C87 Lilith To-Ming-wei's Promise

The news of Fu Heng being raised in the autumn was quickly spread to the palace, Eldest Princess and the others were busy congratulating Fu Ninghui, they were all envious of her having such a promising big brother.

Yang Jinxi said, "I do not know if my second brother has such a talent, but there is still no news from home, I am afraid he has not entered again this year."

The two girls from the Zuo family comforted her. Since she couldn't succeed this year, she could still give it a try next time. After all, there were still three years between them. She needed to find a man to study with.

The second brother of the Yang family was a strange man. She had been born under the tutelage of an elder in Yang Pavilion. The Yang family had seen many High Scholars, and even the top scholar had been born in this family. But when it came to him, it meant that she had failed many times. The last time was when she was tested on the same field with Xu Mingbai. Xu Mingzhang had won, and the second brother of the Yang family had lost her younger brother. This time, she had accompanied Fu Heng to take the exam, she was afraid that it would be better to accompany him in escaping.

Yang Jinxi said worriedly, "My family didn't really want my second brother to get anything out of it, it's just that he had a bad feeling about it. "If I lose a disciple this time, who knows what would happen if I drink at home."

Everyone began to sigh. Xu Mingwei and Xu Minglan looked at each other, not wanting to bring up the matters of their own family. Xu Mingfeng and Xu Mingzhang had also participated in the Imperial Examinations today, but it was just that fourth wife held high hopes for Xu Mingfeng, while Lady Helan and Xu Tiangang only let Xu Mingzhang go there to prepare for the next round.

The Eldest Princess, on the other hand, was carefree. After conversing with the crowd for a while, she brought Fu Ninghui over and asked him to treat her to wine.

Fu Ninghui was so annoyed by her that she could do nothing about it, and laughed: "Of all people here, you're the one with the most money, yet you're bothering me instead. Forget it, let's just treat them, but I am the only one who paid for this joyous event, even Seventh Sister has to pay for it."

Xu Mingwei was suddenly pointed out by her and was stunned for a moment, unable to react. The others were also confused. Why did the happy occasion with the Fu Clan require Xu Mingwei to pay for it?

However, Xu Minglan's face had clearly paled, and the look in her eyes when she turned towards Xu Mingwei was extremely unnatural.

In fact, Lady Liang had already found a wife for her a year ago, and was the youngest son of the male Prefect of Su Prefecture. In the future, there was no need for Xu Minglan to be in charge of her marriage, and her husband was her in-laws' most favored son. Even though she knew that she had already made up her mind and had no destiny with the Fu Family, the breathtaking sight that had entered his heart as time passed gradually turned into a scar at the bottom of his heart, causing him to feel pain just by looking at it. She had long thought of the day when she would watch him get married and have her own children. However, after so many years had passed, in the blink of an eye, Fu Heng was already eighteen. Xu Minglan had a bit of hope in his heart. Maybe he was waiting for someone else, maybe the marriage between her and the young son of the Prefect of Su Prefecture would come to an end midway … But she had never thought that Fu Heng was indeed waiting for someone, it was just that that person had never been her.

"So the Seventh Sister has already been set. Why didn't they even inform their families? That share of the money is indeed worth it." Xu Minglan heard herself chuckling, her hands turning cold.

Xu Mingwei sighed in her heart, if the people who should have entered the Fu family did not, it would be because of luck. She had originally thought that Xu Minglan had slowly grown older, and had already forgotten about Fu Heng. After all, it was just a quick glance, or maybe she hadn't even seen's face clearly enough, to the extent where she was stuck in such deep thought. Thinking about it, there were too few men whom the woman had seen before. Meeting one who seemed to be agreeable to her, she thought day and night, thinking that what she loved was nothing more than the fantasy in her head.

She had never told Xu Minglan about her engagement with him. Firstly, the two families had not officially revealed the marriage between them, and secondly, she had felt that there was no need to mention it, or maybe she had unconsciously thought that she had 'robbed' the person that Xu Minglan liked, and was embarrassed. She intentionally mentioned that it was because she was afraid of showing off, so she had never mentioned it to her other cousins. However, looking at Xu Minglan's expression, she did not seem to mind at all.

Xu Mingwei gently pulled Xu Minglan's hand, and said to Eldest Princess and the others generously, "Sister Ning Hui wants to save silver, but don't drag me into the water. I'm a member of your Fu Clan, and am worth paying for your family's money."

Fu Ninghui looked at the two sister's hands, and laughed, "Okay, okay, okay, now you don't have to admit it, when I change my mind and can't call you Seventh Sister in the future, I will be waiting for you to get the red packets."

Yang Jinxi smiled and said, "The two of you shouldn't just focus on playing the fool. Since the banquet has been agreed, it has to be decided. It's not the best, I won't go."

Eldest Princess and the others also started to jeer at him, Fu Ninghui immediately begged for mercy, "Alright, alright, I'm really afraid of you guys. What's the Hongqing Tower's number one box?

Zhou Ranxing asked curiously, "What Night Light Wine? Why have I never heard of it before?"

Fu Ninghui then told them that the wine was actually just wine, but that it was most suitable for being held in a luminous cup. When it was brought to the Central Plains, it became known as Night Light Brewing.

At that moment, everyone began to discuss the date of the banquet again. The others were fine, as long as they told their families the situation, they would be able to leave. However, since the Eldest Princess was in a bit of a difficult situation, they would have to report it to the empress.

Eldest Princess held her cheek and said worriedly, "My Queen Mother is feeling a bit uncomfortable recently, I don't know if she will let me go out to play or not."

Xu Mingwei consoled her, "Whether it's successful or not, you need to ask first and then come to a decision. If you are unable to come out, we can at least gather in your hall one day. "

The Eldest Princess sighed, "This is the only way. The things in the palace are not as fresh as those outside. It was precisely because I wanted to go outside to get some fresh air that I was able to grab hold of the reason why elder sister Fu had to treat me to food. "

Everyone sighed, when it came to school, Xu Minglan would leave first with the two Zuo Family sisters. Xu Mingwei thought that she would probably be angry at him for a while, and didn't want to get in too much trouble either, so she was dragged by the Eldest Princess to go to the Eternal Music Hall to beg for forgiveness.

"Imperial Mother really likes you. Perhaps with your help, Imperial Mother would be willing to allow me to leave the palace." Eldest Princess shook Xu Mingwei's arm and said.

Xu Mingwei had no choice but to accompany Eldest Princess's Star-Eyes.

Seeing that it was them, Senior Servant Liu revealed a smile as she said, "Eldest Princess and seven girls are here! Why did she come back so early today? Hurry up and enter. The Empress was just thinking about you. "

Xu Mingwei followed the Eldest Princess inside, where a palace maid had already came forward to welcome them, bringing warm water and a handkerchief to welcome them.

The Eldest Princess was afraid that she would think too much and quickly explained, "The imperial physician said that Imperial Mother's illness should not be covered with dust. That's why people who go in and out of the palace have to change their outer clothes.

Xu Mingwei nodded and allowed the palace maids to clean up. After changing her clothes, she then followed the Eldest Princess into the inner palace hall. She was curious too. What kind of illness did the empress have that prevented her from seeing the dust? Could it be asthma?

At first, Xu Mingwei thought that it was the palace maids who were burning the incense. When she looked into the incense burner, it was empty, with nothing lit at all. Just when they were curious in their heart, the Queen who was lying on the bed already saw the two of them, she smiled and waved at Xu Mingwei, "Good child, quickly come and take a look. It's been a while since we last met, and we have grown taller."

Xu Mingwei taught her a gentle gaze, and without knowing why, she blushed, and quickly went to her bed and bowed to her. "Your subject's daughter, Xu family's Mingwei, greets the Empress, and pays respects to the Empress."

The empress pursed her lips into a weak smile and said, "Forget about these vulgar etiquette, come and sit with Longevity. I have something to tell you."

Xu Mingwei followed the Eldest Princess's instructions and sat down on the bedside.

"I've watched you guys grow up. I believe in your personality the most. However, after I leave, I'm still troubling Mingwei with you taking care of your longevity." "She's been spoiled since she was young. She's afraid that if she doesn't have her mother to take care of her in the future, she will suffer a lot of losses." The Queen Yan still had that faint smile on her face, but her words caused everyone in the room to be so shocked that they didn't know how to react.

Eldest Princess's eyes were filled with tears, but she still remained stubborn. "Imperial Mother, you only have some minor ailments, you can't leave no matter what, I won't let you go!"

Senior Servant Liu secretly wiped away her tears, the eyes of the few palace maids also turned red, as if they wanted to cry.

Xu Mingwei was startled when she heard it, but when she looked up, he saw that there was no blood on the empress's hand that was hidden by the corner, her flesh had shriveled up and looked like a dried up lamp. She was so shocked that she even forgot to hide the surprise on her face. A closer look at her face told him that she had wiped off the spirit of her rouge.

"Foolish child, I know my own body very well. It is already a blessing in disguise that I have dragged it out to this day. "I hate myself for not being able to make you live in a hundred families, but now that I've left you alone in this wolf, tiger, and leopard, I really can't let my guard down." The Queen said with a gentle voice as she touched Eldest Princess's face with effort. Her tone was filled with yearning and reluctance.

It was only then that Xu Mingwei noticed that the empress had not used "I'm not calling myself" since then. It was probably because she was walking to the end of her days, and did not want to be bound by those illusions anymore. She even addressed the Eldest Princess as mother and daughter.

Although he didn't know why she valued him so highly, Xu Mingwei couldn't bear to see a mother who was worried about her daughter pass away with regret. Hence, he solemnly promised her, "Empress, don't worry. But in the future, if there's anything that I, Xu Mingwei, can use, I will definitely take responsibility. "