Now that the Empress has bestowed the marriage, the Ministry of Rites should get to work. Shen Wangshu silently calculated the recent auspicious date and nodded in satisfaction. She then casually and legitimately took Fang Xuan's hand and curiously asked the eldest princess, whose face was ashen, "What's wrong, elder sister?"
Why does she look so pale? Shen Wangshu even thought the eldest princess looked rather haggard, and noticed a faint dark gray on her fair cheeks. He then leaned closer to the eldest princess and sniffed her deeply, revealing a mischievous smile.
"What are you doing?" the eldest princess asked warily.
"You smell like a kitchen stove." Shen Wangshu looked at the eldest princess with sharp eyes.
The eldest princess hesitated, then snorted and stood with her hands behind her back, like a celestial being banished from the heavens, untouched by worldly dust.
"Did you go cook for your brother-in-law this morning? What happened to the saying 'a gentleman keeps away from the kitchen'?" Shen Wangshu saw the eldest princess's face stiffen and knew that her elder sister had probably gotten up early to cook something delicious for Prince Xiao. She chuckled and whispered her advice, "Men need to be pampered and protected, otherwise their fragile hearts will shatter in an instant."
She said with increasing experience, "Kiss and hug each other more often, cook for him and buy him some gifts, and that man will give you his heart!"
The eldest princess squinted at the little rascal who dared to lecture her.
This little rascal set fire to her backyard and still dares to brazenly share his experience?
Pooh!
"I only made porridge. You can teach me how to make red bean porridge later."
"Red beans, water, and rice—you don't even know how to make that?" Shen Wangshu asked disdainfully.
"Shut up
"!" The eldest princess wanted nothing more than to beat her to death. She snorted, and seeing that Shen Wangshu remained silent, her gaze fell on the Marquis of Jingbei for a moment. She said somewhat coldly, "I always thought the Marquis of Jingbei was someone who liked to play both sides. He's been to my palace before, and he's quite familiar with the second princess. I never imagined that Mother Empress would give her legitimate son to the second prince."
She was rather impatient with the Marquis of Jingbei's two-timing ways, since he was trying to please both sides and was actually offending both. She composed herself before instructing Shen Wangshu, "Stay away from the Marquis of Jingbei in the future."
Marquis Jingbei wouldn't be so righteous as to kill his own daughter-in-law, the Second Princess, to benefit an outsider like her, would he?
It seems that in the future, Marquis Jingbei will have to become the second princess's supporter.
"I didn't do anything with her at all," Shen Wangshu snorted and said casually.
Her gaze cleared for a moment before returning to its abyss. As she left court with the eldest princess, she said in a low voice, "If Marquis Jingbei were to make a big show of supporting the second prince, I would think it would be a good thing."
Although the Second Princess was somewhat cunning, she was no match for Marquis Jingbei. It was uncertain who would be in charge in the future. However, Shen Wangshu obviously did not expect that the imperial decree of marriage would even include the Second Princess. After thinking for a moment, she slowly said, "Second Prince, you have a confidante in your villa. I wonder if there will be trouble in your harem."
She seemed to find the idea of a fire in the backyard quite amusing for a married couple, and grinned.
"Does the young master of the Marquis of Jingbei know that there was a concubine who entered the family before him?"
The eldest princess had a cold smile on her lips.
After doing that kind of thing with Nianyu in his own villa, the second son still had the nerve to show his face in front of the Marquis of Jingbei as if he had long admired the young master and was now overjoyed that his wish had been fulfilled. How disgusting!
In her view, liking a man is liking a man. A person only has one heart, so how could one fall in love with another after loving one?
Even though it's only natural for a princess to have three husbands and four concubines, the eldest princess herself only has one husband, Prince Xiao, and will not pay attention to other men. Therefore, she can't stand other people's philandering and promiscuity.
That's why the eldest princess disliked the three princesses' courtyard full of little vixens so much. Now, looking at the second princess's hypocritical face, she felt so disgusted she almost vomited her dinner from the night before. And looking at the even more hypocritical, fake-smiling face of the Marquis of Jingbei, she almost couldn't help but sneer in a low voice, "Let's see how I give Nianyu to her!"
It would be a miracle if Marquis Jingbei was happy at that time.
“If my elder sister sends it over, the taste will change.” Shen Wangshu said gently, glancing in Fang Xuan’s direction. “I’m afraid the second brother will say that my elder sister was willing to send even her brother-in-law’s younger brother to her residence to frame her in order to ruin her marriage alliance with the Marquis of Jingbei. It’s clearly her fault, but she’s being exonerated. Wouldn’t that be a bad deal for us?”
Seeing the eldest princess's face darken slightly, she smiled gently and said, "Nianyu is no ordinary young master." An ordinary young master wouldn't run to Prince Xiao's side alone to ask for protection, would he?
She strode up to Fang Xuan, intertwined her fingers with his, and then, with a smile, said as the eldest princess pondered, "Tell Nianyu about the arranged marriage later. What should we do? Tell him to come by himself?"
Her face had a sinister look, but her beauty made her even more radiant.
The eldest princess glanced at Fang Xuan, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Won't showing such a sinister expression in front of General Fang affect our relationship?
Fang Xuan is an upright and honest person who never plays tricks.
.
She voiced her concerns, and His Highness the Prince of Luan immediately became wary, pressing her for an answer, "How do you know Ah Xuan's personality so well, Sister? How long have you been watching him? Hey! We've already arranged this marriage!"
She knew that her Ah Xuan was dazzling, and even the eldest princess couldn't help but cast her gaze upon him. Shen Wangshu rolled her eyes and warned even more, "Elder sister, don't forget your brother-in-law and our little niece in the royal palace!" Her tension and possessiveness made the eldest princess so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.
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