This day is Xie Wen's holiday.
He had just spent the night hanging out with Princess Su Xin on the pretext of being busy with official duties before returning home.
As soon as I entered the mansion, I saw several servants setting up ladders to hang lanterns everywhere.
Not only were the doors, windows and pillars hung with red silk, but a large red carpet was also laid out.
It's not the new year, and there's no man in the house to get married. Xie Wen frowned with such lanterns and festoons.
Xie Wen's doubts were answered after meeting Zhai.
"I have already selected a person, who is the distant niece of the wife of the Minister of Household Affairs. She is eighteen years old, literate, and has a pure and good temperament. Because she was delayed in observing filial piety, I gave you an advantage and became your concubine."
"I'm going to the banquet that day. I've already signed the paperwork. Today happens to be your day off, and it's an auspicious day. I'll send you over there later."
As Zhai said this, she ordered the maid to serve tea.
Xie Wen never expected that his mother would take it upon herself to take a concubine into the house.
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. It was not that Mr. Zhai had never thought of giving him a concubine in the past, but he used Gu Mei's name to disturb her.
He just thought that this time it would be fine.
Unexpectedly, if I wasn't careful, my concubine would come in.
No matter how anxious Xie Wen was, he still patiently put down the empty tea cup in his hand.
"My sister and I are still young, so there is no need to be so anxious about the issue of heirs. Just let nature take its course."
Mrs. Zhai was originally in a good mood. After hearing Xie Wen's words, she suddenly slammed the table and felt so sad that she had been greatly wronged.
"What are you trying to find a beautiful girl to send to you? Why don't you want to have a grandson as soon as possible so that you can add children to our Marquis' family and inherit the incense? Where did I go wrong?"
Xie Wenchui said: "My son has his own considerations."
"What are your considerations? Tell me?" Mrs. Zhai glanced at the maid aside, and after a while, another cup of tea was delivered to Xie Wen.
Xie Wen was silent, his mouth went dry after being questioned by Mr. Zhai, so he picked up the tea cup and took a big sip.
After thinking about it, he said, "Even if it's a concubine, my son still wants someone he likes. When he has a clue, he will definitely ask his mother to take action."
Mrs. Zhai was probably afraid that being too tough would backfire, so she sighed and said, "Since you have an idea, Mom is relieved. But today this person is definitely going to come in."
"I have made up my mind that you will always let me go out to meet people."
"If you really don't want to go to her room, mother won't force you."
Leaving Zhai's courtyard, Xie Wen walked quickly. It was still spring, but he was sweating all over.
Fortunately, Gu Mei didn't know what caused her madness, and she vented her anger through the same nostril as her mother. The concubine was about to enter, but he was kept in the dark.
Xie Wen was a little irritable, but when he arrived at Xiaoyuexuan, he calmed down and stood in the atrium. He did not enter the room, but asked the little maid in the courtyard to report.
He had already made plans in his mind, and he would take good care of Gu Mei later.
The door was pushed open silently, and the little maid who reported the report came out with a troubled expression.
"Your Majesty, the young lady feels a little uncomfortable and is still asleep."
Xie Wen was so angry that he laughed. He felt uncomfortable in the morning and felt uncomfortable in the evening. But he felt uncomfortable today. It was obviously because he was having a little temper with him.
He endured it and stepped forward to push the door open. The bolt was already locked inside.
No one responded.
Xie Wen felt angry again and his head hurt.
Just at this time, an old lady beside Mrs. Zhai came outside the door, "Your Majesty, Madam thought about it for a while, since the Crown Prince doesn't like the person she chose, instead of letting her enter the house and wasting her time, it would be better not to let her in first. However, the returned documents will have to be signed by the Crown Prince."
Xie Wen's face looked a little ugly and he rubbed his forehead. He maintained his identity and could not do anything aggressive.
Now that the matter has been resolved, he glanced at the closed door and left with the old nanny.
Decided to show off Gu Mei and let her know who is her supporter.
When there was no movement outside, Yingyue inside the room said, "Girl, will Mrs. Hou really send that concubine back?"
Gu Mei was holding a piece of paper in her hand, like a hot potato. The paper signature was inserted into an unsigned flower appreciation post and was sent in.
It was Helan Yan who asked Gu Mei to choose a day to meet him.
Although the above didn't say much, Gu Mei could easily feel the majestic aura of Helan Banquet through the post.
After hearing Yingyue's question, she put down the paper sign. There was no date stated on it for meeting him, so Xie Wen's concubine was more important at the moment.
She looked at the sky outside and said to Yingyue, "I have something to tell you."
While talking, she pulled Yingyue over and said a few words in her ear.
Yingyue raised her eyes to look at Gu Mei in surprise, then nodded hurriedly and went off.
About half an hour later, he came back in a hurry, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.
"Has the message been sent?" Gu Mei asked softly.
Yingyue wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, "I walked around a few streets and found a little beggar, and asked him to spread the news in front of the princess's house."
After Gu Mei asked carefully, she pursed her lips and smiled, "That's fine."
If Xie Wen wants to keep her good appearance in front of Princess Su Xin, then she will peel off this layer of human skin and see how they end up.
How could the concubine that Mr. Zhai finally settled on be sent back so easily?
Thanks to Wen now, he must be enjoying the grace of the beauty.
Mrs. Zhai stood outside the door and stopped to listen. The sound of her daughter's soft sobbing made people's ears numb.
She smiled with satisfaction. After being tense for several days, she could finally rest. Ask someone to lock the door.
"Have people keep watch from a distance. When Wen Qing is well, ask me to go in and take a look."
Just as they reached the gate of the courtyard, the porter stumbled out and ran in. It was said that Princess Su Xin's carriage had arrived at the gate, followed by many guards.
Mrs. Zhai was surprised when she heard this. Princess Su Xin had never had any contact with the Hou Mansion, so why did she suddenly come to the door and bring her bodyguard with her?
However, before she could go forward to greet her, Princess Su Xin came with a large force of people, heading straight for her yard.
Thinking that her son was doing something important in his life, Mr. Zhai stepped forward to greet him with an apologetic smile on his face, wanting to lead him to the front.
Unexpectedly, Princess Su Xin looked around with a cold gaze and ordered: "Bring the door to me and search it."
