Shengjing Noble

While she was thinking, she had already stepped into Merlin and started to show off everywhere.

Countless ladies and gentlemen cast their eyes towards her with different expressions, some were curious, some were puzzled, but most of them were filled with a kind of alienation as if they wanted to avoid her as much as possible.

She was dressed so gorgeously that she looked out of place in this quiet Merlin, and even seemed to be distracting.

Several noble ladies with discerning vision stood together and whispered something, glancing at Su Lanxin from time to time.

Unfortunately, she still felt good about herself, and was even complacent about the attention she was attracting. She raised her chin proudly with a smug look on her face.

Su Lanyin, who was sitting far away and watching all this, curled the corners of her mouth and drank tea silently.

Lu Wanjun looked at the plum blossoms in the garden and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "This is the legendary Plum Garden."

Su Lanyin asked curiously, "Mom seems to have heard of it?"

She nodded. "Your grandfather had a garden in Quanzhou. One corner of the garden was a plum forest built by skilled craftsmen at great expense, imitating the pattern of Yimei Garden. I loved picking flowers there when I was a child."

"There is such a place? When will mother take me to Quanzhou to see it?"

Lu Wanjun's face flashed with loneliness, and she said with some sadness: "I have wanted to take you back to see it for so many years, but... Mother is too embarrassed to go back."

She lowered her head with a sad look and wiped her wet eyes with a handkerchief.

Su Lanyin knew that her mother was always strong and would not cry easily. She must have cried because she mentioned her sad memories.

Thinking of this, she comforted him, "Grandfather must miss mother too. My brothers and I will go back with you then."

Lu Wanjun thought of her four children and immediately burst into laughter. She nodded and said, "Okay, Mom will take you back to see them."

Thinking back to the time when her mother died early, she was raised by the aunts in the family. Her father was busy with business and neglected to discipline her, which allowed her to have the audacity to secretly marry Su Yongcheng.

At that time, her father was very angry and did not allow her to marry Su Yongcheng, but she would not listen at all. She was so stubborn that even ten oxen could not pull her back.

When she threatened to commit suicide, her father actually turned around and threatened to sever the father-daughter relationship.

She thought, you don’t care about me anyway. You ignored me after mom died. Why should I care about the father-daughter relationship!

So she knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and announced in public that she would never be a daughter of the Lu family again.

Her father was so angry with her that he fell seriously ill and had no energy to take care of her. Coincidentally, she was found to be pregnant at this time, and finally married Su Yongcheng as she wished.

On the day of her wedding, her father only sent someone to deliver a dowry that stretched as long as a street. Even when she left Quanzhou in the grand wedding carriage, she still didn't see her father and brother coming out to see her off.

That separation... was twenty years!

She was filled with remorse, her vision was blurred by tears, but she didn't dare let anyone notice, so she could only wipe her eyes again and again with a handkerchief, but she still couldn't stop the tears from filling her eyes.

Su Lanyin patted her back gently and said soothingly, "Mom, I heard that my uncle came to Shengjing."

Lu Wanjun was stunned for a moment, stopped crying, and had a confused and expectant expression.

"Are you serious? How did you know that?"

She explained, "This month every year is when the Lu family goes to Shengjing to deliver spices. I sent someone to inquire a few days ago, and it turns out that my uncle is coming again this year."

"That brother..."

"It should be here by now."

Lu Wanjun bit her lower lip, a look of confusion flashed in her eyes. She clenched her fists, feeling hesitant.

She missed her brother, and wanted to see him more, to ask him how he had been doing over the years and whether everything was going well at home.

But she didn't dare!

She was extremely rebellious back then and was truly an utterly unfilial daughter. How could she have the face to face her natal family now?

The more she thought about it, the more ashamed she felt. She sighed deeply, and then said earnestly, "Yinyin, I haven't read many books, and I'm not as sensible as you. I only understand many truths after experiencing them, but there is one thing you must remember."

"What?"

“No matter who you are with in the future, you must not separate your loved ones for him.”

Su Lanyin nodded heavily: "Don't worry, mother. No matter what happens, you and your three brothers are my most important relatives!"

The mother and daughter held hands and smiled at each other. Ji Yun suddenly came over and interrupted, "Other girls are walking around and meeting other noble ladies, but you and your daughter are quite free here."

"Aunt Yun."

"Ma'am, you know that apart from business dealings, I actually like to be alone."

Ji Yun smiled and reminded, "How do you know that there is no business of yours here? What those wealthy ladies wear and wear are more or less made by your Jinxiufang."

"That's right. Since they are all my clients, I might as well go around and show my face."

"Come on, I'll introduce you."

After saying that, Lu Wanjun stood up and followed Ji Yun to the plum forest. Only Su Lanyin was left sitting there, drinking tea and watching.

As he was speaking, he looked up again and couldn't find Su Lanxin.

It's strange, she was wearing such conspicuous clothes, how could she disappear?

Su Lanyin had a bad feeling and knew that the guy must be in trouble.

She didn't want to be merciful and save her, she just wanted to go and take a look so as not to implicate her mother, Aunt Yun and herself.

So she also stood up and went in the direction Su Lanxin had just gone.

Following the path, she came to a remote place, looked at a row of rockery not far ahead, and vaguely heard someone talking behind her.

She looked around to make sure no one saw her, then crouched over and hid in a corner to peek.

It was Su Lanxin, who was being strangled by a eunuch and pressed against a rockery. Next to her was a young girl dressed in gorgeous and delicate clothes.

In the sunlight, the girl was dressed in a thin brocade and wore a golden hairpin on her head. Her eyes were full of arrogance and sharpness.

"Not only do you dare to wear the same material as me, but you also want to seduce my brother? You are so bold. Tell me, who are you from?"

I?

Su Lanyin's eyes lit up. It really was the third princess!

As everyone knows, the emperor has three sons and one princess. The one in front of him must be the one born to his favorite concubine, Concubine Bai.

It is said that this Concubine Bai was the person the emperor admired when he was young, but he was unable to marry her for various reasons. Only after he ascended the throne and gradually gained power did he bring her into the palace and make her a concubine.

When Concubine Bai was pregnant, the emperor even announced publicly that if the fetus in her womb was a boy, he would be made the crown prince.

But unfortunately, after ten months of pregnancy, the imperial concubine gave birth to a princess.

Not only was the emperor not disappointed, he directly named the third princess the Grand Princess of Shengchao and gave her the title of Chaorong!

Sixteen years have passed, the imperial concubine has long passed away, but Princess Chaorong is still as favored as ever.

The emperor’s doting made her arrogant and domineering. She even slapped the tutor in front of everyone for saying “The princess still has a lot of schoolwork to do”!

On that occasion, all the ministers were angry and submitted memorials to impeach Princess Chaorong, but they were rejected one by one by the emperor.

Only then did everyone know what kind of existence Princess Chaorong played in the Sheng Dynasty!

I’m afraid even the prince would have to bow his head in front of her!

In her previous life, she prevented Su Lanxin from wearing Bo Guangjin, which prevented her from attracting attention, but also allowed her to return home safely.

Later, her value skyrocketed after she attended the Empress Dowager's Plum Blossom Banquet at the palace, and she was proposed to by many families with higher status than the Su family.