Ran Yan had already roughly guessed that she didn't know Pei Jing, and it was very unlikely that Ran Meiyu would know him either.
That day, Pei Jing saw Ran Yun and Ran Meiyu outside the warm pavilion; from behind, both figures were graceful. He thus devised a plan to trick them into turning around, intending to catch a glimpse of their beauty. Ran Yun was not deceived, but Ran Meiyu was inadvertently seen.
The Cheng family was a powerful and prestigious household. The fact that Cheng Qing'er's matchmaking banquet invitations were distributed even to lesser families was solely because Pei Jing personally managed the event. He planned to present another beauty to the Crown Prince, using this opportunity to select a wife of modest status yet with some refinement.
