Three days went by rather quickly. After Yun Qian ng had her breakfast and read for a while, it was almost noon, so she brought Mu Chun along to attend the party.
But just when she stepped out of the xiangfu gate, she imdiately saw Xi Lin, along with six guards, approaching her. Seeing Yun Qian ng, they imdiately addressed her, "Greetings to Yun xiaojie."
"Xi shiwei, is sothing the matter?" seeing capable looking n assembled in front of her, Yun Qian ng thought of Chu Fei Yang's words from before; thus, she knew that these people would surely follow her in and out of xiangfu in the future.
"Xiaojie, these bodyguards are from xiangye. They are to ensure your safety. I have to trouble xiaojie to please bring them along when going out." Xi Lin said levely.
Yun Qian ng carefully examined the six in front of her. She saw that all of them were rather young, but they all looked reliable. The look in all of the six's eyes were also calm, but still had hidden brightness, so she knew that the people Chu Fei Yang had picked for her were all good ones. She then smiled and said, "Thanks xiangye for ."
Hearing Yun Qian ng say so, Xi Lin knew that she had accepted the six guards. He then saluted Yun Qian ng again, mounted his horse, and left the xiangfu.
The six people already had their own job assignnts. Two of them went up the carriage as drivers, another two had their own horses and followed behind the carriage, while the remaining two stayed in front to lead the way. Like that, Yun Qian ng's carriage was completely protected.
Seeing the quick and clean actions of the six guards, Yun Qian ng was impressed. She also admired Chu Fei Yang for being able to train these people so well. She then went into the carriage with Mu Chun and felt the carriage slowly moving forward.
The trip was safe and peaceful. When Yun Qian ng dismounted from the carriage, she heard soone lightly calling her na.
"Yun xiaojie!" looking to the side, she saw that Wu Guo Gongfu's carriage had coincidentally stopped at the entrance of Chen wangfu as well. While Wu Qin Qin did not even wait for the carriage to stop, she lifted the curtain and waved her hands at Yun Qian ng.
Seeing her smiling face, Yun Qian ng nodded in greeting. She turned back and told the guards to wait for her at the entrance then walked a few steps forward to wait for Wu Qin Qin to get down from her carriage.
Right after Wu Guo Gongfu's carriage had co to a stop, Wu Qin Qin quickly went down the carriage with the help of her yatou and approached Yun Qian ng, then enthusiastically held Yun Qian ng's and said, "It must be fate that we even picked the sa ti to attend the party!"
Yun Qian ng just smiled in reply. Seeing Wu furen walking over to her direction, Yun Qian ng unobtrusively pulled out her arm from Wu Qin Qin's hands and slightly bowed to Wu furen, "Qian ng greets furen."
"Yun xiaojie is being too polite." Wu furen was quite round and chubby; thus, she walked a bit slowly. But when Yun Qian ng greeted her, she quickly replied with a soft and gentle voice that caused those who heard it to feel at ease.
"ng'er!" suddenly, another voice called out.
Yun Qian ng did not need to turn around to know that it was Qu Fei Qing's voice. Accompanying her over was Qu Zhang Qing. Undoubtedly, laotaijun was rather cautious of Chen wangfu.
Seeing them, a sincere smile appeared on Yun Qian ng's face, "It is so fortunate to et the two of you at the entrance."
Qu Fei Qing went down the carriage smiling. When she saw Wu furen and Wu xiaojie, both parties greeted each other. Then, Qu Fei Qing approached Yun Qian ng and said, "I originally wanted to pick you up and co with you, but brother said that there was no need to do so."
While speaking, Qu Fei Qing glanced at Qu Zhang Qing a little resentfully.
Yun Qian ng guessed that Qu Zhang Qing might have already known about Chu Fei Yang sending over bodyguards to her and was thus, rest assured of her safety.
Seeing that Qu Zhang Qing's seed to look better than before, Yun Qian ng's worry lessened.
"How is uncle? Has he fully recovered? Now that there's always a lot of visitors in the fu, I don't have any ti to visit anymore." Yun Qian ng asked, as she had not been to Fu Guo Gongfu in quite a while.
"Daddy can already sit up straight. He will surely recover after so more ti. I know that you are busy right now and so we also have not gone and bothered you. After you are done with all that, let's et again soon. Only, why are you with this Wu xiaojie?" Qu Fei Qing frowned and whispered, after glancing at Wu Qin Qin, who had been sticking to Yun Qian ng since a while ago.
Yun Qian ng just smiled and entered the gate of Chen wangfu while holding Qu Fei Qing's arm.
Their impression of Chen wangfu could only be that it was strict and forbidding. None of the servants were talkative people. Even the mama who led the way spoke only when reminding them to look for stairs or edges, and did not say anything otherwise.
And since there was a taifei living in Chen wangfu, it was twice as large as other wangfu. They had walked for around half an incense stick before crossing the front yard and arriving at the garden where the party would be held.
Although it was called a garden, there were very few flowers. Instead, the place was filled with nurous delicate and beautiful bonsai. The neatly trimd plants were situtated at the right spots, unexpectedly complinting the beauty of the whole garden by making it look rather unique.
After leading them to the garden, the mama bowed then turned around and left.
At this ti, there were already a number of xiaojies and furens gathered in the garden. Everyone was surprised that Yun Qian ng had also been invited. But then, after recalling her current status, each one of them expressed jealousy. And as if they it had been previously agreed upon,, they all continued on their conversations and clearly isolated Yun Qian ng.
As opposed to Yun Qian ng, Princess Qi Ling'er was warmly welcod and was surrounded by everyone. Various xiaojie wanted to associate with her, which made their group rather lively.
Wu Qin Qin was still stuck to Yun Qian ng, so Qu Fei Qing then imdiately pulled Yun Qian ng to one side and asked her with a soft voice, "Since when did this Wu Qin Qin beco so close with you?"
Looking at the trimd plant in the shape of a ball, Yun Qian ng smiled and replied, "I don't know either. Three days ago, Wu furen brought Wu xiaojie to xiangfu to offer congratulations. Today is only the second ti we've t. Her enthusiasm is really hard to take."
Although it was good to be enthusiastic, she was afraid that there might be other purposes behind this enthusiasm.
In Western Chu, aside from the Imperial Family and all the various wangfu, the four big clans were the highest in rank.
Wu Guo Gongfu ranked behind the four clans, but although they were incomparable to the Qu, Yuan, Ruan, and Rong families, they were still extrely honorable.
Unfortunately, Wu Guo Gongfu only had male descendants, which lead to there being no concubines with the surna Wu in the Palace.
It was only until the current generation was there a daughter, Wu Qin Qin. From the rumors that the laotaijun treated her as a pearl in the palm, in order that her granddaughter would not suffer any grievances, she rarely allowed her to join parties.
But this was the thing that was the hardest to understand.
Since they already had this girl in the family, why did they not send her to the Palace? Based on the Wu family's status, Wu Qin Qin would surely be able to receive the title of an imperial concubine. But now, it was rather funny that Wu furen had brought her daughter to Yun xiangfu to deepen their relationship with Yun Qian ng.
"I heard that Yuan de taifei loves taking care of plants. Presumably, these were all pruned by her!" Qu Fei Qing suddenly changed the topic when Yun Qian ng felt that her arm was being held by soone. She mysteriously smiled at Qu Fei Qing then turned around.
"Why isn't Wu xiaojie accompanying furen?" as expected, Wu Qin Qin was boringly holding onto her arm, and Yun Qian ng felt sowhat irritated. She took the opportunity to point at Wu furen so that her arm might be free again.
But Wu Qin Qin seed to not notice it at all. She only held onto Yun Qian ng's arm tighter and murmured, "I don't like places with a lot of people. It's more quieter here with Yun xiaojie."
Glancing at the overly lively situation at the other side, Yun Qian ng smiled and said, "As long as you remain calm."
It seed like Qi Ling'er felt Yun Qian ng's gaze as her eyes went past the layers of people in the crowd and t with Yun Qian ng's eyes. Both of them politely nodded. Qi Ling'er then stood up and walked towards Yun Qian ng with a group of brightly dressed ladies.
"Greetings to Yun xiaojie, Qu xiaojie, and Wu xiaojie." Qi Ling'er said with her clear and attractive voice that seed to fit in very well in this garden filled with plants.
Qi Ling'er had co with a smile, and hearing after she had imdiately recognized Wu Qin Qin, Yun Qian ng knew that this princess was not soone who only had looks. She might have already carefully sorted out the relationships between the families and clans before even coming to Western Chu. That was likely how she had been able to face all the situations, as well as gain the favor of all the other xiaojie in just a short while.
"Greetings, princess." The three of them imdiately bowed to prevent people from thinking that they lacked manners.
"I didn't expect Yun xiaojie to also be invited today. We all thought that Chen wangfu wouldn't send an invitation to Yun xiaojie. Now I'm curious, what status does Yun xiaojie co with?" Before Qi Ling'er had said anything, Su Qian Yue, who was part of the crowd, had been the one to speak up. The ridicule in her words caused most people in the crowd to secretly laugh.
Yun Qian ng only smiled lightly all throughout. She patiently waited for Su Qian Yue to finish before she calmly said, "Since Su xiaojie could co, why couldn't I? Does Su xiaojie have a higher status than ?"
With just one sentence, Yun Qian ng reminded Su Qian Yue to be aware of her own rank, as well as reminding everyone of her current status. Although she was just the xiaojie of a xiangfu, but ever since Emperor Yu Qian granted the marriage, she would soon be the legal wife of Chu xiang. With this kind of status, even the old furen of the Su Family would avoid offending her.
Suppressed by soone of her status, Su Qian Yue was imdiately shad.
But rembering that it was all Yun Qian ng's fault that she could not enter the Palace as a consort, hatred sprang from her heart. She coldly and harshly said, "My status naturally couldn't be compared to Yun xiaojie who, after being rejected by Chen wang, now uses Chu xiang to oppress us. It's so impressive that Yun xiaojie has been able to gain advantage from both."
Wu Qin Qin's face turned red at Su Qian Yue's words. She was imdiately outraged by this injustice, "Su xiaojie, what are you saying? All of that has been out of Yun xiaojie's will. How could you take pleasure in her misfortune? If it had been you, do you wish that other people would say the sa things to you?"
Hearing that, Yun Qian ng raised her eyebrow and glanced at Wu Qin Qin. She felt even more suspicious. She thought that her relationship with Wu Qin Qin so far was not enough for the other to speak up for her. Moreover, the Su Family now had ties with Chen wang. With that statent, it seed like she was only offending the Su Family, but she was actually speaking against Chen wang.
Even Qu Fei Qing looked at Wu Qin Qin because of that. Seeing her red faced, eyes that showed anger, and her body shaking from Su Qian Yue's words, it seed like she was really angry with the injustice that had befallen Yun Qian ng.
Yun Qian ng lightly tapped Wu Qin Qin's hand, then turned to Su Qian Yue. Cold rays reflected from her dark smiling eyes, making Su Qian Yue instantly nervous.
"Recently, Su xiaojie has been visiting Chen wangfu quite often. I suppose your intentions are quite obvious now that Su xiaojie's reason for treating Qian ng as an enemy is likely because of the previous Emperor's decree of marriage." Since she had already co to Chen wangfu, Yun Qian ng naturally would not be afraid of talking about the decree in the past.
Moreover, when they were given the marriage, Yun Qian ng was just a re baby. She had not had any relations with Chen wang. It had all been based on the decision of their elders. Compared to Su Qian Yue, who wholeheartedly wanted to enter Chen wangfu, Yun Qian ng had not no control over the circumstances.
After the statent, the xiaojie who thought similarly glared at Su Qian Yue, imdiately changing the atmosphere in this small space. Su Qian Yue grew so angry that she wished she could just push and scratch Yun Qian ng's beautiful face.
"At the last Imperial Banquet, it was really the fault of my lack of deliberation. I hope for of Yun xiaojie's forgiveness." Qi Ling'er slowly said. Her expression was filled with kind smile. She seed totally unaffected by Su Qian Yue's words a while ago and was just sincerely apologizing to Yun Qian ng.
Since she apologized in front of everyone, Yun Qian ng knew that she was waiting for her to say words of forgiveness; otherwise, she would end up rather unreasonable and petty-minded in front of everyone.
Thus, she also smiled and said generously, "Princess is being too serious, Qian ng did not take it seriously. I hope that Princess would not take offense."
"Even if you say so, I still feel rather sorry. If it wasn't because of my curiosity, Chu xiang wouldn't have asked the Emperor for the decree. How about this? I can ask the Emperor to ask Western Chu's Emperor for a favor, and let him take back the order." Qi Ling'er slightly frowned. Her eyes seed to be filled with remorse and suggested this solution after thinking for a while.
But after Yun Qian ng heard it, she coldly laughed in her heart.
Qi Ling'er's thods were really much more high-end than Su Qian Yue!
While making it clear to everyone that Yun Qian ng had unwillingly accepted the marriage, she also implied that she would be willing to try to give Yun Qian ng her freedom back.
If Yun Qian ng agreed, then she would be granting everyone's wish, but would then be hurting Chu Fei Yang's kindness.
If she did not agree, then she would make more enemies for herself, and those daughters who were in love with Chu Fei Yang would hate her even more.
With a simple suggestion, the Princess was able to embody so many anings. And each level of her words trapped Yun Qian ng even more. She was really worthy of being a princess of the Imperial Family; her thods and argunts were a whole lot better than Su Qian Yue's.
But the present Yun Qian ng was not the sa as the cowardly girl from before. How could she, who had fought almost a hundred battles and had dealt with drug dealers, be unable to handle this kind of situation?
Yun Qian ng smiled at Qi Ling'er, who was in high spirits, and said surely, "Princess is troubling herself too much. It's just that the elders and the matchmaker's arrangents have already been completed. Moreover, it was a marriage granted by the Emperor, Qian ng would naturally accept it happily. I apologize for causing Princess to trouble herself so much for Qian ng."
With just a statent, Yun Qian ng not only answered Qi Ling'er, but also lowered the spirits of the xiaojie who were hoping for sothing.
"Oh! There's a colorful butterfly there! Yun xiaojie, let's go and catch the butterfly!" Wu Qin Qin suddenly spoke. She did not wait for anyone to react before she pulled Yun Qian ng out of the garden and towards the rocky little road along the pond.
The view along way was really appealing. The pond was glowed with the rays of sunlight, various flowers were planted beside the rocky road, and a rock garden surrounded them. Undoubtedly, Chen wangfu was rather beautiful and peculiar. But if one was not familiar with Chen wangfu, they might have already lost their way in the rockery.
Wu Qin Qin forcefully pulled Yun Qian ng and ran forward. Only until she was really tired did she stop running. Bent over and gasping for breath, she shook her hands toward Yun Qian ng and said, "I can't take it anymore. I'm too tired to run, that butterfly flew too fast."
Yun Qian ng suspiciously looked at Wu Qin Qin. If Wu Qin Qin had intentionally fabricated catching a butterfly to free her from the situation, why would she still continue the charade when there was no one else here?
At that mont, a seven colored butterfly flew past them.
"Haha! It flew back! Just see how I'm gonna catch you!" Wu Qin Qin had not expected that she would be able to catch it without any effort. She happily straightened her body to try to go catch the butterfly. But after moving her hands in the air for a while, she realized that she had not brought her fan with her. Looking at her empty hands, Wu Qin Qin was rather impatient and did not know what to do.
"How would I catch the butterfly without a fan? I think I'll go back and get it. Yun xiaojie, could you please stay here and guard that butterfly for ?" Wu Qin Qin quickly said and went back using their previous route.
Yun Qian ng frowned. She thought deeply after seeing Wu Qin Qin's familiarity to the place.
But Yun Qian ng feel that it was inappropriate for her to be alone in this place. She thus moved her feet and planned to go back to the garden, but right after the first a step, an arm stretched out from behind a rock. Before Yun Qian ng could react, her thin wrist had already been grabbed, then the person forcefully pulled her behind a fake boulder.
Yun Qian ng went out of balance and fell into the person's arms. She hit a warm chest and seeing the four-clawed dragon figure on the robe, she imdiately knew who the person was. She quickly stretched her arms to push the person away, and distance herself. She then raised her eyes and looked at the person coldly, "What has brought wangye to hide in this place?"
Chen wang had not expected that Yun Qian ng would be so repulsed and could not help the tight knitting of his brows. But facing the cold yet beautiful face, he could not force himself to be cold. He followed her words and said, "This is Chen wangfu, why shouldn't benwang be here?"
"Since that is so, then chennu asks for your leave to depart." Yun Qian ng indifferently bowed towards Chen wang and quickly moved back, fully intending to leave the first.
But Chen wang had already foreseen her move and caught her wrist once again. He then pulled her towards his chest and instantly doing away with the gap Yun Qian ng had put between them. The coldness in his heart had now been replaced by rage and he held her wrist even tighter.
Although Yun Qian ng felt pain from her arm, but she still retained her cold expression. She raised her cold and calm eyes and looked at the sowhat angry Chen wang, mocking him, "What is wangye doing? Doesn't wangye know that I am already Chu xiang's fiance? I would ask wangye to please show so respect, so as to not complicate things."
But after hearing Yun Qian ng's words, Chen wang exerted even greater force and pulled her into his arms more. He then held her waist with one hand to restrict her movents while his other pressed onto the back of Yun Qian ng's head, pressing her face to his chest, as he said, "Don't marry him!"
Yun Qian ng knew that she surely would not be able to escape from Chen wang by herself. Thus, to prevent Chen wang from doing any more extre actions, she made concessions and stayed quietly in his arms and answered, "Wangye is funny. Why would I reject the good marriage the Emperor has granted to ?" while thinking of possible ways to get away.
"What do you know? Do you really know him? Do you know about his past? Do you know what kind of person that man really is? You dare marry him without even knowing anything? Yun Qian ng, is your brain even functioning, or is it that you won't let go of any man with high rank?" unexpectedly, Yun Qian ng's words caused Jiang Mu Chen to scream. The hands on her waist also tightened, making it diffucult for her to breathe, but she endured the difficulty because she did not want to show weakness in front of Chen wang.
Chen wang's words made Yun Qian ng look down upon him even more. The person who asked to break the engagent before was now pointing at another person and hurling abuse. This kind of man was really funny! Did he not know that doing this would only make her hate him more? What right did he have to criticize soone else?
Seeing that Yun Qian ng was quietly staying in his arms, Chen wang's expression slightly relaxed, and his tone also cald down, but his stubbornly biased mindset still showed hatred towards Chu Fei Yang. "If you cancel the engagent now, I can give you the sa thing."
Hearing this, Yun Qian ng felt her heart freeze and she could not help but coldly laugh in her mind.
'The sa thing?' What an easy solution.
She really wanted to know what could be worth exchanging her for. Did Chen wang not know how great a damage his self-opinionated idea could bring to a woman?
Yun Qian ng pushed Chen wang away with all the force she could muster, putting so distance between them and coldly laughed, "I'm afraid I can not do as you wish."
It seed like Chen wang had also expected this kind of reply from Yun Qian ng. But this ti, rather than getting angry, he laughed a very scary laugh. He then replied with gloomy expression, "Do you really think that I would let you marry him so easily?"
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