Yun Qian quietly watched the bonsai in front of her, her gaze falling on the place she and Xu Chang’an once lived.
To be precise, Xu Chang’an didn’t stay at ho for long, it was almost always just her living there alone.
Though the courtyard at ho was spacious, it was devoid of any plants or trees, making it quite desolate.
Therefore, Miss Yun rembered a scene.
At that ti, Xu Chang’an was about to leave ho, paused before the red lacquered wooden door, and turned back to say sothing to her.
[The house is empty, if you like, miss, you might plant sothing.]
At that ti, Yun Qian didn’t realize what these words ant... but she rembered them deeply, after all, her husband never said anything useless.
It was also because of this topic that she pestered her husband about the "apricot tree" for a long ti, which was a rare occasion where she compared herself to the "red apricot", making Xu Chang’an genuinely anxious for once.
Now...
Yun Qian sowhat understood.
Miss Yun glanced out the window, then suddenly turned her head to look at the Rowing Maiden beside her.
The maiden was secretly watching Yun Qian’s profile, and being caught red-handed, her face imdiately flushed red.
But Yun Qian didn’t let her go, instead staring at her.
"Ms. Yun, why are you looking at like that..." The Rowing Maiden clenched her calloused hands around her sleeves.
"The spring wind opens the Chang’an flowers..." Yun Qian mused, recalling the poetry she had copied that he wrote.
"Spring wind? Chang’an... are you talking about Young Master Xu?" The maiden was taken aback by her words, then cautiously said: "Ms. Yun, in Beisang City, there’s truly a ten-miles of spring wind, but the ladies of Flower Moon Building all know their limits, they won’t... won’t go to entice... Young Master Gou."
Besides, one should trust Young Master Xu.
Even if that young man passed through ten-miles of spring wind, he wouldn’t get tainted by any hint of rouge, Miss Yun should be at ease.
Mhm.
In the eyes of the Rowing Maiden, she thought Yun Qian was jealous.
After all, just look at what Xu Chang’an had done.
Bringing his wife to a brothel, and then separating from Yun Qian once inside to enjoy himself...
Any woman would overthink it, no?
Yun Qian gazed strangely at the nervous Rowing Maiden, nodding: "I know, I was talking about the flowers and plants."
"Flowers and plants?" The Rowing Maiden blinked her eyelashes lightly, utterly confused.
"He really likes plants." Yun Qian reminisced: "He loves to cultivate... and is imnsely fond of this ability."
From his ti on the island, Xu Chang’an had been planting all sorts of things, and this habit hadn’t changed even after moving to Muyu Peak.
"Really? This is the first ti I’ve learned of such a thing..." The maiden kept in mind that Xu Chang’an liked to plant things.
However, she felt her heart racing a little faster.
She thought that having a hobby of planting flowers and plants was really quite endearing.
Sowhat like a habit that a young lady would have.
"That’s why I was thinking about flowers and plants." Yun Qian tilted her head, looking at the Rowing Maiden in front of her, and unexpectedly asked: "Is there a flower or plant in your na?"
"Eh?" The Rowing Maiden was startled, not wanting to disclose her na to avoid getting too close to the lady, but suddenly being asked, she was caught off guard.
Not hesitating for too long, the maiden didn’t want to lie, so she honestly said: "Ms. Yun, in my na... there is a flower or plant."
However, rembering that Yun Qian said Xu Chang’an loved flowers and plants, she imdiately added.
"In Flower Moon Building, this is quite common, after all... there are so many flower nas among the ladies, whether plum flowers, peach blossoms, crabapple, or even peonies, it’s indeed very common."
This is a brothel, so of course it’s common.
"As expected, you have one too." Yun Qian thought to herself that the girl in front of her, as expected... was originally supposed to be one of her husband’s fates.
She looked at the maiden with a softer gaze, and then looked out at the empty courtyard without saying a word.
The Rowing Maiden watched Yun Qian fall silent and hesitated, not knowing if she should reveal her na to her sister, but... even if her na had a flower, once heard, it was still a maid’s na, even more so than Liu Qingluo’s, sounding just as common, with not much to say.
"Still, your na... is nicer, Ms. Yun." The maiden murmured.
"My na? Hmm." Yun Qian responded softly and calmly said: "Cloud from Cloud Rain, subdue from Stranded, he said he liked it."
"Cloud Rain..." The maiden nodded with a blush, not knowing where her thoughts wandered, and after a while, she softly said: "It sounds beautiful."
"Beautiful, but without a flower." Yun Qian shook her head.
"Flower?" The Rowing Maiden didn’t understand why Yun Qian cared about flowers, she softly said: "In today’s world, won with nas containing flowers... at least in Beisang City, it’s not a good thing."
This is a brothel.
Large families give their daughters literary nas, almost none use flower nas.
So real daughters of great families, their nas sound far better than ours called Peach Blossom, Apricot Blossom.
"Really? So Miss Li’s na doesn’t contain a flower because she’s from a noble family?" Yun Qian pondered and then shook her head: "No, that’s not it."
Li Zhibai’s na doesn’t contain flowers or plants for a reason.
Because flowers and plants are planted in empty courtyards, while Li Zhibai... she’s the "main wife," ant to live in the house, naturally not needing a na of flowers or plants.
As for being from a noble family, that should be a coincidence.
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