It is customary for a new bride to give embroidery work to her husband's family before she enters the house, and to receive additional gifts after the wedding.
But King Zheng was a vassal king after all, and this was his second marriage, so the rules of ordinary families were obviously not applicable.
Unexpectedly, Miss Ding was still prepared.
Old Mrs. Wei was a little surprised.
The second and third wives looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what, it's a good thing to get along well with the new Princess Zheng.
Wei An took it and opened it with a smile. Inside was a beige right-side jacket with a pine green pleated skirt embroidered with skylark patterns. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's really beautiful."
Old Madam Wei also took a look and saw that the stitches were fine and the embroidered skylarks were vivid. She couldn't help but praise it as well: "Yes, she is really clever and skillful."
Miss Ding suppressed her shame and shook her head: "Thank you for the compliment, old lady. I also made a pair of shoes with thousand-layer soles... I just don't know if the princess would wear such shoes..."
Compared to the gorgeous and delicate clothes, the shoes placed aside were indeed not very conspicuous, and there were no decorations such as tassels and pearls. However, one could tell from the stitching that the shoes were extremely comfortable to wear. Mrs. Wei shook her head with some admiration: "What a thoughtful idea."
I couldn't help but look at Wei An again.
She knew why Miss Ding had such deep kindness towards Wei An - before, Miss Ding and her mother came to the Qinghe Earl's Mansion as distant relatives, but the Qinghe Earl's Mansion did not take them seriously.
Mother Ding and Miss Ding, two women, lived in the Lin family, and their life was not easy.
At that time, Miss Ding was favored by a young man from the Lin family's side branch who was studying in the Lin family school. He wanted to take Miss Ding as his concubine. This was later discovered by the Third Master Lin, who beat up the playboy.
The playboy didn't dare to think of robbing again, but his mother began to ruin Miss Ding's reputation everywhere.
If Miss Ding had not committed suicide in front of the wife of the Earl of Qinghe to prove her innocence and determination, who knows what would happen to her now.
Later, because of this incident, Miss Ding's reputation for being strong-willed spread. Queen Fang felt that Miss Ding was also the descendant of an official, and although her family was in a bad situation now, the girl had good character. So she thought of matchmaking her to Prince Zheng, and Prince Zheng was also satisfied.
The mother of that playboy started gossiping again and even tried to sow discord among Wei An.
It was Wei An who made the mother and son shut up completely, and he also took the initiative to ask King Zheng to send something to Miss Ding.
As time went by, Queen Fang often summoned Miss Ding to the palace to talk in order to show her respect for Prince Zheng. Lady Qinghe took Miss Ding in and raised her personally.
Ding's mother no longer had to wash clothes for her neighbors in exchange for money.
Because of these things, Miss Ding has always treated Wei An very well. She should have been at home preparing for her wedding at this time, but she still followed the wife of the Earl of Qinghe to the Marquis' Mansion to pay New Year's greetings and give gifts to Wei An.
This kind of thought is really rare.
Wei An liked it very much too, and held the shoes in his hands and said thank you to Miss Ding.
Miss Ding still smiled and shook her head.
Talking about Wei An's visit to the palace, "Mammy said that Linglongzhai in the east has been cleaned up. It is a two-story building with sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted downstairs. In autumn, the whole yard is filled with fragrance. Outside the building is a garden. When the spring breeze blows, the crabapple and peach blossoms can even cover Linglongzhai like a carpet. It is very beautiful..."
Linglongzhai was built by King Zheng for Ming Yuyou.
Wei An was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt a sore throat. He replied softly: "No need to bother, I will only stay for a few days and then leave..."
Miss Ding looked at her seriously and said, "It's not a problem at all. It's your home, so of course you have to live comfortably." Then she smiled and said, "It's just the decorations and utensils. I don't know what you like... I'll arrange them according to the original layout. You have to wait until you get there to choose..."
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe was somewhat impatient to hear this, but she couldn't show it in front of Old Madam Wei. She coughed and turned to ask Wei An, "I heard that the princess is going to Fujian?"
Wei An picked up the cup and responded calmly.
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe frowned and twisted her brows, and then asked Mrs. Wei, "I heard that you are also going to Fujian... I wonder if you can do me a favor..."
Mrs. Wei was a little surprised, but she still smiled and asked her, "What is the favor?"
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I heard that the singer Baohui who is now in Fenghuangtai is originally from Fujian..."
Old Mrs. Wei understood her intention and frowned slightly.
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe pursed her lips and said, "I didn't want to interfere in the first place, so that others wouldn't say that I, as the legitimate mother, was mean to my illegitimate son and married him ugly women..."
She smiled happily and raised her voice with a hint of sarcasm: "But he just likes it this way. What can we adults do? He has been chasing after that singer named Baohui recently and everyone knows about it..."
Then he sneered again: "Because of this matter, his father was so angry that he wanted to expel him from the family. Even the emperor reprimanded him, but he just refused to change his bad habits. He was like a possessed man..."
This matter has caused quite a stir in recent days.
The commander of the Imperial Guard, Lin Sanshao, fell in love with a new singer from the Phoenix Theater. He was like a possessed person and wanted to redeem the singer.
Romantic affairs have existed since ancient times, and they were not originally very eye-catching.
What's strange is that Young Master Lin wants to marry this singer as his wife.
The ladies and girls in the capital who originally looked at Young Master Lin as if he were looking at a shining star now dropped their eyes.
Even Emperor Longqing couldn't stand his absurdity and reprimanded him.
This shows how much importance Emperor Longqing attaches to Young Master Lin.
But Young Master Lin was unusually stubborn. Although he didn't dare to openly mention taking her as his legal wife recently, he still went to Phoenix Tower frequently.
And he began to prepare to redeem Miss Baohui.
This has never happened in any noble family.
No matter how successful his son was, he could not stand the fact that he married a woman from a brothel. He was so angry about this that he fell ill.
But Mrs. Keqing was different. She didn't feel ashamed.
What's there to be ashamed of
She had already lost all her dignity - as a mistress, she was unable to control her concubines' sons and daughters, and she was already a joke.
I originally thought that I would be depressed for the rest of my life, but seeing these two siblings leaving my own children far behind, who knew that there is no such thing as certainty in this world.
Young Master Lin was so blinded by greed that he actually wanted to marry a prostitute from a brothel.
Compared with the anger of Lord Qinghe, she felt that this was truly a rare pleasure in her life.