Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 199 I Have Already Reminded You

No one knew about Xu Yuan and Song Xiujing's meeting.

After leaving Shen Yichuan's study, Xu Yuan was a little dazed. She was about to say goodbye to Shen Yichuan and go back first, when she heard someone say, "The third young lady of the Song family is really a remarkable woman. Her grace and beauty are the best in the capital."

"What, the Third Miss of the Song family? The one who is going to marry the Third Prince?"

"It's her. Haven't you heard? There is a horse farm behind the Shen family. The third daughter of the Song family tamed a Ferghana horse. Now even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to see it!"

"A Ferghana horse! Could it be Mr. Shen's horse? I heard that horse has a fierce temper and no one dares to ride it!"

"Why don't we go and take a look?"

"But men and women sit at separate tables. It's not a good idea to go to the women's side, right?"

"The prince has already gone, so what if we go and take a look?"

Xu Yuan was about to continue listening for a while, but the group of people who had been talking earlier had already rushed to the horse farm.

Xuyuan hesitated for a moment and followed.

Snowflakes fell all over the ground, and the whole world was white, except for a black shadow inside the horse farm.

Song Xiujing was wearing riding clothes, sitting high on the horse with a bright smile.

She was already pretty, and now sitting on the horse, she looked even more unrestrained and carefree. Not only the male guests, but also the female guests' eyes were on Song Xiujing.

Xu Yuan looked at them one by one, from the prince, to Qi Shengxin, and then to the Song brothers and sisters.

The admiration in the eyes of the Crown Prince and Qi Shengxin was particularly obvious.

On the contrary, Song Xiuwen and Song Xiuyue's looks were not so pleasant.

Perhaps because she had her limelight stolen, Song Xiu Yue stared at Song Xiu Jing intently, her eyes almost spitting fire.

After Song Xiujing rode around for another circle, he stopped with a light "whoa" and handed the reins to a servant in the Shen residence.

Shen Yichuan took the lead and shouted, "Miss Song San is amazing, she is worthy of being the descendant of a military family."

After hearing Shen Yichuan's words, others also began to praise him.

Qi Shengzhu even trotted over and pulled Song Xiujing in a friendly manner, saying, "Sister Song, you are amazing. Most young ladies in the capital can't ride a horse, let alone a horse like this. If they get on it, they will be thrown off. How did you do it?"

"I just learned some when I was a child." Song Xiujing replied in a low voice, not overwhelmed by the praise from all around.

Seeing the prince and his men approaching, she knelt down and saluted, "Jing'er greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"No need to be polite outside the palace." Bei Yuan said, and couldn't help but praise: "Miss Song's riding skills are the best among the women in the capital."

"That's right." Qi Shengxin nodded and said, "Zhu'er also thought about riding a horse before, but I don't know how many people were alarmed when she was on the street."

Qi Shengzhu heard this and laughed instead of getting angry: "Sister Song is from a military family after all, so she is naturally better than me. Why are you comparing me to her, brother?"

"That's right, Miss Song is different from other women..."

Bei Yuan looked at Song Xiujing, his eyes darkening.

He didn't know who Song Xiujing was before. He only knew that she was a concubine's daughter from the countryside, and must be a vulgar country woman.

But now I look at it...

Song Xiujing is tactful, gentle and generous, and good at both literature and martial arts. She is much better than Song Xiuyue, that ignorant woman.

It’s really a bargain for Beiyao.

Bei Yuan thought so but did not show any expression on his face. He immediately gave the reward and then left with Qi Shengxin.

Xu Yuan looked at Song Xiujing who was surrounded by a group of women, and quietly took a few steps back.

I don’t know whether what I did was right or wrong.

But she knew that Song Xiujing had given up the third prince and chose the crown prince.

What she wanted was the position of Crown Princess, or in other words, to no longer be constrained by the Song family.

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Xuyuan was not a celebrity, and he left quietly shortly after the snow-viewing banquet began.

The Shen Mansion was not far from where she lived, and Xu Yuan arrived there in no time.

When the door was opened, a dark shadow directly climbed over the wall. Xu Yuan pretended not to know. Seeing Wu Shiming pretending to hang lanterns, he deliberately said, "Why don't you wait for me to come back and hang lanterns together?"

Lanterns are prepared for the Chinese New Year.

Wu Shiming bought it early in the morning, but he always said that he would wait until the 30th to hang it up.

Suddenly hanging lanterns in the yard today is obviously covering up something.

After hearing Xu Yuan's words, Wu Shiming was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Look at my memory, I forgot! But I've already hung so many, so I might as well hang them all up."

Wu Shiming said, and then asked: "Didn't you go to the Shen family's banquet? Why did you come back so soon? There are many dignitaries there. It won't hurt to get to know more of them."

"They are all high-ranking officials. I am just an ordinary person. There is no one to chat with. It's boring to stay here, so I'll go back first."

Xu Yuan handed a lantern to Wu Shiming and said, "I saw the prince today. I heard that he is kind and benevolent. As expected, he gave a lot of good things at the snow viewing banquet."

"I've also heard that it's a blessing for Tianqi to have a crown prince like the prince."

Wu Shiming hung up a lantern and lowered his head to take down another one, but he saw Xu Yuan looking straight at him. He was stunned and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"I thought you didn't care about politics. I didn't expect you know quite a bit."

Xu Yuan looked normal, took out a lantern and handed it to Wu Shiming, saying, "Our shop will open next year, and I have a question I want to ask you."

"what?"

"The prince is kind and respectful to the wise and humble. From time to time, he would provide relief to the victims by giving them porridge and medicine. It would be fine if it was once or twice, but he has been doing this every day for several years. Tell me, where did he get so much money?"

Wu Shiming paused while hanging the lantern, and then said calmly, "Maybe the emperor gave me a lot of gifts. After all, he is the prince."

"But I remember that the emperor of the current dynasty advocated frugality and disliked extravagance, and rarely rewarded the princes with gold, silver and jewelry."

Hearing this, Wu Shiming said, "It may also be a reward from the current queen. The queen's mother's family is a big family, so they will not treat the prince badly."

"You are right." Xu Yuan nodded seriously and said, "But most people probably wouldn't think of this relationship. I would only think about where the prince got so much money from."

"Don't think about it." Wu Shiming jumped down from the chair. "The affairs of the royal family are too far away from us. People like us just need to guard our own little piece of land."

"What's far away in this world?" Xu Yuan collected the lanterns on the ground and suddenly said, "By the way, you have been buying New Year's goods recently. Maybe you heard that the price of salt has dropped?"

"What?" Wu Shiming turned around and looked at Xu Yuan.

"I heard it at the snow viewing banquet, don't you know?" Xu Yuan asked back.

"I don't know." Wu Shiming's smile froze.

He wanted to use the broom to sweep the snow, but the words of the wish kept coming to his mind. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer, put down the broom and said, "I'll go out and take a look. If it's really cheaper than usual, I should buy some more."

Xu Yuan raised his head and said, "Go and have a look. I don't know the price of salt. If it's cheaper than usual, you can buy more."

Watching Wu Shiming's hurriedly leaving back, Xu Yuan's smile gradually faded. It was not until the gate closed that she said, "Wu Shiming, I have already reminded you."

After saying that, Xuyuan took the broom and swept the snow in the yard.