mesbooks Chapter 108 Not happy
Chapter 108 Not happy
The Jiangnan Su family has been targeted by the imperial secret agents in the Beggars' Sect and the Tongzhengsi. In the matter of the Liu and Wang families in Luoyang, Emperor Dezhi and the second prince have tasted the sweetness of cutting off the source of the trouble.
As long as the major aristocratic families and powerful people suppress and kill the eldest branch of the legitimate wife's family, the other side branches and offshoots will be broken up. The only ones who can truly command the side branches and offshoots of the same surname are the eldest branch of the legitimate wife's family.
The housekeeper in Cui's room came over with a group of women and embroiderers.
The housekeeper bowed and saluted: "Princess."
She looked at the woman, the head embroiderer of Yunyifang, and asked, "Who does the mansion want to buy new clothes for?"
"My Lord, it's Fourth Miss Xie."
Fourth Miss Xie now lives in Seventh Miss's Embroidery Pavilion. Cui summoned an embroiderer to the mansion to take measurements for Fourth Miss Xie and to make clothes for her. She also gave her two sets of decent jewelry.
Zhen Su nodded slightly.
After arriving in Yueyang Prefecture, her food and clothing were several times better than in Zhen Mansion, not to mention her jewelry, which was also better.
Chunjiang sent Su Mo and his servant back.
Zhen Su asked, "Are Princess Changle and Princess Shouning in the mansion today?"
Chun Jiang replied, "I heard that the Mingzhu Society selection competition at Yaxianzhuang has not yet ended. Not only officials and noble ladies from various prefectures in Hunan Province have come, but also many noble ladies from Jiangnan have come to participate."
The Mingzhu Garden Noble Ladies Society is now also referred to as the Mingzhu Society. It gathers talented and beautiful ladies from all over the world to join the society, which is a symbol of identity for outstanding noble ladies.
For several days in a row, Zhen Su did not see Changle, Shouning, Zhou Yiqing and others. Even Su Qinnan and Xie Si Niang were not seen. Even Bai Ruizhu, who had received the membership card, was not seen. It was said that Bai Ruizhu and Zhou Yiqing were taken by Changle to Mingzhu Pavilion in Yaxianzhuang to help.
On this day, Zhen Su was practicing calligraphy in Tingyu Pavilion when he heard a cheerful voice: "Sister Wen Jiang, I was admitted to Mingzhu Society..."
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
Su Qinnan could not hide her joy and walked into Tingyu Pavilion like a gust of wind. Behind her was Xie Si Niang, who was wearing a yellow dress.
Xie Si Niang bowed and said, "Greetings to Princess Jiarou."
When Zhen Su raised her eyes, she was immediately attracted by the girl in front of her. Such a round forehead, the same tall and straight nose, the same lovely willow-shaped eyebrows, so familiar, and her facial features were 60% similar to her own.
Thank you Si Niang...
This is the most outstanding daughter of the Xie family. Seeing her smile, she asked, "Did the fourth girl pass the test?"
Su Qiniang chirped, "Sister, Fourth Cousin plays the pipa very well. She won third place in the piano art group selection this time. The top three were all selected."
The Mingzhu Society's selection competition was held with great fanfare, with most of the noble ladies and official daughters from the entire Hunan Province coming. They were all outstanding in both appearance and talent, and were divided into groups according to the art of playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, riding and shooting, martial arts, couplets, mathematics, and needlework. As long as they performed well, they would be selected as an exception.
Zhen Su asked, "Is the Pearl Society's audition about to end?"
"The minor subjects are over, tomorrow will be the major subject competition."
The major subjects that Su Qinnan mentioned are: music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. Couplets, mathematics, embroidery, cooking and martial arts are all minor subjects, and only those with outstanding grades in that group can be selected.
Zhen Su put down his pen and said, "Congratulations to Seventh Sister and Fourth Miss for being selected."
Su Qinniang smiled so much that her eyebrows were not visible. "Sister, I can go back to the capital now. I haven't been to Mingzhu Garden yet. I heard that it is very big and beautiful. I am so happy when I think about participating in the poetry activities of Mingzhu Society."
"You are leaving home, leaving your uncle and aunt. Are you really so happy?"
"You always have to leave."
"Cousin...if you are reluctant to let me go, I can talk to Princess Changle and have you accepted into the society, but you don't have to participate in the poetry activities of the society."
Su Qiniang said immediately: "No, I don't want to. Since I have been admitted, I am a noble lady of the Pearl Society. How can I not participate in the activities?"
She wanted to be the prince's consort, so she had to go to the capital.
In the imperial city, not to mention the second, third, and fourth princes who have already married, there are also the fifth, sixth, and eighth princes who are waiting for marriage.
She is not my cousin, but a well-known "softie". Su Qinnan is very strong-willed and will not be bullied.
Su Qiniang pulled Zhen Su's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Good sister, on the second day of next month, will you come back to Beijing with me? In the future, you can join the Pearl Society, and the three of us sisters can still keep each other company."
In her previous life, her biggest regret was that she could not be filial to her grandfather. If her life was destined to end at the age of 23, she was willing to make up for the regrets of her previous life. "Seventh sister, I don't want to go back to the capital."
She just wanted to be with her grandfather. Wherever her grandfather was, that was her home.
"Good sister, please come back to Beijing with me."
Princess Changle said: There are many noble ladies in the Mingzhu Society. In the past, the society held activities only on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Later, there are activities on the first, fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth and twenty-fifth day of every month. There are also activities divided into calligraphy and painting groups, poetry group, piano art group, chess group, needlework group and miscellaneous subjects group.
There are six activities in a month, divided into six groups. Each group is responsible for one activity every month, and it will become more and more lively.
Zhen Su said decisively, "I am getting older, and the days I can spend with my grandfather are getting fewer and fewer. I don't want to leave him, I just want to honor my grandfather on behalf of my mother. Seventh sister, I have made up my mind a long time ago."
She just wanted to be with her grandfather for the rest of her life.
Su Qiniang sighed helplessly, "What a pity."
"You have Fourth Sister Xie accompanying you, and you also have company. This time you got to know Changle and Shouning. Even if I don't participate in the activities of the Pearl Society, you still have old friends and familiar friends to accompany you."
Su Qinnan’s greatest gain was getting to know them.
She said half coquettishly: "Sister, please talk to Sister Changle and ask her to protect me if I go to the capital."
"If you are right, you will not be afraid of others provoking you, and no one will dare to bully you. You must promise me that you will not provoke or bully others without reason, and you will not cause trouble."
"Sister, I'm not that unruly."
Su Qinnan had a reputation of being a bit unruly in Yueyang Prefecture, because Su Jingzhai was a high-ranking official in Hunan Province. Everyone from the prefect of Yueyang Prefecture to the Mao family, a prominent family in Yueyang Prefecture, treated her with courtesy, which made her act a bit aggressive.
"Mao Liuniang won the prize for her embroidery skills and entered the Pearl Society. The other girls in the Mao family excluded her. Why did you join in the ridicule?"
"I... I just don't like her. She used to act like a little white rabbit, but in fact, her Hunan embroidery skills are better than Sister Mao's."
"Is it wrong for a person to hide his incompetence?"
"I don't like her anyway."
Mao Liuniang's embroidery skills surpassed Mao Yuanniang's, which was a surprise to the Mao family. Mao Liuniang showed her embroidery skills for marriage and to protect her mother.
"Even if you don't like her, there's no need to suppress her. When you're out there in the future, make friends with people you like, and you have to give her some face even if she doesn't like you."