house."Gu Jingxi dropped another black chess piece and smiled at her: "My lady, your turn."Meng Jinyao nodded, concentrating solely on playing chess with him. After all, she wasn't in a hurry about h...In springtime, the sun shines brightly and everything is full of life.

In the back garden of Hou Mansion, flowers were in full bloom, birds sang sweetly, butterflies fluttered among the blossoms. Meng Jinyao and her three sisters-in-law strolled through the garden, admiring the flowers and chatting about the latest happenings in the capital. It seemed they were getting along quite well.sciously became much gentler: "Okay, is it the wontons from Lao Xu's Wonton Shop I'll bring some back for you when the market settles."The little girl heard a satisfactory reply, "Hmm"ed softly, and i...