After all, today was the birthday of Princess Gaomi. It was alright that Sheng Weiqiao just said a few words with sisters of her maiden family. It was impossible for her to hide in the wing room all the time.
So a moment later, the three sisters returned to the side hall. Zhao Li and his sister were not in the hall. Sheng Weiqiao was unfamiliar with others, so she just made a few words of courtesy with them.
When Sheng Weiqiao was talking with a miss of the Qi Family, a maid came up and whispered to Sheng Weiqiao, "Princess Gaomi asked you to the back hall please."
Sheng Weiqiao quickly said sorry to the miss of the Qi Family and told Sheng Weirao to keep an eye on Sheng Weiwu. And then she followed the maid to the back hall.
The situation in the back hall was different from the side hall. The side hall was full of junior women and children, while Princess Gaomi and other women of the same generation and older generation wer
Sheng Weiqiao was surprised to see Huan Yehe. She remembered that once Huan Yehe had been invited by Princess Gaomi exceptionally. However, Huan Yehe was not the blood relatives of Princess Gaomi. So Sheng Weiqiao didn't expect that Huan Yehe would receive the invitation today when Princess Gaomi invited all her blood relatives for her birthday.Apparently, Princess Gaomi attached more importance to Jing Shu Princess than everyone thought.Sheng Weiqiao continually looked at Huan Yehe, which led Huan Yehe to notice her. After the banquet went on for a while, the guests started chatting while the celebration was beginning. At this time, Huan Yehe came to Sheng Weiqiao's seat and said, "Why are you staring at me in that way? It feels like you want to kick me out."Sheng Weiqiao replied, "How is that possible! I'm just confused that I didn't see you just now."Huan Yehe didn't plan to expose her excuse but smiled, "I'm late. I
Sheng Weiqiao was surprised. She looked where Huan Yehe pointed and spotted Sheng Weirao drawing something on the table with the fingertip that seemed to have dipped in water or wine. Zhao Li had seated himself beside her, and he nodded from time to time as he studied her work.Sheng Weiqiao's lips twitched, and she said, "Ah, you weren't here at that time. Fifth Cousin seems to be intrigued by painting. He drew a painting just now, of which Fourth Sister pointed out one flaw. That was how they got acquainted. I guess they're now talking about painting techniques.""Fifth Childe Zhao is renowned for his passion for painting indeed. To perfect his painting, he even gave up his imperial examination." Huan Yehe gave a subtle smile as she raised the cup and vibrated the wine inside, "The Zhao Family exhorted him to study in vain, and then they gave up. They decide to let him be, so long as he doesn't put shame on his family. But Old Madam Qin still takes
Then Sheng Weiqiao remembered that they were supposed to send their congratulation to Princess Gaomi when the banquet reached a climax in compliance with the custom in Chang'an as Madam Qi had told her before the banquet started.She said to Sheng Weirao in a hurry, "It looks like I must get going now."Sheng Weiqiao entered the yard through the side door with Madam Qi, where Princess Gaomi's grandchildren, including Princess Jianan, Yuan Donglai, and other young girls, were waiting for them. Crouching down, Princess Qingfang was smoothing the collars of Rong Lingtiao and Rong Lingsui.Madam Qi went up to express her gratitude, "Thank you for taking care of them."She then questioned the servants who just stood by why Princess Qingfang took up their jobs of looking after the two girls.The two wet nurses stumbled over their words. And Princess Qingfang offered to explain, "They had nursed the children, but the t
After a while, the maid brought a few paintings. Sheng Weiqiao unfolded them before Zhao Li and Zhao Tao to prove that these paintings were all authentic. Then, she asked them to take those paintings away.Having seen them off, Sheng Weiqiao got down to preparing for Sheng Weirao's blind date. However, Zhao Brothers whispered to each other after getting out of the Prince Mizhen Mansion. Zhao Tao said, "Fifth Brother, did you hear what Cousin Weiqiao said? She told you not to discuss painting with Princess Fuchang. Moreover, we are not familiar with the Sheng Family. It's a little embarrassing for you to ask about Princess Fuchang's matter directly."Zhao Li frowned, "No one in our family has supported me to study painting over the years. Now, I managed to meet a peer who also knows the tricks of painting. I just talked a few words about techniques and modulation with her. Why do you think that much?"Zhao Tao said, "Fifth Brother, it's n
"Let's go back!" Said Sheng Weirao. She felt a headache when seeing Zhao Li. In especial, after hearing that Zhao Li had gone to the Prince Mizhen Mansion to borrow paintings from her cousin Sheng Weiqiao, she became more regretful for commenting Zhao Li’s painting, which caused trouble for Sheng Weiqiao.Therefore, when she saw Zhao Li at that time, she frowned and turned to say to Zang Wanzhou, "Don't disturb them."They had walked a long way in the garden. Sheng Weirao became uncommunicative after the accident. However, after all, this concerned her marriage. Actually, it did not matter to her whether she got married or not. Anyway, the Sheng Family could afford to support her. Even if the Sheng Family did not want to support her forever, she could make a living with the fifty thousand taels Madam Feng's sister had given her. After all, her living standard was not as high as Sheng Weiqiao's.Even when she got old, she could count on t
"Then go quickly! Don't keep our father waiting too long." After hearing what the maid said, Sheng Weiqiao just stopped chatting with Rong Shuihe who just frowned at the maid's words. Being worried that Rong Shuihe would refuse Gaomi King's invitation Gaomi in public and other people might laugh at Gaomi King Family for it, Sheng Weiqiao gave his arm a push, whispering, "There are a lot of people at the moment... Father won't call you if it's not important.""The reason why he's calling me now is definitely that he wants to help his beloved eldest son, Young Lord Rong Qingzhuo, do something to offer amnesty and enlist all pirates, controlling all seas." Rong Shuihe showed a touch of boredom and snorted coldly, "I've been working on this for a long time. He wants me to do it myself while he also wants to control every step. Am I his subordinate who would come to him whenever he called?"But for Sheng Weiqiao's sake, he finally decided to go there. Bef
Empress Meng said coldly, "Of course, her subordinates will help her! After she was beaten by Guangling King's Young Lord, they will rush to accuse him before Guangling King. Then Guangling King will punish him. Although the Young Lord hates his father, for the sake of blood, he can't do anything to fight back Guangling King. It's natural that the Young Lord will make more trouble for Side Princess Meng... This kind of cycle lasts until Side Princess Meng recently became pregnant. Because her subordinates became serious for the sake of her baby, beginning to prevent the Young Lord from approaching Side Princess Meng rashly.""..." Sheng Weiqiao pondered for a while, then frowned and said, "The Meng Family did this for... the Chunbo Lake Navy?"Although Meng Guiyu had lived a secluded life since his sister married into the Guangling King Family as side princess and he was promoted to Left General Weiwei, Sheng Weiqiao knew that Meng Guihuan was not qu
The invasion of Ruru was very sudden!So all officials of the imperial court were caught off guard.Most importantly, in just a few days, the news was spread all over the country, and the whole country was in an uproar. The spearhead was directed at Gaomi King and the Meng Family who were in power.Some people said that Gaomi King was the chief culprit. They thought, "Gaomi King was duplicitous and ambitious. He was disrespectful to the Emperor and unfilial to the Empress Dowager. He still coveted the throne. He recruited people to form his own party, which threw the imperial court into turmoil. He even intervened in the army of Beijiang. Zhou General had devoted half of his life to this elite troop of the country. Gaomi King turned the troops into a useless army with slack alert. The army even didn't send messages to Chang'an until Ruru captured three cities continuously! As early as the reign of Emperor Muzong, father of the Deceased E