Xin Rouer had no choice but to wash her hands and watch from the side.

But why did she come to watch them make dumplings? She came to complain.

But this damn old woman was blind, and she couldn't even see the slap marks on her face for so long. It would have been better if Xin Nianyan wasn't here, and she could still take the initiative to talk about the matter while crying.

But Xin Nianyan was here, and she knew clearly that Xin Nianyan would not give her a chance to say anything, or even if she did, Xin Nianyan would make trouble on the sidelines. The old lady was partial to others in the first place, but she might be the opposite in the end.

Come and blame her.

Xin Rouer was so annoyed that she didn't complain when the dumplings were cooked, let alone when they were eating. The old lady and Xin Nianyan were talking and laughing. She was already in a bad mood, and she always interrupted even if she wanted to.

What he said was off-topic, and almost ruined the old lady's mood several times.

Seeing her aggrieved look, Xin Nianyan couldn't help but sneer in her heart. At this time, Xin Rouer's city was still too shallow, and she couldn't hold her breath over such a trivial matter.

After eating the dumplings, the old lady sat for a while, guessing that she was almost digested, so she yawned and said she wanted to rest, and sent Xin Nianyan and the others back.

It's normal for the elderly to go to bed early, not to mention that it's already already late at this time.

"Grandma, please take a rest early, and we will go back first."

Xin Nianyan stood up, saluted the old lady, then turned and left.

After taking two steps, she found that Xin Rou'er hadn't moved yet. She asked curiously: "Sister, grandma is going to rest, aren't you leaving yet?"

Xin Rouer, who originally wanted to wait for Xin Nianyan to leave first, and then complain to the old lady, was reminded by her and had to stand up.

"Walk."

Xin Rou'er took a deep breath and bowed to the old lady: "Grandma, Rou'er takes leave."

The old lady yawned and watched them go out. Then she stood up and went to rest, supported by Granny Zhang. She also did not forget to explain:

"Nanny Zhang, when the master comes back later, please remember to have the remaining dumplings delivered to him."

"Yes, old lady."

…

Xin Nianyan and Xin Rou'er left the Jingxin Yard together. Xin Nianyan stopped and looked at Xin Rou'er with a faint smile.

"My sister looks very bad. You should have a good rest at night. After all, this is the New Year. If you are not happy tomorrow, you will be unhappy this year."

After saying that, she left with a smile.

Xin Rouer looked at her with eyes that wanted to kill people: "Xin Nianyan!"

Xin Nianyan paused and turned around: "Is there anything else that can happen to my sister?"

Xin Rouer walked up to Xin Nianyan and asked, word for word, through gritted teeth: "How on earth did you secretly learn my dance?"

She was still puzzled. She knew that Xin Nianyan had studied secretly, but she couldn't provide any evidence and couldn't figure out how Xin Nianyan secretly studied.

As Xin Nianyan said, she has almost never been to her Rouxin Academy in the past few months, and it is even less likely to see her practicing dance.

But she just learned it all, and even the effect of jumping out was better than hers!

"Sister, how many times do I have to tell you before you listen. I didn't secretly learn your dance. That dance was my own idea and practice."

Xin Nianyan frowned, sighed heavily, and continued: "I know that I got a reward from His Majesty today, but you didn't get it, so you feel uncomfortable, but you can't keep slandering me."

Seeing that Xin Nianyan refused to admit it, Xin Rouer was extremely angry: "There is no one here anymore, and you are still pretending. You dare to steal but dare not admit it. How shameless are you?"

Xin Nianyan sneered, stepped forward, leaned into her ear, and whispered: "That's right, I just learned from you, if you can, bite me!"

Xin Rou'er was stunned, Xin Nianyan had already retreated, stretched out his fair and slender hand to pat her shoulder, and said softly: "Sister, you'd better go back and rest early, look at your swollen face.

There are also injuries on the body, which should be very painful."

After saying that, Xin Rou'er was no longer given a chance to speak, and Xin Nianyan turned around and left.

Xin Rouer looked at her back and came back to her senses for a moment. She quickly looked around and saw a woman looking towards her. She quickly asked: "Did you hear? The eldest lady just said that she was studying secretly.

I'm going to tell my grandmother about my dance, you go and testify for me!"

The woman was the rough lady of Jingxinyuan. Hearing this, she shook her head and said, "Second Miss, I didn't hear you."

After saying that, she quickly lowered her head and walked away.

There were one or two servants who, seeing Xin Rouer looking at them, quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to know anything.

Xin Rouer was so angry that she almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

…

Xin Nianyan returned to Yanyun Courtyard, always smiling. Xiaozhu took off his cloak, and then sat down at the table.

"Miss, you are really awesome today. Not only did you amaze everyone, but you also received a reward from His Majesty. There will definitely be rumors about you in the capital tomorrow!" Xiaozhu said as he put away his cloak.

Then he came over to pour tea for Xin Nianyan, "But Miss, when did you learn that dance? How come you don't know about it?"

Xin Nianyan took the tea cup and blew on it, then took a sip and replied: "I learned it blindly outside before, and just danced and played when I had nothing to do."

"That's it. Let me tell you, I have never seen Miss practice so well and she can dance so well. It turns out she danced a lot before." Xiaozhu was completely convinced.

After a pause, she added: "Even the second young lady is really going too far. She even said that you, young lady, learned from her. She obviously also danced, so who do you blame for not being liked by everyone? Humph!"

Seeing how angry the little girl was, Xin Nianyan chuckled and said nothing more.

After the hot water was brought, Xiao Zhu helped her wash up, then went to bed to rest.

…

The next day, the news that Xin Nianyan, the eldest daughter of the Xin family, stunned the audience with her dance at the palace banquet and was praised and rewarded by the Holy Emperor, spread throughout the city.

Xin Nianyan's reputation as a talented girl was thus established. Everyone mentioned that she was no longer a wild girl or country bumpkin who came back from the countryside.

People even spread the word about her water sleeve dance so magically that within two days it became popular all over the capital. Most of the girls in brothels, brothels, and concubines were learning to dance.

However, if it were anyone else in this situation, the threshold would probably be broken by people coming to propose marriage, but no one in Xin Nianyan dared to propose marriage.

What they were worried about was not that Xin Nianyan was already engaged to Prince Han. Not many people knew about the news of her engagement to Prince Han, and even Xin Rouer and Zhang Yunhui didn't spread it to the outside world.

What they were worried about was that Xin Nianyan had been engaged to the Crown Prince and to His Highness the Crown Prince. Who would dare to propose marriage unless they were not afraid of being targeted by the Crown Prince?
Chapter completed!