Chapter 612: All decided by the Madam and the eldest daughter-in-law [Thank you! Bow again!]

"You don't need to accompany me to the Sheng family today."

"When the time is about right, take a carriage to Xingguo Ward and ask about Qingzhi's thoughts."

"Yes, Young Master!" Qingcao responded with a smile.

Alan pursed his lips, bowed and arched his hands with some excitement, "Thank you, Young Master!"

Looking at Alan's appearance, Xu Zaijing had a mischievous smile on his lips and said, "Don't be in such a hurry to thank me."

Alan: "Ah?"

Xu Zaijing looked at Qingcao and continued, "Once you've asked clearly, go directly to the Sheng family to find me! I must hear the first-hand news."

Qingcao covered her mouth and smiled, looking at Alan, who was surprised, and nodded repeatedly in response.

"Hmm! Alan, you are good at playing with whips and arrows, accompany me to practice."

"Yes, Young Master!"

The whip-arrow Xu Zaijing mentioned was a weapon similar to an atlatl.

The whole thing was like a wooden stick. Xu Zaijing held one end in his hand, and the other end was fixed with a copper ring.

The back of the feathered arrow had a slot for the bowstring.

After the feathered arrow was placed close to the "wooden stick," the copper ring at the far end was stuck in the slot at the tail of the feathered arrow.

To launch the whip-arrow, Xu Zaijing only needed to use a movement similar to throwing a spear and throw it outward with force.

With this tool, the whip-arrow, in Xu Zaijing's hand, when throwing out feathered arrows or short spears, the copper ring at the far end was equivalent to adding force, and the power would increase a lot!

Of course, even if the power increased, it couldn't compare to the strong bow Xu Zaijing usually used.

But it was simple to manufacture,

If he encountered a situation where he had no strong bow,

As long as he had arrows, Xu Zaijing could also make a counterattack weapon using a wooden stick without elasticity and a rope.

Afterwards,

The sound of exhaling and throwing with force rang out in the racecourse.

Mao hour, two quarters (5:30 AM)

Jiying Lane,

Sheng family,

Qi Heng walked into the school with Buwei.

After scanning everyone in the school,

Qi Heng sat behind his desk.

The servant Buwei beside him began to arrange the things in the book box on the table.

Qi Heng looked back at the wooden platform behind him again, turned to the side, and said to Xu Zaijing, "Brother Jing, didn't you bring a maid today?"

Xu Zaijing raised his head, smiled at Qi Heng, and said, "Qingcao has some things to busy herself with, she will probably come to the Sheng family in the morning."

While speaking,

Xu Zaijing glanced at Buwei.

Qi Heng nodded lightly and said, "Oh! So that's how it is."

Soon,

The three Lan sisters also came to the school with their maids.

Naturally, they also discovered that the maids beside Xu Zaijing hadn't come today.

When the maids of the three Lan sisters asked softly,

Buwei, Hanniu, and others who heard the conversation explained a few words in a low voice.

Si hour (after 9:00 AM)

Xingguo Ward,

At the second gate of the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion,

Two carriages were parked there.

Standing beside the carriages were Gu Tingyi and the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family with smiles on their faces.

Two horse stools were placed beside the carriages.

The two noble ladies held round fans, lifted the carriage curtains, stepped out of the carriages, supported by the palms of their maids, and stepped down on the horse stools.

Watching the movements of the two noble ladies, the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family said in surprise, "Zhengzheng, Feiyan, did you two rehearse this?"

Rong Feiyan smiled, "Fifth Daughter, why do you say that?"

Chai Zhengzheng also looked at the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family with some confusion and a smile.

Gu Tingyi, to the side, smiled, "The movements of you two getting off the carriage are just like being carved from the same mold. Reach out, step on the stool, get off the carriage, retract your hand, these movements are too consistent."

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Rong Feiyan in surprise and asked, "Is there?"

The Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family and Gu Tingyi nodded repeatedly with a smile.

Chai Zhengzheng smiled, "Perhaps it's a coincidence."

Rong Feiyan smiled and nodded, indicating agreement.

While they were talking, the carriages of the two families had already driven away.

The Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family saw another carriage driving over from the corner of her eye and smiled, "Look, someone else is coming!"

Chai Zhengzheng asked with confusion, "Sister Tingyi, are there others?"

Gu Tingyi shook her head, looked at the approaching carriage, and said casually, "There are only four of us."

"It looks like the Xu family's carriage," the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family said with a certain tone.

"Could it be that Brother Jing has come?" Gu Tingyi said uncertainly.

"In this weather, if Fifth Brother Xu were to come, he would definitely be riding a horse! I guess it's the Marquis of Xu's wife coming to the Gu family to see your sister-in-law," the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family nodded and said.

Hearing this,

Chai Zhengzheng secretly tidied up the spring shirt on her body.

Rong Feiyan smoothed her temples and tucked the loose hair behind her ears.

The personal maids of the two, Miss Yun Mu and Seeing Xi Bu, also helped their young ladies check if there was anything inappropriate about their whole bodies.

Soon,

The carriage arrived nearby, and the coachman placed the horse stool beside the carriage.

Qingcao lifted the carriage curtain.

"Qingcao?" the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family said in surprise, leaned her head towards the Xu family carriage, and said, "Just you yourself?"

Looking at the four noble ladies and their respective maids looking at her from not far away,

Qingcao, who lifted the carriage curtain, paused for a moment, then hurriedly nodded at everyone with a smile.

Stepping quickly off the carriage,

Qingcao walked to the four of them, bowed deeply, and said, "Slave Qingcao, I have met the four young ladies! Today, I came by myself!"

Seeing that it wasn't the Marquis of Xu's wife, Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief at the same time.

Looking at Qingcao nearby, Gu Tingyi smiled, "Qingcao, you came to my house, is there something you need to find my sister-in-law for?"

Qingcao thought for a moment and smiled, "Replying to Third Da Niangzi, that can also be said!"

Seeing that Qingcao didn't say it clearly, Gu Tingyi didn't pursue it deeply, just smiled, "Just right, let's go to the backyard together."

Qingcao hurriedly responded with a smile.

Rong Feiyan, to the side, looked at Qingcao and smiled, "Qingcao, your dimples are really beautiful, I don't have them when I smile."

While speaking, Rong Feiyan reached out and touched her cheeks.

Qingcao bowed, "Thank you for the compliment, Feiyan Da Niangzi, the slave doesn't dare to accept it."

Rong Feiyan smiled, "You deserve it, you deserve it! Let's go!"

After speaking, everyone walked together towards the Gu family's backyard.

On the way,

Qingcao smiled at Miss Yun Mu, who was walking side by side with her.

Listening to the conversation of the four noble ladies, Qingcao learned that,

Recently, many legitimate daughters of aristocratic families and wealthy families from outside the capital had entered the capital, and several noble ladies who liked polo had already made a name for themselves on the polo field.

And at the Jinming Pool polo meeting a few days later, Prince Zhao Fang might attend with the Empress.

The four young ladies gathered today,

Was also to talk about the situation of the noble ladies from outside the capital they knew,

When the four of them would probably go to the polo field on the day of the polo meeting, and so on.

Following behind the four noble ladies,

Miss Yun Mu smiled at Qingcao and said, "Qingcao, will you go to the polo field that day?"

Qingcao nodded: "The young master promised Sixth Young Master Liang that he would go to join in the fun that day."

Miss Yun Mu smiled: "If the young masters and young ladies don't need us, we might be able to talk together."

Qingcao smiled and said "Hmm."

Arriving at the Gu family's mistress's courtyard,

After the four young ladies asked for greetings from the Bai clan and Pingmei,

Madam Bai didn't keep everyone to talk much, so she let them go to another courtyard with Gu Tingyi to play.

Spring was pleasant,

Everyone just sat in the room, looking at the scenery in the courtyard through the open windows, which was a beautiful thing.

Looking at an arrow target placed between the flower branches.

Fifth Daughter looked around at the three people to the side and said with great interest, "Why don't we use Tingyi's soft bow and compare archery?"

"Come!" Gu Tingyi nodded with a smile.

"It's better to have a prize, otherwise you won't be attentive in the competition," the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family said with a smile.

"Good!" Rong Feiyan said, placing her round fan on the table, "Let's use this."

Looking at the exquisite round fan, the other three young ladies took out either jade rings or small head ornaments.

After playing for a while,

A little maid walked quickly into Gu Tingyi's courtyard.

Looking at Rong Feiyan, who was standing at the door, temporarily leading the battle, and was preparing to draw the bow, Gu Tingyi smiled mischievously and said, "How is it, did you see clearly... what Qingcao came for today?"

The latter question, Gu Tingyi asked while Rong Feiyan was drawing the bow and wanting to shoot, suddenly speeding up her speech. Watching Rong Feiyan shake her head after shooting the arrow, Gu Tingyi stole a laugh.

"Replying to Da Niangzi, after you and the three noble ladies left the mistress's room, Qingcao said she came for Sister Qingzhi beside the eldest daughter-in-law."

"Qingzhi? Is she the dowry maid of Sister Pingmei?" the Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family said.

Gu Tingyi nodded: "Yes!" She looked at the little maid and continued: "What did Qingcao find Qingzhi for?"

The little maid smiled and said: "She said that the captain beside the Fifth Young Master of the Xu family has some good feelings for Sister Qingzhi. The Fifth Young Master of the Xu family sent Qingcao to ask about Sister Qingzhi's thoughts."

Hearing this,

The young ladies and maids in the room were all full of smiles. Gu Tingyi smiled: "Qingzhi has a good appearance! There are quite a few Mamas in the mansions near Xingguo Ward inquiring about her!"

The Fifth Daughter of the Zhang family smiled: "That's right, I also vaguely heard about this! Then, is she willing?"

The little maid smiled and nodded: "Sister Qingzhi said that she has also seen Alan a few times, and everything is decided by the Madam and the eldest daughter-in-law."

"This is agreeing," Gu Tingyi smiled.

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