The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 180 Shi Mingzhu is drunk

Shi Yao and Tao Ziyi walked through the flowers and willows and found Muxiang and Bletilla striata. They took them past the mountain pavilion where Princess Jingyang was. Zhou Shu, Shi Mingzhu and nearly twenty other noble ladies were still playing Qushui Liushang.

From the rockery to the foot of the mountain, there were girls chatting and laughing.

Shi Yao stood on tiptoe and looked. The noble ladies were all smiling, except Shi Mingzhu, who was forcing a smile with flushed cheeks.

It seems that Shi Mingzhu had never been so miserable before. She fell from the clouds into the mud. Her mind was lost and she could not compose good poems. She was punished by drinking glass after glass of wine.

The aunt and sister-in-law didn't look at it for long, and found a secluded place and asked the maid to serve the meal.

Hearing the noise coming from not far away, Shi Yao asked the maid of the villa: "Who dares to make a noise in the princess's territory? It doesn't sound like the laughter of guests."

The maid replied respectfully: "I don't know, how about I go and ask?"

Shi Yao winked at Mu Xiang, who quickly took the maid's hand and said with a smile, "I'll go with my sister. I've been standing here for a long time, and my legs are numb. It's a good time to go out for a walk."

Shi Yao smiled gently and said, "Sister Muxiang is hungry. Watching me eat makes her even hungrier, right? Well, well, you guys pack some snacks and eat outside."

She pointed to two plates of dim sum and wood fragrance.

Muxiang wrapped two packets in a clean handkerchief and stuffed one packet into the maid. The two maids thanked her and went to join in the fun with smiles on their faces.

Tao Ziyi tapped Shi Yao's forehead: "You, why do you love to join in the fun so much?"

After saying that, he handed the chopsticks to Shi Yao and urged her to eat quickly.

Shi Yao said: "Hearing such a loud noise, it must be that Prince Zhou Ji fell into the water and was sent here for treatment. Doesn't sister-in-law want to know who saved him?"

At this time, there was only Bai Xi serving in the room, and Tao Ziyi sighed, "We had hoped that it was Zhao Yan who saved the prince, so that the Changning County Prince's Mansion would owe us a favor, and the situation in our mansion would be better. If it wasn't him, then it has nothing to do with us who it was."

Shi Yao nodded. The third sister-in-law had no memory of her past life and was still wholeheartedly hoping for the best for the Duke's Mansion.

But the sisters-in-law who were reborn are all trying to stir up trouble in order to create chaos in the world.

While she was eating to fill her stomach and waiting for Muxiang to come back, she summoned the merit book to check her merit points.

Merit Book: [Merit Value: 985]

Since Aunt Liu Hua was not allowed to leave the house at will, her merit points have been increasing slowly. In the past few days, it is estimated that the disaster relief funds she took out have been converted into rice and arrived in Fengzhou, and her merit points have been increasing rapidly.

It’s almost reaching a thousand again.

Shi Yao glanced at her third sister-in-law Tao Ziyi.

Although I can't bear it, I don't regret it.

The third sister-in-law has suffered so much injustice. If she doesn't reborn, won't she suffer for the rest of her life?

After the meal, Muxiang and the maid from the villa came back.

The maid called the old women to clean up the dishes and left the room for the master and servant of the Shi family to talk.

Shi Yao hurriedly pulled Muxiang to sit down and urged, "Sister Muxiang, tell me quickly, what happened in the main courtyard?"

Mu Xiang said solemnly: "The prince of Changning County Prince's Mansion fell into the water! The place where he fell into the water is just outside the wall of the villa, in the small river that flows through the villa.

It was the third son of the Xie family who saved him. The two were unconscious, and the people from the palace and the Xie family sent them to the villa. The sound we heard just now was the Princess of the County crying and bringing people to pick them up.

Now, Third Master Xie has woken up, but Prince Ji is still unconscious. The Princess and the Princess of the County Prince left in a hurry, sending Prince Zhou back to the County Prince's Mansion. The Princess wanted to ask the imperial physician to treat Prince Zhou.

Tao Ziyi asked in surprise: "Third Master Xie? Which Third Master Xie?"

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "Third Madam is right. It is the Xie family that was engaged to our Seventh Young Master. Their Third Young Master is called Xie Jibai."

Tao Ziyi was speechless: "It was him!"

No one could have expected that it was Xie Jibai who saved Prince Zhou Ji!

How could he get such a good deal?

I couldn't help but feel regretful. The Duke's Mansion had missed an opportunity to do a favor!

"Third Grandma, Miss, there is something even stranger. The people who sent them to the villa are not only from the Wang Mansion and the Xie family, who do you think is the other one?

There is also our Third Master, the people from the Fu family, the Ge family, the Le family, and the Wang family, which is our Sixth Grandma’s family!

It is said that they were not far away before the prince fell into the water. Don’t you think it’s a coincidence?”

Shi Yao lowered her head, hid her handkerchief and smiled secretly.

Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter!

The families of the granddaughters-in-law of the Duke’s Mansion are almost all gathered!

Tao Ziyi exclaimed, "Isn't that stream outside the backyard of the villa? Why are these grown men gathering outside the backyard wall?"

Mu Xiang shook her head and said incredulously, "Who knows? If this gets out, the Prince of Changning's Mansion might suspect that we deliberately watched the prince fall into the water."

The reputation of the Duke's Mansion will become even worse.

Of course, the Ge family of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion was not immune.

Tao Ziyi's face darkened, and she planned to go back and ask Shi Mingzhen about it.

Mu Xiang added, "When I went to join in the fun, the young masters in the mansion had blank expressions on their faces and ignored each other, as if they had some grudge against each other."

Shi Yao and An Le, don't they have a grudge? A group of people went to grab such a great favor, but in the end, the most insignificant Xie Jibai got it.

After saying this, Muxiang went out to eat with Baishen.

Tao Ziyi and Shi Yao looked at each other in silence. Tao Ziyi sighed and said, "Originally it had nothing to do with us, but I feel that maybe our family can't stay out of it."

Shi Yao had nothing to worry about. None of these people dared to tell the truth, and they certainly wouldn't dare to intervene since Zhou Ji fell into the water. Prince Changning couldn't find out about them, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

The two were discussing when to take a break and return home when Bai Xi hurried in to report, "Third Madam! The eldest girl is drunk. Shi Mi and Lian Qiao wanted to help her leave, but Princess Jingyang and the others wouldn't let her go."

Tao Ziyi stood up suddenly, and suddenly felt a headache: "Where is Fifth Grandma? Why isn't she looking at Zhuzhu?"

Bai Xi replied, "The Fifth Grandma drank three cups of wine. She has never been good at drinking, and she was afraid of losing her composure, so she left early, found a yard, ate lunch, and rested."

Tao Ziyi rubbed his forehead and said, "I'll go pick her up. Don't let her get drunk and lose her composure in front of the princess."

Shi Yao also stood up and said, "Third sister-in-law, I will go with you."

Tao Ziyi hesitated and gritted her teeth and said, "It's enough for me to go and embarrass myself. I don't want you, an unmarried girl, to be embarrassed as well. Second sister, go find your fifth sister-in-law, and then send someone to the outer courtyard to inform your third brother. We will go home now."

Shi Yao nodded, called Muxiang, and went to find Qi Wan.

Tao Ziyi hurriedly found Shi Mingzhu, who was surrounded by four or five noble ladies, asking her to write a poem. If she couldn't, they would force her to drink.

Tao Ziyi recognized that these people were all princesses from royal palaces, some were born of legitimate parents, and some were born of concubines. She thought that they had received hints from Princess Jingyang Zhou Shu and were deliberately making things difficult for Shi Mingzhu in order to make her look bad.

Shi Mingzhu was drunk, holding an empty wine cup in her hand, spinning and dancing on the spot, and said with a smile: "Fill it up, fill it up for me! I want to relieve my sorrow with one sin!"

A princess covered her lips and smiled, "I didn't know Zhuzhu was so fond of drinking. Come on, hurry up and pour some wine for the eldest daughter of the Shi family!"

The maid was busy pouring the wine.

Shi Mingzhu danced and wine spilled from her glass.

Another princess laughed and said, "Zhuzhu dances beautifully, even more beautifully than the dancer Lanyue I saw in the palace last time!"

The dancer Lan Yue came from the Jiaofangsi.

Someone else laughed: "Zhuzhu, hurry up and write a poem! If you don't, you will have to drink a penalty!"

Shi Mingzhu staggered and spun, as if she had turned into a butterfly, dancing freely, and said happily: "Write a poem! Yes! Write a poem - Don't you see, the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky..."