Discussions about the unmarried new imperial scholars’ marriages were going on. Su Shaoge and Helou Duhan received the most attention. However, the first to get engaged officially was Cheng Chongjun.
It was just that he did not have a high ranking in the imperial exam. Moreover, he was not a well-known talent. Besides his close relatives, not many people knew about this matter.
“Before that, my aunt had promised to observe whether Cheng Chongjun is a good fit for Wei Chan. It turned out to be delayed, but now a marriage engagement has been decided between them.” After receiving the news, Song Yixiao told her maids to prepare the gifts, while speaking in a complicated mood, “I hope that Cheng Chongjun could be a good match for Wei Chan and they can live in harmony as a couple.”
Qiaoqin knew that Wei Chan had suffered from her marriage. She was not very optimistic about the marriage of Wei Chan in the first place, but she could not say it out. Sh
“That is great news!” The couple was a little stunned when hearing this. Neither were they in the same party with Prince of Wei nor close to him in private. So, after hearing the news, apart from being surprised, they were not excited about it at all. They rewarded the man who came to report by the rules and then ordered Qiaoqin and the other first maids to prepare the gift list.The next day, Song Yixiao went to Prince of Wei’s mansion to congratulate Princess Consort of Wei. Daiguo Grand Princess and her daughter both always kept a high profile. Now that Princess Consort of Wei got pregnant, more people came to flatter them one after another. The gate of Prince of Wei’s mansion was crowded with people coming to congratulate them. The carriage of the Duke of Yan’s mansion was almost blocked outside the gate without getting in.When Song Yixiao finally managed to enter the mansion, she still had to line up for a chance to talk to Princess Consort of Wei. Th
Song Yixiao didn’t know what Ji Zifu was thinking at all.The experience of her being taken by the hound to rescue someone in Zhanchun Venue was really a humiliation to her. Until now, she didn’t tell anyone. How could she tell others something shameful like this?She even wouldn’t tell someone as close as her confidante and her husband.So, after leaving Daiguo Grand Princess’s mansion, she immediately forgot Ji Zifu’s matter.Time filed. The fifth day of the fourth lunar month soon arrived.Dowager Consort of Hengshan’s birthday banquet was held as scheduled. Maybe it was held to bring good luck to the Dowager Consort, the birthday banquet this year was especially grand. Not to mention the friends and relatives, even all the officials of the court and the new scholars received invitations.When Song Yixiao met her mother, Wei Mengying, that day, she couldn’t help but say in half surprise and half complai
After a moment, they entered the back hall where Dowager Consort of Hengshan stayed. By now several guests had arrived and they were about to talk with the Dowager Consort. Song Yixiao curtsied to the Dowager Consort with her birth mother. After being asked to rise, she went forward to offer congratulations and meanwhile looked over the Dowager Consort in secret. The Dowager Consort was dressed in an extremely official and graceful way, whose nine-floral hairpins glistened in the sunlight from the side window and made the whole hall greatly radiant.However, even with the splendid jewels, this old lady was clearly much thinner. She didn’t like wearing makeup, but today she put on heavy makeup. Her multi-layered makeup covered her truly pale complexion and her face was so delicately powered that it looked like a mask. Under the reflection of the hairpins and Di clothes, she seemed indescribably magnificent and elegant.Before Song Yixiao approached, she noti
The two ladies got out of the drawing room with their maids. Having walked for a distance, Song Yixiao suddenly asked, “Isn’t Sixth Young Lady here today?”She remembered that the two sisters of the Su Family were always close to each other, but today only Su Shaoling was here, about which she couldn’t help feeling confused.Su Shaoling explained with a smile, “She ate a lot of Bingwan (lit. ice bowl, a kind of snack) two days ago so she has a cough. Considering that there are many people here today, she doesn’t want to infect others so she apologizes and fails to come.”“It has been summer now but it is not so hot. As women, we had better not eat too many bowls of Bingwan,” Song Yixiao said with concern, “Is Sixth Young Lady’s condition serious? It is said that having the loquat-leaf soup may soothe a cough. Maybe it can help.”She thought that Su Shaomo was quite a troublesome girl. Due to the Yin physique, girls were prone to be
It was two days later when Song Yixiao woke up. As she opened her eyes, she saw the familiar ceiling of the bed net and her husband who was sleeping by the bed, holding her hand. The morning sunlight in the early summer, cast through the window, appeared like the cold moonlight through the pale pinkish purple bed net, which shone on his slightly pale face. As a result, his face seemed even more radiant.His appearance was stunning with a sense of alienation from the worldly hubbub.Staring at the man in front of her, Song Yixiao couldn’t help stroking his face. When she just reached out her hand and had yet to touch his skin, Jian Xubai had noticed her movement and opened his eyes. He was clearly delighted to see her wake up and then hastened to order the maids outside. Then he held his arms around her shoulders and helped her sit up slowly, asking with concern, “Are you still dizzy? Are you feeling okay?”As she wanted to speak and yet, failed
Wei Mengying sneered, “The Dowager Consort is a venomous one. She is old and sick now, even if she can survive this time, she doesn’t have much time left. So if she dies now, that’s not too much a pity. But Lu Kou’er is her own granddaughter which is still quite young! She is even willing to let Lu Kou’er die like this! Maybe she did too much evil and God couldn’t tolerate her, so that she gave herself away. Only at this time do people know what kind of person she is.”“What’s the situation?” Song Yixiao asked in a hurry.“Lanhui is one of her trusted maids. She confessed that she put the poison in Qingji Incense according to my order. The reason for her to frame me up must be that she followed the Dowager Consort’s order!” Wei Mengying signaled her daughter to help her up and said in a soft voice, “However, even if the Dowager Consort’s wicked design worked, there was no way for Lanhui to survive since she was charged with poisoning her masters under my co
“Just because of your groundless speculation, you are suspecting your birth mother?!” Wei Mengying gazed at her for a moment and then yelled, “Are you really my birth daughter? This is my question for you too!”“The Dowager Consort feared you so much that she must scheme against you at the cost of her own life even if Lu Guanlun was about to be the heir!” Song Yixiao composed herself instead and then gave a bitter smile, saying, “How could she dare to let you live?”She added, “Now the statement announced by the Prince is that Lanhui was the culprit for all charges. However, a twist of the matter came out and the truth was revealed after the Dowager Consort was dead for three days. Evidently, you are really scheming and shrewd. Besides, it also proves how obvious the loopholes left by the Dowager Consort were! Nevertheless, given that the Dowager Consort fought with you so many years, how could she be so negligent?”Staring at Wei Mengying who
Song Yixiao didn’t return to Duke of Yan’s mansion with a weary look until dusk.When she came back, Jian Xubai had been already anxious for waiting too long. Upon seeing his wife enter the room, he hastened to rise and walk to her, “If you were still not back in a moment, I would go to the prince’s mansion for you. How is your mother doing?”At the moment, Song Yixiao didn’t want to hear anything about Wei Mengying at all. She slightly frowned but she hurriedly covered it in case her reaction was discovered by her husband, “My mother doesn’t look well. According to her maids, she still has to lie in bed for some days.”“Since she is saved, she will be fine,” Jian Xubai nodded his head and comforted her, “Moreover, your mother is in the prime of her life and she will be fine after resting for a few days. However, you are quite weak already. You are not fully recovered but you still went to the Prince’s mansion. In the following days, you had be
At this moment, the Grand Princess of Jin's residence.Jia Yao gently picked up the silver pot on the table and poured warm rose dew into the giltsilver begonia marigold, the sound of the flower dew entering the marigold seemed particularly silent against the backdrop of the whirling winter rain outside the window.The north wind rolled through the court, lifting up a snowy mist, and the obviously warm springlike interior was flooded with a chill for no apparent reason.She suddenly heard the sound of a rustling of the Chinese tent, and busily set aside the silver pot that had only been halfpoured, turning to check just in time to see the palefaced Grand Princess of Jin rising tremblingly to her feet."Is Your Highness thirsty?" Jia Yao took three steps to the edge of the couch and held the master, on one side taking a hidden bag from the side and padding it behind the Grand Princess so that she could lean more comfortably, and on the other side she said wit
With this sudden question, even though Jian Xu Bai has always been deeply favored by the Empress Dowager, he could not help but feel creeped out!He was stunned for a moment before he got up and left the couch, kneeling down in front of the Empress Dowager, and said in a deep voice ''Why did Imperial Grandmother make such a remark? I don't dare to say that I don't have any selfishness, but I have never thought of usurping the throne! The reason why I will support His Highness King Su to ascend to the throne, apart from worrying about Second Auntie, is also because His Highness King Su has the qualifications of a wise ruler, and can succeed the late Emperor's divine warrior!"Taking a deep breath, he knocked heavily on the ground, "I never thought of betraying Lu!""Good boy, mourning home but just so ask, why do you have to be so solemn?" The dowager empress looked at him with complicated eyes, bent down to help each other, sighed, "Mourning family naturally believ
In fact, the large empire, to say that no one can really stop that so far still silent Yu Qinghan may not be the problem is, whether the empire can hold, related to the entire Qingzhou Su's future!Therefore, the first and foremost thing that the candidate for guarding the city should do is to make the Su family trust him, otherwise, even if he is talented, the Su family will not be able to give him this important task!And because of the Marquis of Yan's support for King Su, even though there is now a disconnect between the Su family and the Su family, they are unanimous on the big issue of supporting King Su to ascend to the throne so Su Shaoge immediately considered Lv Qinghong of the Marquis of Yan after having no one at hand himself.As for the other generalship talents in the city, Su Shaoge could listen to their advice, but would definitely not give the forbidden army directly to their command!Now Su Bofeng said, if Lu Qinghong can't hold up Yu Qing
Uncle Lu is Lu Qinghong, the divine archer on the Wuhuan battlefield back in the day, Jian Xubai's right hand man although he is old, but also because of his age, even if Lu Qinghong has never been a commander before, in this kind of battle of defending the city, his rich experience in the sand field is the newcomer group of forbidden army is currently in urgent need of.After all, even Yang Jue himself, aside from yesterday's battle to seize the palace, had never experienced a real war.... In fact, last night s seizure of the palace could not be considered a war at all, but rather a sneak attack of a heavier nature.After understanding Su Shaoge's intention, Jianxu Bai pondered for a while and said, "Uncle Lu can lend it to you, however, he can't go with you right away, I have to give him a few words of advice!"Su Shaoge breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I should!""Uncle Lv, in your opinion, is Su Zhiyong really not confident in relying on Yang
Originally, according to Su Shaoge's intention, with Song Yixiao to take away the Jiangnan Hall secret guards "with the wind" after the token, directly erase Song Yixiao in two times to get together the token through the "with the wind" of the master, nailed Gu Shao.So send the Su family early infiltration into the "with the wind" people in fact, not necessarily "with the wind" in the people, anyway, the secret guards in addition to the internal no one knows, "Dai Feng" things to kill people are the same. "Dai Feng" to do things to kill people, recorded in the "with the wind" account is the same.Anyway, when Yang Jue led his troops into the palace, the heads that were thrown in front of He Wenqiong were all killed by "Gu Shao's secret guards from the Song family".In addition to dragging Gu Shao into the water, forcing him to help stabilize the situation and people's hearts afterwards, this is also to create the false impression that "you see, Minister Gu actual
This sudden palace change lasted until the faintest light of day, when the sound of swords and guns shouting and killing gradually subsided.But the panic in the imperial capital, from the royal family and officials down to the peddlers, could not end yet the day had already dawned, but the gates of the imperial capital's workshops still had no intention of opening."There are two pieces of news, one good and one bad." Su Shaoge reappeared in the flower hall of Marquis Yan's mansion, his face unable to tell if he was happy or angry, "The good news is that last night's takeover of the palace went very smoothly, inside and outside of the imperial city, no, it should be within the imperial capital, it's all already within our grasp!"But the bad news is very bad, "The forbidden troops sent to Wei's house missed their mark, allowing Wei Xi to escape up the city wall and let down at night!"If it was just one Wei Xi, Su Shaoge wouldn't be worried, the problem is,
After a moment of silence in the hall, Bell said in a hard tone, "Then why did Grandma hand over the 'Follow the Wind' token to Second Duke Su just now? In case he took it ...""Have you noticed?" Song Yixiao's gaze was icy cold as he said, "I only gave him the token, and he didn't ask for anything else I remember when I only had half of the token in my hand, I had asked him for advice on the matter of the Six Valves' secret guards, and he said that the token could first and foremost only be used by the head of the family, and only by the head of the family who had reached the age of the bundle of hair! Of course I am the only one left in the Jiangnan Hall's direct line now, so of course this rule is not so strict. But, he's neither under me nor is he anyone of mine, and he can actually mobilize 'Follow the Wind' with just the token! What do you think that means?!"Bell was slightly lost in thought and said ''So there are Su family members in the 'Follow the Wind'? But
Su Shaoge mildly said, "Of course it's useful when your father gifted the dark guards to Gu Shao, although it wasn't announced to the public, my Su family heard about it."He paused here, giving Song Yixiao a moment to think, before continuing, "So if there is a 'Follow the Wind' out there right now, it's always easier to do the aftermath, I don't know what Grandma thinks?"Song Yixiao stroked the jade bracelet on her wrist and mused.She understands the meaning of Su Shaoge's words, the socalled "I have heard of the Su family", meaning that they have the evidence of Song Yuan to Gu Shao's gift of secret guards, then this interception of He Wenqiong, as long as the "with the wind" is involved, regardless of whether the order comes from the Song Yixiao or Gu Shao, will be credited to Gu Shao's head in the end! The final result will be put on Gu Shao's head!So if you hold Gu Shao's handle, you can coerce Gu Shao to help the aftermath then the aftermath will
He Wenqiong is very disappointed to look at the screen outside the granddaughter's silhouette, although He Xiuyi did not enter the palace before, with his grandfather in fact not see a lot, but in the end is the eldest granddaughter, He Wenqiong occasionally listen to his son and daughterinlaw mentioned to He Xiuyi's character is still an understanding of the granddaughter of the broken not have the guts to join the conspiracy to kill the eldest Princess of Changxing things.The problem was that when the palace maid accused He Xiuyi of being displeased with Empress Su, in full view of everyone, instead of immediately retorting, He Xiuyi exuded a clear sense of trepidation!Now who doesn't know that she did express her displeasure with Empress Su?"This child is still too young and has experienced too little!" He Wenqiong sighed inwardly and decided to divert the blame he asked to reexamine the scented sachets made by Ms. Jiang, and questioned whether the scented s