Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

After Xu Yixing heard what his father said, and then saw him holding his stomach and laughing, he started laughing too.

Yes, it doesn’t seem to be that important!

Xu Yixing now suddenly felt a little forgiving of his father when he learned that he had taken out 12,000 taels of silver without hesitation to redeem himself, and when he did not ask about the details as soon as they met, but instead cared about his safety.

A dad is still a dad after all. Even if he has a thousand faults, for his daughter, as long as he has the heart, nothing is unforgivable.

"Then Dad, I will go and meet Madam Jing first, and we will meet again at the evening banquet."

"Okay, let's go!"

After saying goodbye to her father, Xu Yixing turned around and walked back, with the momentum of a female general rushing to the battlefield.

And today was indeed a battlefield. Ever since the loss of such an important person in Prince Cheng's Mansion during the last Duanwu Festival, she had hardly appeared at any large banquets.

And just within these few short months, the eldest daughter of the Xu family died, the Wu family's concubine incident occurred, the land cleansing movement, and the fall and conviction of the Duke's Mansion occurred. Everything happened so suddenly, updating the Beijing officials' understanding of "the unpredictable world."

At tonight's banquet, he didn't need to do anything earth-shattering. It would be enough as long as he acted calmly and appropriately and let everyone see what kind of person Second Miss Xu really was.

But Xu Yixing knew better that many things had changed overnight. Her attitude towards Lu Anyuan, her father, and even the Xu and Bai families had changed.

Since the past cannot be changed, please allow me to freely pursue a brighter tomorrow.

Walking back to the palace complex where the concubines lived, he saw Madam Jing sending people to look for him. Xu Yixing took a deep breath and walked towards the noble lady by the lake. He must be in his best condition today!

The sun was setting, and the gentlemen, ladies and empresses in the outer palace were already exhausted after a whole day of socializing.

But no one complained of being tired, everyone just returned to their own place in the afternoon in tacit understanding, changed clothes and put on makeup. After all, the evening banquet was the highlight, and they had to save their energy for the evening banquet.

Xu Yixing also followed Madam Jing back to her room, but her father only brought her one set of clothes, so she didn't need to change. She ate a little to fill her stomach, and chatted with Madam Jing, waiting for the time to enter.

"Ma'am, I slept too late last night and didn't get up this morning. I'm so sorry."

"It's normal for children to be sleepy, but I heard that your father came here early in the morning. He said that his wife suddenly fell ill, so he ignored etiquette and went home to see her."

Mrs. Jing looked at Xu Yixing very tacitly and filled in the rest of the Xu family's information for her to prevent her from accidentally letting the cat out of the bag.

"Is that so? Then I will take good care of mother when I go back." Dad is really a good guy. He actually used this excuse to get away from leaving yesterday.

But Gu was unlucky. She was supposed to attend the banquet, so now she missed out on a chance to show her face. I just hope Gu won't put this on me, otherwise I won't let her go.

"By the way, I heard this morning that the fourth brother went to look for Yuan'er early in the morning. The two of them were whispering in the hall all morning. I don't know what it was about."

Eh? It seems that getting up late does indeed lead to missing some information. Lu Anyuan didn't tell me what he talked about with the Fourth Prince this morning.

But it doesn't matter. Lu Anyuan had already said last night that he would deal with the Second Prince first. If the Fourth Prince is smart, he can surrender now, even if it means being a double agent.

"This is how it should be between brothers." Xu Yixing did not comment. He let them discuss whatever they wanted. It had nothing to do with him.

"By the way, Yi Yan, I heard that the second prince appointed a maid from the outer palace as a concubine this morning. It seems that the second prince's wife is not very happy. I don't know if there will be a conflict."

Of course Xu Yixing could tell that this was Madam Jing pointing a finger at him. For someone as smart as her, there were many things that didn't need to be said directly.

"It's common for a prince to fall in love with a palace maid, but the second prince hasn't established a residence yet, can he bring this concubine into the palace?"

"Ouch!" Madam Jing held her knees and covered her mouth with a handkerchief, laughing secretly: "How can I take it back? If I really take it back, I'm afraid Concubine Ying won't be happy!"

"Yes, I heard that Concubine Ying likes this daughter-in-law very much. When they lived together in the palace, they got along like sisters. But what about this new concubine?"

"What sisterhood? Concubine Ying is already in her forties, how can she be a sister to someone in her twenties? She just thinks her family can be helpful to the Second Prince, but everyone in the palace is like this, there's nothing strange about it.

As a concubine, she will naturally stay in the vacant house of the Second Prince in the capital. I don’t know how many times I can see him in a year. She has become a widow in her own right!"

Xu Yixing felt a little heartbroken. She could also imagine that this poor palace maid must have been arranged by Lu Anyuan to replace her yesterday. She didn't know whether she did it voluntarily. This was somewhat harmful to her.

Seeing that she was silent, Madam Jing could guess something and comforted her instead:

"It's actually a good thing. Most of the maids in the palace live a hard life. Now the Second Prince is pretty good to her. At least he gave her the title of concubine. Although she can't be brought into the palace, she will always have no worries about food and clothing.

You don't know that there are many women in every dynasty who were favored by a man and then thrown aside! Otherwise, how could there be so many poems describing palace grievances? "

Xu Yixing nodded, feeling much better. He felt that Madam Jing was a kind elder, and he couldn't help but become curious:

"Yes, Madam, you are well-informed and well-versed in history and the present, so you can naturally see through things. But Madam, I really want to know why you have never married?"

When talking about this, Madam Jing seemed not as cheerful as before, but had an inexplicable sadness. With her kind and smiling face, it was really a bit sad.

"I'm sorry, please don't mind."

"No! Actually, it doesn't hurt to talk about it. Which girl hasn't had the thought of loving someone when she was young? But things in the world are not as perfect as in the drama. In the end, most of them are regretful."

Xu Yixing heard this and thought, Madam Jing also had someone she liked when she was young?

"Then Madam finally missed the person she loved?"

"I guess so, but as time goes by, I let it go. Otherwise, it would be bad to see each other all the time."

See each other from time to time? Wow! Xu Yixing's eyes were suddenly lit up, this gossip was too explosive!