Lady Helan saw that the four sisters did not make any mistakes on the eighth day of the month, so she gradually let go of them and divided the family affairs between them for them to manage. She even handed over New Year's Eve family's reunion dinner to Xu Mingwei and the others to prepare. Seeing this, Old Lady Xu's eyes were filled with joy, feeling that this Lady Helan seemed to have the potential to be a senior. The higher ups were happy, and with Xu Tiangang's promotion back when she returned to the capital, the Xu family had experienced a lot of changes this year, and all of the worries and fogs from last year were swept away.
When the new year came, the national mourning was shortened. People in the capital who had their sons and daughters banned from marrying began to move around in secret. Xu Mingwei followed the Lady Helan out a few times and witnessed the establishment of many marriage alliances. The Lady Helan even smiled at her, saying that if it wasn't for the fact that Xu Mingwei was not even 15 years old yet, she would probably not even be able to hold the wedding banquet and would have to fight everywhere for the food master. On one hand, Lady Helan had already gotten used to her daughter not blushing or feeling shy when she heard about these things, and even started to talk about how to get along with her husband.
"You have to respect and think of him. It's enough if you don't hate him. It's even better if you admire him a little more, but you can't love him." Once you've filled your heart with men, when you can't serve them in the future when your belly is big, then you won't have to suffer by having a concubine to serve you. "Your grandmother told me these words back then. It is just that I did not remember them in my heart back then. That's why …" Lady Helan paused for a while and did not continue.
Xu Mingwei understood and did not make a sound while leaning into her embrace. At this moment, she finally understood the true meaning of Lady Helan's heart. It turns out that it wasn't that she didn't love him, but that she loved him.
She held out her hand and folded it in the middle of Lady Helan's palm, obediently saying, "I have remembered all of mother's words, I will definitely not forget them."
The Lady Helan laughed, "Stupid girl, the most difficult thing to control in a person's life is themselves."
She pointed to Xu Mingwei's left chest and said, "You think it likes whoever it likes? If it doesn't like someone, it would let it go, but it's not that easy."
Before Xu Mingwei could say anything, Lady Helan acted as if she had discovered something extraordinary, and suddenly stared at her chest, continuously sizing her up. Xu Mingwei looked down in the direction of her gaze and could not help but blush.
"The recipe passed down from your grandmother's house was quite useful. I didn't notice it for a while, but it had grown to this extent." Lady Helan originally wanted to say that it would be a good idea to raise such a large vegetable, but she felt that it was too ludicrous to talk about this to her daughter, who had yet to leave the pavilion, so she restrained herself.
Xu Mingwei was someone who could save cloth for her country in her previous life, but when she wore it on her body, she was able to experience how to refine a giant chest. She was not even fifteen years old, and yet she already had the tendency to go from [B] to [C]. She wanted to stop Lady Helan and the others from cooking, what's the use of having a big chest? Furthermore, the ancient undergarment was not like the undergarments from her previous life. It was completely useless. If it was too big, it would droop down easily. She didn't want to have anything to do with the word.
Lady Helan saw her flushed face and laughed, "What's there to be embarrassed about? This body is a natural weapon for us women, the bigger the better. "As a matriarch, you don't have to learn the tricks of those foxes. It's also good to have more capital."
Xu Mingwei secretly glanced at Lady Helan, only to be caught by her. Just as she was feeling awkward, Lady Helan grabbed onto her chest.
Xu Mingwei, (Old Man s)
As soon as his nose turned hot, two streams of blood came gushing out. With great difficulty, she straightened her back and quickly called for Nanny Xue to bring her down to clean her face and change her clothes.
Xu Mingwei looked up to the sky speechlessly, and gave her her wise and mighty Lady Helan that didn't even show a trace of her joy or anger! Xu Tiangang sighed in her heart, such a good cabbage, Xu Tiangang was indeed a pig, she was actually willing to give it up to someone else! She lowered her head to look at the two mounds of D that were vigorously growing. "D is fine, please don't E!"
This part of the Lady Helan's room had completely become Xu Mingwei's dark history. When Wan Yi and the others brought him the tonics, she actually drank very little and gave it all to Bi Tao secretly. That ninny did the same. She didn't mind the smell of medicine, so she drank it up like sugar.
In the blink of an eye, spring had passed. The weather gradually grew hot and stuffy, and the ladies of the Xu family were even less fond of going out. Xu Minglan was in a rush to embroider the dowry, so everyone took pity on her and gathered at the Xueju.
From what Xu Minglan said, the Pei family had left two sons in the capital and with the help of her father Xu Tianzheng, they rented a quiet courtyard near the Academy. She said that they would leave the national funeral next year so that Pei Fangtong and Pei Fang Kai could read more and enter the spring.
Xu Mingdong also left the country in May. At her age, he could already be considered a young lady, if it wasn't for the fact that his luck was bad and he was stopped by the country's funeral, he would have already married into the Qing Yuan Zheng Clan. The dowry was already prepared, and as for the embroidery activities, he could still give some pointers to Xu Minglan, so the two of them gradually started to get closer.
On Xu Mingwei's side, she was watching Xu Minglan embroidery and enjoying the show. Unexpectedly, Lady Helan had also grabbed her. Originally, she came to visit Xu Mingwei once in May. Seeing Xu Mingwei's chest and waist, it was already clear how she looked like, and she returned very satisfied. Not long after, she sent a message to him and selected three good days for Lady Helan to look at.
Although Lady Helan despised Lady Wang's tricks, she knew in her heart that the good days of the year after next would be the best days of the year. But seeing that Fu Heng was really big, she did not think it was right to be too serious with Wang Shi. After all, after Xu Mingwei passed the door, she would have to see Wang Shi's expression in order to get by.
However, he still secretly wanted to keep his daughter at home for one more day. The year after next, even though Xu Mingwei was fifteen years old, his birthday was in June. Even if Lady Helan was unwilling, at that time, he could only gouge out the flesh in his heart and send it to someone else's house. He could only hope that the Fu Family would give her a good birthday and not let her down.
As he calculated, the wedding day suddenly became tense. Xu Mingwei's relaxed days of laughing had finally ended, and she had also joined Xu Minglan's army. She sighed, and couldn't help but let Xu Mingdong and the others see the situation, and some of them even thought that she was embroidering longevity clothes.
"Marriage is a woman's grave. I'm not embroidering a shroud!"
Xu Mingwei said as she was knocked on the head with a chestnut by Xu Mingdong. After spitting a few times, she said, "Don't blame the various immortals for this, a child's words cannot be true."
At the same time, she turned back to warn Xu Mingwei, "Normally when you talk nonsense it's fine, but how can you joke around like this. If your wife hears about this, you can have food in the future. Your mouth must really be completely shut. "
Xu Minglan also retorted, "Such unlucky words, it sounds extremely creepy. Seventh Sister, if you continue spouting nonsense next time, don't come to my courtyard."
Xu Mingwei immediately begged for mercy, and guaranteed that shesheould be coaxed for half a day before she managed to coax his two elder cousins to ignore her. When she turned back, he saw that Xu Mingmei was in a daze, staring at the Glazed Horse on the Bogu rack, thinking about something.
Xu Mingwei nudged her shoulder as if she was playing a prank on her. Xu Mingmei jumped up in shock and took out a plum blossom carved from jade from her sleeves. The petals were light pink, the stamens thickened, and the brown tassels beneath took the meaning of plum branches, very delicate.
Everyone in the room recognized the Ice Flower Hibiscus Jade. Because the ore was scarce, it was only used for personal use. That Plum Blossom obviously answered Xu Mingmei's name, who else in the palace would it be?
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Mingmei.
Xu Mingmei's face turned as red as a cooked shrimp, she immediately picked up the jade carving Plum Blossom Stick and looked at it carefully, but fortunately, the room was covered with a dense woven carpet and it did not crack at all.
Turning his head, he saw his sisters looking at him with curiosity and restraint. Xu Mingmei felt embarrassed and angry at the same time, but still covered his face and ran away.
Xu Mingwei looked at Xu Mingdong, then looked at Xu Minglan, and concluded, "In about two days, Sister Mei will also begin to sew."
Xu Mingdong burst out in laughter, but he was secretly envious in his heart. Even though it was his mother who did not do anything, she still had to do it out of respect for her elder sister. I wonder which prince it is … If it was the First Prince, then it wouldn't be too much a difference of one year. Furthermore, he was born in Xiao Fei, so he couldn't be any more favored at the moment. In his heart, he felt somewhat unwilling, thinking darkly, maybe it was the second prince born from the previous empress. Didn't they say that a female junior carrying gold bricks was just right?
After a few days, the ice man from the sect really did come to find him. First, he saw the Lady Ji's explanation of her purpose, which almost scared the Lady Ji to the point of fainting. Fortunately, the Old Lady Xu heard the news and brought the Lady Helan along to the Second Branch to support themselves. Only then did they decide to set Xu Mingmei's lifespan, and agreed to come welcome Xu Mingmei in September after her funeral next year.
The news that the Xu family had produced a prince's consort quickly spread throughout the capital. Some people were envious, but there were also others who were waiting to see a joke. The one who had her eyes on Xu Mingmei was indeed the Second Prince. Everyone knew that ever since the empress had left, the Second Prince's position in the palace had been extremely awkward. They said that the Emperor Tiansun liked him, but they had never seen the Second Prince gain any sort of sacred favor; they said that they did not like him, and when the First Prince's fame was too great, the Emperor Tiansun would deliberately pull the Second Prince aside to prevent him from falling too much.