Chapter Thirty-Five

  Meiren Tang, Hong Yin had just finished checking the goods in the inner room. // When she came out into the main hall, her eyes immediately fell on a lovely woman wearing yellow clothes beside the counter downstairs.

  As soon as she saw the other person, a joyful smile appeared on Hong Yin's face. Wasn't this the maid who had been following Jing Wangfei and was called Qian Yi? She had been waiting left and right for these few days, but couldn't wait for someone from Jing Wangfu to arrive, and was worried about how to report back to her mistress when Qian Yi delivered herself to her doorstep.

  Hong Yin hastily walked downstairs. At this time, Qian Yi was standing in front of the counter selecting various lipsticks. Since accompanying the princess here several times, she had thoroughly fallen in love with the things here and had been yearning to come to Mei Ren Tang to buy one or two, which would satisfy her.

  Today, she finally found an opportunity to leave the house, and with the silver money she had accumulated over the years, she rushed straight to the Beauty Hall.

  She was carefully selecting something when she heard a voice calling out beside her ear. Turning her head, she saw Akane standing next to her with a sweet smile on her face.

  "Qian Yi sister." Hong's voice was sweet and gentle as she called out.

  Qian Yi saw that it was Hong Yin, and she also raised a smiling face "So it's Sister Hong Yin." She had the good fortune to accompany the princess here several times, knowing that Hong Yin was the daughter of the beautiful hall owner, and naturally delighted in getting close to her.

  Hong Yin swept a glance over the cosmetics on the counter, smiling and saying "Qian Yi sister rarely comes over today, why not follow me upstairs to sit for a bit? Little sister has some good things to show big sister."

  Qian Yi was taken aback for a moment, then reacted and realized that the implication in Hong Yin's words was quite obvious. It seemed that he wanted to find her for something, but she didn't know what it was.

  Hongyin then pulled Qianyi's hand and walked upstairs "Sister is following me this way."

  Qian Yi didn't refuse either, allowing the other person to lead her along, walking and thinking at the same time. Whatever it was, she would find out once they reached the top floor anyway.

  The two of them went into a room on the second floor and sat down. Hong Yin took out several small boxes and placed them in front of Qian Yi.

  She stretched out her hand and opened the lid of the box, smiling and saying "Qian Yi sister, take a look, do you like it?"

  Qian Yi only felt a strong fragrance of flowers coming, extremely pleasant to smell. Seeing the rouge in the box with a bright red color, one glance and she knew it was something good that she couldn't afford to buy.

  She picked it up and looked at it again, her heart racing with excitement. But she also knew that nothing came for free, so she forced herself to put down the rouge and said, "I really like such good things, but I don't know what you mean, sister?"

  Seeing the other person's heart move, Hong Yin's laughter became even more crisp. "Sister, don't worry, I didn't mean anything else. I'm just a bit curious about King Jing's selection of his son-in-law, and I wanted to ask sister to help me understand."

  Hongyin's heart skipped a beat, was this about asking the young master to choose a bride? That wasn't something that couldn't be discussed. Looking again at Hongyin who was smiling extremely sweetly, it was probably some madam whose daughter had been selected and had asked her to come and ask questions.

  Hong Yin smiled brightly as she gazed at Qian Yi "I wonder if sister could tell me a thing or two?"

  Qian Yi looked at the rouge on the table again, gritted her teeth in her heart, and thought that it was not a big deal anyway. It was just revealing some news that everyone in the mansion already knew, and she could get these few boxes of good rouge. Why not?

  Qian Yi's expression changed as she put on a smile and asked, "Little sister wants to know what's going on with the young master's marriage?"

  Seeing the other party relax, Hong Yin hurriedly leaned in and asked, "I wonder which few misses were chosen for this marriage selection?"

  Hearing Hong Yin ask this, Qian Yi was even more certain of her previous guess, and indeed it was the wife of some official who had entrusted her to make inquiries.

  She whispered softly in front of Hong Yin, "It's the second miss of Xia Fu, and the queen has left her invitation."

  "What else?" Hongyin continued, "I already knew about our young lady being chosen."

  Qian Yi shook her head "No more, the young master only picked up the portrait of Miss Xiafu."

  Hong Yin was startled and hastily asked, "Did the prince personally pick it up? What was the situation at that time?" She didn't expect that the quiet king's son would only choose one young lady.

  Qian leaned in closer and whispered, "At the time, a maid accidentally knocked over the paintings. I don't know what happened, but when the young master saw Miss Xia's painting, he froze. Later, he personally picked up the painting and only took that one with him. The rest were left behind, not even glanced at. I heard from the servants in the young master's garden that he treasures that painting dearly, keeping it by his pillow and taking it out to look at several times a day." The servants in the manor whispered among themselves about how Miss Xia had already captured the young master's heart before she even entered the house, wondering what kind of extraordinary person she was.

  Hong Yin strongly suppressed the astonishment in her heart, she really hadn't expected that it was actually King Jing's son who had taken a liking to this young lady.

  Her eyes rolled around and she asked tensely, "Is there any concubine or small wife by the young master's side?" The beautiful woman in the hall had a rule that 'men are not allowed to take concubines, women are not allowed to be concubines' which was set by the miss. It seems that the miss cannot tolerate these things.

  Qian Yi continued to shake her head, "That's not the case, the young master's body has never been very good. The king doesn't allow the queen to arrange these things for him. The young master himself is also unwilling, and there are only two maids serving him in the garden where he lives."

  If it weren't for the young master's poor health, he would have glanced at those maids more than once. Otherwise, with his status and appearance, which maid in the mansion wouldn't have set her sights on him?

  Hong Yin continued to ask some other things, and the two of them chatted for as long as it took to burn two incense sticks. After that, Qian Yi left the beautiful woman's room with a smile on her face, wearing rouge.

  Qian Yi walked out, and Hong Yin hastily summoned a horse carriage and rushed straight to the Xia residence.

  Xia Ting was lying on the couch taking a nap when Wan Yu suddenly came in and said "Miss, Hong Yin has arrived."

  Xia Ting opened her drowsy eyes and got up from the couch, saying "Let her in."

  Having obtained permission, Hong Yin hastily walked into the house and saluted Xia Tingfeng's body "Miss."

  Xia Ting nodded slightly and waved her hand "Never mind, but have you heard anything?" Coming to find her at this time, it should be that there is news about the Jing Wang Fu.

  Hong Yin nodded, and one by one, she recounted everything from Qian Yi's question.

  Xia Ting listened intently and was taken aback. She had always thought it was the Queen who chose her, but unexpectedly, it was he himself who personally selected her. Why was that?

  When Xia Ting heard Hong Yin say that the other party did not have a concubine, her heart moved slightly, and something flashed by, but she didn't catch it in time.

  After listening to Hongyin's account, Xia Ting only felt a bit dizzy and waved her hand saying "I know, you've done well. Go back first."

  Wan Yu sent Hong Yin out of the door with a knowing smile, she knew that Miss wanted to be alone for a while.

  Xia Ting lay back on the couch weakly, feeling a bit dazed.

  She keeps her portrait by her pillow and takes it out to look at it every day. Doesn't this behavior clearly tell others that he has a crush on her?

  It can't be denied that when she first met him, he indeed left her with a deep impression. He was an exceptionally outstanding man, from a good family and with good looks. Apart from his physical disability, he was almost perfect in every way.

  She didn't actually dislike him, but she had never thought that one day she would marry him.

  Now that she has heard Hongyin's words, he seems to have intentions for her. But if she really wants to marry someone, she would never be able to be a concubine. If she demands the position of legitimate wife and does not allow him to have other women in the future, can he agree to it?

  She had no idea in her mind. She had never thought that he would have a crush on her before. After knowing this, things became complicated instead.

  Marry or not? Is the other party willing to promise her requirements? It all depends on the attitude of both parties.

  This matter gave her too great a shock, she really needs to think carefully about what to do next.

  Xia Ting closed her eyes in frustration, but in her mind, a gentle and elegant figure gradually emerged.

  Digression

  Everyone, update again! Today I got out of school relatively early, so I'll update a bit earlier, don't want to make everyone wait too long.