The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 889 - 772, The Signal

The scandal involving Jiang Wanying and the Crown Prince of Xiliao added quite a topic of widespread discussion to the Empress Dowager’s birthday celebration.

Even though everyone was wary of the Empress Dowager’s and the Jiang Family’s power, they couldn’t help but gossip in private.

With such a stain on their reputation, the days when countless families sought the Jiang daughters for marriage were thoroughly a thing of the past.

Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager looked on with indifferent expression as Jiang Wanying knelt on the ground, sobbing incessantly, "Go back and get ready, prepare to marry into Xiliao."

"No, I don’t want to," Jiang Wanying looked towards the Empress Dowager in terror. freewebnøvel.coɱ

The second madam of the Jiang family hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Empress Dowager, Xiliao is remote and desolate, and Wanying has been frail since she was young—how can she endure it? I beg the Empress Dowager to rescind the order."

The Empress Dowager had no desire to speak further with the Jiang’s second madam and her daughter, and with a wave of her hand, she signaled for the chief madam of the Jiang family to take the two away.

After they left, the Empress Dowager’s face turned gloomy, and she smashed a teacup in anger.

Duke Cheng’en said, "Empress Dowager, the situation is already like this, Wanying... Wanying is still blood of the Jiang family. I beseech the Empress Dowager to take pity and negotiate some advantages for her, so that she isn’t too miserable after marrying into Xiliao."

The Empress Dowager calmed her anger slightly, "Xiliao came wanting to marry a princess, what I can do, is to secure a princess’s title for Wanying."

She said, glancing at Duke Cheng’en and the Jiang Princely Heir.

"That’s enough, you both should leave as well. Look after that mother and daughter pair, don’t let them do anything foolish."

To think that Jiang Wanying was foolish enough to present herself, and Jiang Tangshi’s daughter make such a spectacle in front of everyone—it was better not to mention this mother and daughter anymore.

...

Just when everyone thought Jiang Wanying would marry into Xiliao, there had been no response from the Emperor’s side.

The Crown Prince of Xiliao, on the other hand, was quick to realize that he couldn’t marry a real princess, and Yelu Qianhua, having lost to the Countess of Shengping at the arena, couldn’t marry Xiao Yeyang. Xiao Yeyang, being a prince’s son, the one he rejected, naturally, the other princes wouldn’t take her either.

So, he had to settle for second best, initiating the match with Jiang Wanying himself.

The Jiang family was the foremost aristocratic family of Daxia, and the Jiang legitimate daughter’s status was just one rank below a princess; in all other respects, she was hardly different.

He proposed marriage under the guise of forging friendly ties between nations, and presumably, the Empress Dowager and Empress in the palace would secure a princess’s title for the Jiang girl who shared that tumultuous night with him.

However, reality gave him a harsh slap in the face.

The Crown Prince of Xiliao sought an audience with the Emperor numerous times but was unceremoniously rejected at every attempt.

Thus, the discussions about Jiang Wanying and the Crown Prince of Xiliao grew even more intense.

The Yan Family was also closely watching the matter, given the Jiang Family’s audacity in framing Daohua within the palace—it was only natural that the Yan Family hoped for the Jiang Family’s misfortune.

"Miss, the Prince Residence of Pingxi has sent several pots of fine peonies and tree peonies, saying they are for you to enjoy and relieve boredom in your leisure time," Bi Shi led several maids to Daohua, each maid holding a pot of blooming flowers.

Daohua gestured for the maids to place the peonies on the stone table, sniffed the fragrance, and then smiled and asked, "Is it Huai En who sent these again?"

Bi Shi nodded, "Huai En said that he nearly harmed you that night, and both the prince and he feel extremely guilty. Huai En said, the prince has declared that you can take any flowers from the Prince Residence of Pingxi if you like them."

Daohua smiled, "Tell Huai En that since the prince is so generous, it would be impolite of me as the younger generation to decline. I happen to want to build a flower room in Pingxi Hall; I’ll decorate it with the prince’s flowers."

Upon hearing this, Bi Shi immediately smiled, "Huai En’s face will surely be a sight to see when he hears that." With that, she hurried off to convey the message.

...

Prince Residence of Pingxi.

The Princess Consort and Xiao Yechen watched the craftsmen in the eastern courtyard shifting flowers from the Hundred Flowers Garden, and their expressions were both uncertain.

No one knew better how much the Prince of Pingxi loved his plants; usually, even if they damaged one, they would be chided. Yet the Prince of Pingxi was now willing to take these beloved plants to decorate the eastern courtyard, which was still under construction.

Since the eastern part of the Prince Residence had been allocated to Xiao Yeyang for the construction of his new residence, everyone simply referred to it as the eastern courtyard.

"Chenchen, you must think of something quickly. That girl from the Yan Family hasn’t even entered our home, and your father is already like this. Once she does enter, won’t your father’s heart be taken back by Xiao Yeyang? If that happens, there won’t be a place for us, mother and son, in this Prince Residence."