With her father and brother banished, and her engagement to the marquisate broken, everyone eagerly awaited to see Xiao Jiuyue become a laughingstock.
Facing her frail grandmother, her beauti...
Chapter 476: The Crown Prince's Concubine of Yongchang Marquis's Mansion
"I originally bought them for Hua Qing to add to her makeup. Now, here are the four. You can each pick one, and I will give Hua Qing another one to add to her makeup." Xiao Jiuyue looked at the four bracelets lined up in a wooden box. They were all gold bracelets, different from each other, but without exception, they all had great aesthetic taste!
Xiao Jiuyue only remembered to buy the bracelets when she saw Shopkeeper Feng bringing them over. She said, "You four, Luokui and Lianxin are responsible for my food, clothing, and daily life, while Donggui and Huaqing are responsible for my safety. You've all worked so hard!"
Luo Kui looked at the four bracelets in the box, each of which was exquisite. She was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes: "Miss, I must have done great good deeds in my past life to be able to follow you!"
"Miss, this is too expensive!" Donggui calculated silently in her heart. This bracelet, which costs seventy or eighty taels, is too expensive no matter how she thinks about it. A farmhouse in the suburbs of Shengjing can't cost so much money, right?
Isn't this equivalent to wearing a house on your hand?
"Miss, I, I also think it's a bit expensive." Luo Kui knew that Xiao Jiuyue was going to buy the bracelet for Hua Qing as a dowry, but how could she share it with them at any time?
"Compared to these material possessions, you've always stayed by my side and helped me. A bracelet is nothing." Xiao Jiuyue was always generous to those around her. She said, "Since you bought it, then the brothers Jin Wen and Jin Wu, as well as Yu Ge and the others, should also buy something."
"Well, let's give him a house in the suburbs of Beijing." Xiao Jiuyue thought it through after a while. Jin Wen and Jin Wu are all men, so they still need a house, otherwise, how can they marry a wife.
There is a farm on the outskirts of Shengjing, and the houses there are all very nice.
Luo Kui and Dong Gui exchanged a glance, and Luo Kui quickly changed the subject, saying, "Miss, do you think Miss Feng will guess that it was us who used the itching powder? I don't think she will guess. We have no evidence. Besides, this itching powder is so uncomfortable!"
Luo Kui accidentally touched it before and it itched for a long time. The discomfort was like thousands of ants biting her. Since then, she would not touch any of Hua Qing's weird things!
"Of course I can't guess." Dong Gui also told Luo Kui about when she used the itching powder. Luo Kui said seriously, "No wonder you said they couldn't find it."
"Miss, Feng Yan actually did something else." Dong Gui thought for a moment and decided to explain on behalf of her master. "Although the imperial decree granting the marriage hadn't come down, some well-informed sources knew that Feng Yan was initially unhappy with the marriage. He heard that Your Highness knelt all night over it, and so he started to speak sourly."
"Sour words?" Xiao Jiuyue keenly felt that this might not be an ordinary sour word.
"Ahem." Dong Gui cleared her throat and said, "She ordered people to secretly spread rumors, saying that the Third Prince doesn't like women at all, and only likes men, so he doesn't even have a personal maid or a maidservant."
For example, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, when they reached a certain age, they also had maids who shared the same room with them before the Crown Princess and the Queen married into the family.
The prince was relatively well off, with only a princess consort, concubines and a wife. After he had three children, there were rarely any new people entering the prince's mansion.
The Second Prince was different. He had more than a dozen concubines in his house. He also liked famous prostitutes and liked to go to brothels to listen to music. For this, he was often reprimanded by the Emperor. However, the Second Prince said to change in front of him, but behind his back...
"Then, does the Third Prince really like men?" Xiao Jiuyue's eyes were filled with curiosity.
Donggui looked at Xiao Jiuyue with a speechless expression. The master was deeply in love with the eldest lady.
"Probably, they don't like it." Xiao Jiuyue was thinking about the servants around Jun Lie. Not to mention the brothers Guo Yang and Guo Sheng, Lan Feng, Lan Ying and Xue Ren, they all seemed to have nothing but respect for Jun Lie.
"Miss, of course His Highness doesn't like men." Dong Gui was afraid that she might have misunderstood, so she said firmly, "Miss, His Highness actually has a hidden illness and cannot touch other women, otherwise, his body will be covered with rashes."
"Impossible, he touched me before." As soon as Xiao Jiuyue said this, he felt something was weird.
"That's why I said it was other women. Miss is naturally an exception." Dong Gui looked at her with a smile and said, "Miss, His Highness is actually very powerful. Among the princes, His Highness is the least conspicuous, but also the most powerful!"
"Yeah, I see." Xiao Jiuyue automatically ignored Dong Gui's previous words and nodded in agreement. Her eyes sparkled as she said, "Then Feng Yan is going to marry the Second Prince as a concubine. Isn't that going to be something interesting to watch?"
The second prince not only likes beautiful women, he also likes men more!
Feng Yan spread rumors that the third prince liked men. If one day he found out that the second prince was the one who liked men, I wonder what his expression would be?
"Xiao Jiuyue, get out of the car!" An angry shout rang out. Xiao Jiuyue was taking a nap with her eyes closed. Where did this crazy woman come from?
Maybe I didn’t check the almanac before going out today, otherwise, I would have run into Feng Yan when buying a bracelet, and now I’m almost home and I’ve run into a crazy woman!
"The eldest lady is the Crown Prince's Consort of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion." Jin Wen, who was driving the carriage, said in a low voice.
The Crown Prince’s Consort of the Yongchang Marquis’ Mansion, isn’t that Mu Yinqiu?
Xiao Jiuyue checked the name and heard Mu Yinqiu patting the carriage: "Xiao Jiuyue, I know you are in there, come out, come out quickly."
Mu Yinqiu angrily slapped the carriage with such force that he wished he could tear it apart.
Jin Wen held the sword to stop Mu Yinqiu, but he didn't dare to attack. Dong Gui jumped out of the carriage and pulled Mu Yinqiu aside: "Princess, if you need to see my eldest daughter, you can give her a visiting card."
Dong Gui's strength was so great that Mu Yinqiu couldn't get any closer to the carriage. Mu Yinqiu was so angry that he could only shout at the carriage: "Xiao Jiuyue, get out!"
"Miss Mu, long time no see." Xiao Jiuyue straightened her clothes and came out. The moment she saw Mu Yinqiu, she was stunned.
When the Xiao family left and she was stopped by Mu Yinqiu, Mu Yinqiu was so arrogant and spoiled that she almost ignored the Third Prince. But now, in just over three years, Mu Yinqiu is like a flower that is about to wither!
Mu Yinqiu's face was ferocious, her expression no longer full of life, her eyes were crazy yet dull.
"Xiao..." Mu Yinqiu was also stunned. For three and a half years, she had been telling herself that she had married the man she loved as she wished, and that he was more powerful than Xiao Jiuyue. Xiao Jiuyue left Shengjing in disgrace, and who knew where he was going. It was certain that his situation would get worse and worse.
Later, the Xiao family returned to Beijing and was granted the title of Marquis of Cheng'en. Mu Yinqiu thought again that Xiao Jiuyue had suffered for several years and might be just like a country girl. But now the Xiao Jiuyue standing in front of her was radiant and even more beautiful than before, like a blooming peony, graceful and luxurious!