Chapter 261 Yangzhou Skinny Horse
When she was about to refuse, Chu Jingqi reached out and moved her body inside, then sat her down next to him and said softly, "I am a boy and I am not afraid of the cold. You are a girl and you cannot be cold."
The words warmed Xia Zihan's heart like a hot spring. She was so moved that her eyes turned red and her heart almost... was shaken.
In the end, she just pursed her lips and said 'hmm'.
The carriage started, and the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became cold and stiff.
Mrs. Zhuo glanced at Mu Mu's son, sighed, and started to talk to Xia Zihan about the second princess.
Xia Zihan was deeply impressed by the methods of the second princess, "I'm afraid she is the only one in the whole capital who can think of such a way to test these noble ladies."
"That's right." Mrs. Zhuo said, "If the second princess didn't have ruthless means, how could she have held the second prince tightly in her hand and made him only dote on her legitimate son and daughter, but not the second princess? The concubine and concubine are treated as servants and servants.”
Then, Zhuo told one thing she knew.
"When the Second Prince was young, he was famous as a playboy in the capital,"
When he and the second princess were newly married, the couple was newly married. The second princess could win his heart with her beauty. However, after the second princess became pregnant, she could not serve the second prince, so the second prince married a member of the minister's family that he liked. The legitimate daughter becomes the concubine.
Within a few days, the second prince's heart was won by his concubine, and he no longer cared about the second princess.
The second princess was not angry when she saw this, so she secretly sent someone to buy two skinny horses from Yangzhou, secretly gave them childless soup to drink, cut off their fertility, and then treated them as her own maids. She was given to the Second Prince as his aunt, so that they could compete with the concubine for favor, while she watched from the sidelines, and the fisherman benefited.
The concubine is a lady, and behaves like a lady, but she is like a dead fish in bed. She is only shy, lying down with her eyes closed, and will not move at all.
This kind of dish smells good, but it doesn't taste good enough in your mouth.
As for Yangzhou Shouma, what they learn is how to serve men and how to serve men so comfortably that they feel like they are in heaven.
In terms of status, they were like mud and clouds to the side concubines. The side concubines were the legitimate daughters of the minister's family and rich ladies. However, in terms of skills in bed, the side concubines were life and death compared to them.
Although the concubine has a beautiful face and the temperament of a lady, she is dead in bed.
The Yangzhou girls have beautiful faces like thin horses, and exude a charming and enchanting style. No matter what time of day, they are alive.
Therefore, in just one night, the heart of the second prince, who was serving the marrow and knew the taste, was captured by the two skinny horses. The second prince leaned on the side of the second princess, and gradually, the newlyweds of less than two Yue’s concubine completely forgot about it.
After the news came out, all the ladies were greatly surprised, and they all praised the second princess for her good skills.
If it were any other lady, she would definitely open up the face of the maid next to her and give it to her husband to enjoy.
But the maid's status is low, and her service to men is not as good as Yangzhou's thin horse. She cannot win the heart of a man who is too carefree.
Based on the second prince's temperament, the second princess specially bought two beautiful Yangzhou thin horses as tools to win the second prince's heart.
Xia Zihan was speechless after hearing this, and in his heart he admired the second princess's methods.
Then she recalled, what was her answer on the paper just now?
It seems...it seems that there is only one sentence, 'twist your hair, become a monk and become a sister-in-law'.
Uh, that seems to be it.
Suddenly, Xia Zihan felt like crying.
How could she be so stupid? She wrote out her true inner thoughts and was seen by so many noble ladies. At this moment, I don’t know what people will think of her behind the scenes.
If her husband doesn't favor her, she will make a fuss and become a nun. Which wealthy family would dare to marry a woman like her as their legitimate wife?
Xia Zihan covered her face and was about to wail to herself. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong again.
Uh, no, that's wrong. Isn't her purpose to make these young masters from wealthy families dare not marry her?
Wasn't that what she was thinking at that time and why she wrote it on purpose?
For a moment, Xia Zihan put down her hands, opened her heart, and smiled at Mrs. Zhuo, "Well, it's not easy for the second princess to be the home of such a big palace. She doesn't have any powerful skills, let alone those around the second prince. Ying Yanyan, even the hundreds of servants in the palace are probably not easy to manage.”
"Isn't it?" Zhuo sighed.
Then he asked her, "Ayu, did you and Princess Qinghui know each other before?"
"Well, we met once, but we never spoke."
Xia Zihan told her about the incident where Princess Qinghui robbed her of the food while eating at Juxiang Tower. Ao Tianchen also told her about Princess Qinghui's apology on behalf of Princess Qinghui.
Zhuo's face became a little nervous, "Seeing that the second princess is very close to you, isn't it..."
She shut her mouth and glanced at Chu Jingqi, but in the end she didn't say her guess.
However, Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi had already guessed it.
Xia Zihan's expression changed, and she said with a trembling smile, "No, I didn't perform well in this test. How could you choose me? The second princess is such a shrewd person." These words seemed like I am comforting myself, comforting Zhuo, and even more comforting...
Suddenly, her little finger on her side was hooked by something.
Her heart was pounding, and when she turned around, she saw one of Chu Jingqi's hands reaching under her wide sleeve, and it seemed that his little finger had hooked her little finger.
She pursed her lips and pulled back.
Instead of twitching, he held her hand. He looked at her deeply, "I won't let that happen."
"What's going on?"
With all his thoughts on the gentle hand holding her hand, Xia Zihan simply forgot what he said before.
Chu Jingqi pursed her lips and stared at her. After a long time, she gritted her teeth and said, "I will not let you marry into the second prince's palace."
"Oh, I don't have that plan." Finally, she took her hand out, and all her thoughts came back.
Only then did Chu Jingqi's anger subside, and the eyes he looked at Zhuo and Xia Zihan became as gentle and warm as the wind.
Mrs. Zhuo smiled and said, "Okay, you two children, don't scare yourself. I think the best performer today is Princess Xin's Princess Mingzhu."
Then, Ms. Zhuo revealed, "First in poetry, first in painting, first in piano, first in chess, and first in embroidery. Except for her poor cooking skills, Princess Mingzhu ranked first in every test, which was better than before. The second princess is even more powerful.”
"At most tomorrow morning, Princess Mingzhu's reputation as the most talented woman in the capital will be known."
Princess Mingzhu's five poems were all composed by herself, and she was also good at writing plum blossom calligraphy. At that time, she mesmerized the ladies like them.
And her painting of "A Plum Blossom on the Wall" also surprised a group of ladies.
In addition to her first-class painting skills, the color on it was also surprising. It was later discovered that she pricked her finger with a needle and dyed the plum blossoms red, becoming the only one with color among the dozens of paintings. Her paintings easily stood out and became the number one.
Princess Mingzhu ranked first in piano skills, chess skills, and so on.
There is also embroidery. Princess Mingzhu simply embroidered a peony flower, but it was an extremely difficult double-sided embroidery. If you look carefully, you will find that one side is Shu embroidery and the other side is Lu embroidery.
She couldn't help but praise the exquisite embroidery skills, and the second princess was even more surprised and full of praises.
"I think the second princess likes Princess Mingzhu very much. Ao Tianchen's position as a concubine, I'm afraid she won't be able to leave." Mrs. Zhuo concluded.
"What do you mean?" Xia Zihan frowned, "Does the second princess still want to choose a concubine for Ao Tianchen?"
No way, among the dozens of noble ladies who went there today, all of them are legitimate daughters of distinguished families. Who would be so full that they would become concubines for Ao Tianchen?
To put it nicely, she is a concubine. To put it badly, she is only a little higher than the concubine. Like the concubine, she has to live her life based on the face of the main concubine.
These noble girls all have extremely noble status. As long as they are willing, they can marry a young master from a wealthy family as their legitimate wife.
It would be silly to become a concubine instead of a direct wife.
However, Zhuo revealed something that stunned Xia Zihan.
"Originally, there was no mention of the side concubine, but just as the banquet was about to end, a woman came to look for the second princess and said something in the second princess's ear. I saw that the second princess's face turned ugly at that time. .”
"Later, the second princess told us that the main concubine and the side concubine should be selected together. I guessed that there must be a girl who couldn't help but go to the front yard to look for Ao Tianchen. Maybe she was bumped into by someone, so Ao Tianchen It’s impossible not to marry her.”
"With a status like Ke Ao Tianchen's, how could the second princess marry a woman who used slanderous means to gain power as his principal concubine?"
"The second princess decided to choose a main concubine and two side concubines for Ao Tianchen."
"Although the girls we went to today are all legitimate daughters of distinguished families, they will definitely not refuse if we choose one or two with a lower status to be Ao Tianchen's concubine."
Xia Zihan opened her mouth wide and was speechless, "So, this kind of thing is still happening during this period?"
Suddenly, she thought of Xia Ziqing and Dou San.
At that time, the banquet was about to begin, and the two of them were still by the lake. Could it be that... one of them secretly went to the front yard?
Her heart tightened,
No, she must send Chu Cong and Chu Lin to the Dou family and Xia family to check after they get home.
"What's wrong with you, your face is so pale?"
Chu Jingqi noticed something strange about her and was too busy to care. He took her hands in his and rubbed them gently, "Is it cold?"
"No, I'm not cold." Just the thought of Dou San or Xia Ziqing becoming Ao Tianchen's concubine made her feel uncomfortable.
These two people, one is her friend and the other is her eldest sister. Although their status is not high, they cannot go to the extent of being a concubine for Ao Tianchen.
(End of chapter)