Chapter 550: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (Extra)
Xie Qinglan is a man who keeps his promises and does what he says.
Not long after Su Miaoer's death, Su Yu's name was officially included in the royal jade book as Xie Qinglan's wife and the prince's principal wife.
Lan Ying was even more excited than Su Yu, the person involved. She burst into tears and choked up as she said, "Miss, you have finally come to an end after all the hardships you have endured."
Perhaps because Xie Qinglan had informed her in advance, Su Yu acted as calm as expected.
She waved at Lan Ying: "Come here."
Lan Ying came closer, and Su Yu took a handkerchief to wipe her tears, saying in a gentle voice: "This is a good thing, why are you crying?"
Lan Ying cried and laughed at the same time: "I want to cry because it's a good thing. Seeing that you are living such a good life now, I am happy for you from the bottom of my heart. It seems that the saying is right. Good people will really be rewarded."
Su Yu paused as she was wiping her tears and fell into a rare silence.
After a while, she nodded as if to convince herself: "You are right."
Su Miaoer's body was eventually sent to Madam Hou's parents' home. Unfortunately, Madam Hou herself was a divorced woman, so she had no energy to care about Su Miaoer.
Marquis Yongchang severed his father-daughter relationship with Su Miaoer, so Su Miaoer could not be buried in the ancestral tomb of the Marquis's family. As a niece, she naturally could not be buried in the ancestral tomb of the Marquis's wife's family.
In the end, they can only choose a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to be buried. It is a lonely tomb with only the name engraved on the tombstone. No one worships it. Perhaps in a few years it will become a desolate and dilapidated grave.
When Su Miaoer was alive, she probably never imagined that this would be the situation after her death.
Madam Hou came once during the funeral.
Mrs. Hou couldn't explain what her feelings were towards her daughter, but she was certain that it was mostly hatred.
Madam Hou looked at the lonely grave with red eyes, her eyes full of resentment, as if she hated Su Miaoer very much: "You debt-collecting ghost!"
In the mind of the Marquis, Su Miao'er was just a debt collector. She had spent all her efforts to plan for her, but in the end, she was implicated and became a divorced wife. Her son lost his title of Crown Prince, and her family did not like her either...
"If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled you to death when I gave birth to you."
After hearing these things from the servants, Su Yu raised her lips in pleasure: "Sister is so pitiful."
When Lan Ying saw Su Yu like this, she knew that she was up to no good.
Sure enough, the next sentence was: "Why not let Madam go down and accompany her? We are mother and daughter, so we won't be lonely if we walk the road to the underworld together."
Su Yu said this with a smile, without avoiding others. She looked around casually and called Sui Jin's name: "Sui Jin, what do you think?"
Sui Jin nodded calmly: "Your Majesty is right, I will have someone do it right away."
After serving Su Yu for so many days, Sui Jin had long overturned his initial impression of her and served her more carefully.
Although Sui Jin is Xie Qinglan's person, Xie Qinglan always stands on Su Yu's side no matter what happens. Over time, Sui Jin also tactfully considers herself as Su Yu's person.
Xie Qinglan saw it all and was happy to see it happen.
At night, Xie Qinglan hugged Su Yu tenderly and asked, "Do you want my help?"
Xie Qinglan was referring to the murder of Madam Hou.
Su Yu lay on him boredly, the blush on her face had not yet faded, her body was still immersed in the afterglow, and her reaction was slow: "Isn't Sui Jin yours?"
Xie Qinglan chuckled: "Not necessarily now."
Su Yu was pinched by the waist and lifted up a little, resting her head on his shoulder.
Xie Qinglan's figure was definitely good, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and he was extremely strong. With his head resting on him, his body rose and fell slightly with his breathing, which was smooth and safe.
Su Yu placed her slender arms on his chest and touched his Adam's apple along his collarbone. The Adam's apple rolled, and Su Yu scraped it twice with her fingertips, clearly feeling the muscles under her body tighten a little.
Su Yu was tired enough, and seeing this, she quickly moved her hand away and dared not to make trouble.
She touched her earlobe along her neck and pinched it gently. It was soft and Su Yu seemed to have found an interesting place and was having a lot of fun.
"Are you sleepy?" Xie Qinglan asked in a hoarse voice.
"Not bad." Su Yu didn't understand at first, but then she understood and quickly changed her words, "I'm a little sleepy."
Xie Qinglan hummed, and didn't look like he was going to continue.
Su Yu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard him say, "Then let's hurry up and try to rest early."
After the words fell, Su Yu couldn't breathe a sigh of relief: "Why are you like this?"
"How am I?"
"You are shameless..." Su Yu's voice suddenly changed.
…
On the anniversary of Xie Qinglan's adoptive parents' death, Su Yu went home with him to pay their respects.
The courtyard had not been inhabited for a long time, but someone cleaned it regularly, so it was still relatively clean inside, though it looked a little more desolate than before.
This time he did not make a big fuss and only brought a few servants. Despite this, the spacious and luxurious carriage still attracted a lot of attention.
Seeing the carriage stop in front of the Xie family's courtyard, people's eyes widened: "It's the number one scholar! The number one scholar is back!"
Before long, the courtyard was surrounded by people.
The Lin family next door heard the news a little late, and when they came out, they could no longer squeeze to the front.
Mrs. Lin looked ahead with envy: "This person's fate is different from everyone else's."
Lin Xiuxiu's face froze for a moment, and she lowered her head and hurried back to the house: "I'll go back to pick vegetables first."
Mrs. Lin glanced at her and said nothing, only reminding her: "Feed the chickens as well."
Lin Xiuxiu got engaged two years ago, but the man's elder passed away suddenly, and he had to observe a three-year mourning period, which delayed it until now. Occasionally, she would think of Xie Qinglan, but two years was enough time for her to realize that they were not from the same world.
After finally getting rid of the enthusiastic villagers, Xie Qinglan and Su Yu went to the back mountain to pay homage.
Su Yu had never met Xie Qinglan's adoptive parents. She didn't feel anything when looking at the grave and two tombstones in front of her. She just accompanied Xie Qinglan to burn a few incense sticks.
After a long silence, Su Yu couldn't help but ask, "Are they treating you well?"
Xie Qinglan was dressed in a long green gown, with gentle and humble features, as if he had returned to the Mr. Xie who had not yet passed the imperial examination and become the top scholar.
"They had been married for three years but had no children. When they found me, they treated me as their own child. After so many years, in my heart, they are no different from my biological parents."
Unfortunately, things are unpredictable.
Su Yu held his hand, said nothing, and stayed by his side silently.
After that day, Xie Qinglan became busy again and often returned home late at night.
The emperor's health was getting worse and worse. A few days ago, he caught a cold and almost took half his life.
Xie Qinglan still remembered that during the palace examination, the person on the dragon throne was full of energy and looked like he could live another 20 to 30 years. However, just two years later, he looked like he was terminally ill.
The emperor was frail, but the prince was in his prime.
The court was in turmoil and the atmosphere was solemn. Xie Qinglan was powerful and had only been in the court for more than two years, but he had already shown signs of competing with the third prince.
Xie Qinglan once saved the legitimate son of the General's Mansion. Although the General's Mansion would not stand on his side, it also promised not to participate in the fight for the throne. The Third Prince thus lost a great helper.
But Xie Qinglan didn't dare to bet on how long this promise could last.
No one expected that when the confrontation between the two camps was most intense, an imperial decree came from the palace, appointing the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince.
Overnight, the situation in the capital changed drastically.
Those who had been wavering between Xie Qinglan and the Third Prince made up their minds in an instant. Xie Qinglan's Prince's Mansion was crowded with people, and visiting cards piled up on the table like snowflakes. Su Yu also received many invitations to banquets.
Su Yu touched the imperial edict curiously, but still found it incredible: "My husband is now... the crown prince?"
Xie Qinglan put the entire imperial edict into her arms: "Take it if you like it and touch it as much as you want."
Then he replied: "Why, do you want me to call the eunuch who announced the decree to read it again?"
Su Yu held it carefully: "Be careful, what if it breaks?"
Su Yu looked dazed: "I just find it incredible. You are the crown prince, so I am the crown princess. In the future, I will be..."
It's the queen.
Su Yu didn't dare say it out loud, only her slightly widened eyes clearly showed her disbelief.
At first, she just wanted to marry into a wealthy family who would not have to worry about food and clothing, but she was betrothed to a poor scholar who had nothing. When she thought the sky was falling, the poor scholar passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer. He was promoted step by step and became a prince. Now he is the crown prince.
Su Yu felt that she was in a good mood as she could still speak a complete sentence.
"Husband, I seem to like you more and more."
Xie Qinglan knew that this word "like" was mixed with many things: he liked his looks, his money, his status and position... but no matter which one it was, it was a part of him.
Xie Qinglan took this as Su Yu's confession and responded: "Me too."
…
As Xie Qinglan became the crown prince, the people in the mansion became more and more restless.
Until one night, a beautiful maid in a dance costume was dancing on the way Xie Qinglan had to pass on his way back to his room. Her eyes were seductive, her clothes were thin and transparent, and she was extremely seductive.
Xie Qinglan stopped.
The maid was delighted to see this and danced even more charmingly. After the dance, she pretended to have just seen Xie Qinglan and knelt down softly: "Your Highness, this servant pays homage."
"Like dancing?" Xie Qinglan's voice was low and pleasant, with some ambiguous meaning. It seemed light and airy in the night, but it made people tremble in their hearts.
The servant who served Xie Qinglan bowed his head deeply and sympathized with the maid in his heart for a second.
The maid thought she had succeeded, and suppressed her excitement and said, "Your Highness, I like it. I have been learning to dance since I was a child. If Your Highness doesn't mind, I am willing to dance for you..."
Xie Qinglan's eyelashes drooped slightly: "As long as you like it."
The maid said affectionately: "Your Highness."
Xie Qinglan raised the corners of his lips coldly, and said in a calm voice: "Then jump."
Then he turned around and said calmly, "Wang An, watch her jump, right here."
Wang An bent his waist a little: "Yes."
The maid wanted to say something, but Xie Qinglan walked away without even giving her a glance.
The maid was dumbfounded: "This..."
Wang An smiled and said, "Why are you still standing there? Jump."
As for when to stop, His Highness did not say, but he would just keep jumping until he could no longer jump.
The maid's face turned pale.
From then on, no one was so foolish as to seduce Xie Qinglan.
Despite this, Xie Qinglan still coaxed Su Yu for several days before she was finally persuaded: "I have already ordered her to be expelled from the mansion, and the servants have also punished her. This kind of thing will never happen again in the future."
Su Yu was drawing her eyebrows and didn't even look at her.
Xie Qinglan took the initiative to take over the task: "I'll do it."
Su Yu has beautiful eyebrows and delicate features. Even with a simple outline, she looks better than others.
Xie Qinglan glanced at the dressing table and saw that Su Yu didn't have much rouge left, so he half-coaxed and half-apologized and suggested: "How about going for a walk on the street today? It's a good opportunity to add some rouge and powder to you."
Su Yu looked at her eyebrows in the mirror, then erased them and redrawn them without mercy.
"Wait until I finish drawing my eyebrows."
Xie Qinglan: "..."
Half an hour later, the carriage drove towards the busiest place in the capital.
Shopping is indeed the fastest way to please people. Of course, the prerequisite is that you have the financial resources to buy things whenever you want. Coincidentally, Xie Qinglan has quite a bit of money on hand.
Walking into a jewelry store, Su Yu picked up a piece and started looking at it.
The shopkeeper immediately said, "Madam, you have good taste. This hairpin suits you very well..."
The shopkeeper spoke eloquently, but Su Yu listened absent-mindedly. With the gold hairpin in her hand, her eyes were already looking at other jewelry.
Su Yu was very sensitive to gazes. She noticed someone was looking at her. She turned her head to look and happened to meet that person's gaze which he did not have time to look away.
He was a handsome young man. His face was slightly red. He dodged and bowed to Su Yu.
Su Yu raised her eyebrows slightly, smiled faintly, and then looked away as if nothing had happened.
Xie Qinglan was not there, and just now a subordinate came to look for him, and Su Yu came in first.
After the shopkeeper introduced the gold hairpin in Su Yu's hand, he saw that she didn't seem interested and started selling the jade hairpin on the other side.
Su Yu suddenly saw a familiar jade hairpin, picked it up and took a look at it, seeming to be a little interested.
The jade hairpin was not of the best quality, but it was delicately carved and very appealing to the young lady. Su Yu did not ask the price and just said to pack it up.
Then I looked at a few more pieces of jewelry.
During this time, the young man would steal glances at her from time to time, but Su Yu didn't get angry. Occasionally, she would meet his eyes and smile with a curved eyebrow, making the young man's face even redder.
Su Yu also looked at him a few more times.
At first glance, the man was dressed in a long gown, thin and gentle, a bit like Xie Qinglan two years ago, a gentleman with a jade-like appearance and the air of a scholar.
Maybe these glances made the young man misunderstand. He mustered up his courage, walked over, took a look at the jewelry that Su Yu had asked the shopkeeper to pack, and said generously: "How much silver do you want? I'll pay for it. Meeting you is fate, so I'll give it to you, young lady..."
As he spoke, his eyes swept over Su Yu's bunted hair, and he suddenly got stuck and abruptly changed the address: "...gifted to this lady."
A deep voice sounded behind the young man. Xie Qinglan passed him, walked to Su Yu and hugged her, refusing without hesitation: "Don't bother. I can still afford to buy some jewelry for Madam."
Su Yu laughed, turned around and threw herself into his arms: "My husband is so nice."
Young man: "..."
My throbbing heart died all of a sudden.
What made him even more depressed was that someone recognized Xie Qinglan.
When he heard the words "Your Highness the Crown Prince", the young master's face turned pale and he almost knelt down to apologize.
The moment he walked out of the jewelry shop, Xie Qinglan glanced at the young man calmly and without any ripples, as if he didn't take him seriously.
If Su Yu hadn't been kissed so hard that she couldn't breathe in the carriage, she would have almost believed that he really didn't care.
"Is he good-looking?" Xie Qinglan asked, squeezing out these words from between his lips.
This question is very dangerous. If you don’t answer it correctly, you may lose your waist tonight.
Su Yu panted: "It doesn't look good."
Xie Qinglan sneered: "If it doesn't look good, why did you look at it so many times?"
Su Yu was silent. She never expected that Xie Qinglan actually saw it.
Xie Qinglan said in a dangerous voice: "Speak."
Su Yu responded to him flatteringly: "I didn't look at him for a long time. I looked at him because he looks a bit like you."
Xie Qinglan snorted: "Isn't it enough for you to see me right in front of you?"
Su Yu scolded him in her heart for being stingy: "You can't just not watch it in the future."
Xie Qinglan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you unhappy?"
Su Yu was annoyed by the question and bit his lip: "I'm happy, I won't look at anyone else but you from now on, okay? You are not allowed to look at other women either."
Xie Qinglan was satisfied and lowered his eyes: "When have I ever looked at another woman?"
Su Yu took the opportunity to bring up the past: "There are so many, Su Miaoer, Lin Xiuxiu, and the maids who wanted to climb into your bed, too many to count."
Although Xie Qinglan was the one being harassed, it did not prevent Su Yu from turning the tables.
Xie Qinglan smiled: "What does Madam want?"
Su Yu: "I want you not to have any involvement with other women in the future."
This statement was a bit naive and unrealistic, and even Su Yu herself didn't take it seriously.
But Xie Qinglan looked at her and said seriously: "Okay."
Su Yu was stunned.
Xie Qinglan hugged her and kissed her softly: "I'll have to trouble you, Madam, to supervise me. I will only have the Second Miss as my wife in this life, and I will never look at other women again."
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