Fan had participated in the Grand Princess's flower-viewing banquet before and had rich experience. She wanted to bring Yuan Jing with her, but Yuan Jing declined. The Grand Princess also asked about it, but Yuan Jing was not very interested in such occasions. With that time, he might as well go to the clinic to see more patients.
Mingyu also didn't like to go because he was younger and had more power to be willful.
When Fan went there before, she naturally brought with her the Marquis's eldest daughter, Zhao Han. At that time, Zhao Han had a good reputation at such flower-viewing banquets. But now, not only was Zhao Han's life experience overshadowed, but she herself had also become a concubine of Prince Cheng. Of course, she was not qualified to attend such a banquet.
For Fan, this was something Zhao Han asked for himself.
Although Yuan Jing did not attend the banquet, his name was often mentioned at the banquet because the Grand Princess promoted him, saying that her health had improved thanks to Doctor Yuan's treatment, which made everyone marvel at it. In addition, the Grand Princess kept Mrs. Fan by her side and talked to her for a long time, which fully demonstrated her importance to Mrs. Fan.
So as soon as Fan left the Grand Princess, someone immediately came to reminisce about the past with her. Almost everyone knew her. No one would have thought that Fan would still have such a big face after leaving the Huaiyuan Marquis' Mansion. She refused to return to the Marquis' Mansion before, and many people felt that Fan had made a mistake this time and would regret it in the future.
But Fan managed to hold on. Her complexion was much better than when she was in the Marquis' Mansion, and she looked younger. It was obvious that not only had she not gotten worse after leaving the Marquis' Mansion, but she was living a more comfortable life.
It took a while for Fan's side to calm down. Mrs. Fan came over and was relieved for her. She didn't expect that Yuan Jing's Shuang'er was so capable that he could bring his mother back into this circle and she was still respected.
While the two sisters-in-law were talking, the girl brought by Sister Fan played with other people of the same age. Someone else came in to pay respect to the eldest princess. Sister Fan looked up and frowned slightly: "Why is he here too?"
Fan looked over and saw that it was Xiao Mingrui, the son of Prince Cheng. He was indeed a handsome man with great manners, but the things he did did not leave Fan with a good impression of him. She said, "Prince Cheng's Mansion is much closer to the Grand Princess' Mansion than we are, so it's not surprising that he came here."
"That's true," Mrs. Fan thought of something else and smiled sarcastically, "Now Prince Cheng still has two vacancies for his concubines. Even if that happened, there are still people who want to send Miss Shuang'er to Prince Cheng's mansion."
Mrs. Fan was stunned: "You're going to marry a concubine so soon?"
"Who knows? Anyway, I heard some people are asking about this. If Prince Cheng's Mansion hadn't spread the word, how would there be news outside?" No matter how tempting the position was, Mrs. Fan would never send her daughter in there. It was disgusting enough to have Zhao Han around, and how could a concubine be considered a wife?
Of course, such occasions were dominated by unmarried girls and men of marriageable age. It was truly pleasing to the eye to see those brightly dressed girls walking among the flowers, or composing poems or painting, or playing the piano or the flute. Among them, several girls stood out from the crowd and became the focus of everyone's attention. Even the Grand Princess was so interested that she called them over and said a few words to them.
Among them, there was a girl dancing gracefully, which attracted many butterflies to fly around her. The scene was a spectacle that attracted the attention of many men attending the banquet, who all asked where she was from.
Fan was also surprised to see that the girl was not restrained in front of the Grand Princess and continued to respond to her words lively. This won the Grand Princess's favor and she was rewarded with a set of headgear.
Mrs. Fan went out to ask around and came back to tell Mrs. Fan: "She is the daughter of a member of the Ministry of Revenue who just returned to the capital. She is very pretty and looks very spiritual."
Unfortunately, she didn't like such girls as her daughter-in-law. She was also secretly interested in these girls. It was time for her son Fan Lin to get married, but he had not been able to settle his marriage since he passed the imperial examination last year.
Mrs. Fan thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid this girl's standards are too high, and ordinary families may not be interested in her."
Mrs. Fan's words came true. Not long after, word spread in the capital that Yuanwailang Meng from the Ministry of Revenue had arranged a marriage with Prince Cheng's palace. The bride was the girl from that day, and she was said to be the prince of Cheng's son as a concubine.
When he heard Fan mention it, Yuan Jing couldn't help but dig his ears in an indecent way: "Mother, you said Xiao Mingrui is going to marry a concubine again?"
"What do you mean again? This is the first one. The previous one is invalid." Fan corrected.
Yuan Jing stroked his forehead. His mother was right. But, was there such a part in the plot? Absolutely not. Until Xiao Mingrui ascended the throne, there was only Zhao Han as a concubine. Could it be that his appearance affected the development of the plot?
No matter what, he became wary of this girl named Meng Susu and inquired carefully about her situation. Fan then told him about the strange phenomenon that occurred at the flower-viewing banquet that day.
"She attracts many butterflies when she dances?" Yuan Jing asked in surprise. Isn't she the Fragrant Concubine? Is there really nothing unusual about her? "Could it be that she is born with a fragrance that attracts those butterflies?"
"I've never heard of this, but why would such a good girl set her eyes on Prince Cheng?" Fan couldn't understand it and didn't think it was a good place.
Yuan Jing chatted with Fan for a while and then went back to his room. After thinking about it, he was still worried about the girl named Meng Susu, so he wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to Prince Duan's Mansion to Xiao Mingyu. He wanted Mingyu to find out about the situation of the girl from the Meng family.
The next morning, Mingyu ran to the clinic and asked Yuan Jing if he had fallen in love with the girl, otherwise why would he ask about a girl's family situation?
Yuan Jing was stunned. Why did this sound sour? He blinked and asked him, "What is my current status?"
Mingyu rolled his eyes: "Doctor."
"No, I mean besides the doctor?" Yuan Jing pointed at his forehead.
"Oh, it's Shuang'er." Ming Yu finally reacted. Yes, why would Shuang'er be interested in a girl? It seemed unnecessary to be so serious. Then where did this inexplicable emotion come from?
He didn't want to admit his mistake, so he looked at Yuan Jing strangely and said, "Who knows if you really pretended to be a man and really think of yourself as a man."
Yuan Jing couldn't help laughing and reached out to tap his forehead. He was actually a man, but unfortunately, as a grown man, he no longer liked girls. Since the first person he liked was a man, he couldn't change back. Of course, the man he liked from the beginning to the end was the same person.
But there was no way to explain this clearly to Mingyu, and now the boy was only ten years old. How could a ten-year-old child be so jealous?
"Then what do you want me to believe?"
Mingyu rolled his eyes a few times, unable to answer this question. It seemed that as long as Yuan Jing practiced medicine outside and pretended to be a man, he would not be able to feel at ease. Anyway, this guy was his, Xiao Mingyu's, and he had to be on guard against him regardless of whether he was a man, a woman, or Shuang'er.
Just when Xiao Mingyu asked someone to inquire about the situation, Yuan Jing discovered more things were wrong. A shop specializing in women's business appeared in the capital, selling rouge and powder. But when he heard that this shop also sold something called facial masks and lipsticks, his expression almost broke, and he turned around and called the system Xiaowu in his mind.
"Xiaowu, come out, what's going on?"
These things are clearly modern. Lipstick in this era is not called that, but is called lip balm. When he saw the tube of lipstick, he was 150% sure that Meng Susu, the owner behind this shop, was definitely a time traveler. Yes, this shop was opened by Meng Susu.
But is Meng Susu just a time traveler like Zhao Han, or is she a time traveler on a mission similar to him?
Xiao Wu's voice sounded like a ghost in Yuan Jing's mind: "What's the matter, host?"
Yuan Jing asked directly: "What's the situation with Meng Susu? Is she just a time traveler or a missioner? Why is there no such character in the plot?"
There seemed to be a "sizzling" sound of electricity in his mind. After a while, Xiao Wu said, "I'm sorry, Meng Susu is indeed an unexpected traveler. She is not a tasker. The host can rest assured. As for what kind of changes her appearance will bring, the host needs to understand it by himself."
Understand it on your own? Understand a ghost!
Yuan Jing's heart sank, and he asked, "Is this change just this once, or will it happen again and again in the future?"
“This system cannot guarantee this.”
Sure enough! Meng Susu's appearance this time reminded Yuan Jing that he needed to be more careful in future missions. If he had not appeared as a doctor this time, and had a lot of banknotes to spend, he might have taken out things from the future world like he did in the previous world in order to make money. Then Meng Susu would have easily discovered that there were other travelers here.
Having people of the same kind is not necessarily a good thing. For example, Yuan Jing is now very wary of Meng Susu. People of the same kind may not be in the same camp, because Meng Susu's target is obviously very clear, she is going after Xiao Mingrui.
If Meng Susu came from the future of this world, does it mean that because she knew the history of future generations and knew that Xiao Mingrui would ascend the throne, she had the same attitude as Zhao Han to cling to the golden thigh, wanting to become the imperial concubine or even the empress dowager in the future?
She stood on Xiao Mingrui's side, which was opposite to his own position. Yuan Jing was relieved that he did not reveal his identity. Otherwise, if there was such a time traveler hiding in secret, the enemy would be in the dark while he was in the light, and he might accidentally fall.
However, there are also benefits for her to enter Xiao Mingrui's backyard now. With Meng Susu and Zhao Han, one is a time traveler and the other is a reborn person. Xiao Mingrui's backyard will become very lively. I wonder who will be more powerful, the time traveler or the reborn person?
Yuan Jing actually hoped that the two of them would have a good fight in Xiao Mingrui's backyard and not turn their attention outside so quickly.
Xiao Mingrui is really lucky in love, but is such good luck really a good thing?
Not to mention how Xiao Mingyu arranged people to investigate Meng Susu's affairs, including the future before the capital, in Xiao Mingrui's backyard, Zhao Han almost bit his silver teeth to pieces.
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