Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 494: Return to Mansion for the 184th Time (Volume 3)

Bai Yi smiled and said, "Miss Yueyao, we have horses here, but they are all big-headed horses, not suitable for beginners."

Beginners like Yueyao and Tingzheng must use gentle mares or ponies; they cannot ride big-headed horses, or they would easily fall off. Falling from a horse is no trivial matter.

Yueyao shook her head helplessly at a downcast Bai Mingzhu, "Can’t you think things through in the future and spare us a wasted trip?"

Bai Mingzhu also felt wronged. She used to prepare when she went to the racetrack. She wanted to burst in anger at Bai Yi but restrained herself when she saw Yueyao glaring at her. Bai Mingzhu nearly suffered inner trauma from holding back.

Although they hadn’t learned to ride horses, since they had come out, Yueyao didn’t want to go back so soon, so the group went up the mountain to enjoy the scenery.

Bai Mingzhu found it strange that Yueyao constantly talked to Tingzheng, frequently quoting ancient idioms. Bai Mingzhu couldn’t understand what Yueyao was thinking. She had been to this mountain several times, and Yueyao had climbed it for more than two months. Yet, Yueyao never seemed bored by it, and Bai Mingzhu didn’t see what there was to admire.

Bai Mingzhu didn’t want to accompany Yueyao in climbing the mountain every day, so she turned and whispered to Bai Yi, "Have the household send two horses over immediately."

Before the horses arrived, Tingzheng called out that he wanted to return.

After spending three days on the mountain, Tingzheng was already satisfied. He had never been able to stay with his sister for a whole day before, and this was an exception. With high spirits, he said, "Sister, I need to go back tomorrow. Otherwise, I won’t finish my studies."

Bai Mingzhu blushed with shame upon hearing this.

Yueyao patted Tingzheng’s head, feeling proud of her sensible brother.

As Bai Mingzhu saw Tingzheng off in the carriage, she didn’t forget to say, "Next time, I’ll have the horses ready for you."

After three days together, Tingzheng no longer rejected Bai Mingzhu at the start. He smiled and said, "Okay."

Bai Mingzhu’s eyes dazzled by Tingzheng’s smile, she couldn’t help but step forward and pinch his cheek again. The sensation was truly pleasant, ah, she wished she could touch it more.

Yueyao realized Bai Mingzhu was quite superficial, liking Ning Lixuan must have been for his good looks, ah, how had she not seen Bai Mingzhu’s weakness!

After Tingzheng left, Bai Mingzhu found it odd that Yueyao no longer went out to sketch landscapes. Yueyao couldn’t very well say she didn’t want to encounter Shen Conghao, so she vaguely said, "Climbing the mountain every day, I’m tired. I want to rest for a few days before going again."

Bai Mingzhu didn’t think too much into it; taking Yueyao’s words at face value. When Mid-Autumn Festival arrived, Marquis Jingning’s Residence sent for Bai Mingzhu, but she was reluctant to go back.

Bai Mingzhu used various excuses to delay her return to the Marquis’ household until September, when a nanny from Lady of Marquis Jingning approached and said, "Miss, the Empress Dowager is missing you and wants you to visit the palace in a few days." An imperial command from the Empress Dowager was not something Bai Mingzhu could refuse.

That evening, after practicing writing, the two admired the moon in the courtyard. Mingzhu looked at Yueyao and said, "Once back in Capital City, you’ll stay in our household. Then we can be together every day." Mingzhu wanted to take Yueyao to the Marquis’ household, so she wouldn’t be alone.

Yueyao, without a second thought, refused, "That won’t do, your mother is unwell, and my fate is too strong. If it should somehow affect your mother, not only would I be the culprit, but you would also bear the stigma of being unfilial."

Bai Mingzhu remembered calling Yueyao a jinx on their first meeting, and her face flushed red. But soon, she redirected her anger, "It must be the Bai Family speaking ill of you in front of my mother, those troublemakers." Not only did Bai Mingzhu dislike the Bai Family, but the Heir of Marquis Jingning too wasn’t fond of them. Unfortunately, Lady Bai always catered to the Bai Family. As a child, one couldn’t stop a mother from seeing her kin, and Marquis Jingning cared even less about these trifles, turning a blind eye as long as it wasn’t excessive.

Bai Yi smiled and said, "Miss, you can invite Yueyao over to talk to you at the household in the future." Not staying at the Marquis’ household was different from not visiting it; those were two different things.

Bai Mingzhu stared at Yueyao and said, "Next time I invite you over, you have to come."

Yueyao smiled and replied, "Alright, but just three to five days a month, don’t invite me every day. When you return to the Residence, don’t slack off, I will have to check on that?" Visiting three to five days a month could help monitor Bai Mingzhu’s study progress.

Bai Mingzhu huffed, "Always underestimating people."

When Yueyao arrived, she brought only a few parcels and books. When she left, she had quite a few more possessions, especially the paintings she had made over the past two months, which filled a box, and another box was added for books. Of course, the most significant change was the addition of the lively Xiang Wei.

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