But Cui Jianlian shook her head and said, “Your Highness, he left hurriedly. I was afraid to delay the treatment of Young Master Zhuo. So I didn't ask him closely.”

At this time, both the Empress Dowager and Jinguo Grand Princess couldn't wait to let servant come.

The Empress Dowager sent people to the Imperial Academy of Medicine to ask the situation. But the Grand Princess couldn't wait. She stood up directly and wanted to go there. “Doctor Han is taking care of Roumei. If Ping'an only has the indisposition, why do they call another doctor? Mother, I won't feel relieved before I see him by myself!”

The Empress Dowager thought so, too. She immediately nodded, “Send me information in time. Don't let me worry!”

Pei Yourui came with Jinguo Grand Princess. At present, Jinguo Grand Princess left before the feast was over because she worried about her grandson. Pei Yourui couldn't stay here as if nothing happened. So she also offered to help the Grand Princess. The Empress Dowager agreed with her after seeing the Grand Princess didn't refuse.

The air in the Qingxi Hall was a little heavy after it happened.

Cui Jianlian didn't come early. At present, it was time for lunch. The Empress Dowager took a look at the time and asked them to eat. But she was worried about her great-grandson at this time. The Empress and imperial concubines were comforting her actively. No one had time to care about young ladies.

So after the dishes were put in the side hall, the Empress Dowager and the Empress refused to go there because they said young girls would feel constrained. Daiguo Grand Princess and her daughter also wanted to accompany the Empress Dowager. In the end, only n.o.ble Consort Cui and Virtuous Consort Jiang took the rest four young ladies to eat.

The two imperial concubines were not in the mood to stay here for a long time, and just said some pleasantries before they ate. Then they made excuses to leave and went to flatter the Empress Dowager. Only four young ladies stayed here.

Although four young girls were ignored, they felt more relaxed after these n.o.ble women left.

So Sikong Yiluo proposed to introduce themselves to each other, “We will be relatives. Today we have a chance to eat together. How can we still be strange to each other after we go out of the palace?”

In fact, she said that for Song Yixiao. Sikong Yiluo's family was almost the same as that of Cui Jianlian and Miss Xie. They all lived in the imperial capital. How couldn't they realize each other?

Song Yixiao looked at her with appreciation. Then she introduced herself first. Then Miss Xie said, “My family name is Xie. My first name is Yiren. My grandfather is Duke of Lai. My father has been an official of Qingzhou for three years.”

“Yiren's father got No. 3 on the imperial examination.” Sikong Yiluo added with a smile, “Yixiao, you also have some connection with her. When her father was pa.s.sed through the examination, your father also got No. 1 at that time!”

Xie Yiren was clear that Song Yuan didn't like Song Yixiao.

After all, Jian Xubai's status was so high. But he finally chose a girl who depended on other people for a living. Everyone was curious about this girl's background.

But they met each other for the first time and had no conflict. Xie Yiren would be stupid enough to expose it. So she smiled, “It is such a coincidence that both of our fathers pa.s.sed though the examination at the same time. I should be closer to you in the future!”

“Then you'd better be careful!” Cui Jianlian, who always looked lazy, suddenly interjected, “She is really clever. It must be hard for ordinary people to be her friends!”

She said with a faint smile on her face, “Miss Jiang hasn't shown up for a long time, has she?”

Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren were a little shocked after hearing that, “Did she stop Jiang Muting being the Princess Consort of Wei?”

Jiang Muting's future had been decided firmly and it was said that even Emperor Xianjia had agreed with her marriage. She would be claimed as Prince of Wei's fiancée after the feast of Shangsi Festival. How could the future Princess Consort of Wei be changed suddenly? Song Yixiao used to be un.o.btrusive. But surprisingly, she got a good husband!

They of course doubted that Song Yixiao trapped Jiang Muting. As a reward, Daiguo Grand Princess introduced her to be Jian Xubai's wife!

Song Yixiao knew their shock and suspicions. Holding the alcohol cup in her hand, she said without nervousness and anger, “Miss Cui, I'd better return the word 'cleverness' to you! If I had had a glib tongue like you, I wouldn't have been so clumsy to say when Her Majesty the Empress gave me the Rosy Sun and Hazy Moon Rings.”

She put down her sleeve to show up the rings that the Empress put on her in person. Under the light of candles, the rings looked s.h.i.+ny and beautiful.

“They are really the Rosy Sun and Hazy Moon Rings!” Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren were all from the powerful family and had heard about them even if they never saw them. They looked at them with all their eyes and said in admiration, “Yixiao, you are so lucky!”

“I'm not excellent enough to get such a precious thing.” Song Yixiao said gently, “I didn't dare to accept them without Her Highness Jinguo Grand Princess's permission.”

Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren had a look at each other and frowned secretly when they saw Cui Jianlian. It was obvious that Jinguo Grand Princess didn't have a bad expression on her son's fiancée because she allowed Song Yixiao to accept such a precious thing. The Grand Princess was Jian Xubai's mother. How could she let her son marry a girl who used unscrupulous divisive tactics?

The Grand Princess couldn't be deceived. Cui Jianlian was just an unmarried young girl and could also know it. How could Song Yixiao conceal it from the Grand Princess?

Clearly, Cui Jianlian just told a lie and wanted to sow dissension among them!

Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren didn't need to make friends with Song Yixiao. But they hated to be planned. Although they said nothing at this time, they all disliked what Cui Jianlian did.

Cui Jianlian regretted a little when her plan failed. But she continued to say quickly, “It was said that Her Majesty the Empress wanted to give a pair of Rosy Sun and Hazy Moon Rings to Her Highness Princess Changxing as her dowry. But now she gave them to you. I really admire your good luck!”

She wanted to make Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren jealous.

“Her Majesty has a good relations.h.i.+p with Her Highness Jinguo Grand Princess. So Her Majesty gave me them because of Her Highness.” Song Yixiao had already been prepared after she showed up the rings. At this time, she smiled sweetly towards Cui Jianlian and said cheerfully, “Miss Cui, don't worry! Her Majesty is n.o.ble and kind. How can't she dislike you?”

Song Yixiao meant, “Don't complain the Empress's bias. I am only the fiancée of Empress's nephew and can't get the Rosy Sun and Hazy Moon Rings without my future mother-in-law. But you will be side concubine of the Crown Prince, one of the Empress's daughters-in-law! The Empress won't treat you badly in the future.”

Song Yixiao's words seemed to be normal. But Cui Jianlian came late. n.o.ble Consort Cui had no time to tell her that Commandery Princess Nanzhang questioned Empress Su when she gave them to Song Yixiao!

If the Empress knew what Cui Jianlian said, she would remember it deeply.

Especially Cui Jianlian said the pair of rings should have been Princess Changxing's dowry. It told everyone who knew it that the Empress used her daughter's dowry to calm the Grand Princess's anger!

“The Empress didn't give birth to the Crown Prince. And the Empress can't create difficulties to Cui Jianlian in public because of n.o.ble Consort Cui.” Song Yixiao looked at Cui Jianlian's angry face coldly and sneered in her heart, “But the Empress is so powerful and clever. As long as the Empress remembers it, how can't she deal with a side concubine of the Crown Prince?”

If Cui Jianlian didn't say the Rosy Sun and Hazy Moon Rings belonged to Princess Changxing's dowry, Song Yixiao wouldn't know that. Of course, Empress Su and Princess Changxing must also hate Song Yixiao.

How couldn't she drag Cui Jianlian down with her?

“We will go out to avoid the hot summer. What's your plan?” Seeing Song Yixiao had a grudge with Cui Jianlian, Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren had a look at each other, and then Sikong Yiluo changed the topic, “I planted a vat of lotus in the villa of Cuihua Mountain last year and told the servants to take good care of it after I left. Will it blossom this year?”

Xie Yiren smiled, “We must go to look at it when we go to the mountain!”

It was the Empress Dowager's palace. Although Cui Jianlian stirred up trouble first, she didn't dare to throw all restraint to the winds. So she just looked dark silently after she found that she couldn't win Song Yixiao by quarreling.

As the n.o.ble Consort's niece and the Crown Prince's cousin, Cui Jianlian decided to keep quiet. Song Yixiao wouldn't follow up a victory with hot pursuit because she had no background. Then she looked normal as if nothing happened. Like Xie Yiren, Song Yixiao also smilingly talked about the lotus planted by Sikong Yiluo.

After the lunch, four young ladies went to thank for the feast. The Empress Dowager and others didn't want them to stay here. So they just said few words and gave them some gifts. Then they implied the girls to leave.

After leaving the imperial palace, Cui Jianlian ignored other three girls and directly went away by her carriage alone.

But Sikong Yiluo and Xie Yiren had a chat with Song Yixiao for a short time and appointed to meet each other frequently in the future to improve their friends.h.i.+p. Then they said goodbye to each other.

Back to Prince of Hengshan's mansion, Song Yixiao told everything in detail to Wei Mengying. Wei Mengying was very satisfied with her performance, “Cui Jianlian is so aggressive. You can't tolerant such a kind of people! Otherwise they will think you are weak and create difficulties to you. You really have a sense of propriety. Even if the n.o.ble Consort's maid tells her what you did, she can't pick your fault!”

She also supported her to contact with Sikong Yiluo and others. “Don't hesitate to tell me what kind of clothes or ornaments you need. You have to maintain your face in front of others!”

Song Yixiao thanked her and asked something about Jiang Muting. Wei Mengying looked dark as soon as she heard that, “I wanted to change the day for you, like tomorrow or the day after tomorrow! But she was unhappy instantly when hearing that. She said that she wouldn't hear your explanation all her life since you broke the appointment! How could she say that? Miss Jiang is a beloved daughter of the Jiang Family. You are also my dear daughter. How can you be the mud under her shows?”

“Today, Cui Jianlian also mentioned Sister Muting. I think she may make Sister Muting misunderstand me!” Song Yixiao didn't completely believe her mother's words. Although Jiang Muting was arrogant and irritable, she wasn't a petulant girl. If Song Yixiao told her the reason why she broke the appointment, Jiang Muting wouldn't be angry to her.

But Song Yixiao couldn't mention what she thought without proof. She had to make a few discreet inquiries, “Anyway, the Jiang Family has a Virtuous Consort in the imperial palace. We'd better solve this misunderstanding. Mother, what do you think of it?”

Wei Mengying frowned, “Now you are the fiancée of Duke Jian and have a high status. You don't need to be servile to Jiang Muting. It isn't a big deal if she doesn't accept your apology. But I'm afraid the Empress Dowager, Jinguo Grand Princess and Jian Xubai will feel unhappy after they hear that. Virtuous Consort Jiang may think you trap her niece deliberately!”

She suggested, “You'd better contact with her after you get married!”

Anyway, it was said that the Jiang Family planned to let Jiang Muting marry to the south quickly, so as not to lose their face when she was still in the imperial capital.

Even if it was false and Jiang Muting was still in the imperial capital after Song Yixiao got married, Wei Mengying wouldn't worry. There was no elder in Duke of Yan's mansion. Although the couple would feel free, they had to solve everything by themselves.

It would take much time for the young couple to manage the large mansion.

“Song Yixiao has to manage the mansion and tries to get her husband's love!” Wei Mengying thought proudly, “Yixiao must be too busy to talk with Jiang Muting! By the way, her ident.i.ty will change after getting married. Her field of vision will also change. Jian Xubai won't be so stupid to conceal her from the political affairs. At that time, how can she always be afraid to be misunderstood by Jiang Muting?”

Although she told nothing about political stands to Song Yixiao, she didn't want to trap her daughter. Song Yixiao didn't tell her mother that Jian Xubai had already chosen her on the feast of Shangsi Festival, which made Wei Mengying feel the rift between her and her daughter.

Later, Song Yixiao knelt down and pleaded guilty to her, which seemed that Song Yixiao submitted to her.

But Wei Mengying knew that the rift still existed.

“After all, after I remarried, I left her in the Song Family for a year. Before she lived with me, Madam Liu treated her badly. After I gave birth to Guanyun, I really ignored her feeling.” Wei Mengying was not surprised about this situation. And she had some solutions, “The rift has existed now and she is clever. If I force her to do something, she will agree to my face but oppose secretly even if it's good for her! So I have to coax her and teach her that she should only rely on her mother, even if I used to ignore her!”

When her daughter realized that it was really not a good thing to contact Jiang Muting frequently, Wei Mengying would tell her daughter that she misunderstood her mother. At that time, Song Yixiao must feel guilty to her and respect her. Then Song Yixiao would listen to her!

“I can coax my two husbands well.” She looked at her daughter who frowned lightly, and then she thought, “How can't I coax my own daughter?”