Chapter 699 No Blood Relationship
"I was planning on welcoming you, but I got so excited I just opened another one." The Queen no longer had her elegant demeanor. Her eyes sparkled as she fumbled with the cards, then she said, "Since we've already done the formalities, you can go. Thank you for your hard work on this journey!"
After walking out of the palace, Hu Xin'er said in a confused tone, "Your mother is really..."
She thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable adjective.
The eldest princess explained, "Actually, the Queen is ill, and the concubines in the palace are supposed to be attending to her. If only three concubines had come over, they could have set up a table with the Queen Mother. And today, the popular Concubine Li—the one who runs the mahjong parlor in her own palace—happily happened to be here, so everyone came. Normally, it's not this lively every day."
Hu Xin'er reluctantly accepted her explanation: "Then what should we do next..."
Just as they were about to leave, they heard hurried footsteps behind them: "Sister, Xin'er sister!"
Hu Xin'er turned around with some confusion, and her expression became dazed.
It turned out that the person running towards her was Concubine Xuan!
Xuanpin was wearing a goose yellow rabbit fur jacket and a horse-faced skirt today, and her smile was particularly bright: "Sister Xin'er, you are finally back."
"She has severed ties with the Liu family." The eldest princess didn't know the person in front of her very well. She only vaguely remembered that she was a concubine of the Liu family, so she spoke directly and bluntly.
Xuanpin nodded: "I know, but I am Yan Chuo's sister, not from the Liu family's main branch, so please rest assured, princesses, I have no bad intentions."
Back then, it was Xuanpin who discovered the birthmark on Hu Xiner's body, which led to the dispute between her and the Liu family.
She had a good impression of Concubine Xuan, so she smiled politely when she heard the words: "Concubine Xuan is looking for us, is there something wrong?"
Xuanpin wrinkled her nose: "Why are you still calling me Xuanpin Niangniang? It's strange. You can just call me Sister Xuan."
Since she was Liu Yanchuo's sister, Hu Xin'er didn't resist much: "Sister Xuan, how are Yanchuo and the others doing now?"
Xuanpin took their hands and said, "Let's go to my palace and talk. We'll be accused of disturbing them playing mahjong later."
Xuanpin's palace is not big. Because His Majesty has neglected the harem for many years, there is no distinction between honor and favor in the harem. Everyone uses the same things. They patch up the old ones and repair the broken ones.
At most, those who are wealthy at home will ask someone to send some money and things.
There wasn't much else in Xuanpin's house except for a lot of calligraphy and paintings, so there were many calligraphy and paintings hanging in her palace, and an unfinished calligraphy piece on the table.
"Go and light up the silver charcoal." She instructed the palace maids.
Silver charcoal is one of the best charcoals in the palace. Every ordinary concubine can only get a small basket, which is not enough.
She held Hu Xin'er's hand, her attitude still as cordial as ever: "After you left, my father and Yan Chuo were given important positions. They often come in during curfew to tell me about the latest situation outside. I also know that you have broken up with the first wife."
She looked approving, "You did such a great job that my father completely separated from the family."
From now on, each of us will go our separate ways.
Hu Xiner thought of the difficult woman in the Liu family and couldn't help but frown: "Will Old Madam Liu and the others agree to your separation?"
"Why would they agree to it?" Xuanpin asked. "They simply don't want to support the old master themselves, so they're unwilling. Now that the old master is bedridden and unable to walk, my father can just take him in to take care of him. It's just a matter of hiring more maids and servants."
Hu Xin'er nodded thoughtfully, "Since the old man is already ill, it would be wise to cut ties with those vampires as soon as possible.
"Thanks to you, Yan Chuo is finally on the right track," Xuanpin said with a hint of gratitude. "He's now serving in the imperial court. Although his rank isn't high, it's a good position. He was recently named one of the Four Young Masters of the Capital, which is really a great honor for our family!"
Hu Xiner noticed that although the concubines in the Queen's Palace were playing around, the delicate makeup on their faces did not fade at all. This clearly proved that as the eldest princess said, the aesthetic trend of this era has changed.
Under such circumstances, even if Liu Yanchuo is not good-looking, he will definitely find his own happiness.
After all, among hundreds or thousands of people, it is impossible that there is not a single one he likes.
After coming out of Xuanpin's place, it was almost time for lunch. The two of them walked towards Yime Pavilion while talking.
"Speaking of which, when can we go back to the Lu Mansion?" Hu Xiner suddenly thought of something.
She looked at the eldest princess and said, "You don't intend to keep me locked up in the palace forever, do you?"
The eldest princess nodded confidently: "Don't you want to stay with me forever?"
Hu Xin'er held her forehead. What was she doing here? Was she eavesdropping on her every day?
She didn't believe that the princess would leave after just listening to one sentence.
Fortunately, I was unable to work yesterday due to health reasons, otherwise, wouldn't everything be exposed to others' ears?
Oh my god, it’s scary to think about it.
Moreover, there is an even more important reason.
Hu Xin'er said seriously, "I need to buy another house in the capital. Can you help me find one?"
"Why are you looking for one?" The princess asked curiously, "Don't you already have the Lu family? And even if you don't want to stay at the Lu family, you can stay at my Princess's Mansion."
Hu Xin'er said solemnly, "We're already planning to burn down the Lu family's signboard. From now on, Mu Qing and I will just be the owners of Mu Xin Comics Shop. We're no longer members of the Lu family, but members of the Mu family."
"Why do you want to do this?" The eldest princess was puzzled. "The princess's enthronement ceremony is about to take place. Father originally planned to assign you and me to the same courtyard, but I have another courtyard next to it. It's where the princess of the previous dynasty lived. If you mind, you can live in the other one."
Hu Xin'er looked at her scrutinizingly: "The enthronement ceremony, why didn't I know about this?"
She reiterated, "There's no way I'd follow you in any canonization ceremony. Mu Qing and I aren't anyone's princess or consort. We're just two ordinary people."
She really didn't like the eldest princess's behavior of acting first and reporting later.
The eldest princess was a little puzzled: "But everything is ready..."
"That was prepared by you guys, it has nothing to do with me." Hu Xiner couldn't help but rub her brow. "If you want to be canonized, then go ahead."
She said seriously, "Yue'er, I'm not the original Hu Xin'er, nor am I your biological sister. I just swapped bodies with her..."
Nangong Yue nodded: "It doesn't matter. If she comes back, I will recognize both of you as my father's adopted daughters."
Is there such a thing? Hu Xiner couldn't help but ask, "But I have no blood relationship with you."
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