held Lu Yue's hand and said softly and clearly: "Mother, I've brought A Yue over."

  In the quiet of the evening, Xiao Yan and Lu Yue stepped into the garden, where a dozen or so women were chatting and laughing. At this moment, they all turned their heads to look at Lu Yue.

  Among these women, the one sitting in the center is a woman with a gentle and elegant appearance, exuding a refined air. She is about 27 or 28 years old. Her bright eyes are like water, and when she looks at people, she gives off an extremely warm and friendly feeling, making one feel that she is a kind, gentle, and reliable person even without saying a word.

  No wonder Xiao Yan lost.

  Lu Xuan thought to himself quietly.

  As she looked at the woman, the woman also looked back at her, with a smile in her eyes and a hint of warmth and casual familiarity. However, Lu Xuan only glanced at her for a moment before shifting her gaze away... The woman was like a venomous snake, giving off a cold and sticky feeling that made people feel very uncomfortable.

  Xiao Yan led Lu Yue to the front of the woman, bowed to her and said: "The daughter has seen her mother." "Lu Shi Ayue has seen the great lady of Xiao Fu."

  "Get up, get up." Mrs. Xiao laughed with her eyes narrowed, she stretched out her hand to grasp Lu Yue's hand, and after sizing her up and down a few times, she sighed: "You're so lovely, no wonder. Ah Yue, you have done a favor for Ah Yan, which means you've done a favor for me too. Whatever you want to say, just speak up, Auntie will help you."

  This woman looks elegant when she doesn't speak, and when she speaks, it's refreshing. She is truly easy to make people believe that she cares about you from the bottom of her heart.

  Lu Yu knelt down, "I often show affection to Madam, Ah Yan and I are originally good friends, helping each other is a common reason among friends."

  "Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Ah-yueh, come sit next to me and chat with your aunt," said the lady of Xiao with a warm smile. As she spoke, she glanced at the other young ladies-in-waiting before turning back to Lu Yue with a smile: "From the moment I first saw you, I thought you were different from the others. You have an air of elegance about you that these young girls wouldn't understand. That Zhuo Wenjun from years ago was also a girl with this kind of quality." As soon as the name Zhuo Wenjun left her lips, the expressions on the faces of the other young ladies-in-waiting changed. Even after all these years, the stories about what happened back then were still circulating everywhere. Some people praised Zhuo Wenjun for her bravery, but more people said she was shameless and promiscuous.

  So, as soon as they heard Mrs. Xiao compare Lu Yue to Zhuo Wenjun, Xiao Yan's cousins and sisters-in-law all had strange expressions on their faces, with a hint of mockery in their seemingly smiling but not quite smiling faces.

  At this time, Mrs. Xiao was still speaking warmly and kindly, "So she was infatuated with many young masters from noble families back then. If it weren't for Sima Xiangru's exceptional talent and skill in gentle ways, he wouldn't have won her heart." Speaking to this point, Mrs. Xiao held Lu Yue's hand and continued smilingly, "Tell Auntie, are there many young masters who like you? Those companions of yours who came together on the journey, from the Wen family, the Yang family, they're all outstanding among men."

  The last sentence was spoken, and the two girls' faces changed, looking at Lu Xuan's gaze with a few cold intentions and dislike. Mrs. Xiao's words "many young masters like her" were still sarcastic about Lu Xuan's promiscuity, but the next sentence she deliberately picked out two young masters to talk about, making the two girls look at Lu Xuan's gaze with a few warnings and disgust... It turned out that they were the admirers of those two young men.

  Lu Xuan had never met anyone like Mrs. Xiao before.

  She believed that if it weren't for Xiao's wife being afraid she would be too foolish, she wouldn't have spoken such a veiled insult so bluntly.

  Luo Chen's hands were still being held intimately by Mrs. Xiao Da.

  What she said, Lu Yuan had no room to refute, after all, the song was performed by Lu Yuan, and compared to the original, she praised Lu Yuan as Zhuo Wenjun.

  Just as the voice of Xiao Dafu fell, a small girl with a pointed face behind called out: "Right, Lu Shi's daughter, isn't it said that your skills are outstanding? Can you play 'Zhuo Wenjun' for us?"

  As soon as the little girl's voice fell, another little girl ran up and intimately held Lu Yue's hand. First, she made a face at Mrs. Xiao, "Auntie, you only pamper Ah Yue and not me." In Mrs. Xiao's laughing scolding, she looked up at Lu Yue with a sweet smile, "Ah Yue, won't you perform for us? Won't you just perform once... I've heard so much about it and have been eagerly waiting for you to come, so please, perform!"

  The performance is easy, but after this performance, she will thoroughly become a singer of that kind!

  Just as Lu Yue fell silent, Xiao Yan walked up and snatched Lu Yue's hand. She said bluntly, "Ah Yue is my guest, what reason is there to make a guest perform?" She glared at the few girls and, suppressing her anger, said: "Mother, why don't you say something to them?"

  Lu Xuan now knew why Xiao Yan and Shang Ti became friends, it turned out that the two were simply straightforward in nature. This kind of behavior and speech, no wonder they couldn't beat this Mrs. Xiao after all.

  As expected, as soon as Xiao Yan's voice fell, the girl who was pushed away by Xiao Yan sweetly said: "A Yan, we didn't think that way at all, it's all your own nonsense... Lu Shi's daughter is of course a noble guest, and there are no outsiders here, what's wrong with asking her to perform?"

  As soon as she finished speaking, another girl also called out: "Lu Shi's daughter, we have so many people asking you, you should at least give us some face!" She ordered: "Someone, go pick a piece of bamboo leaf. Right, tell everyone that the Lu Shi's daughter who played 'Zhuo Wenjun' has arrived, let everyone come and watch her perform." The last sentence completely put Lu Yue in the position of a songstress, and she couldn't refuse. This girl even said the two words "give face", if Lu Yue refused, they would also have an excuse to punish her. Because she didn't give them "face".

  At this time, all the ladies-in-waiting and Mrs. Xiao were also watching Lu Yue with eager eyes, as if they had high expectations for her performance.

  Xiao Yan's face turned pale with anger, but she just stared at Madam Xiao, waiting for her to speak. However, Madam Xiao didn't even glance at her, let alone say a word.

  A pair of eyes with a hint of smile, Lu Yue hooked her lips.

  She turned to Mrs. Xiao Da.

  Looking straight at Mrs. Xiao, Lu Xiang said coldly, "Does the madam also want me to play?" She smiled and said slowly, "I just arrived at your esteemed residence, and I haven't even had a sip of tea yet. The madam is already indulging the young ladies of the estate in pressuring me. Is this the hospitality of Mrs. Xiao?" She turned to Xiao Yan with a smile, then looked back at Mrs. Xiao, "Just a few days ago, Yan told me that her mother was grateful to me and wanted to take me as a goddaughter... I thought the madam was truly grateful. It turns out, this is the hospitality of Mrs. Xiao!"

  Looking for pink tickets, asking everyone to help me stay in the top 15 of the overall pink ticket rankings. Thank you.