Noble Lady

Chapter 141 How Should I Explain?

Deep night.

No one noticed that Yumei quietly slipped out of the back window of the maid's room in Furongju and went straight into Mingyu Pavilion.

"You're so slow." The tall figure in front of the window turned back slowly.

Yumei...Oh no, Weng Xuemei bent over and gasped, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"How can Junior Master stand and talk without any back pain? If it weren't for Yuli and Qiniang, I would have taken the opportunity to ask to live with Yuli. How could I have come out so easily?"

Situ Zhen snorted and said nothing. His indifferent eyes seemed to be saying, this is what you should do.

If his people hadn't made any progress with Miss Xue and hadn't sent back news in time, they would have been replaced long ago. There was no chance for the little girl to bargain with him.

"Little Master, please don't wrongly accuse me. I was the first to spread the news as soon as the young lady got it. The He family has been courting disaster time and again, and now they are almost at the end of their rope."

"Junior Master, you'd better hurry up."

Situ Zhen nodded. "I didn't ask you to come here for this. You've been with her for so long, you should know that she's hoarding food."

"The young lady instructed Sister Yuzhu to do all that. This matter has not been handled by anyone else and was done very discreetly."

"If I hadn't heard it by chance, I wouldn't have known about this. The young lady seems to be making some preparations, but Sister Yuzhu is not experienced enough. Madam Xue must have thought of this, so she sent Madam Li over."

Situ Zhen nodded, but said nothing.

Xue Chenyu was being very secretive in her actions at the mansion, but the fact that she purchased so much food at once had already attracted attention from many parties. If he hadn't discovered it and ordered someone to suppress it, who knows what the situation would be like now.

Moreover, some people take the opportunity to pass off inferior products as good ones and make up the numbers.

The girl working under her was still too young and inexperienced. This matter had left a heavy mark, and if there wasn't an experienced person to clean up the mess, something bad would happen.

This is probably why Mrs. Xue sent that Madam Li.

But why did Xiao Yuer spend so much money on buying food? The past few years have been bumper harvests, and the storage in various places is also very abundant.

There is indeed less rain in the south this year, but the local area is already working hard to build water conservancy projects and take protective measures, so it should not have much impact.

Besides, when she purchased large quantities of grain, it was still spring. How could she know that there was little rain in the south now?

Situ Zhen had many questions in his mind.

It wasn't just about the food she bought, it was also about the sword.

He could feel that she was a little different from before, and he was very happy that she had changed, but as things happened around her, he always felt that something was wrong.

But I couldn't put it into words for a moment.

"What is Junior Master worried about? The young lady has already given up on He Minzhi. I think that after arranging He Ruyi's wedding, the young lady should take action."

"you mean?"

"Heli."

After Weng Xuemei left, Situ Zhen was still thinking about what she said.

Is He Ruyi going to take action after she gets married? Then he has to hurry up.

"Fang Rui."

"Yes, Master."

"It's time to clean up Songyuyuan. And Lingxin Villa, let's decorate them as well."

Fang Rui: Ah?

After a brief moment of confusion, I finally understood. Is the Crown Prince going to marry a Crown Princess?

Isn't it that the long-cherished wish will finally come true?

"Master, how should we explain this to the prince?"

Although Miss Xue's relationship with the man surnamed He was in name only, she was the mistress of the He family who was brought into the family through three matchmakers and six betrothals.

Marrying the prince again would be her second marriage.

As a prince, all the noble ladies in Kyoto would be marrying above their station no matter whose family they married. If the prince wanted to marry a girl who had been married twice, wouldn't that be like poking a hole in the sky?

"Fang Rui." Situ Zhen suddenly called him.

Fang Rui looked up when he heard that, and suddenly looked into those dark and cold eyes, and shuddered unexpectedly.

"Shi, Shizi?"

"How should I explain this, in your opinion? Hmm?"

Fang Rui felt a chill rising from his back, and his legs were trembling.

He just asked this question unnecessarily. What the prince wanted to do was none of his business.

……

Xue Chenyu was completely unaware of all this and had already fallen asleep.

She slept comfortably and felt refreshed and comfortable when she woke up in the morning.

I gave Chen Lizhu a visiting card yesterday, inviting her to meet me at Jinyi Pavilion today.

So I still have to go out today.

She asked Yuzhu to comb her hair into a fairy bun, picked out a moon-white chest-length skirt embroidered with crabapple flowers, and covered it with a pink wide-sleeved shirt.

The hem of the skirt is rolled with silver thread, and the embroidery is done with genuine gold and silver embroidery thread. The material is snow gauze, which is light, breathable, elegant and beautiful.

I don’t know how much money I spent on this outfit alone.

She has so many things that others would pay a fortune for.

In her previous life, she was always concerned with the trivial matters in the He family's yard.

Either the wall of this courtyard was broken, or the roof tiles of that courtyard were shattered, and several pots and pans in the kitchen were smashed, and the dishes delivered from outside were in trouble, and the servants fought and pulled each other's hair and hit their heads.

She also had a nosy mother-in-law who often suffered from headaches and fevers, and asked her to go to Ciwenyuan to take care of her day and night.

There is no free time all day long.

Without those troublesome things in this life, her life would be so much easier.

Xue Chenyu looked into the bronze mirror. The woman in the mirror had eyes full of autumn water, eyebrows as dark as distant mountains, skin as white as a peeled egg, and lips that were red without any makeup.

She was at the prime of her life at the age of 29. Why would she waste her time in the He family for a jerk like He Minzhi?

Yuzhu put on makeup for her, applied fine powder, and stained her lips with rouge.

Makeup only makes her already beautiful features more outstanding, and she doesn't need excessive decoration.

Many small inserts are used on the bun, and only two butterfly hairpins inlaid with gold and jade are used. The key lies in quality rather than quantity.

Dressed like this, she felt that she looked very beautiful.

Compared to her haggard self in her previous life after her family was destroyed, the girl in the mirror now is in her prime and she even likes to look at herself.

Xue Chenyu straightened her skirt again and said, "Let's go."

The appointed time is almost here.

"Miss, Miss Chen San is here. She didn't go through the main gate of the He family." Yumei came in hurriedly from outside.

Xue Chenyu paused.

The message she sent to Chen Lizhu was to go to Jinyi Pavilion, so why did she come here herself?

Or did she come to the He family on purpose today?

This thought flashed through Xue Chenyu's mind, and she said calmly, "Please invite Miss Chen San in."

Yumei replied yes and was about to leave.

Xue Chenyu said again, "Forget it, I'll go out and meet her myself."

After all, it was the legitimate daughter of a first-rank duke who came to visit her personally, so she had to go out to greet her in person to appear more important.

Besides, there must be a reason why Chen Lizhu came to visit with such fanfare, so it would always be right for her to cooperate.