The name of Madam Kou is Kou Lian. She was a distant relative of Shi Lei. Her family declined, and thanks to the princess royal, she was sheltered in the Shi Family and lived her life. However, she seduced Duke Shi Junhe and at last married him. She even wanted to take the place of Dong Hui to be the Duchess.It was pitiful that she only gave birth to a daughter, Shi Baoyan, so she could just be an aggrieved concubine.Dong Hui didn’t want others to think that she was mean to the concubines. As long as Kou Lian didn’t cause any serious trouble, she wouldn’t bother to pay attention. But this time Kou Lian knelt on the ground as soon as she came in. She didn’t talk, but burst into tears. She was acting aggrieved as if she had been bullied by someone.Dong Hui watched coldly and didn’t come up to stop her. When Kou Lian cried for a long time and started to feel out of breath, she slowly said, “You start to cry when you come in. Are you trying to m

Shi Baoning grabbed Shi Qingxue to sit down in the room. Her face blushed, and she seemed a little embarrassed. After a while, she whispered, “Isn’t it Qiqiao Festival a few days later?”Shi Qingxue nodded, and her look became even more confused. Why was the annual Qiqiao Festival worth of Shi Baoning’s worries?“In the past, I was not in a good health. Basically, Grandma wouldn’t allow me to attend any banquets. But this year, I feel much better, and Empress Dowager has sent the fancy stationery. So I think...” Shi Baoning hesitated, and was embarrassed to continue to say.After all, no one could believe that Shi Baoning, the eldest daughter of Duke Shi, had never attended any banquet and needed to prepare much for a banquet.Unfortunately, Shi Baoning really asked the wrong person in this matter.Although Shi Qingxue understood, she was still confused. She asked, “It was just a banquet on Qiqiao Festival. It will be

Shi Qingxue looked at Jing Yi in surprise, “Isn’t my sister still painting in her seat just now? How could the painting be missing?”But Jing Yi was so anxious that she couldn’t even explain what had happened. Shi Qingxue could only follow her to find Shi Baoning. Shi Baoning was seen sitting at the table upset, and her eyes were red, as if she had cried.“Baoning, what’s going on?” Shi Qingxue glanced at the drawing table. There were only used brush and ink on it, but the painting was missing.When Shi Baoning saw Qingxue, her pale face suddenly looked excited. She grabbed Qingxue’s hand as if she had seen the last straw, and hurriedly said, “I was painting here just now. A pillar of joss sticks of time ago, I finished “Affection”. But when I turned around to chat with Third Lady and the others, the painting was gone. What should I do now?”“What did Shi Baojin say to you?” Shi Qingxue keenly captured the key of the problem. She i

Seeing Shi Qingxue’s indifferent expression, Shi Baojin also knew that obviously she didn’t have such an important status in her heart.She had to look to Shi Baoning for help: Baoning, if my virtue was ruined in front of Empress Dowager, did you think that you would get any benefits from this?“Qingxue, wait a minute.” Shi Baoning called Shi Qingxue.She frowned and whispered, “It’s the palace banquet right now. All the noble people are here. We should not mind others’ business.”Shi Qingxue, “...”She was going to be mad. Who was minding others’ business?It wasn’t them who had stolen the paintings, and it wasn’t them who had started the irony first. How were they minding others’ business?Shi Baoning’s attitude which showed that she just wanted to let go of this made Shi Qingxue angry and speechless. She simply didn’t want to take care of the matter anymore, and went aside to chat with Mo Y

Mo Yuzhen showed a distressed look, and after a long time, she said helplessly, "Of course I totally support that you should chase your love, but..."She paused for a moment, seemingly a little difficult to say it."But I am the daughter of Empress after all. If you really become the Fourth Princess Consort, we will belong to two parties. Even if I want to keep the good relationship with you, for your sake, it is necessary to avoid others' suspects."Otherwise, when Fourth Prince's party saw that the Fourth Princess Consort was still in contact with Third Princess, it was hard to guarantee that Shi Qingxue would not be punished for this.Shi Qingxue never thought of these things, and she was a little astonished.Therefore, it wasn't because Mo Yuzhen didn't like her choice that she had been alienated from her in the previous life, but because she was afraid that Shi Qingxue would go through a hard time in her husband's