Chapter 2
Three hours.

The crescent moon hangs low, and the stars are quiet.

A black shadow sneaked into Earl Xianchang's mansion like a cat, and none of the hundreds of guards in the mansion noticed it.

As soon as Tang Xifu pushed open the door, the little girl in pink, like a little butterfly, flew to her from the inside, and almost fell into her arms.

"Miss, you are finally back! Madam brought the eldest lady and the second lady to our Xiyu Pavilion today, insisting on seeing you. I coaxed them back with the excuse that you were sick today and hadn't woken up yet." The little girl pouted. She pouted, and her past experience told her that these people definitely did not come to visit her young lady out of mercy, "the weasel gave the chicken a New Year greeting, they must have no good intentions."

"That's right, the little girl finally has a long memory." Tang Xi rubbed her hairy head approvingly, then raised her legs and walked inside.

Baozhen followed her like a little tail, and said, "Of course, I can't always hold you back." Her delicate little nose moved, smelling a bloody smell, and she looked around in panic. Tang Xi: "Miss, are you injured?"

"Yeah." Tang Xi sat on the bed weakly, and tore off the towel casually, revealing a face as pale as paper.

"How could it be injured?" Baozhen's voice was trembling, and she approached carefully to look for the wound, but Tang Xi was wearing a black night clothes, so she couldn't see the wound, her small face was wrinkled and she was about to cry, "Who hurt the lady, I will avenge you by chopping off his head!"

Tang Xi pulled out a wry smile. It was because she did not complete the task assigned by the cabinet, and she was punished for following the rules.

However, it had been a long time since she was punished by the pavilion, and she couldn't bear it today.

"I taught you how to bandage, remember?"

"Remember." Baozhen nodded like a garlic clove, raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes, turned around and ran to get the medicine box.

Her technique was a little rusty, and after all the wounds were bandaged, it was already dawn.

Tang Xi lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The little girl stood quietly by the side, propped her head, and looked at the pale face in front of her, her deer-like eyes were red and swollen.

Tang Xi slept for a long time.

Until the glare of the sun brushed her eyebrows, her butterfly-like eyelashes trembled.

The sound of Baozhen arguing with the servants could be heard intermittently outside. The little girl tried her best to lower her voice for fear of disturbing her rest, but she could still hear the anger in her words.

Tang Xi smiled helplessly, the little girl's temperament is really unusual.

The door of the room was gently pushed open, Tang Xi followed the sound, and saw the scene of Baozhen walking tiptoely with her skirt in hand.

Seeing that she was awake, Baozhen put down her skirt, ran over with a "da da da", leaned on the side of the bed, and looked at her complexion.

It seems to be a little more rosy than last night.

Baozhen was very happy.

"Miss, do you want some water? Are you hungry? I made lotus seed porridge, do you want to drink now?"

Tang Xi shook his head slowly, "What was the noise outside just now?"

"Did you disturb Miss's sleep?" Baozhen was annoyed, "It's all because of my loud voice, but they are too bullying."

"what happened?"

"Tonight, we are going to welcome General Ningyuan. There will be a banquet in the palace. Officials of the fourth rank and above must bring their family members to attend. Madam sent someone to inform the lady to dress up. I said that the lady is not feeling well today, so it is inconvenient to attend, but... you can send the letter People actually said that the young lady didn't hold her breath one day, and she didn't die from her breath." Baozhen clenched her fists and gritted her silver teeth with a "creak" sound, "If it weren't for the young lady, you would Don’t let me argue with them, I will pull out their teeth one by one, let them swallow them, and see if they dare to talk nonsense in the future.”

Tang Xi was amused by her angry appearance, and couldn't bear her to be angry anymore, and said softly: "Baozhen, I want to drink the lotus seed porridge you made."

Baozhen's eyes lit up, and she instantly forgot that she was still angry just now, and said happily, "Miss, wait a moment, I'll serve it right away."

After drinking the porridge and eating some pastries to pad her stomach, Baozhen called the maid who had been waiting outside to come in to dress Tang Xi.

Tang Xi sat obediently and let them toss.

Dressing her up is almost effortless, she doesn't like complicated and cumbersome hairstyles, and the pearls and hairpins on her head can be saved as much as possible, and only a thin layer of rouge and lip balm is applied on the face to enhance her complexion.

Putting on the peach-colored gauze dress that had been prepared, a woman with a slender waist and bright eyes and white teeth soon appeared in the mirror. Because of her thin body and paler skin than ordinary people, she looked a little weaker and sicker.

"Miss San has a celestial appearance, she really looks good in anything she wears." The maid who was doing her makeup complimented her.

Baozhen, who was standing by, pursed her lips: "Steal her lines, you flatterer."

Seeing this scene in the mirror, Tang Xi smiled silently.

The Earl's Palace of Xianchang arranged for three carriages to enter the palace. Tang Xianchang and his only son Tang You took one carriage, Tang Xi took one by herself, and Sun Wanrong and her two daughters took the remaining one.

Because Tang Xi was weak and afraid of the cold, Xian Changbo spent a lot of money to build this carriage for her. The interior of the carriage is warm all year round.It is precisely because of this that she has to sit separately from Sun Wanrong's mother and daughter.

When Tang Xi came, the mother and daughter were still chatting and laughing happily. As soon as they saw her, the smiles on their faces instantly cooled down.

At a glance, more than a dozen expressions flashed across the faces of the three people, gloating, alienated, jealous... just like face-changing jugglers in a circus troupe.

Tang Xi had never been able to talk to them, so Baozhen supported him, passed them, and walked to his carriage.

"Tang Xi, you are also the lady of the Earl's House of Xianchang now." Tang Min looked at her back and said coldly: "I am not polite when I see the mistress of the house, so I don't know the etiquette. I teach outsiders to see, I am Xianchang. Where is the face of the Earl's Mansion?"

The person who was talking was Tang Min, the eldest lady of the Earl of Xianchang's mansion. She was seventeen years old and was once a talented woman in the capital. The heart of children.

But since Tang Xi returned to Beijing a year ago, her brilliance has gradually been covered up.

Nowadays, when talking about Earl Xianchang's Mansion, the first thing everyone thinks of is Tang Xi, the shockingly beautiful third lady who suddenly appeared.

Those aristocratic children who had fallen in love with her also came to ask her about Tang Xi.

Such a huge gap was unbearable for her.

Tang Xi stopped walking, his face turned away from them was as cold as ice.

She still remembered that she had just returned to Earl Xianchang's mansion a year ago, the first time she saw this rumored virtuous and virtuous countess, she should have a lot of courtesy, but what she got in return was their time and time again. ridicule.

Anyway, she would be picked and picked no matter what, so she simply couldn't do anything.

Covering her lips with a handkerchief, Tang Xi coughed twice, calmed down, and looked back at her: "Big sister likes to instruct others on etiquette so much, so why don't you just take care of your fiancé, he wrote me some things about my life in the past few days. Poems that I don’t understand, like lovesickness and reunion, I am embarrassed to write a lot at this time, my sister reads a lot, can you explain to me what this poem means?”

"Tang Xi, what nonsense are you talking about!" Tang Min's face turned pale and white, and he didn't care about the image of a lady, "Bloody mouth, how could Pei Lang like you!"

Baozhen was also very surprised. She had never seen these letters before. Looking at Tang Xi, Tang Xi gently pinched her arm. Baozhen immediately understood that her young lady was about to lie again.

"Yeah, how can my sister spread rumors about her brother-in-law just to show off her quick tongue?" Tang Shu, Tang Min's first mother and sister, naturally stood by Tang Min's side.

"Tang Xi! Apologize to your sister!" Sun Wanrong also put on the attitude of the head of the house, and severely reprimanded her.

Tang Xi glanced over the three of them lightly, and stroked the broken hair beside her ears, "I still have those letters, and I will send someone to deliver them to you tonight, the eldest sister must recognize brother-in-law's handwriting, so you can read it." Know that I am not lying."

"Fox! You are a vixen!" Tang Minhong glared at her, wishing to tear her disgusting face right now.

"Big sister, be careful with your words," Tang Xi put his index finger on his lips, and said in a smooth voice, "How can my lady from the Earl of Xianchang's mansion say such vulgar words."

"you--"

"What are you guys talking about? It's so lively?" A loud voice came from behind the door of the Moon Cave, and then a man with a big belly stepped over the threshold.

Behind him was a young man with a handsome face, wearing a blue brocade suit, with an orchid-like demeanor and a talent that was more than immortal.

From the first time she saw this young man, Tang Xi questioned that he was not Tang Xianchang's biological son. For this reason, she happily sent someone to Yongye Pavilion to investigate, but she did not expect that he was the real son of Tang Xianchang. She really is.

However, his biological mother was not Sun Wanrong, but Tang Xianchang's first concubine, who died of dystocia in giving birth to him.Later, Tang Xi's mother, Ye Rong, married and he was raised in Ye Rong's yard when he was less than two years old.Later, Tang Xi was abducted by human traffickers, Ye Rong died of depression, and he was sent to Sun Wanrong's knees.

"Father, brother." Tang Xi saluted with Tang Min and Tang Shu in an orderly manner.

Tang Xianchang nodded, stepped forward to help Tang Xi up himself, looked at her face carefully, and frowned, "Why is Xi'er complexion so bad again?"

Tang You also cast his eyes on her face, and quickly closed his eyes again, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Yesterday I got a little cold, and today I have a little fever. It's okay." She spoke in a nasal voice.

"Xi'er, you were speaking well just now, why did you...be like this all of a sudden?" Sun Wanrong tried her best to maintain a dignified and friendly smile.

Tang Xi lowered his head, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, then raised his eyes, his eyes were red, "I think it's because I stood outside for a long time, and the wind blew."

Sun Wanrong's smile cracked a little, and he blamed her for not giving her a wink and insisting on stopping her from talking.

"Father, since the third sister is unwell, don't go to the palace banquet." Tang You said suddenly, looking directly at Tang Xi, with emotions in her eyes that she couldn't understand.

Tang Xianchang didn't seem to have heard his words, he still smiled at Tang Xi, and patted her hand lovingly, "Xi'er, if you feel uncomfortable, you should see a doctor, don't be afraid to spend money, my Earl Xianchang The government is full of money."

Tang Xi saw the clenched fist under Tang You's sleeve, her eyes dimmed almost imperceptibly, and she bowed low, "Xi'er, thank you father for your concern."

"Xi'er doesn't need to be too polite, I'm Xi'er's father, so naturally everything is for Xi'er's best."

Tang Xi smiled and remained silent.

"It's windy again, Xi'er, hurry up and get into the carriage." Tang Xianchang put his arm under Tang Xi's and personally helped her into the carriage.

This was the first time Tang Min and Tang Shu saw their father helping others into the carriage, and the jealousy in their eyes was ready to come out.What's more, Tang Min is even more angry when he thinks that his fiancé has actually written a love letter to this woman in front of him. Why can she always easily get the love of all men?

Sun Wanrong at the side was very calm, looking at the closed car curtain, a distorted smile flashed in her eyes.

After seeing Tang Xi off, Tang Xianchang strode towards his carriage, without giving Tang You a look.

The three carriages started and slowly moved towards the majestic palace.

(End of this chapter)

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