Song Yixiao didn’t beat around the bush with him, either, “I asked my mother that day, but she just said that since my brother had no hope of becoming the heir of the prince, she would like to find a daughter-in-law who can get along with her!”
Yuan Xuepei thought, “Get along with her? It’s because my sister is easy to bully, ok?”
But he was asking for information from Wei Mengying’s own daughter, so naturally he couldn’t say anything wrong about Wei Mengying in front of her.
Pondering for a while, he finally said, “Lu Guanlun was engaged to your cousin, the Seventh Miss Wei earlier, but he broke off the engagement shortly afterwards. During that time, the Seventh Miss Wei seemed to have been staying at the Duke of Yan’s mansion for a few days. In my opinion, you know the inside story of their broken engagement, right?”
Song Yixiao closed her lips slightly for a while before she replied, “I can’t tell you about this!”
You Qingchun said after hearing that, “Madam, I am so grateful for your taking me in, and I feel unworthy of the simple errand you arranged. Therefore, when I had time, I thought of giving a hand. But unexpectedly, I neglected my son, which offended His Highness. Please forgive me!”Song Yixiao said, “That’s your fault, Qingchun! There are only two masters in this house nowadays, and how much work is there? Since there are already people on duty everywhere, what will they do if you do their work? Did I buy them to watch you work?”“Madam, it’s all my fault!” Ms. Zhao was already ashamed when she heard this, mumbling, “I didn’t teach her clearly to follow the rules…”“Anyway, from now on, you just do your share of the errand and don’t do other things!” Song Yixiao waved her hand, signaling to Ms. Zhao to be quiet, and said to You Qingchun, “If they are really too busy, told me, and I’ll buy other servants to share the burden. You have only one c
“Lady of Yan!” Lady Nuan gave a salute to Song Yixiao and Nie Wuying, speaking gently, “Two days ago, the Empress sent many things to me, and a few of my favorites were said to be from you. I can’t thank you enough!”She spoke Great Rui dialect. Her voice was as clear and sweet as herself, gladdening the heart and refreshing the mind, but there was a foreign accent between the words.Although Song Yixiao never regarded herself as the most beautiful woman in the world, she felt she was equal to lilies and roses. However, she was slightly overshadowed by Lady Nuan’s beauty!“Luckily, I’ve already made it clear to Jian Xubai before. Otherwise, how could I not be suspicious of him after I saw such a stunning beauty here?” She pondered in her mind, pinched her palm without others noticing and smiling, “You’re welcome. Actually, you don’t need to be so polite for some small gifts!”Seeing her sickly appearance, Song Yixiao couldn’t help
Qinye bowed her head very quickly, which made Song Yixiao and Jinxun thought that she was humble. Instead of being suspicious of her, Jinxun took a pouch to her as a thank you, “Thank you! But this dress doesn’t seem to be the one Madam brought into the palace?”“The maid sent by Commandery Princess Qingjiang said that the side halls of Palace of Mingguang are now crowded with people who are grooming, and Commandery Princess Qingjiang couldn’t find Madam Song’s clothes at the moment.” Qinye steadied herself and said, “She was afraid that you’re waiting anxiously here, so she sent her own spare clothes over first. She asked you to make do with it, Madam!”On hearing this, Song Yixiao and her maid were relieved.After Qinye thanked Yixiao for the reward and then left, Jinxun served Song Yixiao to get dressed and went to thank Lady Nuan.Lady Nuan smiled and was about to say something but was interrupted by the maid sent by Commandery
The next morning, the Su sisters indeed brought generous gifts to Duke of Yan’s mansion to make amends. Among the Su Family, only Duke of Ji, Su Shaoge, Su Shaomo and Su Shaoling were in Imperial Capital at present. The others, such as Lady of Ji and First Young Master Su, were not here. The former had already passed away, while the latter was in his hometown Qingzhou.Although Duke of Ji was out of work and free, he was a senior both in status and age. Therefore, it was not possible for him to make an apology personally just because of a trifle made by his daughter.However, Su Shaoge was still in Zhanchun Venue for quiet and peace. So under such circumstances, only Su Shaoling escorted her sister to the mansion, “We’re so sorry, Madam Song! My sister…”“Miss Shaomo didn’t do it on purpose!” Song Yixiao had had no intention of bothering about this matter, and now that the Su sisters had come here to make apologies, which preserved the decency
Song Yixiao was ashamed and angry, saying without hesitation, “Who is more like the wood? You’ve stared at me for such a long time, doing nothing at all!”Jian Xubai was slightly surprised and then put down the curtain laughingly, “Since you are so frank, how can I let you down?”The curtain dropped, which covered the amazing scene on bed.The bed exquisitely made with padauk by the craftsmen was slightly shaking while Song Yixiao in the curtain felt as if being in the stormy waves.After doing for a few times, she became completely faint and dizzy. Extremely tired, holding her husband’s shoulders, she begged her husband to stop, but Jian Xubai just lowered his head to press his forehead against hers, saying smilingly, “Do you remember what I said to you the other day? I’ve told you not to feel remorseful, haven’t I?”Song Yixiao recalled that in a trance, embarrassed and angry. She pushed him weakly. However, he kisse
Nie Wuying heard Jinxun’s report too and knew that Song Yixiao was leaving the feast so as to talk with her mother. She would not stop her for sure. Then she nodded her head and said, “Okay. I will look after myself. Mother and Sister Qingjiang are at the feast too!”Song Yixiao put down the cup and left quietly with Jinxun.When they went out, the overwhelming cold air made Song Yixiao and her maid tighten the clothes and feel clear-minded!Song Yixiao asked, “Which maid is the one who delivered the message to you? Did she mention what my mother wanted to talk about?”“I don’t know her name,” Jinxun replied with embarrassment. “But I know she is one of the Princess Consort’s maids. As to what Her Highness wants to talk about, she didn’t mention it at all. She just came by and said a few words before leaving.”“Is that so?” Song Yixiao narrowed her eyes and said as if thinking of something. “Recently we have seldom had
An accident happened to the pregnancy of the Crown Prince’s side concubine at the Lantern Festival Feast. This issue was so severe that even the Crown Princess couldn’t bear with the consequence!Before Song Yixiao talked about the ins and outs of the matter, Noble Consort Cui had managed to rush here, followed by two colorfully-dressed imperial maids. They were Yuguo, maid of the Empress Dowager, and Fangyu, maid of the Empress.“Auntie! Auntie! My babies... Am I losing them?” Upon seeing the Noble Consort, Cui Jianlian took a deep breath and suddenly burst into tears. “Please save them! Please!”“Jianlian, there there!” Cui Jianlian was the Noble Consort’s favorite niece, who was expecting twins. Now she was extremely grieved with her dress stained by blood, which made the Noble Consort feel so sorrowful that she had no time to correct Cui Jianlian’s way of addressing her. The Noble Consort hurriedly walked forward to hold her hands to comfor
Jinguo Grand Princess became white-faced with anger, stroking her head and questioning the Noble Consort, “Since you want to recommend your own niece as my daughter-in-law, why didn’t you tell me before? Now that I’ve already had a daughter-in-law and it is after the Spring Festival, what are you up to by pulling such a trick?”“Your Highness, absolutely not!” Noble Consort Cui even felt like strangling her niece now. It was fine that Cui Jianlian asked Song Yixiao to give up her husband for others but the Fourth Commandery Princess? Lu Kou’er was the legitimate niece of the Noble Consort!In this case, how could Jinguo Grand Princess not suspect the Noble Consort of being the chief plotter?After all, how could a side concubine of the Crown Prince be bold and confident enough to ask a first-rank titled lady to get a divorce?There must be someone to back her up!In terms of Cui Jianlian’s identity, who else could be h