The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 176: A notorious reputation

The person sitting in the carriage was the Princess of Changning.

The eighteen-year-old Crown Prince Zhou Ji was sleeping soundly with his head resting on the princess's legs.

Princess Changning narrowed her eyes, looked at Phoenix Kite, then at Black Scorpion Kite, and chuckled, "It turns out that it's true that the second daughter of the Shi family is not well-liked by the Shi family. Is she the... noble lady who was running around just now?"

The maid thought to herself, the princess is so polite. This Second Miss Shi doesn't have the temperament of a noble lady at all. "Yes."

The princess withdrew her gaze from the window, patted her son's back gently, and said with a faint smile: "I thought that Ningyuan Hou was angry with her, so I said a lot of bad things about her. I think those words are not without reason."

The maid didn't dare to reply, remembering the words Ningyuan Hou used when talking about the second Miss Shi: vulgar, active, restless, outspoken, and clever... Apart from her good looks, she had no other advantages.

The princess sighed softly.

The second daughter of the Shi family came from a prominent family and was beautiful, but she was not favored. She was born out of wedlock and her biological mother was still alive. She was originally an easy candidate for marriage.

However, she is too active, vicious, and sharp-tongued, and she won't tolerate any loss. How could one dare to ask her to serve his own son?

It's possible that her son accidentally hit her, causing her to get mad and kill him.

Forget it, this girl is unlucky. Look at the honest girl from other families. Marry her to be the prince's consort and let her give birth to children for her stepbrother.

The carriage passed by without stopping for a moment.

Shi Mingzhen looked around and whispered to Shi Mingzhu, "The carriage from the Prince of Changning's mansion has passed by. I guess the princess didn't like Shi Yao."

Shi Mingzhu sighed, "Second sister has a reputation for being fierce, who would dare to marry her? Besides, second sister is full of tricks, the princess is afraid of her."

Shi Mingzhen said: "Except that the prince is not very smart, this marriage is indeed a good one. It is Shi Yao who is unlucky."

Shi Mingzhu nodded in agreement. Shi Yao was indeed unlucky, but there was nothing she could do about it. It was her fault for being reborn into Aunt Ji's belly.

"Third brother, I remember that in my previous life, the prince fell into the water on this day, but I forgot exactly when and where he fell into the water.

Our family has a very bad reputation in the court right now. If we can get help from the Prince of Changning, my father and my second and third uncles will no longer have such a hard time. "

Shi Mingzhen smiled and said, "Sister has grown up now and knows to care about the affairs of the court. Don't worry, I have already sent someone to follow them secretly and keep an eye on the whereabouts of the princess and the prince."

Shi Mingzhu smiled without saying anything. Seeing that her Phoenix kite was the center of attention, she was tired of playing with it, so she asked Shi Mi to bring a pair of scissors, carefully cut the string, and let it fly into the distant sky.

A group of children were noisily chasing the fluttering phoenix.

Shi Mingzhen was saying auspicious words on the side, and Shi Mingzhu was enjoying the envious looks of the noble ladies around her. She smiled faintly and didn't care at all. After seeing such looks so many times, she didn't take it seriously.

Suddenly, she remembered something, turned her head to look at Tao Ziyi, and hurriedly pushed Shi Mingzhen: "Third brother, stop hanging around me, go and fly kites with Third Sister-in-law."

Shi Mingzhen then remembered that he had brought his wife with him today, and reminded Shi Mingzhu to take a rest in the carriage to avoid getting sunburned. He then turned to Tao Ziyi and saw that she had nothing in her hands, so he asked jokingly:

"Third Grandma, where is your kite? Take it out quickly. Zhuzhu just asked me to fly a kite with you."

Tao Ziyi was extremely upset.

Could it be that if Zhuzhu doesn't call him back, he will forget himself?

Fortunately, I didn’t bring the children out, otherwise I would have been so sad and wronged.

She glanced at Shi Mingzhu's receding back and said with a forced smile, "She's been released."

Shi Mingzhen asked again: "Since you let him go, why don't you get back in the car? The sun is so strong today, don't get caught in the sun."

If it were in the past, Tao Ziyi would have thought that he cared about her and would have felt warm in her heart, and that he was always thinking about her. But after hearing this today, she still felt a lump in her heart.

As soon as she released the kite into the sky, she became so angry that she cut the string and let it go.

I stand here and don't leave, not for any other reason, but just to try my best to see when he can remember me.

As expected, he accompanied Shi Mingzhu throughout the whole process and got tired of playing with her. Only after Shi Mingzhu reminded him did he remember her.

Because it was "as expected", she felt even more depressed.

Shi Mingzhen was flustered and asked hurriedly: "Why are your eyes red? Are you angry with me? Is it because I accompanied Zhuzhu first?

She is an unmarried girl with a thin skin. Her family has a bad reputation recently. I am afraid that she will be laughed at, so I just spent more time with her to prevent those who are ignorant from coming forward to mock her. "

Tao Ziyi smiled bitterly.

Could it be that now that she is married, she has become thick-skinned, can be shameless, and can ignore the ridicule of others?

She didn't want to go out in the first place, she only came out to accompany him and Shi Mingzhu.

Tao Ziyi lowered her head, rubbed her eyes, wiped back the tears, secretly scolded herself for being narrow-minded and jealous of her sister-in-law, which was really outrageous. When she looked up, she smiled and said:

"Why should I be angry with you? We are an old married couple. How can I compete with Zhuzhu for favor? I am standing here to watch my second sister fly a kite. She is so happy every time she goes out. She is also an unmarried girl. You should go and keep her company."

Shi Mingzhen put his arm around her shoulders and said with a playful smile, "What's the point of accompanying her? Second sister is very sensitive. If she doesn't like what I say, she will make sarcastic comments. I won't accompany her, and she doesn't need me to accompany her. Right now, I just want to accompany you."

"You, you've learned enough of your lesson and now you've learned to talk about her behind her back." Tao Ziyi chuckled and a smile broke out on her face, as bright as a peach blossom.

Shi Mingzhen was relieved and smiled helplessly: "Second sister is of such a character that she doesn't care about her reputation. No wonder no one dares to propose marriage to her since she returned to Beijing.

Come on, I'll go back to the carriage with you to rest, and then ask someone to call her back. If she's not restrained, she can run out of this pasture."

Tao Ziyi's lips twitched, and she wanted to say, no one dared to propose marriage, isn't it because they, the brother and sister, ruined Shi Yao's reputation?

None of the Shi brothers blamed themselves, but instead blamed Shi Yao for being restless.

After thinking about it, she gave up arguing.

If I quarrel with him here, the Shi family will be laughed at by others, and Shi Yao's reputation will be even worse.

The couple returned to the carriage, and Shi Mingzhen indeed called a maid to call back Shi Yao.

Shi Yao reluctantly cut the string, released the kite, and got on the carriage almost at the same time as the Ge family.

The Ge family's carriage drove to Princess Ziyang's farm.

Although it is called a farm, it is actually built extremely luxuriously, almost the same as the emperor's palace, except that the buildings are not as tall and majestic as the palace.

Princess Ziyang is the biological sister of the current emperor, and they have an extraordinary sibling relationship. Except for Princess Jingyang, who was born to the empress, she is the most favored of the two generations of princesses.

Therefore, the annual spring outing was the time for Princess Ziyang to shine. She specially bought a hill, built a grassland and farm at the foot of the hill, and invited the families of the powerful and wealthy to come and play.

As soon as the Ge family's carriage moved, the Shi family's carriage immediately followed.

Shi Mingzhu couldn't help but say, "Second sister, when you go out, you represent the dignity of the Shi family. You should restrain yourself and act like a lady from a noble family, so as not to bring shame to the family."