Chapter 83 – The Banished Immortal Perishes

However, others did not know that the undercurrent between the two young women was surging. The Marquis’s Old Lady smiled and said, “Are you the He Family who sent porcelain?”

 

Lady He slowly bowed her head and said, “Report to the Marquis’s Old Lady. I’m the third daughter of He’s family. You can call her Lady He.”

 

The Marquis’s Old Lady waved and asked someone to bring the porcelain she worshiped. It was transparent. The Marquis’s Old Lady presented it to Princess Consort Sui and Old Princess Consort Chu to play with.

 

Princess Consort Chu smiled and looked at it. She turned to Lady He and said, “This porcelain is really good. Our family has been using He’s porcelain all the time. Xingzhou is preparing wedding gifts for Miantang these days, but the time is too rushed. Many things have not been ordered. I wonder if your He family can make them.”

 

He Zhen, of course, knew that Cui Xingzhou was going to get married. After all, the porcelain of the Marquis Residence used her family’s. When the order list came down, she heard that Prince Huaiyang was going to marry a county mayor. She was really at a loss at that time.

 

It was the Old Princess Consort who asked her directly. She suddenly said, “If Old Princess Consort is in a hurry, why don’t you move the order to the Jade Porcelain Shop in Lingquan Town? Her porcelain is also a masterpiece worth playing with…”

 

He Zhen said this with an obvious sense of temptation. If the Old Princess Consort hears this, and turns to Liu Miantang and says, “Prepare some for me.”. That means that the Old Princess Consort knows Liu Miantang’s identity as a merchant.

 

If the Old Princess Consort does not speak, it means that the Old Princess Consort does not know that Liu Miantang is a merchant lady. She doesn’t know what method Liu Miantang used to become the county mayor. She is really a swindler…

 

Liu Miantang knew that she could not hide. She took a deep breath. When she was about to speak, she heard a voice from outside the hall, “Since my mother is used to using the He family’s porcelain, we will stick to the same. If her family can’t do it in time and delays things, it will be a waste of the reputation of imperial merchant. We will not use her family’s business in the future.”

 

The people suddenly saw Prince Huaiyang, accompanied by the Marquis Zhennan, walked into the hall.

 

These two men are tall and upright. They wore jade hats and long sleeves. They are very attractive.

 

He Zhen caught a glimpse of the figure of Prince Huaiyang, whom she had not seen for a long time. Her eyes were hot and her fingertips were trembling.

 

Zhao Quan went up ahead first. When passing by He Zhen, he said to the steward beside him, “Please lead her down. I have something to say to all the distinguished guests.”

 

This is the Marquis Residence. The Master has opened his mouth. He Zhen naturally didn’t have any reason to stay.

 

Although she was full of indignation for being cheated, she also knew that if she behaved badly on this occasion, the He family would be greatly affected. Just before she couldn’t control herself, she hurriedly got up and followed the steward out.

 

Cui Xingzhou signaled Mo Ru. Mo Ru immediately understood and followed her out.

 

The Marquis’s Old Lady doesn’t know that her son was saying this to help Liu Miantang out. She just smiled and said, “What do you want to tell your distinguished guests?”

 

Zhao Quan also heard Cui Xingzhou said just now that this Lady He may want to expose Liu Miantang’s secret, so he was anxious to find an excuse to drive her out. What serious things does he have to tell the guests?

 

Now, when asked by his mother, Zhao Quan looked straight and thought, “You ladies should pay attention when eating fish. Don’t get stuck with the fishbone. I diagnosed a young master a few days ago. He struck the fishbone while eating fish and couldn’t close his mouth. The front of his clothes was wet while drinking water now…”

 

The Marquis’s Old Lady was also fed up with her son’s nonsense when she heard what he spoke in front of others. She immediately held her breath and said, “Which of the people here are your paitent, and why are you talking about eating fish? That’s nonsense!”

 

Zhao Quan saw that his mother was angry, so he sat down beside her seat and said, “Doctors are kind-hearted. After seeing the special case, I couldn’t help reminding others. I have to also remind you not to be greedy for desserts to avoid blood rising and causing headaches. You are not a child, but did you listen to me? Didn’t you always steal food on my back?”

 

This statement, however, revealed the secrets of the Marquis’s Old Lady and almost made her hit her son’s mouth. The other ladies were also amused and laughed.

 

Although Marquis Zhennan is not interested in official careers, he lacks the pedantry of many officials outside. He is really an interesting person!

 

Miantang knew that Zhao Quan was making such a fool of himself only trying to help her out. Thus, she also looked at him gratefully.

 

Zhao Quan received the beauty’s grateful expression and he felt he would not hesitate to go through fire and water for her.

 

He almost cut ties with Cui Xingzhou because he intercepted behind him. But later Zhao Quan thought that Cui Xingzhou would go to the State of Dong to suppress bandits. Now the banditry is very serious, and he might still have a chance.

 

So when Cui Xingzhou came to find himself, he said what he thought in his heart. As for the idea that his friend had been looking forward to inheriting his widow, Cui Xingzhou said lightly that if he had patience, he could wait slowly.

 

So the friendship that was about to break was temporarily repaired.

 

When they came to the courtyard, they happened to hear Lady He’s words. Zhao Quan rushed ahead of Cui Xingzhou to save Liu Miantang from the siege.

 

Just when Zhao Quan was gagging with the ladies, Cui Xingzhou turned out of the courtyard with the excuse of changing clothes.

 

He Zhen did not go out of the Marquis’s Residence but was detained by Mo Ru in the firewood room of the outer courtyard.

 

He Zhen has always been thinking about the face-to-face encounter with the banished immortal in her dream. Unexpectedly, it has come true today.

 

However, the banished immortal was not the same as last time. He was not the heroic bearing who was trying to save her. Instead, he sat on a chair with a fierce face and asked, “What do you mean with your words that introduced the jade porcelain shop, Lady He?”

 

He Zhen said anxiously, “Your Highness, I… I’m just angry… You know, Liu Miantang… She cheated you…”

 

Cui Xingzhou did not like Lady He, who was inexplicable and had slandered his reputation several times in front of Miantang. He coldly asked, “What did she cheat me on?”

 

He Zhen didn’t know how Liu Miantang tricked Cui Xingzhou. She was at a loss for words for a while. Although she had seen some of the cruel worlds. But just now, she was dragged hard by two stout servants into the firewood room all the way.

 

The current Prince Huaiyang was murderous and looked ill-intentioned. She often went in and out of such high doors, so naturally, she heard of some bloody things behind these seemingly glorious mansions and residences.

 

Now she is being held here, surrounded by a group of big men who are eyeing her fiercely. She is naturally afraid and finally can’t help crying, “I… I don’t know…”

 

He Zhen naturally did not know, let alone she was in a life-and-death situation. Cui Xingzhou would not let her go easily if she said something that slandered Liu Miantang.

 

Cui Xingzhou didn’t speak anymore. Instead, he said in a cold voice, “You are just the daughter of a small merchant, but you have some big dreams all day long. Always instigating things and gossip. Believe it or not, I will dismember you in the firewood shed today to feed the dog!”

 

He Zhen’s body trembled and her tears flew out, apparently believing.

 

At that moment, Fang Xie’s trembling voice came, “Your… Your Highness, the county mayor was not well, so she told the Old Princess Consort to head back first. She asked me to send a message to you, saying that if Lady He was here, she would take her back with her, and she will go for a walk in Lingquan Town.”

 

When Lady He got into Liu Miantang’s carriage, she was stunned, as if she had been hurt by a storm.

 

Miantang listened to Fang Xie’s report about the Prince’s bullying in the firewood room. She also sighed in her heart, handed hot water to He Zhen, and said softly, “It’s all right. Drink it.”

 

He Zhen looked at Miantang’s face at this time, as if she had woken up from a nightmare and cried out.

 

“Why, do you want to bully me as well?”

 

Miantang slowly put down her cup and whispered, “I didn’t mean to cheat you. I really didn’t know that he was Prince Huaiyang at that time.”

 

Then Miantang only omitted the Mountain of Yang section and said that she lost her memory after falling into the water and mistook Prince Huaiyang for his fiance, Cui Jiu.

 

He Zhen also knew that Liu Miantang had been injured before. Now it’s amazing to hear the truth.

 

If one day earlier, someone said that Cui Xingzhou was a villain who cheated on a good family lady to be a mistress, He Zhen would have to fight with him for the banished immortal in her heart.

 

It’s a pity that Lady He has just come out of the firewood room. She was so scared by the banished immortal and his evil servant that she almost peed in her pants. When Miantang told her about her experience, she unexpectedly felt sorry for each other and shared the same hatred for the enemy…

 

“He was lying to you like that? Since he left a letter of divorce for you in the northwest, he was going to dump you?”

 

Miantang thought for a moment and thought that what He Zhen said was not far from the truth, so she nodded honestly.

 

He Zhen took another deep breath.

 

If other women said so, it would be nonsense. But Liu Miantang is so beautiful, which man can be unmoved? But she didn’t expect that Prince Huaiyang will be so unbearable. He tricked this virtuous and intelligent woman into being a mistress. He also wanted to play with her and get rid of her.

 

If Miantang had not been infatuated and chased to the northwest, and make Prince Huaiyang softened his cold heart and finally agreed to marry her, fearing that Miantang would bear a dirty reputation until her death.

 

Thinking of Miantang’s efforts to earn money and support his family, who in Lingquan Town doesn’t say, whoever marries Lady Liu is lucky? She is not a vain woman who needs to climb the dragon and follow the phoenix!

 

Now, though Cui Xingzhou has a conscience and is willing to take responsibility, a woman with no foundation like Miantang who was going  to marry into the Prince Residence, doesn’t know how much disrespect she will receive. The Prince and Marquis Zhao are still close friends.

 

Marquis Zhao divorced his wife a few days ago on the pretext that it would be difficult for his wife to have children after her miscarriage. It can be seen that there are many unlucky people at the noble’s door!

 

Birds of a feather flock together. Marquis Zhao was being like that. Won’t Cui Xingzhou also divorce his wife in the future as he wanted?

 

For a moment, Lady He forgot her misery and took Miantang’s hand, and her tears began to fall in pairs.

 

“Miantang, he is so unbearable. How can you marry him?”

 

Liu Miantang didn’t mean to discredit the Prince, but she did her best to tell the truth. She hopes Lady He San doesn’t put this matter into her heart. As for the friendship with He Zhen, she did not expect to maintain it.

 

But unexpectedly, she did not know what plot had been added to Lady He’s mind. She looked at herself sympathetically, as if she were going to marry an evil dragon.