Chapter 69 part2 (1/2)
Chapter 69: Demonstrate one’s talent in court
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3雪上加霜:add frost to snow, to the misfortunes of a man who is already unfortunate
4琴: a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither fa instrument
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The spring festival hadn’t passed for long; it was the thirdflowers blossomed, it was the time when there were countless banquets and when many families sent out invitations Lao furen had deliberated for a while before she finally decided to bring Li Wei Yang with her to visit others
Lao furen usually didn’t leave the residence, so an invitation that was able to move her was certainly from the imperial family This ti Speaking of this Princess Yongning, she was born from low-ranked Consort Hui Because Consort Hui passed away froiven to be raised by the Empress The Empress only had the Crown Prince so she sincerely raised Princess Yongning by her side, in fact, this princess was four years older than the prince Once she reached fifteen years of age, the Emperor ordered the ministry of rites to select a husband But ever since the incident of the prince consort’s rebellion had happened in the previous dynasty, all princesses of this dynasty who marry had to follow a law and that was any imperial prince consorts could not become officials in the court and the so-called prince consort held a position in na of noble birth, no one dared to offend her, thus, the true aristocratic family who had sons ere skilled in both literary studies and military arts, none wanted to become in-laith the imperial familyBut whoever the Emperor decided to choose, that person must become the future prince consort, with no other choice
When it was Princess Yongning’s turn, the palace spread the news Every noble family immediately found ways to ensure that their sons who are ofof the Zhou faed, which made the Emperor furious since he initially wanted to select a son fro’s wife into the palace and forced her to select a son skilled in literary studies and ’s family didn’t dare defy yet they truly didn’t want to send one of their four talented sons So they co, as the eldest son of the second household in Duke Ying’s fa that he was a strikingly talented man, he expressed satisfaction and sent his zi This head of eunuch was a greedy person; after being bribed off, he naturally sang praises to the Elainally a joyful reat as he see and he also suffered from tuberculosis Because he became the prince consort and he had no hope on a career, he was depressed from the start; he was also mocked by his cousins, who added frost to snow3 At the wedding, the agitated and overly tired Zhou Ming Chang vo, Princess Yongning discovered the truth and becauilty and had been bed-ridden ever since Not even sixreached this point, the truth could no longer be concealed The E’s family, executed the corrupted head of eunuch, and also renovated the princess’ residence in the palace so that Princess Yongning could reside in it
The noble princess, as of royal blood, though didn’t have to keep vigil but she still had married so she could only spend her life in the princess residence of Fu Li Tang After a while, she would definitely feel bored and frequently held banquets and invited nobilities in the capital to lessen the loneliness
In the carriage, Lao furen narrated this old story On the surface, it see attentively, in actuality, her mind had already flew afar
Others knew that everything wasn’t as it seemed The imperial family would never co was a contributor to the founding of the country Moreover, his four sons held important positions in the court, and one even held authority to an arant and wasn’t as respectful and loyal to the Eet rid of the Zhou faood enough reason, so what reason was justifiable than deceiving the e was perhaps a pawn for the ie, she ruined her life yet she reat contribution to the i is very pitiful, how could she h
Li Wei Yang smiled and didn’t say a word She knew that actually Princess Yongning and her forh the prince consort wasn’t well but he was poetic and romantic and skilled in the various arts Moreover, with his tender and gentle personality, he and the princess were an inseparable couple The so-called narrow-mindedness and envy were all unreal After the prince consort had passed away, Li Wei Yang heard froue that in actuality it wasn’t tuberculosis……
“Yes, the princess is very pitiful” Li Wei Yang nodded as a form of response to Lao furen
“Mainly because of this, the Eo, five thousand acre of the bureau of agriculture was used to build the princess a residence Once we arrive later, you have to speak with the princess and let her like you in order to becouest so you can be accepted by others”
Li Wei Yang nodded but she was actually thinking of so else
“Lao furen, this time the invitation ---“
Lao furen slowly s on her faults and so I couldn’t bring her”
Li Wei Yang also sht trace of sarcas Le, because of the Disaster-Relief Five-Steps Policy, was suffering fro she had to do the most was to appear in an appropriate occasion and wash away the bad impression of her in front of them Today was the princess’ banquet, everyone who came were nobility and officials, hoould Da furen let this precious opportunity go
Theto let others obstruct them, so Lao furen had possibly miscalculated
Li Min De silently stared at theinally didn’t want to bring him but his San jie said that after San furen passed away, he had been depressing and unhappy She asked Lao furen to bring him out to relax but he knew very well that the truth was San jie orried to leave him alone in the Li fa San jie to protect hi lashes, his expression complicated Perhaps, he should let San jie know, he wasn’t as weak as she thought of him, when he put up with the humiliation, it was because he didn’t want to show too much of his ability
The Princess’ residence was situated south the capital and stretched across acres As the horse carriage entered, Li Wei Yang opened the curtain and saw the path was densely wooded and luxuriant with flowers; the multi-story pavilions were uneven and set each other off, the princess’ residence see
In front of the first door, the horse carriage finally stopped Li Wei Yang helped Lao furen off the carriage and then i Le as supposed to stay hoeously dressed and stood by Da furen as she made small talks with the other noble ladies
Lao furen’s smile momentarily froze on her face
She actually ca’s clenched her fist in her sleeve and tried really hard to prevent her eed on Lao furen’s arm, which made Lao furen finally react and then darkened her face: “Isn’t Chang Le still sick, how could she co at Da jie’s behavior, she otten permission from Father”
Lao furen’s complexion worsened, Li Xiao Ran usually acted hter, he overly doted, e topic, especially in these types of situation, this was abanquet, it seeive up on the idea
Li Chang Le noticed soht at thislooked at each other
The di, she was dressed in plain and white clothes as usual, her brows curled, she released bland coldness as she held up her arm Whenever she saw her, she always had on this carefree expression yet she was ingenious and schely clenched her fists and her face revealed a delighted s shed and said: “Really shaed, her smile was like a mask, from her forehead revealed a crevice and in the end it crashed open
She couldn’t believe that after the voodoo incident, Lao furen loathed her to this point
Lao furen looked at her abruptly changing expression, she coldly snal Da furen and everyone to follow behind her Since they came, she can’t tell them to leave in front of everyone, it was just that she didn’t feel at ease in her heart
Da furen calh Lao furen really didn’t like Chang Le, but they are all part of the Li family in the end In front of others, Lao furen won’tLe and said: “Let’s enter”
Li Chang Le becahted and swiftly followed by Da furen’s side Of course, along the way, she still attracted countless stares Li Chang Le’s na the people Countless people had seen her before but each ti beauty Now that she was just leisurely standing there, she lit up the entire garden It was just that the people also noticed the Prihter was actually conferred the title of Anping Xianzhu, it was a matter that was sufficient to a to this banquet, this hly of her
Wei Guo furen and Gao Min had already arrived earlier; seeing Da furen, they hurriedly went over to greet the didn’t care, her gaze looked towards the entire banquet This tiarden, the fresh flowers in the garden were each captivating and vibrant as if they had on blush and took advantage of the spring winds In the e carpet and on top was elorious clouds Besides the table for the host in the north, things were placed in each table as they were obviously left for the guests Looking on the west side, the tables were fully seated with noble furens and xiaojies; on the east side, Third Prince Tuoba Zhen, Fifth Prince Tuoba Rui, Seventh Prince Tuoba Yu, and Eighth Prince Tuoba Cong who just turned eleven were seated in order
Tuoba Zhen was sitting on the east side in the first guest seat; he earing a green jinxiu robe, his s others’ notice As for Tuoba Yu, he sat on the east side in the third guest seat; he had on a high jaded crown and earing a silver-threaded white robe that emitted luster like jade, whichThe two didn’t sit far froly conversed a feords They seeether as they drank and chatted, Li Wei Yang thought she was dreaaze suddenly looked over and saw the splendid Li Chang Le Then, his eyes unconsciously fell onto Li Wei Yang as dressed in dim colors with a blue skirt
The Prih she was an aunt, to show respect, Li Chang Le shouldn’t have dressed up in such bright colors In coent and prudent The truth was Tuoba Zhen was very disappointed with Li Chang Le now She always tried to show off and wasn’t clever enough, moreover, she couldn’t endure hu by his side? How much help would she be to him?
Once Fifth Prince as by his side saw Li Chang Le, his eyes could no longer be ht time to tell his imperial mother his desire and then let his i Le to him But his imperial mother instead told hi Le, this wasn’t the right time and thus, he had to compel hi, originally in his eyes, she was a clever yatou but now she was also cunning like a fox This time, her makeup was neat, her face had on a smile, which made her hair looked more like ink, her complexion more like jade She was unlike other ladies of an eirl he saw and her weren’t the sa stood by Lao furen’s side, her lashes drooping down, creating a shadow on her face Her s Le, she seeentle and easier to approach
“San jie, I will go to the seats for li had arrived earlier and was having sh he was extremely detestable, he knew he had to sit with hi smiled at him and said: “Go”