Chapter 118: 118 Arrogance (first update)

Chapter 118: 118 Arrogance (first update)

Chapter 118 118 Arrogance (first update)

Nanny Chen looked at Mrs. Shen slightly uneasily.

However, Mrs. Shen remained calm, with no trace of emotion on her graceful and beautiful face. She said calmly: "Then quickly go and ask the doctor...and let Aunt Jiang go over and take care of you."

She glanced at the maid in green indifferently, and then said bluntly, why did Chu Lingxiao come to see her when he was sick?

Mrs. Shen continued to walk into the yard, discussing the dowry with Nanny Chen as she walked: "By the way, I remember that my third sister told me not long ago that the Prince of Jingjun wants to buy land in Jizhou. Maybe we can borrow it. "East wind."

"The land that the princess is interested in must be fertile land." Nanny Chen responded with a smile.

She signaled Dongmei to see off the guests quickly with her eyes, feeling happy in her heart: This prince, he comes to bother the lady when he has something to do, and when he has nothing to do, he hugs his beautiful concubine and talks about love. How can there be such a good thing in this world? !

Mrs. Shen's interest became even higher and she said with a smile: "It just so happens that we can meet Third Sister at the Wanth Birthday Banquet tomorrow. I'll ask more about it then."

"Isn't that just what I said? If you want to take a nap, someone will give you a pillow." Grandma Chen joked.

The master and servant entered the house chatting and laughing.

"Doctor..." The maid in green at the entrance of the courtyard wanted to say something else, but was blocked by Dongmei and the two little maids.

The maid in green stretched her neck to glance at Shen's back, stamped her feet, and finally left.

As soon as she left, someone else came to the main courtyard.

"Big girl." Dongmei was surprised to see Chu Qianhuang, who was wearing a begonia red trousers, walking towards her, and greeted her personally after exiting the courtyard gate.

Chu Qianhuang smiled lightly and said, "I just came back from the palace."

Today was not the day for Chu Qianhuang to retire, but because tomorrow was the Longevity Festival, the queen allowed her to return to the palace and attend the banquet with Shen family tomorrow morning.

Chu Qianhuang only came back once since she went to the palace as a companion. However, when she asked Mrs. Shen to pay her respects, Mrs. Shen did not see her.

These days, in the palace, she felt a little panicked every time she thought about Shen, so she took her time today and didn't leave the palace until this time.

When she was in the palace, she had already heard the news that the emperor had granted marriage to Chu Qianchen and King Chen. She also knew that the wedding was scheduled for a month later, but it was only after she returned home that she learned that Chu Lingxiao had been punished by the emperor. After hearing the news, I learned that so many things happened in the Hou Mansion.

"The eldest lady is inside, please, eldest lady." Dongmei smiled and extended her hand to invite her.

As soon as the two of them reached the entrance of the courtyard, they heard a curious voice from a little maid from the direction of the courtyard: "Mother Lin, is the eldest lady really going to transfer the eldest girl's dowry to the second girl?"

"That's still false!" Another old female voice said, "The eldest lady asked me to get the key to open the warehouse."

"These two girls are really lucky!" the little maid sighed with emotion.

Chu Qianhuang entered the courtyard at this moment. Nanny Lin and the little maid in front also saw Chu Qianhuang and looked a little embarrassed.

The two of them quickly saluted Chu Qianhuang, not daring to stay for a moment, and trotted off to run their errands.

Dongmei also felt that this was an unfortunate fact and looked at Chu Qianhuang cautiously.

Chu Qianhuang's lips tightened, his face darkened, and he stopped under the eaves.

She forced a smile and said nonchalantly: "Dongmei, could you please inform me."

In the past, Chu Qianhuang entered the main courtyard without notification, but last time she returned home, Mrs. Shen did not see her.

Dongmei went into the house, and after a while, she came out with a more complicated expression, and said in a difficult voice: "Miss, Madam, let you go back."

The implication is that Mrs. Shen still refuses to see her.

Chu Qianhuang stiffened and stood there quietly.

Dongmei was just thinking about advising Chu Qianhuang when she saw Chu Qianhuang suddenly kneeling down, directly outside the threshold of the main room, acting like "She won't leave until Shen sees her."

Dongmei didn't try to dissuade her, and went inside to report it again.

Chu Qianhuang knelt for half an hour.

The sun had completely set, and the sky turned into a dark gray-blue. Lanterns were lit in the courtyard and under the eaves. It was extremely quiet inside and outside the courtyard.

Suddenly there was movement on the Xiang Fei curtain leading to the secondary room. The curtain was opened, and Nanny Chen walked out and walked up to Chu Qianhuang.

She sighed and advised comfortingly: "Miss, Madam is still angry. Tomorrow is the longevity banquet. You'd better go back and rest early."

"There will be a lot of time in the future, so why do you need to rush it?"

Nanny Chen softened her voice and helped Chu Qianhuang up personally, fearing that she would be stubborn and insist on kneeling here all night. After all, there is a longevity banquet tomorrow.

Chu Qianhuang stood up, stroked her skirt, and said gracefully: "Mother Chen, I understand that I made my mother angry. I will slowly make amends to her in the future."

The silver moonlight pours down. Under the eaves, half of her face is in shadow and half is under the moonlight. The skin of her cheeks is as if the mutton-fat white jade under the moon is glowing with luster, and the pair of eyes in the shadow are deep. Like a pool, pitch black, with a calmness that transcends age.

Chu Qianhuang raised her hand and made a gesture, and the maid held the embroidery in the shape of a belt.

"Aunt Chen, I always have abdominal pain when I come to Kwai Shui. I heard about a secret recipe in the palace. There are medicinal materials in this abdominal belt, and it can be worn closely around the waist and abdomen to relieve the pain. This is my own hand. Made it." Chu Qianhuang said.

Grandma Chen took the belt from Baoqin's hand and breathed a sigh of relief. She said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, I will tell the lady."

Nanny Chen wanted to explain the dowry thing again, but after thinking about it, she decided not to say it. Shen and Chu Qianhuang were mother and daughter. Shen just temporarily moved Chu Qianhuang’s dowry, and she would definitely not wrong Chu Qianhuang. Qianhuang's, Chu Qianhuang's dowry will only be better.

No matter how much she said now, it would be better for Chu Qianhuang to witness it with her own eyes.

Chu Qianhuang smiled slightly, then caressed in the direction of Ci Jian, and said to Mrs. Shen: "Mom, I'm going to leave first."

Dongmei sent Chu Qianhuang away, and Grandma Chen entered the second room with the belt given by Chu Qianhuang, and explained the benefits of the belt with a smile.

"Madam, the eldest girl is filial and always thinks of you."

"The eldest girl is still young and doesn't understand all your painstaking efforts now. When she gets older and has experienced more things, she will understand..."

Nanny Chen wanted to put in a good word for Chu Qianhuang. After all, there was no overnight feud between mother and daughter. Even if Chu Qianhuang had any shortcomings, Mrs. Shen could teach her slowly.

Shen rubbed his brows tiredly and said nothing.

Seeing that Mrs. Shen looked tired, Grandma Chen took a break and advised, "Madam, do you want to rest first?" Grandma Chen temporarily put her belt on the coffee table.

Mrs. Shen seemed unaware, staring at the belt on the coffee table in silence.

In a daze, Chu Qianhuang's voice sounded in her ears again: "I was painting on the second floor of Bixiao Building that day. Later, I saw the beautiful spring flowers near the rockery. I was interested and wanted to pick some back. ”

"I also dropped a purse by the rockery, but fortunately my second sister picked it up. I have been embroidering the peonies on that purse for a long time, but fortunately I didn't lose it."

Mrs. Shen stared at the peony pattern embroidered on her belt, her eyes darkening.

Shen suddenly remembered that it had rained in the morning when Chu Yunmu fell off the rockery. In the morning, the ground was dry, but there was mud near the rockery. Chu Qianhuang had always been clean, so it should be taken care of. She said that even if she thought the winter jasmine flowers were beautiful, she would let the maid pick them.

Grandma Chen was a little worried when she saw Mrs. Shen lost her mind. She called out several times before Ms. Shen came back to her senses.

Grandma Chen felt something was wrong with Mrs. Shen, so she personally prepared soothing tea for her, ordered the soothing incense given by Chu Qianchen, and waited for Mrs. Shen to rest.

Mrs. Shen was worried, tossing and turning in the first half of the night, until almost midnight, she fell asleep amid the soft scent of soothing incense.

This time, she slept until the rooster crowed.

When Mrs. Shen put on her clothes and came to the main room from the inner room, Chu Qianchen also arrived and came to greet Mrs. Shen.

Chu Qianchen had specially dressed up today. Her bright red braid shimmered under the sunlight. She had a crescent-shaped bun and her hair on her temples was like clouds. She only had two gleaming gold hairpins on her temples. Garnet beads flower.

On the girl's pretty face, a smile bloomed, as if the tree was full of delicate flowers in full bloom, exuding a bright light as she looked around.

Grandma Chen looked at Chu Qianchen, who was walking slowly, and felt a little dazed for a moment. Suddenly, the girl in front of her overlapped with another graceful figure in her memory...

It was Mrs. Shen who woke up Nanny Chen: "Go and get that set of ruby ​​​​heads and masks."

When Nanny Chen got the jewelry box, Chu Qianchen happened to walk up to Mrs. Shen. Mrs. Shen took her hand. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. She personally put a ruby ​​bead flower on her head and matched it with it. A complete set of earrings and necklaces.

"This set of hair looks much better when worn by Sister Chen. Not only does it not take over the show, but it is also the icing on the cake."

"Mother Chen, go get another pair of gold bracelets inlaid with eight treasures."

"Yes, the little girl is in her prime, so she should dress up like this!"

Today is the first time Chu Qianchen has participated in a formal occasion like the Longevity Banquet, and it is also the first time she has appeared as the future Princess Chen. Mrs. Shen hopes that everything will be perfect, so that those who want to watch the excitement can take a look at Chu Qianchen How brilliant.

Mrs. Shen adjusted the position of the pearl flower for Chu Qianchen again. Although she had already thought about it, sometimes she still felt a little tangled in her heart: Even if King Chen was safe, some people would say that Chu Qianchen had obtained this door. The marriage had just flown onto the branches, but no one would know that she didn't need Prince Chen's Mansion to be the icing on the cake.

I could have chosen a more comfortable marriage for this child. Shen suppressed all the thoughts in her heart, took Chu Qianchen's hand and said, "Let's go."

Mrs. Shen took Chu Qianchen to Rongfu Hall first. When they arrived, Chu Qianhuang was already there.

In Rongfu Hall, a room full of female relatives sat, and it was very lively.

Everyone's eyes turned to Shen and Chu Qianchen, including Chu Qianhuang.

On weekdays, if nothing happens, the girls always come to Rongfu Hall by themselves, so Chu Qianhuang came alone this morning.

Besides, Shen didn't see her yesterday, and Chu Qianhuang didn't want to go to the main courtyard to ask for trouble. What she didn't expect was that Chu Qianchen came over with Shen.

The female relatives in this room are all smart people. They have also heard about Chu Qianhuang's displeasure with the Shen family. At this moment, they couldn't help showing some meaningful expressions and secretly exchanging glances.

When Mrs. Shen and Chu Qianchen walked into the main room, Mrs. Liu, the second lady, said casually with a half-smile, "Sister-in-law and Sister Chen look more like mother and daughter!"

As she said this, Mrs. Liu deliberately glanced at Chu Qianhuang, who was sitting diagonally opposite, and subconsciously stabbed Chu Qianhuang and Chu Qianchen, deliberately provoking them.

Chu Qianchen looked at Mrs. Liu lightly without saying a word, but Chu Qianling was startled and quickly pulled Mrs. Liu's cuffs.

The scar on her face can only be healed by the Shiquan Cream in Chu Qianchen's hand. If Shiquan Cream is not available at all, they cannot offend Chu Qianchen.

Besides, Chu Qianchen was going to marry Chen Wang Chongxi anyway, so it was absolutely impossible for her and the second prince!

Just thinking of this made Chu Qianling feel happy.

Ms. Liu also thought of Shiquan Gao and quickly looked away without saying anything more.

Mrs. Tai was also there, and she also took in the scene just now.

To be honest, she sometimes felt this way, and she couldn't help but feel ridiculed: She, the eldest daughter-in-law, was simply bewitched by Chu Qianchen. How could anyone alienate his biological daughter and get close to a concubine? of. No matter how much Chu Qianchen tries to please her, he didn't crawl out of her belly, so how can he be of the same mind as her!

That’s all.

Anyway, Chu Qianchen, the house spoiler, was going to get married soon. Without her jumping up and down in front of Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Shen and her eldest son could always repair the rift.

Madam Tai really wanted Chu Qianchen to get married as soon as possible. Her thoughts were reflected in her actions. She said calmly: "Now that everyone is here, let's set off."

So, everyone gathered around the lady and went to the Yimen.

The only female family members who can enter the palace for the banquet today are the royal family, Mrs. Shen, and the two sisters Chu Qianhuang and Chu Qianchen. Others can only look at them with envy, including a few younger girls. Jia was already thinking in her mind that when Chu Qianchen came back, she would ask her in detail how grand and grand the longevity banquet was.

The carriage drove out from the Marquis Mansion at half past nine o'clock. Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen sat in one carriage, while Chu Qianchen and Chu Qianhuang sat in the second carriage behind.

Chu Qianchen leaned on the carriage and closed his eyes to rest, looking like he didn't want to say anything.

However, even with her eyes closed, she could still feel the eyes of the other person in the carriage falling on her, with a bit of inquiry and a bit of sizing.

The carriage vibrated slightly as the carriage moved.

Chu Qianhuang's gentle and hesitant voice suddenly sounded: "Second sister, I also heard in the palace about the marriage granted by the emperor to you and His Highness King Chen."

Chu Qianchen opened his eyes, met Chu Qianhuang's eyes like deep springs, and said "oh" casually.

Her expression was calm, making Chu Qianhuang a little unpredictable.

"I always thought you would marry Cousin Zhao, but I never thought that the Emperor would..." Chu Qianhuang sighed softly, with a look of sadness and sympathy.

She calmed down and then said: "Yesterday after I returned home, I heard my grandmother tell me about my father sending you to Yanghezhuang. I didn't expect that so many things happened at home in the past two days. Second sister, you must be very uneasy, right? ?”

Chu Qianhuang put it mildly, but in fact the wife scolded Chu Qianchen severely, saying that she didn't think about her family, that she was constantly making trouble, that she was greedy, and that she couldn't figure out how Chu Qianchen could become so…

"Second sister, I know you have your difficulties." Chu Qianhuang held Chu Qianchen's hand sympathetically, with a sincere expression.

She understood that the reason why Chu Qianchen was in such trouble with the family, even to the point of offending his grandmother and father, was probably because she couldn't let go of the second prince and wanted to quit the marriage.

Chu Qianchen has liked the second prince since he was a child, and Chu Qianhuang has always noticed this.

"..." Chu Qianchen looked at Chu Qianhuang inexplicably.

"Cousin Zhao came to me and said he wanted to meet you." Chu Qianhuang said to herself, "Don't worry, I will find a way to connect you, and I will take care of everything..."

In fact, Gu Nanzhao wanted to leave the palace to see Chu Qianchen in person, but Concubine Chu did not agree and asked someone to follow Gu Nanzhao all day long. Therefore, Gu Nanzhao could only find Chu Qianhuang to help him pass the message.

Chu Qianhuang wanted to tell Chu Qianchen that the second prince had many options, and wanted to ease her mind, but Chu Qianchen said, "Stop the car!"

These two words were obviously not meant for Chu Qianhuang.

Chu Qianhuang was stunned and looked at Chu Qianchen in confusion.

Chu Qianchen said with a smile: "Sister, do you dare to say this to your grandmother in person?"

Chu Qianhuang: "..."

Chu Qianhuang didn't expect Chu Qianchen to react like this at all. Her eyes slowly widened and she was stunned.

Outside, the driver responded, and the carriage slowed down and stopped on the side of the road.

Chu Qianchen withdrew his hand and said casually: "Why don't I go and talk to my grandmother? Just say, eldest sister, did you instigate me to break my marriage?"

Chu Qianchen made a gesture to get up and get out of the car.

"Second sister!" Chu Qianhuang became anxious when she saw it. Without thinking, she stretched out her hand to grab one of Chu Qianchen's wrists and held it tightly, for fear that Chu Qianchen would really go to talk to the madam.

Chu Qianhuang looked at Chu Qianchen in disbelief, her eyes filled with uncertainty, as if she was wondering whether Chu Qianchen was telling the truth.

The two sisters looked at each other, Chu Qianchen smiled brightly and was calm and calm; Chu Qianhuang's face was as dark as water, and his eyes flickered.

There was silence in the carriage.

The noise outside seemed to be coming from far away, and the atmosphere was slightly condensed.

The carriage in front noticed that Chu Qianchen's carriage had stopped and also stopped.

Grandma Wang got out of the carriage on the order of Mrs. Wang and hurried outside the carriage and asked: "Eldest lady, second lady, is there anything wrong?"

Chu Qianchen was about to say something, but Chu Qianhuang's expression turned even worse, and he said first, "Mother Wang, it's nothing. It's just that I ate too much in the morning, and I felt a little uncomfortable when I got in the carriage. I'm fine. ." She prevaricated Grandma Wang.

Grandma Wang asked a few more questions with concern, making sure that Chu Qianhuang was really fine, and then returned to the first carriage in front.

Chu Qianchen didn't stop her from talking, he just looked at her with a half-smile.

Chu Qianhuang became more and more uneasy and let go of Chu Qianchen's wrist. She always felt as if something was out of control, and even her breathing became less smooth.

She could almost hear her breathing and heartbeat clearly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Chu Qianhuang calmed down and said to the driver: "Let's continue on the road."

The coachman responded, the crack of a whip sounded, and the carriage continued to move forward, accelerating bit by bit.

Chu Qianchen suddenly moved his face forward a little, and was close to Chu Qianhuang. The distance between the two was only an inch, and they could continue to feel each other's breathing.

Chu Qianchen curled her lips slightly, and there was a hint of clarity in her clear smile, with a sense of calmness that everything was under her control.

She smiled and said, "Do you think I don't know your 'ulterior motives'?"

Her black and white phoenix eyes stared at Chu Qianhuang, like a bright mirror or a deep pool, as if they could reflect all the haze in the world, making them invisible.

The girl in front of her was as arrogant as a leopard, completely different from the gentle and gentle girl she once was.

"..." Chu Qianhuang's heart sank when she saw her sharp eyes, and there was a moment of panic on his face that he couldn't hide.

Did Chu Qianchen know? !

Chu Qianhuang couldn't look directly at Chu Qianchen, so she couldn't help but stepped back and bumped into the coffee table next to her.

"Boom!" The tea cup on the coffee table was knocked around, and the hot tea spilled out, just hitting the back of Chu Qianhuang's hand...

Chu Qianhuang let out a cry of pain and quickly retracted her hand, but the back of her hand, which was as white as jade, had already been burned red by the hot tea.

She lowered her eyelids and blew on the back of her red hand, her heart pounding and her mind confused.

(End of chapter)