Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 36

In order not to entangle her husband, Concubine Ding quickly arranged this banquet, and specially sent posts to various families. Madam Shen was also shocked when she received the post. Concubine Ding's house held a banquet, how could it be Invited to my house!
Mrs. Shen didn't want to bring Yingxiu there, but it was very clearly written on the post that she invited the eldest lady of the Shen family. If she used the reason that Yingxiu was unwell, would it make the Dingwangfu think that the whole Shen's residence was not good? Knowledgeable?

What made Mrs. Shen even more reluctant to refuse was that Yingxiu's cousin Qiao Shiya who had just married came to Shen's mansion specially, and was ordered to go to Dingwang's mansion with Yingxiu. There are also newly married wives like Shi Ya who didn't invite the wives from other families. Even if Mrs. Shen wants to go together, she can't bear this face.

After getting into the carriage, Shiya looked extremely excited, holding Yingxiu's hand and talking endlessly, "Cousin, are you holding back in the general's mansion?" Shiya pouted a little frustrated, "The rest is over, your second cousin My brother-in-law went back to work, leaving early and coming in late, so I couldn’t talk to my mother and grandmother.”

Ten days after the wedding, Shangguan Ling will be busy. It's really boring for Shi Ya to stay in the general's mansion alone. A married woman can't go back to her mother's house often.

"Then you should take time to accompany Mrs. Shangguan for your second cousin's husband. Doesn't Mrs. Shangguan worship the Buddha? You can accompany her to copy Buddhist scriptures so that you don't have to think so much." Yingxiu almost twisted into a ball when she saw her little face. Thankfully, her complexion is ruddy, otherwise she would really think that she had a bad time in the General's Mansion.

Cousin Shiya has always been a lucky person. In her memory, they will welcome their first child soon.

"I went there once, but I secretly fell asleep after listening to it." Shiya was a little shy when she mentioned this, she obviously accompanied Mrs. Shangguan to the Buddhist hall, but she fell asleep while sitting "Later, the old lady teased me and said that I must have entered the country too deeply, and I fell into a dream to understand Zen."

"It's good that the old lady didn't blame you. If you feel tired from sitting, you can just copy the scriptures, so that you won't fall asleep." Yingxiu patted her body that was stuck to her, "You haven't said how to come here to pick up mine!"

"I'm entrusted by someone!" After saying that, Shiya blinked at Yingxiu, "Guess who entrusted me to pick you up?"

Yingxiu's face turned red for no reason, and she gave her a reproachful look, "How do I know!"

Shi Ya pretended to sigh, "That's a pity, that person asked my cousin and me to come here, saying that he was afraid that Mrs. Shen would not let you come out." Yingxiu smiled and squeezed her arm , "Wow, when did you make fun of me!"

Prince Ding's Mansion is much larger than the Prince's Mansion of Pingyang that Yingxiu visited. King Pingyang is a prince conferred by the former emperor, so he is not considered a real royal person. It has been cut down, and if the prince of Dingwangfu does not change his dynasty, he will continue to inherit it.

After getting off the carriage, someone took them into the mansion. After all, they were moved out of the palace, and even the maids inside were dressed as court ladies. Yingxiu had heard of this Princess Ding before, she was a very outstanding woman.

Walking into the courtyard for receiving guests, looking in from the door, the pavilions are so beautiful. There is a special banquet living room on the side, with three or four tables set up in it, and the doors in the small attic outside are also wide open, so you can come in and out to enjoy it .

"Mrs. Shangguan, Miss Shen, our concubine is here to invite you." Not long after sitting down, someone came to announce that the concubine was determined to see them. Shi Ya pouted invisibly and whispered to her, "This will become Young Madam, you are getting old all of a sudden."

Yingxiu smiled and patted her hand, followed the people who came to inform her and walked over. Not long after, she arrived at the pavilion where a play was being sung. Yingxiu and the others followed to the Nuan Pavilion on the second floor. "Princess, Mrs. Shangguan, Miss Shen is here."

"Come in." The man opened the door and invited Yingxiu and the others to enter. There were three people sitting in the Nuan Pavilion, and one of them was wearing noble clothes was Princess Ding Mu Ranzheng. Mu Ranzheng looked at Yingxiu calmly, then smiled at the woman sitting beside her, "A Tong, you are really calm, you don't even introduce yourself when your siblings come."

"You know each other now." The one called Ah Tong is Shiya's sister-in-law, Mengshi, the wife of General Shangguan's eldest son. scary."

"Sister-in-law." Shiya lost her temper in front of her older sister-in-law, and sat down obediently, not forgetting to hold Yingxiu's hand.

"Then who is the little lady of this family? She looks really juicy." The other lady said kindly, looking at Yingxiu.

Meng shi whispered something in Shiya's ear, Shiya glanced at Princess Ding, and said back to the lady, "This is my cousin, sister Zheng can call her Yingxiu."

The lady patted Princess Ding's hand lightly and said with a smile on her face, "Look at what my brother and sister, A Tong, taught me. I'm still called sister at such an old age."

"Sister Zheng is young!" Princess Ding glanced at the corner of Yingxiu's mouth showing a touch of admiration, and then glanced at the screen of the Nuan Pavilion opposite her, her eyes full of laughter.

There were only two people behind the huge screen, one was sitting and the other was standing. The standing man was secretly looking into the Nuan Pavilion through a very inconspicuous hole in the screen, and his eyes wandered around Yingxiu several times.

Qi Haoming looked at Su Kun's thief-like appearance helplessly, and insisted on making such a big noise just to see if Yingxiu was doing well, this fourth brother must have worried too much, as if he was still a child.

Su Kun patted Qi Haoming's hand away and made a "quiet gesture" towards him. Yingxiu felt that someone was watching her several times, and when she turned around, a screen was erected, which was very strange.

Sitting in the Nuan Pavilion for a while, Yingxiu saw that the play on the stage happened to be the scene of the number one scholar begging for his wife, a smile rose from the corner of her mouth, the actor playing the number one scholar was really lifelike.

This scene fell into the eyes of Princess Ding, she coughed lightly, and said to Zheng Shi beside her, "Sister Zheng, I feel bored after staying in this warm pavilion for a long time, why don't we go out for a walk."

Yingxiu and Shiya hurriedly got up with them, Princess Ding looked at them and said with a smile, "Go and play with yours, there are still riddles in the front yard, but it's cold outside, and pots are lit in the room, if you feel cold, you can Go in and stay."

"Yes." Yingxiu and Shiya waited for Princess Ding and the others to go out, and then the two of them followed. Yingxiu felt strange, and subconsciously looked back at the screen, but Su Kun was startled.

After making sure they were far away, Su Kun dared to speak, "Brother, Miss Shen has sharp eyes, she has watched this several times in a row."

Qi Haoming had no choice but to accept Su Kun's idea, and he had to meet him in person to be at ease, "You look at others like this, can you not be noticed?"

"Fourth brother has to help you out like this. If you are inexperienced, how can you leave you to her with confidence? If the husband and wife can't agree, life will not be smooth in the future." Su Kun looked at Qi Haoming and said seriously, "You see, if there is no your sister-in-law in this mansion, I will not be safe in the war. This is because your sister-in-law and I are connected." It's so cool.

"Sister-in-law is a strange woman, maybe my wife will go on a mission. What do you think, fourth brother?" Su Kun looked at the smile on his face, paused and said, "Barely passed the test."

Princess Ding over there listened to what the two wives had said, and the smile on the corner of her mouth grew stronger. She felt that Miss Shen could hold her breath. Earlier, she sent someone to inquire about Miss Shen, and she got more information Knowing that she is from Su Miaoge, Princess Ding has a higher opinion of her, a calm and intelligent woman, suitable for Adi to marry as his wife, not to mention that Adi also likes her.

Concubine Ding and Prince Ding are just helping Qi Haoming check it out. The marriage still has to be decided by Lord Hou and Mrs. Xuan Guo. She made it clear that Yingxiu was almost fainted by Shiya, and just sat down in a warm pavilion, Shiya couldn't sit still and said that she was going to guess riddles, Yingxiu was a little tired, so she just sat there and waited for her to come back.

There are a lot of snacks in the warm pavilion, and the tea is still hot on the small stove at the side. Seeing that the servant girl is not here, Yingxiu gets up and pours some tea and leans on the seat cushion by the window to look at the scenery in the yard. .

There was a sound of wheels rolling at the door, Qi Haoming beckoned Zhuo Ye to watch outside, and pushed into the Nuan Pavilion by himself, Yingxiu heard the movement and looked back, and immediately understood the purpose of today's banquet.

Not to mention the people invited to the banquet at Prince Ding's Mansion, the post was even sent to Shen's Mansion, which is irrelevant, Shi Ya also said that she was entrusted by someone, she was skeptical at first, but now that she saw someone, she immediately understood.

Seeing the clarity in her eyes, Qi Haoming smiled helplessly, "I didn't arrange this."

"Then how do you know I'm here?" Yingxiu gently closed the window and looked back at him pouring tea freely, but she seemed petty.

"But it was arranged by Princess Ding to meet you." Qi Haoming went on to speak, Yingxiu was a little astonished, "What does Princess Ding see me for?"

Qi Haoming cleared his throat and looked at Yingxiu with firmness in his eyes, "Princess Ding said that she wants to see what kind of woman the person I want to marry is really like."

The Nuan Pavilion fell into dead silence for a moment, only the occasional "beep" sound from the small stove was left. Qi Haoming's whole heart was in suspense. He didn't intend to bring this up with Yingxiu so early. It scared her, but the words of Princess Ding made him think about it again. If he waited for his foot injury to heal before asking for marriage, then Yingxiu's status would be far from his, and he couldn't want better for him. Greeting her and letting her get into trouble is something Qi Haoming doesn't want to happen at all.

Yingxiu just felt that her face was burning so badly, she was not confused, she understood more or less what Qi Haoming meant, it was just that she was very confused a few days ago, now that he said it so bluntly, Yingxiu suddenly didn't know how to resist .

After a long time, a sigh came into his ears, "Why do you want to marry me so hard?"

Qi Haoming only felt that his mouth was very dry, so he took a sip of the tea beside him, calmed down and said, "Since when I said that I would protect you and not make you sad, I will remember this matter. In my heart, maybe I was just young at that time and didn't understand the meaning, until I saw you again in the Hou Mansion last year, I knew what I insisted on all these years."

Qi Haoming's feelings for Yingxiu couldn't be interpreted as love at the beginning. It wasn't until the heartbeat many years later that he had the desire to continue chasing her. From the shallower to the deeper, it seemed very reasonable and smooth. What's more, he has always kept the promise of the year deep in his heart, to protect her and never make her sad again.The heartbeat of that glance made him more persistent in wanting to do it, eager for Yingxiu's response.

A soreness surged up in Yingxiu's heart, her eyes moistened, she stared at him blankly, saw the eagerness in his eyes, and did not ignore his affection, the so-called one careless move, all losses, she went wrong in her previous life I took such a step, so I missed so many things.

(End of this chapter)