Unaware that My Legitimate Sister is My Husband - Chapter 53
~End of chapter 52
The Duke of Su repeatedly achieved military success, the reputation of the family was very high, it was a force that the young emperor emperor both had to use and guard himself against.
The fact that he didn’t make Chong Fei the empress, was not only because of his beloved woman, but also because he was on his guard against that family.
But what did this have to do with Xi Xian?
What did she care who the crown prince was going to marry as his main wife?
Chapter 53
(20.2)
To go to the Duke of Su’s residence, some congratulatory gifts were needed.
The old matriarch had prepared a birthday gift for the old matriarch of the Duke of Su’s residence. Née Zhou had not socialized for a long time, but because of her identity as the Zhou family’s legitimate daughter, most of her former friends from when she was young were now old ladies of the noble top families in Chang’an. Since she was a young girl, she had both money and influence, and was also a very good person. Besides, she came from a family of scholars, the Zhou family was an exemplary family in the empire, with the best students. There was a nobleness and virtuousness flowing in her bloodline, and there were a lot people who were sincerely wanting to be friend with her.
The old matriarch of the Duke of Su’s residence was also like this.
Now the Xi family was in decline compared to the time where the old master Xi was still alive, but in the end, née Zhou’s fate wasn’t good, she was not like other married women, who climbed the social ladder by marrying into their husband’s family, instead she kept falling lower and lower.
Just like a very skinny camel was still bigger than a horse, although the Xi family was a little bit shabby, they still had the title of a famous family, so no one could look at them with contempt in their face, let alone now that née Zhou was making a personal appearance.
The old lady had prepared a congratulatory gift for the old lady of the Duke of Su’s residence, so Xi Xian had to prepare congratulatory gifts for the daughters of the Duke of Su’s residence, among them, there was one needed for the noble imperial consort Chong Fei, née He.
Naturally, right now she should still be called the third miss He.
Xi Xian actually did not know much about what Chong Fei liked, but in her last life, she heard that Chong Fei was particularly obsessed with all kinds of fans, especially the fans made with the Shu embroidery and the Su embroidery. She heard that her treasury was storing a lot of them, that had very exquisite handles, made of gilt and warm jade, or gold inlaid with jade and jadeite, and also with green emerald.
She couldn’t understand what there was to like about these fans, but Chong Fei cherished them like her own life, so much so that when the third prince, which she gave birth to, broke one when he was too young to understand, she scolded him thoroughly for it.
Xi Xian took all of this as just gossips during tea time, and never expected that this small matter would turn into such an important matter now.
To offer someone a gift, one had to give them what they liked. If she wanted to help the third miss become the girl living in the crown prince’s heart, she had to first become the best friend living in third miss He’s heart, so that her words could hold some weight.
But it was difficult on the old lady’s side, the old lady did not like fans, so she didn’t have many of them stored. After finding a few fans with a lot of difficulty, Xi Xian found that because they were old, and not carefully preserved, they no longer appeared exquisite and elegant.
There was no need to mention about Xi Xian’s collection, there were a few items stored in her small storehouse to maintain appearance, but not many of them were even worth seeing.
So Xi Xian bit her lip and went to look for Qing Yu again, carrying pastries.
She felt that asking her legitimate sister for a fan …… was a bit shameless, after all, it was someone else’s treasury, and she was taking her legitimate sister’s things as a gift for someone else, that didn’t sound good at all.
It was really shameful ah.
Her legitimate sister was so jealous, such an insane person, if she knew that she was using her things to please another girl, she would certainly throw a fit of rage, be very angry, and then mock her thoroughly in a harsh manner.
She was aware that sometimes girls were very jealous like this, so let’s not even mention her legitimate sister.
But she had to be cheeky like this for the stability of her own future.
Xi Xian beat around the bush for a long while, and then told Qing Yu what she wanted with a red face, her soft hands were twisting her handkerchief, as she stammered to finish her words. Her small, round ears turned red like dripping blood.
She raised her eyes and smiled shyly at Qing Yu, biting her lips and saying softly, “Sister Qing Yu, I know that according to feelings and reason, I shouldn’t do this, but can I borrow a fan ? In the future, when I get a better one, I will definitely return it to sister.”
Qing Yu hadn’t expected her to be so shy, she spoke for a long time, on the verge of tears, with a low and soft voice, and it turned out it was only for this. How could the master not bear to give her one fan ? He would find all of the best things for the little miss.
So Qing Yu asked, “Yes, there are fans here, but what style does sixth miss like?”
Xi Xian said, “Refined and elegant, preferably with a double-sided embroidery, and the handle of the fan should also be exquisitely made.”
She was afraid that Qing Yu would be put in a difficult position, so she said, “Actually, anything would be fine, sister Qing Yu.”
Qing Yu smiled respectfully and very straightforwardly agreed.
Translator : Laura
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