The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 9 Li Ling Married Her Out of Helplessness?
The night was very hot and stuffy, and Jing Shu woke up from the heat after sleeping until midnight.

Ziyun heard the commotion coming in from the outside, poured a bowl of herbal tea for Jing Shu, and Jing Shu drank it down in one gulp, and felt better.

She was about to go back to sleep when Ziyun said worriedly: "Miss, my uncle came back from a social event and rested in the study again."

"Well, I see, what time is it now?"

"It's already four o'clock."

Jing Shu ordered: "I'm going to the Lanling princess's flower party tomorrow, and you can help me choose some gifts for Lanling tomorrow morning."

Ziyun persuaded: "Miss, my uncle didn't come back tonight. Is he really angry with you? From my servant's point of view, you should postpone the Lanling princess's flower party tomorrow, and follow my uncle to General Zhou's mansion."

Jing Shu sneered: "My sister-in-law and I have made an appointment to go together, why did you reject it? I won't change this matter, so don't persuade me any more, it's getting late, go to bed quickly."

Ziyun had no choice but to back out embarrassingly.

On the second day, Jingshu packed up and went out with Ziyun. When she arrived at the second gate, Xu Wanning had already arrived.

The two sat in a carriage, and Ziyun and Si'er, Xu Wanning's maidservant, sat in the same carriage.The coachman drove out of the gate just in time to see Li Ling returning, so Xu Wanning stopped the coachman.

Li Ling slept in the study last night, and he didn't come over for breakfast this morning. He heard from the girls that he went to the camp early in the morning.

Jing Shu opened the curtain of the car and asked Li Ling: "Why is the son back?"

"Come back and change clothes. We will go to General Zhou's mansion in the next half an hour." Li Ling stood beside the car, expressionless.

Jing Shu nodded, and Li Ling didn't say any more.

"Let's go." Jing Shu said to the coachman.

The carriage wheeled and left the gate of the mansion.

"Why do I see something wrong with my second child?" Xu Wanning asked.

She glanced at Jing Shu's face, and asked tentatively, "Did you quarrel?"

Jing Shu smiled: "No, you don't know him yet, you always have a sullen face."

"Second brother is really open-minded on weekdays, but there seems to be something wrong with the way I saw him looking at you just now."

Jing Shu didn't want to talk too much about this matter, so she changed the subject.The two talked and laughed together for an hour before they arrived at the suburban garden where Lanling held the banquet.

The name of this other garden is Linshuiju, and it got its name because it is facing Jinghu Lake in Chang'an City.Although the garden is not big, it is a good place for summer banquets because of its exquisite design of pavilions, terraces and pavilions, which are also facing the water.

When Lan Ling saw Xu Wanning and Jing Shu, he said enthusiastically, "I thought that your wife, the wife of this world, just came in and couldn't show her face."

Xu Wanning joked: "If it were someone else, of course they wouldn't go out, but you Lanling is hosting a banquet, we have to come anyway."

Jingshu ordered Ziyun to present the gift she had prepared, and said with a smile: "A little heart is not a respect."

Lanling ordered the maid to accept it, and replied, "Madam Shen, you are too polite."

The three greeted each other and entered the banquet hall.A lot of noble ladies had already arrived, and everyone gathered in twos and threes to sip tea and chat. Seeing Lan Ling bringing in the two wives of the Duke of Zhen, those who had a close relationship with the Duke of Zhen came forward to greet Jing Shu and Xu Wanning.

Jing Shu was chatting with everyone when a beautifully dressed woman came over, she looked Jing Shu up and down, and said with a smile: "Isn't this Miss Shen's family? This dress is so angry, it almost shakes me." Can't recognize it."

Jing Shu turned her head and saw that the person who came was Zhou Qing, the third lady of the servant of the Ministry of Industry.

She purposely bit "Miss Shen's family" very clearly, just to imply that she came from a mediocre background in front of all the ladies.

Jing Shu's father was the master of the fourth rank in Yushitai, so he was naturally not as good as the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was the third rank.But now she is the wife of the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, how many of the noble girls in the house can match her?

Even Lan Ling, who is the princess, also intends to make friends with her, otherwise why would Xu Wanning be asked to invite her here.

What is this Zhou Qing?
If someone in her previous life laughed at her for her low birth and not being worthy of the Duke of Zhen, she would definitely feel inferior and sad.

This life is different.

"Miss San is really discerning. My Su embroidery material was given to me by my grandmother." As she spoke, she looked at Lanling beside her and said, "If it weren't for the old man's kindness, I wouldn't have gone to Lanling today. I don’t want to take it out and wear it.”

The old lady of Zhen Guogong's mansion is the most famous among the noble ladies in Beijing. She was born in the Murong family, the only heterosexual vassal in Daqi.

Even the current Holy Majesty has to give three points of face.

Mrs. Li's birthday was a sensation in the entire city of Chang'an. At the birthday banquet, the old lady's favor for this daughter-in-law who had just entered the door had already spread among the noble ladies.

With such a backing right after entering the door, who would dare to underestimate her?
After hearing Jingshu's words, Lan Ling quickly smoothed things over for her and said, "I said, how does this Su embroidery compare with the embroidery we usually buy in shops? It turned out to be rewarded by the old lady. The old lady's mother's home is in the south of the Yangtze River. It must be the most authentic Suzhou embroidery."

Xu Wanning joked with a smile: "You still know the goods. Speaking of which, our old lady is also your cousin. If you like this material, why don't you take advantage of this moment and ask our second wife to say something nice for you in front of the old lady?" , begging the old man to reward you with two horses for making clothes."

Lan Ling replied: "If you had reminded me earlier, I would have begged you to ask for it for me."

Xu Wanning said, "It's no use begging me."

Lan Ling covered his face with a smile: "Why? The old lady won't love you, the eldest grandson-in-law, when she has a new grand-daughter-in-law?"

Xu Wanning wandered and said angrily, "Isn't it? Who made me look so handsome?" Then, she pulled Jing Shu over and said, "Look at my siblings, are they more handsome than that Nine Heavens Profound Girl?"

Seeing that Jingshu dismissed Zhou Qing with a few words, everyone heard that what Xu Wanning said both inside and outside meant that Jingshu was favored by the old lady in the mansion. Loud, it's really not easy to mess with the master.

All of them responded in agreement: "Mrs. Shen is well-known in her boudoir, and now that she is the wife of the eldest son, it will be even more noble."

Seeing that everyone followed Xu Wanning to compliment Jing Shu, Zhou Qing felt very sour, it was not a good feeling.There is a reason why she had trouble with Jingshu in public.

Zhou Qing favored her beauty, her family background was good, and she was the most arrogant, so she also had Li Ling's idea.

After the parents knew what she was thinking, they also dreamed of relying on their daughter's beauty to climb the high branches of the Duke of Zhen's mansion.Mrs. Zhou once asked someone to go to the old lady to find out about it, but the old lady did not refuse in person.Only two days later, the entrusted person replied that the old lady had asked her grandson for her opinion.

It was Li Ling who refused!

Zhou Qing was sad, she thought it was Li Ling who looked down on her family background: she also heard that he might want Princess Shang.

If she was really the Lord, she would be convinced, but he later married Shen Jingshu, whose family background was far inferior to hers.

Zhou Qing cried in her boudoir for several days.

She really couldn't swallow this breath!
"Sister Zhou, do you think our second wife is handsome?" Zhou Qing embarrassed Jingshu in public, and Xu Wanning obviously didn't want to let her go.

Everyone's eyes focused on Zhou Qing, her face turned green and pale, and she faltered and didn't know how to answer.She claims to be beautiful, but in front of Jing Shu, even she herself has to admit that she really pales in comparison.

At the beginning, she was convinced that Li Ling had no choice but to marry because of Jingshu's infidelity, and she secretly regretted it: If she knew that she could marry Li Ling like this, then she would have acted better.

Now she was staring at the radiant Jing Shu, and a thought suddenly came to her mind.

Did Li Ling really have no choice but to marry her because of responsibility?

Whoever comes is a guest.Although Lan Ling complained that Zhou Qing didn't know what was good or bad, even if she was hosting a banquet, she had to take good care of the guests.She changed the subject and said, "Speaking of Suzhou embroidery, I really prepared a good look for everyone today."

She paused, and then said: "A while ago, I asked someone to bring back some dancers from the south, and now I will dance for everyone to cheer up."

Everyone said ok.

Lan Ling winked at the waiter, and in a short while more than ten young dancers entered the hall, singing and dancing in the hall, and the sleeves were flying.

Although the weather is hot, but because it is near the water, the hall is quite comfortable with ice mirrors in it. The noble ladies drink and eat, gossiping and having a comfortable and fun time.

Unknowingly, at dusk, the crowd was about to disperse, when suddenly several thunderclaps rang out, and it started to rain.

Everyone watched the rain under the eaves, hoping that the rain would stop before returning to the city.

From a distance, a little girl walked over quickly holding an umbrella, bowed slightly to Lan Ling, and said respectfully: "The princess, the son of the Duke of Zhen is outside, and he said he came to pick up Mrs. Shen."

(End of this chapter)