Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Early the next morning, her mother, who had been praying in the temple, returned home.

"Yue'er, Auntie knows that you can't accept the change from a wife to a concubine, but Jiang Chubai has also changed from a scholar to a top scholar. You won't lose out by marrying him."

Meng Xiyue lowered her eyes and embroidered the handkerchief in her hand, "I won't be a concubine, let alone a top scholar, even a prince or a nobleman."

"You are talking nonsense again. It will be a disaster if someone hears it." Wen's face changed. Who is the prince? He is a big shot that even the master cannot meet.

"Yue'er, with your status, if you want to be the legitimate wife, you can only marry into a poor family, but you have been spoiled since childhood, how can you bear this hardship?"

As the legitimate wife, Cui was magnanimous and would not deliberately bully concubines and illegitimate daughters, so Wen lived a comfortable life in the mansion.

She had only one daughter, Meng Xiyue, and she treated her like a treasure, raising her to be fair and tender.

Looking at her rosy and fair little face, Wen Shi couldn't help but want to pinch it.

"Look... I'm just practicing how to make money now."

Meng Xiyue pointed at the handkerchief in her hand.

Wen choked and looked at the animal embroidered on the handkerchief, which was not sure whether it was a pheasant or a duck, and her eyebrows twitched.

"you…"

"Fifth sister, aunt."

As they were talking, a head popped in from the door.

The woman was wearing a pink dress and had a round face with two dimples, which made her very cute.

"Yun'er is here." Seeing someone coming, Wen Shi didn't know what to say.

"You two sisters can chat while I go to the Madam's place."

"Auntie, walk slowly."

Meng Yun'er is the fourth daughter of the Meng family and was also born to a concubine. However, her mother died shortly after she was born.

She has always been raised by the old lady. She is only five months younger than Meng Xiyue, and the two have a very good relationship.

She sat down next to Meng Xiyue and asked, "Are you embroidering the ugly duck again?"

“This is a mandarin duck.”

"Where can you find such an ugly mandarin duck?"

"No more embroidery."

Meng Xiyue threw the handkerchief aside. She was obviously a first-rate painter, but she couldn't embroider well no matter how hard she tried. The needle just wouldn't obey her.

Knowing that Meng Xiyue was in a bad mood, Meng Yuner sighed.

"Fifth sister, I've heard about your story. What do you think?"

"What can I think? Since he has other ideas, then just cancel the engagement. It's not like he can't get married anyway."

"But if the engagement is broken off, there's no way I can find a good family."

After Meng Yun'er finished speaking, she saw Meng Xiyue's skin as white as porcelain and her features as beautiful as a painting, and she felt that she was worrying too much.

With Meng Xiyue's looks, which young man in Qingyun City would not be envious?

If the marriage had not been arranged early, I'm afraid the door of this mansion would have been trampled down by people proposing marriage.

"Fifth sister, you really can't bear to part with him. Jiang Chubai is not only handsome, but he is also the top scholar in the imperial examination."

The number one scholar was chosen by the emperor himself and will go to Beijing to take up his post soon. I heard that the capital is very prosperous.

"I don't want to be a concubine anyway."

Meng Xiyue still said the same thing. She had said it many times, but they still acted as if they didn't hear it.

"You don't want to be a concubine, but someone wants to be one."

Meng Yun'er lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "I heard that my second sister came to mother and begged to be Jiang Chubai's concubine."

Meng Qingge? This was beyond her expectation. Meng Qingge was born to her stepmother. She had always been arrogant and looked down on her concubines.

Relying on her own talent and knowledge, she was very noble and was willing to be Jiang Chubai's concubine.

It seems that the identity of this top scholar is quite enviable.

Thinking of this, she stood up and said, "I'm going out for a while."

It is better to cancel this marriage as soon as possible. It has been three days since Jiang Chubai came back from winning the top spot in the imperial examination.

If he doesn't come to find her, then she will go find him.

Jiang Chubai was not at the Jiang family. After asking around, she found out that he had invited his classmates to discuss poetry at Jingtian Temple today.

Meng Xiyue did not hesitate and brought her maid Qianxiang to the temple outside the city.

There are a lot of people in the temple today, probably all here to join in the fun.

She followed the crowd to the main courtyard of the temple, and saw Jiang Chubai standing on the stage, talking.

It has to be said that his tall and straight figure, coupled with his handsome facial features, can really make women's hearts flutter.

She was blinded by the appearance at that time, and since he promised to marry only her, she agreed to the marriage.

What people overlooked was his talent, which resulted in him being admitted to high school in one go.

Thinking of this, she lowered her eyes and stopped looking at the young man who was shining brightly on the stage.

"Go tell his servant, I'll wait for him at the back hill."

There are too many people here, so it's not suitable for them to talk.

Meng Xiyue came to the peach forest on the back mountain. It was early April, the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom.

The pink peach blossoms blooming on the branches are so beautiful that they are dazzling.

But no matter how beautiful the peach blossoms are, they are not half as beautiful as the woman standing in the peach forest.

Meng Xiyue was seen wearing a rose-red skirt and a crabapple-shaped headpiece. Against the backdrop of the gorgeous peach blossoms, she looked like an elf that had fallen into the mortal world, charming and beautiful.

Xie Junyi, who was standing not far away, had a panoramic view of it all.

He had never known that a woman could possess two completely different temperaments, purity and charm, and not make people feel out of place.

Pure as a lotus, delicate as a peach, this sentence is fully demonstrated in women.

Those usually cold eyes were unconsciously filled with a hint of heat.

But just as he was about to step forward, a man walked over.

"Yue'er, why are you here?"

Jiang Chubai arrived late, looking very happy. Looking at her smiling face, it seemed that there was no thought of canceling the engagement at all.

Meng Xiyue's eyes turned colder, "I haven't even had time to congratulate you on your graduation."

"This is a happy event for us all. The emperor has appointed me as a compiler in the Imperial Academy, and I will be able to enter the capital next month."

"Then I wish Jiang Zhuangyuan a successful career and a happy marriage."

Hearing this, Jiang Chubai was stunned, his eyes filled with tenderness, "Yue'er, I know you are angry. From wife to concubine, it is indeed unfair to you, but don't worry, my love for you has never been fake. Even if you are a concubine, I still love you the most."

Meng Xiyue sneered, "I, Meng Xiyue, cannot bear this kind of love. Please return the jade pendant I gave you."

Although the jade pendant was not a valuable item, it was a gift from Aunt Wen on her tenth birthday.

She had been wearing it close to her body, and when Jiang Chubai went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, she gave it to him as a talisman. Now that they were no longer related, she naturally had to get the jade pendant back.

"Yue'er, do you really want to break off the engagement with me?"

The confidence in Jiang Chubai's eyes gradually cracked, "I am now the top scholar."

"I'm not the one who regrets the marriage. Since you want to marry a noble lady, I'll help you."

"What if I insist on having you as my concubine?"

Jiang Chubai really likes Meng Xiyue. There are only a few such beautiful women even in the capital, and he is reluctant to give her up.

When his parents went to Meng's house, he reminded them to only change the marriage certificate and not cancel the engagement.