The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 9 Did Li Ling really marry her out of helplessness?

The night was extremely hot and muggy, and Jingshu slept until midnight before being woken up by the heat.

Ziyun heard the commotion and came in from outside. He poured a bowl of herbal tea and brought it to Jingshu. Jingshu took it and drank it in one gulp, and then she felt a little better.

Just as she was about to go back to sleep, Ziyun said worriedly: "Miss, my uncle is back from socializing and resting in the study again."

"Well, I understand, what time is it now?"

"It's already been the fourth update."

Jing Shu ordered: "I am going to Princess Lanling's flower party tomorrow. You can help me choose some gifts for Lanling tomorrow morning."

Ziyun advised: "Miss, my uncle didn't come back tonight. Is he really angry with you? I think it's better for you to go to General Zhou's Mansion with Princess Lanling tomorrow."

Jing Shu smiled sarcastically: "My sister-in-law and I have made an appointment to go together, why should we turn it down? I won't change this matter. Don't try to persuade me any more. It's getting late, so go to bed quickly."

Ziyun had no choice but to retreat quietly.

The next day, Jingshu packed up and took Ziyun out. When she arrived at the second door, Xu Wanning had already arrived.

The two were riding in a carriage, and Ziyun and Xu Wanning's maidservant Si Er were riding in the same carriage. The carriage driver drove out of the gate just in time to see Li Ling returning, and Xu Wanning called the carriage driver to stop.

Li Ling slept in the study last night and did not come over for breakfast this morning. The girls said that he went to the camp early in the morning.

Jingshu opened the car curtain and asked Li Ling: "Why is the prince coming back again?"

"Come back and change some clothes. I'm going to General Zhou's Mansion later in the day." Li Ling stood beside the car and said expressionlessly.

Jing Shu nodded, and Li Ling said no more.

"Let's go." Jingshu said to the driver.

The carriage then drove along and left the house.

"Why is there something wrong with my dick?" Xu Wanning asked.

She glanced at Jingshu's face and asked tentatively: "Did you quarrel?"

Jing Shu smiled: "No, you don't know him yet, he always has a sullen face."

"The second child is really informal and smiles normally, but I just saw something wrong with the way he looked at you."

Jing Shu didn't want to say anything more on this matter, so she changed the topic. The two of them talked and laughed together for an hour before arriving at the suburban villa where Lanling held the banquet.

The name of this garden is Linshuiju, which is named after it is adjacent to Jinghu Lake in Chang'an City. Although the garden is not large, it has exquisitely designed pavilions and pavilions, and it is close to the water. It is a good place for holding banquets in summer.

Lan Ling met Xu Wanning and Jing Shu and said enthusiastically: "I thought that your wife, the prince, just came in and couldn't come to show her respect."

Xu Wanning joked: "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't go out, but if you hold a banquet in Lanling, we have to come no matter what."

Jing Shu ordered Ziyun to present the prepared gift and said with a smile: "A little thought cannot be regarded as respect."

Lanling ordered his maid to accept it and replied: "Mrs. Shen, you're welcome."

The three of them greeted each other and entered the banquet living room. Many noble ladies had already arrived, and everyone gathered in twos and threes to drink tea and chat. When they saw Lan Ling coming in with the two ladies from Zhen Guo Gongfu, they seemed to have a close friendship with Zhen Guo Gongfu.

He came forward to chat with Jing Shu and Xu Wanning.

Jing Shu was chatting with everyone when a well-dressed woman walked over. She looked at Jing Shu up and down and said with a smile: "Isn't this the eldest lady of the Shen family? This dress is so lively, it almost made me dazzle.

I can’t recognize him anymore.”

Jingshu turned around and saw that the person coming was Zhou Qing, the third daughter of the Minister of Industry's family.

She deliberately bit the "Eldest Miss of the Shen Family" into pieces, just to hint in front of all the noble ladies that she was of mediocre origin.

Jingshu's father served as the fourth-rank clerk in Yushitai, so naturally he was not as good as the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Industry. But now she is the wife of the eldest son of Zhenguo Palace. In this room full of noble ladies, there are few who can match her status.

What about her?

Even Lan Ling, who was the princess, also wanted to make friends with her, otherwise why would he ask Xu Wanning to invite her specially?

What does this Zhou Qing mean?

If someone in her previous life had ridiculed her for being of low origin and not worthy of the government office, she would definitely feel inferior and sad.

This life is different.

"Third Miss is really discerning. My Su embroidery material was appreciated by my grandmother." As she said that, she looked at Lan Ling aside and said, "The old man's kind thoughts, if it weren't for the banquet at Lan Ling today, I wouldn't have done it."

I’m reluctant to take it out and wear it.”

The old lady of Zhenguo Gongfu was the most famous among the noble ladies in the capital. She was born into the Murong clan, the only heterosexual vassal king in Da Qi.

Even the current Holy One has to give him some respect.

Mrs. Li's birthday has caused a sensation in the whole city of Chang'an. At the birthday banquet, the news that the old lady had favored the daughter-in-law who had just entered the house has already spread among the ladies.

She had such a backer right after she entered the house, who dared to underestimate her?

After listening to Jingshu's words, Lanling quickly smoothed things over for her and said, "Look at how this Suzhou embroidery is as fine as the embroidery we usually buy in the shop. It turned out to be a reward from the old lady. The old lady's mother's family is in Jiangnan, and this

It must be the most authentic Suzhou embroidery."

Xu Wanning smiled and joked: "You still know the goods. After all, our old lady is also your cousin and grandma. If you like this material, why not take advantage of the moment and ask our second lady to say a kind word for you in front of the old lady?

, I beg the old man to reward you with two horses to make clothes for you."

Lan Ling replied: "If you had reminded me earlier, I would have begged you to ask for it for me."

Xu Wanning said: "It's useless for you to beg me."

Lan Ling hid her face and smiled: "What? If the old lady has a new granddaughter-in-law, she won't love you, the eldest granddaughter-in-law?"

Xu Wanning hesitated and said, "Isn't that right? Who made me look so handsome?" As she said, she pulled Jing Shu over and said, "Look at my younger siblings, are they more handsome than the Nine Heavens Mysterious Girl?"

When everyone saw Jingshu dismissing Zhou Qing with a few words, and heard that Xu Wanning's words were all about Jingshu winning the favor of the old lady in the mansion, they couldn't help but think to themselves: The prince's wife in the Zhenguogong's mansion watched silently.

Xiang, he is really a master who is not easy to mess with.

Everyone responded and said, "Mrs. Shen is well-known in her boudoir. Now that she is the wife of the prince, doesn't it make her even more noble?"

Zhou Qing felt sour when she saw everyone following Xu Wanning's compliments to Jing Shu. It felt so bad. There was a reason why she couldn't get along with Jing Shu in public.

Zhou Qing relied on her beauty and good family background, but most importantly, she was arrogant and had Li Ling's plans in mind.

After her parents knew what she was thinking, they also dreamed of relying on their daughter's beauty to climb to the top of the Zhenguo Palace. Mrs. Zhou once asked someone to go to the old lady to find out what she had to say, but the old lady did not refuse her face to face. It was only two days later.

, the entrusted person replied that it was the old lady who asked her grandson’s opinion.

It was Li Ling who refused!

Zhou Qing was sad. She originally thought that Li Ling looked down on her family background: she also heard that he might want Princess Shang.

If she was really the master, she would be convinced, but he later married Shen Jingshu, whose family background was far inferior to hers.

Zhou Qing cried in her boudoir for several days.

She really couldn't swallow this breath!

"Sister Zhou, do you think our second wife is handsome or not?" Zhou Qing embarrassed Jing Shu in public, and Xu Wanning obviously didn't want to let her go.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhou Qing. Her face turned blue and white, and she hesitated and didn't know how to answer. She prided herself on her beauty, but in front of Jing Shu, even she had to admit that she was indeed beautiful.

It pales in comparison.

At the beginning, she was also convinced that Li Ling had no choice but to marry Jing Shu because of her lack of integrity. She also secretly regretted this: If she had known that she could marry Li Ling, she would have taken advantage of her earlier.

Now she was staring at the shining Jingshu, and an idea suddenly came to her mind.

Did Li Ling really have no choice but to marry her because of responsibility?

Anyone who comes is a guest. Although Lan Ling resented Zhou Qing for being ignorant, she had to take good care of the guests even if she was hosting a banquet. She changed the topic and said: "Speaking of Su embroidery, I really prepared a good show for everyone today.

"

She paused and then continued: "I brought some dancers back from the south a while ago, and I will dance for everyone to cheer up."

Everyone agreed.

Lan Ling winked at the waiter, and in a moment more than ten young dancers entered. For a while, the hall was full of singing and dancing, and the sleeves were flying.

Although the weather was hot, it was quite comfortable because it was next to the water and there were ice dishes in the hall. The ladies drank, ate and chatted, and lived comfortably and happily.

Unknowingly, it was evening and everyone was about to disperse when suddenly several thunders rang out and it started to rain.

Everyone was watching the rain under the eaves, hoping that it would stop and return to the city.

From a distance, a little girl walked over quickly holding an umbrella, bowed slightly to Lan Ling, and said respectfully: "Princess Princess, the Crown Prince of the Zhenguo Palace is outside, saying he is here to pick up Mrs. Shen."

(End of chapter)