As for the reason why the Old Lady in the Marquis Residence has held tea parties frequently recently, it is also because she was worried about her son’s marriage.
Maybe Jiayu, who was stimulated by his ex-wife’s infidelity, has been reluctant to nod his head and allow marriage. Seeing that he was always running outside, he wasted a lot of time before going to the northwest.
The Old Lady of the Marquis Residence thinks he is so old now, but the position of his wife is empty and his official successor is undecided, which makes people uneasy. This time, when his son comes back, she will detain him and forbid him to go out again. In addition, she also knew that her son was determined to find a good one, so she frequently posted invitations to attract thousands of female members from various royals and nobles to visit her. She took the opportunity of a tea party to make a good connection and see if she could find a marriage for her son.
Of course, married women should also be invited. After all, their relatives will also have girls of the same age. If she can find some in their conversation, she will expand the range of choices.
In a word, this is also the first time that Liu Miantang has appeared in front of the Old Lady of the Marquis Residence in the State of Zhen.
Old Princess Consort Chu didn’t want her future daughter-in-law to lose the battle. Before going out, she seriously cleaned up Miantang.
Her hair was pulled up high, revealing her bright and full forehead and beautiful facial features. Her bent eyebrows and bright eyes were also set off by pink and black cosmetics. Wearing a long water blue bodice skirt, the skirt is decorated with elegant clouds. When walking, the skirt has ripples, which makes it feel like clouds are light and water is wrinkled,
The foot is covered with embroidered shoes with exposed ankles and instep, and the thin ankle is covered with a circle of pearls with small nails, which makes the skin ever whiter. The foot pearl light is indistinct under the flowing skirt.
The Old Princess Consort looked at the Mayor of Huaisang County nearby, nodded with satisfaction, and felt a sense of achievement again.
Old Princess Consort Chu loved dressing all her life. When Lian Binglan was there, she always gave Lian Binglan ideas about clothes. However, Lian Binglan doesn’t look like herself. Although her facial features are beautiful, she is petty and she is unable to support the style of many clothes.
Now, Old Princess Consort Chu has got beauty and she can’t get enough of her addiction. Never mind the color matching of the clothes, it looks good on Liu Miantang.
Her facial features are bright and vibrant, and she was able to pull off both light and heavy makeup, so Old Princess Consort Chu can let go of her ideas and match colors following her preference. When she was young, she had a thin waist and loved to wear this kind of waist-revealing skirt. Unfortunately, now her waist has become fatter by several inches, and it is difficult to pick it up again. It can only be worn by her daughter-in-law. She also said proudly to Miantang stating how slim she was in this skirt when she was young.
Miantang didn’t expect that she had escaped the account and almost fell into the dressing barrier.
Although she also loves beauty, the Old Princess Consort harasses her like a little girl playing with a doll, which is really unbearable.
Seeing that the Old Princess Consort was addicted, she took out three or four boxes of her dowry jewelry and asked Miantang to try them on one by one. She could only remind the Old Princess Consort carefully that if they leave now, they would be late for the tea party.
The Old Princess Consort then took out a suit to match Miantang.
It was not easy for the Old Princess Consort to finally decide on the accessories and matching outfits, and Miantang was also relieved.
The Old Princess Consort has good taste. When Miantang appeared in front of others, she naturally attracted everyone’s attention and asked in whispers who this gorgeous woman was.
When they knew that she was the fiancee of Prince Huaiyang, they suddenly said to themselves, No wonder they withdraw the marriage of the Lian family and married such a beautiful woman!
Having enjoyed the beauty enough, when they looked at the mother and daughter of the Lian family again, they felt pity.
Lian Binglan feels extremely embarrassed and secretly hates that her mother pulled her in and be compared in front of others. When Lian-Chu saw that Liu Miantang’s jewelry was actually her sister’s dowry, she was even angrier.
That set of jewelry also made Lian-Chu’s eyes envious. She always anticipates their mother will give that jewelry to her. But her mother gave it to her sister, which has always been the pain of Lian-Chu.
Fortunately, the Old Princess Consort once promised that this set of accessories would be passed on to her daughter-in-law. So even if Lian-Chu didn’t get it, it was her daughter Lian Binglan’s.
But now, her daughter’s marriage is in vain, and the jewelry is on someone else’s neck. How can Lian-Chu bear it?
Originally, she was hoping that the Old Princess Consort could step up. Take the opportunity when Prince Huaiyang was not in the residence and take good care of this sudden Mayor of Huaisang County. What a surprise! She was so hopeless and she was eager to dress her up so brightly and put on a whole set of jewelry of her own. It was a sign that the elders of the Chu family approved her as the daughter-in-law!
After looking for an opportunity, Lian-Chu came to the Old Princess Consort. After greeting her, she sat together and whispered.
Old Princess Consort Chu did not know that her son had forbidden his aunt to the residence, so she asked Lian-Chu why she had not come to the residence for so long. Lian-Chu naturally said the reason with a straight face.
Old Princess Consort Chu had no choice but to comfort her sister by saying that her son was not sensible and had a bad temper. Lian-Chu looked at Liu Miantang, who was talking to the Old Lady of the Marquis Residence, and asked in a low voice, “Old Princess Consort, what is her background? I heard from the people who came back from the Capital that she was not of high birth but a commoner, but was promoted by the honor of Xingzhou’s achievements, who asked for a reward in front of The Emperor…”
Old Princess Consort Chu has never been satisfied with Liu Miantang’s family background, but she is also separated from her family. How can others look down on her? Seeing what her sister said, she immediately said, “My family has Xingzhou who is so capable. Do we need the help of the family of his wife? Now it is not the same as before where the aristocratic family and the low-class family do not intermarry. He likes the girl. She has good looks, that’s all it matters. No matter how low the title, it is also a reward from the Emperor. Who dares to underestimate it?”
Lian-Chu didn’t expect she was choked by her sister, who was always soft and couldn’t speak well. Instead, she asked, “Then… What about the mistress of the North Street…”
Old Princess Consort Chu didn’t want anyone to know about Liu Miantang’s experience. Before Lian-Chu finished asking, she said impatiently, “I’ve told him not to go to North Street anymore, just let it go. Don’t mention it to others.”
Lian-Chu was overwhelmed by the Old Princess Consort again. She was very upset. When she wanted to speak, Liu Miantang had already returned with her maid.
Old Princess Consort Chu introduced her to Lian-Chu and Lian Binglan.
Liu Miantang saw Cui Xingzhou’s former fiancee for the first time. But she just act like she didn’t know it and greeted them with a smile.
Lian-Chu was very rude. After looking at her up and down, she opened her mouth and asked loudly, “Where is your father?”
Miantang looked up at her and noticed the malice in her words. She just smiled and looked at the aunt carefully.
As a matter of fact, all the ladies in the tea party have their own connections. Anyone who cares more knows the family background of the County Mayor. However, because of the face of Prince Huaiyang, no one would mention it. After all, this kind of word offends people, and it can’t be a good thing. Only the thoughtless people will do it.
However, Lian-Chu was scolded by her husband these days and couldn’t go to see the Old Princess Consort. Today, she was angry with the whole dowry on Miantang’s neck, so she didn’t care but gave Liu Miantang a heads-on.
Lian BInglan was also angry when she saw that her mother was risking such useless unkindness and stupidity again. If her mother ashamed Liu Miantang today, it is not to make trouble for Liu Miantang, but to discredit the whole Prince’s Residence.
She also thought that it would be better if she had a chance to rebuild the relationship with her cousin and make a good impression in the Zhennan Marquis’s Residence, so as not to lose both ends. Thus, how could she allow her mother to act like this? So the cup in her hand tilted and, splashed her mother’s skirt wet.
She stood up at the right time, grabbed her mother, and finally dragged Lian-Chu away under the pretext of changing her clothes.
When both the Lian family’s daughter and mother left, Old Princess Consort Chu was relieved.
In the past, although she also thought that her sister was too strong and superior, she was tolerant of her sister. However, she didn’t expect she was so ignorant at this old age. She made trouble for Miantang and almost lost the entire Prince’s Residence face.
So Old Princess Consort Chu reminded herself that she should never tell her younger sister that Liu Miantang and the mistress in North Street are the same person.
If outsiders know that Liu Miantang is unmarried, and had lived together with Cui Xingzhou, how would that sound? She will have no face to show up in front of the ladies the royals and the nobles.
Fortunately, at this tea party, the Old Lady of Zhennan Marquis’s Residence played the leading role, and people’s minds were also on the candidates for the new hostess of Zhennan.
The Old Lady of the Marquis Residence and Old Princess Consort Chu are very friendly. Sitting at a leisurely place to talk, she can’t help praising the future daughter-in-law of Old Princess Consort Chu, who is smart and lovely. She only hates her son. She doesn’t know whether her eyes are on the top of her head or what. Now no one pleased him, and she doesn’t know whether she has to pick a fairy from heaven to make it work.
Miantang lowered her head and listened without saying anything. She was secretly expecting Zhao Quan, the Marquis of Zhennan, to find a good match soon.
After a while, Lian-Chu, who was reprimanded by her daughter, came along. Maybe she was reprimanded by her daughter, she didn’t embarrass Liu Miantang this time, but only flattered the Old Lady of the Marquis Residence. Indirectly, she always led the topic to her daughter.
The Old Lady of the Marquis Residence pretended not to understand her until Lian-Chu made her speech too explicit and kept saying something about being closer. She then smiled and said to Lian Binglan, “I’m your Aunt, and naturally I’m worried about your marriage. If your Cousin Zhao is a good man, it’s good for our two families to be closer to each other. It’s a pity that your cousin has too high an eye. A few days ago, he saw several good-looking people, but when he came back, he kept insisting that they were ugly! He is now the Master of the Marquis’s Residence and me, as his mother, can’t decide on behalf of him…”
The Old Lady of the Marquis Residence said it tacitly, but the implication was clear. Her Cousin Zhao is a person who also looked at appearance. He didn’t like those who looked extremely good, let alone Lian Binglan, who was only a pretty girl from a small family.
As she said this, Lian-Chu and Lian Binglan’s faces changed slightly.
Only then did Lian-Chu realize that his original calculation seemed too good. She only thought about the Cui family and the Zhao family. Who would have thought that both families would fail?
The mother and daughter of the Lian family were lost for a moment. At that moment, the crowd was in an uproar. It was said that the Princess Consort of Prince Sui also came to the tea party.
TL/ N: Thank you for the ko-fi support, here’s extra 2 chapters~~ enjoy reading🥰
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