Unaware that My Legitimate Sister is My Husband - Chapter 68
Chapter 68
(24.3)
His Highness, the crown prince, had a deep scheming mind, and he had a good grasp on the affairs of the court, and apart from being decisive and resolute in killing, his swordsmanship was also so skillful and sophisticated that he inspired terror.
In Xi Xian’s memory, among this selection of daughters from noble families, there was a girl sent by the crown prince, which would become in the next three years the old emperor’s favorite consort Zhen. In the end, the old emperor would even die on that woman’s navel.
It wasn’t that the other sons of the emperors or imperial princes never thought of using such methods, but the variables were too large, and there was a lot of back operations to do to control things, but the person chosen by the crown prince operated smoothly all along, she seemed to know all the old emperor’s preferences and all of his taboos, like a woman born for emperor Suiyuan, which was why she was so highly favored by him.
And that absolutely favored consort Zhen in the end died, hanged with a white damask sheet inside a room, and her corpse wasn’t even allowed to be buried.
Xi Xian knew that even if this noble consort Zhen was the crown prince’s agent, it didn’t mean anything, he was cold-hearted, so after negotiating the conditions, there was no superfluous kindness nor pity.
Xi Xian did not understand, he was so powerful, why didn’t he immediately kill emperor Suiyuan and ascend to the throne himself, but instead patiently waited for years ?
She didn’t understand at all, but she was not interested in finding out either.
When it was almost winter, Xi Xian decided that she would make a pair of shoes for her legitimate sister. Sisters should sew something with their own hands and give it to each other in order to be considered close.
Naturally, she believed that her legitimate sister was so skilled, she even practiced swordsmanship in such a powerful and refined way, that there was most definitely nothing that she didn’t know how to do.
Naturally, there was no need to mention women’s work, embroidery.
If she knew how to embroider, then she definitely had to ask her legitimate sister to embroider a dudou for her, a pouch, or a handkerchief.
(TL’s note ; as a reminder, a dudou is a woman’s underwear)
After a few days, Xi Xian heard about the events that happened at the empress’s banquet.
It indeed turned out that the Zhen family’s young miss caught emperor Suiyuan’s eyes, she was taken into the harem and conferred the title of consort. The Zhen family was an ordinary family among the noble clans, they were neither illustrious nor shabby, but they were a very ancient family.
Xi Xian naturally didn’t have any doubt regarding née Zhen’s beauty.
The beauty that the crown prince had selected, it was a given that her appearance could not be bad, but the main thing was, according to rumors, she had the type of body that men liked, her chest was bulging and her body was well-rounded but frail, so it was no wonder that the old emperor would indulge himself so much in her body.
However, the most important was her temperament and intelligent mind, and her high level in trickery. If it wasn’t for that, she wouldn’t become emperor Suiyuan’s favorite consort.
Xi Xian wasn’t curious about née Zhen, at most she just liked to hear some gossips, but she was only concerned about her own affairs.
She originally did not want to disturb her legitimate sister while she was recuperating, but she still needed to ask for her body measurements.
Half way, she had yet to pass the courtyard door, when she saw her third sister Xi Yan coming out of her legitimate sister’s inner courtyard. She was wearing a lotus pink dress, draped in a scarlet cloak with gold threads, holding in her hand a hand-warmer made of copper engraved with flowers, swaying soft jade tassels were binding and hanging down from her hair, and when she saw her, she smiled and exchanged pleasantries with her for a few moments.
Xi Yan used to have a good relationship with Xi Yao, but since that incident with Xi Yao, her third sister rarely ever interacted with her. Xi Xian always felt that this third sister was not ordinary, she had a gentle and virtuous aura surrounding her entire body that seemed completely different from the two other concubine-born daughters.
In the Xi family, in addition to Xi Yan and Xi Yao, in fact, there were two other misses, their second sister had gotten married before Xi Xian entered the residence and their fourth sister had already passed away a few years earlier.
Among them, only Xi Yan seemed the most like a proper high-born lady of a noble household, every move of hers showed her excellent upbringing, she never acted biased, and the refined and graceful internal aura that could be felt from her whole body made people not dare to underestimate her.
In fact, in Xi Xian’s mind, the third sister Xi Yan was the daughter who most seemed like a legitimate daughter.
If her legitimate sister was a man, then there wouldn’t be any need for the eldest legitimate son, Xi Hui, to be.
When Xi Xian saw Xi Yan come out, she asked in passing: “Did third sister go to see eldest sister? I’ve come to see her these days, but she never sees me.” As she said those words, she felt somewhat sour, her cheeks turned red, and she was a little embarrassed.
Xi Yan slightly paused and then brushed away a fallen leaf on Xi Xian’s temple. She sighed gently, “Yes, I just went to talk to eldest sister, but I came out after just a few words. Little sister, don’t be overly concerned, eldest sister has always cherished you the most.”
Xi Xian didn’t speak anymore, and just nodded her head with a smile to say goodbye to Xi Yan. Then, with lotus steps lightly, she moved into the room.
Translator : Laura
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