Jingmen Fengyue

Chapter 129 Entering the Palace (4)
"It's still your sister Yi who is well-behaved." Mrs. Min praised Xie Yi.

Shay smiled sheepishly.

Mrs. Ming said a word of humility, and all the ladies entered the imperial garden.

Mrs. Min glanced around, but none of the wives from the noble circle she had befriended was there, so she could only find an empty gazebo with all the wives to sit down and wait.

Not long after she was seated, a court lady came to Mrs. Ming and said to her respectfully, "Mrs. Ming, the empress dowager knows that you have entered the palace, so she sent servants to invite you and Miss Yi."

Mrs. Ming stood up immediately, and said with a smile, "I just entered the palace, and I planned to visit the Empress Dowager before going to the Taifei Palace. But the Empress Dowager is with princes, I'm afraid there will be too many people in the Dowager Palace, so I will I didn’t go there, I don’t want to invite the Concubine Labor to miss you. I’ll let you go there.”

The maid smiled and led the way.

Mrs. Ming took Xie Yi to follow behind her, and after a while, she left the imperial garden.

Mrs. Min's face was a little ugly. The old lady of the sixth room and Concubine Lin in the palace were given handkerchiefs, and they hadn't seen each other for many years.Mrs. Ming was the daughter-in-law of the sixth old lady, so Concubine Lin naturally valued her a little more. She threw them away and recruited her and her daughter into the Palace of Concubines. Apart from feeling unhappy, she could only watch.

The other wives looked at each other, but no one spoke.

After a while, another wave of ladies and ladies came to the imperial garden.

Madam Min's eyes lit up, she stood up immediately, and greeted the visitor, "Madam Hou, sit here!"

The person who came was Mrs. Yongkang Hou, with her daughter Yan Lan, and several young ladies from concubines.She was a little out of spirits, her brows and eyes were covered with blue shadows, covered with powder, but she could still vaguely see a little tiredness, seeing Mrs. Min greeted her, she stepped forward and said with a smile, "It's really early for you guys to come."

"It's only one step ahead of you." Madam Min looked at her and asked tentatively, "I heard that you are sick, but are you better?"

Mrs. Yongkang Hou sighed, "I'm afraid this disease will never get better."

Mrs. Min was taken aback, "Where did you say that?"

Mrs. Yongkanghou glanced at the people around her, pursed her lips, "I haven't seen you and me for a while, let's take a moment to talk."

"Alright!" Mrs. Min stepped forward to hold Mrs. Yongkang Hou's hand, and led her to another place.

Not long after, the two turned into an empty gazebo.

The other wives of the Xie family and the wives of the Yan family in the Yongkang Hou Mansion all knew that the two were on good terms, so they were not surprised that the two left them like this, and they didn't care much. People sit together and gossip.

This gazebo is much more lively than before.

On the other side, Mrs. Min and Mrs. Yongkang Hou sat opposite each other in the gazebo, and Mrs. Min couldn't wait to ask the reason.

Mrs. Yongkang Hou considered for a moment, and then she looked into Mrs. Shangmin's concerned eyes before slowly opening her mouth, "My Ting'er, you know, my Lord Hou, my mother-in-law, and I all want him to marry Fan Yang's Lu family's daughter. She is Zuoxiang's niece, but he just doesn't want to marry."

Mrs. Min had obviously heard about this matter, and she smiled immediately, "So you made yourself sick because of this matter, the young master is an adult, he has his own ideas, and he didn't like Zuo Prime Minister's niece, it's understandable not to want to marry. With the status of the Yongkang Marquis Mansion, what's the problem if the young master doesn't want to marry? Just choose another marriage."

Mrs. Yongkang Hou sighed and shook her head, "It's easy to say, how easy is it to choose another marriage?"

"Why is it not easy? Isn't this the boudoir lady in the capital chosen by the young master? Although the Lu family of Fan Yang is also a famous family, but speaking of it, it may not be as noble as our Xie family." Madam Min disapproved.

Madam Yongkang Hou glanced at her, frowned, and said in a low voice, "You don't understand, this marriage has to be settled."

Mrs. Min looked at Mrs. Yongkang Hou in confusion, "Why? Could it be that Young Master must be Fan Yang Lu's daughter?"

"Yes, many years ago, our Yongkanghou's mansion owed a debt to Fanyang Lu's family, and we had to marry the daughter of his family's first daughter." Mrs. Yongkanghou said helplessly, "It's just that Ting'er doesn't know, in fact, his marriage started after he was born. It’s settled. It’s just kept a secret. Just wait for him to crown our mansion and go to Fanyang Lu’s family to propose marriage, but it’s unthinkable, he refuses to agree.”

Mrs. Min didn't understand even more, and said puzzledly, "Little Marquis is the only legitimate son of the Yongkang Marquis Mansion, and he will inherit the title in the future. Sooner or later, the Yongkang Marquis Mansion will belong to him. What kind of debts does your mansion owe that makes you feel very sad?" Do you want to use the marriage of the young master as compensation?"

Madam Yongkang Hou closed her eyes and remained silent.

"Can't you say?" Mrs. Min asked quietly.

Mrs. Yongkanghou nodded and said solemnly, "I can't say it."

Mrs. Min stopped asking, patted her hand, and said in relief, "In this case, it seems that the only way to get him to agree to this marriage is from the young master. Don't worry, think of a way slowly. Even the stone will soften after a long time."

Mrs. Hou of Yongkang was a little discouraged, "It's been almost a year, and I, Lord Hou, and the old lady took turns to make peace with him, but he didn't talk about it, and said that if he was forced again, he would die. We only have this A legitimate son, he is my hope, if he dies, where can I go to find my son?"

Mrs. Min was suddenly surprised, "You didn't agree for a year, why did the young master not agree?"

Mrs. Yongkang Hou looked around, and suddenly said angrily, "He has someone in his heart."

Mrs. Min opened her eyes wide, and after a while, she slowly retracted, and said with a smile, "Although the national style of Southern Qin is strict, the princes and ladies of the various mansions are not at odds with each other, especially the Eldest Princess. It is held once every year, and young masters and ladies are invited to discuss poetry. At first, the atmosphere was still rigorous, but in recent years it has almost become a meeting. It is not surprising that the young master is young and romantic, and there is a lady who values ​​him. He has a marriage contract, if the family It's not easy to be tall, if the family status is not as good as that of the Yongkang Marquis, he can take it back after he gets married and be a noble concubine."

"It's fine if it's a young lady who knows how to taste poems. Do you know who he values?" Mrs. Yongkang Hou frowned.

"Who? Could it be the princess?" Madam Min guessed.

"It's Miss Xie Fanghua from Zhongyonghou's Mansion!" Mrs. Yongkanghou almost uttered this sentence as if grinding her teeth.

Mrs. Min's eyes widened, and she was inexplicably surprised for a moment, as if she had turned into a sculpture.

Mrs. Yongkanghou glanced at Mrs. Min, and said with a sarcasm, "You can't think of it? When I heard him say Xie Fanghua's name, I didn't think of it either. I have always wondered how he could fall in love with the one who can't be seen. A sick child who has been lingering on the sick bed for many years?"

It took Madam Min a while to recover, "Why... why her? Now you understand the reason?"

(End of this chapter)