Chapter 325 Do you know that Song Mingyuan is married?
Lian Xin opened the door and saw Bai Miaoyun standing at the door with her chin held high. She said, "Third Miss, my eldest daughter is waiting for you."
"Lianxin, I am the prince's concubine now, you have to call me 'Empress'." Bai Miaoyun's eyes flashed slightly, and she looked at Lianxin with a smile.
When she walked into the box and saw Xiao Jiuyue sitting at the dining table, she was wearing an ordinary cotton coat and her hair was tied up with a plain hairpin, as plain as a nun in a nunnery. However, when she met those phoenix eyes, Bai Miaoyun thought of the eldest daughter of the Xiao family who always made her feel inferior.
"Princess Bai, please sit down." Lianxin walked forward, pulled the stool and spoke.
The call of "Concubine Bai" reminded Bai Miaoyun that she was just a concubine.
Bai Miaojun glanced at Lian Xin coldly, then sat down directly. She reached out to pull Xiao Jiuyue's hand, but Xiao Jiuyue dodged her. Bai Miaojun smiled and said, "Cousin, it's great to see you."
Bai Miaojun pretended not to notice Xiao Jiuyue's displeasure. She continued, "Cousin, I'm sorry. When the Xiao family was in trouble, we wanted to see you off, but you left in such a hurry. We don't even know where you went."
Bai Miaoyun apologized, but there was no apology in her eyes.
"From the confiscation of property to exile, and finally until the Xiao family left Shengjing, it took a full three days." Xiao Jiuyue laughed sarcastically. In her memory, this Bai Miaoyun had always been cold and hostile to her. She thought it was just a girl's jealousy. Now it seems... her father loved her in vain.
Bai Miaoyun's face changed, and she raised her hand, wiping the unfounded tears from her eyes with a handkerchief. She sighed and said, "Cousin, you misunderstood. My father went out on an errand and hasn't returned yet. My mother, my brother, and I went to the temple to pray for him and his family. By the time we found out, you had already left Shengjing!"
"Cousin, is Grandma okay? Mother is worried about Grandma's health at home day and night." Bai Miaoyun said this with a sincere heart. She covered her chest with her hands, looking very painful and said, "Cousin, when I married His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I really hoped you could come!"
When talking about 'His Royal Highness the Crown Prince', Bai Miaoyun's voice rose several tones, and her words were full of pride that could not be concealed.
When Sheng Jing wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, the matchmaker almost broke down the door of the Xiao family. In the end, it was the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion that arranged the marriage in a grand manner and promised never to take a concubine, which made the Xiao family give in.
At that time, she was extremely envious. If this was an ordinary man, she would naturally think that he was spineless, but this was the eldest son of Yongchang Marquis's Mansion, Song Mingyuan.
When others relied on nepotism to inherit the title, Song Mingyuan passed the imperial examination with his own ability. Song Mingyuan was well-mannered and gentle as jade. As long as Xiao Jiuyue married him, she would become the Crown Princess of Yongchang Marquis's Mansion.
But now...
Bai Miaojun lowered her eyes, hiding the gloating in them. She said with regret, "Don't worry, cousin. Even if you're angry that we didn't send you away from Shengjing, I will speak well of you in front of His Highness and the Emperor. Then the Xiao family will be safe."
"Xiao family?" Xiao Jiuyue's lips were filled with a hint of sarcasm. She asked, "Before, you always called me uncle, and I was closer to you than your own daughter."
"Don't be angry, cousin. I'm just worried about my uncle and the others. I've been speaking well of His Highness. He's the Crown Prince, and Father will listen to him."
Bai Miaoyun emphasized the pronunciation of the two words "father emperor".
Her smile was too small to reach her eyes. Seeing the sarcasm on Xiao Jiuyue's lips, she secretly felt happy: So what if she's the eldest daughter of the Xiao family? So what if she's pretty? Now she's just a helpless woman whose engagement was broken off, while she will soon be the future empress!
"Come to think of it, now that I live in the East Palace, I have more opportunities to see my father. Cousin, please wait a minute, I will definitely say a few good words for my uncle and others." After Bai Miaojun finished speaking, she straightened her back and waited for Xiao Jiuyue to curry favor with her. She wanted to see how the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, who was once high and mighty, would beg her.
Lianxin stood beside Xiao Jiuyue, listening to Bai Miaojun saying "Your Highness the Crown Prince" on the left and "Father" on the right, and also saying that she would speak well of the Xiao family. Wasn't she just trying to get the eldest lady to beg her?
Why does she have the right?
Lianxin lowered her eyes, and her hands hidden in her sleeves almost pinched into her flesh. Second aunt's family, including second uncle, always had to be cleaned up by the master.
Not to mention my cousin, who comes to the Xiao family every year, saying she is staying for a short time, but ends up staying for half a year. She acts like a young lady in the Xiao family, and the master treats her like his own daughter. Everything that the young ladies in the mansion have, my cousin has too.
"Since you are so willing to help the Xiao family, if my father knew, he would definitely think that you are a grateful person." Xiao Jiuyue's words were like a soft knife, directly stabbing Bai Miaoyun's heart.
This, this unwillingness to help the Xiao family, means that she is an ungrateful person who repays kindness with enmity?
Xiao Jiuyue didn't care what Bai Miaoyun was thinking. She continued to ask, "As far as I remember, Mr. Bai's job in the capital was just a minor one. How could he possibly have to leave the capital to do this?"
There was suspicion in Xiao Jiuyue's eyes. She stared at Bai Miaoyun, as if asking, why didn't you come when something happened to the Xiao family!
"My father works in the Buddhist Affairs Office and has to inspect Buddhist temples everywhere. How come he doesn't have to go out of the capital to do his job?" Bai Miaoyun answered casually. Is Xiao Jiuyue stupid? Why is he asking about my father?
"Oh, I see." Xiao Jiuyue nodded slightly and said, "What a coincidence."
"Cousin, although my father is not a high-ranking official, he has devoted himself to the court. But did my uncle really embezzle the 800,000 taels of disaster relief silver? That much silver? I'm afraid my uncle won't be able to spend it all in several lifetimes, right?" Bai Miaojun looked at Xiao Jiuyue curiously. 800,000 taels of silver! This is really a huge sum of money.
"Bai Miaoyun!" Xiao Jiuyue interrupted her, calling her by her full name. Her eyes instantly turned cold. "My father is innocent. He has never taken a single cent that he shouldn't have!"
Her eyes were as cold as ten thousand years of ice, and Bai Miaojun shuddered uncontrollably. She stood up, pointed at Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Cousin, what's the point of yelling at me? Do you have the ability to convince the emperor? Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't have confiscated the Xiao family's property and exiled them."
Xiao Jiuyue looked at her steadily without saying a word.
Bai Miaojun felt even more guilty. She said, "Cousin, I know you're worried about the Xiao family, but there's no point in being anxious. You can't produce any evidence. Not only will the emperor not believe you, but even His Highness will have a hard time believing you. Cousin, I want to speak up for the Xiao family, but I... am also in a difficult position."
Bai Miaoyun had been waiting, waiting for Xiao Jiuyue to beg her, but unfortunately, after waiting for so long, all she got was one sentence from Xiao Jiuyue: "When you return to Shengjing, please tell your mother a message for me: Do you feel guilty?"
"Xiao Jiuyue, I've already explained it. We didn't mean to not come." Bai Miaojun sighed, spread her hands, and looked helpless. She changed the subject and asked, "Did you know that Song Mingyuan got married?"
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