Chapter 100 The concubine's sister sought attention and became a laughing stock!
Xie Zhi never thought that the wife of Marquis Anping would be here!
She opened her eyes wide in shock, and saw Xie Yao and the eldest princess watching coldly beside the marquis' wife!
In a state of desperation, Xie Zhi suddenly recalled the usual behavior of her mother, Aunt Sun.
In a fit of rage, she actually knelt at the feet of the wife of Marquis Anping, like a concubine subservient to the principal wife, and sobbed.
"I hope my lady will grant my wish. Zhizhi is deeply in love with the Marquis, and they are in love with each other—"
"Mutual affection?" Lady Anping suddenly interrupted, "You have no sense of shame!"
She directly pointed out Xie Zhi's purpose and raised her voice, no longer as dignified as usual.
"If the Marquis really had feelings for you, he would have followed the rules and gone to your Xie family to propose marriage. But you're making trouble here. Are you trying to force the Marquis's family to submit?"
Seeing the concubine crying, her face darkened: "Why are you crying? Do you think I'm a marquis and feel sorry for your pitiful appearance?"
Xie Zhi shook his head: "Zhizhi dare not, Zhizhi just wants to pray for the Marquis, and has no intention of forcing the Marquis."
Xie Yao sighed, looking helpless.
"So, my elder sister's sweetheart is the Marquis of Anping. Why didn't you say no earlier? If you want to get married, the Marquis must ask my father to propose. Why did you insist on doing something so unconventional?"
The eldest princess glanced at Xie Yao and guessed something.
"It is indeed inappropriate to behave like this in front of Buddha Guanyin." The eldest princess spoke lightly, her eyes deep.
After hearing the eldest princess' words, the pilgrims who had seen Xie Zhi kneeling on the way up the mountain looked at Xie Zhi with a little more contempt.
"Everyone says that the eldest daughter of the Xie family is the most gentle and quiet, but I didn't expect that she would secretly have an affair with the Marquis of Anping."
"Quiet? I can see it's just an act."
"A concubine's daughter is a concubine's daughter. She can never be on the stage. The Marquis of Anping is the emperor's younger brother. She doesn't even think twice. Does she really think she can climb such a high branch?"
"To say that you love the Marquis of Anping in front of his wife, and to say it with such deep affection, is nothing but stupidity and courting death."
"I finally understand. Xie Zhi went to Chengfo Temple today and kowtowed and knelt. She wasn't there to pray for blessings. She was clearly putting on a show to force Marquis Anping to marry her!"
The faint whispers reached Xie Zhi's ears. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Xie Yao with resentful eyes.
"It's you!"
She blurted out: "It was you who invited the Marquis's wife here."
Xie Yao, this bitch, has hurt her so much!
She knelt and kowtowed in the snow for two or three hours and nearly froze to death on the road. Not only did she fail to get Eunuch Qingcai to fulfill her and the Marquis's wish, but the sudden appearance of the Marquis's wife made her a laughing stock!
Eunuch Qing silently averted his gaze, as if he could not see the living person on the ground, and said respectfully, "It is cold, Your Highness, please move to the warm room."
Xie Yao followed the eldest princess and passed by Xie Zhi.
Facing Xie Zhi's venomous gaze, she said calmly, "I'm not as devout as my elder sister, so devout as to crawl on a mountain to express her feelings."
The corners of Xie Yao's lips curled up slightly, and she raised her hand and loosened her warm lynx cloak.
"However, I did find the road too lonely, so I specially invited the Marquis to come along. Big sister, are you blaming me for being so excited?"
She thought back to her past life.
I was lying on the cold bed, shivering with fever and dying.
Xie Zhizheng was canonized as a concubine and was in high spirits, so she came to visit her.
She was wearing a snow-white fox fur cloak, holding a warm gilded hand warmer in her hand, and standing beside her bed.
"Second sister's room is full of sickness. It's so unlucky. How can anyone get well?"
Without waiting for him to say anything, Xie Zhi asked the maid to open the bedroom door.
She said, "You're weak, and it's useless to stay cooped up all the time. Maybe you can get better faster if you get some fresh air."
The cold wind blew in, and the house, which had no charcoal fire to begin with, instantly turned into an ice cellar.
Before leaving, Xie Zhi asked back proudly.
"In a few days, I will enter the palace and become His Majesty's Consort Xian. I'm afraid I won't be able to see my second sister again. What a pity... My second sister is the legitimate daughter of the Earl's family. How could she end up like this?"
Xie Yao lowered her eyes and looked at Xie Zhi, who was now wishing to kill her, with a calm expression.
Do you want to climb up by stepping on me and marry into the Marquis' Mansion with the help of Eunuch Qingcai?
The elder sister couldn't stand the slightest insult or frustration.
Xie Zhi noticed Xie Yao's sarcasm, and hatred surged in his chest.
But unfortunately, she couldn't explain it in a word and couldn't speak it out directly.
No matter how much he said about the love between him and Marquis Anping, he was speechless in front of Marquis Anping's wife.
She remembered that before going up the mountain, she had specifically asked her trusted maid Man'er to spread the news that she had knelt and kowtowed to pray for her lover.
Now, the words that Lady Anping Marquis mocked her would spread throughout the capital tomorrow!
Her reputation, which was already dwindling, was completely gone!
Xie Zhi's cracked lips trembled and his breathing became rapid.
The bruise on her forehead made her face look even more hideous.
Xie Zhi stared at Xie Yao intently, and with anger, his eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground with a "bang".
"You're dizzy now?"
The wife of the Marquis of Anping mocked him mercilessly.
"You were climbing very vigorously just now, but now you feel embarrassed? I think you are pretending to be faint."
At this time, an old monk with a kind face and white eyebrows walked out of the temple.
"I am Jue'an, a poor monk, and I am here to pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess." Jue'an bowed.
The eldest princess nodded slightly to him.
Jue'an is the abbot of Chengfo Temple. He once instructed Queen Shen, and the eldest princess respects him very much.
Monk Jue'an lowered his head and looked carefully at the unconscious Xie Zhi with deep eyes.
"You have lofty ambitions, but you try to attract attention. What a sin, what a sin." He clasped his hands together and sighed.
After a pause, Jue'an instructed the monk beside him, "Monks should be compassionate. Now that we've entered the temple, carry this female donor to the backyard and give her a bowl of warming medicine. Don't let her pollute the pure land of Buddhism in this state."
The princess glanced at Xie Zhi and said, "Alright, praying is important. Don't bother with irrelevant people."
Two young monks picked up Xie Zhi and dragged him away, leaving a messy drag mark in the snow.
The wife of the Marquis of Anping looked at her from behind and spat inwardly, still not satisfied with her hatred: "What a vixen, you dare to covet the Marquis."
Thinking of her master's personality, she frowned again.
It’s okay to marry me as your principal wife and then take in a few concubines.
But if you want to marry a concubine like Xie Zhi, a wealthy family man who has scheming and wants to suppress you before she even enters the mansion, you are dreaming.
She is not like the wife of the Earl of Wenchang, who made her husband favor his concubine over his wife.
In the future, she must have a good talk with Li Yu.
Two young monks carried Xie Zhi to the backyard and were about to find a place to put her down when a female pilgrim dressed as a maid came forward.
"This is my young lady. Two young benefactors, please hand her over to me."
Xie Zhi opened his eyes and saw that it was his trusted maid Man'er, and nodded.
The young monk then handed her over to Maner.
Xie Zhi was supported by Man'er to a meditation room, sweating profusely from exhaustion.
In the Zen room, a young man in gorgeous clothes had already been standing by the bed.
It was Li Yu, Marquis of Anping.
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