vrcanaries Chapter 462 Response
Chapter 462 Response
Zhuge Congfeng put down the flute in his hand, looked in the direction Qin Huiyin left and said, "If Huan'er were still alive, she would be around this age, right?"
Puyang Qiubai looked over sharply and said, "Of course Huan'er is here."
"Yes, I mean, have you ever thought about what Huan'er will look like? Your father is a famously handsome man, the most handsome man in the world. Anyone who sees him can't walk. Even you have only inherited 50% of his true beauty. Your mother is also a famous beauty. The child they have together should be no less beautiful than this little girl. I remember that Huan'er, who was just over a year old, was already a beauty everyone praised."
"I wish she wasn't so beautiful. If she were too beautiful and had no one to protect her, it would be a disaster."
If it were the Puyang family of the past, they would certainly have raised her with pampering, protected her under their wings, and when she reached adulthood, they would have married her off to Zhuge Congfeng, a man of equal status. However, the Puyang family was gone, and so was the Zhuge family. She became a homeless duckweed, drifting to who knows where.
In the years when no one protected her, she could only hope that she would look ordinary and not become the spoils of greedy people.
"It would be great if she was Huan'er." Zhuge Congfeng said.
"How could she be Huan'er?" Puyang Qiubai frowned.
"If she's Huan'er, it means our Huan'er is growing up well, with people around her who love her, protect her, and keep her company. Isn't that wonderful?"
Puyang Qiubai lowered his eyes: "Yes, but how can such a lucky and beautiful thing happen in this world?"
Before Qin Huiyin even approached the lobby, she heard Princess Yuanying's voice making things difficult for the servants.
"Master Tang is at least a fourth-rank official. Don't you even have decent tea in your house? Or are you deliberately neglecting this princess like this?"
"Princess, calm down." Qin Huiyin stepped into the hall. "My humble abode is simple, and of course it can't compare to Prince Zhong's mansion. The prince's mansion drinks tea gifted by the emperor. If we in the Tang Mansion had that, we'd probably be targeted by the Censorate."
Princess Yuanying looked gloomily at Qin Huiyin opposite her.
Ever since she became disabled, she couldn't help but want to destroy these glamorous girls of the same age.
In terms of status, she is the darling of heaven. Why is her life so miserable, while those women who are not as good as her are so full of vitality and sunshine?
Especially this Qin Huiyin, for some reason, she just wanted to tear this face off.
When she marries into the Tang family and becomes her sister-in-law, she will make sure that this face never smiles again.
"My dear Princess, I'm grateful for your visit. What can I do for you?" Qin Huiyin sat down next to Princess Yuanying.
"How dare you!" Princess Yuanying's maid shouted angrily. "How dare you sit down when the princess hasn't told you to?"
Qin Huiyin looked around and said in surprise, "Isn't this my home? I have to get other people's permission before I can sit down in my own home. Isn't this against the rules? What do you call this? Well, it's like a cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest."
"You..." The maid was furious. "Princess, the second young lady of the Tang family is really rude."
"Her last name is Qin, not Tang, so of course there are no rules." Princess Yuanying looked at Qin Huiyin coldly, "Miss Qin, my engagement with your brother is complete. When I marry you, you must still respect me as your sister-in-law. From now on, not only will this princess have a higher status than you, but she will also have a higher generation than you. Whether you can sit down or not really depends on whether this princess agrees."
"The princess came here specifically to announce this news, so don't worry, our whole family has received the imperial edict. Does the princess have any other instructions?"
"Since I have an imperially granted engagement with Mr. Tang of your residence, I am the mistress of the Tang residence. Your shabby mansion must be renovated, otherwise it will be unworthy of my status," Princess Yuanying said, placing a blueprint on the table. "This is the design I asked the Ministry of Works to create. Please renovate the Tang residence according to this design. Once it's completed, my bridal sedan chair can be carried into the Tang residence."
Qin Huiyin didn't answer.
She held the teacup and took a sip of tea.
If she didn't drink the tea, she was afraid that she would not be able to suppress her anger.
Although the imperial marriage contract had been concluded, the Tang family had not yet expressed their intention to marry her, yet she was eager to interfere in the Tang family's life.
"Are you unwilling?" Princess Yuanying's eyes blazed with anger when she saw she didn't accept. "I heard your Tang family is quite wealthy. Repairing your mansion shouldn't be a big deal for you money-grubbing merchants, right? Or are you dissatisfied with this imperially granted marriage and unwilling to renovate the mansion according to my wishes?"
"Your Highness, you are too kind. This mansion is not my brother's official residence, so there is no need to renovate it. If you marry into the family, the princess will definitely arrange a bigger and better mansion for you. From now on, this mansion will be where my mother and my brother's father live. For the two of them, this mansion is barely enough to live in, and they don't need to spend any more time and money on it."
"You mean to say that this county is mainly married and will not live with her mother-in-law and father-in-law, but will live alone with Lord Tang?"
"That's right. Newlyweds should have their own little space. Even though you're a princess, you still have to pay your respects to your mother-in-law and be filial to your parents-in-law when you marry into the Tang family. If your mother-in-law and father-in-law are dissatisfied with anything, you, as their daughter-in-law, have to find the reason within yourself. Isn't it inconvenient to think about it this way?"
Princess Yuanying was somewhat tempted.
Yes! Although she could use her status as a princess to suppress the Tang family, they would also suppress her as her parents-in-law. If word got out that the daughter-in-law was disrespectful to her parents-in-law, even if she was a princess, she would still be criticized.
Her father has been warning her recently not to cause any more trouble, lest Prince Zhong's Mansion become too ostentatious and make the person in the palace dissatisfied, which would then implicate her brother at the border.
The empress dowager in the palace also warned her that the emperor's agreement to this marriage was a sign of his love for her. Tang Yichen had a promising future and was so handsome. She was infertile and had a disability. Now only the status of a princess could be worthy of him.
It was because of these words that she knew that marrying into the Tang family was a done deal. Even if she looked down on the Tang family's humble commoner origins, she had no choice but to accept her fate.
Apart from other things, the Tang family is wealthy. Such a large food street is run by the Tang family. As the hostess of the Tang family, that money will sooner or later fall into her pocket.
Thinking of this, she wanted to renovate the Tang house as soon as possible so that she could live comfortably when she got married.
"Which house do you plan to use as my wedding house?" Princess Yuanying asked, "I will choose it myself. If you are not satisfied, you will have to rebuild it for me."
"You are absolutely right, Princess." Qin Huiyin's eyes flashed with a strange look. "You are a princess, we must find a good place worthy of you. Don't worry, Princess, we will find it until you are satisfied."
It would be better if she didn’t get married!
It just so happens that they don’t know how to postpone the wedding date. Isn’t this a ready-made excuse?