Chapter 30: The Marquis's Adopted Daughter and the Cold Prince 2
"A noblewoman from a noble family should be respectful and polite, and learn elegant arts."
"The Marquis's Mansion invited a female teacher to teach the two young ladies these things, to prevent them from making mistakes and causing jokes at the nobles' banquets in the future."
In Tingyuxuan, the old lady specially sent her personal maid, Nanny Xing, to give guidance and training.
It was still daybreak. Shen Chi Su stood there, sleepy-eyed, listlessly listening, without any response.
Cha Jiu, on the other hand, had already washed her face with cold water and was now refreshed. Her makeup and clothes were neat and tidy, making her look impeccable.
Nanny Xing took note of it secretly and began to give it some thought.
The place of study was Zhilan Garden. When Cha Jiu left the yard, he happened to meet Ning Changting who was preparing to go to court.
Ning Changting was dressed in a scarlet court robe, with a gold-plated leather belt around her waist and her hair tied up neatly, without a single detail being meticulous. Her face looked even more aloof and unapproachable.
Cha Jiu bowed to him and smiled: "Brother Changting, good morning."
Ning Changting stopped and bowed slightly to her.
This was the first time in such a long time that he heard this stepsister, with whom he was not close, greet him.
Shen Chi Su was somewhat reluctant, so she had to follow Cha Jiu in paying her respects.
Who knew that before she even fell asleep, Ning Changting turned around and left.
It was as if he didn't even see her.
I don't care whether she greets me or not.
Shen Chi Su felt embarrassed and could only complain to her sister quietly: "Why are you being so polite when things are going well?"
Cha Jiu was stunned and said, "When you meet the elders in the family, you have to bow and greet your father and brothers when they go to court. Aren't these all etiquette?"
Shen Chisu scolded her: "You are so pedantic! Why should a family have so many red tape? A family should be casual and friendly, not suffocating people with a bunch of useless rules."
Cha Jiu was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether this sister was so-called straightforward or stupid.
She reminded him tactfully: "Sister, we are in the Marquis' Mansion, so we should follow the rules of the Marquis' Mansion instead of criticizing the ancestral rules that have been used by others for hundreds of years."
Shen Chi Su sighed, feeling that she was talking nonsense to a cow: "Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. In my opinion, these rules are just a way for the noble families to distinguish themselves from the common people. They are just self-righteous."
Cha Jiu looked at Nanny Xing who was walking in front and made a gesture to her sister to keep quiet.
Shen Chi Su thought he spoke softly.
In fact, Nanny Xing listened to every word of the conversation between the two.
Her impression of Shen Chi Su became even worse.
The Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion is a century-old noble family. The rules and regulations of the men and women in the family are so well-behaved that even if you were to talk about them throughout Shengjing, everyone would praise them.
How come in Shen Chi Su's mouth, it is just a pretense of being noble?
Even if such a person really becomes the young lady of the Marquis's mansion in the future, can she manage the Marquis's mansion well?
Nanny Xing shook her head slightly.
The female teacher who teaches etiquette skills was waiting at Zhilan Garden early. Today's topic is learning flower arrangement.
"The matching of flowers is also a science. It is recorded in books that flowers have their own orders, just like the concubines in the palace..."
The female teacher taught him everything she knew, but Shen Chisu's eyelids felt heavy and he kept dozing off.
Cha Jiu, on the other hand, was very interested in what he heard.
Normally, when doing missions in the Lord God's world, one would be in and out of the fray of swords and sabers, and there would be few such poetic and peaceful moments.
This was her first time learning about flower arrangement.
Thinking of Ning Changting who was like a mute person, Cha Jiu suddenly had an idea.
"Teacher, if I'm giving a flower arrangement to a man, what theme and combination should I choose?" Cha Jiu asked.
The teacher was surprised.
She thought that Miss Yanshu was just listening casually and was done with it.
I didn't expect that he actually listened to the class seriously.
The female teacher was quite happy and tried harder to explain.
"The Dragon Boat Festival is coming. You can pick some seasonal flowers, such as daylilies, hollyhocks, dragon boat flowers, etc., and choose five of them to make flower arrangements. We call them the five auspicious flowers, which are meant to ward off evil and avoid poison."
Cha Jiu clapped his hands and chuckled: "Very good, then I will try this five auspicious flowers."
Finally, she carefully selected five kinds of flowers and plants, thinking about how to match them.
Shen Chi Su woke up once in the middle of the night and felt really bored.
Seeing that the female teacher had left the table for a short while, she quickly informed Cha Jiu: "I'm going out for a while. If the female teacher or the nanny asks, you can say that I have a stomachache and went to the toilet."
Cha Jiu was concentrating on arranging the flowers and plants, so he had no time to pay attention to her.
She didn't hear it at all.
Shen Chi Su secretly left Zhilan Garden and climbed over the wall to look for someone.
The man said that he would wait for her in the back alley of Lanxiang Tower today and take her to visit the colorful and fragrant pavilion that she had never seen before.
When the female teacher came back, she saw the empty seat and frowned.
"Ms. Yanshu, where is your sister?"
"Ah," Cha Jiu poked his head out from behind the flowers and plants in confusion, "I don't know."
The female teacher sighed and stopped.
She couldn't control the young lady of the Marquis's Mansion either.
But when she noticed the flower vase in front of Cha Jiu, her eyes lit up: "You made this by yourself."
Cha Jiu nodded. She could see that the female teacher really appreciated the vase of flowers.
She likes it too.
Five kinds of flowers, including hollyhock, pomegranate and calamus, complement each other in the cloud-patterned vase.
Not only that, Cha Jiu also hung delicate and small tiger-shaped sachets on the pomegranate branches to ward off evil spirits.
The female teacher exclaimed: "Wonderful! I'm sure the young man who receives these five auspicious flowers will definitely praise your originality."
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It was already afternoon when Ning Changting returned to the Marquis' Mansion from the palace.
He was holding a food box in his hand, and the servant Yongan behind him was holding two boxes in each hand.
The servant of the Marquis's Mansion was about to take the food box from his hand, but was refused by him.
After returning to Qingfeng Garden, Ning Changting instructed Yong'an to deliver the boxes of cakes to the old lady's Songhe Hall, Lady Ninghou's Yunruixuan, and Shen Chisu's room respectively.
These are limited edition cakes freshly made by Zhenweige. They are hard to get on weekdays because of long queues.
I happened to catch it today, so Ning Changting bought some as well.
Yongan pointed at the copy that Ning Changting was holding in his hand and asked, "Who should I give this to?"
Ning Changting put down the food box and said calmly, "This is for Miss Yanshu."
Yongan felt something was strange, but he couldn't put it into words.
Ning Changting walked into the study and noticed the five auspicious flowers on the desk at a glance.
“Where did this come from?”
Ning Changting frowned. He never liked others messing with his study at will.
Yongshou, who had been cleaning Qingfeng Garden, was a little nervous: "This was specially sent by Miss Yanshu. She said that the Dragon Boat Festival is coming and it can ward off evil spirits and avoid poison."
The prince won't blame him for leaving things there randomly, right?
So Yongshou hurriedly said, "Prince, how about I take it out?"
"No need."
As Ning Changting approached, a faint bitter smell wafted over him, calming his recently restless heart caused by work.
There is a cute tiger-shaped sachet hanging on the pomegranate branch.
He reached out and touched it lightly, revealing a small corner of white paper from the binding of the sachet.
Ning Changting was stunned for a moment, untied the sachet and pulled out the note inside.
The small calligraphy on it clearly reads:
"Yuan has zhi and Li has orchids."
Yongan looked curiously and said, "Hey, there's a little note inside. What does it mean?"
I only know three of the six characters.
Ning Changting folded the note and held it in his palm with a complicated expression.
The Yuan River has fragrant orchids and the Li River has orchids. The next sentence is "I miss you, sir, but dare not say it."
Shen Yanshu likes him.
But I dare not say it?
She could openly admit it to Shen Chi Su in the ancestral hall, but she would never show any inappropriate emotions in front of him.
Whenever they met in the past, she would say nothing and dare not even look at him for long.
In the past, he only thought that his stepsister was introverted.
Now that I think about it, it was because she secretly liked him.
"Yongan, give me the lunch box."
Ning Changting changed his mind and decided to deliver the cakes personally.
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