At the beginning of last year, Qiu Yelan had been invited by Jiang Qizheng to the Jinxiu Slope for an outing. At that time, she knew from Gu E'nuo, the Princess Shou'an, that her Persian cat Whitey was a problem because of its origin. It was grabbed by Ling Zui, who always courted his best friend's pretty sister, from the Tao Family...
Coincidentally, it was Princess Changping's cat in the first place.
Over the past year, Qiu Yelan had met Princess Changping several times. But the places they met were usually at a banquet or in the palace with the Empress. They even had not had a chance to talk more, let alone about the cat. Since then, Qiu Yelan gradually forgot the cat's origin. Unluckily, Princess Changping finally came to her house for it. However, she was not afraid of it as the Empress was standing behind her back. Thinking of this, she managed to force a smile and said, "A friend sent it to me as a gift. I did not know where it came from."
While Changping Princess was badgering Empress Dowager Gu to ask for a benefit for her daughter, Princess Changping went back to her palace and got her clothes changed. Just when she sat in front of the dresser, a maid came in to report, "Princess Shou'an is here.""Invite her to have a cup of tea in the side palace hall. Tell her that I just came back and would be there after cleaning up," Princess Changping wasn't surprised.She instructed. She cleaned herself up and arrived in the side palace hall. She saw Gu E'nuo sitting on the right side. There was a cat with a glossy coat on her lap. The cat's water blue eyes were big, round and bright. It lovingly laid there and looked around quietly. It looked so adorable."Oh. What makes you bring "Yuan Bao" here?" Princess Changping knew that Gu E'nuo loved the Persian cat very much. She even did the cat's daily grooming herself. Because the Persian cat was afraid of strangers. It was very wary of an
Since Jiang Qiyun was already there, Xin Fubing and Qiu Yelan couldn't avoid seeing her. They went to the Flower Hall together. Just when they went in, Jiang Qiyun said with sarcasm, "Oh. You guys were nowhere to be seen for such a long time. I thought you guys were not going to come!"Qiu Yelan didn't think much of her anyway. Now that she had married into the Jiang Family. She didn't need to be concerned about Jiang Qiyun's status as the Jiang Family's daughter like before. So, she said flatly, "You are here without notice. We didn't expect you. And we were afraid that we would be neglecting you coming out untidily. We had to tidy up. Are you unhappy because of it?"Jiang Qiyun looked at her stunning face. Her face went dark, "You have become ornerier after being the daughter-in-law of our family! Can't I even tease a bit? Who do you think you are? Are you so precious?""What you said is inappropriate!" As Jiang Qiyun scolded her directly, Qi
The three people were all confused by Jiang Qiyun's visit. But in the later afternoon, the Empress made Nijin come over to see if they needed any help. Nijin implied, "The Empress convened Princess Qi earlier out of two purposes. One was that she heard Princess Qi embarrassed Prince of Qi in public because of some trivial matters. So, the Empress wanted to admonish her against doing this again! The other was that the Empress heard Princess Changping sent the invitation letter to you two so she let Princess Qi communicate with Miss Xin and then accompany Miss Xin there. However, upon the arrival of Princess Qi, she...""That explains she came here in a rage!" Xin Fubing snorted, "As if I robbed her of something!"When she had hardly finished her speaking, her maid behind her hurried to remind her by drawing her sleeve that Nijin was present!But Xin Fubing ignored her and continued, "From my point of view, Jiang Qiyun should not go to Gu E'nuo's
That morning, Qiu Yelan and the two others got up early and asked the maids to wait on them."Since it's just a small banquet for people of the same generation, we shouldn't be rigged out in our best. It will make us look dull and show that we take them so seriously!" Zhuang Man thought hard in front of the bronze mirror, "But if we just go there casually, we won't be impressive. We have to tread carefully.""It's only we two who have to tread carefully." Xin Fubing said while concentrating on selecting beads from the jewel case, "The nineteenth cousin will be impressive enough even though she wears a thorn hairpin and a coarse skirt. She can dress up anyway!"Qiu Yelan didn't plan to dress up actually because Xin Fubing was the main story this day and she had no intention of stealing the show. She smiled, "Are you afraid that I won't help you then so you keep flattering me before we go out?""It had better be that sister-in-law ha
When the womenfolk in the garden were intriguing each other, a low fence of a thatched cottage in the corner of Summer Palace was covered with vines and red and white flowers, which attracted so many bees and butterflies. A waterwheel was erected on the ditch not far away, and it was washed by the water of the ditch at an appropriate speed. The water was tumbling, and the mountain breeze blew by, bringing coolness to the thatched cottage.Outside the thatched cottage, beside the low fence, Jiang Yashuang was wearing a crimson summer shirt, a golden crown and a jade belt, standing under a large locust tree with lush branches.The scorching summer sun cast mottled spots of light from the thick branches and leaves, illuminating his face like a beautiful jade. The smile at the corner of his mouth was like a spring breeze, and the piercing gleam in his eyes when he looked around made his eyes darker and brighter, showing his heroic spirit.While aft
When Jiang Yashuang was negotiating with Ou Bicheng to push the fight for the position of Crown Prince into a fiercer situation, in the empty and spacious hall, Empress Dowager Gu was ordering, "Let Qiu Dian immediately organize people to impeach the Jiang Family! Write down everything we got on them in the memorials, no matter big or small, true or uncertain. Anyway, if I don't ask you to stop, you can't stop!""And, the emperor wants to entitle some maids as concubines today? Tell him that he has to go to the Empress for an hour every day before he is allowed to leave. If the Empress agrees, then find a few more maids to entitle them as concubines! Anyway, try to distract the Empress and never allow her to concentrate on handling affairs!""Draw up the decree about Changping's marrying Kuang Qingwu and stamp it. Call for someone of Xingkang around Kuang Qingwu who can take charge of things to come to see me. It's time to do it. We don't need to wait then!
"If Marquess Qin was really seriously ill, it would be a foregone conclusion that Prince of Zhou would become the crown prince. But what about us?" Gu E'nuo waved their entourages back a long way, looking straight into the eyes of Princess Changping, and asked in a deep voice, "I have badly offended Aunt Changping, so what will happen to me is clear then. And you... Kuang Shihan owes what he has to the Empress Dowager, but even if the Empress Dowager married Aunt Xingkang to him, he has never been amenable to her these years."What Kuang Shihan returned did not satisfy Empress Dowager Gu, but for the sake of the overall situation, the Empress Dowager not only overlooked it, but even intended to marry Princess Changping, who she had personally raised up, to his only son, Kuang Qingwu. However, when she didn't need Kuang Shihan anymore for the overall situation, she would get even with him certainly!By then, Princess Changping, as a daughter-in-law of the Ku
Qiu Yelan’s presentiment became real. Jiang Family insisted that Marquess Qin was drunk, not in a coma. But he couldn’t be disturbed during those few days while they were hiding the truth of his illness. So, other than the maid who was sent by Empress Dowager Gu to spy on the name of visiting saw Marquess Qin who was lying in bed, other visitors including key members of the Empress’s party didn’t get to go into the inner chamber.Of course, those key members of the Empress’s party were informed that Marquess Qin would be able to recover in a few days. And they all said the same thing to others after they left. That they left after chatting with Marquess Qin for a while. Marquess was absolutely in good health!However, the ghost-writers of Empress Dowager’s party also did their job!So, although the Empress’s party was so eager to prove that Marquess was in good health, Empress Dowager’s party still managed to spread the rumor that Marquess Qin