Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 206: Celebrating Longevity (2)

Xuefei absent-mindedly approached her master and knelt down with a thud.

Jueqing frowned in confusion, wasn’t she sent to deliver the screen? Why did she come back holding it?

"What happened? Weren’t you supposed to deliver the screen? Why did you bring it back?" She took a small sip from the teacup on the table. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Master, I was wrong."

Jueqing arched an eyebrow, even more puzzled, and said, "Speak."

"The Holy Maiden asked me to marry Baihe." Lifting her head, her face full of hope, she looked at her master, hoping she could plead with the Holy Maiden on her behalf. If she were to marry Baihe, probably everyone in the fortress would mock her.

"Pfft, cough cough cough cough, you, what did you say?" Jueqing, who was drinking water, seemed to have heard her guard was getting married!

"The Holy Maiden asked me to marry Baihe!" She touched her face where her master’s tea had sprayed, feeling very disheartened.

Jueqing heard it correctly this time; she indeed asked her own guard to marry a maid. She glanced at Xuefei, kneeling on the ground, guessing that Xuefei must have offended her cousin, otherwise, she wouldn’t torment a lowly guard like this.

"Stand up; explain everything clearly." She put down the teacup and listened quietly.

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Xuefei recounted everything that happened in the Peony Garden that morning, not leaving out a single word, including her request for the Holy Maiden to decide for her.

After listening, Jueqing’s mouth twitched violently, cursing in her mind that someone’s maid was making decisions for others. Had they gone mad? She then looked back at Xuefei with eyes full of astonishment.

"You might as well wait to be betrothed; I will prepare a dowry for you." She looked at Xuefei with great sympathy, the first guard in history to be getting married.

Patted Xuefei’s shoulder and headed out alone, making several turns before reaching the Peony Garden.

Feng Xuxu looked at her cousin with a beaming smile, "Cousin, are you here to discuss the marriage matters?"

Jueqing’s eyelid twitched, and her heart quivered, yet she couldn’t bear to see her own guard get married.

"Cousin, can’t we, well, switch that? Have Baihe marry Xuefei?" she tentatively asked Feng Xuxu, at least marrying Baihe would be better.

"Humph, those who bully me, asking me to decide for them, isn’t this decision quite good?"

"But..."

"Enough, cousin, even if your Xuefei is willing to marry, our Baihe wouldn’t want to marry her. Let’s see if she still wants me to decide next time." She pouted, looking at her cousin with a constipated expression.

"Hehehe, with this lesson, I’m guessing she wouldn’t dare." She chuckled.

"Cousin, tomorrow is the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet. When we’re at the Imperial Palace, we still need to be cautious." Feng Xuxu, recalling Dugu Chen’s words from last night to be wary of the Empress Dowager, wondered if the old witch was plotting against her.

"Hmm, you should be careful too. I’ve heard that the Emperor is looking for consorts for several princes... Could it be..." Jueqing furrowed her brow; it couldn’t be what she was thinking, could it?

"Cousin, you’re thinking too simply. If it were for choosing consorts, it would be the daughters of the Ministers; the rest would just be concubines." Feng Xuxu said dismissively, the old hag probably had this in mind, aiming to curry favor with court connections for her grandson and also to court the wealth of the noble families. She just didn’t know which Prince would be lucky enough to be favored by the old enchantress.

"What about you?" Jueqing grew even more concerned; her cousin was too conspicuous for her own good.

"Worrying is useless; I will not sit and wait for death." Her life didn’t need to be dictated by others.

"Alright, then you prepare well; I’ll head back first." Jueqing thought about it, and it seemed unnecessary to worry with Dugu Chen around.

Prince Mei Residence

"How is the investigation going?" Sitting in the Taishi Chair, playing with his fingers while thinking about the little woman, he asked Tian Yi absent-mindedly.