After a while, Song Yixiao finally got the reply she wanted to hear and turned happy.She flipped her hair and summoned the maids, intending to ask them to distribute several visiting cards to Jian Xubai. Unexpectedly, right after she said so, a pearl hairpin suddenly dropped on the ground, thus leaving her falling-off-the-horse bun spread out instantly!Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao thought of why at once. While Jian Xubai was standing behind Song Yixiao before, he plucked her pearl hairpin that fixed her bun for a while, which had loosened the bun!However, the maids were busy working so they failed to notice that. Now when they saw the Mistress with hair disheveled, they seemed to have understood something and all of them blushed.Song Yixiao was speechless.She had no idea what to say!With a gloomy face, she assigned tasks to the maids, then watched Jian Xubai handle the rest of the visiting cards and ha

As the Chief House Steward was ready to have a long talk, Song Yixiao became even more worried. “Jian Xubai is likely to be concealed in the guise of Chan’s jumping into the lake, but since he went to question Chan while I was sleeping, he may follow me and see what happens too this time? However, judging from the Chief House Steward’s unhurried appearance, obviously, he is sure that Jian Xubai doesn’t or won’t come!”It also indicated that the Chief House Steward was confident of the action tonight!Lost in thought, she didn’t say anything. The Chief House Steward was not embarrassed at all. He waited for a while and said, “In light of your intelligence, you must suspect about this. The Old Master has three sons and a daughter. Putting aside Madam Qingjiang, the First Master is the eldest and yet a concubine’s child. It is fair enough that the Old Master didn’t pass down his dukedom to him. However, the Second Master and Third Master are both legitimate so

Seeing that Jinxun was watching her with confusion, Song Yixiao didn’t mean to explain to her, saying, “Bring me the medicine for wounds offered by the doctor!”She had got changed before seeing the doctor. Her wound also stopped bleeding. Now she needed to change fresh dressing for the wound.Jinxun hurried to go outside and asked a maid to fetch a basin of hot water. When she returned inside to wait for the water, she scrutinized Song Yixiao’s pale countenance, saying, “Madam, you are so blessed! The wound is only as big as rice. Supposedly, it will not leave a scar. The Chief House Steward is too crazy!”“Madam, before the wound is healed, the dishes that are colored should be avoided. You shall have a bland diet, or you may have a scar.”Song Yixiao was depressed at the moment. No matter what Jinxun talked, she just kept silent.Jinxun didn’t notice at first, but after a while, she sensed Song Yixiao’s silence and

Both Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao knew the aunt sent by Empress Dowager, who turned out to be Yuguo, who had accompanied Song Yixiao to the Eastern Palace previously.“Your Highness, Her Majesty was told that something had happened in your mansion last night and Your Highness had been injured. Feeling concerned, Her Majesty sent me here to inquire about the details.” After Yuguo paid her respects, the Jian couple invited her to sit down. Taking a cup of tea served by Jinxun over at her hands, instead of directly taking a sip, Yuguo added with concern, “Your Highness, I wonder how you were injured? Was the injury a serious one?”Song Yixiao pointed at her neck and replied with a smile, “Thanks for Her Majesty’s kindness. I was just somewhat physically injured. It was of no consequence.”She added, “It was because of my carelessness that I was trapped. I feel ashamed about making Empress Dowager worry about me!”Yuguo replied, “Your Hi

The weather on the fifth day in November was cloudless and sunny, making everybody assume that the weather the next day surely would be quite good too.However, nobody expected that it would snow that night.In the morning on the sixth day, by the time Empress Su got up, the window in the hall had opened a fraction. The chilly wind coming directly at them was mixed with the snowflakes and icicles surprisingly. As the wind blew past the face, people felt it painful as if their faces had been pierced by a knife.“As the saying goes, a fall of seasonable snow gives the promise of a fruitful year. Rarely has it snowed since the beginning of the winter this year. I hear that all the officials in the court are concerned that the spring plowing will be affected!” As the eldest palace maid, Fangyu, saw the look on Empress Su’s face became dull, she added in a hurry, “However, when the happy day comes when Her Highness Princess Changxing gets married, i