Hearing these words, Sheng Weiqiao was stunned. In fact, she had a better impression on Meng Guiyu than on Meng Guihuan. She thought that the Empress might not want her to have another intimate female companion. However, since Meng Guiyu was a man, Empress Meng should not exclude him, should she?
So, she said honestly, "I don't see Chongxin Count often, but I am very grateful to his kindness."
Then, she added, "He is very generous and considerate."
"Yet the Sixth Brother hasn't told me about you, so I thought you were much closer to Sister Guihuan." When Empress Meng heard the word "considerate", her heart jolted and she subconsciously pinched the bamboo handle of the rosewood fan with golden pheasant and plum blossom patterns. She calmed down and pretended as if nothing had happened. Then she smiled and asked, "Tell me, did you look down on Yichun Marquis because you like my Sixth Brother?"
"What are you talking about!" Sheng Weiq
Here was Sheng Mansion.Old Madam Ming trembled a little since getting up.Well, she was even more nervous after getting in the carriage. She asked her granddaughters and maids in the carriage from time to time, "Is my hair neatly combed? Are my hairpins and earrings in the right place?"Her words upset Senior Master Sheng. He could not help but say, "What are you thinking about? All the people in the carriage can see you as long as they raise their eyes. If you were not suitably dressed, they would surely inform you of that. Look at you! You seem to have not seen the world!"Old Madam Ming said angrily, "Well, I do want to see the world. But my dad is just a landlord in the countryside. After marrying you, I either serve both you and our children in Beijiang, or act as an old madam of the Sheng Family in Nanfeng County. How can I see the world?"It was rare for Senior Master Sheng to be rendered speechless by his wife
While Gongsun Yingjiang was holding down her excitement and dreaming of the love affairs next, her fiance Xu Baomo, who had already set his official name, was also plotting in secret, "The Little Witch of the Gongsun Family actually trapped me to accept what's done is done. And she even pretended to jump into the lake, leaving me almost be drowned by my own parents in person. I'm crowned as Young Lord. If I resign myself to marry her, how can there be any justice? Where is my dignity as a man?"Of course, under the violent suppression of the four elders, namely, Old Marquis Xu, Old Madam Xia, Xu Zijing and Madam Nan, he wouldn't dare to rebel against the marriage whoever he was.But it didn't matter.Though he couldn't explicitly reject Gongsun Yingjiang, he could dump her under the table.For example, maybe he could sleep with another young lady of a big noble family.In this way, with the help of this girl's family,
Though both Zhao Taozhuang and Zhao Taoxuan didn't think that Xu Baomo was joking, they reluctantly replied for Cousin Shuihe's sake, "Since it's a misunderstanding, we'll just let it go. Young Lord, you should go back soon before Princess Jiaxiang gets impatient."Being reluctant to leave as he was, Xu Baomo looked at Zhao Taoxuan before bidding farewell to Rong Shuihe.But Rong Shuihe smiled and asked, "Hey! My brother! Is Yingjiang sitting with your parents? What about the Sheng Family?""We didn't go with the Sheng Family today." Xu Baomo, coveting Zhao Taoxuan's beauty, was so happy to stand still and chat with him that he could take more glances at her, saying, "My grandfather had originally sent someone in advance to agree with the Sheng Family to come together. However, Senior Master Sheng said that since the two families wouldn't sit together and have to separate when they came in, it would be more convenient to go on their own way. Re
Sheng Weiqiao curled her lips and prevaricated, "I'm not trying to stop her from walking around. I just want to take her to go for a walk and have a look at the Shanglin Palace after several rounds of drinking at the banquet! Who can expect that she could not sit still?""You haven't been here, either. I'm afraid it may not be better for you to accompany her than Shuangliao." Said Meng Bixun, the only daughter of Chengyang Marquis's official wife. She said smilingly, covering her mouth with her handkerchief, "It will be better to let Shuangliao accompany Princess Jiaxiang to walk around here first. Then, when the warm atmosphere at the banquet eases, we can go out together... I remember that one part of the Chunbo Lake has been zoned, right?"This question was for Empress Meng.The Empress said with a nod, "Mother doesn't like noise. So, the banquet is planned to be held at Lingbo Palace. But Noble Consort Shu and Consort Shu want to watch rega
"What do I mean?" Empress Dowager Meng leisurely lifted her teacup and took a sip. Then she continued with a smile, "Of course, it's for your and your children's good. After all, so many years have passed, and it seems that Prince Mizhen is a sensible and filial child. What can't be solved between you and him as natural grandmother and grandson?""Sister, you're got to be kidding. As you say, we are natural grandmother and grandson. We are of the same blood. Since he has finally come back after such a long time, of course, I'll love him dearly." Said Consort Dowager Mo. Having stared at Empress Dowager Meng for a while, she suddenly smiled with her imposing manner of sparking a great war disappearing quietly. She even put on a nifty smile like a young girl. She continued with a beaming face, "You also say that he is a sensible and filial child. Thus, nothing should be solved between us, right? Sister, you should congratulate us on reuniting with each other after
Compared with Noble Consort Shu who was haughty by dint of the Emperor's pampering, Consort Shu, whom Sheng Weiqiao had once met in the Buye Tower, was more obedient.Consort Shu sat straightly with her head slightly down. She put her hands on her knees and sometimes patted Emperor Xuanjing's hand holding her waist, motioning him to behave himself.Consort Shu wore a veil last time when Sheng Weiqiao saw her. Therefore, it was also the first time that Sheng Weiqiao had seen her appearance. Though she and Noble Consort Shu were half-blooded sisters, they did not look like each other.Consort Shu had dusky arched eyebrows and the almond-shaped eyes of a phoenix. With snow-like skin and peachy cheeks, she had a beautiful appearance. She did a peach makeup with blood-red lips and a begonia-patterned sticker between her eyebrows. Her cheeks were slightly red by the blush, and her hair was neatly braided.In the middle of her bun, there
Rong Shuihe did not know what had happened those days. Therefore, seeing Sheng Weiqiao's gesture, Rong Shuihe rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "Well, does sweetie mean that she wants me to send the jade hairpins early? If I send them late, she will give me hell?"He felt that they did have a mutual affinity. If not considering Senior Master Sheng's attitude, he would have looked all around to find Sheng Weiqiao as soon as he had arrived!Rong Shuihe did not know his imminent tragedy at all. He almost pulled through the following things including the return of Gongsun Yingjiang and Meng Shuangliao who were taken back by the Empress's servants, the arrival of Emperor Xuanjing and Shu Sisters, the greeting between those courtiers and the Royal Family led by the Empress Dowager, the courtiers' blessing to the Royal Family, the opening of the banquet, and the usual pleasantries at the beginning of the banquet... Finally, after several rounds of drinking,
Rong Shuihe slit his eyes. He looked up to see the two men, one tall and one short, stand nearby. The tall one seemed to be nigh on eighteen. He was in red, wearing a gold belt and a white jade coronet carved with the cloud. His face was familiar, and his clear complexion, which was typical of the privileged nobles, somehow reddened.He waddled towards them as he fiddled with his hand fan, and wine was smelt on his breath. Obviously, he was drunk.While the short one was near thirteen. His features resembled those of Princess Qingfang, and despite his effort to assume maturity, he manifested some kind of naivety. He was dressed in the uniform of a Marquis' Young Lord and on his neck was a silver torque to which a longevity lock was attached. He tugged the sleeve of the man in red, beckoning him not to cross the line.However, he didn't look friendly as he rested his eyes on Rong Shuihe. Precisely, his expression was a mixture of aloofnes