The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

After the hostage's selection of his concubine, the atmosphere at the banquet gradually returned to its usual lively state, but no one knew what everyone was thinking in secret.

The welcoming banquet held by the palace for the envoys from Chu was over, and the news from the banquet also spread.

For example, the news that Xie Ping, the hostage who had stayed in Dongwei for many years, was going back and that the hostage had set his eyes on a daughter of a wealthy family in Dongwei as the imperial concubine spread among the people.

Compared to the news that Xie Ping, the hostage of Chu, was going to be returned, ordinary people were obviously more interested in the daughter of their country's imperial concubine, whom Xie Ping, the hostage, had taken a fancy to.

Many people in the community began to dig up the identity of the rich girl that Xie Ping had set his eyes on.

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After the banquet, the solemn general's mansion still revealed a cold and solemn atmosphere even though it welcomed a few sparsely populated guests.

This atmosphere seems to have never dissipated in this palace that has been inherited by several generations of generals, even under the rule of a general who has fought on the battlefield for many years.

An equally tall and handsome young man stood on the inside of the door, his sharp eyes fixed on the facial features of the young man who had entered the door with him, and said in a cold tone:

"Stop, kneel down."

Wu Yong knelt on the cold floor.

"Oh, what happened? Why did you suddenly ask Yong'er to kneel down?" Mother Wu looked at her eldest son with a cold face and her younger son who lowered his head and said nothing with a face full of embarrassment, and she said worriedly.

Wu Liang pursed his lips, his eyes stern, "Mother, you can't spoil me like this anymore. If you continue to spoil me like this, I will bring trouble to the family sooner or later. Now my father is still fighting outside, and as the eldest brother, I will educate him myself."

"Wu Yong, tell mother what trouble you have caused."

Wu Yong raised his head firmly, kowtowed to his eldest brother, and then kowtowed to his mother. His cold and hard movements did not show any relaxation. The force was so great that bloodstains appeared on the ground, leaving a bloody mark. Only then did Wu Yong raise his head.

"The child is unfilial."

"I love Minister Lin's eldest daughter, Miss Lin Qingqing. However, my feelings for Miss Lin Qingqing are for my own selfish reasons and have nothing to do with Miss Lin Qingqing. Miss Lin Qingqing doesn't know my feelings yet."

The young man was tall, with a hint of immaturity on his face, his eyes were indescribably dull, and blood was still dripping from his forehead, which made people feel pity for him.

As lively as his younger brother was on weekdays, he was as sad as ever now. Wu Liang couldn't help but move his eyebrows when he saw that scene, but he forced himself to be serious the next second.

"My poor Yong'er, why are you so pitiful? Don't think about Miss Lin anymore in the future. This... may cost you your head." Mother Wu immediately supported Wu Yong, tears rolling down her face.

Although Mother Wu felt sorry for her love-struck child, she also knew the importance of the matter. Miss Lin had been given by His Majesty to Xie Ping as a hostage as the imperial concubine. Whether it was with Chu Na or their Dongwei, if Wu Yong dared to think about Miss Lin, their general's mansion would not be able to protect him.

And not only him, but the entire general's mansion was implicated by him.

Wu Yong smiled bitterly, but that smile looked ugly no matter how you looked at it.

"Mother, big brother, I know that Miss Lin is no longer someone I can...think about, but big brother, mother, I really like Miss Lin. I know that Miss Lin will go to He Chu on a certain day. I beg big brother to fulfill my hope of escorting Miss Lin to her last journey. I will never dare to have such delusions again."

Looking at his determined and sad brother, Wu Liang finally couldn't bear to reject his brother's first request.

The tall and mature young man pursed his lips tightly:

"I will ask His Majesty to let me lead the team, and you will be the deputy commander."

Wu Yong's eyes lit up as he listened to his elder brother's words.

But he didn't have long to be happy, as his elder brother's serious and cold voice came.

"Wu Yong, just this once."

Thinking that this might be his last chance to see his sweetheart, the light in Wu Yong's eyes dimmed again, and his gaze gradually became silent.

Because of Wu Yong's matter, a few more lights were lit in the general's mansion that night. They were not turned on until the sky gradually brightened, and then went out with a faint sigh.

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Lin Mansion,

After attending the banquet, the news that Qingyin had become the fifth prince's consort of He Chu completely disrupted the silence of the Lin Mansion.

In Yunjin Pavilion, a delicate-looking young girl sat in her seat and sighed, her voice revealing unspeakable boredom and annoyance.

After returning to the Lin Mansion from the banquet, Lin Wanyu spent a whole day still unable to understand why her elder sister went to a banquet and was going to get married, and to marry in another distant country to become the imperial concubine of the fifth prince.

Wen Wan sat aside, savoring the red bean milk tea that the kitchen specially prepared for her. She looked at the worried girl out of the corner of her eye and smiled, "Okay, why are you still sighing now?"

Hearing her dear sister's voice, Lin Wanyu didn't care to sigh. She walked closer to Qingyin, hugged her elder sister's arm affectionately, stared at the beautiful face in front of her with stars in her eyes, and said coquettishly:

"Sister~ You are so beautiful."

Qing Yin smiled, looked gently at the girl leaning against him, and said softly: "You are also very beautiful."

What Qingyin said was true. Although Lin Wanyu's appearance could not be compared with Qingyin's, Lin Wanyu, who inherited the advantages of both her father and mother, was indeed a beautiful woman with delicate looks.

Combined with the girl's lively temperament, that pretty face is indescribably bright and energetic, and it is also an appearance that no one can feel dislike for.

When Lin Wanyu heard her favorite sister praising her, the corners of her mouth raised up and she couldn't help but curl them up for a long time before she calmed down.

"Sister is the prettiest! She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." Lin Wanyu, buried in Qingyin's arms, showed a slightly perverted happy face before raising her head again.

Looking at her coquettish sister, Qingyin nodded gently, and did not take any excessive measures against this overly clingy pendant.

It's not that Qingyin didn't want to hide, it's just that Lin Wanyu was too good at being clingy. She always approached Qingyin inadvertently, and she would hang on Qingyin without knowing when. She would also let go of her when she noticed that Qingyin was unhappy. Qingyin tried to stop her several times, but she couldn't bear to see the girl being sensible and could only let her go.

It's the same this time.

Lin Wanyu enjoyed her sister's soft and fragrant embrace, then raised her head and took a sip of her sister's new milk tea. Then she started to whine again:

"Hmph, I don't know why His Majesty simply granted my sister a marriage, and with the fifth prince of Hechu. Hechu is so far away, and the customs and habits are probably different from our Dongwei. What if my sister can't stand it?" Lin Wanyu felt more and more pained the more she thought about it. She also thought of an important thing. Her eldest sister, who was as beautiful as a flower and as pretty as a fairy, who had just returned home, was leaving again, and was going to distant Hechu.

This means that she will never see her dear sister again. Thinking of this, Lin Wanyu's heart was filled with tears. She held back the tears in her eyes, not daring to let them fall and worry her sister.

Qingyin was concentrating on sipping her milk tea and hadn't noticed what the little girl with her head tilted was thinking.

I could only hear the little girl's voice getting smaller and smaller.

Qingyin tilted her head in confusion, "What's going on? Yu'er."

Lin Wanyu forced herself to remain calm, swallowed her tears, and awkwardly changed the subject: "It's okay, sister, I'm just wondering why Xie Ping designated you as the imperial concubine."

Lin Wanyu, who was answering Qingyin, thought for a moment and subconsciously followed what she said. Yes, Xie Ping had never met her sister, and her sister was wearing a veil at the banquet, and there were so many people sitting around her, so why did Xie Ping insist on pointing to her sister and saying that he fell in love at first sight?

No! It is impossible that Xie Ping has never seen my sister. He must have secretly seen my sister's true face in private, Lin Wanyu inexplicably felt it intuitively.

She twitched her lips, her eyes were full of resentment, and her eyes were like spitting fire, "Sister, that bastard Xie Ping must have seen you secretly and knew your true appearance, so he pointed directly at you at the banquet."

Qingyin looked up unexpectedly and looked at the angry little girl.

I didn't expect that this silly little sister of hers actually figured out the truth of the matter. Her intuition is really sharp.

Qingyin thought about it, but looking at the little girl who was about to spit fire, Qingyin hurriedly comforted the girl who was just depressed and angry, and said: "It's okay, don't think about it, this disaster comes from the mouth, Xie Ping is the hostage to the fifth prince of Chu, you can't say that again, be careful of being overheard."

Lin Wanyu curled her lips and said in a muffled voice: "Well, I just said so when my sister said so. I won't say it to others."

"Yeah, our Yu'er is very well behaved." Qingyin coaxed Lin Wanyu gently, and Lin Wanyu immediately curled up the corners of her mouth again.

But then he remembered that his sister would soon marry the fifth prince of Hechu, and as he followed them out of Dongwei, the corners of his mouth quickly turned down again.

Qingyin also knew that the little girl was unhappy, so she rubbed Lin Wanyu's head and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be sad. When I go to Dongwei, I will write to Yu'er. If Yu'er misses me, remember to write to me. Don't forget your sister secretly, or your sister will be sad."

"I'm not Lin Yanwei, I will never forget my sister." Lin Wanyu threw herself into Qingyin's arms, her rosy little face full of seriousness.

Qingyin laughed and hummed a few times perfunctorily in response.

"Lin Wanyu, I have to go to school. I'm not like you who can stay at home with my sister every day. Humph, you secretly say bad things about me when I'm not at home for one day!" A lush young man with a face similar to that of a girl strode in and rolled his eyes at Lin Wanyu without any hesitation.

Lin Wanyu, who was caught secretly saying bad things about Lin Yanwei from the beginning, turned her head away feeling guilty.

Lin Yanwei, with his back to Qingyin, secretly glared at his second sister a few more times.

The young man took out the bag of snacks hidden behind his back as if he were presenting a treasure. This was a time-honored brand on West Street in Beijing. They had just launched a kind of golden and silver osmanthus cake. Qingyin liked it very much after trying it a few times. The young man deliberately finished his homework in advance and took a long detour to buy the limited edition cakes that the family was selling.

"Sister, look at the golden and silver osmanthus cake I just bought. It's still hot. Eat it quickly."

Qingyin nodded and praised the steaming boy equally.

"Yan Wei is really amazing. So many people have bought snacks. Come and eat with your sister. Xiang Lian will serve Yan Wei the same milk tea as mine."

"Yes, ma'am."

I don’t know why, but no matter how much the teacher praises the boy for doing well in his studies, it can’t compare to Qingyin’s casual and perfunctory compliment to the boy for buying snacks.

Lin Yanwei has a handsome face and smiles a little silly.

Lin Wanyu couldn't stand seeing her brother's smug look, so she curled her lips and said, "Hmph, he just ran a little faster, so what? His sister praised him several times just now."

Humph, Lin Yanwei, don’t even think about it, she is the one my sister likes the most.

Lin Yanwei had the same idea as Lin Wanyu.

Looking at the two people who were secretly competing with each other, you praised my sister and I praised my sister too, and Qingyin's eyes were full of smiles.

Only then did he comfort the two of them and make them reluctantly calm down.

But the silence didn't last long.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Qingyin looked over in confusion.

It turned out that Lily was leading the familiar face of Mr. Lin from the East Courtyard, the housekeeper, in.

The old housekeeper did not dare to look at the overly gorgeous face of his young lady, and said respectfully, "Young lady, the hostage Xie Ping at the door has come to visit us, and the master wants you to go over first."