Tangled

Chapter 21 What a great prestige

The Shen family in Jiangzhou has a great reputation, even though Liu Qingyuan is far away in Jingzhou, she is often mentioned by people.

"It's no wonder that my sister's spiritual energy is originally from the Chen family in Jiangzhou."

Liu Qingyuan whispered, and signaled the servant girl with her eyes to put the food box on the stone table.

"When I went out, my father asked me to bring some melon and fruit snacks. If my sister doesn't dislike it, let's taste it together."

After picking up a lot of peach blossoms, Shen Qiqi felt a little thirsty, so she smiled and said "Yes".

The two sat in the pavilion and drank two cups of scented tea. Liu Qingyuan handed over two pieces of mille-feuille cake and asked, "Why is my sister here alone? Where is the maid following?"

"I let them go to play by themselves for a while, and I'll be back in a while."

This is the outskirts of Taoyuan, if you go further in, you may meet a noble lady from Beppu, and then you will have a good time, so it's better to just play outside for a while.

Looking at Liu Qingyuan who was always smiling gently, Shen Qiqi hesitated to speak.

After understanding the meaning in her eyes, Liu Qingyuan stepped back and asked, "Your sister has doubts?"

Shen Qiqi nodded and shook her head, seeing the tolerance in the other party's eyes, she thought carefully in her heart before hesitatingly said:
"Sister, seeing how much older I am, why isn't she engaged?"

After the girl reached the age of [-], she began to discuss marriage, and she got married when she was sixteen or seventeen. She looked at eighteen or nineteen, and she was not married at this time, so it was a bit late.

This question has been asked several times since entering Beijing, and the other party was a little apprehensive, but Liu Qingyuan didn't take it to heart.

"A few years ago, there were elders in the family who died, so it was a few years late."

She nodded briefly, Shen Qiqi nodded, and stopped asking further questions, and was about to speak again, but heard two footsteps approaching very quickly.

"Girl, why did I hear someone else's voice, who is here?"

Before seeing anyone, the voice came from afar, Shen Qiqi poked her head out from behind the pillar to see, saw Jin Bao and Yin Bao running with her skirts in hand, she hurriedly waved her hands.

"Girl, girl, we saw some naive birds over there, and we thought the girl would like them, so we brought them back."

After approaching, knowing that there was no danger, Jin Bao and Yin Bao breathed a sigh of relief, and after entering the pavilion, they took out the things from their arms with a smile.

The little silver-throated long-tailed long tit lay quietly, its entire body only taking up half the size of her palm.

Shen Qiqi let out a cry of surprise, and quickly took it over, seeing that it didn't move, she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Jin Bao touched his nose, a little embarrassed, "Don't worry, girl, it's scared, it will be fine in a while."

It would be strange if she didn't startle her when she suddenly grabbed him from the tree.

Yin Bao gave her a blank look, pulled her back two steps, and bowed his knees as if he had just realized that there were other people in the pavilion.

"Sister, don't blame her. This is my maid. She was worried about me just now, so she forgot that my sister is here."

The servant girl is protecting her loyally, so what a crime it is.

Liu Qingyuan shook her head, "No problem."

"This bird is extremely delicate, and I'm afraid it won't be able to support it when I bring it home." Seeing the little bird move, she said slowly.

"If that's the case, then let it go." Shen Qiqi didn't think about taking it back, hearing what she said, she raised her hand and put the bird on the stone table.

The bird seemed to know that it was not in danger anymore, when Shen Qiqi withdrew his hand, he stood up shaking his body, flapped twice, flew up and circled twice in the pavilion and then turned back.

It stood next to a plate of pastries, pecked carefully, and shook its mouth, as if it tasted delicious, it pecked again and again.

Jin Bao curled his lips aside, this little thing is more gluttonous than she is, he would even risk his life for food, if it wasn't for the kindness of the girl, it would have been caught in the cage right now.

Seeing that it was eating happily, Shen Qiqi let it go, and turned to chat with Liu Qingyuan again.

Just as they were talking, they heard bursts of laughter, and the two looked at each other, seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.

They have already reached the periphery, but someone came over unexpectedly. It seems that it is not so easy to find a quiet place.

The two turned their heads, and when they looked up, they saw a few brightly dressed ladies coming out of the corner, and the leader was Changhua, the Princess of Xuanwang Mansion.

The two exited the pavilion and saluted, then retreated to one side.

"I don't know which girl this is, but she is so beautiful."

After Mu Changhua walked in, he was about to enter the pavilion, but stopped when he passed by Shen Qiqi, and turned to look at her.

"The princess doesn't know, but this is the girl Shen from Jiangzhou. Even though she only lives in the Yong'an Hou Mansion, she is very favored."

Ms. Chen who spoke, and Gu Qingning are close friends in the boudoir, she is very clear about Shen Qiqi's situation, so she just wanted to sarcasm when she spoke like this.

Knowing the meaning of her words, Princess Changhua groaned, lowered her head slightly, seemed to be thinking about something, looked up and down Shen Qiqi after a few breaths, and suddenly laughed.

"Who am I? It's Miss Shen. She's so stunning. No wonder my uncle wants to take her home as a concubine."

"It's a pity, Miss Shen is not blessed. Although she has that fate, she doesn't have that share."

Prince Gong wanted to take a concubine, although there was no fanfare, but the officials in Beijing were all monkeys, and they had different ways of doing it, once it happened, it was spread all over the place.

At first I thought it was just a little orphan girl, so I just accepted it, but I didn't expect that there would be a very respected Zhenbeihou in the middle, so I couldn't ignore it even if I wanted to.

Before going out, the noble ladies of all the prefectures were told to be cautious in their words and deeds, not to say much what should not be said, and even if they met people, they should just ignore them.

But Princess Changhua is different. Prince Gong has no daughter, so he treats her niece very well.

It's fine if you don't meet him, but now that you meet him, you want to give this ignorant person some color.

"Although this matter is let go, my uncle is generous. If Miss Shen regrets it in the future, tell me that the princess will go to ask the uncle for mercy. If you want to come, the uncle will not care about it."

These words were merciless, and after the words fell, laughter sounded in twos and threes.

Shen Qiqi bit her lip and was about to speak when someone grabbed her wrist. She turned her head and saw Liu Qingyuan shaking her head at her.

"The Princess Changhua is so majestic. She humiliated people like this in broad daylight. She is really a model for all noble ladies."

"I just don't know if Prince Xuan knows what the group leader said today, will he honor you, or will he be angry?"

After Liu Qingyuan finished speaking, everyone stopped laughing and looked at Princess Changhua anxiously.

Everyone knows that Princess Changhua has a bad temper. If things don't go her way on weekdays, she will beat and scold her subordinates, even the noble ladies of various mansions.

For so many years, she has not been afraid of anyone except the empresses and princesses in the palace. Miss Liu offended her when she first arrived in the capital, and she may have a hard time in the future.

"Which family girl are you from? You are so arrogant that you dare to talk to the princess like that."

"Come here, give the princess her mouth, and the princess will not believe it. A daughter of a small servant dares to climb on the princess's head."

Princess Changhua waved her hand, and the seven or eight servant girls who followed behind were about to rush up.

(End of this chapter)