After she knelt down, other people of the Sikong Family who kept silent also knelt down. They all said, “Please administer justice for Yiluo!”
How could people of the Wei Family do nothing at this time?
They also knelt down to ask for punishment. At this time, Side Concubine Cui chuckled and said slowly, “Your Highness, can I talk about my thoughts about it?”
The Crown Prince was annoyed at present and always spoiled her. So after hearing her words, he said casually, “What do you want to say?”
“In fact, it’s caused by me!” Although Side Concubine Cui said that, she didn’t look guilty on her face but her tone was a little proud, “If I hadn’t been pregnant recently, Her Highness the Crown Princess wouldn’t have held a feast for me to congratulate and Miss Wei wouldn’t have persuaded Miss Sikong to drink. So Miss Sikong would be fine now and the Sikong Family wouldn’t need to lose their daughter.”
Song Yixiao used her han
Song Yixiao went downstairs and still looked pale. Seeing that Jian Limiao didn’t go into the room and just waited for her in the yard, she hurried to curtsy to him.“Did they scare you?” Jian Limiao let her up and said kindly, “These two servants are rude. Please don’t mind them.”“I don’t mind.” Song Yixiao puckered her lips. Jian Limiao didn’t let them leave. She had a look at them secretly and was shocked that they didn’t look ferocious. One of them had delicate features and looked so weak. He smiled with an apology and seemed to be a well-behaved person.But she still remembered the scare just now. Otherwise she would think it was her own illusion about the cold eyes.“Where is Xubai?” Jian Limiao took her into the room and didn’t see Jian Xubai. So he asked the servants around.“His Highness said he was tired and then went to rest in the wing-room.” The house steward said quickly, “I’ll tell him to come here!”
Madam Chang, who had taken great efforts to send the naughty girl away, took a deep breath, forced a smile, and tried to help soothe the awkward situation as she said, “Sorry for the embarrassing situation a moment ago. My sister-in-law is young and naive, who always says whatever she likes. Kindly don’t bother yourself arguing with the likes of her!”“I understand how suffering she feels.” Song Yixiao, who certainly would not bother to argue with Sikong Yihan, shook her head and continued, “However, as the saying goes, the dead can’t be resurrected. Kindly accept my sincere condolence and relate it to your glorious family members.”Madam Chang moved her handkerchief to and fro awkwardly and said, “You are so kind and generous!” After that, she led Song Yixiao into the mourning hall and added, “The elders of my family have been exhausted in the last two days, who don’t have time to discipline her. We surely will escort her to offer you an apology in a few d
Although Song Yixiao was anxious that her mother would stand up for those playing against her husband and her, she had no way out since Wei Mengying had intended to keep a distance from them on purpose. She felt anxious for a while and decided to put this issue out of her mind temporarily.Two days later, Chief House Steward submitted a list of names to her as to who was going to be transferred to Jinguo Grand Princess’s mansion. A great majority of all the servants across the whole mansion were on the list, including the Second House Steward and a dozen of powerful house stewards whose position was inferior to the Chief House Steward.Besides that, dozens of servants would also be pulled out from the properties, shops, villas, and so on, which were all under the charge of Duke of Jian’s mansion.Based on the list, Song Yixiao made a rough estimation that as many as more than 300 servants would be pulled out.After she finished loo
It turned out it was not just Prince of Liang who was unhappy about the marriage.Duke of Lai recovered from his illness a few days later. Consequently, Xie Yiren started to hang out and connect with others and came to Duke of Yan’s mansion to visit Song Yixiao.After she took her seat, she exchanged a few formalities with Song Yixiao and said, “Although Yiluo’s illegitimate sister had been living in the villa outside all the time and didn’t meet Yiluo frequently, it turned out she had deep affections for her sister! Everybody had been talking about how lucky she was these days. Because of her legitimate sister’s death, not only did she go back to Sikong Family’s mansion, but also she was offered a good marriage out of the blue. However, do you know what happened in the end? She was complaining, saying she didn’t want to marry Prince of Liang, whom she only considered as her brother-in-law.”Song Yixiao asked surprisedly, “Did Prince of Liang k
Song Yixiao was angry from shame after she failed many times. Rolling up her green sleeves and clenching her tender fists, she decided to keep her face by force!Of course, she was suppressed by Jian Xubai in the end.Although Jian Xubai held her in his arms firmly, Song Yixiao didn’t give up struggling and tried to turn the tide. Her dark hair covered the whole bed. Some wisps of her hair were on Jian Xubai’s body and even under his open clothes.The ends of her soft hair were still a little wet and swept his chest over when Song Yixiao moved. Jian Xubai felt indescribably weak and numb as if her hair tickled his chest like small hands.He put his chin on her shoulder and looked at her quietly. Under the light, the girl was as beautiful as a jade. When he looked at her closely, her skin was so white and glossy like fine porcelain and its glaze. When he touched her skin, he felt her skin was so smooth and soft.He smel
When Song Yixiao and Chief House Steward were testing each other, something happened in the Yamen of Jingzhao Municipality.In the back hall.Ban Yanxiu, the mayor, went to the warm pavilion and used the hot handkerchief handed by a maid to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead. He said, “Anyway, Liu Zhenxi is the Vice Minister in the Ministry of Punishments, and he comes here due to the order of Qiu Shuxia, the Director in the Ministry of Rituals. Although I make an excuse that my son falls into water, I can’t let him wait too long. Ziya, should I listen to his request?”“No!” The Private Adviser, Zuo Licen, answered. He styled himself Ziya. At this time, he also sweated in the late autumn and wasn’t in a mood to take the handkerchief in maid’s hand. He casually wiped his face with his sleeve and waved hands to let servants leave. Then he said in a deep voice, “Master, now we’re pressed for time. Please don’t blame my alarmist talk. If you liste
When Ban Yanxiu spoke in a bureaucratic tone to send the visitor out, Jian Xubai loosed his collar and went into the inner room. He said, “It’s just a wet nurse’s husband who did something wrong. You can directly go to find a post in the study and send it to the Yamen of Jingzhao Municipality. Ban Yanxiu will understand after seeing it. Why do you ask me to come back?”Leaning against a soft couch, Song Yixiao was lowering her head to read a book. After hearing his words, she put down the book and was about to speak. But when she raised her head, she saw that he wore his rail crown, official costume and jade belt. He came back quickly and had no time to change clothes. It had been late autumn. But there were still marks of sweat on his clothes clearly. Would anyone doubt that he was hurried to come?“Since he doesn’t want to admit his attention to me, he’d better come here before changing clothes!” Jian Xubai’s pretense made Song Yixiao dumbfounding. But sh
Jian Xubai remained silent for a while about his wife’s question and then replied, “I told you before that Aunt Daiguo held grudge against Noble Consort Cui. Do you know how the grudge was harbored?”Song Yixiao puckered her lips, “Don’t you know about my family background? I can never hear of such anecdote unless it is spread all over the city.”“It happened many years ago. I didn’t hear of it until I grew up.” Jian Xubai said. “One spring, Noble Consort Cui went to appreciate flowers in the imperial garden. When she arrived there, she saw that her favorite flowers were all broken and ruined. Of course she felt so furious that she spoke a few angry words. However, the flowers happened to be ruined by the lynx raised by Aunt Daiguo, who left temporarily to chase the lynx and then heard her when coming back. At the moment, she flew into a rage!”Daiguo Grand Princess, as the young legitimate daughter of late emperor, she was less free in the pre