Chapter 126 Wanting's Visit
The prince was very unhappy and turned away.
Hu Xin'er and Mu Qing had no idea about this and did not return to the Lu Mansion until dark.
After marrying into the Lu family, Hu Xiner worked with the housekeeper to help with affairs during the day.
Whenever he had free time, he would go to have tea and chat with Lu's mother, and his life was quite happy.
However, as the future owner of the Lu Mansion, he needs to pay attention to his daily appearance.
Seeing that she had no one to confide in, Mother Lu called two maids over, named Yunqiu and Moyue.
There was also a nanny from the palace who taught her etiquette and how to sort out interpersonal relationships.
That day, Lu's mother sent someone to invite Hu Xin'er over, saying that a distant sister was coming to visit with her daughter.
When Hu Xiner heard this, she immediately understood what was going on. Mother Lu was helping her develop her network of contacts.
But as soon as she entered the door, she opened her eyes slightly.
I saw Lu's mother and an elegant woman in dark blue clothes drinking tea at the top, and the girl sitting below was actually Zhang Wanting!
She had a few pearl hairpins inserted diagonally in her temples, her eyes were bright, her teeth were white, and she was smiling and talking.
When he saw Hu Xiner, there was no surprise in his eyes.
Hu Xiner suppressed her fear and doubt and greeted Lu's mother.
During the conversation, I found out that the husband of my distant sister is actually the brother of my mother's family.
As she spoke, Yun Qiu quietly said, "Young Madam, the eldest princess is here."
The news that the eldest princess and Hu Xin'er had a good relationship had spread throughout the powerful families in the capital. Zhang's mother naturally knew about it, so she was not surprised and just expressed a few words of praise.
Mother Lu said kindly, "Xin'er, then you and Wanting should go for a walk in the back garden. Don't keep the princess waiting for too long."
Zhang Wanting acted out of character. She was so eloquent when she was at the Sun family, but now she didn't even smile with her teeth showing, and her voice was so gentle.
When Hu Xin'er talked to her, she just answered with some trivial questions. After walking a few steps, she said she was tired and sat in the pavilion, looking at the lake and feeling the breeze.
The eldest princess ran over from a distance with her skirt lifted up, and Xiaolan quickly reminded her that there was a stranger in the pavilion.
She braked for a second and walked over with dignity, elegance and grace.
He glanced at Zhang Wanting casually and hooked his finger at Hu Xin'er: "Woman, I advise you not to be ungrateful. Come quickly to greet this princess."
Hu Xin'er walked over and whispered, "This girl is Zhang Wanting. After we met at the Sun family's dinner in town, you were soon found here."
"Do you suspect that she was the one who informed on the secret?" Since the news was anonymous at the time, the eldest princess could not be sure and just looked at Zhang Wanting with suspicion.
Xiaolan reminded her, "Princess, this girl from the Zhang family almost got into a fight with you at Pinhualou just to steal Mr. Lu's paintings."
After returning to the capital, she rarely spoke except at specific times when she played the role of a willful maid.
Hu Xin'er's eyes lit up: "Are there any other clues?"
"I also remembered that Xiaolan still has the note that informed on the matter. Just by looking at the handwriting of Miss Sun, we can know the answer." The eldest princess suggested.
The two of them discussed how to trick Miss Sun into writing.
As they were talking, they had already walked into the pavilion. They stopped discussing and sat down at the stone table.
Zhang Wanting stood up and saluted: "Greetings, Princess."
The eldest princess waved her hand and asked her to go back and sit down.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Hu Xin'er suggested, "I've always heard that Miss Zhang is very talented. Why don't we compete in calligraphy and painting today?"
"That's a good idea," the eldest princess agreed, her lips curled. "Isn't that going to spoil Miss Zhang's fun?"
Zhang Wanting did not refuse. Everyone in the capital knew that the eldest princess was willful and capricious. If they angered her, they would suffer the consequences.
The servants brought over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Hu Xiner casually drew a few strokes, and a koi fish appeared on the paper.
When she walked to the eldest princess, she was speechless.
What is this painting about?
The eldest princess asked proudly, "This is the stick figure from your comic. What do you think? Doesn't my drawing look like it?"
The stick figure had one hand longer than the other, and the princess had drawn a big black circle on his head.
Hu Xin'er complimented him against her will, "As expected of you."
The two of them gathered around Zhang Wanting and saw her slowly painting a lotus pond.
"Such a beautiful lotus pond deserves a poem." The eldest princess wanted to encourage Zhang Wanting to write a poem.
Zhang Wanting remained silent.
"Miss Zhang, what do you think?" The eldest princess' tone now had a hint of questioning.
"The princess's suggestion is very good." Zhang Wanting smiled and filled the entire piece of paper with drawings.
There is no place to write at all.
"You actually tried to fool me on purpose!" The eldest princess was about to explode when Hu Xiner grabbed her hand.
"Princess, please calm down. Although the painting has been accidentally filled up, just sign it in the lower right corner." Hu Xiner played the role of the good guy and induced Zhang Wanting to sign.
Zhang Wanting said in embarrassment: "This is not good. It will ruin the artistic conception of my painting."
"It's just a signature. If that doesn't work, you can write it on the back." Hu Xin'er said with a smile. "Princess, please be patient. I've always heard that Miss Zhang's handwriting is also very good. I haven't seen her poems, but her handwriting is also good."
To those who did not know the truth, these words seemed to be a bit ungrateful, even though Hu Xiner was giving good advice and the princess was being patient.
She sighed helplessly: "No, no, how can you sign on the back?"
In short, she just makes all kinds of excuses.
If soft tactics don’t work, then we have to use hard tactics!
The eldest princess slammed the table and said, "Well, I think you two are in collusion and are deliberately trying to offend me!"
Hu Xin'er said in panic: "No, no, Princess, you misunderstood."
The eldest princess sneered: "Oh? Miss Zhang, do you think it's a misunderstanding?"
Zhang Wanting nodded naturally: "Princess, who dares to offend you?"
"Okay, then bring two new pieces of paper and each of you write a calligraphy for me!" The eldest princess took the opportunity to make a request.
Hu Xin'er had of course already made a secret agreement with her in advance, and now she advised with some embarrassment, "Miss Zhang, I don't know why you're being so stubborn, but please write it anyway."
Zhang Wanting gritted her teeth and stood there with a cold look in her eyes.
"What? Miss Zhang's calligraphy is so precious, even I, the eldest princess, can't see it?" The eldest princess walked up to her arrogantly.
Zhang Wanting naturally did not dare to disobey the princess's order.
She slowly picked up the brush, with a hint of cruelty in her eyes.
When the eldest princess realized something was wrong and wanted to stop it, it was too late.
Zhang Wanting cried out in pain, having actually injured her wrist by hitting the table.
Just at this moment, Lu's mother and Zhang Wanting's mother came, and the eldest princess and Hu Xin'er had to give up.
However, it is certain that Zhang Wanting was most likely responsible for this incident, but no one knows what her purpose was in informing the princess at that time.
If it is for profit, why not leave your name? But if not for money, what else can you want?
Hu Xin'er was puzzled.
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