Concubine's true colors

Chapter 291
Princess Ancheng paid homage to the Buddha wholeheartedly, and did not show up to greet everyone, even if anyone felt dissatisfied, she would never dare to argue with the Ming Emperor's own sister.

However, as a junior, it is indeed a very necessary etiquette to go to see each other.

So as soon as they came out of the living room, the three sisters of the Xiao family, led by Bai Liu, walked towards Princess Cheng'an's courtyard, ready to greet each other personally.

Although the four girls went out of the living room together, Bai Liu and Xiao Jinyu were cousins, so they walked together and led the way.

However, Xiao Jinwen and Xiao Jinxuan deliberately slowed down a little, followed behind them unhurriedly, and deliberately opened a little distance between each other.

After walking for a while, Xiao Jinwen said to Xiao Jinxuan in a soft voice:
"Sister, please walk slowly. My cousin has something to tell you. After all, this is the first time you have met Princess Cheng An. My sister thinks it is necessary to tell you the details of her."

Xiao Jinwen, as the eldest daughter of the handsome mansion, naturally had to go out to the mansion for social gatherings.

Therefore, knowing accurately the past experience of every lady of the family, the daughter of a famous lady, and her temperament can help her communicate with people better without offending each other's taboos.

So for this Princess Ancheng, Xiao Jinwen naturally knew some of her past experiences.

And he was ready to tell Xiao Jinxuan kindly that he would save her meeting later, violate the taboo of the princess and cause the other party's displeasure, and then it will be difficult.

Xiao Jinxuan naturally readily accepted Xiao Jinwen's kindness.

And after the other party's narration, she knew that this Princess Cheng'an, although she was the elder sister of Emperor Ming, was in an extremely rough situation, and even made people feel a little unfortunate.

It turned out that this Princess Cheng'an did not want to marry Bai Dongyang in the first place. The other party was destined for a marriage as early as the late emperor was alive.

It's just that Princess Cheng'an's fiancé was beheaded to death because of his participation in the rebellion of the Four Kings.

And Bai Dongyang was the husband-in-law chosen by Emperor Ming for her. If it hadn't been for the accident that year, she would never have married into the Duke Hua's mansion.

As a princess of the royal family, she was married to the Duke of the First Kingdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the eyes of outsiders, this was considered a matched marriage, but Cheng An's misfortune did not end.

After a few years of marriage, Cheng An became pregnant, but when she was about to give birth, she encountered dystocia again.

She took the risk of bleeding to give birth to the child with great risk.

And this child is Bai Hang, the eldest young master of Duke Hua's mansion and the future heir of Duke Hua.

Because of dystocia, An Cheng desperately gave birth to Bai Hang, but his body was severely damaged. The imperial doctor in the palace even made a diagnosis that Bai Hang would never be able to conceive again in this lifetime.

And this is a fatal blow to a woman.But physical damage is secondary.

What really made Xiao Jinxuan feel that this Princess Cheng'an was so unfortunate was that her only biological son had an extremely bad attitude towards her, a mother who was pregnant in October.

Gu Xiaojinwen said that because Cheng An was in a coma for seven days after the dystocia and gave birth, and then stayed in bed for half a year to recuperate her body, so she had no time to take care of Bai Hang, who was still an infant at that time.

Although in a big family, the young children are taken care of by wet nurses, but without the care of their biological mothers, people can't feel at ease.

And at this moment, Mrs. Wu, who was only Bai Dongyang's concubine back then, stepped forward automatically, willing to take on the burden of taking care of Bai Hang.

At that time, everyone thought that the Wu family had bad intentions, and advised Bai Dongyang not to entrust his son to a concubine to take care of him.

He was afraid that the other party would have some vicious thoughts in his heart because of jealousy, and murder the infant Bai Hang.

But until Bai Hang was more than one year old, and after weaning, everyone was surprised to find that the Wu family really treated the other party as his own, and took care of him meticulously.

She even took care of her so wholeheartedly that in the end, Bai Hang didn't even recognize Cheng An as his biological mother.

So the eldest son of the Bai family actually grew up by Mrs. Wu's side.

As a result, the Wu family became a great hero of the Bai family, and with the approval of both Bai Dongyang and the old matriarch, she was promoted to the position of equal wife.

Princess Cheng'an has always remained silent about this. After all, what she said was that the other party also helped her take care of her own child when she was in a difficult situation.

With this kindness, how could she still stand in the way of obstructing Wu's ascension.

Cheng'an's attitude is tacit approval, although the royal family members feel that the actions of the Duke's Mansion have somewhat insulted the majesty of the Tian family.

But after all, Mrs. Wu has meritorious service, and Cheng An, who is the main wife, didn't care about it. As a result, the matter was settled in the end, and all parties recognized Mrs. Wu's identity as a flat wife.

After Xiao Jinwen finished everything, she still did not forget to remind her and said solemnly at the end:

"Jinxuan, I've already told you everything about Princess Cheng'an, and you must remember that this princess has a taboo. You must never mention the relationship between Bai Hang and Mrs. Wu in front of her. Harmony, otherwise, even if the princess doesn't say anything, she will be deeply annoyed."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan sighed quite emotionally. In fact, even if Xiao Jinwen didn't say it, she already knew what to say and what not to say.

After all, if it was her, her own son had a deep affection with a concubine serving mother and child, then she would definitely be upset and very distressed. This is human nature, and she quite understands it.

And just when Xiao Jinxuan, out of curiosity, wanted to ask Xiao Jinwen if the identity of the grown-up young master of the Bai family and Princess Cheng'an was more relaxed and harmonious.

All of a sudden, Bai Liu, who was walking in front of her, stopped, turned her head and said to them with a smile:
"The two sisters are talking about their own words. Be careful of the road under your feet. It is difficult to walk on the snowy road in winter. If you bump into it, it will be a terrible thing."

Seeing Bai Liu looking towards her, Xiao Jinxuan naturally took back the words that came to her lips, and then said with a gentle smile:

"The left is just a few idle chats, but why is Sister Bai stopping here? Could it be that the princess's other courtyard has already arrived?"

Bai Liu smiled slightly, then pointed to the front, then shook his head and said:

"This is the back garden of our Duke's mansion. The aunt's residence is still a long way from here. It's just that my sisters rarely come here, so my sister wants to take you to see a wonderful scene. Then we will continue on our way to meet her." The aunt is not too late.

As soon as Bai Liu's voice fell, Xiao Jinyu, who was standing with her, immediately nodded and said with a smile:

"Cousin is right, Jinxuan, you have come to the Duke's Mansion for the first time, so you may not know that there is a hot spring pool in this garden, even in the snowy winter, it will not freeze. In severe cold weather, steam will rise from the pond, and being in it is like entering a fairyland, my sister comes here once in a while, and this view must be seen.”

Seeing that Bai Liu and Xiao Jinyu both took the initiative to invite each other, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help feeling secretly vigilant.

After all, this is the territory of the Bai family, and if she is not careful, she may be tricked.

So Xiao Jinxuan wanted to refuse directly, but before she could say anything, she heard a hearty laughter from a man behind everyone.

"Sister Liu'er, I heard that the female relatives of the commander-in-chief's mansion came to our Duke's mansion at the invitation of grandma. You didn't come to help your mother to socialize. Why did you run to the back garden to hide in the back garden in a snowy day? It's good or bad, don't say that my brother didn't remind you."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Jinxuan saw a handsome gentleman with a handsome face, holding an oil umbrella to block the snow, walking over with a smile on his face.

And when she saw the noble young master and the other person behind him, Xiao Jinxuan's originally smiling expression withdrew, and her eyes turned cold all of a sudden, and the reason why she reacted so strongly was because of this The person turned out to be Ji Lingfeng.

And looking at the Bai Liu who was meeting now, he has already greeted him with a smile all over his face, and even took the nobleman's arm very affectionately, and then introduced:

"Cousin and Miss Jinwen have both met my brother, and everyone knows each other. But I still have to introduce it to sister Jinxuan. This is my direct brother Bai Hang, and today my brother agreed to come out. I didn’t expect my brother-in-law to come back so early.”

Immediately afterwards, Bai Liu pointed at Xiao Jinxuan again, and introduced her identity to Bai Hang.

But in front of Wen Ting was this woman wearing a purple begonia-colored mink velvet cloak, whose face was not outstanding, but whose expression was extremely gentle.

It was Xiao Jinxuan who was well-known among the aristocrats of the capital's aristocratic family, and Bai Hang's interest was obviously aroused immediately.

Then he saw him jumping over the crowd and came to Xiao Jinxuan's side in a few steps, looking at the slightly bowed face of the other party, he couldn't help saying frivolously:
"It turns out that you are the legendary Xiao Jinxuan. I heard that not only did you fall off the cliff and survived, but you even gathered the unfeminine Royal King under the pomegranate skirt. You are a very capable girl. Ah, it's a bit more sophisticated than the top girl in Lichun Courtyard."

Princess Cheng An's body was injured due to dystocia, so it is impossible to give birth to a second child in this life except Bai Hang.

Therefore, Bai Hang is the only direct-born child in the entire Duke's Mansion, so naturally he grew up in a honeypot with a golden spoon in his mouth, so his temperament is inevitably very sloppy, he looks like a full-fledged playboy.

And the Lichun Courtyard he was talking about was the most famous brothel in the capital's family, and compared Xiao Jinxuan, a daughter of a family, with the lowly woman who was smiling.

It can be seen that this Bai Hang is not only indulging in romance, but also extremely unruly, which is really annoying to people.

But hearing that Xiao Jinxuan was being compared so unbearably, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing. She was extremely happy to see anything that could seriously hurt the other party.

As for Xiao Jinwen, who was standing by the side, she couldn't bear it anymore. Whether it was because of her friendship with Xiao Jinxuan, or because of the handsome mansion's face, Bai Hang's words annoyed her, and she immediately turned cold. It is necessary to speak theory.

But as soon as Xiao Jinwen stepped forward, Xiao Jinxuan grabbed her wrist, and shook her head to signal her not to speak.

Then she kept nodding her head slightly, Xiao Jinxuan, who had a gentle expression in her calm expression, raised her head with a light smile.

A pair of eyes looked directly at Bai Hang, but a trace of ice-cold flashed quickly in the depths of her pupils.

(End of this chapter)