Chapter 36A: Always Clever and Eloquent
These words were like iced water as they immediately penetrated everyone’s heart and cooled them down. Each and everyone’s expression became embarrassed.
Luo Qing Shuang’s complexion changed even more precipitously, becoming as white as a piece of white paper.
This was originally the matter that she was most troubled about. She formerly thought that since she already married Nangong Chen, what had passed would become the past and at most, only a few people might notice.
How could she have imagined that she had been too happy and momentarily leaked this weakness through her words, allowing someone to immediately grab it. It was even more unexpected that this woman hadn’t finished speaking before she faintly casted Luo Qing Luan a glance then turned to look at Luo Qing Luan and continued, “I am surprised that General Luo, whose courage is unrivalled, fails when teaching his own daughters. Not only did the oldest daughter get pregnant before she was married, even his main wife’s daughter is more or less the same. No need to talk about how she seduces Fifth Prince, she even stabs her elder sister in the back. Your entire family truly can not be described with words.”
Luo Qing Luan’s expression turned cold as she looked towards that woman.
She originally only wanted peace and quiet, without any intention of provoking anyone. Who could have imagined? It’s already good enough that she didn’t provoke others, yet someone actually took the initiative to provoke her?
“Madam Sun, you can’t make such irresponsible remarks…..” Wang Xue Ru originally wanted to confront her on the spot, yet once she looked at the woman who was speaking, she discovered that it surprisingly was the wife of the military department’s head envoy in charge of five cities. Wang Xue Ru immediately lowered her voice and then cut herself off.
This Madam Sun’s face was brimming with arrogance while her entire body exuded luxuriousness, and a noble and graceful aura, as if none of the people at the scene was of any worth in her eyes. She took an indifferent glance at Wang Xue Ru. “What, you must be the oldest Miss Luo’s mother, right, General Luo’s second wife? Do you feel that I’m wrong?”
How could a concubine, Wang Xue Ru, dare to go against the wife of the military department’s head envoy? She smiled obsequiously. “No, no……”
Madam Sun showed no mercy and cut her off. “Madam Wang, it’s not like I want to talk about you, but you already failed to become a main wife, so forget about having your daughter become a consort. Otherwise, when you stir things up until your daughter became pregnant before marriage, so that His Majesty reluctantly had to bestow her to Fifth Prince as a concubine, even if she becomes an imperial concubine in the future, the past will cause her to be forever unable to lift her head.”
After she finished speaking, she looked at her own daughter beside her. “Did you hear that, Yingxiang? A girl needs to be reserved and maintain dignity. You mustn’t do those things which makes an exhibition of yourself. Otherwise, you father will beat you to death for sure.”
“Yes, I’ll keep Mother’s instruction in mind.”
Lecturing somebody to their face like that, this Madam Sun totally depended on her status as the most respectable person among those here. Otherwise, how would she dare to say these things?
Luo Qing Luan’s complexion darkened upon hearing these words. If this woman only talked about Luo Qing Shuang and Wang Xue Ru, she could just ignore and forget about it. In any case, she didn’t consider them to be her family members anyway. But to display authority, this woman unexpectedly turned to step on her head. She’s not going to take it sitting down!
The atmosphere within the entire pavilion changed. No one praised the Luo Qing Shuang and Wang Xue Ru mother and daughter anymore. Each and everyone of them turned docile. Those who were daring reluctantly forced themselves to go fawn on Madam Sun. There were also those who praised that Sun Yingxiang was dignified and graceful, noble and magnanimous, quite taking after her mother.
“Madam Sun is indeed extremely strict in educating her children. No wonder she’s the wife of the military department’s lead envoy for five cities.”
Suddenly, only a single young woman’s voice could be heard. Everyone looked towards the voice before they noticed that it belonged to the uncommunicative girl who had been sitting behind Wang Xue Ru. It’s just that her skin was as bright as the snow, and she was strikingly beautiful. For a moment, no one could figure out how there was one more of such a remarkable girl in the General’s Mansion.
No one thought that she was in fact the general’s second daughter. Who didn’t know that Luo Qing Luan, the second Miss Luo, was tasteless and vulgar, as well as extremely ugly? Absolutely nothing like the young lady before them.
Surprise filled Madam Sun’s eyes. Nevertheless, her daughter, Sun Yingxiang was the first to speak. “What, are you also someone from the General’s Mansion?”
“No matter who I am, I naturally can’t compare to Miss Sun’s noble status. My birth mother has already passed away, so I can’t compare even more with Madam Sun’s strict family education, having brought up such an educated and well-balanced daughter like Miss Sun.”
Once Wang Xue Ru heard Luo Qing Luan speak, she immediately berated her. “Qing Luan, how can you talk like that to Madam Sun? Still not apologizing to Madam Sun and Miss Sun? You really don’t have any manners!”
Once everyone heard this, they simply couldn’t believe it.
There was only one daughter in the General’s Mansion named Luo Qing Luan. Could it possibly be this clever and bright young lady before them? But that’s impossible. Hasn’t it always been said that the second daughter was unbearably ugly. Why was it that now, not only was she not ugly, she even overtook the oldest daughter by quite a distance?
Although the status of those madams and young ladies at the scene could not be considered the most noble, who among them wasn’t extensively experienced? With but a bit of thought, they already understood the reason well. It’s very likely that the oldest Miss Luo envied her own younger sister, so she deliberately spread rumors to vilify her sister, right?
Madam Sun became even more disdainful as she said levelly. “Madam Luo don’t need to scold the second Miss Luo. I also would like to hear what she wants to say when all was said and done.”
Luo Qing Shuang actually became anxious and glared ferociously at Luo Qing Luan, afraid that she’ll say those things in public. If Luo Qing Luan put her on the spot and made her lose face, she’s going to have Father properly give her sister a lesson.
How could Luo Qing Luan not notice the gaze that turned towards her?
However, she simply didn’t look at Luo Qing Shuang and instead, she smiled faintly towards Madam Sun and spoke mildly. “I don’t dare. This younger one just doesn’t understand how is Madam Sun able to educate Miss Sun into such a magnanimous and refined young lady, yet is unable to discipline your own son well? I heard that Mister Sun has always been reluctant to leave the pleasure quarters. He’s already quite a few years older than twenty, yet not only does he have no scholarly achievement, he’s extremely adept instead at taking in minor concubines.”
Listening up to this point, Madam Sun’s complexion already changed greatly, yet Luo Qing Luan was still not finished. “It seems that recently, the capital has been abuzz with cacophonous talk that Mister Sun was again infatuated with a certain courtesan, creating a big disturbance, right?”
Chapter 36B: Always Clever and Eloquent
“You’re speaking nonsense!”
Sun Yingxiang heard Luo Qing Luan say that about her brother and she yelled. “Stop slandering my brother. He isn’t that kind of person!”
“Oh~?” Luo Luan calmly and unhurriedly responded. “Then the day before yesterday, for the sake of winning Miss Meng’s company, a leading courtesan at Heavenly Dream Tower, someone publicly got into a fight with another person in the middle of a busy street. In the end, that person even had Hu Cong break his adversary’s leg. I heard that the person’s name is Sun Feng. Don’t tell me that he’s not Miss Sun’s brother?”
“You……” Sun Yingxiang was at a loss for words, as her complexion blushed a deep red.
Immediately, the upper-class women and young ladies started whispering as they saw that Madam Sun’s complexion changed completely.
They were unlike Luo Qing Luan, who could go shopping in the streets at any time, so they had not heard of this matter before, but they discerned that Luo Qing Luan described everything extremely clearly. Moreover, this matter also happened in the middle of the street, so every one of them believed it.
Previously, people even flattered her for educating her children well, setting a moral compass for them, yet now, Madam Sun’s face had been slapped. How could her face endure it? Even though she restrained herself, at this moment, she could no longer help but get angry.
But everything Luo Qing Luan said was true. Even though she wanted to berate Luo Qing Luan, she could not find any grounds for doing so.
“The Second Miss Luo is indeed clever and eloquent. However, this is my Sun family’s personal affair and there’s no need to trouble you.”
Madam Sun was so angry that her chest was heaving up and down, yet she could only suppress herself and continued coldly. “Moreover, men and women are not the same. If my son marries several women, that reflects his ability. I’m also happy that he can spread more seeds to produce more offspring for the Sun family. However, you have been divorced by Fifth Prince. I don’t know which family will dare to marry you in the future. It’s better that you stay at home and learn more home arts. Perhaps there’ll be a tiny bit of hope.”
This matter had always been something that Wang Xue Ru and Luo Qing Shuang was most happy about. Even though Luo Qing Luan was currently helping them by speaking up, once this matter was brought up, it immediately gave them a dog-eat-dog feeling, a feeling of rejoicing in someone else’s misfortune.
Wang Xue Ru also didn’t want to totally offend Madam Sun, so she immediately spoke. “Qing Luan, Madam Sun is right. Why don’t you thank Madam Sun?”
Luo Qing Luan was as before and did not get angry as she stood up, straightened her clothes, then turned towards Madam Sun. “Yes, thank you, Madam Sun, for your instructions. In the future, I must remember not to marry someone like Mister Sun and Envoy Sun, who are both men who loves to take in concubines. If it’s like that, I’d rather not marry so as to avoid becoming as forlorn as Madam Sun.”
This information was something that Nangong Yu casually told Luo Qing Luan when she was at Heavenly Dream Tower. Otherwise, she also wouldn’t have learned of it. Now, merely by mentioning this matter, Madam Sun’s supremacy was suppressed and became an amusement for Luo Qing Luan, instead.
Her own husband had been wanting to take in a younger wife. Madam Sun had been indignant and vexed about this matter, yet now, it’s been revealed by Luo Qing Luan in front of everyone. Her previous anger had not even dissipated, so now, how could she still sit still?
She got up as her face hardened and coldly retorted. “Madam Luo, this daughter of yours is truly quite impressive. Humph!” After she finished speaking, she brought Sun Yingxiang and left in a huff.
“Madam Sun……Madam Sun!”
Wang Xue Ru cried out in alarm and yelled quite a few times wanting to call back Madam Sun, yet the other person didn’t care and just left. She kept walking and vanished.
Wang Xue Ru calmed her face and turned around. “Qing Luan, how can these things be something that an unmarried girl like you can talk about? No manners at all! Once we return home, I’ll make sure to have your father properly scold you!”
Even though she’s been helped by Luo Qing Luan, Luo Qing Shuang didn’t possess the slightest bit of gratitude. On the contrary, she hated Luo Qing Luan for ruining her friendship with Miss Sun, so she followed coldly with, “Younger Sister, in any case, this is Fifth Prince’s Mansion, can you refrain from offending the guests I invited here? This is not the General’s Mansion, so I ask that you restrain your ‘mistress disposition’.”
She knew from the start that this older sister did not like her, but this mother and daughter pair became so hostile without taking into account persons nor circumstances at all. Luo Qing Luan more or less also felt a bit unwell. However, she was unwilling to let everyone look upon the General’s Mansion as a laughingstock, so she only smiled faintly, and did not pay any more attention to them.
Everyone observed everything while keeping their own counsel. They all felt that it’s a bit strange. This second Miss Luo was apparently nothing like what the rumors say. Not only was she not ugly, she was actually intelligent and eloquent. Instead, it’s the oldest Miss Luo who clearly was not only not grateful to her younger sister for having helped her, she even spoke to her coldly. Therefore, everyone became even more clear about something.
Just at this time, a human voice sounded from the distance. The multitude of women turned towards the sound and saw Nangong Chen wearing a purple official robe and pearl crest on his head. In addition, accompanying beside him was Luo Cheng, General Luo. They approached escorted by a crowd of servants.
Even though there were only women inside this pavilion, Fifth Prince carried an identity as the host and should meet his guests, whereas Luo Cheng visited to see his own daughter, so he could also be considered as half a member of Fifth Prince’s Mansion. There was nothing improper about their coming together.
“Greeting to Fifth Prince, General Luo.” The multitude of womenfolk expressed their greetings in succession as required by propriety.
Luo Qing Shuang welcomed them even earlier and pulled at Nangong Chen’s hand in a cute and helpless looking manner before speaking coquettishly. “Chen, why are you here? Look, I’m wearing the hairpin you gave me today, does it look good?”
Nangong Chen drew her hand in and as he walked, he replied gently. “Yes, it looks good. You accompanied the guests for such a long time, are you tired? Does your body feel any discomfort? Don’t let it affect our son.”
“No. I’ve merely been sitting down and chat a bit, that’s all. That’s right, my mother also came……”
She had not finished speaking when Nangong Chen already noticed Wang Xue Ru standing by the side. He had just started to nod his head neither energetically nor indifferently when he suddenly saw Luo Qing Luan standing behind her. He couldn’t help but become totally stunned.
Last time, when he accompanied Luo Qing Shuang to return to the bride’s home, he abruptly saw Luo Qing Luan’s true appearance. It practically startled him like she was a celestial being. He originally thought that she was a cousin of the General’s Mansion, yet didn’t expect that she was actually the fiancee that he just divorced. At that moment, he was so vexed that his intestines turned green*.
(*Chinese expression which describes extreme regret, vexation, or anger.)
Chapter 36A: Always Clever and Eloquent
These words were like iced water as they immediately penetrated everyone’s heart and cooled them down. Each and everyone’s expression became embarrassed.
Luo Qing Shuang’s complexion changed even more precipitously, becoming as white as a piece of white paper.
This was originally the matter that she was most troubled about. She formerly thought that since she already married Nangong Chen, what had passed would become the past and at most, only a few people might notice.
How could she have imagined that she had been too happy and momentarily leaked this weakness through her words, allowing someone to immediately grab it. It was even more unexpected that this woman hadn’t finished speaking before she faintly casted Luo Qing Luan a glance then turned to look at Luo Qing Luan and continued, “I am surprised that General Luo, whose courage is unrivalled, fails when teaching his own daughters. Not only did the oldest daughter get pregnant before she was married, even his main wife’s daughter is more or less the same. No need to talk about how she seduces Fifth Prince, she even stabs her elder sister in the back. Your entire family truly can not be described with words.”
Luo Qing Luan’s expression turned cold as she looked towards that woman.
She originally only wanted peace and quiet, without any intention of provoking anyone. Who could have imagined? It’s already good enough that she didn’t provoke others, yet someone actually took the initiative to provoke her?
“Madam Sun, you can’t make such irresponsible remarks…..” Wang Xue Ru originally wanted to confront her on the spot, yet once she looked at the woman who was speaking, she discovered that it surprisingly was the wife of the military department’s head envoy in charge of five cities. Wang Xue Ru immediately lowered her voice and then cut herself off.
This Madam Sun’s face was brimming with arrogance while her entire body exuded luxuriousness, and a noble and graceful aura, as if none of the people at the scene was of any worth in her eyes. She took an indifferent glance at Wang Xue Ru. “What, you must be the oldest Miss Luo’s mother, right, General Luo’s second wife? Do you feel that I’m wrong?”
How could a concubine, Wang Xue Ru, dare to go against the wife of the military department’s head envoy? She smiled obsequiously. “No, no……”
Madam Sun showed no mercy and cut her off. “Madam Wang, it’s not like I want to talk about you, but you already failed to become a main wife, so forget about having your daughter become a consort. Otherwise, when you stir things up until your daughter became pregnant before marriage, so that His Majesty reluctantly had to bestow her to Fifth Prince as a concubine, even if she becomes an imperial concubine in the future, the past will cause her to be forever unable to lift her head.”
After she finished speaking, she looked at her own daughter beside her. “Did you hear that, Yingxiang? A girl needs to be reserved and maintain dignity. You mustn’t do those things which makes an exhibition of yourself. Otherwise, you father will beat you to death for sure.”
“Yes, I’ll keep Mother’s instruction in mind.”
Lecturing somebody to their face like that, this Madam Sun totally depended on her status as the most respectable person among those here. Otherwise, how would she dare to say these things?
Luo Qing Luan’s complexion darkened upon hearing these words. If this woman only talked about Luo Qing Shuang and Wang Xue Ru, she could just ignore and forget about it. In any case, she didn’t consider them to be her family members anyway. But to display authority, this woman unexpectedly turned to step on her head. She’s not going to take it sitting down!
The atmosphere within the entire pavilion changed. No one praised the Luo Qing Shuang and Wang Xue Ru mother and daughter anymore. Each and everyone of them turned docile. Those who were daring reluctantly forced themselves to go fawn on Madam Sun. There were also those who praised that Sun Yingxiang was dignified and graceful, noble and magnanimous, quite taking after her mother.
“Madam Sun is indeed extremely strict in educating her children. No wonder she’s the wife of the military department’s lead envoy for five cities.”
Suddenly, only a single young woman’s voice could be heard. Everyone looked towards the voice before they noticed that it belonged to the uncommunicative girl who had been sitting behind Wang Xue Ru. It’s just that her skin was as bright as the snow, and she was strikingly beautiful. For a moment, no one could figure out how there was one more of such a remarkable girl in the General’s Mansion.
No one thought that she was in fact the general’s second daughter. Who didn’t know that Luo Qing Luan, the second Miss Luo, was tasteless and vulgar, as well as extremely ugly? Absolutely nothing like the young lady before them.
Surprise filled Madam Sun’s eyes. Nevertheless, her daughter, Sun Yingxiang was the first to speak. “What, are you also someone from the General’s Mansion?”
“No matter who I am, I naturally can’t compare to Miss Sun’s noble status. My birth mother has already passed away, so I can’t compare even more with Madam Sun’s strict family education, having brought up such an educated and well-balanced daughter like Miss Sun.”
Once Wang Xue Ru heard Luo Qing Luan speak, she immediately berated her. “Qing Luan, how can you talk like that to Madam Sun? Still not apologizing to Madam Sun and Miss Sun? You really don’t have any manners!”
Once everyone heard this, they simply couldn’t believe it.
There was only one daughter in the General’s Mansion named Luo Qing Luan. Could it possibly be this clever and bright young lady before them? But that’s impossible. Hasn’t it always been said that the second daughter was unbearably ugly. Why was it that now, not only was she not ugly, she even overtook the oldest daughter by quite a distance?
Although the status of those madams and young ladies at the scene could not be considered the most noble, who among them wasn’t extensively experienced? With but a bit of thought, they already understood the reason well. It’s very likely that the oldest Miss Luo envied her own younger sister, so she deliberately spread rumors to vilify her sister, right?
Madam Sun became even more disdainful as she said levelly. “Madam Luo don’t need to scold the second Miss Luo. I also would like to hear what she wants to say when all was said and done.”
Luo Qing Shuang actually became anxious and glared ferociously at Luo Qing Luan, afraid that she’ll say those things in public. If Luo Qing Luan put her on the spot and made her lose face, she’s going to have Father properly give her sister a lesson.
How could Luo Qing Luan not notice the gaze that turned towards her?
However, she simply didn’t look at Luo Qing Shuang and instead, she smiled faintly towards Madam Sun and spoke mildly. “I don’t dare. This younger one just doesn’t understand how is Madam Sun able to educate Miss Sun into such a magnanimous and refined young lady, yet is unable to discipline your own son well? I heard that Mister Sun has always been reluctant to leave the pleasure quarters. He’s already quite a few years older than twenty, yet not only does he have no scholarly achievement, he’s extremely adept instead at taking in minor concubines.”
Listening up to this point, Madam Sun’s complexion already changed greatly, yet Luo Qing Luan was still not finished. “It seems that recently, the capital has been abuzz with cacophonous talk that Mister Sun was again infatuated with a certain courtesan, creating a big disturbance, right?”
Chapter 36B: Always Clever and Eloquent
“You’re speaking nonsense!”
Sun Yingxiang heard Luo Qing Luan say that about her brother and she yelled. “Stop slandering my brother. He isn’t that kind of person!”
“Oh~?” Luo Luan calmly and unhurriedly responded. “Then the day before yesterday, for the sake of winning Miss Meng’s company, a leading courtesan at Heavenly Dream Tower, someone publicly got into a fight with another person in the middle of a busy street. In the end, that person even had Hu Cong break his adversary’s leg. I heard that the person’s name is Sun Feng. Don’t tell me that he’s not Miss Sun’s brother?”
“You……” Sun Yingxiang was at a loss for words, as her complexion blushed a deep red.
Immediately, the upper-class women and young ladies started whispering as they saw that Madam Sun’s complexion changed completely.
They were unlike Luo Qing Luan, who could go shopping in the streets at any time, so they had not heard of this matter before, but they discerned that Luo Qing Luan described everything extremely clearly. Moreover, this matter also happened in the middle of the street, so every one of them believed it.
Previously, people even flattered her for educating her children well, setting a moral compass for them, yet now, Madam Sun’s face had been slapped. How could her face endure it? Even though she restrained herself, at this moment, she could no longer help but get angry.
But everything Luo Qing Luan said was true. Even though she wanted to berate Luo Qing Luan, she could not find any grounds for doing so.
“The Second Miss Luo is indeed clever and eloquent. However, this is my Sun family’s personal affair and there’s no need to trouble you.”
Madam Sun was so angry that her chest was heaving up and down, yet she could only suppress herself and continued coldly. “Moreover, men and women are not the same. If my son marries several women, that reflects his ability. I’m also happy that he can spread more seeds to produce more offspring for the Sun family. However, you have been divorced by Fifth Prince. I don’t know which family will dare to marry you in the future. It’s better that you stay at home and learn more home arts. Perhaps there’ll be a tiny bit of hope.”
This matter had always been something that Wang Xue Ru and Luo Qing Shuang was most happy about. Even though Luo Qing Luan was currently helping them by speaking up, once this matter was brought up, it immediately gave them a dog-eat-dog feeling, a feeling of rejoicing in someone else’s misfortune.
Wang Xue Ru also didn’t want to totally offend Madam Sun, so she immediately spoke. “Qing Luan, Madam Sun is right. Why don’t you thank Madam Sun?”
Luo Qing Luan was as before and did not get angry as she stood up, straightened her clothes, then turned towards Madam Sun. “Yes, thank you, Madam Sun, for your instructions. In the future, I must remember not to marry someone like Mister Sun and Envoy Sun, who are both men who loves to take in concubines. If it’s like that, I’d rather not marry so as to avoid becoming as forlorn as Madam Sun.”
This information was something that Nangong Yu casually told Luo Qing Luan when she was at Heavenly Dream Tower. Otherwise, she also wouldn’t have learned of it. Now, merely by mentioning this matter, Madam Sun’s supremacy was suppressed and became an amusement for Luo Qing Luan, instead.
Her own husband had been wanting to take in a younger wife. Madam Sun had been indignant and vexed about this matter, yet now, it’s been revealed by Luo Qing Luan in front of everyone. Her previous anger had not even dissipated, so now, how could she still sit still?
She got up as her face hardened and coldly retorted. “Madam Luo, this daughter of yours is truly quite impressive. Humph!” After she finished speaking, she brought Sun Yingxiang and left in a huff.
“Madam Sun……Madam Sun!”
Wang Xue Ru cried out in alarm and yelled quite a few times wanting to call back Madam Sun, yet the other person didn’t care and just left. She kept walking and vanished.
Wang Xue Ru calmed her face and turned around. “Qing Luan, how can these things be something that an unmarried girl like you can talk about? No manners at all! Once we return home, I’ll make sure to have your father properly scold you!”
Even though she’s been helped by Luo Qing Luan, Luo Qing Shuang didn’t possess the slightest bit of gratitude. On the contrary, she hated Luo Qing Luan for ruining her friendship with Miss Sun, so she followed coldly with, “Younger Sister, in any case, this is Fifth Prince’s Mansion, can you refrain from offending the guests I invited here? This is not the General’s Mansion, so I ask that you restrain your ‘mistress disposition’.”
She knew from the start that this older sister did not like her, but this mother and daughter pair became so hostile without taking into account persons nor circumstances at all. Luo Qing Luan more or less also felt a bit unwell. However, she was unwilling to let everyone look upon the General’s Mansion as a laughingstock, so she only smiled faintly, and did not pay any more attention to them.
Everyone observed everything while keeping their own counsel. They all felt that it’s a bit strange. This second Miss Luo was apparently nothing like what the rumors say. Not only was she not ugly, she was actually intelligent and eloquent. Instead, it’s the oldest Miss Luo who clearly was not only not grateful to her younger sister for having helped her, she even spoke to her coldly. Therefore, everyone became even more clear about something.
Just at this time, a human voice sounded from the distance. The multitude of women turned towards the sound and saw Nangong Chen wearing a purple official robe and pearl crest on his head. In addition, accompanying beside him was Luo Cheng, General Luo. They approached escorted by a crowd of servants.
Even though there were only women inside this pavilion, Fifth Prince carried an identity as the host and should meet his guests, whereas Luo Cheng visited to see his own daughter, so he could also be considered as half a member of Fifth Prince’s Mansion. There was nothing improper about their coming together.
“Greeting to Fifth Prince, General Luo.” The multitude of womenfolk expressed their greetings in succession as required by propriety.
Luo Qing Shuang welcomed them even earlier and pulled at Nangong Chen’s hand in a cute and helpless looking manner before speaking coquettishly. “Chen, why are you here? Look, I’m wearing the hairpin you gave me today, does it look good?”
Nangong Chen drew her hand in and as he walked, he replied gently. “Yes, it looks good. You accompanied the guests for such a long time, are you tired? Does your body feel any discomfort? Don’t let it affect our son.”
“No. I’ve merely been sitting down and chat a bit, that’s all. That’s right, my mother also came……”
She had not finished speaking when Nangong Chen already noticed Wang Xue Ru standing by the side. He had just started to nod his head neither energetically nor indifferently when he suddenly saw Luo Qing Luan standing behind her. He couldn’t help but become totally stunned.
Last time, when he accompanied Luo Qing Shuang to return to the bride’s home, he abruptly saw Luo Qing Luan’s true appearance. It practically startled him like she was a celestial being. He originally thought that she was a cousin of the General’s Mansion, yet didn’t expect that she was actually the fiancee that he just divorced. At that moment, he was so vexed that his intestines turned green*.
(*Chinese expression which describes extreme regret, vexation, or anger.)
