Noble Lady

She really couldn't believe that she had taught such a person. She felt disgusted when she looked at him for even a second.

Fortunately, it is not too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost.

"Send the master back to his room and seal the doors and windows. No one is allowed to come in or out to visit without my permission." Old Lady Han ordered.

"Caiyun, go back and arrest the person who was gossiping and distorting the truth for Han Hongyue. Beat him to death with clubs and throw him into a mass grave outside the city."

Mother Zhou replied, "Madam, the man has been captured."

"However, he is an elder in the mansion, and his children and grandchildren all work there. Because they have done a lot of dirty work for Han Hongyue over the years, they have already made a lot of money."

"And Han Hongyue also promised that once he gets rid of you, old lady, he will remove their slavery and set their family free."

Madam Han smiled when she heard this.

She was just worrying about not being able to find a reason to sever the relationship between the Han family and Hongyue, and then someone gave her a pillow just as she was feeling sleepy.

She bent her index finger and tapped it lightly on the table. After a moment, she said, "You lowly slave bullies your master and dares to use the Han family's name to do evil things, damaging the Han family's reputation."

"Then find all the stolen goods and send them to Jingzhao Prefecture, so that they will be confined to the status of criminal slaves for generations to come."

"Yes."

Mother Zhou was an elderly person close to Old Madam Han. When the old lady said this, she understood her intention.

Exchange an ungrateful and ungrateful Han Hongyue and a family of treacherous slaves for peace in the Han family.

It's not too cost-effective.

"Have someone keep an eye on Han Hongyue; he's still very useful. Also, go and comfort the Madam. She's done nothing wrong. Even if Han Hongyue dies, it won't affect her position in the Han family."

"The servant understands."

"By the way, go and deliver a letter to the palace. I want to see the queen."

"Yes." Mother Zhou agreed one by one.

Old Madam Han looked at the gold-woven eyebrows on her cuffs, and the thought between her brows became more and more profound.

Over the years, the Han family has declined significantly because of the idiot Han Hongyue, not to mention that he has done a lot of stupid things in order to support the prince.

She has paid close attention to those matters. Under the current circumstances, the Queen Mother and His Majesty would probably no longer tolerate Han Hongyue.

Rather than being buried with him, it would be better to offer Han Hongyue as a sacrifice.

Even lizards know how to cut off their tails to survive, so why can't the Han family do the same?

……

What happened in the Han family is a secret to the outside world.

In addition to the Han family sending people to look for Han Hongyue everywhere in a high-profile manner.

But Han Hongyue was a well-known good man, so it was not uncommon for him to be taken back from the brothel.

The person who attracted most of everyone's attention was Prince Cheng's son Situ Zhen.

He returned to the capital, went back to the palace and had an argument with Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng, then went to the palace to pay a visit to the Queen Mother, and then returned to Qinglong Temple.

But this time his reason was that he wanted to pray for the soldiers who died in the north and pray that they could be reborn into a good family in their next life.

Xue Chenyu's Jinyi Pavilion also made a fortune by taking advantage of the flower viewing banquet.

Princess An Ning, on the other hand, was already feeling extremely regretful because she had accidentally missed her elder brother returning home while out playing with Princess Taotao.

As a result, when he just came back, he heard that Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng had a quarrel with him, which made him angry and left.

The little princess overturned the table in anger and scolded them severely. She also scolded her greedy and wasteful second brother from beginning to end, and scolded him harshly.

Then he packed up his things at night and ran away from home again.

But this time she didn't go to the palace, but went to Qinglong Temple to ask her elder brother for shelter.

……

Qinglong Temple.

"Why don't you stay in the palace and come to the temple to cause trouble for others?"

Situ Zhen had just changed into casual clothes and was about to go out when his sister suddenly rushed in with a package, which gave him a headache.

Her sudden appearance disrupted his plan to return to the city.

Princess An Ning pouted and said, "Brother, what right do you have to criticize me? Aren't you the one causing trouble for others? Why do you criticize me but not yourself? Is it because I'm a girl and you're a boy?"

Situ Zhen: “…”

I was too nice to this kid since he was young, and now he dares to talk back to me.

"If you're really bored, go to the Marquis' Mansion and play with my niece, or Miss Xue. Don't bother me at Qinglong Temple."

Princess An Ning said aggrievedly, "Brother, as soon as I heard you had a fight with them, I broke up with them without hesitation and came to you. I even beat up that idiot. And you treated me like this? Do you still have me as your sister in your heart?"

Situ Zhen felt a headache when he saw her shameless look, "No wonder you and that little girl from Marquis Xue's family can play together, you two are really alike."

"Thank you for the compliment, big brother."

Situ Zhen: "Come on, come on, I'll have someone take you to the Marquis' Mansion. This temple is full of monks, it's not appropriate for a little girl like you to stay here."

Princess An Ning paused when she heard this, "Brother, are you not angry anymore?"

"I never get angry with insignificant people. You, go back to the city."

Princess An Ning suddenly changed from being shameless to smiling like a flower, "Brother, I'm glad you're not angry. Taotao and I have an appointment to go see the scenery paintings, so I won't be in your sight in front of you."

Is the little girl making fun of him?

Situ Zhen smiled and touched the top of Princess An Ning's head: "I'll take you back."

Princess An Ning cried out in her heart, it’s over, this time she really made her elder brother angry!

……

Since receiving the invitation, Xue Chenyu has been busy preparing for the banquet.

Since her mother didn't like this kind of party, she rarely participated in it.

Another point is that the flower viewing banquet is called flower viewing, but in fact it is a competition to select a concubine for the prince. The ladies from aristocratic families are tested on their skills in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, flower arrangement, tea making, etc.

A woman without talent, virtue or appearance cannot become the daughter-in-law of the royal family.

However, Xue Chenyu did feel that there were some things he was not good at.

Although her mother asked her to study since she was young, she only wanted her to read to gain knowledge, and she read more history than poetry.

As for music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she can learn them if she wants to. If she doesn't want to, as long as she knows a little bit so that she won't be clueless when asked questions, that's enough.

Therefore, she was not good at playing the zither, and had only a rough understanding of calligraphy and painting. If she were to compare herself with those noble ladies from aristocratic families, the Xue family, which came from a family of military generals, could not compare with the family background of those scholarly families.

But she couldn't really embarrass herself at the flower-viewing banquet. If she did, it would not only bring shame upon herself, but also upon the Marquis' Mansion.

So Xue Chenyu entered a period of seclusion and focused on cramming.

Yuzhu couldn't help but sigh, "I've never seen a girl so serious since I was a child."

Qiuhua shook her head after hearing this. Who said that wasn't true? When the girl first married into the He family, she was also so dedicated to cleaning up the mess for them.

Xia He and Yu Mei only started serving Xue Chenyu later, and they didn't know the inside story, so they and Weng Xuemei and the other two just watched the fun from the side.

Until Situ Zhen sent his naughty sister, Princess An Ning, over.

Uncle Fu sent people to Qingyuan, Furongju and other places to inform them, and then he personally led the brother and sister to the flower hall.

quickly

Marquis Xue, his wife, and Xue Luoyan rushed to the flower hall. Xue Chenyu was a step behind because she had closed the door in the room, but she was only a little late.

Then they greeted each other in an orderly manner.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Cheng, and to Princess An Ning."

Situ Zhen raised his hand and said, "Please excuse the formalities, everyone."

"Sister Princess." Xue Luoyan became more polite to the princess who had helped her family a lot.

She wasn't afraid of her pinching her face... To be more precise, she was just risking it.

Luoluo was thinking that as long as she could help whenever there was a problem, then let her pinch her face if she wanted!

Weng Xuemei also hid in the back and called out softly, "Princess An Ning."

Princess An Ning pinched Xue Luoyan's little face with a pleasant expression, and then deliberately pulled Weng Xuemei out.

"Little girl, everyone else can call me that, but you can't. You call my elder brother Junior Master, so you have to call me Aunt."

Weng Xuemei looked helplessly at her junior uncle, "...How about we just go our separate ways?"

Situ Zhen smiled but said nothing.

Princess An Ning: "No!" This is her best chance to become an elder.

Otherwise, it would take who knows how long before the children of the princes, princesses and princesses would call her aunt.

Weng Xuemei: Old swan, is there any justice in the world?