Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 17.1
As soon as Lu Yan finished speaking, the eldest princess frowned slightly and said the word “you” several times in a row.
Her beautiful eyes widened, and she looked at him incomprehensibly and said: “It was you who said you were willing to give it a try, and you were the one who gave her calligraphy and paintings. If you don’t like her, you should have just told me. Why do you have to embarrass her like that?”
Lu Yan was silent for a long time, and then asked the eldest princess, “Why don’t you ask me what she did?”
The eldest princess’s eyes froze, and she heard something in his words, so she couldn’t help lowering her voice and said: “She… did she do something to annoy you?”
Lu Yan said: “Does the Eldest Princess think that her sending someone to follow me counts?”
The eldest princess was shocked and immediately retorted: “How could it be? In addition to serving your grandmother these days, she stayed in Fuxue Pavilion to create those calligraphy and paintings, and never even went out on the street.” Although she didn’t like Meng Suxi much, the old lady’s words the other day had moved her.
When did Meng Suoxi catch the old lady’s eye? I think it was the day they played chess in the pavilion.
That day when Lu Yan returned home, for some unknown reason, he kept a cold face and did not spare any face for Meng Suxi. Seeing that scene, the old lady felt that it was a bit too much, but instead of blaming her, Meng Suxi chased after her eagerly.
What the old lady likes is the Meng family girl’s temperament that knows how to advance and retreat.
As long as she could focus on Lu Yan and take care of the house, her status wouldn’t be that important.
The old lady lived for so long and one might often wonder why she could live such a peaceful lifel, why the third branch is so peaceful. For a person like Lu San who attracts bees and butterflies, it would be an exaggeration to say that he is floating among the flowers. For such a picky person, it is Wen’s temperament that suits his heart the best. Madam Wen knows how to keep her head down, how to coax people, and how to advance and retreat, so that life can be harmonious and beautiful.
If one is holding it and the other is also holding it, the newlyweds will be fine, but as time goes by, sooner or later they will become a bitter couple.
The old lady’s words really hit the heart of the eldest princess. In the past two years, she tried to matchmake with the daughter of Meiguo Duke’s family and the daughter of the Ningguo Maquis family. It’s not that the eldest princess has never tried but what kind of temperament does Lu Yan have? She knew it too well and those marriage talks all fell through.
This happened several times, so the eldest princess was a little pleased with Meng Suxi’s ability at pleasing people… but why…
Lu Yan looked at his mother’s darkened expression and added, “If she were content, I might not have done this.”
The eldest princess thought for a while, looked at Lu Yan and said, “So, your neck…is intentional?”
Lu Yan subconsciously touched his neck, “That’s not true.”
“So, rejecting her is true, and staying in the red light district every night is also true?”
The corner of Lu Yan’s lips twitched, and there was a romantic expression on his face that the eldest princess had never seen before, “Yes.” Lu Yan had no other choice but to admit to this, otherwise he would not be able to explain where the scratch marks came from.
The eldest princess clenched her hands into fists.
Lu Yan was past his prime, so it was not that she was unable to understand , but she couldn’t accept the thought of her outstanding son hanging out with a woman from that kind of place every night.
She took a long breath, just as soon as she gave birth to the idea of getting him a good concubine, she heard Lu Yan say: “Mother, don’t worry, when we get married in the future, I will naturally sever ties with her.” How can there be any such cold and aloof sentence without a hint of humanity?
Princess Jing’an was rendered speechless by his. She didn’t praise him nor scold him. She didn’t even want to say another word to him.
Who said a child is like his mother?
When has she ever been such a scumbag?
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The next night, the Duke of Zhenguo hosted a banquet in honor of Madam Meng. Although the atmosphere at the banquet was very good, it could be seen from Princess Jing’an’s attitude towards Madam Meng that this matter of getting married would be difficult. .
However, the eldest princess didn’t say much about what Meng Suxi had done. After all, girls need face and the Duke Zhenguo mansion also needs to save face. After all, there is no way to bring this kind of thing to the table.
It’s best to handle it tacitly.
During the meal, Madam Meng’s face looked good, but as soon as she left the west room of Yaolin Hall, her face darkened.
Madam Wen hurriedly caught up and shouted, “Second sister, wait for me.”
Madam Meng still continued to walk very fast and it was not until Madam Wen1(Raw has it as Madam Wen/ or Wen shi, but in the sense for Madam Meng, why she is not called Madam Wen as well is because, in RAW she is called Meng Family Madam.) held her hand that she turned back and said in a low voice: “I don’t think there is anything to discuss, I don’t think that my daughter did anything wrong. It is the heir apparent of the Lu family that stayed overnight with a courtesan, and my daughter just wanted to take a look…”
Before she could finish speaking, Madam Wen covered her mouth, “I also watched Yan’er grow up. He was a young man who didn’t even have a concubine by his side, so I don’t know why he suddenly decided to stay overnight with a courtesan, in that kind of place? Besides, they didn’t explicitly say that they wanted to get married with Xixi, right? Second sister, there are many rules in a high-class family, and everyone has to listen to them. No one would openly offend anyone, not like before…”
Before Madam Wen finished speaking, Madam Meng shook off her hand, “Now I finally understand why my father always says a daughter who gets married is like water that is thrown out.2(It means that once a girl gets married, she is like water being thrown away, and her mother’s family has nothing to do with her.) The eldest sister has finally become a real daughter-in-law of the Zhenguo Duke Mansion, the way you speak and do things are indeed different.”
Madam Meng’s strange words undoubtedly pricked Madam Wen’s ears.
Madam Wen’s eyes turned red and she said to her, “Is what second sister said today the same as what you told Xi’er before you came here?”
