In a noisy noodle shop, several middle-aged women in ordinary clothes were eating noodles and exchanging the latest gossip in the capital. A younger woman was heard saying in a high-pitched voice: "You have all heard about it.
Is it? The second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion was originally engaged to the third girl of the Duke of Yue's Mansion. For some reason, when the third girl of the Duke of Yue's Mansion was old enough, the Prime Minister's Mansion came to propose marriage. It turned out that the third girl was not good at all.
First, he is not as sensible and filial as the rumors say, but he is very naughty. The second son of the prime minister’s house refused to marry me at any cost and immediately broke off the engagement!”
"No wonder the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion took the betrothal gift back again!" Another woman suddenly sighed, "I heard about Miss Xiahou being in Prince Zhao's Mansion before. I really thought she was a virtuous and filial person. And then
It was also rumored that she opened a gambling bureau at home and discussed the affairs of the government. I felt that this girl was too courageous. How could ordinary people suppress her? With her character and temperament, it would be a great honor to be married to the Prime Minister's Palace.
What a sin! So when you raise a daughter, you must educate her well!"
"Who says it's not the case!" Another woman in reddish-brown clothes suddenly raised her head and echoed, "I have a relative who used to be an errand in the Duke of Yue's Mansion. I heard that the third girl of the Duke of Yue's Mansion was an adopted child when she was a child.
The one outside has been neglected since he was a child, so he has an arrogant and domineering personality. It is said that he is a tigress! The Prime Minister's Mansion is a scholarly family, how can the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion bear this? So the marriage was not concluded. For both families,
Maybe it’s all good things!”
"Sure enough, she is a general's tiger girl!" Several other women in blue beside them couldn't help but sigh.
"You are all wrong." A woman sitting at another table suddenly interjected. She seemed to prefer green. She was dressed in emerald green clothes. She had an equally emerald green jade bracelet on her fair and round wrist, and her head was tilted.
A green jade hairpin was inserted sideways. She gently put down the chopsticks in her hand, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and continued to explain calmly: "I heard that the third girl from the Duke of Yue's mansion
She is both fierce and ugly, and her conduct is very bad! Originally, the prime minister wanted to keep his promise to marry her, so he brought gifts to the house to betrothal her. However, he was teased by their three girls, and he had to break off the engagement.
If such a woman with no virtue or talent is raised at home, she can only be treated as an ancestor. Who would be willing to marry her?"
Hearing this, the woman who originally lamented the tiger girl said with regret: "It's pitiful that the Duke of Yue has spent his whole life in the army, and Princess Xuanhe is dignified and kind, but he gave birth to such a daughter..."
As soon as he finished speaking, several women next to him suddenly laughed, and one of them joked: "I think you just don't understand yourself clearly. You are a mediocre person with little money, and you actually went to pity the wealthy Yue country."
Gong. No matter how unbearable the three girls in their family are, they are still noble girls who were born with a golden spoon in their mouths. Their biological mother is Princess Xuanhe, and they have the support of Prince Gong’s Mansion. It will not be difficult to find a good marriage in the future.
I think you should worry more about yourselves."
The woman who was laughed at was very embarrassed, but she was quickly distracted by the gossip shared by another woman. The dispute that was about to break out disappeared silently.
Xia Houshu sat in the carriage and listened to these rumors quietly while looking at the woman who was covered in green. Except for the simple color of her dress, her appearance and body shape were not much different from others, so there was no big difference between them.
How eye-catching it would be, and what she said clearly meant that she knew more details than other gossip lovers, and even knew about her teasing the Wang family and his son. It seemed that
However, Xia Houshu was not interested in what role the woman in green played in this sudden rumor. But after listening to their criticism, she unexpectedly felt that rumors also had their benefits. For example, they often
Xia Houyi, who was accused by his mother of not doing his job properly, and Yu Wenke, who was drunk in the gentle village at this time, as well as those ambitious people beating in the dark, they all used rumors as their own protection and did their own things confidently and boldly.
Yun Xi carefully looked at Xia Houshu and saw that she had no anger or other emotions. He immediately couldn't sit still and said angrily: "These people only hear hearsay and spread baseless rumors to cause trouble. You are the only one
A pure and fair girl,
When did you make an engagement with the Prime Minister's Mansion? This is simply out of thin air! You even mentioned your appearance and perverse personality. If they knew that you are actually a kind-hearted beauty with a beautiful country, they would only be afraid of their eyes.
They’re all going to fall out!”
Kind-hearted? Beautiful and fragrant? Xia Houshu quickly shook her head and said she didn't dare to take it seriously. She was embarrassed to say such a thing, and she didn't want Yunxi to wear such a high hat on her. She just thought it was funny.
Xia Houyi is known as the "Exiled Immortal" in Beijing, and her appearance and figure are impeccable. As Xia Houyi's sibling sister, how could she be as good-looking as the rumors say?
In the past few years since she returned to Beijing, she has only rarely gone out to socialize. It's not like she has never met outsiders. There are quite a few people who know her appearance. Let's not talk about it. Let's just say that at Princess Zhao's birthday party, because the matter was too big, attention was paid.
She has a lot of people. Otherwise, how could the high-minded Princess Mingjia like her among so many beautiful and noble girls?
It can be seen that those who spread rumors have no logic, and those who believe the rumors are even more ignorant.
Thinking of this, Xia Houshu couldn't help but smile. That's fine. With these baseless rumors, at least for now she won't have to worry about being forced to get married. What if one day she gets tired of it and doesn't want to hear it anymore?
It's a good idea to prove your innocence. This can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.
"Girl, can you still laugh?" Yunxi looked at Xia Houshu, looking sad for his misfortune and angry at him. He puffed up his cheeks and said angrily, "You should think of a way to teach these ignorant people who talk so freely."
Disciples! Let’s see if they dare to talk about people’s right and wrong in the future!”
"Since you said they are ignorant, why bother anymore?" Xia Houshu said with a smile, "If it weren't for these rumors, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had to deal with how many people came to ask for marriage."
"What you said seems to make sense." Yun Xi nodded repeatedly, and then looked at Xia Houshu worriedly, "But girl, you will always get married. If this continues, who will dare to marry you in the future?"
"What's there to worry about? They say I'm ugly, but am I really ugly? As for them saying I have a perverse and domineering personality, I can't boast about it, but it can't be false, and it can't be true.
How can I be trapped by memorizing a few rumors all my life?" Xia Houshu said calmly, "If the world only judges people by their appearance, or judges their character based on hearsay, I would not even bother to marry such a man."
In her life, she hated those people who valued sex but were not sentimental. They talked nonsense and said they wanted to love someone for the rest of their lives, but in the end, they always fell in love and eventually abandoned them. There were many examples of lust fading and love slacking off.
This time last year, Xia Houyuan's colleague General Nian's family had a scandal because of his appearance.
It is said that the general had a son in his later years, so he loved him very much and took great pains to arrange a marriage with a well-matched family. However, although the woman was from a well-off family, she was gentle and virtuous, and she was well-educated and courteous, but she was only barely good-looking.
On the night of the wedding, it was supposed to be a day of great joy for everyone, but when Mr. Nian took off his hijab, he was dumbfounded and cried and wanted to divorce his wife. When the woman's parents found out, they were furious.
After trying every possible means to persuade her, the matter was hastily settled on the condition that the woman agreed that Mr. Nian would immediately take in some beautiful concubines to continue the family line.
This incident became famous in the capital for a while, and people denounced Mr. Nian for being lustful and ruthless, and sympathized with the bride for being unkind. However, condemnation turned to condemnation, and sympathy turned to sympathy. The rest of the bride's life was ruined. If the person who married her was
A man who knows how to appreciate her inner beauty will look completely different.
Therefore, Xia Houshu made up her mind that if she had to marry in this life, she would definitely marry someone who not only loved her appearance, but also loved her as a person. No matter if he was a nobleman from a wealthy family or a commoner from a poor family.
Of course, all this is just a hypothesis. She has not had enough free days, so how could she restrain herself so early?
It’s just that things are unpredictable, but how many people can really control their own destiny?
What people are taboo about, what they fear, what they think will never happen, often invade their otherwise peaceful lives when people are careless.
Xia Houshu sighed and ordered the driver to drive back to the Yue Kingdom Palace.
Their coachman's name is Dong Xiao, who is in his thirties. His father and brother are dedicated to raising horses for the Duke of Yue. Dong Xiao grew up in the Duke's Palace of Yue. Under the influence of his father, he was very proficient in the habits of horses. In his early years,
I helped train horses, and I had quick reactions and agility, and also developed a body of tendons. Later, I accidentally broke my leg. During the treatment, I continued to be confused, secretly went to ride a horse, and fell again, which made me unable to walk.
He was lame and could no longer tame a horse, so he was assigned to drive a carriage.
Dong Xiao was a little disappointed at first, but then he thought that the person he was following was the apple of Duke Yue's eye, and that being able to serve Xiahou Shu was a sign of Xiahou's trust in him, so he gradually became cheerful. Occasionally, when he was bored on the road, he would
I can chat with Xia Houshu and Yunxi.
Xia Houshu also liked chatting with Dong Xiao because she could always hear a lot of interesting stories and gossip from Dong Xiao that she could not hear at home, and even affectionately called Dong Xiao "Uncle Dong".
The carriage didn't go far when it suddenly stopped.
This situation made Xia Houshu suddenly recall the scene when he was assassinated on the way back to Beijing. She felt her heart beat faster at the painful memory, but she soon realized that she was in the capital, at the feet of the emperor, and there were people here from time to time.
If the city guards come to patrol, they won't encounter what happened back then.
She took a breath and asked, "Uncle Dong, what's going on?"
Dong Xiao immediately replied: "Third Miss, there is someone blocking the way ahead."
When Xia Houshu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little irritated. Who dared to block her carriage in broad daylight because of his ambition?
However, she quickly realized that in order to avoid being noticed by others, she only used a familiar coachman for this trip. The carriage was an ordinary carriage and did not have any signs of the Yue Kingdom Government. So she began to reflect on whether she had exposed herself along the way.
If you meet someone in person or reveal your wealth, you will offend those who are not discerning.
Yunxi was also very worried and quickly raised the car curtain to check what was going on outside.
Xia Houshu glanced outside and saw that the carriage had just come out of East Street and entered a narrower alley. Most of the shops on both sides sold daily utensils and books and ink. There were not many people passing by. And the carriage
In front of him, there stood a tall, muscular man in green clothes, but his face was as cold as ice, and he didn't look like a good guy at first glance.
Xia Houshu couldn't help but frown: "Why is it you?"