Jiang Mingwei sat in the flower hall and waited for a long time. She changed two cups of tea, but she still didn't see Mu Mingtang coming out. Jiang Mingwei was a little annoyed, she was very sure that Mu Mingtang did it on purpose.
Mu Mingtang just deliberately left her to show off his prestige. Jiang Mingwei was very disdainful of this method, she sneered in her heart, and sure enough, the people who came from the people were ignorant. Look at this upstart-like style, it's a joke to say it.
Mrs. Jiang saw that Jiang Mingwei's face was not good, she winked at Jiang Mingwei several times, and finally smiled dryly and asked, "Isn't Princess An busy with something, why haven't you come out for so long? If the princess has something to do, we might as well come back another day."
Xiang Nanchun stood on the side, and his every move was very respectful, and said, "Mrs. Jiang and Princess Jin can wait for a while, and the princess and the prince will come."
Mrs. Jiang noticed something, and before she could respond, the maid's greeting came from outside the flower hall. Mrs. Jiang stood up in amazement and saw Mu Mingtang walking in slowly, wasn't it Xie Xuanchen who was walking beside her.
Even Jiang Mingwei stood up, her mouth closed in surprise. She thought that Mu Mingtang was deliberately drying her, but she didn't expect Xie Xuanchen to come along too.
Xie Xuanchen, isn't there only one breath left
Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Mingwei were stunned for a while, and then hurriedly saluted Xie Xuanchen: "King An, Princess An."
Xie Xuanchen hadn't walked this far for a long time. He didn't want to show his tiredness in front of outsiders, so Mu Mingtang walked very slowly, stopping at every turn to look at the flowers and birds. Mu Mingtang didn't know why Xie Xuanchen suddenly thought about seeing the Jiang family, but it was a good thing that he was willing to go out. Mu Mingtang immediately changed him into a black and purple coat and put a hair crown on him. After the two of them were ready, they walked over slowly, wondering how long it would take.
It turned out that Mu Mingtang had been imprisoned in Yulintang all the time. When Xie Xuanchen woke up, just like Xie Xuanchen's chains, her foot restraint order passed silently. No one mentioned it, and no one said anything. The guards didn't mention it, and Mu Mingtang didn't hold him accountable, so he regained his freedom just like this.
After the two of them appeared, the atmosphere in the flower hall became obviously different. Although the Qiyang Palace has been bearing the name of the palace over the years, it has been vacant for a long time, and many places are like decorations. For example, the hall for meeting guests has not been used for a long time.
Now that the two masters of the palace are seated separately, even if the flower hall is still empty, it seems to be instantly imbued with majesty. After Mu Mingtang sat down, seeing that Xie Xuanchen had no intention of speaking, he smiled: "Mrs. Jiang and Princess Jin are polite. Please take your seats."
Jiang Mingwei felt magical when she sat down, she couldn't help but quietly looked at Xie Xuanchen. The sharp eyebrows, careless eyes, thin lips, although much paler, but the eyebrows and eyes are still exactly the same.
The last time she saw him was in the second year of Hongjia.
Jiang Mingwei had a very strange feeling. She looked at Xie Xuanchen and didn't know where she was or what year she was. The name Xie Xuanchen is too profound, and few people in the capital do not know him. Even Beirong, who is thousands of miles away, can make the Yelu family dare not act rashly just by saying his name.
Xie Xuanchen is more like a symbol than a person. People in the court were afraid of him, resented him, hated him, but faintly, they also regarded Xie Xuanchen as their support. At least three years ago in Suihe, no one worried about the war.
Jiang Mingwei's impression of Xie Xuanchen also stayed on such a label. The only time she saw Xie Xuanchen up close was at Suzakumen in the second year of Hongjia. That shocking sight brought Jiang Mingwei an indelible shock.
Later, when Xie Xuanchen went mad in the second year of the founding, there was a lot of trouble, and Xie Xuanchen was in disrepute. Everyone talked about Xie Xuanchen no longer in awe. Jiang Mingwei was also reminded several times by Jiang Honghao and Mrs. Jiang, not to approach Xie Xuanchen, not to talk to Xie Xuanchen, or even to talk to him. Anyone related to Xie Xuanchen is involved.
He seemed like some kind of beast, and he would die just by looking at him. Immediately after Jiang Mingwei ran away from marriage in the second year, he spent the long years of Beirong and his rebirth in this life. After so many things passed, Xie Xuanchen almost disappeared from Jiang Mingwei's memory, Jiang Mingwei couldn't even remember Xie Xuanchen's specific appearance.
But I was caught off guard today, and all the throbbing and shock of that year came back to my mind. Jiang Mingwei looked closely at Xie Xuanchen at the moment, he was undoubtedly much thinner than in those days, but he was still straight and slender, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes. Especially those eyes, still with the contempt and indifference of the youth, have not changed at all.
He was thinner and taller than when he was fifteen, as if age had left no trace on him, and he was still full of youthful spirit. At the same time, his facial features were widened, his cheeks were angular, his eyebrows were sharp, his nose was straight, his lips were pale, his complexion was pale, and he had a fragile beauty.
Jiang Mingwei never expected to see Xie Xuanchen again, and even after she sorted out the timeline of her previous life, she already decided that Xie Xuanchen was dead. Even goodbye, she expected, would be a bony, lifeless patient, or a unkempt, incoherent lunatic.
In any case, it shouldn't be like this, the thin and sick noble son.
At this moment, Xie Xuanchen and Mu Mingtang are sitting side by side on the red sandalwood plain armchair. Xie Xuanchen is wearing a black and purple robe, and when the belt is tied, he looks slender and tall. Mu Mingtang, on the other hand, was wearing a long white dress with a red top and a blue-purple long-sleeved shirt, which was a shade lighter than Xie Xuanchen's coat. The two sat together, as if they were specially matched, and they were indescribably coordinated.
Jiang Mingwei's inexplicable energy stopped again. She looked at Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen sitting side by side at this moment, how dazzling it was.
Mrs. Jiang was waiting for Jiang Mingwei to say the opening remarks. Jiang Mingwei is the princess of Jin, and Mrs. Jiang is just an escort. Today's home court should be on Jiang Mingwei. But Mrs. Jiang waited for a long time, but she didn't see Jiang Mingwei speak. Mrs. Jiang frowned and glanced at Jiang Mingwei quietly. Seeing Jiang Mingwei looking at Xie Xuanchen, her expression seemed a little dazed.
Mrs. Jiang's brows furrowed even tighter. She couldn't help coughing. Seeing that everyone's attention was drawn, Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "I didn't expect His Royal Highness An Wang to be here, so I didn't greet her with respect. Disrespectful. How is Your Highness recently?"
When Jiang Mingwei was looking at Xie Xuanchen, in fact Xie Xuanchen was also looking at her. He seemed a little puzzled when he saw Jiang Mingwei, then looked at Mu Mingtang and then at Jiang Mingwei, his expression became more and more confused. After hearing Mrs. Jiang's words, Xie Xuanchen turned his eyes and glanced at Mrs. Jiang lightly: "You are..."
Before going out, Mu Mingtang was worried that Xie Xuanchen would lose face, but it turned out that she did not misunderstand Xie Xuanchen at all, he was really such a person. Seeing that Mrs. Jiang's smile became stiff, Mu Mingtang quickly said: "This is the wife of the third Secretary Jiang Honghao, Lord Jiang, and the mother of Princess Jin."
"Well." Xie Xuanchen nodded and said, "It turned out to be the Jiang family. I remember that the family that adopted the princess was also named Jiang?"
"That's right, it's the concubine." Mrs. Jiang didn't show the coldness of Fang Cai on her face at all, she still smiled, "The concubine has two daughters, the eldest daughter is Mingwei, and the second is Mingtang. I recently heard that His Royal Highness Her condition improved, concubine came here to congratulate her, and she wanted to see Ming Tang by the way."
"Daoxi?" Xie Xuanchen smiled and said, "You can come to see the princess, but you don't have to. I heard that the Jiang family adopted Mingtang because Mingtang and the eldest lady of your house look alike?"
Jiang Mingwei was in a trance, and when she heard her name, she couldn't help but regain her senses. Everyone said that Mu Mingtang was like her. Although Jiang Mingwei didn't like having a scholar beside her, she had to say that she was faintly proud of it. Now listening to Xie Xuanchen talking about herself, Jiang Mingwei suddenly raised her heart, and even her waist straightened unconsciously.
Jiang Mingwei was looking forward to Xie Xuanchen's next words.
Xie Xuanchen glanced at Jiang Mingwei again, and the moment Jiang Mingwei and Xie Xuanchen met eyes, their heartbeat seemed to speed up. But then Xie Xuanchen withdrew his gaze and said, "What is the length of the eyes of the person who spread these words? This is also called likeness?"
Jiang Mingwei was stunned for a moment, and even Mrs. Jiang didn't expect Xie Xuanchen to enter the door for a long time, but what she noticed was this kind of thing. Mrs. Jiang smiled softly and said, "The outlines of the children when they were young are not the same as when they grew up. The two sisters are mainly similar in spirit, but their appearance is inferior."
"Shen Yun doesn't look like much either." Xie Xuanchen glanced at Jiang Mingwei from a distance, then turned back and said to Mu Mingtang seriously, "You are obviously much prettier than her. Who the hell said that you look like her?"
Mu Mingtang coughed lightly, she originally wanted to hold Fan who was not humiliated, but the smile was on her lips, and she couldn't help it: "My lord, Princess Jin and Mrs. Jiang are still here, they will be embarrassed if you say that. What's more, each flower is in each eye, Princess Jin is King Jin's favorite, as long as King Jin looks good, that's enough."
Mu Mingtang's words sounded to be helping Jiang Mingwei, but after hearing her, Jiang Mingwei became even more angry. What does Mu Mingtang mean? What does King Jin mean when he looks good? That's enough? Could it be that others don't look good at Jiang Mingwei
Jiang Mingwei was angry, and it was bad enough to be told that it was not good-looking by the person she saw in the past. In the end, the former rival still sat by the side, flirting and flirting with a smile, adding fuel and jealousy. Jiang Mingwei's mood can be better. . Jiang Mingwei's face was ugly, and she was about to ridicule, but was quickly stopped by Mrs. Jiang.
"Mingwei." Mrs. Jiang pressed her hand, with a bright warning in her eyes, "His Royal Highness Prince An and Princess An are your brothers and sisters, the eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and you must not be rude to the Venerable. "
Jiang Mingwei could only hold back abruptly. Others ridiculed her in front of her, but Jiang Mingwei couldn't refute it, she even promised with a smile: "I don't dare to be a sister-in-law. Mingwei knows that she is ignorant and ignorant, and that she can be a princess of Jin. Mingwei is sincere and fearful, and only hopes to serve the King of Jin with virtue and a good life, so as not to return to the expectations of the sage. As for the love of the King of Jin, the concubine is really afraid."
Mu Mingtang smiled and said: "Princess Jin's words are too modest. The king of Jin has a deep affection for you, and everyone who sees and hears is deeply moved. If the king of Jin does not really love you, the rest of the world will Men, how dare you say things like doting your wife and loving your wife?"
Xie Xuanchen didn't know why he heard a vinegar smell from Mu Mingtang's words, he was a little unhappy, and raised his eyebrows: "What about me?"
Mu Mingtang was all about scolding Jiang Mingwei, but she never expected that it was not her opponent but her teammates who hit her in the back. She was a little embarrassed, turned to look at Xie Xuanchen, her eyes kept gesturing to the outside: "Of course the prince is different, I'm talking about the men in the world other than the prince."
Mu Mingtang kept winking, Xie Xuanchen could be considered a little restrained, and did not demolish her again. Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Mingwei were sitting next to each other, watching the two wearing matching clothes, sing and sing with each other, and the feeling in their hearts seemed to be forcibly poured into a jar of vinegar.
It was so sour that Mrs. Jiang couldn't sit still. The main purpose of her coming to Prince An's mansion today was to express her position, but she also wanted to look at Mu Mingtang. In Mrs. Jiang's imagination, Mu Mingtang married a husband who was so ill that he would die at any time. Even if he didn't wash his face with tears, he should be grimacing and self-pity.
Mrs. Jiang originally concluded that Mu Mingtang was complaining about them in her heart, but people need to be content. As an adopted daughter, Mu Mingtang, of course, can't compare with her own daughter. Mrs. Jiang wanted to persuade Mu Mingtang to be content with her fate. She was ready to say something, but she didn't expect to see Mu Mingtang. Mu Mingtang didn't look gloomy at all. Instead, she was ruddy, with peaceful eyes, and talked to Xie Xuanchen casually. The couple seems to be in a good relationship.
This is a bit embarrassing. Mrs. Jiang had just finished persuading her own daughter about her uncle not to go home. When she turned her head to the place of her adopted daughter, who she thought was miserable, she was shown her affection.
Jiang Mingwei and Mu Mingtang got married at a similar time, and they both married into the imperial family. Good people have always compared their affairs. When it comes to comparison, it is actually a matter of everyone stepping on one another and enjoying a sense of superiority. After all, one is the story of the right family and the childhood sweethearts finally get married, and the other is a hurried marriage, which is a political marriage of the past to watch the door and the widow.
It is impossible to envy the growth experience of childhood sweethearts. All the women shied away from the reason why they could not marry the prince. Instead, they ridiculed Mu Mingtang, who had turned into a phoenix. Although Mrs. Jiang was disdainful of chewing on the family's inferiority like a folk woman, she always had a sense of superiority in her heart.
As a result, the fact made Mrs. Jiang very unable to come down from the stage. His own daughter had just complained that the marriage had not been consummated for seven days, but Mu Mingtang, who was looked down upon by everyone, was proud of her beauty. Even in the palace, she supported her husband-in-law to see guests together.
Mrs. Jiang was embarrassed, but then she thought that Xie Xuanchen couldn't survive this winter. What's the use of Mu Mingtang now, isn't she destined to be a widow? Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang felt a lot better, and looking at Mu Mingtang's eyes changed from embarrassment to pity.
It's really pitiful, in fact, looking at it this way, they are still a very good couple. such a pity.
Mu Mingtang found that Mrs. Jiang's eyes slowly changed, which made Mu Mingtang very uncomfortable. Mu Mingtang is all too familiar with this kind of pity in his eyes. Some people are really boring. When they pity others, they never think about whether others need their pity.
Mu Mingtang smiled at Mrs. Jiang and said, "I always talk to the prince like this, which makes Mrs. Jiang laugh."
Mrs. Jiang's eyes became more pitiful. She looked at Mu Mingtang and seemed to sigh and said, "Princess, what are you talking about. Although you haven't lived in Jiang's house for a few days, in my heart, you are no different from your own daughter. You and Prince An are having a good time now, and it's too late for me to be happy."
Unable to understand human words, Mu Mingtang looked at Mrs. Jiang silently. And Mrs. Jiang was moved by herself, and she had to wipe her eyes after speaking. Mu Mingtang resisted the urge to roll his eyes, smiled softly, and said, "Thanks Mrs. Jiang for Ji Yan, of course the prince and I will always be fine."
Mrs. Jiang sighed in her heart. Up to now, Mu Mingtang is still trying to support her face. She probably doesn't know the diagnosis of the imperial doctor. Mrs. Jiang sighed even more at Mu Mingtang, sorry, some people seem to be very beautiful now. She thought she was walking on a broad road, but in fact, there was already a cliff under her feet.
Mrs. Jiang sighed inwardly, and didn't care about Mu Mingtang's offense just now. Anyway, she won't be so beautiful for a long time, so why not bear her for a moment? Mrs. Jiang smiled kindly and said, "That's good. You two sisters are all my worries in my life. Now that you are married, I can feel at ease. Before you got married, you were sisters, and after you got married, you became sisters again. My sister-in-law, it happens to be living in the neighboring mansion. It's really fate. You two should move around a lot. Mingwei, although Princess An is younger than you, she is now your sister-in-law. They all say that the elder sister-in-law is like a mother. You should serve the elder sister-in-law with the courtesy of elders."
Although Xie Xuanchen ranked second, his elder brother died at the age of seven or eight, and Xie Xuanchen was the actual eldest in the Xie family. Mu Mingtang is naturally worthy of this eldest sister-in-law.
Mu Mingtang felt at ease when she heard that the elder sister-in-law was like a mother, but she had to be somewhat modest and said, "How good, I'm younger than Princess Jin. I'm really embarrassed that Princess Jin treats me as a mother."
Jiang Mingwei knew that Mrs. Jiang said these words to the palace, and she was patient, but Mu Mingtang went up shamelessly. Jiang Mingwei scolded in her heart, how big of a face, to be her mother? She bah!
Jiang Mingwei was so angry that she vomited sour water, and Mrs. Jiang pressed Jiang Mingwei tightly and smiled kindly to Mu Mingtang: "What's the matter, the elders and the younger generation are different, no matter what happened before marriage, since they became a family, We must go according to the seniority of the husband's family. The princess is Mingwei's sister-in-law, and it is proper to treat her as a courtesy."
After speaking, Mrs. Jiang looked back at Jiang Mingwei and secretly said, "You will often come to greet your sister-in-law in the future. If there is any order from the Prince Ruo'an, you must not shirk. Remember?"
Jiang Mingwei glanced at Mu Mingtang, feeling a little reluctant in her heart. But Mrs. Jiang was her mother, and when her mother spoke, she had to obey. Jiang Mingwei could only stand up, quickly blessed herself, and replied, "Yes."
Mrs. Jiang looked relieved, and stood up and said, "My concubine came here today mainly to see King An and Princess An. Now that I know that King An's health is getting better, and Princess An is all well, there is nothing to worry about, so I can rest assured. Retire first."
Mu Mingtang stood up with a smile, and said politely, "Mrs. Jiang and Princess Jin have just come, don't you sit down?"
"No. The concubine is inconvenient to disturb King An's recuperation, so she and her daughter will retire first. Princess, please stop, you can stay in the room and take care of Your Highness, there is no need to send it away."
Mu Mingtang took two steps and stopped when he saw it. He nodded boldly and said, "Okay. Xiang Nanchun, send Mrs. Jiang and Princess Jin off for me."
Xiang Nanchun brought Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Mingwei out with a few maids. After the people left, Mu Mingtang sat back in his seat and felt comfortable all over: "I used my nostrils to look at people, but now I don't want to obediently greet me. It's good to be of high seniority, how much advantage can I get from the title."
When Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Mingwei said their goodbyes, Xie Xuanchen had no intention of getting up and sending them off. Now that he heard Mu Mingtang's words, he smiled inexplicably and asked, "Do you care so much about Jiang Mingwei?"
Do you care about Jiang Mingwei or Xie Xuanji behind Jiang Mingwei
Xie Xuanchen thought that Mu Mingtang would at least give a good explanation, but he didn't expect that Mu Mingtang seemed to be reminded of something, so he turned to look at him, and suddenly pulled the corner of his mouth with a smile: , I have to forget. What is the relationship between you and Jiang Mingwei?"
Xie Xuanchen raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You question me?"
He was still waiting for Mu Mingtang's explanation, but Mu Mingtang actually asked him in a tone of catching the traitor
Who is catching whom
"She was looking at you as soon as she entered the door, and she was reluctant to take her eyes off the whole time. Look at that look, it seems sad but happy, she is still wanting to talk, she is clearly looking at her old lover!" Mu Mingtang said above, she almost thought Rolling up his sleeves and patting the table, "No wonder you heard that Jiang Mingwei was here, and immediately said that you would come out in person. Dare to be affectionate, to meet old friends?"