Chapter 1116: The Tenderness of Prince Xiao (Twenty-eight)
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the gates of the princess's mansion were wide open. Early in the morning, ladies from various families arrived at the princess's mansion in their own carriages.
Ye Yueying and the two sisters of the Wang family also arrived early and are now waiting in line to enter the princess's mansion.
In the carriage, Miss Wang looked at Ye Yueying from time to time. Today's Ye Yueying made her feel a little unfamiliar. She was wearing a red jacket and red skirt, looking so cool and noble. She never knew that this person was so suitable for the color red.
She still remembered Ye Yueying's appearance when she first came to the Wang family, dressed in plain white. Even after the mourning period was over, Ye Yueying still wore plain clothes, so that in her impression, Ye Yueying always looked cold and dull.
Today, seeing Ye Yueying wearing a red jacket with gold-thread patterns and a silver-red pleated skirt, not only she but everyone else in the family was surprised.
Ye Yueying, who is so gorgeous and slightly ostentatious, seems to be the daughter of a third-rank general.
Ye Yueying noticed Miss Wang's gaze, but she ignored it. At the moment, she was nervous and uneasy. She knew very well why she could come to the princess's banquet.
Ye Yueying tightly grasped the jade pendant given by Xiao Moxi, as if she wanted to absorb energy from it.
At this moment, she didn't want to think about whether it was a test or not. She only knew that since Xiao Moxi gave her the jade pendant, she shouldn't back down. At least she should express herself openly. Even if she didn't catch the prince and princess's eye in the end, she shouldn't be timid.
"It's our turn to go in!"
Miss Wang Er's words brought Ye Yueying and Miss Wang Da back to their senses from their thoughts.
Ye Yueying handed over the invitation, and then the carriage entered through the side door.
After passing the ceremonial gate, the girls got out of the carriage. The servant pulled the carriage to the stable, and the girls went to the garden together.
Without the constraints of elders around, everyone was very relaxed and the atmosphere in the entire princess's mansion was very joyful.
"Princess Chun'an's reputation is probably even greater than that of the royal princess. With so many people here, I'm afraid all the ladies in the capital have been invited," said Miss Wang excitedly.
Ye Yueying glanced at Miss Wang Er: "Second cousin, I advise you to talk less and watch more."
Miss Wang Er was dissatisfied and said with a curled lip, "I know that we can come to the Princess's Mansion today because of you, but there is no need for you to put on a preachy face. Everyone is chatting happily, why can't I speak?"
Ye Yueying really didn't want to bother with such people, but thinking that they came together, if the Wang sisters were to lose face, she would also lose face. After thinking about it, she still said patiently:
"Second cousin, think carefully about why you came to the princess's mansion today. If you want to achieve a certain goal, even if you have to pretend, you have to pretend to be someone people like. Otherwise, how can you catch their eye?"
Miss Wang Er instinctively wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, she felt that Ye Yueying was right. Before leaving, her father and mother had told them to be more restrained when outside, so she turned her head and kept silent.
Miss Wang looked at Ye Yueying several times. Only today did she realize how little she knew this person. Her words hit the nail on the head, leaving her sister speechless.
Just now she was still thinking about how to persuade her sister. Now, with Ye Yueying's words, her sister should stop talking nonsense.
Seeing that Miss Wang Er had calmed down, Ye Yueying looked around and walked to a secluded pavilion.
The Wang sisters hesitated for a moment, then hurried to follow.
There were curtains and a brazier in the pavilion, so it wasn't cold.
But Miss Wang Er felt a little bored after sitting for a while. She looked at Ye Yueying and said, "There are so many young ladies here, why are we sitting here alone?"
Ye Yueying glanced at her and asked, "Do you know anyone else?"
Miss Wang choked, then said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "If you ask me, we should have brought Miss Qian with us today. At least with her around, we can get to know some people."
Ye Yueying glanced at Miss Wang Er and asked, "Are you sure Miss Qian knows these people?"
Most of those who could be invited by the princess were ladies from the families of officials of the third rank or above. The Qian family was only a fifth rank official, so how could they possibly socialize with them?
Miss Wang Er was choked again: "Then we just sit here and do nothing?"
Ye Yueying: "I'm not stopping you. If you have the ability, you can go and make friends with others on your own."
Miss Wang Er immediately looked at Miss Wang Da.
Seeing that Ye Yueying showed no sign of leaving, Miss Wang thought for a moment, then left the pavilion with Miss Wang II and headed towards where the ladies were gathered.
Xuehua saw her daughter slowly brewing tea and couldn't help but feel anxious: "Girl, are we really going to stay in the pavilion forever? Otherwise, why don't we go out for a walk? Wouldn't it be great if we could make a few good friends?"
Ye Yueying smiled faintly: "It's possible for a lady from a wealthy family to have a close friendship, but such a relationship takes time to accumulate. How could I, your daughter, deserve to be considered a close friend just by meeting someone once?"
"As for the others, don't be fooled by the affectionateness they show when they meet. Most of them are together because of profit. The Ye family is gone, and I'm an orphan. Do you think other ladies would be willing to pay attention to me?"
As if to echo these words, several ladies came towards the pavilion together.
Seeing this, Ye Yueying narrowed her eyes and said, "Even if there is, it must be for other purposes."
She always remembered her grandmother's teachings: there is nothing free in this world, and she should be especially wary of sudden advances in goodwill. In their eyes, you might be a lamb to be slaughtered, or a stepping stone.
At the same time, at the back door of the Princess's Mansion, Xiao Keyan looked at Prince Ping and Gu Moyan climbing on the wall with a headache: "Grandfather, if you want to come to the Princess's Mansion, why don't you enter through the main gate? Why are you climbing the wall?"
Prince Ping sat on the wall and said with a smile, "Mo Yan said this would be more exciting. Isn't your brother afraid that we would scare his sweetheart? Then we can only watch secretly."
Xiao Keyan glared at Gu Moyan and said, "You are the only one who gives such nonsense advice. If Grandfather falls down somewhere, you will be in trouble."
Prince Ping quickly spoke up to defend his grandson: "That's impossible. I trust Mo Yan."
Gu Moyan immediately raised his eyebrows provocatively at Xiao Keyan.
Xiao Keyan was too lazy to pay attention to him: "The ladies are almost all here, I have to go over, you guys hurry down."
When Gu Moyan heard this, he immediately jumped off the wall holding Prince Ping.
When they landed, Xiao Keyan and the maids around her couldn't help but want to laugh when they saw Prince Ping hanging on Gu Moyan like a kangaroo.
Gu Moyan let go of Prince Ping and moved closer to Xiao Keyan: "Sister, have you seen my sweetheart?"
Xiao Keyan glanced at him sideways and raised the invitation in her hand: "They've already arrived. I was planning to go and see them, but you and grandfather came over to climb the wall. So of course I have to stay close to grandfather."
Prince Ping was very pleased to hear this. He pulled Xiao Keyan over with a smile and shook her arm twice, making Xiao Keyan laugh and cry.
As he grew older, my grandfather became more and more like a naughty old man.
"Come on, come on, follow grandpa to see your future sister-in-law."
Prince Ping walked towards the garden, holding one child in each hand, jumping and skipping as he went. If Xiao Keyan and Gu Moyan were more forceful, the old prince might have wanted to walk by hanging.
From the age of ten, Xiao Keyan was forced by her mother to work as a child laborer and began to share the chores of the palace. Hosting a banquet was already a piece of cake for her, and the maids would come to report to her early on what was going on in the garden.
Hearing that a young lady was causing trouble for Ye Yueying, Prince Ping, Xiao Keyan, and Gu Moyan, grandfather and grandson, looked at each other and then quickened their pace at the same time.
"Hurry up, hurry up, there's something interesting to watch! I heard from the Wu family kid that your brother was beaten up by the Ye family girl, and he's not easy to mess with!"
Soon, the grandfather and grandson arrived at the garden. Instead of showing up, they walked through the rockery and finally climbed onto it.
The villa is located in the north of the garden and is built relatively high, so you can have a panoramic view of the entire back garden.
At this moment, the grandfather, grandson and his two children were staring intently at the east side of the garden, and Prince Ping was holding a telescope in his hand.
Xiao Keyan's princess mansion was built by the Ministry of Works at the order of the emperor himself when he left Beijing. The Ministry of Works did not dare to cut corners, and the entire princess mansion was built in a magnificent manner, with pavilions, towers, bridges, flowing water, rockery and artificial lakes.
To the east of the garden is an artificial lake with a waterside pavilion and corridor built on the lake.
At this moment, many ladies gathered on the corridor.
"Who is my brother's sweetheart?"
Gu Moyan and Xiao Keyan have never met Ye Yueying.
Prince Ping smiled and handed the telescope to Xiao Keyan: "It's the one standing in the middle."
Xiao Keyan: "Is that the one wearing red clothes?"
Prince Ping nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's her."
Gu Moyan quickly asked, "What does she look like?"
Xiao Keyan nodded: "It's quite beautiful."
Prince Ping raised his chin and said, "Of course not. That's the person your eldest brother likes."
Xiao Keyan continued, "Appearance is secondary. Her cold and arrogant temperament is more attractive."
Gu Moyan hurriedly urged Xiao Keyan to give him the telescope: "Let me see."
Xiao Keyan gave the telescope to Gu Moyan.
After seeing them, Gu Moyan nodded with satisfaction: "Big brother has good taste." Seeing that many people were gathered around Ye Yueying, he couldn't help but snort, "I really don't like these ladies in the capital."
Xiao Keyan: "Don't judge all of them by one standard. Some of them are actually quite good."
Prince Ping said with a smile: "If you want to blame someone, you can only blame your eldest brother for being so popular."
Gu Moyan frowned: "Brother didn't even let us disturb Miss Ye, so how did the news that he likes Miss Ye get out?"
Xiao Keyan: "Didn't you see Yan's seventh cousin over there?"
Gu Moyan hadn't really noticed. She took out the telescope and looked again before she found the Seventh Daughter of the Yan Family in the crowd. She was a little speechless: "She still won't give up?"
There was more than one girl from the Yan family who was attracted to Xiao Moxi. Even their grandmother had the idea of getting married. Unfortunately, as soon as this proposal was made, it was flatly rejected by their mother.
It is said that it is not easy for close relatives to marry each other, otherwise the children born may be fools.
After the mother made her attitude clear, no one in the Yan family mentioned the matter again. However, the seventh cousin from the eldest uncle's family refused to believe it. Every time the eldest brother went to the Yan family, she would always stay close to him.
My uncle and aunt were working in other places, so they relaxed their supervision over their daughter, and my grandmother couldn't bear to punish her cruelly. As a result, my seventh cousin became a little arrogant.
Xiao Keyan sighed and looked at Gu Moyan: "Take good care of Grandpa. I'll go over and take a look. Don't let them really get into a conflict, otherwise it will hurt the relationship between the two families."
However, before Xiao Keyan could get down from the rockery, a noise came from the waterside pavilion.
Someone pushed them, but Miss Yan Qi and another young lady fell backwards into the water. Just as they were about to fall into the water, Ye Yueying grabbed one of them by the collar with one hand and pulled them both up.
After pulling them up, he let go of their hands without waiting for them to stand firmly, causing them to fall to the ground in a mess.
Then, Ye Yueying looked directly at the girl in blue next to her, stretched out her legs, and let the girl in blue jump into the water.
The moment the blue-dressed girl fell, Ye Yueying grabbed her collar and pulled her up. Then she said in a cold voice, "Next time you're near the water, don't stretch your legs around, or else someone will fall into the water like you did just now."
As he spoke, he looked around at the ladies around him with an expressionless face.
"The water in the first month of the year is still very cold. If you girls fall into the water, you will either drown or freeze to death. For the sake of your lives, you'd better disperse as soon as possible."
After saying this, he left the pavilion without caring about the crowd's reactions.
On the rockery, Prince Ping laughed and stroked his beard: "This prince likes a granddaughter-in-law with personality like this."
Xiao Keyan and Gu Moyan also had smiles on their faces.
Their sister-in-law cannot be the kind of person who doesn't know how to fight back when she is wronged and bullied.
Gu Moyan curled her lips and said, "Look at how calm and composed Miss Ye is when she's teaching someone a lesson. She's so powerful, yet I'm afraid we might scare her. I really don't know how he could say that."
Xiao Keyan didn't say anything, turned around and walked down the rockery. She still had to go through the formalities to calm things down.
After getting down from the rockery, a maid came to tell Xiao Keyan that it was the daughter of the Minister of War who tripped Ye Yueying. Unexpectedly, Ye Yueying had practiced martial arts and was fine. But Yan Qi and another lady next to her were unlucky, which led to the scene they saw on the rockery.
At the same time, in the main courtyard of the Princess's Mansion, Daohua listened to the servant's report and smiled at her eldest son who was sitting beside her: "Not bad, they taught the perpetrators a lesson, but they didn't make things too awful and bring shame to the master."
Xiao Moxi smiled and sat down next to Daohua, leaning against her affectionately: "Mom, don't you still believe in your son's vision?"
Daohua glanced at her eldest son and said, "Love can make people stupid. Your father and I will definitely take a good look at this. We hope that the person you marry is someone you love and can shoulder the burden of the palace with you."
"Even if your current abilities are a little lacking, as long as you know how to improve yourself and make up for your shortcomings, we won't have any objections."
"For a couple to go a long way, besides having affection, they also need to be able to rely on each other. We are all flesh and blood, and we all get tired sometimes. Your parents don't want you to work too hard."
Xiao Moxi rubbed Daohua's shoulder with admiration: "Mom, I understand." Then he looked at Daohua with some trepidation, "Then Mom, what do you and Dad think of Yueying?"
Daohua saw her son's nervous expression and knew that he was truly moved. She smiled and patted his head gently: "You are willing to practice martial arts to avenge your family. Your father really appreciates your determination and perseverance. As for your mother, I..."
Xiao Moxi immediately became worried.
Daohua sighed in disappointment: "I am going to give up my son."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Moxi immediately grinned. He knew that his mother had recognized Yueying. He reached out and hugged Daohua: "Mom, don't worry, I won't forget you just because I have a wife."
After saying that, he ran away quickly.
Daohuaxiao watched her son run away, looking a little disappointed. Xiao Yeyang came out from the inner room, looked at his son's back, and snorted: "You little brat, you dare to give it a try."
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