C43 (1/1)
It was still early in the morning, but after noon, it started to rain. An oil-paper umbrella swung out from the narrow door at the base of the wall, and the little girl led the group of servants behind her, opening the path for the sedan chair behind them. The sedan moved slowly, and the curtain was heavy, completely separating the outside world from the sedan.
Chang Fu sat in the palanquin and used his hand to carefully arrange the white jade pearl hairpin on his head. Then, he slowly placed his white fingertip on his knee and revealed a faint smile. Although the afternoon rain was unpopular, she was still happy at the thought of the person she was about to see.
Two days ago, she had had a ruckus with Prince Consort Ma. Without saying anything, she had left home and planned on returning to the palace for two days without a word. But unexpectedly, after only staying for a night, he had heard early in the morning that Zong An had bestowed a reward to the General's Estate.
It turned out that Si Yuan had already returned from the northern border.
Princess Changfu was the only sister of the Emperor and she was extremely arrogant even before she left the pavilion. After she had been married to the eldest son of the Emperor, Wang Zhengxin, she had a soft temper and naturally got used to it everywhere. Normally, one had to get the wind and rain to get the wind and the wind, but when one thought of something, they would not be forced to do it without a temper.
Although Princess Changfu had married Wang Zhengxin, but what kind of thoughts did she have towards Si Yuan? How many clans in the capital did they not know? Although no one dared to do anything to the identities of the two families, they still treated it as a joke behind their backs.
The sedan chair did not take the main road. Instead, it chose the path with nine loops and eight loops to make the tunnel. After a few twists and turns, the sedan bearer's pace finally began to slow down.
The towering main gate of the general's estate was right in front of him.
”Princess, we've arrived at the general's estate,” the servant girl in close proximity whispered to the delicate guest inside as she stuck to the window where the Flying Phoenix was carved.
The sedan stopped completely at this moment. Five or six oil-paper umbrellas opened in unison outside the palanquin, and another hand reached over to open the palanquin curtain. The oil-paper umbrella blocked the rain all the way, and brought Chang Fu to the main entrance of the General's Estate.
He had left in a hurry and hadn't had the time to notify the general's manor. The manservant in the room was not prepared, and was frightened by the scene before him. He came up to greet them. Seeing that Changfu was about to walk inside in a daze, the attendant naturally didn't dare to stop him. He could only send someone to run around the small path to inform the owners.
After Princess Changfu passed through the drooping flower gate, she walked all the way into the inner courtyard, leaving the laborious rules at the back of her mind. Fortunately, she still remembered that there was a small difference between males and females. She didn't head straight for the living room, and instead went to the entrance of the nourishing residence first.
At that time, the servant was also in nourishing residence, and the distance between him and Princess Changfu when he entered was only about two steps.
The servant was panicking, he slapped his thigh, and panted as he made another turn back to Ya Yuan.
The Old Ancestor was resting with his eyes closed after having lunch when he suddenly heard a flurry of noises outside. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly half sat up. She raised her hand to call for the vernal equinox and asked, ”What's going on outside?”
The Spring Equinox had always been in the inner chamber, so he didn't know what was going on. After slightly comforting the Old Ancestor, he turned around and carried his skirt with him as he walked out.
”Princess Chanfu is here,” the Winter Solstice hurriedly came in and bumped into the Spring Equinox, telling her the reason for the chaos outside.
The two frantically went to the Old Ancestor's room to wake her up, while the Little girl! Little girl outside had already kneeled down in front of Zhang Fu, greeting him in unison.