Black Dragon's Wife: Myriad Spirits and White Phoenix

Chapter 96
"Shumin, have you really thought about it?" Haiyue looked at the woman in pink in front of her and said slightly worried.

Liu Shumin chuckled lightly: "The wedding date has been set, so it's up to me whether I want it or not. Haiyue, you were not like me when you were betrothed to Feng Wang that day."

"But... King Chu, you should know that King Chu already has two side concubines and three concubines. Although you have the support of the Nangong family, the side concubines of King Chu are also people with backgrounds. I'm afraid you will... "

Liu Shumin held Xuan Haiyue's hand and gave her a reassuring smile: "It's okay, trust me, you have to trust my ability. Actually...Compared to Ouyang's family, I can marry the king of Chu, marry a sick child .”

"Ouyang's family?"

"You don't know, in fact, as early as when I was very young, my parents once betrothed me to Ningnan Hou Shizi, but at that time I was only a verbal marriage without a formal engagement. After my parents passed away one after another, this marriage ended. I'm afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, and the Ouyang family will have a change of heart, so I tried my best to get acquainted with the king of Chu, so..."

Xuan Haiyue said softly: "Oh... I didn't expect it. I thought we were just congenial in temperament, but I didn't expect that we are still in the same disease. We don't like the person we are accused of, so we want to escape by marrying another person. It's really funny."

"People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. Especially us orphans who have nothing to rely on. You have seen the king of Chu. Apart from his poor health, there is nothing wrong with him. Let's take one step at a time." Liu Shumin Turning her head and laughing, "Actually, I'm still very grateful to you for inviting me to visit the lake to enjoy the lotus today. The weather is the most suitable for enjoying the lotus. I thought you would come with Feng Wang, but I didn't expect..."

Xuan Haiyue pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Originally I wanted to invite him to come with me, but he said he didn't want to affect my interest in talking with my friends, so he said he would come with me for an outing in a few days."

Liu Shumin smiled and said: "It seems that you and the prince get along very well. I went shopping a few days ago, so Yang Yuting is not as happy as you."

"What? She's not having a good time."

"Princess Guirong came in to be a side concubine, can she feel comfortable? And do you know that King Qi already had six concubines in his mansion before marrying her, and they were either rewarded by the emperor, or queen mother or concubine The reward was either the concubine's daughter of a certain aristocratic family, or the concubine's daughter of a small official family. Yang Yuting was jealous of those concubines all day long, and now there is a Princess Guirong. This daughter-in-law is very dissatisfied, do you think she can live comfortably?"

Xuan Haiyue chuckled softly: "Hearing what you said, it seems that it was a wise choice for me not to marry King Qi."

Bi Ye walked in and said respectfully: "Princess Qi, Miss Duanmuya and Miss Jiang Peiling are asking to see you."

Xuan Haiyue's eyes lit up: "Please!"

"Hey, Shumin is here, what a coincidence!" Jiang Peiling pulled Duanmuya into the room and said while smiling at Xuan Haiyue and Liu Shumin.

"You guys are so elegant and interesting that you burn incense and make tea on the boat." Duanmuya said with a smile.

"Ya'er and Peiling also come to taste the tea made by Haiyue. This tea is refreshing and pleasant, and it is most suitable for drinking in this kind of weather."

Duanmuya and Jiang Peiling each took a sip of tea, and praised repeatedly. Duanmuya is also an elegant person, and said with a smile: "What kind of tea is this? I've never drank it. Where did Haiyue buy it?"

Xuan Haiyue smiled and said: "This is a new tea from Ming Ya Ge, called Xueshan Hancui, it is a high-quality tea from Ming Ya Ge, ordinary people can't buy it even if they want to."

Duan Muya said: "It's really good tea. The tea fragrance is light and sweet, and the tea fragrance lingers for a long time after you drink it. Ming Ya Ge's tea is well-known in the capital. It is a big brand in the tea shops in the capital. I bought tea there, and I will also ask the housekeeper of An Guogong’s mansion to buy some tea to honor my grandfather and parents.”

Jiang Peiling smiled and said: "Although I don't know the elegance of tea tasting, I can tell that it is good tea. I also asked the people in Jiang's Mansion to buy it. It's just that the shopkeeper of Ming Ya Ge is smart enough to make such a tea." High-quality tea, really profitable!"

Xuan Haiyue just smiled indifferently when she heard Jiang Peiling's words. Jiang Peiling never thought that Ming Ya Pavilion was the property of Xuanxin Palace, and the real shopkeeper behind it was right in front of her eyes.

"By the way, why didn't Shixian come? She shouldn't miss such a good weather today." Xuan Haiyue asked.

Jiang Peiling and Duanmuya smiled at each other, Jiang Peiling smiled at Xuan Haiyue and said, "Haiyue, do you know that Shixian will be a relative of your family soon."

Xuan Haiyue raised her eyebrows and looked at Jiang Peiling's puzzled face, while Duan Muya pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Shixian has been promised to Xia Lizhao, the fourth son of the Xia family by Master Yinlou of the Capital Prefecture. agreed to the marriage."

"Really? That's really great." Xuan Haiyue said happily.

"Haiyue, congratulations, Shixian has become your future cousin, and your Xia family has a happy event." Liu Shumin said happily.

"Miss Xia asked Shixian to go to Yushi's Mansion early in the morning today. Now Shixian must be with Mr. Xia Lizhao. She is really a man and woman, haha." Jiang Peiling said with a smile on her face as she imagined the scene of Lou Shixian and Xia Lizhao meeting. .

As a Confucian family in China, the Xia family has always taught and educated people, and has an indelible influence in the hearts of Chinese literati. Xia Qingliu, the founder of the Xia family, is a generation of virtuous ministers who helped Emperor Taizu expand the territory and create a prosperous age. Live forever.Every generation of the Xia family has dedicated themselves to cultivating generations of literati. Most of the officials in the court are from the Lushan Academy founded by the Xia family. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Xia family is the head of the Qingliu literati in China.

But it was also because of this that the royal family was afraid. Several monarchs of the Xuanyuan family suppressed the Xia family intentionally or unintentionally. The previous kings wanted to marry their own princesses to the sons of the Xia family, but they were all rejected.The Xia family even established an ancestral precept that future generations must never marry a royal princess, so the Xuanyuan family will never ask for a boring marriage.The Xia family has been suppressed by the royal family for these years, and they withdrew from the court one after another. It can be said that they are full of ambitions and cannot display them. They can only live in the south of the Yangtze River and teach in Lushan Academy.

In this generation, only Xia Wenyuan, the third master of the Xia family, is an official in the court, and he is just a censor without real power.Xia Lizhao is the eldest son of Xia Wenyuan, the fourth son of the Xia family, and he is really in the same family as Lou Shixian, who was born as a civil servant.

Fengwangfu Yuhuatai.

Feng Tingye sat in the courtyard quietly watching the blooming orchids in front of him, a breeze blew by, and the quiet orchid fragrance rushed towards his face, which made people feel refreshed.After getting along for more than two months, Feng Tingye basically understood Xuan Haiyue's temperament, and at the same time was happy with his decision back then.Unexpectedly, the person Xuanyuan Orange didn't want at the beginning turned out to be his wife by mistake, and she was also the lifesaver back then.Thinking of the woman who was as quiet as an orchid and as light as tea, Feng Tingye raised a smile, very shallow, very light, but meaningful.

(End of this chapter)