
Huang Mingxiang burned the invitation letter paper that the Palace sent for him. It was a tea party letter to the noble mistresses of the Empire from Rong Xuan. Today, it had even been five months since Xiao Muqing's departure to the border. His stomach is growing.
"Huanghou ... The woman started to move with classics like this?" huang Mingxiang said, his lips smilingly staring at the burning letter. Ever since Xiao Muqing's departure, he tightly shut Xiao Wangfu's door and increased his vigilance. The woman never cried and showed her weak side when Xiao Muqing was not beside her. Huang Mingxiang tried to exert all his strength to protect everything he cared about while Xiao Muqing was not by his side.
Chen Taifei the Great sat right next to Huang Mingxiang, the woman as usual smiled kindly, now her hands moved elegantly stirring the tea. "It doesn't matter what he started, but it does matter how he goes about it."
Huang Mingxiang glanced at Chen Taifei the Great, then asked, "Mufei, your name is not mentioned at all in this invitation. Or...Have you received another invitation in person?"
Chen Taifei the Great shook his head. "Not a single invitation came to me." Then he sipped his tea.
Huang Mingxiang chuckled thinly, then said, "He deliberately? But ... Isn't this action too reckless? What if someone touches this issue? He'll fall straight down can't retaliate."
Chen Taifei the Great looked at Huang Mingxiang, his lips still smiling. "Mingxiang, that's not a problem. Even without an invitation or permission, Mufei could still enter the entire corner of the Palace, not least the tea party area belonging to Huanghou."
Huang Mingxiang nodded briefly. "Mingxiang knew that, after all .. Currently in the Palace there is still Huangtaihou. The woman had not been able to do any reckless deeds, Mingxiang did not need to retaliate his attacks too hard, what else should trouble Mufei."
Chen Taifei the Great nodded back as well, after which he turned his head outside the window, staring at the sky. Her heart was secretly feeling a great worry, the woman was worried not with the fight she was going to have in the Palace, but worried about her son there. His facial sharpness occasionally showed a restless expression.
The next day, Huang Mingxiang was ready to head for the Palace. Chen Taifei the Great escorted him personally aboard the horse carriage, the woman truly cherished Huang Mingxiang as much as she doted on Xiao Muqing.
"If anything happens, immediately send someone to call Mufei. Understood?" said Chen Taifei the Great, his countenance looked worried.
Huang Mingxiang chuckled, then replied, "Mufei, you don't have to worry. This kind of situation was not the first time for Mingxiang, Mufei could-"
"I can't calm down. I don't want the Rong clan to take my son a second time." Chen Taifei the Great looked at Huang Mingxiang seriously.
Huang Mingxiang was stunned. 'Child'? Chen Taifei the Great considered him a child? Huang Mingxiang's face immediately returned a smile, his feelings feeling warm. This ... was the first time she felt such deep affection from a mother other than Huangtaihou. But ... this feeling is a little different, because ... Huang Mingxiang should still call Huangtaihou 'aunt', however ... Great Chen Taifei, Huang Mingxiang could directly call her 'mother' or if it followed the Imperial rules, 'Mufei'.
Huang Mingxiang nodded small. "Sure, Mufei. This time ... Mingxiang who will repay your heartache to the Rong clan. Mingxiang promised."
Chen Taifei the Great was stunned, the woman also felt warm. His head nodded elegantly, his lips smiling increasingly sweet. "Then, be careful, son."
Huang Mingxiang nodded back again, then after two to three farewell sentences, finally Huang Mingxiang's horse carriage could actually go towards the Imperial Palace.
Huang Mingxiang watched the road leading to the Palace. Now, winter is really over. The snow had already completely melted away, there was only wind and sunlight shining brightly.
Huang Mingxiang was daydreaming a lot, he thought of various things. Xiao Muqing, his content, Palace, politics, his past, and Lang Tao mountain. His entire A-Z memory came in turns.
Not felt, now he has arrived at the Palace. Huang Mingxiang immediately descended, personally assisted by Su Mama and Yui. As for Baili Ruyi, the woman watched from afar as usual.
"Welcome, Xiao Wangfei Niangniang. Greetings, your honor."
The entire noble mistress gathered to welcome his arrival, Huang Mingxiang's eyes watching their faces one by one.
Huang Mingxiang smiled, he returned the greetings of the noble ladies kindly while stroking his large belly. "The Furen's welcome is very warm, this Wangfei is very touched because you have to bother getting up from your seats and greeting me."
One of Furen shook his head, his lips smiled and said, "We don't consider it a hassle at all, Wangfei. My husband told me to make Wangfei feel comfortable and happy at every meeting."
Huang Mingxiang nodded his head thinly, then asked, "Goodness ... such attention, who is your husband, Furen?"
"According to Wangfei, Lieutenant General Shao," the woman replied.
Shao Furen who understood the 'same fate' intent of Huang Mingxiang laughed elegantly by covering half his face using a fan, then replied,"It's our destiny to marry a man who has a career in the military like that." Shao Furen looked a little sigh at the end of his sentence.
After two to three pleasantries, they all finally returned inside the party area with Huang Mingxiang leading the way in front.
The eyes of Huang Mingxiang and Rong Xuan met, they instantly threw smiles and sneaky gazes at each other.
Rong Xuan stood up, then said, "Welcome, Xiao Wangfei. I hope you and your baby are healthy now .. Please enjoy this tea party. You can let go of all the fatigue and fatigue here." Rong Xuan's tone sounded very friendly, so friendly that it made Huang Mingxiang creep.
Boro-boro release fatigue, even breathing will be difficult later. I don't know what plans Rong Xuan will make now. Before long, Huang Mingxiang's eyes caught the figure of a noble lady who looked extremely calm. The woman did not welcome him like the Furens had, and Huang Mingxiang had never seen her at all.
Seeing Huang Mingxiang watching someone, Rong Xuan immediately said, "Wangfei, introduce. The beautiful Xiaojie over there is my cousin, he I invited here deliberately in order to get along and establish a good relationship with the noble ladies of the Empire."
After Rong Xuan said so, the woman stood up and bowed towards Huang Mingxiang. "Greetings, Xiao Wangfei Niangniang. My name is Rong Lingxie. I was rarely seen in the society of nobles because my daily activities were carried out to attend the Dormitory of the Imperial Medical Academy which was only allowed to go home once every three months. I hope, my presence does not bother Wangfei Niangniang and the other Furens."
Huang Mingxiang stared fixedly at Rong Lingxie. Ah ... Rong Lingxie, Huang Mingxiang had met him once two years ago during his massive Imperial Birthday. The ages of the two of them were not much different, Huang Mingxiang was one year older on top of him. And most importantly, the woman had once been Xiao Muqing's prospective fiancee before Chen Taifei the Great's side and Xiao Muqing himself had rejected the offer outright. But as he remembered, the woman looked very happy when her proposal was canceled because at that time Xiao Muqing was still permanently paralyzed.
As Rong Lingxie raised her face and looked at Huang Mingxiang, Huang Mingxiang could easily catch a glimmer of a jealous and hateful look. Huang Mingxiang smiled seeing this, then glanced at Rong Xuan. Jeez .. did that woman use this stupid cousin of hers to attack her? Judging from Rong Lingxie's gaze, it seemed that the woman was sorry for having already annulled her engagement to Xiao Muqing.
The tea party continued after it had stopped due to Huang Mingxiang's arrival and Rong Lingxie's brief self-introduction. The music was beautiful, Huang Mingxiang actually wanted to enjoy this party, but .. there were dangerous tigers and snakes that had kept staring at him, as if ready to pounce on him at any time if he was off guard.
Ting! Ting! Ting!
Rong Lingxie tapped on her teacup with a small spoon three times, calling the attention of all the invited guests. The woman then stood up, smiled knotfully and bowed towards Rong Xuan. "Niangniang, if you allow it, allow Lingxie to dance at today's tea party to add to the guests' entertainment."
Rong Xuan smiled back, his head nodding. "Of course you can, Meimei. You need not hesitate, please show me something interesting."
Rong Lingxie nodded back confidently as well. "Well, thank you very much Niangniang for the opportunity. Lingxie will perform the dance 'Wounded Flower'."
When he heard the name of the dance, the movement of Huang Mingxiang who wanted to enter a piece of cake came to a halt. His eyes immediately stared intensely at Rong Lingxie.
The 'Wounded Flower' dance is a dance that has a meaning like a pair of mismatched who must separate and take their own path. The man will marry another woman and build a new love life, while the woman remains faithful to her old feelings for a long time, even to death.
Rong Lingxie had already started her dance, during the dance she was seen very deep into the role of 'Wounded Flower'. Finished dancing, the woman was immediately thrown a question by one of the Furen.
"Rong Xiaojie is very talented. If I could tell, who are you dancing this dance for? As we all know, 'Wounded Flower' is usually done by someone who is heartbroken. This makes me curious, is Rong Xiaojie really heartbroken?" That Furen question had a seductive tone of Rong Lingxie.
Rong Lingxie smiled, her head lowered for a moment after then looked back up straight at Furen who asked. His lips smiled blandly, his eyes showing a faint sadness. "Surely this dance is done really to entertain the guests of this wonderful tea party invitation. But ... there are indeed some percent I do for someone ...."
"Aiya ... someone? Who's that?" rong Xuan asked, the woman's face looked sad, following the look on Rong Lingxie's face. But he was actually trying to make Huang Mingxiang hot. Rong Xuan bet, Huang Mingxiang also knew who Rong Lingxie was and the story of his past.
Huang Mingxiang was silent, he still remained with his elegant smile and calmly looked at Rong Lingxie. Although .... quietly in his heart and mind he wanted to draw a sword towards Rong Lingxie and Rong Xuan. In this plan Rong Xuan did not indeed attack him by physically injuring, however ... Rong Xuan this time attacked his heart. Heartache is more dangerous than poison.
Rong Lingxie was still the same as her previous expression, then said, "For a lover it's not up to me on the battlefield. Our love did fail to come together, but .. My heart still continues .. and continues to burn for him."
For the Furen nobles of the second and third levels, they were also filled with pity and pity. As for the Furen level 1 nobles, they all had absolutely no smiles or displays of pity, instead staring at Huang Mingxiang worriedly.
Huang Mingxiang swallowed the cake for some reason, then took a sip of his drink and smiled at the Furen nobles of level 1 like Shao Furen who already looked very worried.
"What makes your lover 'untilted lover', Rong Xiaojie? Aiya ... the name is very heartbreaking ...." Huang Mingxiang also displayed a sad look on his face, as if he was compassionate with the story of Rong Lingxie.