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Chapter 70 - The Yi Hairpin
Shortly afterwards, all that
could be seen was a good looking slender Furen walking in leading an
innocent, slim young girl.
That Furen, who was about
thirty years old with a tall figure and a fair complexion, gave a generous bow
when she saw Su Shi. "Mo Shi has met Su lao Furen."
The young girl at the woman's
side also bowed in a dignified and orderly manner.
That Furen is Mo Shi ,the
wife of the cabinet minister Chen Lin and the young girl, named Chen Ya, is
Chen Lin's Di daughter.
Su Shi smiled and rewarded the
young girl with an emerald bracelet.
Chen Ya is only eleven or twelve
years old, but she has already grown into a beautiful girl. She has a silver
butterfly dress with jade pearls, which makes her complexion fairer and
brighter, and she has a beautiful face and a gentle demeanour.
Zhao Shi was so pleased with her
that when Chen Ya bowed to her, she immediately took a white jade bracelet from
her wrist and put it on Chen Ya's wrist, taking Chen Ya's hand and
complimenting her.
Lin Shi also gave a red
jade bracelet as a gift for the occasion.
Su Qingping looked on with great
enthusiasm, these were all good things, how good it would be if they were all
given to her.
She had seen the wealth of the
Nangong House in her eyes, and now that she saw that Lin Shi, an unpopular
daughter-in-law of the house, could produce such good things without any
trouble, she could not help but feel a bit frustrated, if only she were the
daughter-in-law of the Nangong House.
Mo Shi smiled and thanked
Su Shi, Zhao Shi and Lin Shi, and in a twinkling of an eye
gave Nangong Zheng and Nangong Yue each an agate bracelet.
As for Su Qingping, she didn't
get anything, instead she got in the way of being a generation older and gave
Chen Ya a jade hairpin, which hurt her to the bone.
When Nangong Yue saw this, she
could not help but sneer and hook her lips.
She could naturally see that Zhao
Shi was extremely happy with Chen Ya, but she had lived more than one life and
didn’t know other things, but she was sure that her future first cousin-in-law
was not this Chen Ya.
Mo Shi chatted with Su Shi
for a few minutes, and seeing that Su Shi could not hide her
weariness, she excused herself with great discernment and left.
Zhao Shi diligently escorted Mo
Shi out the door and returned with a smile on her face.
After resting for half an hour
and having a fasting meal, Su said to the girls"My wife is very old and
weak, and I have no strength left. You young guniangs rarely go out
once, so go outside and walk in the courtyard to get some fresh air."
"Mother is right." Zhao
Shi nodded and said, "This west side hall and this row of chambers are off
limits to male guests except for the young monks, so it's good for you to go
out and liven things up."
The three guniangs quickly
thanked Su Shi and left the room with their maids and mamas.
While Zhao Shi and Lin Shi
have a mother-in-law to serve, they naturally have to stay by Su Shi's
side.
The young round-headed monk
introduced the temple in a young milk voice as he walked.
For example, this Bailong Temple has
a long history, it has existed since the previous dynasty, but was destroyed in
the war, until it was rebuilt after the late emperor ascended to the throne.
For example, Bailong Temple is the second largest temple in Wangdu and has the
highest rate of burning incense in front of the temple. Furthermore, there is a
bamboo forest behind the temple, which was said to have been planted by a
senior monk in the previous dynasty. Even when the old temple was destroyed,
this bamboo forest survived and became a beautiful story ......
The wind is blowing, admiring the
view of bamboo, taking a walk, this journey is also part of the leisurely and
comfortable ...... until the bamboo forest next to a sudden noise, the sound is
also getting louder.
Seeing this, the young monk
became a bit nervous and dropped a panicked sentence, "Please ask a few
pilgrims guests to wait here while the little monk goes and see what is
happening." It seemed very funny that a little chubby boy had to act like
an adult.
Su Qingping suddenly said,
"Let's go and have a look too." After saying this, she didn't wait
for the others to say anything, and already followed her with her maid Liu
Rong.
Nangong Zheng wanted to stop her,
but she hesitated because she thought that Su Qingping was her elder, and with
this little hesitation, she missed the opportunity.
She also could not leave Su
Qingping behind, so she could only turn to Nangong Yue and say, "Third meimei,
let's also go over and take a look."
Nangong Yue nodded, so the two of
them followed the sound along with their maids and mamas. The source of
the clamour was three men, including two who were clearly dressed as guards.
Both of them were tall, strong and aggressive and they were holding a man in a
blue dress by his arms, left and right, pressing his back and pinning him face
down on the stone floor.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
The restrained man struggled woefully, his hair was a little dishevelled, and
by the look of his features he was a familiar face.
Raising her eyes quickly and
scanning half a circle, Nangong Yue's heart was already beginning to regret
that she should have known better than to follow her here.
"Cousin Cheng!" Su
Qingping shouted out excitedly, "Who are you, let go of cousin!"
That's right, the man who was
pinned to the ground was none other than Nangong Cheng. The other five men were
obviously part of a group, and there was no telling how he had gotten into
trouble with this group.
The three teenagers with their
backs to them turned to look at each other, and the shortest one in the middle
"snapped" his paper fan open and said playfully: "Huh? Biaomei
is here! Seeing how sneaky this guy was just now, could it be that cousins
have come here for a private meeting?" This young boy was only 11 or 12
years old, his eyes were bright star,skin as if white jade, red lips and white
teeth. He was as good looking as a golden boy, and could not have looked
better.
Although he was clearly more
distinguished than the two teenagers beside him, they were not outdone by him
either and they exuded a compelling and noble aura just by standing casually
without speaking.
With just one glance, Nangong Yue
and Nangong Zheng recognised them as Second Prince Han Lingzi and Third Prince
Han Lingfu.
They had met again! A few waves
rose in Nangong Yue's heart, but she could not reveal any of them. She could
only focus her eyes on the young man in the middle, who was certainly no
ordinary person to be standing side by side with the two princes!
Nangong Zheng naturally thought
of this, and she wanted to reprimand the boy for his foul language, but she did
not dare to speak freely because of the boy's status.On the surface, she did
not move, but in her mind, she had already thought about it several times, but
she did not think of any other prince who matched the boy's age.
And while Nangong Yue did not
recognise the young man at first glance, at second glance she could see it. The
young man was not a real young man, but a young girl, a young girl dressed as a
man. The young girl's name was Qu Jiayue and may say was a proud daughter of
heaven. Her father is His Majesty's (gumu)aunt's eldest son, the Marquis
of Pingyang, and her mother is the sister of Consort Liu. So Qu Jiayue was
favoured at birth by the Emperor, even more so than several princesses, and was
given the title of Junzhu County Princess Mingyue.
Qu Jiayue had always been
unrivalled in the capital and was known as the most beautiful woman in the
royal capital until Nangong Zheng took her place.
The two masters did not speak
out, but behind them was Gui Mama, Nangong Zheng's housekeeper Mama,
who could not allow Qu Jiayue to speak in such a way as to tarnish the
reputation of the Nangong family.
Gui Mama also has some eyesight
and knows that these few people are not ordinary people so she speaks very
politely: " This gongzi is probably having some kind of
misunderstanding. This is our family Fourth Master, who follows the family to
come here......"
"Momo!" Nangong
Zheng raised her hand to indicate Gui Mama not to say any more, she gave
Nangong Yue a look and the two of them stepped forward together and bowed
gracefully, "Greetings to second ......"
