Chapter 691: Not Recognizing Gold and Jade

"Why are you here?" Ruan Qingying went straight into Qingling's room and looked at Qingling who was sitting in the room in shock, "Shouldn't you be in--"

"Where should you be?" Qingling asked calmly, "Sister, do you think I should stay with Mr. Ye?"

Ruan Qingying froze and looked at her in disbelief.

"Mr. Ye and sister should be a perfect match." Qingling smiled faintly and wished sincerely, "I hope that after you get married, you will live with Mr. Ye forever and love each other."

Ruan Qingying pursed her lips and looked at Ruan Qingling with doubt in her eyes. She didn't know what went wrong. Why was the person who was supposed to be with Mr. Ye sitting in her room at this time?

"Big sister, go and do your work. You don't have to stay with me." Qingling smiled lightly, "I won't give you a dowry, nor will I--"

"I'm afraid it's not up to you." Ruan Qingying said coldly, "Your marriage can only be decided by your mother. Do you think you are superior to others just because you have served His Majesty for a while? There are so many palace maids around His Majesty. One more or one less won't make a difference--"

"Second Miss! Good news!" The maid hurried over to report. She could hear the excitement in her voice from a distance, "Her Majesty the Queen has granted the Second Miss a marriage! The imperial edict has arrived. It was personally conveyed by the Ninth Master of the Xie Family. Everyone has heard it! Second Miss--"

Ruan Qingying's face changed.

Qingling smiled faintly: "Big sister, do you believe what I said now?"

The maid walked into the room and was about to shout, but she saw Ruan Qingying there, her face was startled, and she bowed to Ruan Qingying respectfully: "Meet the eldest lady."

"Your Majesty granted marriage?" Ruan Qingying looked at her coldly, "Who did you grant marriage to the second lady?"

The maid excitedly said: "Second Master Chu, everyone heard it!"

As she said that, she excitedly pulled Qingling's arm: "Is the second lady happy? Her Majesty granted marriage, it's such an honor, the uncle must be very happy, this is the good deeds of the ancestors, the second lady must be very favored by His Majesty in the palace."

Qingling smiled: "Your Majesty's grace, I am lucky in three lives."

Ruan Qingying clenched her hands tightly, stared at Qingling for a long time, turned around and left.

"The eldest lady doesn't seem very happy." The maid looked at Ruan Qingying's back thoughtfully, not understanding why she was unhappy. Then she thought of another thing and quickly looked at Qingling again, "There is one more thing, Second Miss, His Majesty asked you to open a women's cottage, right? Can you take me with you? I'll go and do odd jobs for the second lady! Second Miss..."

When she was excited, she couldn't help shaking Qingling's arm and begging, "Women's cottage, it sounds very grand."

Qingling laughed: "It's not open yet, wait a minute."

The maid sighed: "Is the second lady going back to the palace? I'll pack clothes for the second lady."

Qingling ignored the chattering maid and turned to the window. The Ruan family mansion was not big and could not be compared with the real grand mansions of the rich and powerful. Standing in the inner courtyard, you can vaguely hear some lively and cheerful sounds. Someone kept congratulating her father and showing goodwill to Chu Nanyi.

Qingling covered her eyes and a gentle smile appeared on her lips.

Because of an imperial decree, Chu Nanyi, the illegitimate son of the Chu family who was not noticed by others, suddenly became a popular young man.

The originally low-key person could no longer be low-key in an instant. After leaving the Ruan family, someone handed him an invitation in the afternoon, inviting him to attend this poetry meeting, that flower meeting, or when someone's elder's birthday will be...

Chu Nanyi couldn't help but sigh secretly, as expected, when you are famous, you will have more gossip.

However, this is also inevitable. The mentality of people in the court and the court chasing the powerful is the same as the wind direction in the harem. Whoever the king favors will be in the limelight. Even the palace people know how to change their attitude according to the wind, let alone the young masters of the noble families who are used to all kinds of scenes outside?

Ruan's marriage to the illegitimate son of the Chu family was not a striking thing. What made people pay attention was that this was a marriage personally granted by Her Majesty the Queen, which was inlaid with gold and could not be ignored.

Chu Nanyi felt tired. He really didn't want to deal with those messy relationships. The only consolation was that now everyone in the imperial capital knew that Qingling was his daughter-in-law. They were destined to grow old together in this life with the words "imperial grant". They could not divorce each other.

And Qingling would be looked up to wherever she went in the future, and would no longer be looked down upon because of her identity as a female doctor.

Qingling had lunch at home and returned to the palace. She didn't stay for too long. The first thing she did when she returned to the palace was to thank the emperor.

Nanxi was grinding ink for Rongyu. During this period, Rongyu couldn't go to court. After she came back from court, she spent all her time with him. They were inseparable when reviewing memorials.

After listening to Qingling's brief account of what happened in the Ruan family, Nanxi said indifferently: "Your stepmother's attitude is very puzzling."

Even if she didn't like the concubine's daughter, she shouldn't despise the imperial decree of marriage. She was so smart that she planned to confirm Qingling's affairs before the imperial decree. What on earth was she trying to do?

"She should be asking for the extra betrothal gift from the Ye family." Qing Ling lowered her eyebrows and said, "Big brother has been living a life of luxury outside and owes a lot of money." Nan Xi's expression suddenly became subtle when she heard this. This is what it means to be blind to gold and jade, isn't it? He owes a lot of money? Chu Nanyi is a man with a lot of gold and silver, but Madam Ruan looks down on him. She insists on committing suicide for the mere betrothal gift from the Ye family. It's really hard to say what to say.

But after all this trouble, Chu Nanyi would definitely kill her. She dared to push the woman he liked into the arms of another man. The seemingly gentle Chu Nanyi might not be so easy to talk to.