This cousin was no ordinary. This was the first thought of Qin Yunuan after hearing the report from Maner.
"By the way, Tong said yesterday that the fourth aunt's husband is a key official in Jianzhou. What kind of official position is that?" Qin Yunuan finished her last stitch and a vivid picture of plum blossom in the snow was completed on the handkerchief. She was going to let Maner find a way to sell these embroideries so as to save money for a few more poem copies for Baochuan.
Maner thought for a while and said, "I heard that he is the transshipment officer of Jianzhou." "Miss, is this a high official rank?"
"Well, the rank is not high, but it's quite well paid." Thinking of this, it was reasonable that Su Chenghai was so generous.
"However, I heard that the young master had a bad relationship with him since a few years back," Maner looked out of the window and whispered, "I heard that the young master wanted to travel fa
Nanny Gui sent Fusheng out and she was about to persuade him. She knew Yunzhuang was kind of obsessed with the young master of family Su, but Yunzhuang grew up and cousins should not be over close. What's more, Yunzhuang should have known the plan of his mother that she should be the daughter-in-law of the Emperor. Nanny Gui should tolerate her words and thought it was not so appropriate to persuade happy Yunzhuang at present when she saw Yunzhuang's eyes full of love towards the young master.Su Chenghai who had spread his money out earned some praises. Nearly just in a moment, the whole mansion of Grand Commandant knew that there was a rich and generous, handsome and outstanding guest coming to the mansion. After the dinner, Concubine Liu determined to let Su Chenghai stay at the mansion for the night.In the evening, heavy snow fell down again.At Cui Xuan courtyard, a teacup fell down on the ground. Dou Qing'e blushed and did not want to se
It seemed that the present Su Chenghai was a little bit different. He wore a long gown with a belt, which looked very straight and tall, but the slant jade pendant and his sweaty forehead expressed his coming in a hurry. All of these were perceived by Qin Yunuan only because others paid much attention to the red coral behind him.“Beautiful red coral!" Concubine Liu was delighted, "My Young Master Su Chenghai, is that from East Qin too?" That red coral was much valuable than her black pearl."Right," Su Chenghai answered with a smile, "It is a first meeting gift for my aunties from me, a junior. Yesterday I came here in a hurry and I had no enough time to carry it to the mansion. It was taken here just now, and please forgive my impoliteness.”Dou Qing'e's upset was relived. Though the officials were very different from businessmen, everyone loved money. She tolerated her happiness and craziness and pretended to be calm, "Thanks for your sincer
To a beauty, what mattered most was the face. This time, Qin Yunzhuang must be very mad.It did not take long before Dou Qing'e rushed into the yard. Hong Luan stood behind her, with her face swollen, as if she had been slapped."Where's Yunzhuang?" Although Dong Qing'e maintained her demeanor as the head woman of the family, her unease face had betrayed her real feelings."Dr. Zhang is treating sister Yunzhuang in the room," said Qin Yuwan, who was a honey-mouthed person, just like her mother, Concubine Liu. "Relax, mother. Sister Yunzhuang's face will be fine." Unfortunately, she was also as thoughtless as her mother.Not surprisingly, Qin Yuwan observed the scornful look of Dou Qing'e. But then, her hatred was replaced by sadness when Zhang Ruting pushed the door open and came out. Zhang Ruting greeted Dou Qing'e first and then began to talk about the condition of Qin Yunzhuang."From now on, please pay special atte
In a moment, Dou Qing'e glared at Qin Yuwan and asked her in a loud voice. "Prince Ray?" That was ridiculous! If Qin Yuwan really did that, then she was a bad liar. First, Prince Ray would not entrust a concubine's daughter to send things for him. Second, an exalted royal member like him would not take those evil things like Ningxianglu as presents.Before Qin Yuwan replied, Concubine Liu stood up angrily and pointed to the servant girl on the ground. "What are you talking about? I heard that Hong Luan was almost beaten to death when I passed by. How could she say anything? You must have made this up," she scolded.The round-faced servant girl trembled and then kowtowed to Dou Qing'e. "I do not dare to cheat you, ma'am. Sister Hong Luan did confess those things before she fainted. I just passed on what she said exactly.""Humph," Dou Qing'e squinted at Concubine Liu. "You do wish for her saying nothing, do you?"Concubine Liu had n
Back in the yard, nurse Liao had prepared hot tea for Qin Yunuan as soon as she went in. Qin Baochuan had been practicing writing characters in the room obediently. A thick stack of copy paper was placed next Qin Yunuan's embroidery frame, waiting for her to check.White steam wrapped around Qin Yunuan's cheek, hot tea made her cheeks rosy and her heart warmed."Third Miss, everything was done as you said." Nurse Liao reported the situation of this afternoon as it really was. “I took out your makeup box at noon and basked it in the sunshine to get rid of mold. When I came to collect it, the jade bracelet that Concubine left you was missing. Everyone's room had to be searched because it was lost in the yard. Finally, we found it in Fusheng's room.” She lowered her voice. "Now Fusheng was locked in that empty house of the backyard."Qin Yunuan frowned. "Didn't I say that it should be handed over to Mother?" She was confused, but she knew that nur
At dinner time, the complexion of Qin Baochuan had returned rosy, and he was more active than usual. He even slapped his chest and laughed, saying that he could do it longer next time.Nurse Liao made some good doughball for dinner tonight. The warm soup dispelled the coldness of the winter. Compared with the peace and warmth in Qin Yunuan's yard, the Caizhi Courtyard was all a mess."Alright, you're all dismissed." Dou Qing'e yelled towards the maids and the nannies outside the door, and looked at quilts and embroidered pillows scattering all over the floor. Then, she turned around and closed the door. She sighed as she saw Qin Yunzhuang sitting on the bed with a grumpy look, and said slowly, "Now you're more sensible. You used to throw antique vases and potteries, but now you know that those are expensive, so you only throw some soft stuff."When Qin Yunzhuang heard it, she almost cooled down at once. She coquettishly held Dou Qing'e's arm an
At the East Side Hall, there crowded many noble maidens and young masters and Qin Yunuan had met many of them in the banquet for the Flower Fairy Festival. Now those maidens all sat aside, looking at outrageous Shangguan Yee and calm Leng Changxi.They all stayed aside, who dared not and had no right to mediate this dispute because one was a general with shining war achievements and the other was the daughter of the Left Chancellor."Leng Changxi, I am not those timid people who are afraid of you. You have to drink the cup of tea and have no other choices!" Shangguan Yee put her hands on her waist and turned red in eyes with anger.She turned back and exactly saw Qin Yunuan standing with Shangguan Rang. She pulled Shangguan Rang closer to her and fawned, “Rang, there you are. Go home to tell our father that it is Leng Changxi that makes difficulties for me on purpose. I make the Tieguanyin Tea kindly for him, but he looks down on me."
"You get nothing to report, just because of you, a concubine's daughter—female inside but male outside, who was born in May. You led to the dystocia of a concubine of the mansion and almost disfigurement of your sister Qin, and caused your father and elder brother had no way to return home. Besides, I heard that your mother died of disease several years ago. You are really a hoodoo of your family." Li Weijun turned back suddenly with her golden jade-gold-made hair clasp shining. Family Li had come down now and Li Weijun was just the daughter of the stepmother of family Li. How could she buy such valuable jewelry?Qin Yunuan suddenly understood something. It seemed that Dou Qing'e paid much money to plan to hurt her."Sister Li, you have shown the evidence," Qin Yunuan straightened her body and fought back, "The concubine Chang in family Qin had difficulty in giving birth just because she was too exhausted before. My elder brother travelled far away just bec