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

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

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

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

Nie Wuying hastened to explain, “No! No! I have a lot of jewelries. Those earrings are new to me, so I mentioned them thoughtlessly. Actually, they are not very special...”Instantly, she was pinched by her maid again. Obviously, it was okay for her to reject Song Yixiao’s kindness but why did she belittle the gift bought by another sister-in-law in the meanwhile? Although Earl Shouchun’s wife was not at present, this talk was not private and words might be spread to her. After all, Earl Shouchun’s wife didn’t forget to buy something for Nie Wuying out of kindness while shopping for her own daughter. How could Nie Wuying pay back to her kindness with these improper utterances?“I was not asking for gifts. I just heard you talk about ornaments so I brought up the earrings carelessly!” Nie Wuying got the hint of the maid and hurriedly continued to come up with an excuse. Pitifully, she got increasingly anxious and thus found it harder to talk well. In the end