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

After going out for a walk, Xu Yixing felt much better and no longer felt irritated. He studied the meatballs he brought every day and wondered whether he should find someone to experiment with them.

But there were so many people in the mansion, all of whom were good masters and servants who lived together day and night. It was a bit inhumane to use them for experiments. So Siqin could always see her young lady staring at the live chickens on the floor in the kitchen.

"Miss, do you want some chicken soup?"

"Oh, no, I don't want to. I just want to take a look."

Forget it. If you drug the chicken, you will end up eating it. That's not okay. Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. For the time being, I will just believe that Ying Si didn't introduce me to something random.

The New Year passed quickly, and Dad resumed his daily life of attending court. Gu's status in the mansion was not affected at all, and after what happened to Nanny Gu, she did not dare to hand over power to the same person with confidence.

Therefore, in addition to Huixiang, the head maids in the front yard also share power with Huiting and Huizhi. Huixiang was very upset. She thought that once Gu Ma died, she would be able to take over the power. Now it seems that her life is not as good as when Madam Gu was around. How miserable!

However, the theft was still done by Huixiang, and it is estimated that Gu did not tell the other two maids.

The moths outside were eliminated, and the gold and silver in the warehouse were sold as collateral. In this way, the Gu family quickly amassed a large amount of wealth, and they lived even more comfortably than when Nanny Gu was here. They restored the guest reception day on the 20th of every month in the Xu Mansion, and people became much more easy-going.

Not only did she restore the regular silver in Xu Yiwen's courtyard, she also raised Xu Yixing's salary from two taels to five taels. Xu Yixing rolled his eyes almost to the sky. Giving Yiwen fifty taels and giving himself five taels, and still expecting him to be grateful? You are really something!

After the winter, the old trees sprouted and the new branches turned green. Xu Yixing finally changed her clothes into slightly lighter ones. She grew a little taller and finally looked like a grown-up girl.

Spring is here, and naturally with it come the ways of the world. An imperial decree was passed from the palace that the Empress Dowager and Lu Anyuan's nominal mothers all wanted to take a look at Second Miss Xu and see what the Seventh Prince's future princess consort looked like.

When Xu Yixing was young, he often went to the palace to play with the princesses. I remember that he even went to the study room where the princes were studying and made trouble. After returning home, he was punished by his father to do 100 squats.

But when he grew up, he was no longer a royal relative, so naturally he had no chance to enter the palace again.

Although she didn't want to see those resentful women in the palace this time, she also missed the exquisite buildings and delicious food in the palace. The two emotions offset each other and she didn't feel disgusted.

The day before entering the palace, Old Man Xu finally had time to pay attention to his daughter.

"Yan'er, are you ready for entering the palace this time?"

"Everything is ready. The maids have already explained the rules. The clothes and jewelry I need to wear when entering the palace are also ready. And the gifts I need to bring to the ladies in the palaces have already been arranged by my mother."

Neither the father nor the daughter looked at the gifts. Even if Gu was dissatisfied with her second daughter's marriage, she would never be stupid enough to tamper with the gifts of the nobleman. This was the dignity of a stepmother. No matter how much she disliked it at home, she still represented the Xu family when she went out.

"Well, the Seventh Prince will be with you tomorrow, and Dad will be relieved."

"Hey, is he coming with me too?" Why didn't anyone tell me?

"Yeah, if he doesn't take you, how would you know the way?"

Can't you ask a palace maid to lead the way?

Father Xu was amused when he saw the two girls were shy, and he joked with a smile: "Perform well, leave a good impression on the ladies in the palace, and your marriage will be secure!"

Haha, the imperial edict has been issued, what does it have to do with those ladies?

"Yes, daughter understands, father, don't worry."

March 3rd of the Shangsi Festival is supposed to be the day for young ladies from all families to go out to enjoy the flowers and eat flower cakes. Every well-known family in the capital would send their young ladies and young masters to go for an outing in the suburbs of the capital.

Different from the direction they were heading out of the city, the Xu family's carriage went straight into the imperial city and met the seventh prince's carriage at the palace gate.

Xu Yixing got off the car and saw that Lu Anyuan seemed to have been waiting for a while. His cloak was covered with the annoying sand and dust in spring. The black leather made him look more majestic, but it also made the dust more obvious.

When Lu Anyuan saw Xu Yixing, his eyes lit up: she had dressed up carefully today, wearing a golden branch headdress in the shape of a forsythia, a goose yellow skirt, a light green cloak, and a pair of light-colored cloud-stepping shoes with a small pearl on the tip of each shoe.

She was simple and elegant, with a faint smile and eager eyes. She was more lively than Yi Yan, and slightly overshadowed Yi Xing's former flamboyance, with indescribable beauty and spirit.

"You're here? Come on, I'll take you to see the Queen Mother first."

Lu Anyuan wanted to help Yixing walk together, but he didn't seem to want to get close to him, so he gave up. The two walked side by side and followed the eunuch into the palace.

"There's dust on your cloak."

"Really?" Lu Anyuan looked down and saw some dust marks near the collar. "I stood at the palace gate for a while when I came here this morning. Who knew it would get stained."

After saying that, he patted away the dust with his hands. As soon as he put his hands down, he saw Yixing took out a handkerchief from his arms, as if he was going to wipe it for him.

Tsk! Your hands are naughty!

Seeing Xu Yixing taking back the handkerchief, Lu Anyuan hurriedly tugged at the hem of his cloak: "It seems there is dust underneath as well."

Xu Yixing looked over and saw that there were indeed some below the calf. But do you mean to let me wipe it for you?

"Ah Da, how do you serve? Hurry up and clean up for your master. The Queen Mother will blame you when you see her later!"

Xu Yixing put on a condescending smile of victory. Seeing Ada squatting and brushing off the dust from Lu Anyuan, Lu Anyuan looked "happy".

The Queen Mother's palace is located at the westernmost part of the Imperial Palace, and is the quietest. She likes quietness and only attends the New Year's Eve banquet once a year, and rarely shows up in front of the public. Therefore, Xu Yixing is not familiar with her. While walking, he listens to Lu Anyuan's introduction of this most noble woman in the Great Xia Dynasty.

"My grandmother is already sixty years old this year. My father held a birthday banquet for her during the Chinese New Year. Everyone was very happy."

Well, Xu Yixing knew this, but in order to avoid his grandson You from probing his fingernails, Xu Yixing pretended to be sick for a long time, so he did not attend the birthday party.

"I didn't go, she won't be angry, right?"

"Of course not. Besides, you and I haven't gotten married yet, and you don't have the right to attend the birthday party."

Yes, I overthought it.

Lu Anyuan continued, "Grandmother is not my father's biological mother, but she was very kind to my father. I heard that she said a lot of good things to my father and helped him a lot in the succession."