Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Affair
Guo Luoluo was extremely worried: "Xian'er, even if you cancel the engagement, you can only marry in silence and swallow your hatred."
"This person must be fatherless, motherless, and without family constraints. He doesn't need to worry about being retaliated by the Fourth Prince. He is not allowed to serve as an official in the court, and he must not fear power."
"Such a person is either a hermit sage or a mediocre peddler, a waste. How dare you entrust your life to him?" Guo Luoluo sighed.
"Let's talk about it later. Let's find a way to cancel the engagement first."
Chu Xian had already anticipated that her life would not have a good ending. If she insisted on breaking off the engagement and offending the royal family, who would dare to marry her? She was prepared to remain single for the rest of her life.
But if she doesn't marry, it will definitely affect the reputation of the women of the Ulanara clan. Anyone who dares to marry a woman from the Ulanara clan will be criticized by the clan members.
Even if she was lucky enough to marry a good man, the Fourth Prince would never let her have a good end.
Chu Xian frowned in pain. Whether she canceled the engagement or not, she was faced with a dilemma and no solution.
What she could do now was to cancel the engagement as soon as possible and reduce the Fourth Prince's resentment towards her and her father, so as to prevent the Fourth Prince from ascending the throne as Emperor Yongzheng and uprooting the entire Ulanara family.
In the midst of the chaos, a tall and graceful figure emerged in Chu Xian's mind. That person seemed to be an orphan with no relatives to rely on.
"Xian'er, why are you blushing? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Guo Luoluo was so angry that she cursed Yinsi and the Fourth Prince again in her heart. Xian'er had never been so frightened and lost her mind before. She was so distraught and pitiful.
"Ah? It's hot in the carriage." Chu Xian covered her burning cheeks tightly.
"Miss, the Eighth Master's carriage has been following behind for a long time." Sui Qing's voice came from the shaft of the carriage.
"Wan Ning, you must not get angry with Master Ba over my affairs. It's not worth it. The sun is scorching and Master Ba will get a heatstroke." Chu Xian forced a smile and jokingly stretched out her arm to nudge Wan Ning.
"Tell him to get out. I don't want to see him for a month. Humph."
Guo Luoluo raised her hand, grabbed the glass pony that the man had placed on the low table in her carriage and threw it out of the window.
Caught off guard, my wrist was gripped tightly.
"Wan'er, I have something to tell you." The gentle and soft voice of the Eighth Master suddenly came.
Chu Xian nodded at Wan Ning and raised her hand to open the curtain of the carriage.
"Wan Ning, I still need to go to the cloth shop to look at embroidery patterns. I can't accompany you today."
"Xian'er, wait a minute. There are some leather materials from the autumn hunt in the back of the carriage. Take them back. Also, take this."
"What is it?"
Chu Xian's eyes fell on the silver-blue silk cloth with Baoxiang pattern. She felt that it looked familiar. When she was about to open the silk cloth to find out what was inside, Wan Ning held the back of her hand.
"Don't open it here. These are the books and bronze figures I took from your room last time. Take them back quickly."
Wan Ning's eyes kept squinting towards the window. Chu Xian understood and took the silk bundle.
Sui Qing helped her out of the carriage. When she turned around, the Eighth Master had already leaned over impatiently and reached into Wan Ning's carriage.
There was no time to say goodbye to Wan Ning. The carriage passed by her side and she could faintly hear Wan Ning's suppressed coquettish voice.
Chu Xian smiled, glad that her personal affairs did not affect Wan Ning and the Eighth Master.
Returning to the carriage, she threw her bag on the low table, raised her head and rubbed her face tiredly.
Sui Qing opened the curtain and entered, complaining angrily, "How ridiculous! The young lady hasn't been in the capital for a few days, and yet they've fabricated all that nonsense, making it sound like they saw it with their own eyes while hiding under the young lady's bed."
"Tell me what's going on?"
Chu Xian had become numb to the many vulgar rumors about her. At this moment, she could even pour herself a cup of tea and listen to Sui Qing's chatter calmly.
"Humph! They say the girl sent people to exploit and abuse the refugees at Tanzhe Temple, and they couldn't tolerate beautiful women with good complexions, and had people smear black mud on their faces and tease them."
"They also said that the girl was secretly hanging out with the brothel's madam and the servants, colluding with each other to force her into prostitution."
"How could anyone believe this nonsense?"
"Anything else?" Chu Xian handed the peeled five-spice peanuts to Sui Qing.
At the same time, in the residence of Prince Ganxi in the Forbidden City, Su Peisheng's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly for a rare moment.
"It's being rumored that Miss Nala has sent people to harm the refugees from Tanzhe Temple, forcing them to work as laborers for her farm without even receiving any wages."
Yinzhen stopped writing and looked at his cousin Tong Jia thoughtfully.
He hated everything about the Nara family and never took the initiative to investigate, as he considered everything he heard to be bad luck.
The only way for him to understand what Nara had done was through the few words his cousin Tong Jia said to her.
"Miss, I've heard that the Nara clan is so cruel that they can't tolerate the beautiful refugees with good looks, and they even let people smear black mud on their faces to tease them."
Qingshuang, the little maid behind Tong Jia, angrily accused Nara of all her bad deeds.
"She secretly consorted with the brothel's madam, forcing women of good character into prostitution. She and the madam split the spoils unevenly, and even viciously had the madam's legs broken."
Su Peisheng frowned when he heard this and quickly lowered his head.
If he had not been an eyewitness and knew the truth about Tanzhe Temple, he would have joined the servants around Miss Tong San in cursing Nara to vent his anger, just like he did before.
"How dare you! Qingshuang, how dare you gossip about something you heard from others in front of your fourth cousin?"
Tong Jia scolded the servants in a soft voice.
Although Tong Jia's face was gentle and understanding, she was wondering in her heart why her cousin was indifferent after hearing about Nara's crimes today?
If it were in the past, my cousin would have frowned and would have been unwilling to listen any further out of boredom.
Su Peisheng smiled but said nothing. Only today did he realize that Miss Tong San was a wonderful person. She had used me to slander the Nara family and made them worthless. Now she was hypocritically scolding me.
"Fourth cousin, although the rumors are not entirely true, there is always evidence of rumors. Since the rumors are being spread all over the capital, perhaps they are true. Do you want me to give Nala a few words and ask her to keep a low profile?"
“No need.”
Yinzhen declined politely, but his cousin Tong Jia did not hide her feelings for him at all, which were all hidden in her affectionate eyes.
If his attitude towards Nara was one of disgust, his attitude towards his cousin was one of annoyance.
"Cousin, it's getting late. I still need to deal with the memorials sent from Yuqing Palace."
Tong Jia's smile disappeared, and she choked up and said, "Cousin, the wedding is coming soon, are you really willing to marry her?"
Yinzhen put down the memorial, his eyes calm, "Su Xin, you must understand that even if I break off the engagement with Nara, you will always be my cousin."
"I only feel that I am your cousin, not a romantic relationship."
"Cousin! What kind of woman do you like? Tell me, I'll change. I can definitely become the type you like. Instead of marrying someone whose background you don't know, why not choose me? What's wrong with me?"
Tong Jia was about to cry, her eyes tearing up.
Yinzhen frowned. What kind of woman does he like?
He had never thought about this question. To him, women were only tools to relieve his stress and continue his offspring, no different from others.
After thinking about it carefully, he found that he couldn't describe what kind of woman he liked.
But the woman he liked was definitely not a domineering and vicious person like Nara, nor was she a girl from the Tong family who would attract attention because of her size.
Being born to the Tong family is my cousin’s only fault.
The Tong family is the mother family of the emperor. They have a complex network of power in the court and their voices are everywhere. They are known as the Tong half of the court, and the Tong family is even more like the home of the Phoenix Nest.
The princess consort chosen by Khan Ama for the crown prince was only the daughter of the commander of the Han army of the Plain White Banner and the third-class Bo Guarja Wenbing.
If he married the daughter of the Tong family, a prominent relative of the emperor, the Khan and the crown prince would certainly be wary and suspect that he was trying to seize the throne.
Even if he endured the disgust and married the vicious woman Nara, he would never dig his own grave by marrying a woman from the Tong family.
Seeing his cousin start to cry again, Yinzhen suppressed his impatience and said, "It's getting late, Su Peisheng, send someone to take my cousin back home."
"Cousin..." Tong Jia wanted to ask more, but her cousin walked away with a cold face.
Su Peisheng was overwhelmed after seeing off Miss Tong San. Then he received a message from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, inviting the Fourth Prince to move to the Fanhua Tower in the Forbidden City at 5:00 p.m. today to observe the Laughing Buddha.
Su Peisheng immediately looked worried. Normally, the prince should go to the Fanhua Tower to observe the Laughing Buddha after ejaculating.
However, the Fourth Prince was extremely indifferent to the matter. The servants had mentioned it several times, both openly and covertly, but he always made excuses and refused to go.
Last year, the Fourth Prince had two delicate concubines who were well versed in the affairs of men and women to serve him, but he never went to their rooms.
Su Peisheng scratched his head. He was also quite curious about what type of women the Fourth Prince liked so that he could ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs for someone similar.
"Brother Su, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that if we can't get the Fourth Prince to go to Fanhua Tower, we'll ask the Empress Defei for permission. Then we'll all be in trouble."
The young eunuch Enpu shrank his neck and reminded tremblingly.
Upon hearing the words "Empress Defei", Su Peisheng ran to look for the Fourth Prince like a dog chasing a rabbit.
Su Peisheng and a group of servants pleaded with tears in their eyes. The Fourth Prince had a cold expression but a warm heart. He knew that the master would never watch the servants being punished.
Yinzhen was annoyed by the noise made by that bastard Su Peisheng, and went to Fanhua Tower with a gloomy face.
As soon as Su Peisheng followed the Fourth Prince into Fanhua Tower, he was dragged into a side hall by the nanny from the Jingshifang.
When I looked up, I saw more than a dozen palace maids hiding in the side hall.
Su Peisheng immediately took two steps back: "Hey, Madam Cui, why is there such a big scene?"
"Eunuch Su, Steward Su, please help me. The Fourth Prince has high standards, and I'm not sure what kind of maid he likes. I beg you to help me pick out two, or even four."
"As long as you can help the Fourth Prince succeed with them today, you will be my great benefactor."
Su Peisheng looked embarrassed. After the prince ejaculated, the Jingshifang would select several older palace maids to introduce him to love.
Unlike Li Gege and Song Gege in the prince's residence, the palace maids who were being enlightened had to be dignified but not outstanding in appearance, in order to prevent the prince from being deceived, indulging in love, and harming his health.
Even if the maidservant serves the prince well, she will be discarded after being used and will never have the chance to stay with the prince.
Once the prince succeeds, the Jingshifang will immediately send them away. There are almost no enlightened palace maids who can seduce the prince and keep him employed because of a one-day romance.
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