Chapter 535 is serious
The next day, Mrs. Qiao brought Qiao Yuanan, accompanied by Mrs. Chen, and went to the Shen family with generous gifts. She verbally confirmed the marriage with Mrs. Shen and exchanged engagement letters first.
As for the formal proposal, we will have to wait for General Shen and Shen Chi to return.
Shen Pin quietly hid behind the screen, watching her mother and Qiao Fu exchange engagement letters. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In her excitement, she accidentally kicked the table beside her, causing a crisp "bang" sound from behind the screen.
Mrs. Shen's mouth twitched slightly, and she cursed her daughter inwardly for being so impatient that she actually sneaked into the front hall.
Mrs. Chen and others were stunned.
"Who's there?" she asked.
Mrs. Shen smiled embarrassedly: "My little girl is naughty, I made you laugh at me."
Mrs. Chen smiled knowingly: "Miss Shen is lively and likable. Since she is here, why don't you sit down and talk with her? Mrs. Qiao hasn't met her yet."
Mrs. Qiao smiled politely and respectfully: “I’ve heard that Miss Shen is gentle and dignified, but I’ve never seen her.”
Listening to Mrs. Qiao’s praise, Mrs. Shen felt a little guilty.
Gentle? Dignified?
This is definitely not her daughter.
However, Mrs. Shen was naturally happy that someone praised her daughter, so she called out from behind the screen, "Pin'er, come out."
Qiao Yuanan looked towards the screen with his handsome eyes. After a while, he saw a pretty and graceful figure slowly walking out.
She seemed to have been dressed up specially, in a light pink round-necked, double-breasted half-sleeve dress, and a long skirt with red and gold thread of acacia flowers. The folds of the skirt flowed like the light of snow and moonlight. Her three thousand black hair was tied into a bun, and she had a butterfly hairpin in her hair. She wore light makeup, and the faint red cheeks made her look as delicate and lovely as petals.
"Mom." Shen Pin walked to Madam Shen's side, smiled awkwardly, and called out.
Madam Shen glared at her and said to her, "Hurry up and meet the two aunts and Mr. Qiao."
Shen Pin responded, took two steps forward, and knelt down to salute the three people.
"Pin'er has met Aunt Chen and Aunt Qiao."
"Mr. Qiao, An."
When he looked at Qiao Yuanan, his eyes were filled with joy, and his curved eyebrows made people couldn't help but curl their eyes as well.
"Hello, Miss Shen." Qiao Yuanan bowed in return.
Mrs. Chen was an acquaintance, so she smiled and said, "Pin'er, stop being so polite and sit down to talk."
Chen Pin sat down as he was told, right opposite Qiao Yuanan. He looked up at Qiao Yuanan from time to time with a shy expression.
Mrs. Shen felt very complicated when she saw her daughter's eyes were full of Qiao Yuanan.
My daughter has someone she likes and doesn't like to stick to her anymore.
“Pin’er, the red plum blossoms in our house are in full bloom, take Young Master Qiao to see them.” Madam Shen said.
My daughter is also absent-minded sitting here, so it would be better to let them be alone together to cultivate their relationship.
"Yes, mother." Shen Pin stood up happily, bowed to Madam Chen and Madam Qiao, and walked out.
When passing by Qiao Yuanan, he glanced at him.
Qiao Yuanan bowed to the three people and followed them out.
The Shen family is a military family. Although Madam Shen takes good care of the mansion, the Shen family's casual nature can be seen everywhere. The red plums are planted casually and sparsely, as if they would plant a tree wherever there was an empty space.
"Second Young Master, are you...are you serious?"
Shen Pin suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Qiao Yuanan, twisting her handkerchief nervously with her little hands, and asked.
Although he knew that he shouldn't ask further questions since he got what he wanted, Shen Pin was always nervous, and it seemed that he could only feel at ease when he heard Qiao Yuanan's affirmation.
Qiao Yuanan looked at Chen Pin and said with a gentle smile: "Of course I am serious, otherwise I wouldn't have told others that you are my fiancée that day." The fragmented sunlight fell into his eyes, so bright that it made people intoxicated.
Upon hearing this, Shen Pin looked at Qiao Yuanan in astonishment: "I thought you had to say that to help me out that time, and you even apologized to me afterwards."
So she didn't think Qiao Yuanan wanted to marry her at all.
Qiao Yuanan could not help but be stunned, staring at Chen Pin blankly, and after a long while he said, "I am apologizing to you because I spoke rudely when you brought me food."
Shen Pin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Just because of this?"
"Yes." Qiao Yuanan nodded.
Chen Pin laughed out loud, his heart felt like it was soaked in a honey pot.
…
When the time came for the delivery of the brocade gold produced by Furong Pavilion to the imperial palace, Lu Xiang personally delivered it to the Imperial Household Department. After the general manager of the Imperial Household Department had checked it, he went to Jingren Palace.
Although most of the flowers in the Imperial Garden have withered, there are always skilled craftsmen who add other beautiful scenery to the garden. Although the unknown flowers are not as beautiful as peonies, they also form a bright landscape in this cold season.
Lu Xiang was standing in front of a cluster of flowers, studying what kind it was, when she suddenly heard faint voices coming from behind the rockery nearby. She frowned, not at all interested in the little secrets of the palace, so she turned around and was about to leave.
However, vaguely, the words "Thirteenth Princess" and "Empress Queen" floated into her ears.
Lu Xiang subconsciously stopped and walked quietly in the direction where the sound came from.
The next moment, someone said, "Then I'll leave first," followed by the sound of footsteps.
Lu Xiang was startled and quickly dodged to the side, only to see a woman in a light green short jacket hurriedly leaving. She did not look like a palace maid.
Soon, another person came out from behind the rockery.
This person was a palace maid. She looked unfamiliar and Lu Xiang had never seen her before.
but……
"Ah Man, do you think that woman in light green clothes looks familiar?"
Lu Xiang looked at the palace maid's departing back and fell into deep thought.
Ah Man looked at it seriously for a while and shook her head: "I have no impression."
Lu Xiang thought about it, but couldn't remember anything for a moment, so he said, "Let's go."
Jingren Palace.
When the palace servants saw Lu Xiang, they all bowed and greeted him respectfully. Yun Lu heard the voice and hurriedly ran out from the main hall, holding a feather duster in her hand, and seemed to be working.
"Good luck to the Third Miss."
Yunlu bowed happily.
Lu Xiang quickly turned sideways and said with a smile, "Hello, Aunt Yunlu, is the Queen free?"
Yunlu: "Your Majesty, don't be busy. I've been expecting you to come to the palace in the next few days. I look forward to it every day."
"I'm sorry to have worried you, Madam. I'll sit and wait for you to finish your work."
Aunt Yunlu said she is not busy!
In other words, the Empress also has things to do now.
"It's okay. Her Majesty has instructed that no matter when the Third Miss comes, she should be brought to see her." Yun Lu said with a smile, and then pulled Lu Xiang to the side hall.
Your Majesty has to take care of the affairs of the harem, and there are too many things to deal with. Even the trivial matters have to be taken care of by her, so there is no such thing as finishing everything. However, in the past, Concubine Shu and others have been interfering in the palace affairs for many years, so a lot of power has been lost, and Your Majesty has no way to take it back. Fortunately, Your Majesty is generous and she only cares about keeping the power of the harem in her own hands.
The queen said that she is a human being, not a cow. If she has to do so many things by herself, she must be exhausted. The concubines like to be in charge of things, so let them be. Anyway, she is the one who really makes the decision in the harem, and no matter how much they jump around, they can surpass her as the queen.
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