The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 206: Three People's Eye Contact

This shout was more like a cheer.

It passes from the front yard all the way to the back house.

In the front yard, the men of the Shi family immediately felt proud. It didn’t matter that the number of guests was much less than expected. As long as Sheng En was there, the Shi family would remain standing and would return to its peak sooner or later.

In the backyard, some of the women in the Shi family were delighted, while others were active in their thinking.

Fu Nanjun showed no joy or worry on his face. He smiled faintly and apologized. Then he called his sisters-in-law and Shi Yao, burned incense and washed his hands, and prepared to go to the gate with the elders to receive the order.

Le An Ning came close to her and asked nervously and excitedly: "Sister-in-law, do you think this is an imperial decree to punish the third brother, or an imperial decree to celebrate the old man's birthday?"

Fu Nanjun said: "The old man still has some status in the emperor's mind. That battle consolidated the emperor's rule. Today's imperial edict is probably the emperor's last respect for the old man.

Okay, the third brother's affair will be exposed sooner or later. At the last moment, you must not let him know that we are investigating him behind his back. Be careful of his revenge, we can't do anything, be careful that he doesn't hurt the child."

Le An Ning's mind was tense, and he quickly covered his mouth and said, "I won't dare to say anything nonsense again."

Fu Nanjun nodded, and when he saw the lady coming out, he hurriedly brought his sisters-in-law to greet her.

A group of women came to the second gate and happened to run into Shi Mingzhu who was hurrying over.

When Le An Ning saw her face, he felt annoyed and could not help but sneer, "Zhu Zhu, aren't you recovering from illness and unable to meet guests? Look at you, you are dressed up and in a hurry. Are you in a hurry to meet someone?"

Shi Mingzhu had indeed dressed up specially today. It was not gorgeous or grand, but she had a beautiful appearance, youthful face and childish teeth, just like a lotus emerging from the water, naturally beautiful, three points more beautiful than usual. And because she deliberately acted sickly, she also had three points of Xishi's fragility.

Only a few people who were reborn and Shi Yao who traveled through the book knew that the "someone" in Le Anning's words referred to the Fifth Prince Zhou Xu. The other female members of the Shi family, including Shi Mingzhu, just thought she was referring to the Fourth Prince Zhou Shao.

"My sisters came to visit me just now, and I had to get up and dress up to meet them. After all, it's my grandfather's birthday party, and I can't neglect the guests." Shi Mingzhu glanced coldly at her gossipy sister-in-law and walked up to the side of the lady.

When Nanny Tang stepped back, she supported the lady's left hand, while Shi Yao was supporting the lady's right hand.

She glanced at Shi Yao, took a deep breath, and felt a lump in her heart.

Shi Yao is a concubine's daughter. What qualifications does she have to stand beside the lady?

When Shi Mingzhu thought that Shi Yao was just an ordinary time-traveling girl, she felt that she was like a monkey in human clothes.

No matter how standard the etiquette is, or how appropriate the words and actions are, it is just copying. No matter how similar it is, it is still a mess and the essence of the art cannot be learned.

A true lady from a noble family has the rules of hierarchy, dignity and elegance engraved in her bones, rather than just pretending to be so on the surface like Shi Yao.

Le An Ning opened her mouth to say something more, but the lady frowned and said, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep the two princes waiting for too long."

Le An Ning knew that it was her that was being called, so she shut up.

She still didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the lady.

Zheng glared at her fiercely, thinking about teaching this unruly second son's wife a lesson later.

Shi Yao thought silently that her second sister-in-law must be getting more and more crazy as she ridiculed Shi Mingzhu in front of the old lady, Zheng and other elders who were favored by the group.

Soon, a group of female relatives arrived at the gate and knelt together with the men of the Shi family to welcome the imperial edict.

Zhou Shao and Zhou Xu both caught sight of the elegant and refined Shi Mingzhu in the crowd. They both held their breath and could not take their eyes off her for a long time.

The accompanying eunuch coughed lightly.

Zhou Shao came back to his senses instantly and began to read the imperial edict.

Le Anning pricked up his ears and couldn't hide his disappointment. How could it really be an imperial decree to celebrate the birthday?

When will the third brother be brought down?

As Zhou Shao read out his speech, rewards flowed in through the gate like water.

The more Shi Mingzhu listened, the gloomier she felt.

She still remembered the reward from her previous life. In this life, the emperor's reward was reduced by half.

The sisters-in-law who have awakened from their past lives must be laughing like crazy when they see the Shi family losing their holy heart, right?

After the imperial edict was read, everyone stood up. The old duke was moved to tears and expressed his gratitude to the two kings for the emperor. He thanked them again and again and finally invited them to take their seats.

Zhou Shao declined, but the old duke invited him again. After three invitations and three declines, Zhou Shao finally agreed. He greeted the old duke and asked about his health.

At this time, Shi Mingzhu quietly raised her head and secretly looked at Zhou Xu, who had not spoken much.

The young man had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a delicate face and a slightly dark complexion. Although he was wearing a robe made of ordinary brocade, he had an upright posture, a majestic and deep look, and when he was serious, he exuded the natural nobility of a royal family.

Not inferior to Zhou Shao beside him.

As if he noticed someone was staring at him, the young man turned his head suddenly and caught Shi Mingzhu's gaze.

Zhou Xu was surprised that Shi Mingzhu would peek at him, so he smiled at her, as if he were a god.

Shi Mingzhu's cheeks turned red and she dropped her eyes in panic.

Remembering Zhou Xu's madness in her previous life, tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

I'm sorry, Zhou Xu, I didn't know your infatuation in my last life, but now I know it, but I still want to use you. Shi Mingzhu said silently in her heart.

In this life, she will try her best to forget Zhou Shao and love Zhou Xu wholeheartedly to make up for his deep affection in her previous life and for using her in this life.

She suppressed her shyness and looked at Zhou Xu again timidly.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shao, who was always keeping an eye on her, thought Shi Mingzhu was looking at him and quickly stole a bright smile.

Shi Mingzhu lowered her eyes quickly, as if she was observing the etiquette of a lady from a noble family, but in fact her chest was congested and she almost vomited.

Shi Yao glanced around silently, watching the three people's flirting and eye contact, then glanced at her sisters-in-law, each of whom had a complicated expression, and finally just stared at the tip of her shoes.

Zhou Shao completely forgot about the other people around him and just kept glancing at Shi Mingzhu. After greeting the old Duke, he went on to greet the Lady Dowager.

Delaying time, even if you can't say anything, it's good to be able to look at your loved one a few more times.

Shi Yao stood there without moving.

Shi Mingzhu helped the lady dowager forward to talk with the two princes, Zhou Shao on the left and Zhou Xu on the right. Zhou Shao glanced at her and Zhou Xu looked at her openly. The gazes of the two made her feel like she was being stabbed in the back and she was in agony.

Seeing that he could not delay any longer, Zhou Xufang clasped his fists and bowed to the old lady: "Please don't blame me for forgetting the time when talking."

The lady smiled slightly and said, "Please take your seats, my Lords."

Then everyone walked inside.

The big bosses who were leading the group were talking as they walked, while Shi Yao, a small boss, was walking with the elite bosses such as the sisters-in-law.

Hearing the chirping of crickets behind her, she turned around and saw that it was the fifth brother Shi Mingying who was harassing the fifth sister-in-law Qi Wan.

It seems that Fifth Sister-in-law Qi Wan was exposed as soon as she was reborn.

That's right. Before, the third brother Shi Mingzhen, the fourth brother Shi Mingkui and the fifth brother Shi Mingying had held a tea party at Shi Mingzhu's Lanpeiyuan. They must have gotten to know most of their sisters-in-law's details.

It was reasonable for Qi Wan to be exposed.

Just as Shi Yao guessed, Shi Mingying pulled and tugged, and finally dragged Qi Wan to the back, away from people, and asked hurriedly:

"Wan'er, Wan'er, what on earth did you dream about? We have children and grandchildren, and a son named Yunpeng? What evil thing did I do that you want to kill me?

Wan'er, we are husband and wife, I haven't hidden anything from you, if there are any conflicts, let's talk about it openly, okay?"