idle mistress

Chapter 84
"Oh..." He wanted to care about a few words, but he recalled the woman's face in his mind, and finally gave up the idea.

Seeing that he was hesitating to speak, Haitang thought she could get along better with her master, so she couldn't help but boldly and cautiously asked: "Master, do you want your servant to call your wife over?"

Zhao Yan shook his head: "No need, let her rest well."

Haitang hurriedly agreed.

After tidying up his clothes, Zhao Yanmai walked out of the east courtyard without looking back.

Xu Weiqiu, who was hiding in the side room like a turtle, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when Haitang reported that the eldest son had gone.

Ten days later, the imperial court received another military report from the northern border: the three tribes of Hu Duge, Duo Luowu, and Xi Yewu gathered by the Uighurs in Donghu had repeatedly violated the border of Dacheng, and the situation was grim.

In the early spring of the 16th year of Fengqing, Prince Sheng's son was promoted to the right general of Zhenbei, a third rank, and led [-] generals from the imperial edict to leave the western capital for reinforcements in the northern frontier.

On the same day, Xu Weiqiu saw off her husband as the wife of the eldest son. She was shocked to find that the elder with a goatee who played chess with her was actually the Prince Cheng who had never appeared before.

After sending his son out of the city, Prince Cheng turned his head and glanced at her behind him. With just one look, Xu Weiqiu knew that his father-in-law knew him.
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It's the first day of every month again, and the Ping Fu Lou of Prince Sheng's Mansion held another family banquet.

Gao Xiangning had nothing to do and came with the maid very early. When she entered the main hall and saw that the servants were still preparing vegetables, she found a chair outside and sat down.

Ever since my cousin went to the front line, my aunt has been moaning and sighing all day long, and she is not as concerned about the affairs of the house as before. All the daily affairs are handed over to her brother, who doesn't control her much when he is busy.

Turning his head and talking to the girl, he saw a pair of master and servant walking in. Gao Xiangning couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Isn't the person who came here just my cousin?
In the past, when there was a family banquet on the first day of the lunar new year, her cousin would dress up quite strangely, eating in silence and not talking much, Gao Dening wanted to get close, but her brother was watching, so she never had the chance Rather than being able to talk.

Seeing Xu Weiqiu approaching, Gao Xiangning's eyes lit up. Today, she didn't put those messy makeup on her face anymore, and her appearance was a bit more delicate than when she helped herself make a paper kite last time.

Gao Xiangning recalled that day, and couldn't help but go forward to get close.

"Cousin..."

When Xu Weiqiu saw that it was her, he also felt very cordial, smiled at her, and said in a pleasant way: "Miss Biao came so early today."

"Well. Come here early if you have nothing to do."

Gao Xiang stared at her face, and couldn't help sighing: "I haven't seen you in half a decade, my cousin's skin is getting better and better, and this outfit is also very good-looking. It would be great if my cousin was here today." This is what she said from the bottom of her heart, not flattery.

The wife of the Shizi has always had a bad reputation. Gao Xiangning knew that this cousin was also disliked by the Shizi, but she had seen her true face before, so she complained for her more than once in private.

She blamed everything on this cousin from the countryside who couldn't dress up, and wanted to visit the East Court many times, but her brother was so strict that she never had the chance.

After Xu Weiqiu heard this, he thought to himself: Silly girl, if your cousin is here, how dare I come out to meet people like this.

She knew that in Prince Sheng's Mansion, only this young lady had no prejudice against her.Seeing that there was no one else in the main hall except Bucai's servants, Xu Weiqiu smiled, and the two sat down side by side hand in hand, chatting about homework together.

When Gao Jijing walked in, he saw his younger sister sitting with the guy from the east courtyard, talking and laughing, his face turned dark on the spot.

"Xiang Ning..." whispered.

Seeing that it was her elder brother, Gao Xiangning gradually faded the smile on her face, got up and saluted him, and then sat there upright.

Gao Jijing sized up Xu Weiqiu. Last time, he was dressed up in such a crazy way that people couldn't bear to look directly at him.Today he looks like a human being, he couldn't help but sneer: "Why doesn't sister-in-law wear makeup today?"

Xu Weiqiu couldn't tell that the man was mocking him. Her lord has a lot, so she didn't care about him, so she pretended not to hear and said nothing.

Unexpectedly, people asked again.

This time she didn't want to bear it anymore, so she replied: "A woman is a pleasing person. My husband is already on the battlefield, so I don't have the time to dress up. The second young master is so concerned. Could it be that you want to see it?"

These words really made Gao Jijing swallow, and the smile on his face couldn't hold back immediately.

The two stared at each other, seeming to be competing, and Gao Xiangning, who was on the side, was confused by the tense atmosphere between the two.

She was really afraid that the two would disagree and fight, although this was absolutely impossible for her rigid and polite brother.

It wasn't until Princess Sheng appeared that the tense atmosphere was relieved.

The servants arranged the dishes, and everyone entered the table.

Xu Weiqiu sat there with a piece of fish in his mouth, and suddenly felt that the fish smelled bad, and his chest felt tight.

Is the fish not cleaned up? She just felt nauseated, and the fish meat in her mouth was even more difficult to swallow. However, if she spit it out at this juncture, not to mention the lack of etiquette, the people below will probably suffer. Punishment.

On balance, she suppressed the disgusting taste and forcibly swallowed the fish in her mouth.

After that, I have no appetite to eat anymore.

Seeing the opposite Gao Jijing Wang is coming, this person is really strange, he doesn't eat well, why does he keep staring at himself, if he wants to stare at his own wife.

It's not because she wants to see herself laughing, she can't wait for a pair of chopsticks to fly over.

Taking a deep breath, she picked up a piece of shiitake mushroom and pretended to eat it.

After finally surviving the family banquet, Xu Weiqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, Xu Weiqiu walked into the embroidery workshop according to the time,
A young man came over, nodded and bowed to her: "Boss, you are here, I have something to discuss with you."

Xu Weiqiu nodded: "Go in and talk."

The young man nodded and followed her into the embroidery workshop.

This young man's surname is Cai Minghua, and he was specially hired by her to manage the embroidery workshop business for her.

At first she opened this embroidery workshop just to have a cover to deceive others.

But since it started, she would not ignore it. She is not good at working as a girl, but she can draw pictures, and she can draw some ingenious patterns for those embroiderers to embroider according to the patterns.

As the saying goes, unintentionally planting willows and willows into shades, the business of this small workshop suddenly exploded, and in just a few days, it became famous in this western capital.

More and more money came into the account, she devoted herself to Pingshitang, she had no other skills, so she had to pay a high price to poach this little Cai from a dealership to help.

(End of this chapter)