Song Yixiao had promised to offer help on the marriage of Wei Chan before. As she heard the servant, she nodded and said, “Where is the scholar from? How is he in terms of appearance and talent?”
“He is from Jiannan, called as Cheng Chongjun, courtesy name Muwei,” Qiaoqin told in detail, “Yet, I didn’t see him in person. According to Madam Mu, he looks decent and fair-skinned, who is the only son of his family with his parents both dead. It is said that before passing away, his parents were sick and had medicine for years, so his family is not so well-off.”
“His family financial situation is not a problem!” Song Yixiao pondered, “If he can pass the imperial examination, he will never be poor forever, which is rather possible; moreover, the Wei Family will surely offer dowry for Wei Chan and I can also offer some bridal trousseaus for her! I will not let her and her future husband suffer from poverty!”
She was worried about Wei Chan’s previous e
Nothing else happened on the way then. They three arrived at Jinguo Grand Princess’s mansion. Although the notice of the birthday feast cancellation was sent out to the guests and the Grand Princess also stopped receiving visitors, the guests still sent the gifts to the mansion.“Here Yixiao comes?” Guests were not received in the Grand Princess’s mansion, but the Grand Princess’s son, daughter-in-law and legitimate nephew were the exceptions. When they arrived at the back hall, Commandery Princess Qingjiang had been there. Not as enthusiastic as before, she only greeted Song Yixiao indifferently and yet, talked Xu Xishi warmly, “Xishi, it has been some time since we haven’t met! I heard that you have been transferred from Ministry of Personnel to Ministry of War at the end of last year. Are you used to it?”Song Yixiao was always regarded as one of their own, now she was slightly startled to be cold-shouldered. Hence, she had to think about whether she had
Unexpectedly, after a while, the two grand princesses put down the chopsticks and gargled with the tea served by the servants. Jinguo Grand Princess directly raised the tea bowl and saw off the guests, sending away all the people but Daiguo Grand Princess.After getting out of the door, Song Yixiao deliberately slowed down and would like to talk with Commandery Princess Qingjiang. However, Commandery Princess Qingjiang and Princess Changxing headed towards another sideway together with their hands held together. It seemed that they were about to have a private talk.In this case, Song Yixiao found it inappropriate to disturb them so she waited outside.However, after waiting for quite a while, they still didn’t come out. She couldn’t help feeling suspicious, and then beckoned a servant in the grand princess’s mansion and gave an order. The servant took the order and after a while, she came back and reported, “Her Highness the Commandery Princes
However, in the evening, after Jian Xubai was back, Song Yixiao was still hesitating whether to tell him about the arrival date of Elder Lady Duanmu when Jian Xubai told her one thing first, “The Crown Prince has sent his men to ask Lord Gu to take up a post again!”“Will Lord Gu agree?” Song Yixiao asked in surprise.She didn’t know much about Gu Shao. According to Jian Xubai, he used to be a powerful official before. Besides, she knew that he was on good terms with her grandfather, Song Ying. That was why even Song Ying was gone for more than ten years, Gu Shao still remembered to care about Song Yuan despite retirement.However, when Gu Shao sent his nephew to Duke of Yan’s mansion some time ago, Jian Xubai said that this old man had expressed his favor for the Crown Prince but he didn’t seem interested in taking up a post again.“Commandery Prince Zhongling asked Uncle to let Lord Gu be his teacher and Uncle granted his request
Song Yixiao was stunned for a while and then said, “No matter how rich the heritage of Jinxiu Hall is, as you said, the Duanmu Family has declined. Isn’t the Crown Prince backed by the Wei Family of Ruiyu Hall? Now thanks to Commandery Prince Zhongling, Lord Gu has been coaxed out of retirement to assist the Crown Prince. In this case, even if Elder Lady Duanmu arrives at the imperial capital and doesn’t help the Crown Prince, it won’t be a problem, right?”Moreover, “Since Elder Lady Duanmu considered letting Uncle Limiao inherit the assets, maybe this time she will still choose him too. After all, Uncle Limiao is raised by her and he also submitted a petition for them before.”“It’s not that simple!” Jian Xubai slightly shook his head and said, “Prince of Chengyang was in favor of making Noble Consort Shentu’s birth son ascend to the throne back then, so after Uncle took the throne, Uncle wanted to put Prince of Chengyang and all his family to death. Fort
Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao saw through the slit in the curtain and thought that it was the assassin. Instantly, Jian Xubai pushed his wife behind his back and then took out a bright soft sword from his waist. The sword slightly shook with a chill!Unexpectedly, just when Jian Xubai was prepared, the comer only pushed and shoved with the guards instead of acting further. He shouted, “Your Highness, I’m a servant of the Song Family here to borrow a piece of white jade ginseng under the Elder Lady’s order!”“A servant of the Song Family?” Song Yixiao was stunned and hastily said to her husband in a low voice, “We are in the street. Since he has shouted, we must ask him to approach and find out what’s going on!”Jian Xubai nodded his head and put the soft sword back into the secret compartment of his belt. Then he took out a dagger from his sleeve, turned it around and put it away, ordering in a loud voice, “Bring him to me!”The guard
It was not a simple thing that Elder Lady Duanmu came to the imperial capital for medical advice at the moment but she didn’t arrive with a display of splendor.After all, given her past identity as a lady of the imperial clan and the current identity as the imperial tomb keeper, she shouldn’t blaze around!Therefore, after deliberate discussion, the Jian Family decided to let Jian Limiao, together with Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao, receive her while the others of the Family would pay respects to her after she came into the capital.Because Jian Likuang and Jian Yiyou each married a princess and Elder Lady Duanmu was a female senior, if the two of them came to receive her, their wives should go with them. If the honor guards of the two princesses showed up, how could everything be controlled at a low key?However, this morning, Song Yixiao just finished dressing up when a servant came from the imperial palace to summon her at the com
When the whole family of Prince of Chengyang were exiled, all the possessions were confiscated.Afterwards, Commandery Princess Yishui died of a difficult labor. Jian Limiao submitted the petition. With the help of Empress Su, he touched Emperor Xianjia. When the punishment was changed to guarding the imperial tomb, a small portion of possessions were returned, most of which were the dowries of Elder Lady Duanmu back then.Now the dwelling where Elder Lady Duanmu settled down with her grandchildren was one of the properties.This place was obviously deserted for a long time. Although Elder Lady Duanmu had sent servants to clean the place after gaining the permission from the Empress Dowager to seek medical advice in the imperial capital, Song Yixiao, who walked into the place in a fur coat, still felt the overwhelming chill and couldn’t help shivering.She frowned and pondered, “I’m afraid that even a healthy person cannot stand li
Prince of Yi had been a coward for more than 20 years, but he was the birth son of the late Emperor and the only living brother of Emperor Xianjia. He just took the order of the Emperor to investigate the case of the Crown Prince’s side concubine. Now that he died of suicide, what kind of disturbance his death would cause in court was imaginable!How could Jian Xubai have the time to visit Jian Limiao now?He directly got off the carriage and asked the guards to spare a horse for him so that he could rush to the Eastern Palace!On the way, Song Yixiao kept urging the carter to drive faster. When she hurriedly returned to Duke of Yan’s mansion, Qiaoqin and Jinxun came forward to report how the birthday feast on the next day was prepared. Before they spoke, she ordered in a hurry, “Have you sent out the invitation cards yet? If not, don’t send them anymore. For the invitations that have been sent out, go to apologize to the guests on the ground t