After Princess Xuanxue came down from the mountain, the whole capital was in chaos.

Chapter 217 There is no destiny for a prosperous official career

Mrs. Zhao stretched her neck and looked back. When Jiang Juncai was not seen, she pretended to be surprised and asked, "Why isn't the prince here?"

She clearly knew that Jiang Juncai cared about Sun Qiaoer's humiliation of breaking off the engagement, so she had not visited her for many years. Even if she met her outside, her attitude was very polite and distant.

Sun Qiaoer's reason for quitting was not a marriage, but Jiang Juncai's face.

Xiangli Mingzhu knew that Zhao had done it on purpose. She scolded Jiang Juncai with a half-smile but not a smile: "He, I told him to come with me a few days ago, but he said that things in the palace are busy and His Majesty can't do without him. Some time ago, the emperor simply let him live in the palace and he didn't go home for more than a month. The safety of the palace is a big deal, so I can't delay it, so I didn't force him. "

The sense of superiority in Mrs. Zhao's heart instantly disappeared without a trace. She sighed softly: "It's because my daughter is unlucky and because she is ignorant. Otherwise, the prince would be my son-in-law. Such a good person, a hundred thousand yuan." The leader of the imperial army is also a general who has been personally appointed by the emperor, and he is also a very talented person. There are not many people in Kyoto who are as good-looking as the prince. Why do you think my daughter is... ugh..."

Xiangli Mingzhu saw that she was sincerely repentant. She also knew that Sun Qiaoer's husband-in-law's official position was still very low. The Duke of Zhenguo mentioned his son-in-law in front of the emperor several times and exchanged money with people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but his son-in-law remained the same. I am an editor at the Hanlin Academy, and I don’t know when I will be able to get over it.

Duke Zhen Guo also knew that the Jiang family was secretly suppressing his son-in-law in order to avenge the humiliation of breaking off the engagement.

For this matter, the Duke of Zhenguo often had dinner with Jiang Zhengqing to say good things, but Jiang Zhengqing just didn't buy it.

With no other choice, Ms. Zhao had no choice but to shamelessly come to ask for peace.

Xiangli Mingzhu's attitude relaxed a little and asked Jiang Zhengqing to stop embarrassing the Zhenguo Palace. However, Jiang Zhengqing was a grudge-bearing person and felt that he had not taught the Zhenguo Palace a lesson, so he refused to agree to anything.

After Xiangli Mingzhu persuaded him, he agreed not to embarrass the Duke of Zhen's government, but if he wanted him to let Sun Qiaoer's husband go and let him rise to prominence, that was just a dream. Sun Qiaoer's husband never wants to be successful in his life.

For such a result, Zhao was also very grateful to Xiangli Mingzhu.

Xiangli Mingzhu pulled the pregnant Feng Caiyi over with a very gentle attitude: "This is my daughter-in-law, Feng Caiyi, the legitimate daughter of the Feng family, Caiyi, please meet Mrs. Zhao soon."

Feng Caiyi glanced at Mrs. Zhao lightly. Mrs. Zhao was about the same age as her mother-in-law, but Mrs. Zhao looked much older. Feng Caiyi felt a natural sense of superiority and gave a generous gift to Mrs. Zhao: "See you Caiyi." Madam, the Duke of Guozhen, she is well."

When Mrs. Zhao saw that Feng Caiyi was better than her daughter in both birth and appearance, she turned around and glared at her daughter: "Qiao'er, have you seen this? Do you regret it?"

If you don't marry someone, they will marry someone better.

Sun Qiao'er felt sour in her heart. In fact, she was in love with that disciple from a poor family. It was because of her hot-headedness in those years. Now that the couple is living a normal life, she realizes that power is real, visible and tangible. What is infatuation? It can't be eaten as food.

When others mentioned her, they always had strange expressions on their faces, and when they spoke, they either felt it was a pity, or they felt that a child from a poor family was not worthy of Sun Qiaoer.

No one wished her well, and no one thought highly of Zheng Yiwen, a disciple from a poor family.

No, today the Zhao family is holding a flower appreciation banquet, and Sun Qiaoer wants Zheng Yiwen to show up, but Zhao family will not let Zheng Yiwen come over and embarrass himself.

Sun Qiaoer was helpless.

She saw that Feng Caiyi was dignified and beautiful, with a tall figure. Although her body was round due to pregnancy, it did not affect her nobility at all. The clothes on her body were expensive snow satin, and the jewelry on her head were all customized by Phoenix Tower. All of them are much more expensive than all of Sun Qiaoer's equipment.

Sun Qiaoer curled her lips sourly with a look of disdain. Yuan Qi took all of Sun Qiaoer's expression into his eyes, and secretly lamented that Sun Qiaoer was destined to live a mediocre life, and would push her away even if she had wealth. Her face was like this, who could blame her?
Jiang Jiulu muttered in a low voice: "Look at her petty attitude, it's a good thing she didn't marry her brother."

Mrs. Zhao asked everyone to go inside and go to the flower hall to talk.

With this sentence, Mrs. Zhao mentioned Yuan Qi: "Is this the seventh lady? She's very graceful and graceful. I heard she's good at Taoism, right?"

Yuan Qi had to go out to do business, with a smile on her face every day, looking innocent and cute, and she gave gifts to Mrs. Zhao in a decent manner.

Xiangli Mingzhu was quite proud: "Yes, Xiao Qi does know some magic, he is very powerful."

After chatting with each other, they arrived at a deserted flower hall. Mrs. Zhao had people serve tea and fruit plates, and the group started chatting.

Yuan Qi took a sip of tea and put it aside. The taste was too ordinary.

Sun Qiaoer came over and sat down next to Yuan Qi: "Miss Qi, I have heard about you. It is said that you set up a stall in Tianshui Street to tell people's fortunes."

Yuan Qi curled his lips slightly and said sweetly: "Yes, do you want fortune telling?"

Sun Qiao'er pursed her lips and thought for a while: "I want to give my husband some time to see when he will be promoted."

Yuan Qi hummed: "Okay, I haven't calculated enough three hexagrams today. I can do it for you. You tell me his birth date."

After hearing the conversation between the two, Jiang Jiulu, Feng Caiyi and Jiang Trulu all came over to join in the fun.

Sun Qiaoer gave Yuan Qi his birth date and then waited anxiously for Yuan Qi's verdict.

Yuan Qi dipped his hands in tea and wrote Zheng Yiwen's horoscope on the small table, and told Sun Qiaoer seriously: "Your husband worked hard in his early years, was mediocre in his middle age, and became rich in his later years. He has no chance of a prosperous official career, and can only reach the sixth rank at most. But you guys If you have a good son, you can train him well."

Sun Qiaoer always felt that Zheng Yiwen was talented and ambitious, and would definitely be able to take on a big job. She expected Yuan Qi to say that her husband had a prosperous official career and was powerful.

So when Yuan Qi said this, she was indescribably disappointed, and subconsciously retorted to Yuan Qi: "At such a young age, can you calculate accurately? It's not because you regret that I canceled your brother's marriage, so you said this Are you going to take revenge on me for being disgusting?"

Yuan Qi retorted to her lightly: "In the past few years since you were married, has your husband been promoted? Has he ever done any earth-shattering things for the court, or has he ever been commended by the emperor?"

Sun Qiaoer didn't look good, indeed she didn't.

She was a little dissatisfied: "But Zheng Yiwen was a prostitute at that time and had only learned a lot. How could he only be a sixth-grade official?"

Yuan Qi spoke calmly: "A child from a poor family, aloof and arrogant, disdainful of currying favor with the powerful, but his own abilities are not enough to be appreciated by the emperor. Is he like this?"

Sun Qiaoer bit her lip. It was indeed the case. Every time Sun Qiaoer asked Zheng Yiwen to get closer to his father and interact more with his superiors and colleagues, he would feel disgusted. He looked down on the way the powerful people flattered and mingled with each other.

Yuan Qi continued: "In addition, he has a bad background and a stubborn personality. Although he is talented and learned, it is difficult to get ahead."