"A visiting card from the Shangshu Madam Qin?" Chen Heng was surprised. This was the equivalent of the Prime Minister's wife. "Today, we will be admiring the lotus at Beauty Lake?"
"Our Ah Jian has made great progress. He just went to the Ministry of Personnel, and yet Lord Qin looks at him like this." Xia laughed so hard that crow's feet appeared on her face.
Nanny Feng was also happy for the Xie family. Xie's official career was going very smoothly; he was sure to become a great minister in the future. "The Beauty Lake mentioned in the post is in the Imperial Garden. Every year around this time, the palace masters would invite their wives to admire the lotus flowers, and these ladies would bring along one or two wives of their capable subordinates to share the experience. Ever since the Empress fell ill, the Crown Princess has been hosting these lotus viewing banquets."
When Xie Jian came back in the evening, Shen Heng showed him the business card.
"If you are still tired, just postpone it." Xie Jian was worried about his wife's health.
"I'm fine. This is Madam Qin's first invitation. If I don't go, wouldn't it be disrespectful?" After all, only the wives of one or two capable officials can get this invitation. Shen Heng put the name card away and took the clothes that Nanny Feng had prepared. "How do you like this dress?"
Xie Jian took a closer look and said, "It will definitely look good on you."
This was such a sweet talk, she liked to hear it. Shen Heng happily put her clothes on the screen and went to pick out jewelry. She had to dress up beautifully every day.
Xie Jian looked at his wife Qi's jewelry. Although she had bought some jewelry to show off, she didn't wear them normally. She always wore the silver hairpin he gave her on her head. "Next time we have a day off, let's take my sister-in-law to the jewelry store to look at some jewelry."
"OK."
Chen Heng put aside the jewelry that Xie Tian was going to match. When she turned around, she saw Xie Jian reading a letter and asked casually, "Whose letter is it?"
"Chen Yuan."
Shen Heng was stunned for a moment: "Chen Yuan? Why did he write to you?" She hadn't seen him since they went to the hunting ground. The eldest sister of the Shen family said in her letter that Chen Yuan was missing.
"Maybe in this world, he only considers you and me as his relatives. He even asked me to say hello to you."
Chen Heng was confused. Chen Yuan was her older brother, and apart from those few times they met, they had no connection. "Do you know where Chen Yuan went?"
"He is now a retainer of the Yuezhou Si family, and Si Qi is quite fond of him."
Chen Heng's lips formed an O shape.
Xie Jian looked at his wife with amusement, stretched out his long finger, and snapped it shut. "Is this surprising?"
"Chen Yuan became a retainer of the Si family? You let him go?" Princess Ning plotted against the Shen family for Liu Zhiyue, forcing them to never show up in the imperial capital again. As a result, Chen Yuan became a retainer of her son-in-law.
“Where you fall, there you get up.”
Chen Heng: "..." Although it is impossible for Liu Zhiyue to meet Shen Yuan often, she should see him once or twice a month. She wanted to break away from the Shen family, but in the end, Shen Yuan was right under her nose. How disgusting it must be.
Xie Jian said calmly, "If it weren't for the Shen family's burden, Chen Yuan wouldn't have even passed the imperial examination. He is talented, and only after he joined the Si family did Princess Ning dare not target him. If he takes the imperial examination, he will definitely be admitted."
Chen Heng couldn't explain the complicated relationship to Xie Jian, but she knew that Chen Yuan was a pretty good guy and he really didn't deserve to be suppressed by others all his life.
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