Chapter 31
Seeing that they had chatted for almost as long as they could, Concubine Shukui and Concubine Hui came out.
Rong Xiangmian had already poured tea for them, and the four of them gossiped for a while.
After they left, Concubine Hui pulled Xiangmian and instructed her a few more times: ”Yu Wang is a sincere person, willing to hand over his family to you. In the future, if you have any problems, don’t just condemn yourself. The Duke of State is not good at what he does, come to me. I am at least his concubine mother, I will stand up for you.”
Rong Xiangmian heard, embracing Princess Hui, thinking of the next time to see her, is after the wedding, actually some reluctance.
Back home, dinner naturally to talk about Princess Hui’s dowry, Rong Xiangwen is most curious, pestered to ask what. Rong Xiang see said: “are some wear jewelry, and gold and silver utensils.”
Rong Xiangwen wanted to go see it, and Rong Xiangchi rarely followed. Those gifts, naturally, is not comparable to the dowry given to her by the State Duke’s Office, Rong Xiangchi looked a lot better, smiled and said, “This dowry of Princess Hui, really sorry sister, you a piece of filial piety ah.”
Rong Xiang Wen said naively, “Third sister, how can you say that? Concubine Hui doesn’t come from a high background, most of her things are rewards from the Emperor, and most of them were dowered to the Sixth Princess. These things are already her intentions, not in terms of how much.”
“It’s also true that Concubine Hui only gave birth to a daughter, and she hasn’t even touched Deng Yunjin, so what good things can she reward.” Rong Xiangchi said disdainfully.
Rong Xiangshi sneered, “Only gave birth to a daughter? Who are you belittling?”
Rong Xiangchi instantly realized that she had slipped up and became irritated, “How dare you offend mother?”
“If my younger sister doesn’t dare, my elder sister shouldn’t dare either, right?” Rong Xiangchi asked coldly.
Rong Xiangchi was afraid that this would reach her mother’s ears and make her angry, so she couldn’t afford to argue further on this topic, so she could only fling her sleeves and leave in a huff.
Later on, the congratulatory gifts that the Sixth Princess had sent to Rong Xiangshi and Sun Mingyue from the Northern True Kingdom arrived. She sent twelve fine horses to each of them, and a number of fine animal skins and medicinal herbs from the Northern True Country.
The letter told her, “May you and Fourth Brother be as good as Eunji and I. May we all have a lifetime of peace and happiness. When my child is born and grows up a bit, I will bring him back to see you and Fourth Brother!”
On the day of the betrothal, the front yard of the British Duke’s Mansion was stuffed with Yu Wang’s betrothal gifts. The most rare thing was that there was also a pair of geese shot by Yup King himself.
The people in the house secretly discussed how long the bride price list was, and how thoughtful Yup King was, comparing the Rapunzel’s residence to his. Another person said, one is the emperor’s own son, one is the emperor’s nephew, how to compare?
Ji Xiang listened, and then watched the third girl in the house to drop things, finally understand what Aunt Zhong’s words mean.
She found an empty space, went to find aunt, told her what she thought. Auntie smiled, “Growing up, be smart in the future.”
“Auntie has such a good temper, it’s a pity that I’m not fortunate enough to serve you. Madam and the third girl scold me from time to time and don’t tell me where I’m wrong, I have no place to say …… my grievances,” Jixiang accidentally said what was in her heart.
Auntie took her hand: “It’s easy to serve me. You a month monthly money five hundred, I give you another five hundred …… you put the lady there to say to me, as you serve me.”
Rapunzel House Wen Zhongqing and Rong family third girl’s marriage has long been scheduled for the beginning of May. Because she didn’t know that the Duchess of State had other plans, everything in the Rapunzel’s Mansion proceeded according to the set date, before King Yu married the princess.
On this day, Zhou Xian Yang was also called by Wen Zhong Qing to help receive the marriage, he was afraid that the British Duke’s family group of military generals would make it difficult for him to get married. Sure enough, Rong Xianggu and Rong Xiangwang poured a lot of stuff in the house, archery, art of war, pairs of pairs, joint poems …… Luckily, they called enough helpers to successfully marry the Rong family girl.
When the ceremony, the courtyard full of ceremonial cannons set off, the sound of firecrackers make Zhou Xian Yang heart very uncomfortable. He had been suffering from this problem since the Western Qin war and could not stand the sound. Xiao Bei immediately found Rong Xiang Gu and asked him if there was a place where His Highness could rest quietly for a while.
Rong Xiang Gu then took Xian Yang to his study.
It was a small courtyard, far from the front hall, so Zhou Xian Yang was much more comfortable sitting there. He told Xiao Bei not to follow him, so he went to the front to play with someone.
As he was sipping his tea, a cat called out from somewhere.
When Zhou Xianyang looked at the sound, he saw a black kitten with green eyes standing on the eaves of the pavilion in the courtyard. Zhou Xian Yang thought that the cat had mistakenly climbed to a high place and couldn’t get down, so he scurried up to the pavilion in a couple of tries and hugged the little black cat.
Sitting on the pavilion, under the cover of the eaves, he was able to see the courtyard over there, where the newlyweds had finished performing their rituals and were being flanked out the door.
The third girl is very beautiful today, she used a fan to cover her face, and the side view is no different from the silk handkerchief she wore back then.
Zhou Xianyang had forgotten where he was.
He had once imagined having the third girl come to his side, and realized that he was the one who had given up on the matter.
He could tell that Wen Zhongqing loved Third Girl and would treat her well. Zhongqing was unsuspecting and trusted him wholeheartedly, asking him to come down to the court to help the third girl play. He could not hurt Zhongqing for the sake of his own obsession.
He can’t hurt the face of the Princess for the sake of his own obsession and draw the Emperor’s displeasure.
Everything is predestined, and it is good that she is well. Zhou Xian Yang told himself to let go of the past, he still had a lot of things to do in the days ahead.
While he was wandering, he heard a light cough.
Turning around, it was Rong Xiangmian holding the ladder, standing on the other side of the wall. The breeze blew her long jade-colored hair ribbon up, fluttering beautifully in the wind.