Chapter 136

The day after the girls from the Descending Cloud Garden performed in the Jing Yi Garden, the palace summoned Zhou Xian Yang to the palace.

The emperor was ready to honor the prince and the officials who had overseen the selection of the Shade Officers.

When everyone was leaving, the emperor left Zhou Xianyang behind and asked him: “Did a dozen strange women come to the Jing Yi Garden yesterday?”

After the assassination, the emperor added two teams of feathered guards to protect the security of the Jing Yi Yuan, so naturally, the emperor could not escape from any major or minor events in the garden.

Zhou Xianyang said, “Father knows? My son invited the dancers from the Descending Cloud Cuisine to perform in the garden.”

“Your wife is not angry?”

“The princess is gentle and virtuous, naturally she won’t say anything.”

“Nonsense!”

“Father, forgive me.”

“You follow your seventh uncle around all day. He’s a failure. Do you want to be like him?”

Zhou Xianyang immediately bowed and said, “I know I was wrong.”

“The Jing Yi Yuan is fine, but in the future, don’t bring any young women from the brothels back to the palace to play music, your reputation is important.”

“Yes, I remember.”

The father only reprimanded, did not pursue, Zhou Xian Yang sigh of relief, left the Chongzheng Hall, went to the Empress Dowager, the Empress to greet.

He received another lecture.

The purpose was achieved. Everyone knows that he is openly and honestly dealing with the Descending Clouds, so if Xiangyi is saved in the future, he will be able to use it as a defense for himself.

After leaving the palace, Zhou Xianyang met up with the princess as promised and went straight to the Duke of Chang’s residence.

The second brother-in-law greeted him at the front gate, bowing respectfully, “Welcome, Your Highness and Consort Yü Wang.”

“Second brother-in-law, you are here again. If you keep this up, I won’t dare to come to your house!” How many times have I told him that there is no need to be so polite in private.

Second brother-in-law laughed and said, “We’re in front of the front door, many people are watching, we can’t be rude.”

Zhou Xian Yang asked Xiao Bei to present the tonic for the old Duke of China and said, “Today, I came to see some children, and secondly, I want to see the Duke of China, I don’t know if he is in good spirits, is it convenient for me to see him?”

Hearing this, the second brother-in-law was naturally happy and immediately guided them in, “Father is bedridden all day long, and would like nothing more than to have someone come to see him. And he’s too embarrassed to say so, his mouth is not what it seems, just like an old child.”

Xiangmian thought to herself, this is also common sense. She joked, “In the future, when brother-in-law grows old, he will also be a stubborn old man, and will be scolded by my second sister every day.”

“Fourth sister, you really love to joke.”

The Duke of Changguo was very happy that Mr. and Mrs. Yuhang had personally arrived and struggled to sit up. Zhou Xian Yang busily told him that he didn’t need to get up and be polite, or else he would leave right away.

Only then did the old man stop, waiting for the attendants to settle him against the bed, the white-haired Duke of State sighed: “I don’t expect that there are still honored people who think of me, I just thought that the world had forgotten about this old bone of mine.”

The second brother-in-law and Zhou Xian Yang looked at each other and said, “Here we go again.

Zhou Xian Yang was busy calming him down, “Your Excellency is too worried. Who wouldn’t respect you for all the work you’ve done for the dynasty? Everyone wants to come and see you, but you are resting in peace and quiet, do not dare to come to the door to disturb, in fact, the heart are concerned about you.”

“Your Highness doesn’t have to coax me to be happy. This old bones, do not know how many days left. When I close my eyes in my sleep, it will be my destiny!”

The old Duke’s ears were not good, so he spoke in an unusually loud voice, and Zhou Xian Yang also said loudly, “Duke, you’re worrying too much. I can see that your voice is loud and clear, so you must be fine on the inside, but it’s just that you have some trouble getting around on the outside. Your little granddaughter is only a hundred days old, you still have to watch her grow up!”

“Many thanks to Your Highness for your auspicious words na …… ” The old man smiled cheerfully and kept admonishing his son, “In the future, Ye Xing in the dynasty, but also please Your Highness, King Yuh, more to mention. Your Highness Yuh Wang has what matters, only tube toward the Chang Guo Gongfu command.”

Xiangmian was listening from the sidelines, when her second sister’s maid came over to deliver a message, telling her to enter the inner residence first. It was indeed inconvenient for her to stay in such an occasion for long, so she left first, and also called Xiao Bei out and instructed her with a few words.

After Zhou Xian Yang and her second brother-in-law visited the old Duke, they walked through the hall to prepare for the banquet, and asked Xiao Bei in passing, “What did the Princess ask you to do just now?”

Xiao Bei stammered and didn’t say anything. The second brother-in-law immediately said, “Your Highness, I didn’t know that fourth sister was so powerful. Into the government a few months, followed you back from Qinzhou soldiers, actually already obeyed the orders of the Wangfei, to you to ignore.”

This sentence of agitation really worked, Xiao Bei immediately said loudly, “The Wangfei instructed me to keep an eye on the master, saying don’t let the master dip a drop of wine.”

“Yo! Fourth sister has big rules. What? Treating brother-in-law as an outsider, right?” Second sister-in-law teased.

No wonder Xiao Bei refused to say anything just now, that was to save his face, Zhou Xian Yang shook his head, “She’s afraid that my injuries haven’t healed all the way, and I’ll let the wine hook me up again. I drank some last time at the Descending Cloud Cuisine, and I got a good talking to when I got back.”

Xiao Bei simply poured out all the words: “Wangfei also said that most of the people attending the banquet today are military generals. Drinking too much, may also want to go down to the field of competition, told me to carefully watch, do not let those drunken bastards, hurt his highness.”

“Alas!” The second brother-in-law was speechless for a while, only squeezing out a few words after a long time, “How did she know?”

Zhou Xian Yang laughed, “Second brother-in-law is convinced, right? Our Wangfei is a half-immortal.”

Hui Zi Er, who had just turned 100 days old, was already very pretty, with sparkling eyes, and didn’t like to cry, giving hugs to anyone.

Xiangmian likes it so much that he puts his little niece in his arms and sniffs hard a few times, “It smells so good!”

“You come just come, but also bring so many things. Look ……” Rong Xiangyu looked at the ground where the two leather cubs were playing with the new toys sent by auntie, “Still not thanking auntie?”

The two half grown children, held their heads high, “Thank you auntie.” Then, continued to play by themselves.

Mrs. Duke of Changguo’s eyes were full of good grandchildren, incomparably satisfied, “Thanks to the Wangfei, this day is good, these two didn’t clamor for their sister to be thrown away again!”

“Is that so?” Xiangmian was overjoyed, “Children, they all want their parents’ love and care, for fear of letting someone take it away from them. Sister, you’ve taken the trouble to love them more.”

Rong Xiangyu sighed, “I don’t know how many petals I’d have to split up to get enough for one person.”

“You’ve given birth with alacrity, what? Still giving birth?”

Rong Xiangyu shook her head and took advantage of the fact that her mother had gone out to welcome guests and they were the only ones in the house to quietly ask, “Did you drink the child avoidance soup? There’s nothing uncomfortable about it, right?”

Xiangmian was a bit embarrassed, “I drank it a few times and let His Highness know.”

“Ah? Did he give you a hard time?”

“Anger is true, well, he didn’t do anything to me, and told me not to drink it.”

“Didn’t you not want to have a child so early?”

“Yes …… just don’t give birth to it ……” Xiangmian muttered embarrassed to say too detailed, Rong Xiangyu afterward, “Ah? This newlyweds do not have different beds, you are not afraid that he is outside ……”

Xiangmian actually can’t decide, but outside she naturally shows trust without reservation.

“You don’t take it too lightly.” Rong Xiangyu looked at his little sister being so naive, thinking that when a man is open, who else can stand to live like this, “Isn’t the Empress going to give a side consort to King Yu? You’d better hurry up and have a child, otherwise when the newcomer enters the house, it will be difficult for you.”

In the face of her sister’s concern, Rong Xiangmian could only agree and was not at liberty to say more about their intentions.

Not long after, someone at the front sent word that a number of female family members had already entered the inner mansion, inviting the maiden to bring her child to meet the guests.

Xiangyu and Xiangmian went to the flower hall together, and the wet nurse held Hui Zi Zi’er and followed behind her.

As soon as Mrs. Marquis Yongxiang saw her, she bowed first, and the few young ladies who came along behind her immediately followed with a low bow, “Greetings to Princess Yu.”

Last time in Jing Yi Yuan, Rong Xiang Xiang and this young marquis madam were acquainted with each other, and the two of them were quite compatible.

“Consort Yu is here so early? I guess it’s a really good sisterly bond.”

Xiangmian pulls her second sister’s hand, “When I was a child, I often followed my sister to sleep in the same room and eat at the same table, so naturally it was excellent. Why did Mrs. Marquis Yongxiang come so early and bring so many little sisters, it’s really lively.”

“Wangfei doesn’t know yet, right?” Lady Duke of Chang Guo pulls Lady Marquis of Yongxiang, pointing to a few girls behind her, “These are my inner nieces, she ah married into Marquis of Yongxiang three years ago.”

“Forgive my ignorance.” Xiang Xiang smiled, “In that case, everyone is a relative.”

Marquis Yongxiang’s wife immediately waved her hand, “Consort Yuhang’s status is noble, how would my concubine dare to climb into kinship with Consort Yuhang!”

“That’s too polite, and you all don’t need to be formal.” She rubbed Hui Zi Er’s little hand, “Today is her big day, she’s the biggest here!”

“Yes, quickly let auntie come and hug her.”

The crowd was gathering around Hui Zi Er and teasing her when Rong Xiangyu coughed softly.

It was Marquis Yongan’s wife who came with Zhang Shu, followed by a pair of twin flowers.

Rong Xiangyu muttered, ”What’s wrong with this Zhang family? Bringing the Wu family’s girls here without even knowing!”

Lady Duke Chang welcomed them in and looked at Rong Xiangyu with a slightly embarrassed expression. Her mother’s family and the Zhang family had always had dealings, so she also often went to the Empress’ palace, so I guess there was nothing she could do to refuse this.

Mrs. Marquis Yongan unlike her majestic husband, has always been a gentle temper. Although the eldest son was exiled, at least the emperor’s grace to stay a life, the Marquis of Yongan title did not change the official position, the Empress is still standing, she was anxious for a period of time, and now is at ease with some of them, on the Rongxiangmei respectfully salute.

Zhang Shu is as condescending as ever: “Consort Yuhang, this Wu family’s young lady has just entered the capital not long ago, Auntie doesn’t want them to be stuffy in the palace, so she asked me to bring them out to see the scene, do you mind?”

Rong Xiangshi is amused, “Miss Zhang, what are you talking about? This is the Empress Mother Beneficence, who wouldn’t honor it?”

With the Wu family’s pair of twin flowers standing in front of her, she really couldn’t tell which one was meant for King Yu.

When it came time to salute, it became clear.

One of them did not call out to her as Consort Yü Wang, but instead generously said, “Greetings to sister.”

Rong Xiangmian’s face changed slightly, “Wu family girl, did no one teach you the rules?”

That Wu Sui Ying is not humble: “Please teach sister.”

Xiang see can’t bear to make her lose face in public, then softly said: “Although the Empress has the intention of giving marriage, but Yu Wang Fu should be the etiquette have not passed, you have not kowtowed to me to honor tea, at this moment you are still the Wu family girl. Should be addressed as your sister as well.”

“Many thanks for the enlightenment, Sui-Ying remembered. Just, that day in the palace a see sister, then admire sister style, if sister does not mind, I am willing to really do sister sister sister ……”

“Who is your sister!” Before Wu Suiying finished his words, he was interrupted by Rong Xiangwen.

This fellow, still always words come before people.

She strutted in front of Wu Suying and held Rong Xiangwen’s arm, pampering her in public, “Sister ……”

Making Rong Xiangwen cry and laugh.

After Rong Xiangwen finished pampering herself, her thumb pointed backwards at herself, “This girl, is the only sister of Princess Yu. Who are you that you dare to come and shout nonsense!”

Zhang Shu was already an extremely arrogant woman in Wu Suying’s eyes, and she didn’t expect to come to an even more deviant one than her, devoid of the rules of a great lady.

“This is ……”

The crowd was busy saying, “This is Great General Rong’s daughter, the Rong Family’s Sixth Miss.”

As soon as she heard of Great General Rong, Wu Suying didn’t dare to lift a finger with her. Her father, for one, had been a Thousand Husbandman under Great General Rong’s command, and had great respect for the general.

Rong Xiangwen didn’t care what she thought, sticking her finger in front of her and shaking it, “Don’t you care who I am. You just have to remember that I am Princess Yu’s only sister, and whoever dares to recognize my sister indiscriminately will come to recognize me first!”

A bit of nonsense, making the scene extremely ridiculous.

“What are you babbling about?” Gu Frost finally arrived and pulled Rong Xiangwen, “If you don’t pay attention for a while, your silhouette will be gone. Again, I won’t dare to take you out in the future.”

Mrs. Chang Guo Gong smilingly said, “No harm, everyone take your seats.”

Rong Xiangwen took advantage of the crowd to take their seats, grabbed a moment to hug Hui Sister, said to her in all seriousness: “You’re the biggest girl in our Rong family’s new generation, in the future, big brother, third sister, fourth sister, gave birth to a doll, all have to call you sister, you have more face ah! Unlike me, I am the youngest.”

Rong Xiangyu laughed at the side: “You’re talking dumb again.”

“What?” Rong Xiang Wen was unconvinced, “Even though sister’s child is a daughter of the Duke Chang’s residence, she also has the blood of the Rong family and is naturally a child of the Rong family. It’s close to us.”

Rong Xiangxian nodded her head, “Although it is dull talk, it is reasonable. In the future, you should love her more.”

“That is natural.” Rong Xiangwen glanced towards the table, “That Wu family’s, I don’t know what he’s here for today. Don’t worry, you’re Consort Yu, you can’t lose your decorum. It doesn’t matter to me, if she is dishonest, I will teach her the rules of the Rong family.”

When Rong Xiangxian heard this, his head went big, “You eat at ease.”