Min Yinuo smiled and raised her hand. Wei Changjuan failed to get it and she walked around Min Yinuo for several times with the skirts in her hands, jumping and making noise. It was just that Min Yinuo was tall but Wei Changjuan hadn't grown up yet, therefore, Wei Changjuan couldn't reach Min Yinuo's hand. After discovering it, Wei Changjuan begged Min Yinuo, "Good sister, since you originally prepared it for me, just give it to me now!"

"Why should I give it to you?" Min Yinuo smiled faintly with her hand behind her back and said, "Didn't you say that I'm cheating on Her Royal Highness…."

"I was talking nonsense! You shouldn't care about it, my sister!" Wei Changjuan was annoyed but smiled. The womenfolk of the family around all laughed at her, "Sister Changjuan, you really made a spectacle of yourself. For this picture, you could admit that you were talking nonsense."

Wei Changjuan laughed and said, "Well, I had intended to tease Sister Min, but now Sister Min turned the tables. Could I not admit defeat? Anyway, I should get the painting in my hand."

"Sister Min, just give it to her. She looks pathetic."

On hearing Wei Changjuan's words, the womenfolk were all laughing, and tried to smooth things over for her.

"I can't give it to you." Min Yinuo insisted and said, "It hasn't been framed. What can you do with it? Besides, is your birthday coming soon? How can I give it to you as your birthday hasn't come yet? If I give it to you now, how can I visit you without bringing presents when it is really your birthday?"

"Why can't you pay a visit to my house?" Wei Changjuan said mischievously, "Will I drive you out, Sister Min? I'm begging you to go to my family and give me some advice!" She pulled the people around her, "Sister Huo, please say something for me!"

Sister Huo, who was pulled by Wei Changjuan, was exactly Huo Qingling. Originally, she was just watching with a faint smile, and was suddenly held by Wei Changjuan. Therefore, Huo Qingling was slightly stunned, then she smiled and said, "I also agree that what Sister Min said is reasonable.... Your birthday hasn't come yet. Sister Min may modify the painting a little more. Why can’t you wait for your birthday?"

"Absolutely." Min Yinuo raised the painting and smiled, "There are a few places I still need to touch up. Seeing the word "Chun" written by Her Royal Highness just now, I got some new ideas. If you insist on having it now, then you will suffer losses yourself. Originally, I am not a famous artist. Now I am trying my best to paint it. If you don’t give me the opportunity to polish the picture, how will you be willing to hang it out?"

Wei Changjuan said, "Ah, why should I be embarrassed? Sister Min, you had been to my study before. I was happy to hang out the messy things written or painted by myself, let alone yours, my sister."

Huo Qingling also told Wei Changjuan to wait for some time. Then Wei Changjuan said naturally, "It's just that my sister wants to make the painting better. It's a bargain for me, and I dare not stop it." She waved her fist with a smile and said, "If it's really prepared for me, you can't cheat on me and give it other people, Sister Min!"

"You little heartless girl, when did I lie to someone?" Min Yinuo gently tapped the picture scroll on Wei Changjuan's head, finding it both funny and annoying.

At this time, Princess Linchuan had put down her sleeves and drunk a cup of tea again. Seeing that they gradually became quiet, she looked at the copper water clock in the pavilion and said, "We have been out for some time now. Mother is expected to return to the feast after changing the clothes, so we'd better go back to the hall."

Princess Linchuan spoke it out, and the crowd naturally echoed her in succession.

Since the crowd agreed to return to the hall together, a group of people who had been around Princess Linchuan turned around. Wei Changwan and Wei Changjuan also saw Wei Changying. Although there were some grudges between them, they were still lineal cousins after all. When they met, they should greet each other as well. Therefore, they went with the crowd while they were chatting.

In the crowd, there were women who had been paying attention to the princess before, and did not notice who had entered the Qianqiu Pavilion. They found that Wei Changying was young and beautiful, and she was dressed as a married woman. However, she looked unfamiliar to them, so some people asked their companions around curiously, "Who is that? She is well-dressed, and she is accompanied by First Miss of the Su Family and the sisters of the Wei Family. Which family does she belong to? Isn't it one of the gentlefolks?"

After asking a few people, they were told secretly, "Who can it be? It must be third young madam of the Shen Family."

"Shen Yaoye's wife?" The person who had asked the question was stunned and some other people looked weird.

Although Wei Changying was wrapped in the crowd and walked forward, and people around her were also chatting, since she had practiced martial arts for many years, and she had good ears and eyes, she could hear the whispers clearly. She felt a little cold in her heart, and she clenched her handkerchief.

Going outside like this and after getting down the rockery, Wei Changying noticed that many eyes had been fixed on her, with indescribable connotations.

Although she had already made preparations for this, when she really fell into such a situation, Wei Changying still bit her lips tightly.

Su Yuli had been with Wei Changying all the time. Being a careful person, Su Yuli immediately noticed it and frowned—She was a gentle girl. Those people just looked at Wei Changying with their strange eyes, and she would be embarrassed to step forward to blame them. Therefore, she took Wei Changying's hands and said, "Let's hurry back to the hall?"

Biting her lower lip and feeling angry inside, Wei Changying shook her head and said, "No, I think the scenery here is very good. Let's just walk slowly."

—Those people looked at her with unkind and ambiguous intentions. Didn't they just want to see her fleeing? It would be best if she couldn't bear it anymore and cried out in the public, then she would be the juicy gossip for them to chat about after the dinner. How could they?

She deliberately chose not to walk faster but walk slowly!

Wei Changying didn't believe that those people could eat her! Today, the Empress, the Honored Consort, the empress dowagers and the queen consorts said nothing about her. These people looked at her in that way.... What could they do? After all, no matter how she behaved today, since those people had malicious intentions, they would never say good words about her. Why should we let them get what they wanted!

Although Su Yuli's voice was low when she offered her suggestion of walking faster, because the path was not wide, the crowd gathered together, and some people nearby still heard it.

Someone whispered those words in others' ears and then the news began to spread. Those meaningful eyes became disdainful….

Originally, Wei Changwan and Wei Changying were chatting about their domestic lives politely. Wei Changjuan smiled and sometimes chipped in with a few words. The three cousins were harmonious. However, focus and meaningful snickers from the crowd made Wei Changwan's face gradually pale, and she hurriedly ended the conversation with Wei Changying. Then Wei Changwan turned her head, covered her lips with a handkerchief, and coughed slightly.

Wei Changjuan immediately supported her sister with concern, "What's wrong with you, first sister?"

"Perhaps the sun is too strong, I am a little uncomfortable." Wei Changwan whispered slowly, as if explaining to Wei Changying, "There are too many people on this road, and it is crowded."

Wei Changjuan screamed and apologized to Wei Changying, "Third sister, first sister's body is not good. It is so crowded here. I'd better lead her to the back."

Wei Changying understood that they did not want to bear the gaze and ridicule of the crowd with her. When she was still in Fengzhou, she thought that she had never mistreated her fourth cousin and fifth cousin. Instead, she cared for them much. However, her fourth cousin and fifth cousin had already done so—They had grown up with Wei Changying and had a good relationship with her in the past!

The second branch had always been suppressed by Old Madam Song because of the eldest branch. The hostility between the two branches was partly visible and they didn't dare to show it in front of the elders. Besides, though Wei Changwan and Wei Changjuan were Wei Changying's sisters, they only met each other after Wei Changying arrived in the capital. They were nothing to her. At this moment, Wei Changying was neither surprised nor resentful about their behavior of leaving. She nodded calmly and said, "Since first sister is in bad shape, you should go out of the crowd quickly."

Seeing that Wei Changying did not cling to their company, and Su Yuli next to her gave a complicated look, Wei Changwan's face showed a trace of embarrassment, but she quickly covered it up, coughed and stood still...People behind them passed by, and the two sisters gradually disappeared.

Noticing this scene, the discussion in the crowd became louder, and sometimes there might be laughter. It seemed that someone had sighed and said, "It was not easy to be a sister of such a person and one might get involved in unconsciously...The sisters of the Wei Family gave an excuse for their poor health, and what kind of reason would First Miss of the Su Family find?"

Someone was sneering, "The two sisters of the Wei Family could cooperate with each other. First Miss of the Su Family is pitiful. What's the best way to put it? After all, she will offend relatives!"

"Actually, why can't Su Yuli offend such relatives? I don't know how Wei Changying can still have the nerve to come into the palace in gorgeous dress...."

The person who had said that sentence was only less than three steps behind Wei Changying. Although he spoke softly and slowly, the words were clear. Su Yuli's face was black with rage, and she was about to look back to reproach him, yet she was pulled hard by Wei Changying. The two cousins walked forward as usual—It was just that Wei Changying's wide sleeves of her cloud-patterned pale purple upper shirt softly caressed the pomegranate flower branches on the road side, which was specially moved here to celebrate the birthday of Princess Linchuan. It was so casual that as if the branches had been blown up by a gentle breeze.

However, when the sleeves dropped down, a clear "cracking" sound was heard, and then someone of the crowd screamed out!

The people around subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young girl about 16 or 17 in a ginger upper shirt tied with a hidden flower skirt. She raised her sleeves to cover her mouth. Bright spots of pomegranate blossom juice permeated her sleeves and a few spots flied on her cheeks. She looked around and cried out angrily, "Who? Who did it?!"

Hearing the voice, Su Yuli knew that it was the person who had talked about Wei Changying just now. Originally, she thought that Wei Changying held her back because the latter didn't want to make trouble, but she didn't expect that Wei Changying directly took actions—Su Yuli couldn't help curling the corners of her lips knowingly.

Originally, the girl was interrupted by the hit of the pomegranate flower unexpectedly flying towards her, and she was puzzled. Now that she saw Su Yuli's smiling lips, how could she not understand that it was related to Wei Changying? So she angrily pointed at Wei Changying and said, "Is it you? You must have done it! You are so bold...."

Su Yuli interrupted her unpleasantly, "Sixth Miss of the Qian Family, what do you mean? How could you wrong my cousin as you were touched by the flower branches?" Today was Princess Linchuan's birthday. When the Empress discovered the matter of Wei Lingzi before, she had reminded both parties not to disturb the interest of Princess Linchuan. Now, of course, Su Yuli couldn't let Wei Changying admit this.

Su Yuli hurried to explain the matter for Wei Changying for fear that the latter might admit that she had beaten the girl with the pomegranate flowers in a rage.

Sixth Miss of the Qian Family said angrily, "Touched by the flower branches? When I was talking, suddenly, a flower came and hit me in the mouth. If it was not your cousin, who else could it be?"