Unaware that My Legitimate Sister is My Husband - Chapter 85
~End of chapter 84
The crown prince’s rejection was simple and clear, and there was no room for maneuver.
He Jinrong was a high official’s daughter and a member of the empress’s family. Which noblewoman in Chang’an would not understand that a girl who had received such a harsh and exceptional upbringing was meant to be offered to one of the emperor’s son, to become a link between the He family and that man.
Therefore, if she couldn’t marry the crown prince, He Jinrong couldn’t stay in Chang’an either, because anyone who understood even a little bit of the key connections between the families wouldn’t be willing to marry her.
A woman that the crown prince didn’t want, other men would not dare to want her either.
Chapter 85
(31.3)
He Jinrong clenched her cuffs, a strand of gold thread was ripped off by her, her voice was gentle and sweet: “But the Xi family’s daughter, the crown prince is very fond of her, that girl has already become a married woman …….”
(TL’s note : He Jinrong is implying that Xi Xian is no longer a virgin)
The look on the empress’s face became unfathomable, the water in the teacup had cooled, she stretched out her slender fingers to take the cup, her dark red nails were particularly noticeable because of the contrast against her snow white skin. She just started to smile with a meaningful smile: “Since the crown prince does not want women from the He’s family, it’s not unusual for him to look at others.”
He Jinrong knew very well that her aunt was an intelligent and cool-headed woman.
She wouldn’t associate with others and turn against the crown prince just because of his pressure and cold treatment, because with the crown prince, their He family would receive the most profit, power and wealth, and if it was not the He family, it would be another family. There were many families that the crown prince could pick from, but there was only one regent crown prince, and as an aunt, she knew it very well.
But if there ever was a chance, as an aunt, she would definitely not spare Xi Xian.
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Very quickly, it was Xi Xian’s coming of age ceremony.
For some reason, since the last time after the empress’s birthday banquet, the Xi old matriarch did not order Xi Xian to go to other gatherings and she just occasionally made Xi Xian do painting. Xi Xian went on her own to attend banquets, to enjoy paintings as a pastime with her friends. Once, she met the talented painter Zhu Zikai’s younger sister, and was praised for her painting. Later, when the talented painted Zhu learned of it, Xi Xian inexplicably gained the reputation of being a talented girl in Chang’an.
Xi Xian found this matter very strange.
Her painting skills were not bad, but they were far worse than everyone else’s, there was no comparison possible. Moreover, those painters were so arrogant, how could they praise her so easily?
Could she not be very clear about her own talent ?
She suspected that someone was boosting her behind her back, and was doing so very recklessly, and very directly.
Xi Xian suspected that that person was her legitimate sister, but then she felt that she was being overly suspicious.
She had not seen her legitimate sister for quite some time now. She heard that her legitimate sister went to the Huangjue mountain, because the high monk Jingyuan, who had been to a foreign country, came back. Not only did the crown prince receive the high monk, even her legitimate sister went up to the Huangjue mountain to see the venerated monk.
This was a few months ago already.
During these past months, the crown prince had been in charge of the government. The court was in need of improvement, and even a girl in her boudoir like Xi Xian could understand some matters, and was able to feel that the crown prince was concerned about the taxation and the people’s situation, as well as the various land reforms.
That had nothing to do with her, but Xi Xian was deeply aware that what her legitimate sister had said to her wasn’t wrong at all.
All the land under her feet was imperial land, and everything she depended on for her life could change or even disappear because of his reforms.
Even though it was only a subtle and tiny change for the noble families, but Xi Xian was very sensitive to it.
As if the man was standing high above at a map, controlling and overlooking the whole scene, he did not even touch her, but she was already so scared, she was like a shriveled flower.
After her rebirth, he was always so close to her, like an invisible presence in a strategic position.
Xi Xian had no choice, she could only choose to ignore it, after all, no matter who the regent was, for someone like her, it was something unclear in the first place.
Xi Xian was at the age of growth, and after only half a year passed, she had a completely new look.
The spring passed and summer arrived, and one morning, it was Xi Xian’s coming of age ceremony.
As she grew older, her hair became more dense and soft, and when she was sitting in the sunlight, her hair appeared glossy and brown, her snow-white face as delicate as a silver plate also gradually blossomed, and the corners of her eyes held even more innocence and tenderness than in her previous life.
When she smiled, dimples formed on the sides of her lips, and when the corners of the eyes were slightly drooping, she appeared naturally pitiful, cute and innocent.
More importantly, perhaps because in this life, Xi Xian’s state of mind was better, and her life wasn’t so hard, her chest actually turned into a delicate and lovely gully, which looked protruding and abundant from the side.
(32.1)
Xi Xian’s coming of age ceremony was organized very sumptuously. Her father, who was in post as a prefect in Jiangnan, for no reason, was not allowed to return to Chang’an, but her concubine mother, née Qin, did return and was busy in the backyard organizing her daughter’s coming of age ceremony, but could not go to attend the ceremony.
As a noble clan, they had many rules, and née Qin was a concubine, so she couldn’t appear in public. Xi Xian was now being raised under the old matriarch’s knee, so although she couldn’t be considered as a full legitimate daughter, but her status was greatly improved because of her upbringing.
When née Qin saw that Xi Xian had grown quite a bit, with a waist slender like a willow tree, a charming and delicate face, with more beauty than she had, and that she spoke and conducted herself with calmness and steadiness, she couldn’t contain her tears, and took her daughter in her arms as she said: “You’ve grown up ……”
She had yet to finish her words that already she was started choking with sobs.
Translator : Laura
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