Chapter 1195 The Meal Replacement Lady is Not Likeable (10)
Yuan Shichu had no idea what her stepmother was thinking about her, as she was greeting Chen at the moment.
Chen came to show off to her because her eldest cousin, the Princess Consort of Prince Li, invited her to stay at Prince Li's mansion for a while, saying that she missed her sisters.
"Oh, it's a pity that the princess sent the invitation in a hurry, otherwise I could write to ask her if she could bring one more person, so that I can take you to Prince Li's Mansion to see it." Chen said proudly, very proud that she had a cousin who was a princess. She obviously forgot that even though Yuan Shichu no longer had any contact with the Yuan family, it was undeniable that her biological sister was still a prince's consort.
Yuan Shichu did not remind her of this. He glanced at the nanmu bracelet on her wrist, showed a meaningful smile, and said, "Sister-in-law, you should enjoy this honor by yourself. I am not blessed enough to go to Prince Li's Mansion to see it. Sister-in-law and Princess Li have a deep sisterly relationship. She should stay for quite a while, right?"
"Of course. The princess must want to chat with us sisters about the interesting things that happened in the boudoir before we got married. At that time, the princess took us to do needlework, read, write, recite poems and paint... I don't know how happy we were... Now that my sisters are married, we can only enjoy a few days of carefree life with the princess." Chen looked full of anticipation.
"How old is Prince Li's Consort now? She should be about the same age as my sister-in-law, right?" Yuan Shichu asked Chen again.
Chen nodded immediately: "The princess is only three years older than me, and now she is only in her twenties, she is still young, and she is prettier than me. Prince Li loves her very much and is even willing to let her take care of several children."
"How old is Prince Li? I remember he is the cousin of the current emperor, right?" Yuan Shichu asked after thinking for a while.
"Prince Li is only in his forties now. He is in his prime. I heard that the emperor relies on him a lot..." Chen was full of envy. This was also the reason why she envied her cousin. Except that he was a little older and had several children who were not his biological children, Prince Li was in a high position and had great power. Once her cousin married him, she would be the princess consort in charge and the emperor's sister-in-law. What a great honor that would be!
Compared with her cousin, her husband is now only the Left Assistant of the Honglu Temple, a small official. It is unknown when he will be promoted. This is one of the reasons why Chen is clinging to the Princess of Li. She hopes that the Princess of Li can help her husband get a promotion or something.
Yuan Shichu thought, an old man and a young wife, with a difference of more than 20 years, the stepchildren should be about the same age as the Prince Li's concubine, right? Moreover, she had no biological children of her own, no wonder she was so dark that she could attack her cousin.
"Then your cousin is really lucky." Yuan Shichu flattered her in a false way, and Chen immediately became complacent, as if Yuan Shichu was not praising her cousin, but herself. "Of course, my cousin was a famous talented woman before she got married. She was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was well-educated, gentle and virtuous. It was precisely because of her good character that she was chosen by the old princess to be the concubine..."
Chen kept boasting to Yuan Shichu about her close relationship with Prince Li's successor, wanting to blow her own trumpet to the sky, eager to see Yuan Shichu's envy and jealousy of her. However, Yuan Shichu acted very calm, and Chen was unhappy because she didn't see what she wanted to see. In the end, she thought that Yuan Shichu's calmness was just an act, and that he was actually envious of her in his heart...
After deceiving herself in this way, she left with satisfaction. The next day, she couldn't wait to take a carriage to Prince Li's Palace early in the morning.
Yuan Shichu even suspected that when she arrived at Prince Li's mansion, Prince Li's Consort might not have gotten up yet.
Chen was busy trying to please her eldest cousin, the princess. Yuan Shichu, her sister-in-law, also received an invitation from Yuan Shiwan for the first time. She was very surprised because in the original owner's memory, her lovely and lively sister had never sent an invitation to the original owner.
Yuan Shichu opened the post and found that it was actually a post from Yuan Shiwan inviting her to a gathering at the Third Prince’s residence.
Is the sun rising from the west?
"Go tell the person who delivered the invitation that I'm not feeling well and won't disturb the Third Prince's wife." Yuan Shichu said to the maid Zhichun.
"But... Madam, aren't you in good health? Why don't you go to see the second young lady?" Zhichun was a maid who had served the original owner since she was a child. After the original owner got married, she brought her to the Zhan family. Now she continues to serve Yuan Shichu. Zhichun knows that the original owner values her younger brothers and sisters very much, so she is very puzzled as Yuan Shichu's current estrangement from Yuan Shiwan and Yuan Shaozong.
"Because she is now the Third Prince's wife, her status is different. If I get too close to her, people will think that the Zhan family wants to take a position in the battle for the throne." Yuan Shichu answered softly, but he was actually talking nonsense to fool Zhichun.
After hearing this, Zhichun suddenly realized something and actually believed it. She nodded and said, "Young Madam is right. You and the Second Miss are already married. Your behavior not only represents yourselves, but also your husband's family..."
Zhichun, who thought he understood Yuan Shichu's thoughts, went to inform the maid who delivered the invitation to the Third Prince's mansion and told her that Yuan Shichu would not go to see Yuan Shiwan.
When the maid heard this, she immediately became anxious and said, "How can this be possible? Our prince's wife is Madam Zhan's biological sister. Why doesn't Madam Zhan even want to meet the third prince's wife? The third prince's wife will definitely be sad..."
"Why would you be sad? Our Young Madam has such a good relationship with the Third Prince's wife. If the Third Prince's wife knew that the Young Madam was unwell, she would definitely not want her to force herself to see her. How can you talk nonsense?" Zhichun said dissatisfiedly.
The maid was choked and speechless, but she was following Yuan Shiwan's orders and had to invite Yuan Shichu to meet Yuan Shiwan, so she tried her best to beg several times. However, Yuan Shichu was hard-hearted and thought that he had no debts with Yuan Shiwan, so naturally he would not be willing to meet her. The maid had to return empty-handed.
"What did you say? My sister said she wasn't feeling well and she won't come to see me?" Yuan Shiwan was immediately disappointed. In her impression, as long as she looked for her sister, she would definitely come to see her no matter how serious the illness was or how poor her health was. But why was it different now?
"Yes, the eldest lady is very determined. No matter how much I beg, she is unwilling to come to see you, my master." The maid complained secretly.
Yuan Shiwan didn't know why, but she remembered that she hadn't seen her sister on the day she got married or the day she returned home. She only then realized that something was wrong with Yuan Shichu. Did she really want to cut off all contact with her and her parents' family?
She suddenly felt a sense of fear for unknown reasons. She always felt that her sister was not welcomed by her parents when she was at her parents' home, and she was the only one willing to be close to her. Shouldn't she agree to any of her requests without hesitation? Now she just wanted to see her, why didn't she want to come?
(End of this chapter)
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