Zhuang Changhe, after finishing his exams, returned to the Ma Family and fell straight into bed to sleep.
Ruo Lan was watering flowers in the courtyard when the maid came to inform her that the Eldest Young Master had awoken. Ruo Lan didn't put down the watering can, certain that her brother must have been summoned by their father by now.
Soon, a maid from the Upper Chamber came with a message, "Eldest Miss, the Old Madam asks for your presence." With Old Madam Zhuang present, Madam Bao had support, which emboldened her to create various challenges. However, Ruo Lan let the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo carry on their act, convinced that her matrimonial matters were already settled, and her brother's marriage was being personally overseen by their father, with the wedding date already fixed. She wouldn't be in the Zhuang Family much longer; any tumult would only last these few days.
