There were some rumours that Gongsun Yingjiang had been soaked in tears and even committed suicide. Meng Bijun paid a visit to Gongsun Yingjiang with concern. Seeing that she was full of energy and in high spirits, the Empress suddenly became even more worried.
Worried that Gongsun Yingjiang would be sad, Meng Bijun persuaded her to stop paying attention to what happened on the flower-enjoying banquet. And then she didn't mention it anymore and instead talked to Sheng Weiqiao, "The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. I visited my aunt yesterday. She was so bored that she wanted to hold a lively and interesting banquet at the Dragon Boat Festival. The venue for the banquet is currently set at Shanglin Palace. You will definitely receive invitations by then, so you have to prepare your outfits quickly!"
Sheng Weiqiao was surprised, "What should I prepare?"
Seeing that she had memorized her teaching attentively, Meng Bijun nodded slightly and too
Senior Master Sheng felt very annoyed about the visit of the Gaomi King Family. He greatly wanted his granddaughter to stay away from Rong Shuihe, but he didn't expect that Rong Shuihe would dare to come directly to his mansion!The most inordinate thing was that when the Gaomi King couple were chatting with him and Old Madam Ming after expressing their appreciation, Rong Shuihe suddenly interrupted them and said, "Grandfather Sheng, I haven't seen my brothers and sisters for several days. Can we have a chat in the garden?""Of course!" Senior Master Sheng couldn't reject or accuse him in front of everyone. So he had to control his anger and then beckoned to his biological eldest grandson Sheng Weide to order him, "Remember to talk to Prince Mizhen more often and learn from him."At this moment, Senior Master could only hope that Sheng Weide could hinder Rong Shuihe from having a chance to talk with Sheng Weiqiao.But Sheng
Rong Shuihe tried to make excuses and maintain an expression of helplessness, "It is because you guys are here. But if there are only me and Huihe, she may not be so kind. I am not an unprejudiced person, but I do not like to have many disputes with the girls. However, I definitely hope that she can stay away from me."He once told Sheng Weiqiao with a sincere pledge that Gaomi King Family were all hypocrites. They treated him very well in public but insulted him in private. Sheng Weiqiao seriously looked at his face for a while but didn't find something wrong. Although she was a little skeptical, she did not continue to pursue it anymore. She snorted and said, "You are in our mansion now. No matter what kind of grievances between her and you, you can't drive her away so mercilessly. When Gaomi King and Princess Gaomi find out, they may blame us for not helping her. That would be great trouble!"Sheng Weide coughed repeatedly to remind Sheng Weiqiao not to
Hearing that, Madam Qi said, "It is extremely rare to find such a good bridegroom as Shuihe! He is endowed with exceptional good looks and talent. Besides, he is adept with both the pen and the sword and values human ties. Thus, we can never make a perfunctory effort to choose a girl to be his wife. The girl that we get him must be talented, pretty and gentle. Otherwise, she will not be worthy of him."Hearing Madam Qi's words, Princess Gaomi nodded again and again. Seeing that, Madam Qi continued, "But it is rare to find beauties of this kind. Mum, I have been to several places over the past few years and seen a number of outstanding girls from respectable families. But I think that only Jing Shu Princess Huan Yehe can match Shuihe."There was a soft light in Princess Gaomi's eyes as Madam Qi mentioned Huan Yehe. Then, she said and nodded, "Jing Shu? Oh, she is really an excellent girl. She is both beautiful and accomplished. Most importantly, she is endow
Although Princess Gaomi agreed to change the candidate and asked Zhao Taoxuan to live in Gaomi King Mansion for some time to see if she could have a relationship with Rong Shuihe, Zhao Taoxuan couldn't go there with her right away. First of all, she had to pack and bring at least a few belongings with her. Secondly, Old Madam Qin also had to say something to her granddaughter alone. Thirdly, although Old Madam Qin and Princess Gaomi both approved of this engagement, neither of them was dogmatic. If they couldn't get along well with each other finally, making an announcement in advance would burn all their bridges.Therefore, after Princess Gaomi and Old Madam Qin agreed on this thing, the Old Madam called the people of the two branches back and talked with Princess Gaomi as usual.Princess Gaomi greeted everyone with a smile and gave them the meeting gifts one by one, paying special attention to Zhao Taozhuang and Zhao Taoxuan. She found that Zhao Taoxuan w
Hearing it, they three straightened up at the same time, tidying up their clothes and hairpins.After a while, Rong Shuihe walked in. Looking at the three gorgeously dressed ladies, he was indifferent. After bowing to Princess Gaomi, he nodded to Zhao Sisters. Then he lifted his robe and sat down, saying politely, "Your Grace, you look great today.""I owe it all to you." Princess Gaomi smiled brightly and said softly, "If you hadn't taken care of me every day, how could I have recovered so quickly?"In order to get Rong Qingzui to be accepted by Gaomi King Family again, Zhao Taozhuang tried her best to please Princess Gaomi in Zhao Family. At this time, seeing the person whom she wanted to ask for help, she naturally became more ardent. She said then, "Cousin Shuihe, you are really filial!"It was a pity that Rong Shuihe didn't react much to what they said. He just said plainly, "It owes to Imperial Doctor Dong's excellent medical
Unaware of the crisis he was going to face, Rong Shuihe was attentively fiddling with a jade hairpin half done in his room.It was made out of flawless smooth suet white jade in the shape of a round stick, 12 centimeters in length, with the tip being blunted to prevent the possible injury. However, on the other end of the hairpin was sculpted neither the common flowers and birds, nor the auspicious clouds, nor the lively insects.Instead...It was a vivid rat.And instead of adopting the regular crawling posture, it held itself erect like a human and strutted, carrying a tree covered with peach blossoms, which was almost as rough as its body."Sweetie will be furious at the sight of this hairpin!" Rolling his wrist ably, Rong Shuihe carved buds as tiny as a single piece of rice at the center of the blossoms. He curled his lips, imagining Sheng Weiqiao's possible reaction when receiving this gift, "Didn't she call me a
After dinner, Rong Shuihe slept for a while before he put on the clothing and the ornaments he selected in the afternoon. He lit up as many as eighteen lamps and studied his image closely in the mirror under the brilliant light. Having made sure that every detail about him was perfect, he extinguished the lamps and stepped out.Having been a pirate for years, he learned fast from his last and only practice of slinking out of the mansion and acted perfectly this time.Hence, he looked just genteel and tidy as usual when he arrived at the Mansion of the Sheng Family.Rong Shuihe groomed himself again in front of the back window of Sheng Weiqiao's boudoir and snuck in after ably drawing the bolt from the outside."Here you are!" Sheng Weiqiao, who had gone to bed, got up as she heard him and put on her wrap. She sneered, looking at his clothing damp with the dew, "I thought you didn't have the gut to show up!""Sweetie, w
Sheng Weiqiao took over the brocade case. However, instead of opening it, she cast an eye over her bedside and threw it at the sandal footstool with a powerful force!She said triumphantly, "There must be a real rat inside! Humph, you schemed to frighten me, didn't you?! Did you think I would readily bite at the bait?!"However, with a crash, inside of the broken case was the jade hairpin decorated with a rat carrying a peach tree, which had taken Rong Shuihe several days and nights to make but now was snapped in two!Rong Shuihe, "..."Sheng Weiqiao, "???"There was a dead silence in the room."Sweetie..." Rong Shuihe didn't utter until a few moments later in a low voice, "What made you believe that I would ever prepare a real rat for you as the gift?"He knew better than to tease a girl with a method typical of the seven-year-old boys...Plus, given Sheng Weiqiao's temperament a