a favored empress reigns supreme

Chapter 2: Invitation to Good Health

"The eldest young lady has come, madam has been chanting about the young lady since yesterday."

A curtain opens, ushered in is a twenty-five years old or so, inserted a red plum hairpin flower woman, figure delicate, appearance beautiful, demeanor penetrate a flavor, extremely taste, yesterday is she brought people to the purple Luo courtyard to open greetings, Shu Yao is aware of her identity.

On the surface is the stepmother Han's side wait for the first person, in fact, her father's room, also do not know that stepmother is how to think, willing to give her father in her room to open up such a woman, looks like the time to become a house is not short.

Shu Yao almond eyes completely open, measuring eyes flashed, and resumed a faint lethargy, slowly said, "I came to give my father and mother to ask for peace."

The voice is soft and sweet, and then that weak willow to help the wind of the sickly look, regardless of men and women, the first feeling that rises in the heart is pity, Fu Yan corner of the mouth of the smile remains unchanged, leading Shu Yao will go in.

Only yesterday she knew that this Jiang Shu Yao is not a character that she can provoke, that the purple Luo hospital a taste of luxury arrangement is Han's pose to the Duke of China to see, by the way, but also want to let Jiang Shu Yao have bitter to say, but do not want to Shu Yao as a list of acceptance not to mention that, easy to let some of them to see the jokes of the mind to break.

That is, from a young age has not experienced the capital's prosperity and how, she has a noblewoman born next to the old lady, the education of the eye, half not weaker than the people, this is the technique, Fu Yan dare to ensure that the House of any girl in the face of that situation, there will not be her to do better.

She can't afford to mess with this Missy, even more can't afford to mess with the old lady behind Missy, so today she saw Shu Yao again than yesterday to be much more respectful.

The Ronghua Hall of the Ronghua Courtyard is indeed magnificent, just the furnishings of this hall can show the heritage of the Duke of Jiang's family, not the average rich family can have.

The main seat on the left and right is sitting on the Shu Yao today to invite the object, Jiang Guo Gong Jiang Yan Xu, although nearly forty years old, but well-maintained, looking and the early thirties of the man is no different, more years of precipitation, more and more elegant and gentle, modest gentleman, full of beautiful men.

Han is seven years younger than Jiang Yanxu, early thirties, beautiful and dignified appearance, but not more than twenty-eight gorgeous women, but there is a kind of mature charm, dressed in fancy clothes, wearing a blue finch hair ornaments, full of the main mother of the style, is also a beauty.

And their lower head, the left side stood two young men, a twenty and three is five years older than her big brother Jiang Shuji, a twenty-something long her three-year-old second brother Jiang Shujue, but Shu Yao's full brother, only to see his second brother turned his head to her winked, and then turned back as if nothing happened.

The corner of Shu Yao's mouth hooked up a little smile, the elder brother she had only met a few times, but the second brother had studied in Qingzhou city for three years, they are very familiar with each other, this is letting her don't be afraid of the meaning of it.

Behind him was a seven or eight year old child, Jiang Shumin, the commoner son of one of her father's concubines.

Speaking of, her father's step room Han is also a wonderful person, into the door not three months, to her father opened a water of concubines, plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums, each with their own style, to know her first mother in the world, her father's backyard even a house maid is not allowed to have, so a comparison, but not Han's more and more to be virtuous.

Han's lower head of the same stood three young girls, the largest but thirteen years old, at this time is open a pair of glazed eyes dripping looking at her, through a wave of novelty and survey, there is a trace of hidden and not leakage of strange emotions.

This is Han's step-sister Jiang Shu Yue, although younger than her four years old, but the development is very good, the volume and Shu Yao basically the same level, not to mention, before and after the bumpy and well developed, can not be seen than Shu Yao is four years old.

It is a big red dress, she also fully support up, coupled with delicate features, ethereal as immortal temperament, more and more beautiful and compelling, the capital of the first beauty of the name, she also heard in the Qingzhou.

Behind her is a pair of ten-year-old twin sisters, Jiang Shuzhen and Jiang Shuzhu, also born of concubines, together with her, the big house lineage of three sons and four daughters, is also considered to be a prosperous child.

After arriving at the hall, Seeking Fragrance and Seeking Cui since let go of Shu Yao, and stood together with the other maids and servants in the house, while facing the gazes of the crowd alone, Shu Yao didn't show any timidity, she still had the same slow and easy pace, lowered her eyebrows and smiled lightly, slowly stepping forward.

"Shu Yao greets father and mother," to Jiang Yan Xu and Han's squatting knee kowtow Ying Ying Yi Yi, in terms of children, it is an extremely solemn kind of salute, "I hope that father and mother's body is safe and sound, and that their blessings are not exhausted."

"Get up, your body is not good, in the future do not need to see this kind of salute," Jiang Yan Xu looked deeply at Shu Yao, eyes flashed a few trance, but also seems to have a few shame, and then the voice more and more gentle.

"Master said yes," Han's expression paused for a moment, then agreed, her gaze did not change, but her hand unconsciously grasped and then grasped again, "look at this thin, can let the heart pity."

"Thank you father and mother," Jiang Shuyao slowly got up, Ying Ying's eyes looked to the left, "Big brother and second brother are well,"

"Sister, the rest of the day should be well recuperated, don't let grandmother worry,"

Jiang Shuji is different from the Duke of State Jiang Yanxu a gentle and elegant temperament, more is a kind of many years of martial arts sharp and cold, it is no wonder, he was five years old that year was asked to be sealed as the son of the world, Han's after the door, he has always been brought by the old master at the side of the upbringing of the old master of martial arts from the old master, Jiang Shuji affected by his influence is not surprising.

"It's fitting, don't let the old man worry," Jiang Yanxiu sized up his second daughter and this first daughter, and then looked at the sleepy look on Shuyao's face that he couldn't hide, and felt more and more so.

Han's expression became more and more rigid, but she still pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

It is really worthy of that woman's daughter, only this meeting, let the state government in the present and the future of the most powerful two men to her heart pity to this, fox charming child born is also a fox charming child!

Han's heart more and more vicious curses, eyes swept over the beautiful daughter, the heart only a lot better, and do not know what to think of, eyebrows more and more stretching.

When Shu Yao and her two brothers were talking, Jiang Shu Yue was also sizing up her big sister who she hadn't seen for a long time. In her last life, from the time she entered the palace as a queen, she could only see her big sister in the occasional festive palace feasts, that kind of high and mighty, honorable and noble, and that kind of pitiful and lamentable.

A hall queen, no favor, no son, than the daughter of a fifth-grade official, let that woman become a country's favorite concubine, if not her early years of virtuous reputation, that the position of the queen may not be able to keep.

And Jiang Gongfu as the Queen's mother's family, should be a high position of power, but the fact is than the general first-class meritorious family mixed worse than, tsk, can really waste this kind of good life and luck.

And she is the first daughter of the government, married or not compared to the first son of the marquis of Jiang Gongfu, can not be the main mother of the marquis, not to mention, her husband has been away for many years on the battlefield, get together less away from the couple's relationship is thin, that is, there is an empress sister and how, she only begged her to let her husband return to the capital to serve as can not be as she wished.

She died the night of the palace change, not yet able to know what happened, will let the opportunity to enter the house of the thugs want to life, fortunately, God mercy, this life she reborn back, will not do that unexplained death, that glory and wealth she also want to fight on a fight.

Jiang Shuyao turned her head, and was confronted with such a pair of fierce eyes with determination, so that her already existed guard more dense on a few points, this step-sister hostility is too heavy, can not make friends.

Jiang Shuyue quickly controlled her emotions, she didn't feel that she had aroused Jiang Shuyao's wariness, in her opinion, Jiang Shuyao was a person destined to fail, she didn't think that she could have this eyesight, and she looked down on her ability from the bottom of her heart.

"My sister lives in Peony Pavilion, not too far from Ziluo courtyard, I just want to be closer to my sister," she took the gift Jiang Shuyao handed her, an exquisite incense bag, rubbed it a few times, her tone was cordial, half of the strangeness and politeness of the first time she saw her.

"Yes, you are sisters after all, more close to the good," Han slightly strange swept a glance at their own daughter, words but still help to say, the heart is indignant, but since the daughter since three years ago that disease, she has a particularly good idea, she also believe that she will not be no reason to say so.

"Since it should be so," Jiang Shuyao smiled, the top of the head of the step rocker gently swayed, agile and delicate.

After that, she gave the remaining three siblings' gifts one by one, some sewing and threads, as well as some stuffs only found in Jiangnan.

"Let's go, let's go to Yuan'an Hall together," Jiang Yanxu opened his mouth and finished his speech, then he took the lead to get up, the old master resides in Yuan'an Hall, cultivating his body and temperament, and in the past he did not intervene in the affairs of the State Ducal Mansion not to mention that he seldom allowed them to go over there.

But today the old lady came back, they as juniors, this morning and evening is not exempted, a line of people from the Ronghua courtyard out, and should have walked in front of the second master Jiang Shujue but lagged behind a few steps, walked to the side of Shu Yao, warm words elegantly introduced to Shu Yao all the way to the mansion's scenery, "This plum forest is the most beautiful, and it's the most beautiful, but it's the most beautiful.

"This plum forest is the most beautiful time since the waxing moon, this winter will be able to let you enjoy, not worse than the ten miles of peach blossoms in Qingzhou," said Jiang Shuyao.

Jiang Shuyao looked at her second brother who was talking so eloquently, her heart was warm, he was afraid that she couldn't get used to it when she first came to the mansion, she responded in a sticky voice, "Red plums in the waxing snow, with my brother's family, how can I miss it?"

"Second brother and big sister are so affectionate," Jiang Shu Zhen and Jiang Shu Zhu who followed behind Jiang Shu Yue muttered in low voices, when Jiang Shu Jue was ten years old and went to Qing Zhou to pursue his studies, they were just born not long ago, they didn't know it since, they just thought it was the first time they saw each other, and the second brother who usually doesn't like to take care of them, he was looking at his big sister in a different way.

"Yes, after all, is brother and sister," Jiang Shu Yue also do not quite remember Jiang Shujue traveled to school things, but also in his last life, but it is a pity that she three years of deliberate currying favor, but also still compared to this more than ten years have not seen her own sister, after all, is from the same stomach out.

It is also her mother, too reserved, only because she gave birth to her almost difficult labor, since then it refused to get pregnant again, although, even if there is a son, can not cause any impact on the throne of the son, but ultimately it is her sibling brother, always different.

In the middle of the conversation, they arrived at Yuan An Hall, and from afar, they saw a woman standing in front of the door, looking at them with a light smile, their eyes slid over one by one, and finally landed on Jiang Shuyao, and saw that her face was still okay, and only then did they feel relieved.