Chapter 191 Reunion with Princess Jiaoyang
Min Qiao went out for a stroll and went to the Duke of Jin's mansion. Unexpectedly, she met Princess Jiaoyang, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, at the Duke of Jin's mansion.
"I didn't expect Princess Jiaoyang to be here as well."
Madam Zheng is much better now. She has gained some weight, her complexion is rosy, and she is much more energetic.
However, Madam Min knew that Madam Zheng's health was still very weak, and she would need long-term medicinal diet therapy to fully recover.
When Madam Zheng was surprised to see Min Qiaoshi's sudden visit, she was not at all surprised, but rather overjoyed.
Upon hearing her mention Princess Jiaoyang, she quickly replied, "The Seventh Princess arrived early this morning and plans to have lunch before returning."
"You've come at the right time. Stay and have lunch with the Seventh Princess later."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony," Madam Min Qiao readily agreed.
Madam Min Qiao greeted Li Sanqi with a smile, "Princess Jiaoyang, it's been a long time. How have you been?"
Li Sanqi, with a long face, glared angrily at Madam Min Qiao, "Is Madam Qiao mocking me?"
Madam Min Qiao was taken aback. "Why does the princess say that?"
Li Sanqi sneered, "My title was stripped by my father long ago. Doesn't Madam Qiao know that?"
Madam Min choked, to be honest, she had really forgotten about it.
Compared to Madam Zheng's poisoning, Li Sanqi's loss of her title was something she genuinely didn't care about.
Upon hearing Li Sanqi's words, Madam Min Qiao quickly apologized, "Princess, please forgive me. I have only recently returned from Jiangnan and am still unfamiliar with many things in the capital. I did not mean it just now, please forgive me, Seventh Princess."
Li Sanqi sneered, "That's right. You've just returned to the capital, and you've been busy detoxifying Madam Zheng, dealing with the servants of the Marquis's mansion, and these days you've also been busy fighting a lawsuit with your future grandson-in-law. Aren't you very busy?"
At this point, Li Sanqi covered his mouth and chuckled, "I wonder if Madam Qiao's future eldest granddaughter's husband will become her second granddaughter's husband in the future!"
That's a very unpleasant thing to say.
Everyone knows that once the affair between Tang Yunxiu and Min Yuerui came to light, it was a dead end. The two sides were now locked in a fight to the death.
But Li Sanqi said those things, which were full of sarcasm.
Seeing this, Madam Zheng quickly scolded Li Sanqi in a reproachful tone before Madam Min could speak, "Weren't you just talking about Madam Qiao a moment ago? Why are you making jokes instead of having a proper conversation now that you've met her?"
Then he said to Madam Min, "Come quickly and tell the Seventh Princess about the interesting things you did in Jiangnan. Just now the Seventh Princess was envious that you were able to travel to Jiangnan."
Li Sanqi glared at Madam Zheng with some embarrassment and annoyance, and retorted irritably, "Why would I envy you? I'm not envious at all! The world is so vast, where can I find anything as prosperous as the capital? Why would I envy you?"
"Alright, alright, you're not envious?" Madam Zheng said with a smile, trying to smooth things over.
However, Min Qiaoshi, having been given a second chance at life, had no intention of compromising herself.
So, ignoring Madam Zheng's good intentions, he smiled and asked Li Sanqi, "Why does the Seventh Princess harbor such resentment towards me?"
"I remember the last time I saw the Seventh Princess before I left the capital, she took the initiative to visit the Marquis of Xuanping's residence and was very friendly to me. How come she turned her back on me after just a few months?"
Madam Zheng's lips twitched. Good heavens, wasn't that a bit too blunt?
That girl is a princess, after all. To ask her so bluntly, how can she change her attitude so quickly? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Li Sanqi's already long face became even more unpleasant.
She glared angrily at Madam Min, and was about to speak when she thought for a moment and then ordered, "Everyone, leave. I want to have a private chat with Madam Zheng and Madam Qiao. No one is allowed to disturb us without my permission."
Madam Zheng and Madam Min exchanged a glance and then winked at their maids.
Soon, all the servants in the room followed the lady-in-waiting beside the Seventh Princess out of the room.
After everyone left, Li Sanqi glared at Madam Min Qiao with annoyance and said sarcastically, "Is Madam Qiao so clever that I really have to say what I want to say?"
Madam Min Qiao was taken aback. "Please enlighten me, Seventh Princess."
Li Sanqi sneered, "When I visited your residence, I clearly expressed my feelings for the Earl of Enping."
"I treated the Grand Madam with complete honesty. And how did she treat me in return?"
"Your third young lady from the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion, the third granddaughter personally adopted by your Madam Qiao, has suddenly become the Earl of Enping's fiancée!"
"Heh, when I visited Madam Qiao, your third granddaughter had already accepted her, hadn't she?"
"I guess you recognized her because of the Earl of Enping, right?"
"Otherwise, how could a blind orphan girl from Enping County have caught the eye of Madam Qiao and been adopted as her goddaughter?"
"Since you already knew back then that the Earl of Enping was fond of Su Rongrong, why did you keep it from me?"
Madam Min choked, realizing that this was indeed her fault.
At the time, she was only thinking that it was none of her business, so she didn't say anything, let alone remind Li Sanqi.
Seeing that Min Qiaoshi remained silent, Li Sanqi continued, "I don't blame the Earl of Enping for having someone he loves! I only blame you for not even giving me a hint or a slight reminder. You let me pester the Earl of Enping first, and then shamelessly proposed marriage to him later."
"When I was ridiculed by everyone in the capital, didn't Madam Zheng bear any responsibility? Didn't she feel any guilt?"
Min Qiaoshi's lips twitched. Was it she who told her to pester the Earl of Enping? Was it she who told her to ask Emperor Xiaozhao for marriage?
She did everything herself, so how did it all end up being her fault?
"Doesn't what the princess is saying sound a bit like sophistry and an attempt to frame someone?"
However, Li Sanqi didn't dare to say anything to Min Qiaoshi and continued to speak to himself, "There's more!"
"Why should I be forced to accept a man that your eldest daughter of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion doesn't want?"
"Why should Lu Ming, who was rejected by Min Yuexi, become my son-in-law?"
Madam Min looked at Madam Zheng in astonishment. Madam Zheng gave her a wry smile, shrugged, and made a helpless expression.
After thinking for a while, Madam Min Qiao couldn't find anything to say, so she could only offer a dry consolation: "Lu Ming is still a top scholar, no matter what."
"Didn't you see that after my eldest granddaughter broke off her engagement with Lu Ming, she only arranged for her to marry a second-class Jinshi who was even less capable than Lu Ming?"
"Moreover, this Tang Yunxiu is of questionable character, and he's been suing our household these days."
"Does that make the princess feel a bit better?"
What Li Sanqi thought were words of comfort only fueled his rage.
Her eyes were bloodshot as she glared at Madam Min, her voice hoarse with resentment as she questioned, "Why can Min Yuexi break off her engagement with Tang Yunxiu just because she doesn't like him?!"
"I am the only legitimate princess of the Great Yan Dynasty, yet I cannot even break off my engagement?"
"On what grounds?"
"I don't like Lu Ming, I don't want to marry him, why are you forcing me?"
As Li Sanqi spoke, he finally couldn't help but cover his face and weep.
"Why won't my father let me marry the person I love? Why did my elder brother, the Crown Prince, ask the Emperor to betroth me to Lu Ming? Why, despite all I've done, does the Emperor still refuse to let me annul the engagement?"
Why is that?
Li Sanqi's complaints continued.
However, an interesting idea began to grow uncontrollably in Min Qiao's mind.
This made her gaze towards Li Sanqi become even more intense.
...
Mini-theater:
Li Sanqi: Sanqi? A Chinese medicinal herb?
End of winter month: No! Your eldest sister, who died young, was the third child, and you were the seventh. Therefore, your name is Sanqi (三七).
Li Sanqi: o(╯□╰)o
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