Gu Shao smiled and said, “Good girl, by ‘being swayed by emotions’, I didn’t mean the blood relation between you and your father! Do you think that it is blood relations that bothers your father?”
“As a senior and the backbone of the country, how can you be such a gossipmonger?” Song Yixiao thought about it and then took a tumble. What bothered Song Yuan was the love between husband and wife. It turned out that Gu Shao was reminding Song Yixiao implicitly not to follow the example of Song Yuan and get indulged in the love of Jian Xubai!
Song Yixiao only felt that Gu Shao had intervened too much before but now she was really angry. As a result, she couldn’t be bothered to show respect for him. In full fury, she asked, “What has my husband done when he received you with the Commandery Prince that offends you? If so, please forgive him leniently. I will tell him when I go back home and he will come and apologize to you by himself!”
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When Song Yixiao returned to Duke of Yan’s mansion, Jian Xubai had come back from work. Of course, he asked her about the trip to the Song Family’s mansion, “Did Lord Gu try to patch things up between you and your father?” “Kind of.” Song Yixiao poured a bowl of tea for him and took a sip of her own bowl of tea, saying with a frown, “But he mainly spoke for Commandery Prince Zhongling. I don’t care that he is certain that the Crown Prince can ascend the throne, but I’m a bit surprised that he showed his hand to me at the first meeting. Isn’t he afraid that we may report this to the Crown Prince so that the Crown Prince may hate him or guard against him?”After all, the Crown Prince hadn’t moved into the Palace of Xuanming. How could he like someone who intended to help his son gain the throne now?Even if Song Yixiao didn’t want to offend the Crown Princess and her son and thus chose not to tell him off, the Crown Prince was still the current
After all, Song Yixiao grew up and lived within the boudoir in this life or her last life, who lacked experience and knowledge in the court games. Therefore, she didn’t notice her husband’s concealment.When she learnt that Gu Shao only wanted to make a retreat instead of allying himself with her, she felt relieved. As to whether she would be implicated by the Crown Princess and her son for Cui Jianlian’s matter, she worried about it for a while and still put it aside. It was right to take precautions but wasn’t it bad to live in a state of excessive worry?It was the third lunar month now. Last Shangsi Festival, out of the need of selecting wives for the clansmen and childes, Commandery Princess Qingjiang held a feast in Zhanchun Venue. This Shangsi Festival, a similar dating feast was held too but this time, the hostess was not Commandery Princess Qingjiang but Daiguo Grand Princess.“It must be for the marriage of Cousin Mingfei and Cousin Z
Of course Madam Lu had a problem with that!She truly loved her husband Song Yuan, for which she even held a humble attitude towards Song Yixiao, a legitimate daughter of the first wife. She even got her mother into trouble because of Song Yixiao!Then she went into labor early because she was too sad about the loss of her mother. Finally, she and her twin babies survived in the end. Now her babies were just one month old when she heard that her husband had taken a concubine!And the concubine was the very niece of his previous step-wife Madam Liu!No matter how virtuous a woman was, she wouldn’t put up with this after suffering such a serious blow!But Madam Pang approached her and started to weep, “It was so stupid of me to allow Yuan to marry Wei Mengying! She stopped our family from having any boy descendent and even gave birth to the evil, Song Yixiao! Otherwise, why would your mother be implicated? Even your babi
Song Yixiao still couldn’t think it through after pondering for a while. Eventually, she had to consult her husband, “Even if my father and grandmother have no sense of propriety, Lord Gu is in the Song Family’s mansion. How can he not give them a reminder?”“How can taking a concubine run counter to the Crown Prince?” Unexpectedly, Jian Xubai said in surprise, “She is a toy only. Since she can be bought, she can be sold tomorrow. The Crown Prince has so many things to worry about. How can he have time to interfere with your father’s harem?”He added, “In the old days, among the daughters of the sinful officials, sent into the imperial palace as servants some of them were still selected as the imperial concubines and gave birth to imperial children. Lady Nuan in the palace is more or less of this type. And Madam Liu is a concubine of an official only.”Song Yixiao flushed with shame, “I stay in the backyard for long so I’m kind of narrow-minded
“Since he is on the list, why didn’t you ask him in advance?” With her face turning ghastly pale, Song Yixiao stared at Qiaoqin who was in charge of this matter, “Now Cuipiao finally makes her decision but the man she chooses doesn’t agree. How should I reply to Cuipiao now? If it is disclosed to Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, she will think that I must be narrow-minded and deliberately fool the maid that she granted to Xubai!”Qiaoqin also realized that this matter could be really troublesome. With a pale face, she replied, “Your Highness, when I asked around in the front yard, Captain Yu told me explicitly that he wanted to find a wife among the maids in the backyard! I don’t know why he changes his mind!”Yu Shiheng was brought back from Wuhuan by Jian Xubai. Although the misunderstanding between Song Yixiao and her husband was cleared, she didn’t want to make him lose face just because of their affection.Therefore, she held back her ange
Two days later, the news that Gu Shao would return to Chunnong Venue was confirmed. Song Yixiao prepared a huge housewarming gift with doubt and let her husband offer congratulations to Gu Shao with it.Jian Xubai spent almost one day in Chunnong Venue. Having returned to Duke of Yan’s mansion, he became even more confused, “Today Lord Gu is in a good mood.”“Does he think of any way to deal with Prince of Wei and Prince of Zhao?” Song Yixiao smelt alcohol on him, slightly frowned and urged him to drink the soup for the hangover, “Otherwise, as he looked so happy just after he moved out of the Song Family’s mansion, those unknowing people may think that the Song Family have mistreated him! Isn’t it discourteous?”Unexpectedly, after taking a sip of the hangover soup, Jian Xubai slightly shook his head, “I asked the others at the feast and learnt that Lord Gu hadn’t given any advice to the Crown Prince recently.”“Is it because my f
Song Yixiao intended to straighten Jiang Muting out. After seeing Yuan Xue’e off, she returned to the feast and kept her eyes on Jiang Muting’s action.After having a few drinks, she saw Jiang Muting leave the feast, who seemed like going to get dressed. Hurriedly, Song Yixiao also rose and followed her.Unexpectedly, after Jiang Muting went out and walked towards the changing room for a short distance, she suddenly turned around and headed towards a secluded place.“Where is she going?” Rather surprised, Song Yixiao wanted to stop her at first. After thinking it over, she still didn’t utter any word and then winked at Qiaoqin next to her to act quietly. Following behind Jiang Muting stealthily, they made quite a few turns and walked into a bamboo forest.Now it was late. The bamboo forest grew luxuriantly so it was inevitably dark in the forest.If she didn’t suddenly hear what Jiang Muting called in a low voice—“Xuep
Song Yixiao didn’t know that Jiang Muting returned after leaving. When she came back to her seats, she asked people next to her where did Jiang Muting go, they all told her that they hadn’t seen Jiang Muting for a while. When she was just worried, she saw Jiang Muting walked in with a smile. She also held a blooming begonia in her hands. Occasionally, she put the flower under her nose to enjoy its fragrance. It was obvious that she was in a good mood.Song Yixiao was relieved. She went to Jiang Muting and asked, “Where did you go, Muting? I was about to look for you when I didn’t see you here just now.”Jiang Muting didn’t expose the fact that Song Yixiao stalked her just now, she said with a smile, “I had some wine just now and I didn’t feel well, so I went out for a walk.”Then she gave the flower to Song Yixiao, “Sorry to make you worried, this is my apology.”“Are you feeling better now?” Song Yixiao accepted the flower and ask