Shengjing Noble

Chapter 684: Silence

When their eyes met, the atmosphere became a little strange.

Fu Muyin was stunned for a moment, then actually opened her mouth and ate the snack obediently.

Seeing that she was willing to eat, Jing Hanying no longer held her back and simply let go and let her eat it herself.

Along the way, neither of them spoke.

While eating, Fu Muyin recalled what happened more than a month ago.

……

Shengjing City.

The Imperial Palace Feiyuezhai.

Fu Muyin sat in front of the dressing table and let the palace maids and nannies dress her up.

Nanny Cheng placed the crown studded with pearls and jade on her head. Although it was extremely gorgeous, it was also very heavy.

The maid Ah Shu put away her rouge, nodded with satisfaction, her eyes full of praise.

"Our princess is so beautiful."

"Who says it's not? Today is your coming-of-age day, so you have to look pretty."

Fu Muyin leaned back in her chair, her eyes filled with anxiety.

"I'm just a princess. Are you dressing me up too much?"

"How can it be passed?"

As Nanny Cheng spoke, she placed a pair of pigeon egg-sized gem earrings next to her ears and gestured.

"Although you are a princess, you are the daughter of King Xiaoyao, and the only princess in the harem. The emperor and the queen both treat you as their own daughter."

Fu Muyin frowned: "According to seniority, I have to call you emperor brother."

"Haven't you heard that the Emperor once did this to your mother..."

"Mammy! Stop talking nonsense!"

She didn't like hearing other people talk about her mother's stories, especially those involving men.

She preferred to listen to her uncles talk about how brave her mother was when she was young, how many people she saved, and how many earth-shaking things she accomplished.

As for the love-hate stories with men, she didn't want to hear them.

If a mother truly loves her child, she would not choose to leave alone.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. Just wear this pair. This is a gift from the Queen."

Fu Muyin did not refute and let her put the earrings on her, then stood up and put on a heavier and more complicated robe.

……

At her coming-of-age ceremony, everyone was concerned about her marriage.

They all said that she was already fifteen years old and it was time for her to consider marriage, and it would be best if she could find a handsome man who was both talented and good-looking.

But she didn't think so.

Because her life has just begun, why should she be in a hurry to be tied to a man she has never met?

However, she had no right to resist.

Growing up in the palace, the thing her brother said most often was that she should understand the rules and know when to advance and retreat, and never act recklessly.

This is not the Northern Territory, nor is it Snow City. They do not have the support of their father and mother, so they must always keep a low profile and not cause trouble for others.

So, she always kept silent and swallowed all her dissatisfaction.

The coming-of-age banquet was very troublesome, but Fu Muyin smiled throughout the whole process and was gentle and polite to everyone.

The emperor's cousin was drunk and looked at her with a hint of sadness.

He patted her shoulder and spoke earnestly.

"You and she are cut from the same cloth... This time, I will have to personally choose a good man for you."

Fu Muyin wanted to say something but stopped herself, the words of rejection stuck in her throat. She didn't dare to disobey him in front of so many people.

After all, he is the emperor.

The person Fu Mingchuan picked was very good, he was the major general that all the noble ladies in Shengjing City dreamed of.

He is young and promising, commanding an army of 100,000 and with the entire general's mansion behind him.

Appearance, talent, martial arts... one in a million.

Fu Muyin thought that she should be content.

If she hadn't inherited Su Lanyin's energy.

On the day of her coming of age, Jing Hanying led troops to hunt down a group of bandits, so she was unable to appear in the palace.

But Fu Mingchuan arranged other opportunities for them.

Perhaps because she was afraid that Fu Muyin would be nervous and Jing Hanying would feel restrained in the palace, she asked her uncle Su Shengming to accompany her to Zuixianlou.

Fu Muyin, who had always been well-behaved and docile, naturally would not let her cousin the emperor and uncle worry, so she could only wait in Zuixianlou from afternoon to evening.

She waited for two hours.

Jing Hanying is indeed courageous enough to make the most favored princess in Shengjing wait for an entire afternoon.

Su Shengming had long advised her to leave first, but she refused and stayed on the chair drinking tea and eating fruit, and watching the opera on the stage of Zuixian Tower to pass the time.

This place is much better than the palace.

Only when she left the palace could she feel a little relaxed, and even her breathing became smoother.

Su Shengming thought that she was sad and stubborn because she was stood up, but in fact she just wanted to be lazy.

As it was getting dark, Fu Muyin was planning how to approach the matter and stay at her uncle's house for a few days.

As long as she doesn't have to go back to the palace, she can live anywhere.

Sometimes she really envied her brother Fu Mulan. As a man, he didn't have to follow the rules since he was a child.

Even if he made a mistake, his cousin the emperor would praise him for "breaking the rules" and being a good candidate.

Last month, Fu Mulan went to the Northern Territory with General Xiao Hanxiao, an old subordinate of his father.

Since King Xiaoyao is not around, it is natural for him, as the Crown Prince, to take over Snow City in the Northern Territory.

I am so envious of being so free and at a distance from Shengjing!

As Fu Muyin was thinking, she heard a few women watching the show at the next table discussing something in a low voice.

She didn't want to eavesdrop, but she had good hearing.

"Have you heard? The eldest son of the Qiao family is getting married soon!"

This sentence almost caused the teacup in Fu Muyin's hand to fall, but fortunately she grabbed it in time.

"Prime Minister Qiao has only one son. After he became the top scholar in the imperial examination, he was transferred to the Imperial Academy. Now he is a third-rank official. His future is limitless."

"Which noble lady is so blessed? Qiao Yi is famous for his talent and beauty, and he is handsome and elegant!"

"I heard that she is the legitimate daughter of the Yong'an Marquisate, but the Marquisate has long been in decline, and she can only make ends meet by inheriting the old Marquis's title."

"Yes, I heard that the engagement party will be held next month, and it will be booked at Zuixian Pavilion. We can come and join in the fun then."

……

Fu Muyin couldn't listen to the following words anymore. A hint of self-mockery flashed in her eyes. Then she put down the teacup in her hand, hesitating whether to get up and leave.

Speaking of Qiao Yi, he was a student under his second uncle and was indeed a handsome man.

They first met at their second uncle's house.

She was playing the piano in the corridor at that time, and she looked up when he passed by.

They just glanced at each other across the lake.

From then on, it left a deep mark in her mind.

Later, her second uncle gave her a piece of music, saying that it was written for her by Qiao Yi and he hoped to hear her play it.

She looked at the iron music score and felt joy in her heart.

This is probably what it means to meet a soulmate, right?

Later, they met and exchanged a few words with each other. However, she didn't dare to look into his eyes, as she always felt that there were some emotions in them that made her heart beat faster.

When the emperor's cousin mentioned the marriage, the first person that came to her mind was Qiao Yi, but she didn't dare to say it.

After all, the other party had never expressed his feelings, and she was not sure whether they meant that to each other.

Moreover, if she could meet Jing Hanying here today, she would also like to reject this marriage.