Jian Xubai had to attend a court meeting the next day so he got up early. Song Yixiao thought that the loving show could be waived this morning, so when hearing the noises, she only turned around leisurely and intended to catch up on sleep. However, upon catching sight of her indifference, Jian Xubai didn’t feel happy now and very soon put on a gloomy face!
Having tied up his belts, Jian Xubai took a glimpse at the bed and saw his wife still sleeping at bed, making him feel so unhappy. Without hesitation, he rolled up his sleeves and shook her shoulders, “Wake up! Wake up! Your husband is going to attend the court meeting. How can you still be sleeping? Get up and serve me!”
Song Yixiao was speechless.
She pushed aside Jian Xubai’s hands and climbed to the bedside to look around. When she found that no servants were in the room, she couldn’t help complaining, “If you are really a good husband who loves his wife, you should get off bed carefully
But it didn’t matter that she couldn’t figure it out. Several days later, people sent by Jinguo Grand Princess to see Jian Pingyu would come back to the imperial capital. Then most servants would be sent back to serve their former master. At that time, they couldn’t be calm any more!Song Yixiao was confident after thinking about it. She began to think how to tell it to her mother-in-law.But she didn’t take much time to ponder. The servants who were sent to Grand Princess’s mansion came back to tell her that the Grand Princess agreed to see her at any time.Two house stewards tried to persuade Song Yixiao but failed. They had to listen to Song Yixiao to let servants in the kitchen leave. Song Yixiao didn’t need to care about the affairs in Duke of Yan’s mansion temporarily. So after hearing that, she immediately dressed up and went on the carriage.When she arrived at Grand Princess’s mansion, Jinguo Grand Princess didn’t see her
A long time later, the Empress Dowager asked with a little hope, “Which Miss Sikong did you mention?”“Your Majesty, it is future Princess Consort of Liang!”“Future Princess Consort of Liang?” The Empress Dowager looked at Song Yixiao in shock, “I heard that she was fine when she was sent back to the Sikong’s mansion, right?”“At that time, Yiluo breathed steadily although she didn’t wake up. The doctor said that she could be treated after being sent back to the Sikong’s mansion.” Song Yixiao was struck dumb after hearing the maid’s words and finally realized the current situation by her mother-in-law’s cough. She tried hard to restrain her emotion and still sobbed a little, “How come... How come?”Sikong Yiluo was only 14 years old!She was even one month younger than Song Yixiao. The young girl was always healthy. How could she die suddenly?Song Yixiao’s heart wasn’t calm at all. She bit her lip tightl
After she knelt down, other people of the Sikong Family who kept silent also knelt down. They all said, “Please administer justice for Yiluo!”How could people of the Wei Family do nothing at this time?They also knelt down to ask for punishment. At this time, Side Concubine Cui chuckled and said slowly, “Your Highness, can I talk about my thoughts about it?”The Crown Prince was annoyed at present and always spoiled her. So after hearing her words, he said casually, “What do you want to say?”“In fact, it’s caused by me!” Although Side Concubine Cui said that, she didn’t look guilty on her face but her tone was a little proud, “If I hadn’t been pregnant recently, Her Highness the Crown Princess wouldn’t have held a feast for me to congratulate and Miss Wei wouldn’t have persuaded Miss Sikong to drink. So Miss Sikong would be fine now and the Sikong Family wouldn’t need to lose their daughter.”Song Yixiao used her han
Song Yixiao went downstairs and still looked pale. Seeing that Jian Limiao didn’t go into the room and just waited for her in the yard, she hurried to curtsy to him.“Did they scare you?” Jian Limiao let her up and said kindly, “These two servants are rude. Please don’t mind them.”“I don’t mind.” Song Yixiao puckered her lips. Jian Limiao didn’t let them leave. She had a look at them secretly and was shocked that they didn’t look ferocious. One of them had delicate features and looked so weak. He smiled with an apology and seemed to be a well-behaved person.But she still remembered the scare just now. Otherwise she would think it was her own illusion about the cold eyes.“Where is Xubai?” Jian Limiao took her into the room and didn’t see Jian Xubai. So he asked the servants around.“His Highness said he was tired and then went to rest in the wing-room.” The house steward said quickly, “I’ll tell him to come here!”
Madam Chang, who had taken great efforts to send the naughty girl away, took a deep breath, forced a smile, and tried to help soothe the awkward situation as she said, “Sorry for the embarrassing situation a moment ago. My sister-in-law is young and naive, who always says whatever she likes. Kindly don’t bother yourself arguing with the likes of her!”“I understand how suffering she feels.” Song Yixiao, who certainly would not bother to argue with Sikong Yihan, shook her head and continued, “However, as the saying goes, the dead can’t be resurrected. Kindly accept my sincere condolence and relate it to your glorious family members.”Madam Chang moved her handkerchief to and fro awkwardly and said, “You are so kind and generous!” After that, she led Song Yixiao into the mourning hall and added, “The elders of my family have been exhausted in the last two days, who don’t have time to discipline her. We surely will escort her to offer you an apology in a few d
Although Song Yixiao was anxious that her mother would stand up for those playing against her husband and her, she had no way out since Wei Mengying had intended to keep a distance from them on purpose. She felt anxious for a while and decided to put this issue out of her mind temporarily.Two days later, Chief House Steward submitted a list of names to her as to who was going to be transferred to Jinguo Grand Princess’s mansion. A great majority of all the servants across the whole mansion were on the list, including the Second House Steward and a dozen of powerful house stewards whose position was inferior to the Chief House Steward.Besides that, dozens of servants would also be pulled out from the properties, shops, villas, and so on, which were all under the charge of Duke of Jian’s mansion.Based on the list, Song Yixiao made a rough estimation that as many as more than 300 servants would be pulled out.After she finished loo
It turned out it was not just Prince of Liang who was unhappy about the marriage.Duke of Lai recovered from his illness a few days later. Consequently, Xie Yiren started to hang out and connect with others and came to Duke of Yan’s mansion to visit Song Yixiao.After she took her seat, she exchanged a few formalities with Song Yixiao and said, “Although Yiluo’s illegitimate sister had been living in the villa outside all the time and didn’t meet Yiluo frequently, it turned out she had deep affections for her sister! Everybody had been talking about how lucky she was these days. Because of her legitimate sister’s death, not only did she go back to Sikong Family’s mansion, but also she was offered a good marriage out of the blue. However, do you know what happened in the end? She was complaining, saying she didn’t want to marry Prince of Liang, whom she only considered as her brother-in-law.”Song Yixiao asked surprisedly, “Did Prince of Liang k
Song Yixiao was angry from shame after she failed many times. Rolling up her green sleeves and clenching her tender fists, she decided to keep her face by force!Of course, she was suppressed by Jian Xubai in the end.Although Jian Xubai held her in his arms firmly, Song Yixiao didn’t give up struggling and tried to turn the tide. Her dark hair covered the whole bed. Some wisps of her hair were on Jian Xubai’s body and even under his open clothes.The ends of her soft hair were still a little wet and swept his chest over when Song Yixiao moved. Jian Xubai felt indescribably weak and numb as if her hair tickled his chest like small hands.He put his chin on her shoulder and looked at her quietly. Under the light, the girl was as beautiful as a jade. When he looked at her closely, her skin was so white and glossy like fine porcelain and its glaze. When he touched her skin, he felt her skin was so smooth and soft.He smel