“Darn it.” Xie Jing Xing suddenly turned around and instructed Mo Qing and the few, “Escort Furen out of the outer fields. Tie Yi, follow me.”
Shen Miao said, “You are going to the inner fields now?” The uneasy feeling in her heart got heavier that Shen Miao almost had the urge to pull Xie Jing Xing back and prevent him from leaving.
Seeing Xie Jing Xing not speaking, Ji Yu Shu scratched his head and smiled at Shen Miao, “In fact, one could call Third Older Biao Brother. I am cousins with Third Older Biao Brother and according to the ranking of brothers in the clan generation, he is number three. Third Older Brother’s Imperial Mother is my Yi Mu (Mother’s Sister). We are maternal cousins.”
After Shen Miao heard Ji Yu Shu speaking, she then understood. So Ji Yu Shu’s mother and Xie Jing Xing’s Imperial Mother were full blooded sisters. Ji Yu Shu was also considered as the Imperial family and was maternal cousins as Xie Jing Xing. No wonder even though Xie Jing Xing said that Ji Yu Shu was not good, he still take great care of him.
After reading the first part, don’t you want to make Gao Yang suffer under Luo Tan? Cause I do… Since he lied to her (and made all the servants do the same) and Luo Tan believed him, now I want Luo Tan to friendzone him and make him jealous unknowingly. Hrumph… That is for lying to our innocent Luo Tan!
The weather on the second day of the sixth month was wonderful. It was still raining intermittently the previous day but the sun was shining brightly the next day. Although there were muds in the mountain, the weather lately had been like that.
Luo Tan stretched out lazily. There were a lot of ice that were placed in the room so even though the summer days were long and hot, the room was still dry and refreshing.
When in the room, Shen Miao then told Xie Jing Xing of what had happened today. Xie Jing Xing said, “The Imperial Hunt?”
Shen Miao nodded her head, “It seemed some what unusual.”
“So you be the concubine and I will be the wife.”
Shen Miao looked enquiringly at Lu Wan-er. With Lu Wan-er’s graceful tone of voice, one did not know where did it came from. Initially when she heard Lu Wan-er’s words just now, she felt that it was not false that each of the Lu family was intelligent. However this words made Shen Miao feel that she was unable to know what was Lu Wan-er bottom line as one did not know if Lu Wan-er was really a fool or not to discuss about Imperial matters.
In the Lu residence, at this moment the atmosphere in the hall was very harmonious. As the well-known military commander in Long Ye, the Lu family’s status is extremely high, thus the residence was large and it was renovated luxuriously. Todays’ Bright Summer Banquet was personally handled by Lu Furen, thus the compliments kept flowing in without stopping.
Lu Furen was in her early forties and her prime was passed. Most likely she was a beauty when she was younger but after maturing, she was so thin that she lost some dignity appearance. Despite this, she still wore gorgeously, as if this would be able to add a little brilliance onto her.
On the same night when Xie Jing Xing returned, Shen Miao told Xie Jing Xing about the matter of the invitation. Xie Jing Xing told Shen Miao if she did not want to go, it was alright to reject it. Even though the Lu and Ye families were arrogant, they currently dared not tear away all pretenses with the residence of Prince Rui. In another words, Shen Miao had the power to reject.
It was just that even it was so, Shen Miao did not want to refuse. Knowing oneself and knowing one’s enemy would lead one to be victorious in every batter. Currently she had no knowledge of the different fractions in Great Liang and one could take advantage of this opportunity to understand it better. Not mentioning the Ye family, just want kind of thoughts the Lu family had towards her can be seen in this time.
“You still have secrets from me?” She deliberately asked.
“Don’t you also have secrets from me?” Xie Jing Xing said.
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