Consort Cui was planning to counterattack Grand Princess Daiguo, trying to win the Empress Dowager’s heart back, while outside the temporary palace, most people were talking about Jiang Muting.
“The people from the palace investigated, so all people know that Muting loves Marquis Yuan.” Wei Yinlian came to see Song Yixiao early in the morning and told her as soon as they met. “It happens that the secret spreads that she and the Master Mingfei were locked up in a room! Now all people talk about her and speak randomly. Many remarks are…offensive to the ear!”
Then she added, “Fortunately, after the members of the Jiang Family went back that day, they shut the door and refused to see any guest. Otherwise, these days, only the ones who watch the fun will annoy them to death. I have heard that Lord Jiang is writing a letter to admit his error and ask for punishment. He confessed…”
She paused for a while and then continued with a complicated expressio
Fortunately, Yuan Xuepei didn’t let the Jiang Family down.Next morning, Jian Limiao sent a message to the Jiang Family’s residence, saying that he was entrusted by Marquis Boling and came to propose marriage for him.Jian Limiao was in poor health all the time. When he was invited in, he couldn’t help but cough several times, so after he was seated, he apologized, “Marquis Boling wanted to ask his maternal uncle Prince of Hengshan to come, but the Dowager Consort passed away in the fourth lunar month, and the prince is still in mourning for his mother, so he can’t get involved in the happy events such as marriage. Marquis Boling hasn’t contacted his elder relatives for a long time, so after considering for a long time, he entrusted me as he is a good friend of Xubai. If he neglects your feelings, please forgive him.”It was not that Yuan Xuepei hadn’t contacted his second paternal uncle for a long time. After all, at the beginning of last year
Seeing that her husband had a clue, Song Yixiao asked in a hurry, “What?”“All of you go out now.” Jian Xubai waved the servants away and leaned forward slightly to get close to his wife. Then he asked in a low voice, “Do you remember that Wuying made a scene on her birthday in the twelfth lunar month last year and next day my sister Roumei asked you to accompany her and took Wuying to loosen up in the Zhanchun Venue?”“Yes, of course I remember. But what does it have to do with the sisters from the Su Family?” Song Yixiao asked in surprise.“Not only you, but Xuepei and his sister, Prince of Zhao and Su Shaoge, Princess Yushan and Miss Jiang as well as Aunt Daiguo and her people also went there that time, right?” Jian Xubai narrowed his eyes and added, “Then Princess Consort of Wei mocked at Miss Jiang in public, and Prince of Wei didn’t say anything. You and Xuepei helped Miss Jiang out of the predicament, so you offended Aunt Daiguo as a res
When Song Yixiao and her husband bore a grudge against Grand Princess Daiguo, in the Su Family’s residence on Cuihua Mountain, Su Shaoling tried her best to persuade her sister to leave, and then she reported this matter to her brother Su Shaoge. “Although Shaomo spoke rashly and I didn’t check Madam Song’s pulse, I observed her statements and actions and found that she is pregnant indeed. Shaomo guessed if Duke of Yan told Madam Song to be with another man in order to conceal his weakness…”After all, she was unmarried, so she felt ashamed to finish such words. After a pause, she added, “However, I think that Duke of Yan is young and arrogant, so he is probably unwilling to endure such a humiliation. Moreover, Madam Song looked calm and gentle on her brows. She didn’t seem to compromise out of consideration for the general interest.”“So I guessed wrong in the past.” Su Shaoge nodded slightly after hearing that, with disappointment in his eyes, yet he was
“But it is quite a coincidence.” Jian Xubai also thought that the Su Family wouldn’t be so cruel as to abandon the eldest legitimate grandson in the beginning. After all, Duke of Ji had only two sons, Su Shaoxin and Su Shaoge.Su Shaoxin had merely one son, and Su Shaoge hadn’t got married yet. Although the two brothers seemed to be in good health, nobody was sure about the sons. The Jinxiu Hall was an example. That family was wealthy for generations and even got the heritage of the miracle-working doctor Ji Qubing, but they had no descendant in despair.So the Su Family could make use of the virtuous Su Shaoling who was educated carefully and graceful to have a marriage alliance in order to fight for the throne, yet they could never bear to sacrifice Su Bofeng, at least before the second grandson was born.After all, Su Bofeng was not a three-year-old child, and he was the only grandson of this generation. What did it mean? It meant that there
When Gu Shao reached the Palace of Xuanming, it happened that a few palace maids crowded round a gorgeous woman in green with accessories on her thick and beautiful hair and came out. Seeing that a eunuch led an old man dressed in an official uniform, a dark red robe with a high hat and uncommon imposing manner, the woman knew that he must be a high official at the imperial court. She turned the fan which covered her face and looked at him, as if lost in thought. Then she got into a small carriage under the stairs with the support of the maids and went away.“Is that Beautiful Lady Nuan?” Gu Shao didn’t want to pry into the emperor’s concubines, but he met one by accident, so he inevitably caught a glimpse of the passing beauty. After the glimpse, he frowned involuntarily. “Perhaps there is only one woman with such a beautiful face which can cause the downfall of cities even in the imperial palace, so it must be her.”At his age, although he couldn’t say th
Consort Cui lived in the haram and couldn’t get the news from outside as quickly as the crown prince.Hearing that the crown prince had come, she thought that he came to see her, so she said with a smile, “Come in.” Noticing his son’s unusual expression, she hurriedly dismissed the maids and told him to sit in front of her, asking with concern, “What happened?”“There are rumors in the imperial capital that I was behind the scenes when the grandson of the Su Family was disabled.” The crown prince didn’t conceal his worry from his biological mother, and he quickened. “I don’t like these words, and I didn’t take them to heart. However, when Prime Minister Gu saw me just now, he told me that he suspected this matter might be…”He paused for a while. When Consort Cui got nervous, he continued with difficulty, “It might be Grandma who did that.”“What?” Consort Cui’s pupils became narrow, and she grasped the handkerchief subconsciously.
The crown prince walked to the Qingxi Hall nervously and suddenly awakened when he heard a eunuch greet him. He calmed down and asked, “Is Grandma available now?”The eunuch entered the hall to report. Then he came out soon and said, “Her Majesty is waiting for you in the side hall.”“What brought you here?” Seeing her eldest grandson come in, the Empress Dowager raised her hand and told him to get up. Then she asked gently, “The emperor is unwell these days, and he entrusted the state affairs to you. You should work hard.”“Although I am busy with the state affairs, I can’t neglect the elders.” The crown prince’s heart sank after he heard that. When he grew up, Emperor Xianjia was certainly his closest and most familiar elder, and the second was the Empress Dowager. Because the emperor was anxious to cultivate him and make him a qualified heir to the throne, he had much to study since childhood. He just relaxed a little as he started to learn
All people at the imperial court focused their attention on the case in Qingzhou currently, while what the women in the imperial capital cared about recently was the marriage of Yuan Xuepei and Jiang Muting.As they agreed to get married on Cuihua Mountain, the two families started the official process after returning to the imperial capital. Yuan Xue’e didn’t go to Cuihua Mountain to avoid summer heat this year but lived in the manor with her husband because Lu Guanlun was in poor health these days and the doctor advised them not to move.Now hearing that her legitimate elder brother would get married, she naturally came back to help as Lu Guanlun was not so sick that she couldn’t leave.As soon as she saw Song Yixiao, she complained, “You said that you take me as a sister, but you informed me of such a big event only before the six ceremonies of betrothal and marriage. You didn’t tell me any information earlier. It’s a pity that I trust you s