An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

Later, Zhang often came to Wuyuan to talk, but Sang Ling could not understand anything from her words.

I just think that this young woman might have been lonely in the deep courtyard for too long and just wanted to find someone to talk to. Although she has not been pulled out of the list of suspects, she is not like last time, with a mixture of perfunctory and alienation in her words.

She could still suppress her suspicion and talk to Zhang at ease - perhaps by having a closer relationship, she could also get a glimpse of some secrets of the Marquis' Mansion's past from Zhang, so that she could have a clearer idea of ​​the whereabouts of the murderer.

However, she did not visit too often, and in the middle of the month she went out for social events with Madam Zhaoyu.

There was no need for Sang Ling to specially take advantage of this matter. When the time came, Madam Zhaoyu would naturally come to her - as the future mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, Madam Zhaoyu would always take her out to see the world and learn how to socialize with the other female relatives outside.

This time I am here to attend another wedding banquet, the host is at the Donghou Mansion.

It was not until the wedding banquet that Sang Ling learned that Ban Le had married Xun Jin.

How did these two people get together?

Indeed, she wanted to ask Ban Le right away, but as a guest, she could only watch the bride from afar, let alone talk to her. She had to follow Madam Zhaoyu all the way into the East Marquis's Mansion, and even sat next to her mother-in-law. She greeted everyone very obediently and listened to others' compliments on her appearance.

"I was wondering how they got married in the blink of an eye. The other day, the queen talked to me about how the eldest daughter of the Sang family is so beautiful that she will be crowded with people proposing marriage in the future, so you just need to come to her house quickly. Today, I finally got to see her. The queen can't be wrong. Oh my, you, Nie Jialang, are really blessed."

The one who was talking to Madam Zhaoyu with a smile on her face was Madam Xiao, the first wife of Chief Justice Wang Jian. Her brother from her maiden family was a legal officer in the Prime Minister's Office, in charge of postal affairs. This was a very popular job in the dynasty, as it was equivalent to one's husband's family being in the central judicial unit and one's maiden family being in charge of central communications. One can imagine the status of Madam Xiao.

However, she still had to curry favor with Madam Zhaoyu, and the class distinction was even more obvious. No matter how high an official position was, he was just an official, and was ultimately not as good as the powerful nobles of generations and the powerful person in charge of the military.

"Why don't you see your wife?" Madam Zhaoyu just threw the conversation back calmly.

"At the beginning of the month, someone came to check her pulse. She said she is two months pregnant and is now being nursed at home."

"She's pregnant?" She subconsciously glanced at Sang Ling beside her, "Didn't they get married in August?"

"My wife is very fertile. I didn't even plan to get pregnant this year, but who would have thought that I would get such good news out of the blue." Mrs. Xiao could not hide her joy. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were stuck with snow-white lead powder. Although she had restrained herself, she couldn't stop showing pride when she moved her hands and feet.

This was not to show off in front of Madam Zhaoyu, but she was so happy from the bottom of her heart that she could not stop talking. She kept muttering, "I have severe morning sickness. I have consulted several doctors, but none of them can help. I heard that the eldest doctor of the Gao family is a great doctor, so I thought of asking him to come and see me in a couple of days. It may help me feel better."

Hearing this, Sang Ling curled his lips silently. He had not expected that he would hear his cousin's name everywhere. It would be troublesome if his medical skills became famous, as everyone wanted to find him.

Madam Zhaoyu glanced at Sang Ling silently again, and then said to Madam Xiao, "Congratulations."

The two sides were chatting animatedly. Soon, a few more ladies came up and talked about family matters. Sang Ling followed behind and just smiled. When people asked about her, she would come out to show herself. She had received everyone's polite praise, so when people didn't mention her, she seemed as if she was invisible.

While she was socializing, she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind. She turned around and saw it was Dai Chengjun, so she looked back at her mother-in-law. Madam Zhaoyu did not force her to stay by her side, but gave her permission with her eyes.

Having escaped, Sang Ling was as if he had been pardoned. He quickly passed by everyone in the courtyard and grabbed Dai Chengjun's hands as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw. "It just so happened that I was thinking of you, so you called me."

This was true. Today's marriage really surprised her. Since she couldn't ask Ban Le, she was thinking of asking Dai Chengjun.

Fortunately, Dai Chengjun came with her mother's family. Family members are always more casual, so she didn't have to follow her elders the whole time.

"I want to ask you something, too." Dai Chengjun pulled her to a corner of the Marquis's mansion garden and spoke first, "Why did you end up with Nie Ce? Didn't the queen fall in love with your sister?"

She exclaimed "Ah". If she wanted to talk about the origin of this matter, where should she start?

At this moment, everyone was talking in the front hall and courtyard. Even if a few servants passed by and saw the two people's attire, they would not come forward to disturb them. Sang Ling could only explain as briefly as possible: from how Queen Wu of Huanlin Mountain suddenly summoned her, to how Madam Zhaoyu gave her a green jade bracelet, and later she came directly to propose marriage.

In fact, she still has no idea why the Queen and Madam Zhaoyu suddenly chose her. Otherwise, they first took a fancy to Sang Mei, but later felt that her age was not suitable, so they wanted to take a look at her sister.

"Oh, it must have been during the picnic!" Dai Chengjun pointed it out. "Afterwards, I saw that the Queen and Madam Zhaoyu both went to your place, right? Even Grandpa Nie was there, so it's obvious that he took a liking to you that time."

She was stunned. The picnic had gone so awful. She slapped Sang Mei twice and was splashed with water by Sang Mei. The two sisters almost fought in front of everyone. How could she be chosen by someone like this?

Dai Chengjun raised his eyebrows, as if he could read minds, "Nie Ce is so stubborn, they must want to find someone who can subdue him. You were so majestic that time, and you were so powerful. You were not afraid even in front of the empress and the old empress. You ordered people to wash the wound. You said no to the suggestions made by others, and you acted decisively. Later, the imperial physician said that your approach was right. Ban Le and I admired you afterwards. How can people not like you?"

It's just cleaning a snake venom, how can it be so great? These are just common sense. But when she heard someone praise her like this, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips, and then cleared her throat, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. How did Ban Le marry Xun Jin, do you know?"

"I'm not too sure. Two days after you got married at the beginning of the month, Madam Donghou went to the Ban family to propose marriage. I heard that Master Ban agreed immediately. Ban Le even made a scene and ran away to my house. Later, she was caught by her father and cousin. I heard that she went on a hunger strike, but it was of no avail. After that, it became like this now."

"What about your cousin?"

Didn't we hear that Ban Le and Qin Zhongjian were having a hot affair when we were at Huanlin Mountain? When they were hunting, they even personally escorted him up the mountain. Ban Le was proposed to, but the Qin brothers just watched and didn't come to snatch him away?