frightfiction Chapter 245: Groups of Wives and Concubines
Chapter 245: Groups of Wives and Concubines
What big waves can a little girl make?
Su Nuan didn't care about Yu Zhiqiu's hostile gaze. She turned her head and focused her attention on Princess Guang'an.
Prince Guang'an was only 28 years old, so even if the princess was the same age as Prince Guang'an, she was only 28 years old. However, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were still obvious even with makeup covering them.
Su Nuan was used to seeing well-maintained ladies in the imperial city, and this Princess Guang'an could not compare with them.
There is only one reason why a woman looks old, and that is because her life is not going as she wished.
But as a princess, what could be wrong with her life?
Su Nuan soon got the answer.
A group of women came to the sea of roses. When Su Nuan got closer, she realized that her previous idea of asking Mu Yunting to push her into the sea of flowers was hasty.
There are all kinds of precious flowers in the Prince's Mansion, except roses. Su Nuan didn't even know that roses also have thorns. It's okay to view them from a distance, but you can't go in and swim.
"Why did the princess bring Concubine Xia to a place like this? There's not even a place to sit. Concubine Xia isn't tired, but what about us?"
The person who spoke was a delicate beauty, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she received approval from several women around her.
Su Nuan looked carefully. She had never seen these people yesterday, and she didn't know which family they were from to dare to speak like that.
"No one asked you to come with me. If you feel tired, go find the prince yourself."
Princess Guang'an said calmly.
The beauty curled her lips and muttered in a low voice: "What's so great about it? She's just a concubine. Why should everyone revolve around her?"
She controlled her voice very well, and even the people around her didn't hear it, but Su Nuan heard it clearly.
Su Nuan suddenly realized that this person should be the concubine of Prince Guang'an.
Su Nuan did her homework when she went back yesterday. Prince Guang'an has one principal wife, two concubines, and four maids. He can be said to have a large number of wives and concubines.
Obviously this is one of Prince Guang'an's concubines.
Su Nuan didn't have any stereotyped impression of the concubines of the princes in the royal family, but she just couldn't accept this concubine.
She was beautiful enough, but her every move and gesture lacked the grace and bearing of a royal concubine.
Prince Guang'an actually chose such a person as his concubine. It seems that he is a superficial person.
"I'm sure you're all familiar with the scenery of Qingfeng Gorge. There's no need for you all to stay here. Let's go."
As soon as Su Nuan finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, and stood there in bewilderment.
No one moved.
Su Nuanxin said that you have been given the opportunity to leave, so if you don’t want it, don’t blame yourself.
She ordered her maid to push her and walk slowly around the sea of flowers, chatting with Princess Guang'an as they walked.
“Did this sea of flowers grow naturally?”
Su Nuan asked.
Princess Guang'an replied, "It is said that the flowers here grew out of thin air overnight. People in Xiaomian County said that this was the place that the flower god favored, because this valley is warm like spring all year round, which is the best place for flowers to grow, so the flower god planted this sea of flowers."
Su Nuan didn't believe in the flower god. If it suddenly appeared, it must have been planted by someone on purpose. It was just that when it didn't bloom, it blended in with the surrounding plants and trees and couldn't be seen.
Then suddenly one day all these flowers bloomed and happened to be seen by someone, creating the illusion that they had grown out of thin air overnight.
"Is the princess from Xiaomian County?"
"My mother's family is in the imperial city. After I married the prince eight years ago, I came to his fiefdom."
Su Nuan didn’t know if it was her illusion, but Princess Guang’an had an indescribable sadness on her face when she mentioned Prince Guang’an.
"Does the princess miss home?"
Princess Guang'an smiled faintly and replied, "A married woman should obey her husband. Wherever the prince is is my home. How can I miss home?"
Su Nuan was choked, and for a moment she didn't know whether to pity her or admire her.
Su Nuan is not a talkative person when not talking about business. Princess Guang'an seems to be even less talkative than Su Nuan. She will not speak unless asked, but she will answer any questions.
Su Nuan asked her maid to speed up and keep some distance from the female relatives behind her, and then turned the topic to Prince Guang'an. She wanted to learn more about this prince from the princess, so she asked him some questions about this prince in a roundabout way.
It turned out that Prince Guang'an did not come to the fiefdom willingly. According to the rules of Nanzhao Kingdom, adult princes and princes could live in the imperial city before getting married.
Prince Guang'an is the youngest brother of the current emperor and had just turned 20 eight years ago. Not to mention that his marriage has not been decided yet, even if he got married, he could stay in the imperial city as long as the emperor said so.
But for some unknown reason, the emperor suddenly granted him a marriage. The wedding was held in a hurry, and then he was sent to Xiaomian County.
Princess Guang'an was the woman that the emperor forced upon him.
Unknowingly, they had reached the end of the sea of flowers. When Su Nuan was about to ask the maid to turn around and go back, the maid had already pushed her around a flower wall, and the scene behind her brightened her eyes.
There are more than a dozen tents connected together, with grills in front of the tents, on which meat is grilled.
Several men led by Mei Runian were busy in front of the grill. Some were busy turning the meat, some were sprinkling salt, and another was brushing something on the meat with a small brush.
The meat was sizzling as it was roasting, and the air was already filled with the aroma of meat.
I didn’t expect these young masters to have such skills.
Su Nuan looked for Mu Yunting in the crowd but didn't see him. She was pushed forward a few steps before she saw Mu Yunting and Prince Guang'an together away from the crowd. They seemed to be arguing about something.
“…Nonsense…”
"Evidence...how to explain..."
The two of them stood far away from each other and their voices were deliberately lowered, so Su Nuan could only hear a few intermittent words.
At this time, Mei Changli walked up to Su Nuan, bowed to Su Nuan and Princess Guang'an, and then said to Su Nuan: "Concubine Xia, may I have a word with you?"
Su Nuan could understand that Mei Changli brought people to ruin her and Mu Yunting's trip together, but her dislike for Mei Changli did not diminish at all, so when Mei Changli asked to talk to her alone, she was unwilling.
"Master Mei has also seen that I am unable to move around easily. If you have anything to say, please say it here."
"this......"
Mei Changli winked at his wife, and Mrs. Mei immediately asked everyone to go to the tent to rest.
Some people were tired, so they followed Madam Mei when she called them. However, some people were tired but very curious, and they all wanted to know what Lord Mei wanted to say to the Crown Prince's concubine. So after Madam Mei called them, most of the people left. However, the people in the Guang'an Palace headed by Princess Guang'an and the women of the Yu family led by Madam Yu did not move.
Mei Changli had no choice but to bow to Su Nuan and said, "Concubine Xia, I have something to ask of you. Please move aside, Concubine Xia."
Su Nuan frowned. Since Mei Changli begged her in public, it seemed that this matter was quite urgent for him.
Just when he was thinking about whether to give this Lord Mei some face, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.