Chapter 143 Xu Zhen
Chapter 143 Xu Zhen
Therefore, Su Ling wanted An Shizi to help her think of a solution, but she didn't expect to be rejected by An Shizi. The look he gave her was full of calmness and no ripples.
That look instantly made Su Ling realize that they could never go back.
"County Lady Su!"
Just as she was lost in thought, someone called Su Ling.
"Sister Xu, what's wrong?"
The one named Su Ling is Xu Zhen, the eldest daughter of the Xu family.
"I heard that Princess Rui wants to find someone for you. Is that true?"
Su Ling smiled, lowered her eyes, picked up a cup of tea, and said slowly: "It's true, but I haven't seen it yet. I hope I can be as lucky as Sister Xu and get a beautiful girl like Cheng Tanhua."
Xu Zhen pretended to be shy, but was actually very proud: "I didn't expect this! Originally, Cheng Tanhua was the son-in-law favored by my third uncle, but my third sister suddenly fell ill and went to the farm to recuperate. My father then asked Cheng Tanhua if he was willing to marry me... Alas, this can be considered a blessing in disguise!"
Su Ling followed her and said, "What do you mean by an unexpected success? I think it's a marriage destined by heaven! Your third sister is a little unlucky, but she can find a good family when she gets better."
"Yeah." Xu Zhen started eating the snack happily.
Su Ling sneered in her heart. She knew Xu Zhen's character very well. He would do anything to achieve his goals and would often resort to shady tricks. Her third sister was the legitimate daughter of the third branch of the Xu family, so her status was naturally not as high as that of the first branch. It must be that Xu Zhen had taken a fancy to Cheng Tanhua, so he planned this drama of replacing people.
As for Cheng Tanhua, haha, there are better choices for legitimate women, why not want them?
Bai Zhaozhao didn't know the content of these conversations, but as she moved among the guests, she also heard about this from various gossips and rumors, and immediately realized that Xu Zhen might have been touched by Cheng Jiayu.
But what attracted her attention more at this moment was a young lady sitting in the pavilion in the southwest direction. She had an elegant appearance and extraordinary temperament.
She barely spoke, but there was a lot of activity around her. It was obvious that all the noble ladies were praising her. In addition, the maid standing behind her knew martial arts.
This was what Bai Zhaozhao noticed when they just passed by her.
"Chunlan, who is she?"
"Miss, she is Miss Qin, the granddaughter of Elder Qin!"
Bai Zhaozhao was slightly stunned. It turned out that she was Miss Qin who died in an "accident" in the original novel!
I don’t know if she and Cheng Jiayu are still destined to be together in this life.
At this time, the maid beside Miss Qin noticed Bai Zhaozhao's gaze, lowered her head and said a few words in Miss Qin's ear, and Miss Qin looked in the direction of Bai Zhaozhao.
Then, she smiled generously, Bai Zhaozhao nodded in return, and then went back to work.
This scene happened to be seen by Su Ling who came to talk to Miss Qin. She took Xu Zhen to the pavilion without saying a word.
Xu Zhen didn't want to come at first, because the Xu family has never had a good impression of the Qin family, but Su Ling said that her engagement with Cheng Jiayu should be told to everyone so that they can share in the good news, and she felt it made sense.
Sure enough, after Su Ling talked about this, the noble ladies around Miss Qin all chattered and said that this was definitely a good marriage. Aren’t the most famous young people in the capital at present Bai Zhuangyuan and Cheng Tanhua?
It is definitely the emperor's favor!
Of course, many of the noble ladies also laughed at him in private. How could a mere third place in the imperial examination with no background be considered a good marriage?
However, Xu Zhen was very proud and even glanced at Miss Qin secretly.
Miss Qin continued to drink tea calmly. Then she glanced at the maid behind her, and the maid began to change the subject: "Miss, why is the gold hairpin on your head crooked? Let me put it on for you again!"
Everyone looked over and discovered that Miss Qin had a hairpin on her head that was shaped like a plum blossom. It was delicate and exquisite, and it had been blocked from view before.
"Oh, Miss Qin, why did you hide such a beautiful hairpin? Fortunately, the maid saw it, otherwise we wouldn't be able to appreciate it!"
This is seeker number 1.
"That's right, this hairpin looks very valuable. Tell us where you bought it."
This is seeker number 2.
……
Xu Zhen's face suddenly turned dark. A hairpin made Miss Qin the focus of everyone again.
She also smiled and said, "That's true. Miss Qin, where did you buy the hairpin? You might as well tell me. I'm just thinking of buying some jewelry to match my clothes!"
Miss Qin deliberately looked her up and down and said, "Speaking of clothes, the one Miss Xu is wearing is old. Why not make two new ones? For example, I just met Miss Bai. I recognized her clothes at first sight. They are the exclusive embroidery of Zhenbao Pavilion. The light purple dress is really beautiful."
Fan No. 1 immediately said, "I see. I was wondering how Miss Bai looked so good in this dress. It turned out to be a dress specially made at Treasure Pavilion!"
Xu Zhen did not gain any benefit but was treated coldly instead. She glared at Su Ling, then stood up and left the pavilion, saying that she was going to take a walk somewhere else.
In fact, she sent her maid to get another dress from the carriage, then found the steward and went to the guest room to change clothes.
Coincidentally, Bai Zhaozhao also went to another guest room to change clothes. Just now, a maid accidentally spilled tea on her, which made her immediately alert. She directly refused the maid who wanted to bring her clothes and went to the nearest guest room.
After changing into the spare dress in the space, she breathed a sigh of relief. When she walked out of the room, she ran into Xu Zhen. Hey, why did she change her clothes too? And it was light purple.
Xu Zhen looked at Bai Zhaozhao with a bad expression, as if Bai Zhaozhao had done something wrong to her.
Bai Zhaozhao was confused. Although he had no good feelings towards the Xu family, he did not want to cause trouble at this time, so he went straight to the garden. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen caught up with him and shouted at him, "Why did you change your clothes?"
Bai Zhaozhao took the reputation of the palace into consideration and said patiently, "My clothes got wet accidentally. What's wrong with changing? Didn't you change too?"
However, Xu Zhen felt that Bai Zhaozhao was mocking her, as if she was deliberately imitating Bai Zhaozhao.
She originally wanted to change into a purple dress to outshine Bai Zhaozhao, but Bai Zhaozhao ended up changing into more exquisite clothes.
"I think you did it on purpose! You wanted to embarrass me on purpose!"
Bai Zhaozhao frowned: "What are you doing on purpose? Why are you embarrassed? Miss Xu, you should pay attention to the occasion when speaking. Don't just pick a random person and start biting him. That would be embarrassing!"
"You!" Xu Zhen was furious. Bai Zhaozhao was calling her a dog!
At this time, several noble ladies around noticed this place and slowly walked over to eat the melon.
When Xu Zhen saw this, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. She couldn't let others think that she was being unreasonable, so she pretended to be aggrieved, and her eyes were filled with tears in an instant.
She accused Bai Zhaozhao, "How could you do this? Cheng Tanhua is already engaged to me!"
Bai Zhaozhao: ...What an amazing face-changing technique!
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