Chapter 767 Luo Qingrou

Xingxing was shocked at first, but after a sleep, she figured it out.

Her fourth brother is already very outstanding, and he is also very kind to Sister Qingshuang. It is normal for Sister Qingshuang to like him!

However, she originally thought that it would take some time for Sister Qing Shuang to open up her spiritual power, but she did not expect that the direction of her sister Qing Shuang's opening up was a bit "weird", directly opening up the Ren and Du meridians...

Not long after Xingxing got up, Luo came again, smiling and asking if Xingxing slept well last night. If she felt uncomfortable, she would tell her colleagues' wives and let the princess rest for another day, which was reasonable.

This is a subtle reminder to Xingxing not to forget that she has to attend the banquet today.

Xing Xing was in a good mood and smiled at Mrs. Luo: "Madam, are you worried that I was frightened by those hooligans yesterday?"

Luo's smile froze a little.

It’s not like she can’t hear it!

Princess Fusui is trying to point a finger at her!

Fortunately, Luo had discussed countermeasures with Pang Ruhai last night. Luo forced a smile and said, "... Princess, are you talking about what happened on the street yesterday? I heard about it too. I wanted to visit you last night, but you went to bed early. When I came, you had already gone to bed. So I didn't bother you again... Princess, you don't know, my husband and I heard about how the princess was hit by someone in Anjiang yesterday. We were scared to death. My husband even interrogated those hooligans overnight and found out that they were drunk and had evil intentions because they saw the princess's beauty... Princess, don't worry. My husband had those hooligans beaten with a stick last night and punished them severely. It also vented the princess's anger."

Xing Xing laughed again: "I just want to say that the wife of the prefect said so much, and she is too cautious. But I was thinking that those hooligans were lucky to meet me yesterday. If they met other girls who went out without guards, wouldn't it be a big deal?"

Luo's sweat was dripping from his forehead.

She hurriedly said: "Princess, don't worry, this is just a coincidence, a coincidence..."

Xing Xing smiled again: "Coincidence, does that mean that I am the only one who has encountered this kind of thing?"

Luo froze again.

How did she respond?

To follow Princess Fusui's words and say, "It's just a coincidence" would sound too targeted.

But if she replied, "The princess is not the only one who has encountered this kind of thing," it would sound like her husband was too incompetent...

All of a sudden, Luo was in a dilemma.

The makeup I put on this morning is almost ruined by sweat.

Xing Xing's eyes were indifferent, and she finally said, "I hope this kind of thing will never happen again in Anjiang City in the future. I believe that with the ability of Governor Pang, he should be able to do it, right?"

Luo immediately said, "Of course, of course, Princess, don't worry, don't worry!"

Luo retreated with sweat all over his face.

Until now, she no longer dared to underestimate Xing Xing in the slightest - this Princess Fusui was not easy to fool at all!

…

For this banquet, Mrs. Luo invited many wives of local bureaucrats and wives of famous and promising families in Anjiang, and made it a grand banquet. Of course, this was relative to Anjiang. For Xingxing, she was used to all kinds of banquets in the capital, and had even been to palace banquets several times, so she was not surprised by this.

Luo had originally thought that she would hold such a grand banquet. The many bowls and plates used in the banquet were all extremely exquisite and fired in century-old kilns, which were very valuable. The flowers on each table were freshly picked and arranged early in the morning, and they were as bright as clouds. She paid so much attention to the details, not to mention the other things. With such a grand ceremony, how could Princess Fusui not say that it was well organized?

As a result, the wives of officials and ladies of noble families in Anjiang praised her sincerely, but when it came to Xingxing, she only said a few polite words of thanks for her hard work.

Luo held his breath.

This was not the end yet. Mrs. Luo called a few girls who were about the same age as Xingxing over and stood in a row, looking very graceful.

"Hmm?" Xing Xing looked at Luo.

Previously, Luo had wanted to send her personal maid to serve Xingxing, but Xingxing refused on the grounds that she was not adaptable to being served by a maid other than her personal maid.

Luo smiled and said, "Don't worry, Princess. These girls are all from good families. There are my niece from my mother's family and the legitimate daughters from other wives' families. I was thinking that when Princess comes to Anjiang to travel, she should find some girls from good families who know the locals well to accompany her. First, it will make the Princess less lonely during the journey. Second, it will be good for them to get some advice from the Princess."

Xing Xing raised her eyebrows and said nothing.

She doesn't want anyone else to be around her except people she trusts when she does things.

But before Xingxing could refuse, Mrs. Luo smiled and urged the young ladies to introduce themselves to the princess.

The girls all knew that this was a rare opportunity, and they all gathered around very actively.

Seeing so many beautiful girls around, each of them speaking like an oriole or a lark, and all of them being girls of the same age, looking at her with full expectation, Xingxing felt a little dizzy.

The wives of the petty officials, especially those with daughters at home, all looked at Xing Xing nervously, waiting for her to make her choice.

Under the expectant eyes, Xingxing finally asked three little girls to accompany her first.

The girls who were chosen could not hide their joy on their faces.

The relatives of these three little girls were all smiling happily.

Everyone hoped that their daughter could marry into the royal family of Princess Fusui.

As for the rest of those who lost the election, they are not discouraged.

After all, the princess didn't say that she had to have a few people to play with her. If they behaved well in front of the princess today, maybe they could get a share of this good thing.

…

Among these three little girls, one is Luo’s niece from her mother’s side.

Xingxing originally didn't want to pick anyone to play with, but after her eyes fell on the little girl who looked somewhat like Luo, she changed her mind slightly.

Her main goal these days is to attract the attention of Pang Ruhai and the Xiyi man Tuoba Chi, so that her fourth brother Yu Yonggui and Wei Shiyan can investigate secretly.

Maybe we can get some relevant information from Luo's niece from her maternal side.

Luo's mother's family was not in Anjiang City, and was even quite far away from Anjiang. It was an ordinary family in a small county town.

After Luo married Pang Ruhai, she also promoted her natal family. Later, she said that she only had Pang Jinkang as her son and did not have the blessing of a daughter, so she brought several more outstanding nieces from her natal family to Anjiang and raised them with fine clothes and delicious food.

The Luo Qingrou chosen by Xingxing this time was one of the nieces that Luo brought to Anjiang.

She came to Anjiang with Luo Qingrou, and at that time she had two older sisters and a younger sister.

In addition, the two best-educated nephews of the Luo family were also taken to Anjiang by the Luo family and are currently studying in the best academy in Anjiang.

Luo Qingrou was a little nervous when she first arrived, but later she found that after her aunt took them in, they all lived a life of luxury. Luo Qingrou gradually put aside her worries and happily became the cousin of the prefect.

Later, Luo married her two older sisters to two older officials under Pang Ruhai, becoming their second wives. Luo Qingrou became a little panicked.

Fortunately, Mrs. Luo never told Luo Qingrou and her sister Luo Qingwu about the man. Luo Qingrou saw that her aunt wanted her or one of her sisters to marry her cousin Pang Jinkang.

Although Luo Qingrou thought Pang Jinkang was a little fat and looked a little stout and silly, this might not be a bad match.

After all, Pang Jinkang is his aunt's only son. When she gets married, her mother-in-law will be her aunt, so her life will not be bad.

However, she overheard her aunt hinting at this intention that day, and her cousin Kang seemed to have seen a ferocious monster and avoided her as much as possible, which made Luo Qingrou very angry.

As a result, before Luo Qingrou could say anything, her aunt said, "... She's a concubine anyway. What if you take her? I promised your uncle to find good marriages for your cousins, but you know your cousin Rou, she's always arrogant. I was worried at first, but then a master read your cousin Rou's fortune and said she's a good fertile woman... So I thought, you're the only one in our family, so we still have to find someone who's easy to give birth to, to expand the Pang family. You can only take Miss Feng as a concubine anyway, so what if you take another cousin?"

There was a buzzing sound in Luo's ears.

She was thinking at the time that her aunt was kind to her, so she didn't marry her off and wanted to keep her for her cousin Kang as a wife. She never expected that her aunt beat her with the intention of making her a concubine!

Be a concubine!

Luo Qingrou could no longer listen to what was said afterwards. Her mind was in a mess and she walked out holding on to the wall.

But later, Luo Qingrou also accepted her fate.

She has become accustomed to such a life of luxury. How could she go back to the Luo family and live a life where only her grandmother had maids to serve her and she had to do everything by herself?

Staying in the Pang family as a concubine, she and her cousin Kang have a cousin relationship, and she has her aunt as her mother-in-law, so her life will not be bad.

As Luo Qingrou thought about it, she slowly accepted this fact.

Just waiting for the day when her aunt brings it up with her.

But Luo Qingrou never expected that her aunt would come to her soon to bring up the matter, but what she had asked her to do made her... not know what to do!

…

Luo Qingrou remembered what her aunt had told her, and the surprise of being personally chosen by Princess Fusui to be a playmate immediately faded a lot.

She clenched her hands nervously, her palms sweating as she looked at the beautiful princess in front of her.

Xing Xing looked over and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Miss Luo. I'm not some monster with three heads and six arms. I won't eat people."

Seeing Xing Xing joking with her, Luo Qingrou became a little bolder and forced a smile: "My lord, you are joking. I just... this is the first time I have met a noble person like you. I felt a little awkward for a moment. Please don't blame me, my lord."

Xing Xing smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? Miss Luo, you don't have to be so reserved. I also saw Miss Luo standing among a few other girls before. Her temperament was quite different from the others... By the way, I heard that Miss Luo is the niece of the prefect's wife?"

Luo Qingrou didn't know what "her temperament is different from others" meant. But when she heard Xingxing asking about her family background, she immediately smiled again: "Yes, princess, the prefect's wife is my aunt. I am the fifth child in my family."

Xing Xing smiled and said, "Oh, so Miss Luo has four older sisters?"

Xingxing and Luo Qingrou chatted casually as if they were chatting about family matters.

Luo Qingrou remembered what her aunt had told her, that she must please Princess Fusui and let her guard down. She also cheered herself up and tried her best to answer all of Xingxing's questions.

Before she knew it, Xingxing had managed to get a lot of information out of her.

For example, her four sisters are all married now, so what kind of families are they promised to marry?

And so on and so forth.

Xingxing listened to Luo's gentle answer, thoughtfully.

The Luo family is really willing to spend a lot of money.

In order to win over the lower officials, she sent away several of her beautiful nieces.

Then...what about this one in front of me?

Xingxing's eyes fell on Luo Qingrou.

Luo Qingrou looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, but she was already charming. It was conceivable that she would grow up to be a beauty.

What does Mr. Luo plan to do with such a beauty?

…

When the Yu family was in Beijing, they were very popular, and there were many people who came to curry favor with them. Having seen so many of them, Xing Xing was still very comfortable with the ladies in Anjiang City who wanted to curry favor with them.

Probably because they saw that Xingxing was a little girl, these ladies came to toast Xingxing with fruit wine.

At first, the other party offered wine to Xingxing in the name of the people of Anjiang, and Xingxing drank a few cups, which was considered as giving face. But I never thought that these ladies would go too far later. They said a lot of nonsense, such as admiring the princess, and wishing the princess would do them a favor. They made up all kinds of excuses just to make Xingxing drink.

Qing Shuang said coldly: "Our princess is still young, it is not suitable for her to drink too much."

Luo also seemed to be standing over and said with a smile, "Yes, you are really so. I know you are happy that the princess, who is such a fairy, is so approachable and willing to give you face...but how can you persuade us to drink like this?"

The wives of the lower officials laughed and said, "Oh, Madam Magistrate, the princess is such a divine figure. We all admire her in our hearts and wish we could get closer to her. That's why we want to drink a few more cups with her. The princess is not someone who looks down on us, right?"

These words put Xingxing on a high pedestal.

But Xingxing never liked this.

She can drink it, but only if she wants to.

What is the difference between being pushed up and being forced to do something you don't want to do?

Xing Xing propped her head with her hands and smiled with her face tilted to one side: "Although I don't look down on you, you seem to look down on me. Do you think that I am not giving you face by not drinking?"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence for a moment.

The wife of the chief clerk laughed and said, "My lord, what are you talking about... That's not what we meant."

"Yes, yes, yes, princess, please rest assured, this is fruit wine, it won't make you drunk. We're just here for fun."

Xing Xing smiled slightly: "In other words, this princess is your hobby?"

The ladies who came to offer wine with smiles turned pale for a moment.

Luo quickly gave Luo Qingrou a wink.

Luo Qingrou understood and stepped forward with the wine glass in hand: "The princess is still young, and the ladies cannot refuse the hospitality. I will drink for the princess."