Fair Lady

Sima Yan looked at the man in front of him who was becoming more and more handsome and handsome, and her heart ached as if being pulled.Since she was seven years old, she wanted to become Prince Yong's concubine, that is, this man's wife, and she made a lot of efforts for it.

She worked hard to please Princess Yue; she worked hard to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she was also an outstanding female celebrity and embroidery art; Historical Records and other "books read by men"...

She has paid so much to make herself the best candidate for Prince Yong's concubine (the future Princess Yong). She believes that she will be a graceful and noble relative who can help the prince deal with various interpersonal relationships, add assistance, and give advice. princess.

She is confident enough to conclude that there is no other woman in the capital who is worthy of Qi Haoning like her, and who can be of great help to him both in terms of family background and herself, let alone Xia Shuyao who was born in the market?

Even though the Xia family is now the Marquis of the fifth generation, a woman who was born and raised in the market must have a petty air that can't be seen on the stage. Can she easily integrate into the circle of ladies?

Furthermore, Xia Linxuan is the bastard of a family that has declined like Xia Tian, ​​and Zhen Zirou is a happy woman from a market background. How can their bloodlines and their own upbringing be better?

And a woman's temperament training largely comes from her parents' lineage and the environment she has been in contact with since she was a child. It is useless to rely on an excellent teaching nun, and when Liu's mother came to Xia Shuyao's side, she was six Seven years old.Bad habits of temperament have long been formed.

In Sima Yan's opinion.What Xia Shuyao has now is only external things, such as appearance, the honor left by her parents, her adoptive father who is the best friend of the emperor, and an outstanding elder brother.

It's a pity that people in the world are superficial, and often only look at the appearance, and rarely see the deeper things through the appearance, and see the effect of a person's inner education and potential in a longer period of time in the future.

Qi Haoning is a martial artist, so his mind and vision are naturally not that far-reaching, coupled with Jin Xida's sway (yes, Sima Yan thought about it for most of the night yesterday. Finally, he found the reason why Qi Haoning chose Xia Shuyao. Jin Xida and Prince Yong got close, and Qi Haoning never He is close to Jin Xida, so he is easy to be fooled by him), committed the same problem as those superficial people, only seeing Xia Shuyao's glamorous surface.

After figuring this out, Sima Yan thought over and over again.Finally decided to come to Qi Haoning for a face-to-face talk today. The Queen Mother gave her a marriage contract. It is impossible to cancel the engagement, but they can marry together, right?Regardless of size, enter the door at the same time.Sima Yan believed that she and Xia Shuyao were together.It doesn't take long to compete with each other.Qi Haoning will soon be able to see that only she is the most suitable Prince Yong's concubine.

Sima Yan didn't discuss this decision with An Guogong, and she didn't even talk to Mama Hua. Mama Hua only knew that she wanted to ask Qi Haoning a few words.Sima Yan knew very well that if it was said in advance, An Guogong and Hua's mother would definitely not agree, so they could only cut it first and play later.

Marrying Qi Haoning was a goal she had been obsessed with since she was seven or eight years old, and she looked at the possible candidates in the capital now.Only Qi Haoning's comprehensive conditions such as identity, talent, appearance, and character can match her.Therefore, she had to endure the temporary humiliation (even if they entered at the same time. No matter how big or small, Xia Shuyao's decree for bestowing marriage was issued first, so her status naturally had priority over her), but the final victory must belong to her.

Many years ago, Mother Hua added to her teachings the control of various types of concubines and concubines, either to win over, or to suppress, or to borrow... Now it is just replaced by a more powerful "regular wife" "That's all.

Speaking of which, what about having a strong adoptive father and elder brother?Whether a woman can win the love and respect of her husband, whether she can gain the recognition and respect of the whole family, and whether she can control everything, ultimately depends on herself.Sima Yan believed that she and Xia Shuyao were comparable in appearance and family background, but it was impossible for Shuyao to be on par with her in terms of talent, knowledge, vision, cultivation, skills, and interpersonal advantages.

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Sima Yan knew that Qi Haoning and Xia Shuyao must enter the palace to thank them at this time, so they entered the palace early.Now that Shuyao's marriage has been decided, if she wants not to be too vulnerable, she must strive to get the marriage gift today.

Although she knew that Qi Haoning was personally asking for a marriage proposal to Xia Shuyao, when Sima Yan saw him carefully helping Xia Shuyao off the carriage, her eyes were filled with pity; When she spoiled her smile; when she saw him face her without any "heat" and just asked "what's the matter?", she was still hit hard...

Seeing Sima Yan looking at him with a complicated expression, Qi Haoning didn't speak, frowned, and said, "If Princess Yan is fine, this son is going to go in to pay his respects to the emperor's grandmother." to go.

"Brother Ning, wait a minute," Sima Yan came back to her senses, "I have a few words I want to talk to Brother Ning... Shizi Ning, can we go over there?" Sima Yan pointed to the left, walked through the The hanging flower gate is the small garden of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Qi Haoning frowned: "Isn't it good? If you have anything to say, just say it here. Princess Yan is a boudoir woman, and this son just got married, and his fiancee is inside. Any misunderstandings caused are trivial, and damage the reputation of Princess Yan." Your boudoir reputation is bad."

Qi Haoning's words pierced Sima Yan's heart like an awl. Does this mean that she has no sense of shame?Think she wants to deliberately damage her reputation by relying on him, causing Xia Shuyao's misunderstanding?

Sima Yan, who had always thought highly of herself, was dizzy for a while. In Qi Haoning's eyes, was she such a shameless and unscrupulous person?Does the dignified Princess Yan need to compromise her boudoir's reputation and force her to marry someone else?

Sima Yan's pride prevented her from maintaining an elegant and beautiful image, so she also frowned: "Ning Shizi, we have grown up together since we were young, just talking a few words, as for? Mother Hua and my two maids They are all here, and your entourage is also here, so why does Ning Shizi humiliate me with such words?"

Qi Haoning was taken aback for a moment, thinking that his words were indeed a bit blunt, no matter what, Sima Yan was a posthumous hero, and the emperor's mother made her the princess.Instead of looking at the monk's face and looking at the Buddha's face, he didn't treat Princess Yan like the nieces and nieces of Concubine Zhao's natal family.However, he still wouldn't go to the small garden for a "heart-to-heart talk" with Sima Yan. He originally brought his fiancée into the palace to thank him, but what's the point of leaving Yao'er to accompany Sima Yan to the garden?Didn't the rumors slap Yao'er in the face?

With a calm smile, Qi Haoning softened his tone: "This son is a warrior, and he is used to saying what he thinks in the army. If there is any unintentional offense, please don't care about it. But this son is taking Yao'er I went into the palace to thank the imperial grandmother, and the imperial grandmother and Yao'er are waiting inside at this moment, it is really not good to delay, please forgive me, Princess Yan."

Now that it's all said and done, how can Sima Yan insist on asking Qi Haoning to go to the garden to talk with her?However, at the gate of the Compassionate Palace, how can she "analyze" Qi Haoning's important position in Prince Yong's Palace and his great responsibility?How can Qi Haoning see her infatuation and all the efforts she has made for him?Also, for him, she would rather bear the burden of humiliation, put aside her status as a princess and marry Xia Shuyao into Prince Yong's mansion at the same time.

More importantly, Qi Haoning kept saying "Yao'er", which suddenly shook her self-confidence...

"Shizi Ning," Sima Yan looked at Qi Haoning with "heart-wrenching" eyes, "Do you remember, you told me back then that I looked different from others. Why? Now I am in your eyes Isn't it special anymore?"

Qi Haoning was very surprised, when did he say such a thing?In his impression, he never said a few words to Sima Yan?However, Sima Yan had an aloof appearance of "unbearable to be humiliated" just now, so she shouldn't be talking to herself like this?

After Sima Yan asked that sentence, she kept staring at Qi Haoning, not wanting to miss every change on his face.However, what made her heart hurt even more was Qi Haoning's face full of surprise and bewilderment, and then even glanced at her suspiciously.

That look made Sima Yan feel pain and anger, her body trembled slightly, and her voice trembled: "Don't you remember? One month before my seventh birthday, in the Peony Pavilion in that garden, I was captured The eldest princess, the second princess, and several of their cousins ​​were bullying and crying alone in the pavilion. You happened to take Princess Yue and the fourth princess to feed the fish over there, and then you comforted me, saying that I look like someone else It's all different."

Qi Haoning was completely stunned, seven years old?He wouldn't be more than ten years old then, right?Where do you remember what you said casually?However, he was a little strange, why did he say that Sima Yan was different from others?how is she different

Mother Hua sighed secretly, she knew that her girl wanted to ask Ning Shizi a few words, but she never expected to ask such "worthless" words.One is less than seven years old and the other is less than ten years old. What do you know?Could Ning Shizi be responsible for that sentence?Look at Ning Shizi's face full of doubts, it's a gesture of no impression at all.

Suddenly, Yun Xiao, who was standing behind Qi Haoning, couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Sima Yan was extremely ashamed, her pretty face flushed red.

Qi Haoning also turned his head and gave Yun Xiao a dissatisfied look. This person has always been reliable, what happened today, so rude?Could it be Yun Xiao's turn to laugh at Sima Yan's identity?

Yunxiao also realized that he had caused trouble, so he quickly suppressed his laughter, clasped his fists, and saluted Sima Yan: "I'm sorry, Princess Yan, my subordinate was rude, and I apologize to you here. This subordinate didn't do it on purpose, but suddenly remembered Yan What the princess said, I remembered the scene back then and what my elder son said."

What's so funny about that?Sima Yan snorted coldly.However, when Yunxiao remembered it, it proved that he didn't make it up, and it was still beneficial to him, so Sima Yan let him go and didn't pursue it anymore, "Really? That's fine, let's remind your forgetful son Lord." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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